A Lantern Across Mountains and Seas
Chapter 116

Monsters

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To add frost to the snow, their view was obstructed while wedged in the rock crevice.

Their vision was a jumble, their ears filled with chaotic flapping sounds. Fluids from the creatures they hacked at flowed down the rock wall, leaving both men drenched in a foul, bloody stench.

Unable to cover both ends, the two men soon had tentacles wrapped around their ankles and were dragged outside. There was nothing they could do; they barely had room to bend their legs, and kicking wildly could not free them. As they were dragged out, they nearly had the skin scraped off their faces against the rock wall.

"Ah!" Wu Jinliang screamed in panic.

Anyone would panic after losing the upper hand against an attack from terrifying, unknown monsters like these.

Shi Chun was no exception. He flailed in panic as well, and the instant he was pulled out of the crevice, he unleashed his ultimate technique in a desperate fight for his life. At this point, how could he dare hold anything back? "Demonic-Blight-Free Saber!" Kill!

Gripping the rock crevice with one hand, he slashed back with the other. Bang! Flesh exploded.

Then his blade danced into a blur, explosions bursting everywhere its edge passed.

In truth, the monsters' defenses were not particularly strong. His earlier strikes had wounded them easily enough, but a slash merely left a large gash, or at most severed a tentacle. Their central bodies were enormous, and a few cuts meant nothing to them. The more they were hurt, the more fiercely they attacked, like enraged beasts.

Once the Demonic-Blight-Free Saber unleashed its power, flesh burst into bloody ruin everywhere, and its devastating effect on these monsters became immediately apparent.

Wu Jinliang, however, was having a much harder time. His saber was big and heavy,

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