241: C241 Evening Assault(part Ii)

C241 Evening Assault(part Ii)

A martial artist's identity was only a shallow level. As long as his trump card wasn't exposed, how could they possibly be able to do anything about it?

Everyone silently rested. Only one person in the group of middle-aged men was standing guard with a gun in his hand.

It was true that everyone had experienced the danger of being in a state of panic during the day, so as soon as they relaxed, they immediately fell into a deep slumber.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, everyone suddenly heard a gunshot.

In this quiet primeval forest, the sound of the gunshot was especially loud. Furthermore, the direction of the sound was very close.

Everyone quickly got up from the ground and looked around.

The bonfire was still burning, but everyone immediately saw an incomparably shocking scene.

Countless black bugs swarmed onto the body of the gunner who was keeping watch. In the blink of an eye, half of his body was devoured.

There was not even a bone remaining. It had been completely eaten.

At some point in time, a hole had appeared in the tunnel that had been surrounding the group of people. The bugs were frantically crawling toward them through that hole.

"Let's go, let's go quickly, this is an extremely terrifying man-eating ghost worm. If we get entangled by it, all of us will die here!"

With a low growl, the middle-aged man picked up his backpack and led the way into the forest.

Jiang Chen and the others also followed closely behind, and in the process, another person in the group of middle-aged men couldn't dodge in time. He got entangled by these man-eating ghost and lost his life.

This time, everyone personally saw the horrifying strength of the Ghost Bug. In only a blink, the man's leg was eaten by the Ghost Bug that climbed onto his body. That thing was even more terrifying than a cannibal fish or a marching ant.

Jiang Chen and the other two followed the middle-aged man and escaped. Since he could say the name of this insect, he must know the origin of this thing and how to deal with it, so he could only trust Jiang Chen.

The middle-aged man took the lead, and everyone began to flee for their lives.

The rustling sounds created by the insects crawling behind them made everyone's eardrums hurt.

At the thought of the worms' terrifying devouring ability, everyone couldn't help but muster up all of their strength to chase after the middle-aged man.

Not only did the rustling sound not decrease, but it was quickly approaching them. It seemed to be even faster than the rest of them.

The middle-aged man who was running at the front suddenly stopped. He reached into his bag and pulled out something from it, sprinkling it on the ground. He used this thing to cut a line in between the bugs and the group.

"Hu …!"

He quickly lit up the item he just threw, and a bright flame appeared in front of him.

The bugs seemed to be very afraid of the fire and quickly stopped moving forward. However, there were still some that didn't stop because they ran too fast, and rushed out from within the fire.

As soon as it came into contact with the flame, the insect's black body became transparent, as if the inside of the shell had completely evaporated, turning into an empty, transparent shell.

This thing is afraid of fire and is even more afraid of the powder I brought with me, so after combining the two of them, it will naturally be killed. After dying, the corpse will not remain and will be vaporized by the temperature of the flames it absorbs, leaving only an empty shell.

As the middle-aged man commanded, his subordinates immediately brought over branches to make torches.

The burning thread on the ground did not last long before it was extinguished, and the rustling sounds of the insects once again appeared in his ears.

Everyone hurriedly lit their torches and followed the middle-aged man into the depths of the forest. The worms behind them were like maggots as they moved closer and closer. Only when the people at the back of the team used torches to drive them away would they retreat.

At this moment, everyone's situation could only be described as them running for their lives. The other words weren't enough to describe the current situation they were in.

The person at the back of the line was surrounded by the man-eating demonic insects, and after shooting a few times, he fell to the ground.

The few shots he fired hit the thigh of the person in front of him, causing him to fall onto the ground and be devoured by the bugs amidst his screams.2

The remaining people who were still alive were all frightened. Even Jiang Chen couldn't help but lose the calmness he had in the past.

With his current strength, even if he exhausted all of the Vital Spirit s, it would be hard for him to kill all of them, unless he reached the level of an extreme stage grandmaster. Only when he could use an even more powerful martial skill would he be able to completely clear these things out.

At this moment, the middle-aged man had yet to use his trump card. It was as if he was confident that he would be able to escape the worms' pursuit.

"Run, there's a river ahead. Once we get there, the bugs will stop. Everyone else, jump over there with me and swim to the other side."

The middle-aged man growled, and then suddenly threw out another handful of the powder he had scattered earlier behind him.

The powder further delayed the man-eating ghost bugs' footsteps, and gave everyone a pitiful amount of time.

"Hua!" "Hua!"

After passing through a patch of weeds that were about half the height of a man, everyone jumped into a wide river in front of them.

The river water was ice-cold, and as soon as they entered it, they felt like their entire bodies were covered in ice. The cold attacked all the cells in their body, and their skin was insufficient to stop the cold.

Jiang Chen immediately activated his Vital Spirit to defend against the cold. At the same time, he swept his gaze across the other side and swam towards the other side with all his might.

The others were also in a similar situation, but when they reached the river, the man-eating ghost insects stopped their pursuit and stopped beside the river. Some of the man-eating ghost insects that were too fast accidentally fell into the water, they immediately struggled like landlubbers, and soon stopped moving.

Fu Shidong was secretly glad that he saw this scene. Luckily, the middle-aged man reminded them to jump into the water. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to get past this.

But at the same time, he was also more certain that this middle-aged man had definitely come here before. Or perhaps, he had more accurate information about this place than Wang Han. Otherwise, how would he know the weakness of the man-eating ghost?

Jiang Chen was swimming towards the other side, while the middle-aged man and his men were swimming downstream.

Fu Shidong felt a little strange. He struggled to pull out something from his backpack, broke it, and threw it to the other side of the river.

Under the illumination of a scarlet red light, he astonishingly saw that the other side of the river was also filled with man-eating ghost insects, a large black mass that extended for five to six meters along the river. Not to mention that they only had less than ten of them left, even if twenty of them climbed onto the other side, they would be completely eaten within a moment.

Jiang Chen noticed something flying past and immediately looked over. The next moment, he was shocked.

He stopped swimming and looked at the group of middle-aged men who were swimming more than ten meters away.

If Fu Shidong didn't notice it earlier, he would have been surrounded by countless man-eating ghost insects in the blink of an eye if he swam to the other side a little longer. At that time, he would not be able to escape.

In this primitive forest without any medical conditions, even if a finger was bitten off, it was very likely that one would die here due to infection and complications.

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