"What? You think... I can't keep them here?" Rose frowned slightly, then lightly stamped her foot.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Branches as thick as arms shot out from every direction along the cliff walls. Rather than attacking Lao Da and his companions, they rapidly wove themselves into dense, crisscrossing nets.
The three showed no sign of panic. They simply watched in bewilderment.
What was she trying to do? Even if those branches were as tough as steel cables, they couldn't possibly trap them, could they?
Pop! Just then, the sound of something bursting caught their attention.
They turned toward the cave wall beside them. A black sac nearby had suddenly burst, and a gaunt, black claw thrust out of it!
Rip! With a tearing sound, the claw ripped the black sac open completely, revealing a strange creature curled up inside, its entire body covered in green slime.
"Hiss..." With a faint hiss like a snake flicking its tongue, the monster abruptly opened the two pairs of crimson eyes on its face.
Pop, pop, pop! A string of strange noises followed as more and more sacs burst around them, and four-eyed monsters slowly emerged.
The three stared in horror. This entire enormous cavern was actually a monster nest, and those sacs resembling black fruit were individual Biochemical Incubation Pods!
Even the trio, whose nerves had grown increasingly unshakable under their boss, couldn't help being stunned by a scene straight out of a horror movie.
Thousands of densely packed monsters awoke as though something had stimulated them, making the trio's scalps prickle.
Thud! A monster dropped onto the stone bridge, landing a short distance in front of them.
The strange creature stood on all fours, slowly stretching its body as it raised its head to look at them. Its crimson eyes held cold