Mountain Wraith

Bang!

They fell about seven or eight meters.

Cao Man's long whip was pulled taut, suspended in mid-air without falling.

Su Ti had already hammered in a safety pin and was hanging steadily on the cliff face, his other hand firmly gripping the end of Cao Man's whip.

"Come up quickly."

Su Ti held Cao Man's whip and urged.

Cao Man took a few deep breaths and nodded. Although her strength wasn't particularly great, it was more than enough to support her own body. She grabbed the long whip and climbed up to Su Ti's side in a few movements.

Clipping the safety rope onto the safety pin Su Ti had hammered into the rock face, Cao Man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, Lao Li and Xu Lao's first safety rope also detached from the cliff face above.

Fortunately, they had already secured climbing pins into the rock face and tied on a second safety rope, so they didn't fall down the cliff.

"Dongzi, what's going on up there!"

Xu Lao roared upwards, a hint of anger in his voice. After all, no one would be happy after almost being wiped out.

But just as he shouted this, accompanied by a piercing scream, a bloody humanoid figure fell from the cliff face above.

Pressed against the cliff face, everyone watched as the person fell, plummeting straight into the forest below, finally hitting with a thud.

Su Ti's eyes flickered. His senses were the best among them, and he could clearly see that the person who had just fallen was Dongzi.

Even as they passed by, he saw that Dongzi's body was covered in deep, bone-visible gashes, his eyes were gouged out, one ear was torn off, and his face was filled with misery and pain!

And as Dongzi hit the bottom of the cliff with a thud, baboon-like cries echoed from the cliff face.

A group of creatures with black fur, flesh-colored fur draped around their waists, and resembling gibbons, peered down from the cliff.

Seeing the appearance of these creatures, everyone's pupils contracted, and Xu Lao even shrieked.

"Mountain Wraiths!"

Hearing this term, Su Ti's mind reflexively brought up the information about them.

He hadn't wasted his time during this period. Following Xu Lao, he had learned a lot about the tomb raiding industry and Evil Spirits.

Although Mountain Wraiths have the word "ghost" in their name, they are completely a type of monster.

The reason they are called ghosts is that these things are simply too intelligent.

They live in groups, with an intelligence equivalent to that of a twelve or thirteen-year-old human. Moreover, unlike Yu, which can only be active in the dark, Mountain Wraiths can move in both night and day.

They like to eat human brains and enjoy peeling off human skin to wear around their waists. In the mountain villages of the past, Mountain Wraiths often abducted human infants and teenagers, playing the role of parents frightening children to sleep at night.

However, in modern times, due to human conquest of nature, this type of monster is rarely seen. At least, this was the first time Xu Lao had seen one in his tomb raiding career.

The Mountain Wraiths saw Xu Lao and the others below and excitedly beat their chests, making sounds like baboons.

They had some bone parts hanging from them, clinking and clanking. These were all made from human bones.

Because they lived in the deep mountains and dense forests, they survived on the Yin energy from this Yin Meridian and hadn't hunted humans for a long time.

But this didn't mean they weren't hungry.

Evil Spirits have a natural hostility towards humans. Humans are their best food, bar none.

With excited roars, these Mountain Wraiths leaped down from the cliff face, their hands and feet clinging to the rock face, and rushed towards Xu Lao and the others at an extremely fast speed.

Xu Lao and the others' faces instantly changed color.

Mountain Wraiths are different from monkeys. Just as their name contains the word "mountain," they are very good at climbing mountains.

Their five fingers are strong, and their feet are as flexible as their hands. They can not only tear through human skulls but also dig deeply into the mountain body, moving on the almost vertical cliff face as if on flat ground.

And the physique of each Mountain Wraith is roughly equivalent to a human Tongli Stage martial artist. There were seven or eight Mountain Wraiths in front of them, and more were constantly coming from behind!

"Go quickly!"

Su Ti roared, then began to rappel down!

Although he was at the Inner Refinement Fourth Layer, he absolutely did not want to fight these Mountain Wraiths on this almost vertical cliff.

This had nothing to do with realm, but rather with the martial arts he had learned and his physiological structure. Human martial artists' power generation emphasizes starting from the ground and generating power on flat ground. There wasn't even a point of force on this cliff face. He could only exert at most two or three tenths of his strength! The loss was extremely severe!

The cliff face was the home ground of these Mountain Wraiths!

Xu Lao and the others had the same thought and didn't even consider fighting back. They grabbed the ropes and descended as quickly as possible.

Several people scrambled, almost falling as they rappelled down.

They had to reach a flat area before the Mountain Wraiths arrived to have a chance to fight. Reaching the bottom of the cliff was definitely out of the question; there wouldn't be enough time. There was still some chance at the entrance of the tomb.

But even so, they were quickly caught up by the Mountain Wraiths.

The Mountain Wraith at the front extended a claw and grabbed towards Lao Li's head at the back.

The black claws gleamed with a sharp cold light, extending a full three centimeters, still stained with Dongzi's blood and flesh.

If this claw landed, Lao Li's entire scalp would probably be torn off, and it was even possible he would be instantly skull-cracked!

At the critical moment, Lao Li pulled out the engineer's shovel from behind his back and met the Mountain Wraith's sharp claws. With a clang, his engineer's shovel fell directly down the cliff.

Although the engineer's shovel was knocked away, taking advantage of this opportunity, Lao Li also rapidly descended, escaping the clutches of the Mountain Wraith.

But with Lao Li gone, Xu Lao behind him was in trouble.

Because he was the slowest one!

A large hand reached out to grab Xu Lao's face, causing his expression to change drastically.

Although he was quite old and his body was still strong, he was just an ordinary person. How could he possibly contend with these ghosts and monsters?! He couldn't even withstand a single blow!

Slap!

Just then, a long whip flew over and wrapped around the Mountain Wraith's claw.

Cao Man pulled with all her might, her face turning red, but she couldn't pull the Mountain Wraith down.

In terms of strength, even in the Tongli Stage, as a woman, Cao Man was no match for these Mountain Wraiths. Moreover, now that she was vertically on the mountain face, hanging by a safety rope, she couldn't exert any force at all!

Instead, the Mountain Wraith dug one hand into the rock face and grabbed the long whip with the other, pulling upwards. Cao Man's body was instantly pulled up by more than ten centimeters!

The Mountain Wraith revealed a sinister grin. Just as Cao Man thought she was about to be in trouble, a large hand suddenly grabbed the long whip and pulled hard. With a swish, the rock face where the Mountain Wraith had dug in directly broke off. Accompanied by a piercing scream, this Mountain Wraith directly fell off the cliff!

It was Su Ti who had acted.

He glanced down at the distance. At this moment, everyone was still about twenty meters away from the opened tomb entrance, but without anyone to stop the Mountain Wraiths, it was impossible to approach within these twenty meters.

"You guys go down first, leave this to me."

As soon as he said this, Su Ti waved one hand, activating the Single Python Whip. A black shadow whipped out and directly struck a Mountain Wraith, preventing it from attacking Xu Lao.

Unfortunately, he was hanging in mid-air and it was difficult to exert force. This strike only caused minor injuries and provoked the wrath of that Mountain Wraith.

"Go quickly, take my safety rope with you!"

Cao Man instantly understood what he meant. She grabbed Su Ti's first broken safety rope that was hanging down and rapidly climbed down. Xu Lao and Lao Li also didn't hesitate and rapidly descended while Su Ti bought them time.

Only Su Ti remained in place, coldly staring at the multiple Mountain Wraiths above.

These things were very intelligent. When Su Ti and the others were camping, they had plenty of time to ambush, but they didn't act. Instead, they chose to suddenly attack when Su Ti and the others were rapidly descending the mountain face, aiming to use the terrain to catch Su Ti and the others off guard.

Since these Mountain Wraiths were so intelligent, it was naturally impossible for them to let their prey escape after gaining the upper hand!

Seeing everyone retreat, they all let out baboon-like roars and rapidly climbed the mountain face, rushing towards Su Ti.

Boom!

In an instant, three claws grabbed towards Su Ti!

Su Ti had no space to dodge. He extended his King Python Hand to block one claw, but was grabbed by the other two claws on his neck and chest.

Tear! Clang!

The sound of fingernails scratching metal rang out. Those two Mountain Wraiths were also a bit surprised. With one claw, they hadn't managed to disembowel the opponent. They hadn't even broken through this human's defense.

But what they didn't know was that Su Ti's skin already had several red marks at this time, and bleeding had already begun under the skin.

"Their strength is even stronger than the Tongli Stage, and their fingernails are as hard as iron. They also have an advantage over humans, equivalent to naturally cultivating fighting techniques. Even my perfected Copper Skin Skill is somewhat unable to defend against them."

Su Ti felt a bad premonition, but although he was at a disadvantage, only taking hits and not fighting back was not Su Ti's style. He suddenly extended his right hand and grabbed the shoulder of a Mountain Wraith, then the veins on his left hand bulged out one by one, and the King Python Hand activated, digging into the rock.

Under the infusion of the Inner Refinement Fourth Layer's vital energy, the large tendons in his two hands were intertwined. His left hand's sharp five fingers crack fiercely dug into the mountain face to provide a point of force.

Then he suddenly pulled with his right hand. Amidst the Mountain Wraith's screams, he forcefully pulled it off the rock face, then wildly swung it, smashing it against the rock face.

After a few hits, this Mountain Wraith's bones were broken all over, and its forehead was even smashed open.

A chill surged into Su Ti's body.

Energy: 260%—290%!

A full 30% energy bonus! The experience these Mountain Wraiths provided to Su Ti was actually more than those Yu!

For a moment, Su Ti's eyes changed. He looked at these Mountain Wraiths as if they were experience babies. If the time and place weren't wrong, he would want to have a big fight with these Mountain Wraiths right now!

And those Mountain Wraiths, seeing Su Ti kill another companion, all let out angry screams and attacked Su Ti in unison.

After this brief delay, the main force behind also caught up. Not counting the three Su Ti killed, there were still more than a dozen Mountain Wraiths densely packed together!

They descended along the rock face, from all directions, all surging towards Su Ti!

They extended their sharp claws with their many hands and feet, grabbing at Su Ti's eyes, neck, armpits, abdomen, and even his lower body.

At the same time, some clever ones were gnawing at the second safety rope above Su Ti that was stuck in the climbing nail.

Facing so many attacks, Su Ti might have had a way on the ground, but on this cliff face, he was truly helpless.

He could only protect his vital points, curl up into a ball, and fully unleash the Scaled Python Armor and Copper Skin Skill to withstand the attacks.

For a moment, there was a clanging sound. Although these Mountain Wraiths couldn't tear through Su Ti's skin, which was protected by both the Scaled Python Armor and Copper Skin Skill, in a short time, the attacks still left many internal injuries on Su Ti's body, causing large areas of blood marks.

And the Scaled Python Armor, as a fighting technique that erupts the vital energy of all parts of the body, also consumes a huge amount of energy and cannot be unleashed for a long time. With Su Ti's current physical strength, three seconds was the limit of this technique.

After three seconds, the Scaled Python Armor disappeared, and the attacks of these Mountain Wraiths caused more damage to Su Ti, even starting to tear his skin and break through his Copper Skin Skill!

Just then, Cao Man's loud shout came from below.

"Jump, jump quickly!"

At this time, the safety rope above had already been cut by those Mountain Wraiths. Su Ti was fixed in mid-air by grabbing the rock with his hands. After hearing Cao Man's words, he didn't hesitate to let go of his hands and jump down, leaping off the cliff!

Su Ti's leap took him directly out of the Mountain Wraiths' encirclement, but he also fell heavily down the cliff!

He fell vertically for nearly 30 meters before his waist suddenly jerked. It was Cao Man and the others who had caught the first broken safety rope.

At this point, due to freefall, Su Ti had already dropped below the tomb. He used both hands to frantically climb the rope, finally rushing into the tomb before the Mountain Wraiths arrived!

This tomb was not small; the entrance alone was 3.5 meters wide and three meters high, nearly the height of a floor. When Su Ti rushed in, Cao Man and the others were lying on the ground, holding the ropes.

In their haste, they didn't have time to secure the ropes and could only hold them with their hands.

Fortunately, Su Ti wasn't too heavy, and the acceleration of freefall was countered by the three of them holding the rope together with force. Otherwise, they would have been pulled down by the impact of Su Ti's jump.

But the good news didn't last long. Less than two seconds after Su Ti entered the cave, the screams of the Mountain Wraiths were heard.

Several long, black, hairy arms reached into the cave, and the next second, the bodies of the Mountain Wraiths also squeezed in.

"They're here!"

"Perfect timing!"

Two voices sounded almost simultaneously. The first was Lao Li's fear and panic, while the second was Su Ti's anger and excitement.

Su Ti grabbed a Mountain Wraith that had just climbed into the cave. Before it could react, it was pulled over, and its head made intimate contact with the hard rock, shattering with a boom.

His hands were covered in blood, but Su Ti wore a sinister grin.

After being beaten on the cliff face for so long, it was finally his turn!