Chapter 320: She

Although the effect of Yuan power on these monsters was limited, boosting morale was a good thing.

He pretended to be relaxed: "Hold on a bit longer, reinforcements will come."

The team member with injured eyes couldn't help but ask: "Do we really have reinforcements?"

"Of course." Men Ban said in a deep voice, "We are just the first batch. If we don't come out for a long time, the mountain spirit will also report to the military and send reinforcements. This has already been..."

"Two hours!" He Lingchuan said decisively, "Reinforcements will definitely arrive; we must not lose heart, must not give this monster more opportunities!"

Facing an enemy that seemed unbeatable, they needed an opportunity, and they also needed—

They also needed hope!...

She was immersed in a beautiful dream.

The sky here was very blue, the grass was very green, and the cherry tree in the courtyard had just been planted. As the daughter of a wealthy family, she could wash her face with freshly drawn clear spring water and then nourish her skin with rose essential oil mixed with milk.

Her personal maid would comb her hair, and the biggest trouble in her life was just a few nasty things her cousin said behind her back.

The year the cherries ripened and bore bright red fruit, she set her heart on a well-matched marriage, and the cherry tree was also part of the dowry. She had a gentle husband and lived a happy and fulfilling life.

Later...

Later, the cherry tree became the way it was when it was just planted, and she was a young girl with bright eyes and white teeth, growing up carefree.

Then she married, then lived a happy and harmonious life.

Then repeated, then repeated, then repeated.

But she didn't feel anything was wrong; everything was so natural.

Happiness is always the same, isn't it? She just had to immerse herself.

Finally, one day, when she went to pick cherries, she found a smear of blood on the leaves, shocking to the eye.

Who had accidentally scratched their hand?

Then she turned around the cherry tree and saw her gentle and considerate husband lying in a pool of blood, his eyes staring dead at her, freezing the last terror of his life.

She covered her eyes and fell to her knees.

From the moment she let go of her hands, the world changed.

The city was captured by the enemy, her home was destroyed by war, her clan collapsed, and her family died and scattered.

She couldn't even keep that cherry tree, watching it turn into charcoal in the fire, just to get a trace of warmth for her in the cold winter.

The days that followed were bitter and dark.

To get something to eat, she had fought for food with wild dogs; to have a place to live, she had slept with three men in one family.

Later, she became a concubine for a merchant, but he took her to entertain business partners, and one of them got drunk and beat the child in her belly to death.

She cried all day, seeking some spiritual sustenance.

Fortunately, the gods were merciful and sent her a cute child.

A chubby, white, good child who didn't cry or make a fuss and always grinned at her.

Her life had comfort again.

Just at this moment, red rain began to fall from the sky, stinging her face.

She spread her hands and saw they were covered in bright red.

The child beside her cried loudly, wanting to pull her away. But suddenly someone walked out of the darkness, ignoring the child's obstruction, pushed her into the rain, and ordered her to open her eyes with a cold voice: "Wash your eyes and see clearly what kind of thing you have given birth to!"

The red rain hit her eyes, and the stinging pain increased tenfold, hurting her eye sockets so much that they twitched, but her vision suddenly cleared.

Under the washing of the rain, the child's image changed in her eyes.

The chubby baby turned into a grotesque evil ghost.

A fierce ghost that only appeared in the deepest nightmares.

They surrounded her, calling her mother, sucking her blood, gnawing her flesh, and every bite was heart-wrenching.

They also dug open her belly and crawled out, eating one human after another.

Everyone cried to her, everyone cursed her.

And she had previously felt that it was sweet?

So, this was the truth? One after another, unbearable terrors rushed toward her; she couldn't take it anymore and screamed!...

Deep in the mine tunnel, a secret stone room.

There was nothing here; only a woman lay on the natural stone platform, eyes closed, expression serene, but there were things as thick and long as tendons extending from her limbs and temples, connected to the four corners of the stone room.

Or rather, grown together.

Every time she trembled, the entire mine tunnel would tremble along with her.

It was exceptionally quiet here, the air was dry, and there wasn't a trace of noise.

But in the next second, she suddenly opened her eyes and screamed! She woke up and saw her situation in an instant; the fear not only didn't diminish but magnified.

Were the things she saw and heard in the red rain actually true?

Where was this, what kind of place was she trapped in, and why was her body so heart-wrenchingly painful inside and out?

She naturally noticed the abnormality on her temples and limbs and struggled hard. She didn't know what kind of creature these flesh tendons were stripped from; they were exceptionally sticky.

That feeling was as if another layer of skin had grown on her body.

Fortunately, she could still tear them off with force.

As she tore the last three tendons, she seemed to hear a terrifying roar from deep in the mine tunnel.

Even more terrifying was that she could understand it.

That creature was shouting at her: "Mother, don't!"

The woman shivered, and the speed of tearing the tendons became faster.

The red rain came fast and went fast, stopping after only a quarter of an hour.

If not for the withered land, it was as if nothing had happened.

But at this moment, it was dark.

"Do not touch objects drenched in red rain." General Red ordered her subordinates, "Follow me."

The power of this red rain was comparable to severe poison; the Great Wind Army guards saw it and naturally stayed away.

But General Red's speed was astonishing; she entered the cave in a flash. By the time the crowd caught up, they only saw her cloak disappear into the corner.

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*Crack*, a crisp and chilling sound of bone breaking; the Jin Du hatchling snapped Xu Chun's neck.

His strike failed, and he was caught by the opponent, while his companions couldn't rescue him in time.

If it were usual, He Lingchuan and Liu Tiao and the others could mostly provide support, but now everyone's physical strength was exhausted, and even swinging a decent blade was already difficult.

Instead, the Jin Du ghost's speed grew faster and faster, hard for the human eye to follow.

He Lingchuan's blade and Duan Xinyu's spear were both stabbed into the Jin Du hatchling, especially the former, which cut open its hard abdominal armor, causing blood to flow continuously and exposing its internal organs.

But Xu Chun could no longer be saved.

He Lingchuan closed his eyes, his heart sinking to the bottom.

The medicine they carried was all eaten. They needed to sit down and meditate to recover their vitality most.

However, they couldn't; this monster could emerge from any corner of the stone wall to sneak attack, and daring to meditate would probably lead to being blown up.

Even leaning against the wall to rest for a moment was impossible.

Now that Xu Chun was dead, the Slowing Spell immediately failed. The bone puppets, which had been stumbling, changed to walking like flying, bypassing the bound companions and rushing toward the group with roars.

The next moment, the Jin Du hatchling locked its target on Duan Xinyu and lunged straight at him.

It had set its sights on Duan Xinyu for a long time, and as its combat experience grew, it had long seen that the man-eating vines were thrown by this guy. As long as he was killed, it could finish work today.

Duan Xinyu's face was pale, gritting his teeth and holding on. His blade technique was dense, impenetrable, but now he was at the end of his rope, with seven or eight holes in his body oozing blood, and the blade in his hand felt heavier and heavier, with a thought echoing in his mind: Give up, get relief early.

Continuing to fight stubbornly would only lead to death in the end.

As soon as this thought arose, his hand slowed down, and the Jin Du ghost seized the opportunity, swiping a claw at his neck, wanting to send him to follow Xu Chun's footsteps.

Liu Tiao stabbed from behind, hitting the Jin Du ghost's spine; it didn't dodge or evade, focused solely on Duan Xinyu.

Men Ban rushed out from the side, colliding with it rib-first with his shield, sending it flying.

The Jin Du ghost rolled into the stone wall.

Duan Xinyu panted: "You guys..."

Just these two words, and he didn't know what else to say.

He Lingchuan seized the time to regulate his breathing, trying hard to recall the feeling of striking with his blade in the Handan River water. At that time, facing the rushing waves, he also had to face such a war of attrition from all directions.

Conserving physical strength and fighting spirit was the first priority.

He said in a deep voice: "Watch your feet."

This hatchling liked to attack from underground, stabbing the soles of people's feet very effectively.

As soon as the words fell, it emerged from the ground, aiming at Duan Xinyu's back, this time carrying a four-foot-long bone spear. Its sense of smell seemed very keen, able to accurately judge who had lost the will to fight.

A new batch of bone puppets had also arrived; without Xu Chun's Slowing Spell, they moved fast and were about to rendezvous with their master.

He Lingchuan had long stood behind Duan Xinyu, and at this moment, he slashed out, looking as if the Jin Du ghost had delivered itself to be chopped.

The spearhead broke instantly, taking half of the front palm with it, causing the monster to howl in pain.

The "Army-Breaking" effect actually appeared at this moment, ignoring the bone armor defense, breaking the palm with one strike.

Something seemed wrong? He Lingchuan hesitated slightly.

Duan Xinyu also seized the opportunity, counterattacking, barely dodging the monster's two attacks.

The group still cooperated tenaciously, but their spirits could no longer be lifted.

Human resilience always had an upper limit.

They had struggled for so long, yet still couldn't see the dawn of hope.

How long could this dark battle last?

He Lingchuan suddenly said: "Liu Tiao, give it an ice arrow!"

Liu Tiao was startled: "There's only one left."

It wasn't that she cherished those few taels of silver, but what was the point of using it now? "Use it!"

The captain gave the order, and she fired without hesitation.

Thanks to her solid foundation, she didn't lose her aim in such a situation, hitting the monster running at high speed.

The Jin Du hatchling's left arm was hit, and the cold ice immediately spread from the wound to its whole body.

It had been hit before and had experience, so this time it didn't do anything else, rushing to fall into the stone wall.

With the "mother's" protection, it could recover quickly.

The group also knew very well that chopping it into several pieces now was useless; in the end, it would still recover—although it couldn't turn into several like a leech.

The youngest one, most favored by the ghost mother, indeed had extraordinary aspects.

It's almost the end of the month, asking for monthly tickets~

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