With ice and earth abilities working together—freezing in front, spikes thrusting up from behind—they could wipe out a whole swath in a single move.
After several people cleared the way, the rest of the team followed one after another. At this point, everyone could only obediently keep moving, including Li Shuo's students and Nangong Xue. No one wanted to die in a centipede's mouth and then get pooped out.
Although these centipedes were enormous, fast, and protected by hard shells, they still could not gain any advantage against Ability Users.
Aside from the initial swarm that had rushed in and left the Ability Users scrambling for a while, their later coordination was seamless, and the slaughter proceeded quickly.
Rhine wanted to leave this place mainly because the terrain was too unfavorable. The mountain wall was covered in small centipedes, which were both fast and highly venomous. They were easy enough to kill, but there were simply too many of them. One careless mistake could easily lead to disaster.
After walking for more than half an hour, everyone saw a glow coming from the abyss. It was far away and impossible to make out clearly, but the light pierced through the darkness for all to see.
Yet this did not seem to be normal light. It carried an eerie crimson glow.
The moment they saw the red light, the centipede swarm stopped surging forward. Instead, the creatures lay sprawled some distance away, packed so densely that it made people's scalps tingle. Quite a few of the larger centipedes hissed at Rhine's group and paced about as though something below was preventing them from going farther down.
There were so many centipedes that some even fell into the abyss because they could not hold onto the Rock Wall. Yet none of them