Chapter 197: Return to the Twelfth Floor
Xu Huo had already used his sword to pry open the elevator doors. Gripping the lower edge of the doors with one hand, he turned and cut down the Man-Eating Flower lunging at them. Then he called to Da Zhi and Jiang Yihua, "Get up!"
The Black Panther transformed from a card leaped nimbly back and forth across the walls of the Elevator Shaft. From time to time, it even used the Man-Eating Flower's attacks to keep itself from falling. At Xu Huo's words, Da Zhi hurriedly knocked away the Man-Eating Flower in front of him and directed the Black Panther up to the Twelfth Floor.
As soon as Da Zhi and Jiang Yihua climbed up, the Black Panther reverted to a card. The two reached down and pulled Xu Huo up. The three of them huddled beside the elevator doors. After Xu Huo used the Ox Shield to block two attacks from the Man-Eating Flower, the flower, having lost its target, slowly drew itself back down the Elevator Shaft.
Jiang Yihua looked at Xu Huo, but he was staring at several pipes on the wall beside the elevator doors.
Jiang Yihua worried that staying too long might attract more Mutant Animals, but she didn't dare speak. She could only try desperately to signal him with her eyes.
A few seconds later, Xu Huo looked away and turned toward the Twelfth Floor, thick with the stench of decay. He took the first step.
"Be careful," he silently mouthed to the two beside him.
Jiang Yihua and Da Zhi nodded gravely, keeping watch in different directions.
After confirming there was no danger, Xu Huo went to where he had left the spider and phone earlier. The spider, sealed beneath tape, was still struggling vigorously.