Chapter 280: Giant Snake? A Dragon!?
Time passed quickly—almost an hour had gone by.
The sun was setting, and the already thin forest grew even darker as no more sunlight could break through. The whole valley was now dim and shadowy.
"This is weird... Why does it feel like they’re getting farther and farther away?" Ryuen muttered to himself as he sat beside a crackling fire.
He had cleared out a space in the valley to pitch their tents. A small river ran just below the camp, and the water looked clean—but Ryuen didn’t drink any.
He couldn’t risk it without Daisy, their poison expert, around.
Ryuen slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then began to fully release his Observation Haki.
After a few seconds, he was finally able to sense where the others were. All of them were gathered in one place.
"These guys... Did they really find treasure?" Ryuen’s eyes snapped open in surprise.
His curiosity and excitement now fully stirred, he quickly put out the campfire and sprinted toward the direction of the others at full speed.
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Before long, Ryuen reached the foot of a massive mountain. His view opened up, revealing a giant cave several hundred meters wide!