NOVPUBIt’s no wonder Shen Borong is feeling a bit irritable now.
Zhou Mingde waved his hand and said, "Taoist Friend Shen need not be angry. Since we’re already here, whether the Tomb Master left any messages or not is no longer important."
He then spoke in a deep voice, "Let’s stick to the old rules and join forces to break through this stone door!" Your next journey awaits at freewebnovel
Shen Borong and the other person naturally had no objections to this proposal.
And so, the three men and the Demon Beast simultaneously took action, launching a fierce attack on the stone door.
However, what the three of them did not expect was that as soon as they started attacking the stone door, the stone walls on both sides of the corridor they had passed through cracked open one after another, and countless pale golden mystic bugs flew out from within.
They were all too familiar with these pale golden mystic bugs. In the murals they had seen earlier, the Tomb Master frequently used these mystic bugs to kill his enemies, even after reaching the Golden Core Stage.
These mystic bugs resembled Rhinoceros Beetles, with their bodies clad in hard carapaces and mouths full of sharp teeth.
They weren’t large, about the size of a fist that a three or four-year-old child could clench, and they possessed extremely fast flying speeds.
The only means of attack these bugs seemed to have were their sharp teeth tearing and biting.
But don’t think they’re weak because of that.
Although their means of attack were simple, they possessed extremely strong defensive capabilities.
Even the Demon Fire spat by the Fire Divine Jackal couldn’t burn and melt them instantly.
And those seemingly small teeth were able to easily pierce through the hide of a third-tier Demon Beast like the Fire Divine Jackal.
At that moment, as they faced the attack of the densely packed swarm of over ten thousand mystic bugs, Zhou Mingde and the two others were caught off guard.
Nobody had expected that the Tomb Master had left behind such a formidable trap!
But now even if they wanted to escape, there was nowhere to run, for the exit had been blocked by those mystic bugs!
They had no choice but to use all their means to desperately fend off the bugs’ attack.
Finally, after a fierce battle, the swarm of bugs was eventually exterminated by the three of them.
However, after the battle, all three of them had sustained serious injuries.
Zhou Mingde himself had more than a dozen chunks of flesh bitten off his body, with two pits appearing on his face.
Shen Borong was in an even worse state, with more than half of his right arm bitten off, forcing him to amputate his own arm!
Ruan Hongzhuang, such a charming and beautiful woman, was now covered in blood, with several bites torn open on her chest.
Even the Fire Divine Jackal, a third-tier, mid-grade Demon Beast with thick skin and flesh, was bitten all over and bleeding profusely!
"Damn it! Truly hateful!"
Looking at the bodies of the mystic bugs strewn across the ground, the one-armed Shen Borong shouted angrily with a face full of resentment, "Shen pledges an oath, once I enter the main tomb chamber, I must crush his remains into dust and scatter them to the wind to quell the hatred in my heart!"
"Crushing and scattering his ashes is too lenient! I want to soak his remains in sewage to leave a stench for ten thousand years!"
Ruan Hongzhuang was also grinding her teeth with vehemence, her voice as mournful as a wailing ghoul.
Zhou Mingde, on the other hand, didn’t speak any harsh words, but his rage was just as intense as the other two.
He looked towards the stone door at the end of the corridor and said in a heavy tone, "Everyone, retreat and heal first, we’ll talk about the rest later!"
The injuries they suffered were no longer something that could be easily treated and recovered from, and there could be additional dangers inside.
So it was safer to retreat back to the base to heal and recover before coming back to continue exploring.
