The metal box was meant to be used like this...
But as soon as those snake vines withdrew, a tremendous explosion sounded deeper underground. The earth shook, and thicker snake vines burst out of the ground, not only destroying the passage floor but punching through the rock ceiling above. In an instant, the underground passage collapsed. Huge amounts of rubble came crashing down, turning the place into a lightless death trap.
Xu Huo pulled Yan Jiayu along, using a spatial barrier to hold back the rocks piling in around them as he clung to a snake vine that was still rising. Whether or not the vines could punch through the underground rock, getting buried beneath the rubble was the most dangerous outcome.
As the surrounding Spatial Cutlines and the area covered by the spatial barrier continued to shrink, Yan Jiayu said, "We can't get out above. Let's follow the snake vines underground. There must be an even bigger space beneath that crevice!"
Otherwise, the snake vines wouldn't have made their home below. The Golden-eyed Player and the others clearly knew what was going on, too. They had repeatedly tried to rile up the snake vines, probably hoping to draw them out so they could make their move!
The snake vines were covered in hard scales. Every time they burrowed, they gouged deep grooves into the solid rock walls. It wasn't hard to imagine their connection to these underground passages. If their lair lay even deeper underground, there might be somewhere to hide until they finally calmed down.
Xu Huo nodded to Yan Jiayu. They were about to cut a hole in the snake vine and climb inside when a muffled hiss came from deep underground. It shook their brains, and the rocks around them, within a hundred meters, began to