Shangguan Bai was calmly analyzing various scenarios, ideas and plans to enact when Shou Zhi suddenly stopped. The massive ape-like figure, clad in thick dark metal armor, halted abruptly, his beady eyes scanning the barren earth before them. Others also stopped seeing the leading beast stopping in his tracks.
"Why did you stop you dumb beast?" Gu Lei spat, his arrogant sneer twisting his face as he glared at Shou Zhi with undisguised disgust. Unlike the rest, the muscular blonde didn't halt, instead continuing to stride forward confidently, his green-shaded metallic armor clanking noisily with each step on the cracked, parched ground.
"WAIT!" Shangguan Bai's voice rang out urgently. He was a lean figure draped in tattered grey robes, but his eyes burned with intensity. "Stop! Brother Lei!"