Chapter 116: The Steps of Despair
Seeing the situation where the corpse-eating beetles were surging like a tide, Du Yuqi also felt that the threat was great. After thinking about it, he asked Duize and Xi to cover the rear. They both had light attack methods and had a natural restraint on the dark creatures under the abyss. At the same time, their own speed and explosive power were also good, and they could retreat after blocking the enemy.
Duize first tried to shoot a few silver bullets at the corpse-eating beetles that were surging over. He found that this thing should be a typical strong attack and weak defense, relying on numbers to hunt, so even a few tentative shots killed several corpse-eating beetles, but the number of them surging was too large, so the effect was minimal.
However, he also carried a G14 electric grenade, which was an absolute light damage, and it was also a range attack. It could be said that it was a blast to deal with such an astonishing number of monsters. It was the right medicine. Throwing a grenade over, it could directly create a blank space the size of a billiard table in the middle of the sea of beetles that was surging like a black carpet.
The corpse-eating beetles at the core of the explosion fell to the ground and curled up, their bellies facing the sky. Some even exploded directly, and their death was extremely ugly. Dead black liquid flowed out of the cracks in the shells, and a very unpleasant smell drifted in the air.
"Huh?" Du Yuqi's eyes were very sharp. He saw that the surging sea of corpse-eating beetles paused for a moment, and then rushed up madly towards the explosion area. He immediately realized what happened. These guys didn't even let go of the corpses of their own kind!
"Very good." Du Yuqi took a deep breath, his eyes flashed: "Xi, try a mind-storing cannon."
Xi took off the dark attribute gloves he was wearing, and a dazzling white light began to shine in the palms of his hands. He jumped and began to accumulate strength. Two seconds later, a huge white Qigong wave bombarded the front, and there was even a thunder-like sound in the air. This white Qigong wave directly plowed a deep and long track in the black sea of corpse-eating beetles, penetrating into the interior for thirty or forty meters before dissipating.
After the power of this telekinetic cannon dissipated, the black sea of cadaver beetles was completely in chaos, not because of fear, but because the surviving cadaver beetles smelled the food smell emitted by their dead companions and began to pounce on them and devour them frantically.
"Very good." Du Yuqi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now we don't have to worry about being caught up."
At this time, even if Du Yuqi didn't say it, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the situation had eased. The key lies in the characteristics of these cadaver beetles that devour the corpses of their own kind. As long as a shock grenade makes them stay for more than ten seconds, if their characteristics will make them angry because their companions are killed, it can be said that it is very bad.
At this time, the group of people were less than a hundred meters away from the life channel that could be used to protect themselves.
However,
what happened next fully illustrates one thing, that is, in this underground world full of dangers, relaxation is absolutely a very luxurious and fatal thing. Keeping your nerves completely tense at all times is the state that must be maintained.
The sea of corpse-eating beetles that were chasing Du Yuqi and his group suddenly stopped moving forward. At the same time, something extremely strange happened. They all retreated towards the central area and then quickly drilled into the ground.
In the eyes of Du Yuqi and his group, in the black ocean of corpse-eating beetles behind them, it seemed as if a huge pit suddenly appeared in the center. The sea water immediately flowed into the pit, forming a huge black vortex. The black ocean also began to shrink rapidly and disappeared! ! !
After a few seconds, there was a feeling of the heart being tightened in the air that was growing rapidly. Then, the ground began to shake slightly. The terrifying blood-colored giant corpse whisperer actually came back. Needless to say, this powerful dark creature must have been attracted by the telepathic cannon that Xi had just fired. The strong light aura stimulated it to crawl at almost full speed.
Du Yuqi almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Even though his group was only 50 to 60 meters away from the safe passage, this giant corpse speaker was good at magic attacks. Its attack range was quite huge. Although it looked bulky, its movement speed was not slow at all. After a few squirming and twitching, it approached a very dangerous distance!
At this time, it goes without saying that everyone was running away frantically. Du Yuqi accompanied Xi and the others to cover their retreat. Finally, they managed to escape into the broken passage in time. Even after entering the passage, they still did not relax their vigilance. They kept running frantically to the collapsed rubble pile next to them and found a shelter. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, panting like a dog and sticking out their tongues...
The bloody giant corpse speaker seemed to have a certain degree of intelligence. It knew that it would be attacked if it approached the passage. The head inside the body let out an unwilling and crazy roar. It stood far away and fired a few magic spells to vent its anger, and then walked away in a huff. This time, everyone was really scared and broke into a cold sweat. The distance between life and death was probably only 20 to 30 seconds. Even Xi himself couldn't help but shook his head helplessly and said:
"It seems that if it is not necessary, I'd better not take action, otherwise it might cause more trouble."
After a short rest, the group continued to move forward. Then they felt that the entire passage began to extend downwards. Then a hall appeared in front of them. There were four words engraved in the hall: Stairs of Despair. There were clear murals below, all of which were angels crying, covering their faces, and the feathers behind them were even rotting and falling off. They were vivid. There was also a line of small notes below:
You are about to enter the land of extinction of hope.
Below these words, there appeared a spiral staircase pointing downwards. At the same time, the walls of the passage began to change to a certain extent. There were more obvious damaged areas. At the same time, the walls of the passage began to become black and mottled. You could even see something like roots stubbornly stretching out from the cracks in the wall and spreading in the passage.
If this happens, then there is only one possibility, that is, the chaotic power outside the passage is becoming more and more intense, so that the inside of the passage is seriously affected.
After arriving here, the group took a break and discussed for a while. They felt that the Steps of Despair should represent a boundary. The way they came before should still be on the Arad continent, but it has been polluted and distorted by the power of chaos.
And if they go down the Steps of Despair and reach its end, they should be able to reach the mainland of the Sealed Land. It can be expected that the next journey will undoubtedly be more dangerous. anh.oｍ
But since they have come here, of course they will not give up halfway, so the group continued to move forward. After walking down five or six hundred steps, Du Yuqi suddenly found that there was another collapse in front of him. There were obvious cracks on the wall of the passage. After looking outside, he felt even more frightened, because he found that the environment outside was endless void, deep and dark. It is not difficult to imagine that the Steps of Despair are completely suspended in the air, like a falling rotating water pipe pointing straight down!
"Be careful!!" At this time, Watley suddenly warned.
Du Yuqi's eyes suddenly condensed, because he also felt a piercing chill, and then he found a faint gray mark on the spiral staircase below. At first glance, this mark seemed to be an ordinary texture on the wall. After a closer look, he found that this thing was independent of the wall, suspended in the air, and occasionally floating in the air like a falling ribbon.
This thing is exactly the dimensional rift that Du Yuqi had seen before. Anything belonging to this plane that touches it will be forcibly cut and transmitted to another plane or the endless void. This thing is almost irresistible. If you try to neutralize it, you will accidentally create a terrible plane vortex. The best way to deal with it is to stay away from it. _bj