The fire serpent followed close behind, relentlessly pursuing the Rubber Monster.
Just then, countless lumps of sludge rained down on Zhao Xun like a shower of filth.
Almost simultaneously, countless vines burst out of the ground around the house Zhao Xun stood on. Like agile snakes, they climbed steadily upward, soon enclosing the entire exterior without a gap.
Countless black flowers bloomed on the vines, every one facing upward.
As their petals unfurled, faint black gas seeped from their centers, all drifting toward Zhao Xun.
One look at that black gas told him it was nothing good. It had to be poisonous.
While the vines were blooming, Zhao Xun had already erected a hemispherical wall of fire around himself.
The falling sludge was burned dry by the flames, turning into fine ash that showered down.
The dense curtain of ash falling in front of Zhao Xun blocked most of his view.
At that very moment, the spot where Zhao Xun stood suddenly turned into a small patch of swamp, rapidly swallowing both his feet.
At the same time, the poison gas was about to enter his breathing range.
Zhao Xun could not be certain that Samadhi True Fire could purify poison gas. Even with the wall of fire blocking it, the flames might have no effect on the gas.
Besides, he heard something cutting through the air behind him. Even without looking back, he knew it was a new attack unleashed by another wave of monsters using their abilities.
Through the constantly falling ash, Zhao Xun barely managed to glance at his surroundings.
Monsters surrounded him on every side, densely packed together-roughly fifteen thousand of them.
Clearly, the monsters' main force had arrived in this brief span of time.
All kinds of attacks came one after another, leaving even Zhao