sbdcsierra Chapter 457 Hide and Seek (Page 12)
Chapter 457 Hide and Seek (Page 12)
Lin Qiye and his group crossed the Skull Wasteland and entered an even more gloomy region.
The ground beneath my feet was no longer a beach piled with bones, but a sticky, blood-red swamp. Every step felt like stepping on the skin of some living creature, and I could vaguely feel a faint pulse coming from my feet.
"This place... is even more disgusting than the Skull Wasteland." Baili Pangpang looked down at his boots, which were covered in blood and mud, with a look of disgust.
Anqingyu's detector emitted a faint alarm: "Abnormal energy readings, high concentration of residual pollution nearby."
Zhang Yun's Candle Dragon True Flame flickered slightly in his palm as he warily scanned his surroundings: "Be careful, something's not right here."
Lin Qiye's Eternal Night Domain silently unfolded, enveloping everyone within it, and he whispered, "Don't scatter."
As they cautiously moved forward, countless blurry figures suddenly appeared in the distant mist.
Those figures swayed and distorted, like defective products forcibly pieced together by some force—
Some had half of their bodies rotten, revealing stark white bones, while the other half was covered with jet-black scales.
Some skulls were cracked open, brain matter spilling out, yet they still stared intently at the crowd with their single, scarlet eye.
The most terrifying creatures are those faceless monsters—their faces are as smooth as a mirror, but when you get close, they suddenly split open a mouth full of sharp teeth!
"Is that... a demon?" Baili Pangpang swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly.
An Qingyu's lens scanned rapidly, and the data stream flickered wildly: "Not entirely... they are more like 'stitched bodies,' forcibly pieced together from the remains of different organisms."
Cao Yuan's black blade trembled slightly: "Shall we cut him?"
Lin Qiye's gaze turned serious: "Don't act rashly yet, let's see what they want to do."
Surprisingly, the mutilated figures did not rush forward immediately, but stood still, motionless.
They just... watched.
With those shattered eyeballs, cracked faces, and even exposed brains, they stared intently at the crowd.
An eerie silence filled the air; even the sound of the wind had vanished.
Baili Pangpang felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at: "What...are they waiting for?"
As soon as the words fell——
"Clap."
A drop of thick, black blood dripped from the eye socket of one of the monsters and fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, as if some signal had been triggered, all the incomplete figures simultaneously raised their hands and pointed behind them!
Everyone turned around abruptly—
Along their path, the Blood Mud Swamp had somehow risen up, forming a massive wall of flesh that slowly advanced toward them!
The surface of the fleshy wall was covered with writhing blood vessels, and countless human faces appeared on the wall, emitting silent screams.
Anqingyu's detector instantly went off the charts: "It's 'flesh assimilation'! The creatures it devours become part of it!"
Baili Pangpang: "Holy crap! Run!"
The group turned to rush out, only to find that the mutilated figures in front of them were still standing there, motionless.
Their fingers... were still pointing in a certain direction.
Lin Qiye's gaze sharpened: "They're pointing the way!"
Ahead lay a mutilated figure, behind stood a wall of flesh and blood.
Zhang Yun's Candle Dragon True Flame ignited: "There's no time to hesitate, follow the direction they point!"
Without further hesitation, everyone ran wildly in the direction the monsters had pointed!
Strangely, when they charged into the monster horde, the mutilated figures automatically parted to make way for them, and some even reached out and pushed them, as if urging them to run faster.
Baili Pangpang kept looking back as he ran: "They...are helping us?"
An Qingyu: "No, they are protecting themselves! That wall of flesh will devour everything!"
Sure enough, as the wall of flesh approached, those mutilated figures were the first to be swallowed up by the writhing flesh, without even having time to scream.
After running for several minutes, a precarious bone bridge suddenly appeared before them, spanning the sea of blood.
On the other side of the bridge was a dark cliff, with an endless abyss below.
Baili Pangpang stopped in his tracks: "Is this bridge... reliable?"
Lin Qiye's Eternal Night Domain swept across the bone bridge: "If you can hold on, get across quickly!"
As soon as the group stepped onto the bridge, the fleshy wall behind them had already reached the shore, with countless vein-like tentacles stretching towards the bridge surface!
"Cao Yuan! Cover our retreat!" Lin Qiye shouted in a low voice.
"Understood!" Cao Yuan's black blade surged with murderous intent, and he turned around to unleash a slash!
"Black King - Mountain Breaker!"
"boom--!!!"
The blade flashed like ink, severing all the attacking tentacles!
The wall of flesh let out a silent roar, but it was temporarily unable to break through the seal of the baleful aura.
The bone bridge creaked and groaned beneath their feet, as if it might collapse at any moment.
Even more bizarrely, the railings on both sides of the bridge were covered with a dense array of...heads!
Some were human, some were demons, and some were even angels; each one had its eyes open and a strange smile on its lips.
Baili Pangpang felt a chill run down his spine: "Who built this bridge?! Their aesthetic sense is just too grotesque!"
Zhang Yun's Candle Dragon True Flame illuminated the area ahead, and suddenly his pupils contracted: "There's something in the middle of the bridge."
Everyone stared intently—
In the middle of the bridge, a petite figure was kneeling.
That's a little girl.
She wore a tattered white dress, held a similarly damaged teddy bear in her arms, and hummed an off-key nursery rhyme with her head down.
"The moon... is... so... red... why... is... it... so... bright..."
Lin Qiye's Eternal Night Domain is under severe warning!
"Don't come near her!"
However, it was too late—
The little girl slowly raised her head, revealing a face without features.
"Bro...bros...want...to...play...hide...?"
"Shua——!!!"
The entire bone bridge collapsed instantly!
As they plummeted into the abyss, they faintly heard the final whispers of those mangled figures coming from within the fleshy wall on the shore:
"Quickly...escape..."
"boom--!!!"
The entire bone bridge shattered beneath their feet with a deafening roar, and countless severed heads plummeted into the abyss with a mournful shriek.
Lin Qiye's Eternal Night Domain expanded instantly, transforming into a pitch-black barrier that enveloped everyone and slowed their descent.
"Hold on tight!" he shouted, drawing his black-sheathed straight sword and plunging it into the cliff face!
"laugh--!!!"
The blades drew sparks dozens of meters long across the blood-red rock face, finally slowing the group's descent.
Baili Pangpang clung tightly to Cao Yuan's waist, his face deathly pale: "I don't want to turn into a meat pie!"
Zhang Yun's Candle Dragon True Flame erupted beneath his feet, creating a buffer against the shockwave: "Land!"
"boom--!!!"
The group crashed heavily to the bottom of the abyss, splashing up a cloud of blood and mud.
Anqingyu's robotic arm ejected an illumination sphere, its cold white light illuminating the surroundings—
They were standing on a "ground" made of bones, each bone covered with twisted runes.
In the distance, countless translucent ghosts drifted in the darkness. They had no faces, only gaping mouths that opened and closed repeatedly, yet made no sound.
The most terrifying thing is the top of your head—
The remains of the collapsed bone bridge floated in mid-air, frozen in place by some invisible force, as if time had stood still there.
Baili Pangpang rubbed his sore bottom: "This place... is even more hellish than up here."
Lin Qiye's Eternal Night Domain trembled slightly: "Something is approaching."
In the darkness, the faceless ghosts suddenly turned towards the group!
Their gaping mouths simultaneously expanded to their limit, revealing a dense array of sharp teeth, and then—
"Shua——!!!"
It came crashing in like a tidal wave!
Cao Yuan's black blade erupted with murderous intent: "Slash!"
With a sweeping flash of light, dozens of ghosts were cleaved in two, but the next second, they wriggled and reassembled!
Anqingyu's detectors flashed wildly: "Physical attacks are ineffective! They are purely spiritual entities!"
Zhang Yun's Candle Dragon True Flame ignited: "Then burn it all!"
Crimson gold dragon flames swept out, and the ghosts twisted and shrieked in the fire, but they still could not be completely destroyed.
Baili Pangpang pulled out a handful of talismans: "Try my 'Soul-Suppressing Talisman'!"
The talisman flew out and stuck to the foreheads of several ghosts, who immediately froze in place.
"efficient!"
But before he could even rejoice, the ghosts suddenly raised their hands—
“Sizzle——!!!”
He actually tore off the talisman and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound!
Baili Pangpang: "...This actually works?!"
"Eternal Night - Soul Devouring!"
Lin Qiye plunged his black box straight sword into the ground, and the Eternal Night Domain spread like ink, swallowing up all the approaching ghosts!
The swallowed ghosts struggled frantically within the domain, but could not break free.
"Let's go!" Cold sweat beaded on Lin Qiye's forehead. "My domain can't hold them for long!"
The group rushed towards the depths of the abyss, and behind them came the sound of the Eternal Night Domain being torn apart!
Ahead lay a vast pool of blood, with a rotten log bridge standing in the center.
On the other side of the bridge, a faintly glowing crack can be seen—the exit to the present world!
Baili Pangpang: "Finally, I see hope!"
Anqingyu's detector suddenly sounded an alarm: "There's something in the blood pool!"
As soon as the words were spoken, ripples appeared on the surface of the sea of blood, and a huge eyeball slowly emerged, with a diameter of three meters!
His eyes rolled, his pupils locked onto the crowd, and then—
"Gurgle—!!!"
Countless pale arms stretched out from the bottom of the pool, reaching for the log bridge!
"Cross the bridge!" Lin Qiye was the first to leap onto the log bridge.
The others followed closely behind, with Cao Yuan bringing up the rear, his black blade continuously severing the arms that were grabbing at him.
“Buzz——!!!”
The giant eye in the blood pool suddenly flashed, and an invisible mental shock swept over!
"what--!!!"
Baili Pangpang clutched his head and screamed in agony, blood gushing from his nostrils.
Anqingyu's lens shattered, and sparks flew from the robotic arm.
Even Zhang Yun's Candle Dragon True Flame dimmed for a moment!
"Close your eyes! Don't look at it!" Lin Qiye's Eternal Night Domain forcibly isolated part of the impact, but a trace of blood still spilled from the corner of his mouth.
Everyone closed their eyes and ran wildly, relying on their memories to reach the other side.
Just as they were about to reach the crevice, the log bridge suddenly began to shake violently!
"Click——!!!"
In the sea of blood beneath the bridge, a massive skeleton slowly rose to its feet.
Lin Qiye gritted his teeth: "Charge!"
"Candle Dragon - Burning Heaven!" Zhang Yun's dragon flames transformed into a fire dragon, rushing straight at the skeleton!
"Black King - Godslayer!" Cao Yuan's murderous aura condensed into a giant blade and slashed out!
"Eternal Night - Devouring Realm!" Lin Qiye's domain erupted completely!
"boom--!!!"
The violent shockwave from the explosion threw everyone away, and they fell into a thick sea of blood like kites with broken strings.
Lin Qiye's Eternal Night Domain instantly unfolded, the pitch-black barrier isolating the highly corrosive blood, but the pungent stench still entered the nasal cavity, making one almost vomit.
"Cough cough... This godforsaken place!" Baili Pangpang emerged from the sea of blood, spitting out a mouthful of blood foam, his face turning pale.