When Meng Chao saw the sticky liquid under the feet of the team members in front of him gradually forming thin threads, he suddenly stood still and shuddered.
As his brain felt as if needles were stabbing into it, he remembered.
The Stone Statue Fungus was a unique type of fungus that grew near spirit energy ley lines underground. It did not have the tendency to attack.
But if it was attacked by an enemy, it would shoot out a large amount of sticky liquid.
In the beginning, the sticky liquid was not poisonous or corrosive, so it would not affect the enemy.
But soon, when the enemy stepped on it or came into contact with it, the sticky liquid would become sturdy and solidify within a few minutes, and it would stick to the enemy.
Based on the biologists' calculations, once the sticky liquid of the Stone Statue Fungus solidified, it was stronger than reinforced concrete.
Small monsters like pests, insects, rats, and ants could not break free. They could only watch as they turned into statues and were assimilated by the Stone Statue Fungus.
This was how the Stone Statue Fungus got its name.
Even superhumans had to spend a lot of effort to break free from the solidification of the Stone Statue Fungus' sticky liquid.
What was even more terrifying was that the Stone Statue Fungus usually formed a symbiotic relationship with a monster known as Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spider.
Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders were small arthropod-type monsters, and their hunting methods were very unique.
Just like many spider-type monsters, Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders could weave strong and sticky spider webs.
But they would definitely not wait for their prey. Instead, once they finished weaving the spider webs, four Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders would drag the spider webs together and use their powerful jumping ability to throw the spider webs at their prey.
Their spider webs were made of a natural single molecule, and they were even sharper than blades.
Once they covered their prey, the more they struggled, the more the spider webs would sink into their bodies. In fact, they could even use their prey's strength to tear themselves to shreds.
Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders and Stone Statue Fungus complemented each other. When they worked together, they could usually kill large monsters that were more than ten times their size. Even low-grade superbeasts had a hard time escaping from them. They were one of the most sinister predators in the underground world.
When Meng Chao thought of this, he felt chills run down his spine.
"Careful! Don't step on the sticky liquid that came out of the fungus!"
He shouted a warning and pushed the mine explorer in front of him who was about to step on it.
Almost at the same time, dozens of Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders jumped up from the depths of the Stone Statue Fungus. Like the most brilliant fishermen, they spread eight nets that covered the sky and pounced on the three Heaven Realm superhumans levitating in the air.
The three Heaven Realm superhumans felt dizzy because of the powerful spirit energy magnetic field interference. It was difficult for them to maintain maglev, so they could not detect the Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders beforehand.
When they saw that the spider web, which was as light as cotton, was about to bind them, the three of them brought out the outstanding strength of Heaven Realm superhumans. They dodged it like phantoms, and the shadows of their weapons turned into thousands of fire lines and electric arcs that turned the Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders behind the spider web into balls of bloody mist.
But there was still a spider web that wrapped around Scimitar's combat boots.
Scimitar's pupils suddenly shrank. He simply used the movement of his calf and foot muscles to kick out his combat boots.
The combat boots were made of monster leather and had steel plates embedded in them, but the spiderwebs were embedded deep into them. The trio gasped in amazement when they saw this.
The mine explorers on the ground were not as lucky as the three Heaven Realm superhumans.
They moved through the Stone Statue Fungi, and without realizing it, their bodies and soles were covered in a lot of sticky liquid. When they noticed it, the sticky liquid had gradually solidified, and it had already restricted their movements.
The number of Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders they faced was even denser. Spider webs that shone with a chilling light came down on them.
The mine explorer who had the most sticky liquid on him was the first to be affected by the spider webs.
He instinctively struggled, but the spider webs were like ten thousand soft blades that stabbed into his exposed face and hands.
His face was instantly covered in intersecting slashes.
Three of his fingers were cut off.
The mine explorer was in great pain, and he could no longer move. He fell to the ground and fell into the sticky liquid that flowed out of the Stone Statue Fungi.
Due to the stimulation from his blood, the sticky liquid instantly solidified and covered his facial features.
He could not breathe, and he struggled instinctively. The spider webs shrank and cut through his flesh to reveal his bones.
Soon, the mine explorer died from suffocation, pain, and excessive blood loss.
Even veteran hunters who had been fighting in the wild for ten years had never seen such a strange combination of monsters and fungi. They could not help but feel chills run down their spines.
"Don't attack the fungi around us! The flying spiders are afraid of fire! Let's rush over together! If we get out of their hunting range, we'll be safe! "
Meng Chao shouted and activated the Fire Crystal on the flagship version of Surging Lightning. It released a saber glare that was nearly one thousand degrees Celsius, and it cut through the spider webs and four Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders.
The group felt their spirits lift.
High-temperature flames were one of the most commonly used attacks by superhumans.
Many of the Sharp Blade members practiced fire-type skills or carried fire-type weapons with Fire Crystals embedded in them.
Even the mine explorers usually carried fire cylinders and high-heat blowtorches with them to melt minerals and survive in the wild.
If they knew a monster's weakness, they could target it.
Even though they had to pay a devastating price, they would not be at a loss and just wait for death.
Quite a number of mine explorers fell because of the sticky liquid and spider webs.
Once they fell, it was difficult for them to get back up with their own strength. Usually, they were stuck to the Stone Statue Fungi, and when they tried to tear them apart, more sticky liquid would shoot out of them, and the people who tried to save them would be stuck even tighter to them.
But more mine explorers and hunters used flames to open a path, and they gradually left the area where the Stone Statue Fungi grew.
Meng Chao swung his chain sabers like a flaming windmill, and countless Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders died in the sea of fire.
When Lu Siya and the others at the front were about to leave the terrifying sticky liquid hell, a slightly red Stone Statue Fungus suddenly moved.
A Stone Statue Fungus that was slightly red suddenly moved to reveal a spider-shaped monster that was even larger than a bathtub.
"Demonic Stone Statue Spider!"
Meng Chao's skin crawled.
This monster was the king of Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders. Under the powerful radiation from the crystal mine, it had evolved and mutated madly. Its body had grown dozens of times larger, and it had fused perfectly with the Stone Statue Fungus.
They could shoot super sticky liquid that could instantly solidify and sharp spider webs. They were at least at the level of Grade Two Nightmarish Beasts.
The vitality magnetic fields of Heaven Realm superhumans and Hell Beasts were disrupted and suppressed in the places where the spirit energy ley lines gathered. The brutal and cunning Nightmarish Beasts were the most difficult predators to deal with.
The Demonic Stone Statue Spider jumped high into the air and closed in on Lu Siya.
Based on what Lin Chuan said, while Lu Siya was a Spirit Sensor, she was focused on exploring spirit energy ley lines and researching crystals. She did not have a lot of fighting strength.
Just as he expected, she seemed to be stunned and frightened by the Nightmarish Beasts that suddenly appeared.
Lu Fengying let out a shrill scream. A sword qi shot forward and cut into the Stone Statue Fungus on the Demonic Stone Statue Spider's upper body.
The wound might have been deep, but it did not cut the Stone Statue Fungus in half. Sticky liquid gushed out madly, and it instantly recovered.
Lu Fengying wanted to turn around and save her, but more than one hundred Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders dragged out dozens of spider webs and blocked her path.
Lu Siya was about to be torn to shreds by the Demonic Stone Statue Spider's sharp spider webs.
Only Meng Chao, who was a mere one-star superhuman, was not affected by the spirit energy magnetic field interference from the crystal mine. He shot out two chain sabers and bound the Demonic Stone Statue Spider's upper body. He yanked at it with all his might, causing the spider webs to deviate by half an inch.
Lu Siya's face was stark pale. She cast Meng Chao a deep glance.
The Demonic Stone Statue Spider bared its fangs and hissed.
Meng Chao shouted. His spirit energy activated the offensive runic symbols on the two chains. Two fire snakes spread to the Demonic Stone Statue Spider's body and burned it fiercely.
Soon, the Demonic Stone Statue Spider was badly burned.
The carapace on his body cracked.
But it did not wither away as Meng Chao expected.
Instead, scarlet tentacles sprang out from the cracks and devoured the flames bit by bit.
Soon, the Demonic Stone Statue Spider swung its red tentacles, and it looked like a huge sea anemone in a bloody sea.
'Blood Flower parasite! Undead!'
Meng Chao's mind raced, and he broke out in cold sweat.
When the mine exploration team from Universe Corporation passed by the Stone Statue Fungi, they must have fought fiercely against the Ten Thousand Blade Flying Spiders and the Demonic Stone Statue Spiders and even killed them.
They did not expect that the Demonic Stone Statue Spider had a Blood Flower sclerotia in its body. After it died, it turned into an undead that was even more difficult to deal with.
In the end, the mine exploration team from Universe Corporation managed to rush over, but they left the zombie-like Demonic Stone Statue Spider to the people who came later.
Monsters that turned into undead naturally had different weaknesses compared to when they were alive. The zombie-like Demonic Stone Statue Spider was not afraid of fire.
It was enraged by Meng Chao's provocation. It let go of Lu Siya and jumped in front of Meng Chao.
Meng Chao controlled his chain sabers as if he was plucking the strings of a zither. He attacked the weakest joint in the Demonic Stone Statue Spider's upper and lower body.
The Surging Lightning Flagship Model released a cold blue light that was negative one hundred degrees Celsius. It stabbed deep into the spider.
The youthful Surging Lightning could not withstand the repeated impacts from the rampaging spirit energy. Intersecting cracks appeared on the blade, and it was cut to pieces by the Demonic Stone Statue Spider when it swung its maned limbs.
The Thousand Moon Slash that Meng Chao was creating was instantly interrupted, and he froze for half a second.
The Demonic Stone Statue Spider instantly released hundreds of spiderwebs that looked like thousands of sharp blades that went straight for Meng Chao's face.
At the critical moment, Meng Chao heard the Undying Bird's screech.
Lin Chuan stood in front of him and swung his chain spear to create a burning vortex that swept away most of the spiderwebs.
The tip of the spear accurately stabbed into the Demonic Stone Statue Spider's spiderwebs like a venomous snake, and it pierced through its gland.
The Demonic Stone Statue Spider was in pain. The Stone Statue Fungus on its back swelled up, and more blood-red tentacles crawled out of the cracks. They danced about madly.
"Let's go!"
Lin Chuan's expression changed. He grabbed Meng Chao and ran.
The group staggered out of the Stone Statue Fungus swarm.
After running for dozens of meters, they scrambled to jump into the folds of the crystal vein.
A deafening explosion came from behind them.
When they turned their heads around, they saw that the huge Stone Statue Fungus on the Demonic Stone Statue Spider's back had exploded, and sticky liquid mixed with Blood Flower bacterial flora spilled all over the Stone Statue Fungus swarm.
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