It was so dark in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave that even the powerful Emperor Wu could not see things a hundred meters away; it was so silent in the Ten Thousand Poison Cave that the only sound of people's footsteps could be heard.
As well as bursts of slight echoes reflected from the surrounding cave walls, everything was shrouded in gloom and terror.
The people who were focused on exploring the cave today were all daring villains, murderous madmen, and villains who lived a life of licking blood with the tip of a knife. Normally, nothing seemed to scare these people.
However, today, in this Ten Thousand Poison Cave, they have become cowards. They are always vigilant and careful. They consciously slow down their pace and do not dare to talk or laugh loudly. Instead, they remain silent and stare at their front, back, left, and right.
Be on guard against any dangers that may arise.
Zhan Chen, as a group of passive participants who were captured, was naturally placed at the front of the team. Those gangsters who used to be bold and bold now hid behind them, putting innocent people at risk.
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At first, the cave was very spacious, with a height of more than ten meters and a width of nearly a hundred meters, which could accommodate hundreds of people walking side by side. However, after traveling a few hundred meters inward, the cave began to gradually narrow, and along the way, large monsters appeared.
Large and small caves extend inward. These are probably opened up by the poisons in the caves, and it is unknown where they lead.
After traveling more than a thousand meters into the cave, the main cave became even narrower, with the height shrinking to only about three meters and the width remaining only four to five meters, allowing only three or four people to walk abreast.
The team had to be further stretched, forming a long straight line. In this way, people behind could not even tell what was going on in front of the team.
Zhan Chen and others were still arranged at the front to act as pathfinders, while Gongsun Xiao and other village leaders were behind them, directing the team forward.
There were more forks along this section, and there were even many new forks. Sometimes even Gongsun Xiao had to stop and identify for a long time before he could make a judgement. They just stopped and walked, advancing slowly.
At this time, Zhan Chen made a new discovery. He felt that the color of the stone and earthen walls around him began to change, showing an unnatural red-purple color and becoming increasingly humid. If he took a closer look, he could see that
I found that some fine water droplets were secreted from it; the originally dry ground under my feet began to become muddy, and it felt very uncomfortable to step on it; the air began to be filled with a light purple mist, and when I inhaled it, I felt...
A spicy and pungent feeling.
This mist is a poisonous miasma, and the rocks and soil nearby contain toxins. Zhan Chen immediately noticed this, and was glad that he was well prepared.
The people around him were not so lucky. They all inhaled the poisonous gas and felt dizzy, their faces were slightly purple, their arms were paralyzed, and they could not use their strength. However, these trace amounts of toxins were not harmful to these powerful Martial Emperors.
Too much damage.
At this moment, Zhan Chen heard a scream from someone in front of him. It was like a huge boulder was revealed to the calm lake. Almost everyone around him jumped up, pulled out their weapons, and looked on guard.
He looked like this and asked the person in front of him who was screaming: What's wrong?
The man shouted: "Something is biting my foot." He raised his foot and saw a foot-long red centipede stinging his foot and sucking blood.
This is the Red Flame Centipede, a fifth-level high-level monster. Someone immediately recognized its identity.
The victim was obviously irritated by this little poisonous insect and killed the eyeless insect with one slash of his knife.
However, this was just the beginning. Another person screamed and was bitten by a centipede.
Be careful, everyone, there are poisonous insects underground here, someone warned loudly.
Not only on the ground, but also on the walls. Quickly, someone screamed from above his head. However, before he could finish his words, he let out a scream. It turned out that a centipede falling from above his head happened to bite him.
on his face.
Zhan Chen took a closer look and felt shuddering. It was indeed the case. The entire passage, the floor, the walls, and the ceiling were covered with thousands of these centipedes. These poisonous insects with abnormally low intelligence would never see their prey.
They broke into their territory, and they showed no courtesy. They gathered in groups, from the sky and on the ground, and launched round after round of fierce attacks on the intruders.
All the people in front stopped, wielding their weapons, and killed these blind guys one by one, beating them to death.
However, the space in the cave was too small, and their martial arts were restricted at every turn, and they could not fully display their martial arts. Faced with such a dense attack by such small monsters, they would inevitably end up in trouble.
For a time, dozens of people were bitten by the centipede and retreated one after another. Seeing this, the people behind also stopped and did not dare to move forward.
Seeing this, Gongsun Xiao and other leaders asked: What happened to the people in front? Why don't they move forward?
The dozens of people were sitting and lying on the ground, and they all replied: There are too many red flame centipedes in front of us, and we can't get through them.
What nonsense, get up. A few centipedes will scare you, the mighty emperors of martial arts. Get up, keep moving, or you will die.
Those people had to get up and continue moving forward, but their progress was slower because they had to clean up the centipedes in front of them from time to time.
Suddenly, a man stopped, leaned on the stone wall nearby, took off his boots, and exposed his feet underneath.
Zhan Chen, who was not far behind him, was shocked when he saw three big bags bitten by a centipede on his foot. Each one was as big as a steamed bun. One of them was even broken, and streams of water flowed out of it.
Purple pus and blood came out, which was extremely disgusting.
Looking at the man's face again, he was now pale, his lips were purple, there was cold sweat on his forehead, and he was trembling all over. It was obvious that he was seriously poisoned.
The poison of a red flame centipede can't do anything to the strong Emperor Wu, but if you are repeatedly bitten by such poisonous things and the toxins accumulate, even the strong Emperor Wu can't withstand it.
Zhan Chen quickly walked to him, squatted down, and said: You are injured and need to detoxify immediately. Then he took out a bottle of detoxification pill from the Qiankun bag and was about to feed it to him.
Suddenly a question came from behind him: What's wrong with this man?
Zhan Chen turned around and saw that it was Nie Wei who was asking him questions behind him. He told the truth: He was poisoned by centipede and couldn't walk. I want to detoxify him.
Nie Zhen turned around, smiled and asked the man sitting on the ground: "You can't walk anymore?"
The man nodded. At this moment, Nie Wei suddenly raised his sword and pierced his heart with a sword. The man died before he could even scream. His blood was spattered and he was still squatting in front of him.
Zhan Chen's face.
Zhan Chen stared blankly at the victim who was still staring at death, never expecting such a result.
I heard Nie Wei scolding the man's body: Humph, you're a waste. Our team doesn't need to be a burden. Then he said to Zhan Chen, who was still squatting on the ground motionless: Zhan Chen, hurry up and leave.
There was no movement in the morning.
Do you want to be like him? Nie Zhen asked again.
Only then did Zhan Chen stand up. His expression had returned to calm, and he could not see any fluctuations. He replied: Leader, I understand, I will leave immediately. However, his pair of iron fists were already tightly clenched, and before he knew it,
The nails are already embedded in the flesh
Not only one person was killed by the gangsters, but Zhan Chen witnessed more than a dozen people being killed, all of whom were unable to move forward because they were poisoned.
Facts have proved that neither Nie Wei nor Gongsun Xiao or Cui Yong will treat them as human beings. Because Zhan Chen, the newly captured people, in the eyes of Nie Wei and others, are just consumable stepping stones, used for
Something that paves the way for their success and can be discarded at any time.
However, there were only a dozen people who died. Some fifth-level centipedes were not enough to block everyone's progress. After a while, the centipedes were almost eliminated. The team accelerated their march and continued towards Wandu.
Explore the depths of the cave.
They didn't know how long they had been traveling, but they finally came to the end of this narrow passage. They felt that their surroundings suddenly became wider and they came into a huge cave.
This cave is a hundred feet square and more than thirty meters high, giving everyone who has just come through the narrow passage a feeling of relaxation.
Zhan Chen looked across and saw eight cave entrances of different sizes lying in front of him. They should all lead to somewhere, but he didn't know which path was the right choice. He had to wait for further instructions from Gongsun Xiao.
After a while, people arrived at the cave one after another and gathered in the center. Nie Zhen pointed to the cave entrances on the opposite side and asked: Gongsun Laoer, please give me an idea. Where should we go next?
Walk
Gongsun Xiao carefully identified it, then stretched out his withered finger, pointed to the third cave on the right, and said: Go to that cave.
Okay, everyone listens to the leader and goes to the third cave on the right. Each village leader will give orders to their men.
Just as people were preparing to follow the instructions, suddenly a voice from the crowd shouted: Look, what is that thing up there?
This reminder made many people look up, and Zhan Chen also looked up subconsciously. There were countless sharp boulders standing above the cave, just like the stalactites in the cave.
At first glance, I noticed nothing unusual, but upon closer inspection, I found a huge monster hidden among the stalagmites.
Its whole body is also red and purple, the same color as the surrounding stones. There are huge thorns on its back, which are exactly the same as the surrounding stalagmites. Its breath is slow and steady. Even the strong Emperor Wu cannot easily
aware of.
It is precisely because there were so many people in the cave just now and everyone's attention was focused on the cave entrances on the opposite side that they ignored the threat from above.
At this time, everyone looked up and started to observe it, only to find that it was also staring at the people below with its two huge eyes.
Zhan Chen would not admit his mistake. What reflected from those giant eyes was a kind of greed and desire, the gaze of a hungry beast staring at its prey.