Chapter 586

At that moment, more tentacles surged toward Luo En.

"Damn these tentacles, they never end."

Luo En swiftly slashed with his broken blade, forcing the tentacles back, while simultaneously pushing himself closer to Taiyilang.

But this time he knew getting close to Taiyilang was extremely difficult—there was barely any foothold nearby.

And the tentacles' attacks were growing faster now.

If he kept trying to close the distance, he would likely be attacked from all sides.

Luo En knew he must preserve his strength first to better rescue Taiyilang.

At that moment, Luo En suddenly heard a muffled thud.

Taiyilang had slashed one of the tentacles with his blade.

Though he hadn't severed it, Taiyilang had caused the tentacle to pause for a moment.

In that brief instant, Luo En struck out, grabbed the tentacle, and yanked it off with all his strength.

This was their most synchronized cooperation yet.

Taiyilang looked at Luo En and nodded to him, a silent thanks.

He no longer needed to voice those thanks.

Luo En had saved him many times—this debt he had already etched into his heart.

He would never easily forget it.

Just as the two believed they could never escape this black hole,

Suddenly they felt their feet land on solid ground.

A muffled thud—they both stopped.

"Where is this?"

Luo En looked around, but he could not discern any direction.

It still appeared to be utter darkness.

Suddenly, that light flared again.

They realized they had not reached land.

Instead, a protruding rock had just blocked them there.

And that glow lay beneath the rock.

Luo En looked down—he could make out a cluster of tentacles writhing rapidly within the light.

But that cluster of tentacles did not surge upward.

He said to Taiyilang:

"Let's rest here for now.

Clearly, there's still a long drop beneath our feet."

Taiyilang replied:

"I don't know if this method will get us to our destination.

Clearly, the enemy is already on guard against us.

No matter how hard we slash, we can't break through this passage."

They had already tried several times—none worked like before.

At that moment, the glow beneath their feet suddenly went dark.

Luo En and Taiyilang heard a rustling sound again.

The tentacles climbed up once more.

"Damn it, these bastards deserve to die."

Luo En sprang to his feet, holding his broken blade horizontally across his chest.

To block part of the tentacles' assault.

Taiyilang said:

"Maybe we shouldn't have come here—we must find an exit and escape this place as soon as possible."

Though they didn't know where this passage led,

They could sense this place was still part of the curse.

Otherwise, the enemy would never have placed so many tentacles here.

And the curse's aura clung thickly to these tentacles.

Yet the enemy had not uttered a single sound since then.

Previously, he had mocked Luo En.

But when they entered this passage, his voice vanished instantly.

Though they didn't know whether this was part of the enemy's design,

One thing was certain:

If they lingered here too long, they might face grave danger.

The sounds beneath their feet grew louder.

Luo En swung his broken blade down with all his strength.

He didn't know if he'd strike the tentacles.

But Luo En sensed a strange energy spreading rapidly nearby.

"Watch out!"

Luo En roared.

But just then, countless tentacles burst open.

Taiyirou had not anticipated this move, and the blood immediately splashed onto him.

Yet this blood possessed an extremely strong corrosive property.

With a puff, his body rapidly rotted away, and even his long blade was corroded through with a hole.

Immediately, more tentacles surged toward them.

And as these tentacles neared them, they all burst open.

The blood rapidly splashed toward them.

Luo En swiftly moved to avoid the blood.

But he knew the space they were in was extremely narrow, and every movement risked sending him tumbling down.

Yet below, even more tentacles were surging toward them.

If he accidentally fell, he would likely be surrounded by these tentacles.

When all the tentacles exploded, there would be no way for him to withstand that much blood.

Taiyirou's situation was worse than Luo En's.

He was already severely wounded and had been drained of blood multiple times.

His strength was nearly gone.

Yet faced with so much blood, he still had to grit his Yaguan and endure.

He did not know how much longer he could last.

Even his hand holding the long blade was trembling.

"No, if we keep going like this, we'll die."

Taiyirou said, frustrated.

In that instant just now, he had almost tasted the flavor of death.

Though he still fought desperately, his body was already drenched in blood.

His skin had rotted away, exposing white bone.

The agony was unbearable, yet Taiyirou gritted his Yaguan and held on.

Even now, he had not fallen.

With a crack, Taiyirou's long blade snapped into two pieces.

The blood flowing over the blade corroded it completely.

Holding the broken half of the blade, Taiyirou's face turned grim.

Now his only weapon had been destroyed.

He did not know how he could possibly fight these tentacles.