Xiao Xingchen turns to look at the forest around them. It's too dense for them to use their swords to ascend or descend from, but he also doesn't dare make Song Lan travel through all the other dangerous traps in the area, with many roots to stumble over.

So with a hand on Shuanghua again, he decides he's had enough of this place and will make a faster way out of here.

"I'll get us out of here," he says, words tremulous and quiet.

He swings his sword and it slices cleanly through a tree; with a kick, he knocks it down and away from them. Turning his attention to another tree, he cuts it down too. The trees make thunderously loud noises as they fall, but if Xue Yang comes back to investigate... well, he'll find quite a surprise, won't he?

Perhaps he doesn't have the energy to waste to destroy an entire forest - as much as he'd like to right now - so he can only check if he can see the sky above them after cutting some down.

"There, we can fly out from that spot. Hold onto my back... please."