Things Without Legs

Om Mani Padme Hum... The sound echoed again from the ancient temple. ∙∙·▫▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫▫·∙∙

It was covered in dust and there wasn't much inside.

Inside, someone found a prayer cushion, a string of prayer beads, half a wooden fish, an ancient bronze bell, a broken bronze bell, a piece of jade, half a golden scepter, an incense burner, a bronze bell, a ruler, a fish drum, and so on.

Qian Ye sighed deeply upon seeing their actions. He knew they were asking for trouble by taking those things.

Once the ancient temple collapses, all the Crocodile Ancestor and their descendants that were suppressed will be mobilized, including the Crocodile Ancestor. Soon, they will face a bloody disaster.

Bang bang bang~

After everyone left the ancient temple, Pang Bo removed the plaque from the temple, and then the temple collapsed and turned to ashes.

Then, the Bodhi tree outside the door also turned to ashes and disappeared.

It was as if the ancient temple and the Bodhi tree at the entrance had never existed.

Everyone guessed that this was the case; the ancient temple might have disappeared because these artifacts were taken away.

It was these artifacts that originally preserved the temple.

Once the artifacts are removed, the ancient temple and the Bodhi tree will naturally be unable to sustain their existence, and will turn to ashes after completely losing their energy support.

No one realized the magnitude of their mistake.

Looking into the distance, all that remained was a gray expanse of dust, nothing at all. They could only hurry towards the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, where the altar was located.

Thinking that the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin would take off again, until it took them to another place.

Qian Ye walked beside Ye Fan, looking at the bronze bell in his hand and the plaque in Pang Bo's hand. Both were glowing, and were indeed treasures with Spiritual Energy, which could save their lives.

However, it was limited; only half of the people possessed such an object, while the majority did not.

Ah~

As the group walked, a scream suddenly came from behind them, and one of their classmates collapsed to the ground.

One of the students went up to check and found that he was no longer breathing.

I was quite frightened.

"She's dead! She's dead!"

"What happened? How could someone just die like that?"

"Terrifying... This is terrifying! Everyone, get out of here! There must be something unclean pressing down under the ancient temple. Now that the temple has collapsed, it must have been released."

"This..."

Everyone was quite frightened and quickly walked towards the altar.

Buzz~

Suddenly, something bumped into Liu Yunzhi, but it was blocked by the golden defensive shield released by the half of the Golden Spear in his hand. Startled, he turned pale. "There really is a monster to the east! This is bad, everyone run!"

Buzz buzz buzz~

Immediately, the thing attacked several other students who possessed magical artifacts, but they were all saved by the defensive shields emitted by those artifacts. 👮🔥 Claw 🎁🐊

"There is something strange, but the items we have can emit a defensive light shield to protect us," Wang Ziwen suddenly pointed out, having discovered this astonishing fact.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately took the objects in their hands seriously, understanding that with them, they would not be killed by the monster.

At the same time, I became wary of my friends, fearing they might try to steal the treasure.

As a result, the students who had the objects in hand gathered together without prior arrangement.

Then, the group of people without any belongings were separated.

Those students who didn't have the object weren't stupid; they naturally figured out the reason and gathered around, seeking protection from the object.

Finally, the two groups came up with a win-win solution: sharing the items.

Ahhh~

As screams rang out one after another, everyone finally realized the danger and scrambled together.

Finally, we saw that these were dark, blurry animals, about the size of a finger and only ten centimeters long.

Qian Ye examined it closely. It was about ten centimeters long and only as thick as a finger. Because it had no legs, it looked like a snake.

But it is not a snake; apart from lacking legs, it looks exactly like a crocodile.

Their bellies were bare, and their entire bodies were covered with black scales. In particular, they exuded a dark aura that sent chills down one's spine, making them appear as terrifying as evil spirits from the underworld.

Its head is like an awl, black, small, and exceptionally sharp, covered with shiny scales. If it doesn't open its eyes, it looks like a shiny black awl.

Suddenly, everyone saw a head emerge from the bloody hole inside the corpse, then crawl out again, its head still stained with blood and white brain matter, a sight that sent chills down everyone's spine.

They retreated one after another.

They had never experienced anything like this before, and were Mianmian. They were all terrified, their faces pale, and they hesitated to approach.

"What... what is it?"

"A monster... it must be an alien monster from Mars!"

"This is terrifying! Could it be something that lives beneath that ancient temple? Did we take those artifacts, and the destruction of the temple startled them and awakened them?"

"Yes, that's very likely!"

"If we had known it would be like this, we wouldn't have wanted these things. Now look what's happened."

"We're not gods. If we could foresee the future, I wouldn't have climbed Mount Tai. Wouldn't it have been better to stay home? So, there's no going back. Unless I'm truly reborn, I won't climb Mount Tai again in my next life."

"Forget about whether we'll climb Mount Tai in our next life or not. The key issue is that we're all unlucky. Didn't you all notice that, apart from Cade and Qian Ye, everyone else is from our group? And Cade and Qian Ye are both with us. They were dragged here by the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin Puller, but there was no one else. So I suspect this whole thing is in our favor."

"That makes some sense. After all, there were quite a few people on Jade Emperor Peak just now. Such a coincidence is definitely not accidental, but inevitable. So who is the owner of the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin? And why did they specifically target us?"

"Do you think it might be the thing inside that small coffin causing this trouble?"

"It's hard to say! But it's very possible. However, until things are fully clear, nobody knows the truth."

"That's right..."

The crowd was abuzz with discussion, all regretting that they had encountered such a bizarre and strange event on their trip.

Now, they've encountered alien creatures that have killed several of their classmates.

How could that not drive them crazy?

"What exactly is this monster? How can it kill in the blink of an eye, piercing through skulls without warning?"

"It looks like a snake, and also like a crocodile, except it has no legs; otherwise, it would be a living crocodile."

"Crocodile?"

Could it be it?

"What?"

"I remember reading a description of such creatures in some miscellaneous book; one type of crocodile in it had no limbs."

"But their bodies are as hard as Vajra, they can fly and burrow underground, they are omnipotent, and their cone-shaped heads can easily pierce through flesh and blood, so they are said to be Divine Crocodile."

"The Divine Crocodile?"

Shh~

Suddenly, a roar came from the direction of the Great Thunderclap Monastery, followed by an earthquake, as if a primordial beast was about to break free of its seal and emerge from the ground.

Everyone was so frightened that they trembled uncontrollably.

Fortunately, the incident did not continue and things returned to calm.