Corpse Worm

  After seeing everyone's recognition, Liao Dongfeng began to speak out his bold assumptions in his heart, and then assigned tasks, declaring that each must do their job well, without any negligence.

  Peng Jianjun's marksmanship is not bad, his task is to shoot and kill the snake-like creature as soon as it hatches from the egg. Hai Chen has many tricks up his sleeve, which was evident when they encountered the giant dumpling earlier, so his task is to provide protection for others. Liao Dongfeng didn't explain what he would do, only telling him that if he sees any non-companion creatures, he should take them down mercilessly without reporting back. Feng Le Tian's task is relatively simple because she has a ghost-tracking device on her hand, which can locate the lost souls at any time and place. Liao Dongfeng had seen the true abilities of a soul-calling master before, so he thinks that either Feng Le Tian is intentionally holding back her strength or she can only become stronger through continuous battles and accumulating experience.

  Others had already taken their fixed tasks, and Liao Dongfeng slowly walked towards the central dragon pillar. At this time, he looked up and then looked down at the time, silently counting in his heart: "10."

  9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2、1。

  As soon as the words were spoken, the ground began to shake. However, this time the mechanism started differently from before, because this time everyone was not moved to a different location and remained in the same space. Upon realizing this, Liao Dongfeng shouted at Peng Jianjun: "Jianjun, as soon as the egg body makes any movement, fire immediately, don't let it roll far away."

  Just after finishing speaking, Peng Jianjun pulled the trigger and fired three shots in a row. The egg body that had not been fully exposed was also shot to pieces. At this time, several more egg bodies slowly floated up from the small hole. Liao Dongfeng saw them and immediately said to Hai Chen: "Do you still have some sulfur powder in your bag? If so, take it out and sprinkle a circle around the carving."

  Hai Chen was stunned for a moment, thinking that you didn't touch my bag, how did you know there's sulfur powder inside? However, he didn't say it out loud and continued to sprinkle the sulfur powder on the ground according to Liao Dongfeng's orders.

  After a burst of fire, Peng Jianjun fired two more shots. Unexpectedly, shortly after the gunfire stopped, egg-shaped objects began to emerge from the small hole, this time with as many as twelve.

  Don't look at Peng Jianjun's stoutness, but his movements are not slow. The rifle in his hand frequently shoots out flames, and the twelve egg bodies were all shattered within half a minute, with no snake-like creatures surviving inside.

  Just as Peng Jianjun was feeling complacent, the ground shook violently and the central dragon pillar began to slowly sink, accompanied by the screeching noise of metal friction from the surrounding walls.

  The noise had not stopped when the sound of gunfire came from a distance, and Peng Jianjun also opened fire. At this time, Liao Dongfeng saw several women slowly emerging from the darkness, their bodies were fiery, but their heads were extremely ferocious and terrifying. Hai Chen had seen the horror of these ghostly women before, so he didn't think much about it, hugged his gun and fired. The women's bodies exploded immediately after being hit, turning into tens of thousands of white maggots that escaped in all directions. These maggots also charged at people individually, but when they collided with sulfur powder, they immediately turned back, and another batch of insects followed closely behind, wave after wave, like rolling waves.

  "I'm most afraid of insects, and the emperor just happens to raise so many of them. I said to the captain, 'Can't you give us a heads up beforehand?'"

  Peng Jianjun grumbled as he retreated, when suddenly he heard Feng Le Tian shout: "These things aren't vengeful spirits or ghostly apparitions, they can't be fixed in place. Besides, they appeared suddenly, there must be a mechanism supporting them here."

  "No, you're wrong. I just realized it too. The reason the vengeful spirits have been swirling around is because there are countless lingering souls here. Since these insect-like ghost women aren't lingering souls, they must be these insects, each one representing a soul. They're called Corpse Souls Insects. These insects are also the favorites of Soul Reapers, Captain, you really didn't know?"

  Feng Le Tian was slightly surprised after hearing this, and quickly replied: "Corpse Wraith Insects, I've heard of them. The Maoshan Daoist techniques used to use them to drive away corpses. They can burrow into the brain of the deceased and control them, and they can also induce corpse transformation. But what's strange is that first there was Da Zong Zi, then Corpse Immortal, and now we've encountered Corpse Wraith Insects again. What is this underground palace used for? Is it really necessary to protect the emperor's corpse from external damage?"

  "Never mind, we'll deal with that later. Now I need you to follow closely behind me, Haicheng and Junzi also retreat into the sulfur powder circle. We don't want to come into contact with these worms for now, in case we get poisoned and have more trouble. You two ghost women, just make sure they don't enter the circle, and let's observe what happens."

  The Corpse Wraiths were afraid of the sulfur powder, so they all gathered outside the circle. However, their numbers kept increasing, and later insects crawled onto the bodies of the earlier ones. Over time, the Corpse Wraiths formed a wall of insects that seemed to be on the verge of collapse at any moment. At this point, the four people were surrounded by the insects in the middle, looking at these large white maggots with both shock and fear. If they collapsed, these people would immediately perish, but Liao Dongfeng was calm and composed, not taking them seriously at all.

  But in fact, Liao Dongfeng was feigning calmness. At this time, his heart rate was also rising continuously. He seemed to hear every insect's voice, that is, the cries of those dead souls: Hungry, I want to eat.

  The insect wall finally collapsed, and the insects surged in like a shocking wave. At this time, Liao Dongfeng grasped the ghost mask lantern tightly, and soon a large cluster of black air gathered on his right hand. However, just as he was about to take action, an invisible force suddenly appeared behind him, making Liao Dongfeng feel as if his soul was being pulled out. He fell to the ground motionless, concentrating his energy to prevent his spirit from being extracted. Hai Chen also felt this way, and suddenly pressed Peng Jianjun to the ground, with one hand constantly writing and drawing on his back. The force was unstoppable, sweeping away the insect wall and flipping it outward. Countless shadows also burst out from within, splashing onto the walls.

  It was just an instant, and the Corpse Wasp was dead or wounded. At this time, Feng Le Tian said: "Are you satisfied?"

  Liao Dongfeng slowly got up from the ground, looked back at Feng Leitian and said seriously: "We can come to this ghost place together, it's not accidental. What I need is unity of purpose. After all, when we encounter danger, our companions are the ones we rely on. But you, Captain, and Dr. Hai, you don't treat me as a companion, nor do you think I'm someone you can rely on. In the depths of the underground palace, there are dangers lurking everywhere, and life and death often hang in the balance in an instant. We can't overcome them with just our individual abilities. To be honest, I was testing your strength just now. I thought that after going through so much together, we should have at least some basic trust. But the result is really disappointing."

  Feng Le Tian lowered his head in contemplation after listening, while Hai Chen also glanced at Peng Jian Jun before looking at the dead insects on the ground. At this moment, Long Zhu was about to sink into the ground, and Liao Dong Feng sighed: "After passing this level, I will take you out, leave this ghostly place, and go out. After that, you can walk your own path, and my son and I will continue to walk our own bridge. From now on, we won't interfere with each other's business, and you don't have to say you know me. I'll pretend we've never met."

  After he finished speaking, his gaze fell on the carving at the top of the dragon pillar. On it lay a snake-headed pattern, to be specific, twelve snake heads shared one body. Liao Dongfeng had previously had very bad intentions, but he had never thought that things could turn out this bad. A serpent-like beast with twelve heads, perhaps it was the real master of this place!