Zhu Yao raised her head to take a look. As expected, a dot of light appeared in front of them, and it was growing brighter. Zhu Yao was ecstatic. Could it be the exit? Just as she was about to head forward to take a look, that ray of light suddenly split into two, and they were growing closer and closer, emitting out a faint green light.
Eh? Why did she feel that these two rays of light looked like two eyeballs?
The hell, they really were eyeballs. Only when she got closer did she realize that it wasn't a ray of light. It was clearly a gigantic caterpillar, a gigantic caterpillar that occupied the entire tunnel.
"Run!" Zhu Yao grabbed the youth with one hand, and sprinted in the direction they came from.
That caterpillar seemed to have discovered them, as it was actually chasing after them. It let out a slithering sound along the way. The chase was incredibly fast, and in just a moment, the distance between them was only a few dozen meters.
The hell, this caterpillar must be a mutated one, right? She had never seen a caterpillar that could crawl this fast!
Zhu Yao had no choice but to circulate her spiritual energy and cast a wind-type mystic art, running and flying. They tried to get rid of the bug following them by turning and turning, but the bug seemed to be obsessed with them. No matter how they turned, it was always ready to find the right direction. It chased them all the way, and with a cry, its entire head began to split open, revealing a black hole. There were circles of teeth all around it, spreading all the way to the inside of its body. A putrid stench immediately filled the entire passageway, and green mucus flowed all over the ground.
The hell, she definitely did not transmigrate into Xianxia, but a horror movie, hey. This was a little too heavy, wasn't it!?
"Grandma, just what in the world is that?" Little tyrant panicked as well. When he turned around to take a look, his face paled.
"I don't know either." That caterpillar did not have any spiritual energy or demonic energy. It wasn't a demon, nor was it a beast. It seemed to be purely a caterpillar that was overnourished! "Don't bother about it. Hurry and run! Run as fast as you can!"
That caterpillar was getting closer, and just as that gigantic mouth was about to reach them, Zhu Yao could no longer be bothered about anything else. "Flying sword!"
She shouted out loudly, summoning her own sword. With a wave of her hand, she placed down a wind-type defensive formation, temporarily blocking that caterpillar. Then, she placed down a barrier around herself, and stood on her flying sword.
The two of them also came to their senses. They immediately drew their swords and set up a barrier. This passage was too small, and it was indeed very difficult to use a sword. However, with the barrier, the passage could be expanded. As they flew forward, they shoveled a pile of gravel from the stone wall. The three of them were advancing rapidly like a bulldozer.
Needless to say, this method was pretty good. Although it came with a dusty special effect, his escape speed was more than doubled. An hour later, they could no longer hear the sound of the caterpillar slithering behind them.
"Got rid of them?" The two young pioneers were still in a state of shock.
Zhu Yao stopped the "bulldozer", and took a deep breath. "Maybe!" She felt as though she had finished running away from all the roads in this lifetime.
Little tyrant and Ye Qingcang were tired as well. They sat on the ground, and the spiritual energy in their bodies had long been depleted.
"Let's rest for a moment!" Zhu Yao heaved a long sigh of relief. Just as she was about to sit down, she heard a series of gnawing sounds coming from the stone wall.
What the hell?
Before she could even react, the entire stone wall suddenly collapsed. A gigantic caterpillar's head broke out from the wall, and there were still some gravel that had yet to be completely gnawed in its mouth.
The hell, this caterpillar really loved them. It would rather dig a hole in the wall than let them go.
"Hurry and dodge!" Zhu Yao was only able to pull Little Bai who was closest to her, while Ye Qingcang was forced to the other side by the rolling rocks. The caterpillar appeared right in the middle just like that. Disgusting mucus dripped down from its gigantic mouth, as it moved towards them.
Zhu Yao's heart clenched. This caterpillar was not hard to deal with, but the main problem was that they were inside the cave. If she were to make a move, the cave would collapse, and they would be buried alive inside.
However, in the current situation, they were going to be eaten. She could only give it a try. She gritted her teeth, and the mystic art in her hands was about to take form.
"Pea ~" The pea which had been in her embrace the entire time, suddenly woke up. With a whoosh, it grew into a gigantic ball, and instantly occupied the entire passage.
Zhu Yao was overjoyed. "Pea!" It woke up?
"Pea ~ ~" The pea called out again. Suddenly, with an 'ah' sound, it opened its huge green mouth towards the caterpillar.
Could it be that it was going to swallow this caterpillar in one gulp like before? That's great. Her heart was instantly filled with excitement. Pea, I won't blame you for having a heavy taste anymore.
The pea's mouth grew larger and larger …
And then …
Turning its head, it puked all over the ground.
Zhu Yao: …
Bai Zhiyuan: …
Ye Qingcang: …
Zhu Yao's mood instantly plummeted to the bottom of a valley. Was this … because it was disgusted by its disgusting appearance?
Was this the time to be disgusted? Ugh ~! What happened to the most basic trust between a human and a pea?
"Pea …" The pea's voice weakened, and its entire body instantly shrunk to the size of a basketball. Even its emerald green color earlier had dimmed quite a bit, and the pea's entire body was filled with sadness.
Just how disgusted was it, hey!?
The caterpillar, however, instantly became agitated. Its body instantly sped up, turning its head and pouncing towards their direction.
"Pea pea!" Zhu Yao called out, but it was already too late. The caterpillar had already swallowed the pea that was the size of a basketball, and just as it was about to disappear into its mouth …
Suddenly, long green thorns instantly grew out from the pea's body. Before the caterpillar could even close its mouth, those thorns instantly pierced through the caterpillar's entire head.
The pea that was still smooth and round earlier, instantly turned into a hedgehog. As it pierced through the caterpillar's body … it was still puking out.
Alright, it seemed like it was truly disgusted by this caterpillar.
After receiving this attack, the caterpillar began to struggle with all its might before its death. Its entire gigantic caterpillar began to wriggle wildly, and like tofu, the stone walls were instantly crushed by it. In an instant, the ground shook, and even the passageway began to collapse.
"Not good, this place is going to collapse!" Zhu Yao's heart clenched. As she cast an art with her hands, she shouted towards Ye Qingcang on the other side. "Set up a defensive barrier."
Just as they finished setting up the barrier, the stone walls above them began to collapse, and a large number of rolling rocks came crashing down.
The passageway was buried by more and more rocks, and she could even hear the sounds of rocks cracking above her. Just when Zhu Yao thought that she was going to be buried alive underground, unexpectedly, a large amount of light suddenly scattered down.
Exit!
Zhu Yao immediately summoned her sword intent, and charged straight towards the direction of the light, instantly opening up a path.
"Hurry and get out!" She shouted towards the two youths, and then looked towards the caterpillar's mouth. "Pea."
Only when a ray of green light flew out, did she finally charge out of the exit with her flying sword.
In the next moment, loud rumbling sounds could be heard, and the ground had already caved in, forming a large crater.
Zhu Yao heaved a sigh of relief.
"Grandma." Little Bai suddenly called out to her in fear.
"What now?" Zhu Yao raised her head, and was dumbfounded by the scene in front of her.
Caterpillar!
The ground was filled with gigantic caterpillars, forming a gigantic sea of caterpillars, and they were constantly rolling and moving about. They had actually barged into the caterpillar's nest.
Zhu Yao simply felt goosebumps all over her body. In this situation where she was outnumbered, she could only …
"Run!"
After finding a direction, she flew off on her flying sword. Behind her, a large amount of slithering sounds could be heard. Zhu Yao flew even faster.
"Grandma!" Little tyrant pulled her.
"What?" She madly flew all the way.
"Why are we running?"
"If we don't run, are we going to wait to be swallowed?"
"But this is no longer a karst cave!"
"Eh!?" Zhu Yao creaked as she stopped in midair. The hell, she had gotten used to running, and had forgotten about this point. "Use fire to attack!" Zhu Yao cast a fire-type mystic art in her hand, instantly forming a large sea of flames, burning towards the horde of caterpillars that were relentlessly chasing after them.
Little tyrant and Ye Qingcang materialized a large sea of flames as well, burning in that direction.
In an instant, screams of pain resounded. In but an instant, the dense swarm of caterpillars earlier had already reduced by more than half. The rest no longer dared to escape either. They fled one after another.
The smell of roasted meat floated in the air. The kind that was burnt, and it even faintly carried a thick rotting smell. It was extremely disgusting.
"Grandma, these … caterpillars … just what are they?" Little Bai panted heavily. His spiritual energy had already been completely depleted in that huge fire earlier, and Ye Qingcang was the same as well. However, their expressions were filled with shock. "I have never seen a demonic beast like that before?"
"Those aren't demonic beasts." Zhu Yao sat down in a lotus position. After calming her breathing, she said. "No matter how low a demonic beast's rank is, its body will have a demonic aura. However, I couldn't sense the slightest bit of those caterpillars earlier. And not only were they demonic beasts, they didn't even have the aura of spiritual energy. "
"Granny is saying … those are just simple caterpillars!" Were there caterpillars that big?
Zhu Yao nodded. "It's possible." She looked around. "This place isn't safe either. Let's hurry and leave." Who knew what else would come out? Without spiritual energy or demonic beasts, and she was just a Foundation practitioner, she was basically unable to sense their presence in advance. Though those caterpillars were weak, there was no guarantee that they would be ambushed.
Zhu Yao called out to the two of them. Just as she was about to move, something rolled towards her.
"Peapea." That basketball-sized pea was currently following her step by step. However, it did not return to the size of a fist, and continued to maintain the size of a basketball-sized ball.
Earlier, she had vomited to such an extent, yet it was still able to grow. It wasn't easy. The corner of her lips twitched. She suddenly felt that she had gained a strange pet. However, others usually reared spiritual beasts, while she was rearing a pea!
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Zhu Yao faintly sensed that this unfamiliar place wasn't safe, but she never expected it to be this dangerous. The further they walked, the more strange creatures they encountered. Bees, mosquitoes, reptiles, spiders, and ants all came out. And, as though they had taken drugs, they grew incredibly huge.
They personally witnessed a mosquito that was as tall as a building suck dry an entire pond's water in a single gulp, and it even buzzed towards the river at the side, unwilling to give up. Zhu Yao felt that her worldview had been impacted. Should she be glad that this mosquito didn't drink blood?
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