As the sky filled with an insect cloud bearing boundless malevolence, crazily descending upon Lush Peach Mountain, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Jijian, and Taoist High Crown rushed into the stone cave in Jia Valley like a whirlwind.
The three hurried through a corridor about thirteen or fourteen zhang long and quickly appeared in a spacious stone cave.
Inside the cave, Zhao Keru stood in front of the clan mbers. Seeing Zhao Sheng and the others safely returned, his expression brightened.
But upon seeing the figure of Taoist High Crown, his face shifted slightly, and he deftly hefted the Spiritual Artifact, the Nine Extinguishing Tripod, ready to unleash the Core Spiritual Power stored within his Dantian.
With the situation so urgent, Zhao Sheng had no ti to explain.
No sooner had he appeared than he rushed to Zhao Xuanjing by the corridor and yelled, "Xuanjing, collapse the tunnel!"
Zhao Xuanjing reacted extrely quickly. As soon as Zhao Sheng's words fell, he imdiately pressed his hand against the stone wall beside him, with massive amounts of Yellow Light streaming into the earth and rock.
Crack! Crack!
Boom!
The stone walls of the thirteen or fourteen zhang long corridor instantly burst with innurable cracks, which rapidly grew longer and deeper, followed by countless pebbles clattering down.
Within two short breaths, amidst a cacophony of crumbling, the entire corridor collapsed with a thunderous crash, burying the stone cave deep underground with a multitude of fallen stones.
At the mont of the tunnel's collapse, a two-winged Fire Centipede narrowly chased up to the cave entrance, only to be blown off balance by a fierce gust from the stone cave, nearly tumbling to the ground.
The appearance of this Fire Centipede seed to be a signal.
The next second, the sky suddenly rained down countless crimson Fire Centipedes like a downpour.
They surged like a tide and in the blink of an eye subrged the entire mountain top.
Hum! Hum! Hum!
In an instant, Lush Peach Mountain seed to be covered with a layer of writhing red carpet; everywhere were the figures of Fire Centipedes.
The mont this fearso swarm of demon insects landed, they began frantically gnawing on everything around... the blood-stained soil, scraps of flesh and bone hidden in crevices among the grass and rocks, and even the Arrays on the stone walls could not escape their fate.
Clearly visible to the naked eye, the mountain's topsoil was gnawed away layer by thick layer, with trees and buildings also overwheld by countless Fire Centipedes and eaten clean in no ti, leaving only debris scattered across the ground.
anwhile,
Outside the cave, hundreds of two-winged Fire Centipedes led by a four-winged Fire Centipede sprayed sticky, venomous fla at the stones blocking the cave,
"Ssssss,"
The mont the stone touched the fire poison, it was as if splashed with King Water, blackening and corroding swiftly, producing copious black smoke as the rocks quickly lted and collapsed.
For a ti, black smoke filled the air, laden with an overwhelmingly sour and nauseating stench.
On the other side,
After the collapse of the passage, without waiting for Zhao Sheng's instructions, Zhao Xuanjing imdiately slapped the stone wall.
The next second, the wall glowed with Yellow Light and he was pulled into the earth and stones.
But quickly, Zhao Xuanjing erged again from the ground.
Now, his expression tinged with fear, he urgently called out to Zhao Sheng, "Uncle Seven, the Fire Centipedes are corroding the tunnel outside. It won't be long before they break through."
As these words were uttered, everyone beca panicky.
In this critical mont, Zhao Sheng's thoughts raced like lightning, recalling any information about Fire Centipedes.
Suddenly, as if struck by an idea, he decisively instructed, "Everyone, do as I say! Quickly move all the stored demon beast at jerky and the hides and bones here."
No sooner had he spoken, the sowhat panicked people imdiately found their focus and quickly busied themselves following Zhao Sheng's command.
Before long, a large mound of red and black at piled up in the center of the cave, laden with various hides and bones of demon beasts.
Having done this, Zhao Jijian, while keeping an eye on Taoist High Crown, couldn't help but ask, "What next?"
Zhao Sheng managed a strained smile, "Next... we hide!"
Then, under his command, they quickly took refuge in the storage room at the lowest level of the cave. Discover exclusive content at empire
With Zhao Xuanjing, the master builder, the interior of the stone cave had long been transford into many stone rooms with various functions.
After taking refuge in the storage room, Zhao Sheng swiftly circulated his Spiritual Power, simultaneously conjuring large amounts of clean water while reminding, "Those proficient in the Water Technique, follow my lead. Don't forget, Fire Centipedes disdain water!"
Everyone, upon hearing those words, had an epiphany and began releasing various Water Elent Magic spells in rapturous haste.
With everyone's combined efforts, the storeroom was soon subrged in water.
At this ti, an iceberg mixed with soil and stone sank into the water, and at its very center was a narrow space where everyone squeezed in.
If they still couldn't avoid this calamity after doing all this,
Zhao Sheng actually had one last move up his sleeve.
Don't forget, with Zhao Xuanjing and Little Gold's combined "Earth Escape" Divine Skills, they could at most take two people to slip away and escape.
But Zhao Sheng wouldn't do that until it was absolutely necessary.
...
anwhile, a tunnel was quickly lted through the collapsed passage in a short amount of ti.
Countless Fire Centipedes poured into the stone cave, and upon seeing the mountain of at in the middle, their instinct drove them to pounce on it and furiously start eating.
The at mountain rapidly diminished at a rate visible to the naked eye until it finally disappeared.
After finishing off the at mountain, the Fire Centipedes began to scuttle about the stone cave in disarray.
A mont later, the figure of Fire Centipedes was seen in every stone room.
However, they did not discover any trace of people.
In the anti, quite a few Fire Centipedes broke into the lowest level of the cave.
But when they saw the cold water surface emitting a chill, they all stepped back warily, hissed twice, and then retreated.
The intelligence of the Fire Centipedes was low, and as ti passed without finding anyone, their patience quickly wore thin, with their innate insect hunting drive taking over.
Ti slowly passed by, and the Fire Centipedes in the cave beca fewer and fewer until after the last one left, the cave beca utterly silent.
After an unknown amount of ti, the figure of Zhao Xuanjing quietly appeared in the cave,
After making a round outside, he quickly ran back with a joyous expression to report the news.
A while later, the sound of footsteps echoed through the cave.
A few breaths later, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Jijian, Taoist High Crown, and others erged in the stone cave.
The Zhao Clan mbers following behind wore faces full of excitent and exhilaration.
They had survived!
Upon seeing the passage to the outside world, Taoist High Crown was the most eager of all.
He quickened his steps and dashed to the front, about to rush out.
At the crucial mont, Zhao Sheng's figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the passage, blocking him.
Taoist High Crown's face changed slightly, and he imdiately stopped, looking around, only to find himself surrounded by three Zhao Family Foundation Establishnt practitioners.
"Taoist Zhao, what is the aning of this?"
Taoist High Crown looked very displeased, his right hand swept over his Storage Bag, throwing it forward.
"Clack clack clack"
Sounds of heavy objects hitting the ground rang out. In an instant, he had four Mystic Wood Tiger Puppets each about a zhang tall and pitch-black in appearance.
Each of these four Mystic Wood Tiger Puppets possessed the battle power of Qi Refining Perfection.
Looking at the defensive old Taoist, Zhao Sheng said with a cold smile, "Old Taoist Shang, you can leave, but give a satisfactory explanation first."
"What explanation does Taoist Zhao want? I'll definitely do whatever I can do. The great kindness of saving our lives, I will never forget it in my heart," Old Taoist Shang replied with a sheepish smile, his face full of gratitude.
"Lush Peach Mountain was completely destroyed because of you. Tell , how will you compensate us for our losses?" Zhao Keru finished speaking and turned the Red Rainbow Sword, pointing its tip at Old Taoist Shang. If he did not get a satisfactory answer, he was ready to take action at any mont.
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