Shhhk— shhhuk— shhhhuk— A sharp sound tore past their ears. The arrow pierced through the space between Seolhwa and Yu Kang and thudded! It embedded itself into a tree.
"Seolhwa."
"Yes."
Seolhwa glanced back. 'He has no intention of killing us.' The opponent was Baekyeong, hailed as the greatest under heaven in the art of archery.
There was no way someone like him would fire arrows that missed this badly. The fact that he was intentionally firing arrows that missed, enough that even Yu Kang could feel it, meant two things. First, he had no intention of capturing us.
And second...
Shhk— shhhyuk— Seolhwa looked straight ahead. If they went just a little further, that place in question would appear. The very 'Demonic Beast Forest' they had passed through when coming to the Demonic Sect.
'Baekyeong knows the Demonic Beast Forest well.' Which demonic beasts appeared where, and where their territories ended. After all, last time when he tried to test Yu Kang and herself, he had been skilled enough to lure a demonic wolf beast exactly when he wanted.
So Baekyeong's intent must be the second one. 'He's luring us into the Demonic Beast Forest.' A master of Baekyeong's caliber would have noticed the change in Seolhwa.