Chapter 37: Death Finger, Bye-bye!

Damn!

Seeing the Stitching Monsters wielding wolf-tooth clubs on both sides, more than ten of them charging at him, Su Hao's face instantly changed, he had no thought of fighting, and immediately prepared to turn and run.

These Stitching Monsters are exactly the same as the one on the first floor, all stitched together from the same materials; even if their individual strength varies slightly, the difference is negligible.

Back when Su Hao was at his peak, even dealing with the first-floor Stitching Monster, he got ambushed and had his head chopped off.

Now he is seriously injured, yet there are more than ten Stitching Monsters; if each of them hit him with a Wind Blade Technique, wouldn't that just dismember him?

Knowing the enemy is strong and we are weak, if he still foolishly charged forward, wouldn't that mean there's something wrong with his brain?

However.

As Su Hao was about to turn and run, he suddenly felt a piercing killing intent that made his movement pause.

Following the direction of the killing intent, Su Hao saw a new Stitching Monster appear at the stairwell on the third floor.

He was about two meters tall, slender, wearing a black robe, holding a scroll in his left hand and a wooden staff in his right, with two human heads on his neck, coldly staring at Su Hao.

"Intruders, die!"

The double-headed Stitching Monster raised its left hand, activated the magic scroll in its hand, turning it into a gray mist that formed a white bone palm before it, extending its index finger toward Su Hao.

Immediately after.

Su Hao then saw a black light beam shoot from the index finger of that white bone palm, flying straight at him.

He had no time to react before feeling a sharp pain in his left chest; looking down, he saw that three ribs of the skull bone armor on his left chest had vanished.

Along with the ribs, his left chest also disappeared, leaving a front-to-back through-hole the size of a soccer ball at his heart's position.

Flesh, bone, and—

Heart!

All of them were destroyed in an instant by that black light beam!

"Damn! What the hell is this?!"

Su Hao swallowed the blood in his mouth, turned and entered the passage, running off without looking back.

The power of that black light beam was truly immense; in just an instant it pierced the skull bone armor and Su Hao's left chest.

Impossible to dodge, impossible to block!

Being able to so easily pierce the skull bone armor shows that this black light beam has at least the power of a Supernatural Second Tier!

Although this black light was a one-time attack from the double-headed Stitching Monster activating the scroll in its hand, it likely cannot fire a second black light.

But Su Hao dare not gamble; right now it only pierced his heart, giving him a chance to run—if another black light came and pierced his leg, he might very well die here today.

Besides, his original plan was just to scout the layout of the second floor and any possible enemies there; now those goals have been met, so it was already time to leave.

However, Su Hao wanted to flee, but the group of Stitching Monsters on the second floor wouldn't just let him run away.

"Roar!"

Amidst a chorus of roars, more than ten Stitching Monsters followed behind Su Hao and all charged into the passage.

Hearing the footsteps and roars behind him growing closer, Su Hao's face showed no change.

He waited until he reached the entrance of the passage before a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Let you also taste what it feels like to be caught in the passage!

Su Hao's right hand lightly brushed the Flaming Ring, and a human-head-sized crimson fireball appeared in his left hand.

"Blast!"

Su Hao shouted angrily, turned, and hurled the fireball in his hand into the passage.

Boom—!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the human-head-sized crimson fireball smashed into a Stitching Monster, causing a violent explosion.

Scorching flames spewed from the fireball, engulfing the more than ten Stitching Monsters that had been following behind.

Along with the flames came a strong shockwave that flung Su Hao's whole body outward, landing him in the stairwell.

"Holy shit! Is the Flaming Fireball's power really this huge?!"

Su Hao climbed up from the stairs, looked at the scorching flames in the passage, and even he was startled.

He originally thought this Flaming Fireball was just a slightly stronger version of the Fireball Technique, but now he sees it's freaking stronger by a factor of a hundred million!

While marveling, Su Hao's steps didn't pause; he strode downstairs.

This Flaming Fireball's power is indeed great, but killing more than ten fairly strong Stitching Monsters with it is still unlikely.

Moreover, there's an unknown-strength double-headed Stitching Monster; Su Hao has no intention of fighting back.

He just wants to get out of here as fast as possible, heal his wounds, then bring the Giant Panda back for another visit.

"Good thing I kept a backup."

After returning to the first floor, Su Hao picked up a small piece of heart from beside the stairs and placed it into the hole in his left chest.

If he hadn't, as a precaution, cut off a piece of his heart before entering the second-floor passage, he would be a corpse now.

"Roar!"

Just then, angry roars came again from the stairwell behind him.

Obviously, it was those Stitching Monsters, having passed through the flames left by the Flaming Fireball explosion, charging out from the second-floor passage.

"Bye-bye!"

Feeling the piece of heart placed in his chest start beating again, Su Hao gave a slight smile to the stairs, strode into the first-floor passage, shouldering the water vat he had earlier set at the gate, and ran off into the distance without looking back.

……

After running for about half an hour, Su Hao finally eased his pace, leaning against a big tree to rest.

"Hah—!"

"This should be temporarily safe… huh? That sound is…"

Su Hao had just let out a breath of relief when a clear, cold singing voice suddenly came from the sky.

At the same time, the surrounding temperature dropped by forty or fifty degrees in an instant, and the snowflakes grew larger; in just a moment, they had already buried his feet.

Following the direction of the song, Su Hao saw in the sky countless snowflakes gathering together, forming a woman in a white long dress, with long white hair and a slender figure.

"Xue Nv!!!"

When he heard that song, Su Hao had already guessed something; now seeing this figure, his face changed drastically, he quickly averted his gaze and held his breath while looking at the ground.

Xue Nv, a transcendent fifth‑stage lifeform born in the extreme cold disaster.

This is a powerful boss that, having just been born, already possesses transcendent fifth‑stage strength—let alone attacking, even a glance could freeze Su Hao into an ice sculpture!

Fortunately, Xue Nv had no intention of attacking; she merely glanced down at Su Hao, already buried by the heavy snow, then drifted past his head and flew off into the distance.

"Phew—!"

"Damn, that's terrifying—how could I even encounter the birth of Xue Nv?!"

After waiting another half hour or more in the snowdrift, Su Hao finally crawled out and hurriedly ran toward the shelter.

One reason is that the extreme cold disaster keeps worsening; the other is that Xue Nv's birth nearby has further lowered the surrounding temperature.

Su Hao was already seriously injured, and after staying here so long, the cold has now entered his body—he must hurry back.