Dr. Deng's hands were both covered in glue. When Xu Huo pulled him up, he'd thought the glue wasn't very sticky and had tried to clean it off. But the moment his hands touched, the glue became exceptionally tacky, and he couldn't pull them apart.
"Be careful! Whatever you do, don't touch the glue with your hands!" Dr. Deng cried in distress.
The players gathered toward the middle. Xu Huo glanced at the trees around them. "We can't go across the ground. Let's move through the trees."
The trees weren't far apart, and even the injured Chu Yuan could manage the climb. Xu Huo helped Dr. Deng up a tree and was about to head toward the Laboratory when something dripped from the sky.
He instinctively stepped back. When he saw the transparent Glue Liquid landing on the leaves, he immediately opened his umbrella.
Boom!
Glue poured down like a heavy rainstorm. Xu Huo pulled Dr. Deng under the umbrella, shielding them from the deluge. Miao Yu had already leaped to a nearby tree, but Chu Yuan and Gan Qing were too slow to react. They were a beat too late reaching for their props, and the glue drenched most of their bodies, smearing over their eyes and noses.
"Don't wipe it off with your hands!" Xu Huo called to stop them. "Unless you want your hands stuck to your faces."
The two wisely stayed still. Xu Huo quickly drew his sword and slashed at a tree not far away.
After several trees fell one after another, a figure hiding behind them finally dashed out, leaping along the trunks as if trying to circle around to Chu Yuan and Gan Qing.
"It's Qiu Xiangdong!" Miao Yu recognized him. "I'll take him on!"
Before she could act, Xu Huo closed his