Tianhao Ruins (23)

Only when she felt the light had died down did Shen Tianyu open her eyes again.

She looked over at the patch of ground only to find Rong Jian was standing in the way. 

'Close.' She thought since she wasn't able to even see his face because he was practically hugging her.  She instead opted to tap on his chest to tell him to step away.

Feeling something touch his chest lightly, Rong Jian looked down to see Shen Tianyu trying to take a peek behind him. He looked back and saw that the blinding light had faded and stepped out of her line of sight.

The patch of ground that had been shining so brightly was now the same dirt brown as its surroundings, as if it hadn't just caused a disturbance throughout the whole cave. The corpses of demonic beasts at the foot of the Shield was piled up to an adult's midsection. The ones that were still able to move seemed to have calmed down now and went back to buzzing around the Shield.