Chapter 22: Carving A Bloody Path
After this little Corpse Beetle, covered entirely in golden yellow, crawled out from the Blood Corpse’s head, a pair of wings unfolded behind it, and then it let out a sharp cry.
This cry was like some kind of high-frequency vibration; although the volume seemed low, its penetrating power was actually extremely strong!
As the cry fell, a rustling sound suddenly rose around the cave!
It was as if sudden clouds and wind changed abruptly, with sudden rain falling!
Uncle Wu San and the others heard the rustling sounds from all directions and couldn’t help but show expressions full of shock, fear, and confusion. The six of them turned their eyes to look around.
Immediately after, many Corpse Beetles suddenly appeared from the honeycomb-like holes around the cave!
Many Corpse Beetles of various sizes continuously crawled out from the holes and headed toward the Nine-headed Cypress big tree below.
The black Corpse Beetles were like Black Water continuously leaking from a net, and in the blink of an eye, they almost flooded the area around the cave!
This cave seemed to have connecting holes with the previous waterway, so the number of these Corpse Beetles was actually extremely large!
It seemed,
these Corpse Beetles had been summoned by this golden Corpse Beetle and quickly gathered here from various holes in the mountain belly.
Meanwhile, that golden little Corpse Beetle suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, reaching the air in the blink of an eye.
During the flight, it let out another shocking cry.
With this shocking cry, the number of Corpse Beetles seemed even greater!
Clearly, this Corpse Beetle hidden in the Blood Corpse’s head, though much smaller in form than ordinary Corpse Beetles, was a Corpse Beetle King!
This kind of Corpse Beetle King hatched from the Corpse Beetle Pill.
The Corpse Beetle Pill was something manufactured by Queen Mother of the West. After swallowing it, its substances would enter the brain along with the Corpse Beetle eggs, altering the person’s physique structure and granting the ability of immortality.
In this Tomb Raider World, aside from the Kirin Bloodline, the Corpse Beetle Pill was the best way to achieve immortality.
But the side effects of the Corpse Beetle Pill were also extremely severe!
With Corpse Beetle eggs entering the brain, a person might very well turn into an insensate walking corpse, just like the Forbidden Woman under the South China Sea Underwater Tomb!
Therefore, King Mu of Zhou or King Lu Shang and the Iron Masked Man used the Jade Coffin Armor to put themselves into a dormant state, shedding their skin once every five hundred years in the Jade Coffin Armor to remove the Corpse Beetle toxins from their bodies.
But once the Jade Coffin Armor is unlocked, the power of the Corpse Beetle Pill will immediately break free from restraint, and the resulting effect is even more terrifying than that of the Forbidden Woman.
An ordinary person would immediately become a Blood Corpse!
And the Corpse Beetle within the Corpse Beetle Pill would rapidly develop into a Corpse Beetle King.
This kind of Corpse Beetle King, though very small in size, had been nurtured by the human body for over a thousand years.
The high-frequency vibration it emitted could even summon Corpse Beetles!
Uncle Wu San and the others were immediately scared green in the face.
With so many Corpse Beetles, once they all swarmed over, everyone present except Little Brother and Su Mo would probably not survive!
Even Little Brother’s face changed in shock.
Although his Kirin Bloodline could intimidate the Corpse Beetles,
with such a large number of Corpse Beetles, it would probably be hard to scare them all away even with Kirin Blood.
Moreover, at this moment, the Corpse Beetle King was in the cave. With it there, these Corpse Beetles’ reaction to Kirin Blood would likely be discounted.
At that moment, Su Mo suddenly turned to the group and shouted loudly:
“Quick, go!”
Everyone couldn’t help but be stunned and turned to look at Su Mo.
Su Mo held the Frost Moon Sword and said to them:
“You all quickly leave along the path we came. Little Brother will protect you!”
The Corpse Beetle Swarm’s numbers were already increasing more and more. If Uncle Wu San and the others left now, with Little Brother’s Kirin Blood protection, they could absolutely leave safely.
At this time, if Uncle Wu San and the others didn’t leave, they might really die here.
But Su Mo knew he would be fine.
He already had the Kirin Bloodline, had also entered the Martial Arts Grandmaster realm, and held the Warring States divine weapon Frost Moon Sword!
As long as Uncle Wu San and the others didn’t become his burdens, retreating safely should be no problem!
A Ning’s beautiful eyes were full of worry as she looked at Su Mo:
“What about you?”
Su Mo shook his head:
“I will be fine!”
He hadn’t obtained the Ghost Seal yet and was unwilling to leave just like this no matter what.
Moreover, after the Corpse Beetle King appeared, this place had already become a Corpse Beetle nest. Even if they waited a while to return here, it would probably have become a forbidden zone for the living, making it hard to enter again!
Uncle Wu San and the others looked at Su Mo, their expressions full of much worry.
But at this moment, the Corpse Beetles were increasing more and more. If they didn’t leave now, they really wouldn’t be able to escape.
Right now, the Corpse Beetles had only occupied the area around the cave. Later, as more Corpse Beetles came and covered the entire cave, even Little Brother’s Kirin Blood might not be able to break open a path!
“What to do!”
Wu Tianzhen looked at Su Mo, his face full of conflict and unease.
Uncle Wu San gritted his teeth:
“Since Master Su says so, he naturally has his confidence. Let’s not stay here and burden Master Su!”
With that, he turned to Su Mo and cupped his fists:
“Master Su, we’ll withdraw first!”
After speaking, he pulled Wu Tianzhen and quickly headed forward.
Da Kui and Pan Zi, seeing this, could only nod to Su Mo before quickly following Uncle Wu San to leave.
A Ning glanced at Su Mo, her beautiful eyes interweaving with worry, doubt, and other expressions. After being silent for a second, she turned and ran after Uncle Wu San and the others.
Little Brother glanced at him:
“Be careful!”
Little Brother had long since formed a very high assessment of Su Mo’s strength.
And at this time, Little Brother also knew that if he kept Uncle Wu San and the others here, it would definitely burden Su Mo instead.
Therefore, he simply gave a brief instruction, then turned and quickly led Uncle Wu San and the others along the path they came.
Soon, they reached the edge of the cave along the stone platform.
The Corpse Beetle Swarm had already occupied the cave edge. Some Corpse Beetles sniffed the scent of living people and immediately let out low cries, pouncing fiercely toward Uncle Wu San and the others.
Da Kui and the others hurriedly lit torches, trying to drive away the Corpse Beetles.
These Corpse Beetles had tough shells that blades and guns could hardly penetrate; only flames could scare them.
But perhaps due to the Corpse Beetle King’s summons, although Da Kui and Pan Zi kept driving them back with torches, the Corpse Beetles behind continued to surge forward relentlessly.
At this moment, Little Brother suddenly drew the Black Gold Ancient Blade and slashed his own palm.
Fresh Blood instantly dripped down along his palm.
A breath of Kirin Bloodline immediately spread around.
Those Corpse Beetles seemed to smell the Kirin Blood’s scent. After low cries, they all retreated, opening up a path.
“Quick, go!”
Little Brother extended one hand, letting the blood keep dripping, quickly clearing a path through the Corpse Beetle Swarm, and shouted loudly.
Uncle Wu San and the others hurriedly followed him forward. Da Kui and Pan Zi held torches at the rear to cover, and the seven of them soon reached the cave edge, then quickly returned to the tomb passage along the rope they had climbed down earlier.
Before entering the tomb passage, they looked back and saw Su Mo standing alone under the tree, holding the Frost Moon Sword in one hand, with the black tide of Corpse Beetles behind him.
A trace of reluctance and worry appeared in A Ning’s eyes.
“Let’s go. Master Su will be fine!”
Little Brother said in a low voice, then turned and entered the tomb passage.
