Shock Gate

Chapter 818 - Killer Insects

I had no idea what those insects hanging upside down from the ceiling were, but Li Bai felt they were probably nothing good.

Some of the insects rolled and pounced on the bones. Apparently unable to find any flesh, they gave up and crawled toward Li Bai and the others.

"Go that way!"

Feng Shui Master Zhou Shuigen pointed toward the stone hall without much hesitation.

If they were surrounded by these densely packed, horrifying-looking insects, Heaven only knew what would happen.

"Move!"

Li Bai nodded and formed another hand seal. The sound of tearing silk rang through the air. The insects approaching the rescue team were sliced apart by invisible blades, and thick yellow juice sprayed everywhere, filling the air with a pungent, fishy stench.

Everyone climbed the stairs step by step. Just as they neared the entrance of the stone hall, they heard a rustling sound surge over like a tide. Countless black scorpions came charging rapidly out of the four passageways, moving no slower than an ordinary person's jog.

If the rescue team had been chased by these things when they entered the tunnel, things would have gone very badly.

Zhou Shuigen and the others looked extremely grim. If they had not been following Li Bai, they might have ended up like the two missing people, fleeing for their lives through this underground world. If they had been even one step slower, their lives might have been in danger.

The scorpions were not charging at the rescue team. They pounced on the wriggling insects that had fallen to the ground, surrounding the burst insect corpses and feasting. Their pincers opened and closed repeatedly as they devoured the foul-smelling yellow juice and the strange, fleshy mechanisms mixed within it.

The living worms did