What kind of "hill" is it? It's obviously the steel-toothed crocodile king that fell into the tunnel before.
"Dead or alive?" Huang Yao and others were extremely shocked and asked quickly.
"It's still motionless. It should be dead. No, it seems like something is eating its body!" Ye Feng said in surprise, "Let's approach slowly and don't disturb those things!"
As everyone gradually approached the "hill", a clear scene came into everyone's eyes.
Palm-sized monsters crawled all over the body of the Steel-toothed Crocodile King. At this moment, they were waving a pair of giant jaws on their heads, tearing off pieces of flesh and blood from the body of the Steel-Toothed Crocodile King, and feasting on it.
"Hiss!" After taking a deep breath, everyone stepped back in unison.
The rock-hard scale armor covering the surface of the steel-toothed Crocodile King's body offered no resistance at all in front of those strange insects, and was easily pierced by the giant jaws of the strange insects.
Everyone's expressions turned extremely ugly. It was a sixth-order king monster. Even if it was thrown to death in the underground passage, the strength of the scales on its surface was far beyond what ordinary treasures could penetrate. It was unimaginable. The power of the monsters is so terrifying.
"It's a corpse-eating beetle, but it's too big. It's almost the same size as the king of corpse-eating beetles." Huang Yao said in a trembling voice.
Corpse-eating beetles are just very common fourth-level demonic insects, and everyone is familiar with them. The appearance of these beetles in front of them is almost exactly the same as that of corpse-eating beetles, except that each one is about the size of a palm, burrowing in and out of the huge corpse, covering the whole body. A full layer.
"If it is really a corpse-eating beetle, we should not be in any danger. Their hearing and vision have completely degraded, and they only retain some sense of smell. They are only sensitive to dead corpses and will not actively attack living people." Huang Yao whispered, " We might as well go around them while they’re eating.”
"These are definitely not ordinary corpse-eating beetles. Even the steel-toothed crocodile king can be easily swallowed by them. Once they attack us, the consequences will be disastrous. We should not take risks easily, right?" Zong Nan, who has always been cautious, immediately refused.
"If you don't take the risk and go around, then if you go back the way you came, there will be a dead end on the other side!" Huang Ge said angrily.
"It won't be too late for us to leave after they finish eating!" Zong Nan thought for a while, but was still reluctant to go around directly.
Huang Yao said quickly: "No, now is the perfect time to pass here. When they are eating, it is the safest time for us. It is estimated that the body of this steel-toothed crocodile king has attracted all the corpse-eating beetles nearby. , if we wait until they finish eating and disperse, they will spread all over the entire area, making it difficult for us to pass."
Although the vision and hearing of the corpse-eating beetles are completely degraded, with such a huge size and number, once dispersed, it is indeed very likely that this small area will be completely covered.
Ye Feng's soul is now damaged and he will be unable to control the Qiankun Cauldron in a short period of time. As a result, they will be trapped in place and unable to move forward.
Huang Yao and Zong Nan were arguing, and finally they both looked at Ye Feng, waiting for his decision.
"Junior Brother Zhou, make up your mind."
Because of the Four-Yuan Qiankun Ding and the strength he had shown before, Ye Feng's status among everyone has also risen, and he has become the leader of everyone.
Ye Feng was not very familiar with the corpse-eating beetles. He hesitated for a moment and decided to follow Huang Yao's suggestion and risk going around. After all, once the corpse-eating beetles were dispersed, an insurmountable obstacle would inevitably be formed.
"If the corpse-eating beetles are allowed to disperse, we will be in a dilemma. Before they can devour the body of the steel-toothed crocodile king, we will set off now. I will take the lead. If Brother Zongnan is worried, you might as well wait for a while. Wait, if I can pass safely, it means these corpse-eating beetles will not notice us."
Before everyone could react, wind blew under Ye Feng's feet. When he took the next step, his figure flashed around the corpse covered in corpse-eating beetles and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
"This..." Zong Nan looked a little embarrassed, because of his timidity, he let his friend take the risk alone.
The others didn't think much and watched every move of the corpse-eating beetle with bated breath.
When Ye Feng passed the corpse, it was not without attracting the attention of the corpse-eating beetles. The three beetles lying on the top of the corpse suddenly raised the two tentacles above their heads and stopped eating.
After looking back in confusion, the three corpse-eating beetles leaned down again and continued to eat.
"Although I'm a little wary, it should be fine in general. Just be careful and try to control your breath!" After a while, Ye Feng's voice rang in the ears of Huang Yao and others.
With the help of Yuanli sound transmission, Ye Feng informed everyone in detail about the reactions of the corpse-eating beetles.
"Junior Brother Zong, you don't have to worry now." Huang Ge sneered, a little disdainful of Zong Nan's cowardly behavior.
"Let's go." After Huang Yao left a word without expression, he spread out his body, and together with Huang Ge, bypassed the corpse-eating beetle and disappeared in front again.
"There is nothing wrong with being cautious. After all, he is a prince, and some tempers are normal, so don't take it to heart." Cheng Ze patted his embarrassed friend and comforted him, "Follow me, and we will rush over together! "
Zong Nan nodded, followed closely behind Cheng Ze, and flew towards where the corpse-eating beetle was eating.
Because the area was relatively narrow, the two of them almost passed by the corpse-eating beetle. When they observed the ferocious appearance of the corpse-eating beetle covered in blood at close range, Zong Nan felt a chill in his heart, and fear spread instantly.
At this moment, the three beetles on the top of the corpse suddenly stopped eating. After a twist of the tentacles above their heads, one end of the tentacles quickly pointed at Zong Nan, and a red light flashed from the tip.
"Squeak!" The other corpse-eating beetles still made no movement, but the three corpse-eating beetles with red tentacles suddenly moved. The huge gray carapace suddenly opened, and the transparent wings hidden under the carapace buzzed. , the figure flew from the corpse like lightning, and rushed after Zong Nan.
"No, how could we alert the corpse-eating beetles!" Cheng Ze was horrified. The long knife in his hand drew an arc and slashed towards the three corpse-eating beetles that were shooting towards them.
Bang bang bang!
The crimson sword light struck the carapace of the corpse-eating beetles, which only caused them to pause for a moment before they immediately pursued them again at a greatly increased speed.
Zong Nan vaguely guessed something, his footsteps suddenly changed, his Yuanli ran at full speed, his speed suddenly increased a lot, and he flew towards the other side.
Squeak!
The three beetles immediately changed direction and followed Zong Nan.
Ye Feng and others, who had bypassed the place where the beetles were eating, also noticed the changes that happened to Zong Nan.
Ye Feng's pupils shrank and he sent a message to Zongnan: "Fortunately, only three beetles were disturbed. The other beetles were not affected. Brother Zong directly attracted them over and killed them on the spot!"
Cheng Ze was stunned for a moment when he found that the three beetles had no interest in him. However, he and Zong Nan had a very good relationship, so naturally he couldn't bear to see his friends die under the beetles.
"Brother Zong, hold on, I'll save you!" With an angry shout, Cheng Ze didn't care whether it would alert the other beetles. The fire element power was running at full speed, and the long knife in his hand instantly turned red!
"Red Flame Ring of Fire!"
The surrounding temperature rose rapidly, and a circular ring of fire instantly shot out from the tip of the long knife.
The ring of fire flew into the air and quickly bound one of the corpse-eating beetles. The beetle's pair of thin transparent wings burned into fly ash in an instant.
The corpse-eating beetle, which had lost its wings, immediately lost its ability to fly and fell from mid-air, struggling endlessly.
The ring of fire tightly bound the corpse-eating beetle. The more the beetle struggled, the faster the ring of fire shrank. The hot fire elemental energy burned on the surface of the beetle, emitting bursts of black smoke.
It was at this time that black shadows shot out from the body of the Steel-toothed Crocodile King. Cheng Ze's actions indeed attracted the attention of all the corpse-eating beetles.
A terrifying number of corpse-eating beetles flew into the air, and the scene was extremely shocking as the darkness was like dark clouds.
"No, all the beetles are out! Although the corpse-eating beetles have no vision and hearing, they are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature and smell!" Huang Yao cursed angrily, "Cheng Ze, this idiot!"
Ye Feng could only smile bitterly and shake his head. After all, he was eager to save his friends, and Cheng Ze couldn't care less. Little did he know that as long as he waited a moment, Ye Feng and King Qin, the two princes, would be able to catch up with Zong Nan and use other methods to deal with the three pursuing Zong Nan. The southern corpse-eating beetle.
"Although their carapace is extremely strong, the pair of thin transparent wings are their weak point and can be easily destroyed." Ye Feng drew out his Lingfeng Sword, chopped the ground with his feet, and stirred up a cloud of smoke. He rushed towards Zong Nan like an arrow from a string. .
Whizzing! Two consecutive sword strikes, with extremely tricky angles, cut off the wings of the beetle that was chasing Zong Nan in an instant.
"Brother Cheng, there are too many of them. Don't fight them head-on. Just cut off their wings!" He helped Zong Nan, who was sweating profusely and his legs were trembling, and Ye Feng rushed towards Cheng Ze's direction without looking back. .
After emitting all his fire energy, Cheng Ze's whole body was wrapped in blazing flames, like a man on fire, which attracted the attention of all the corpse-eating beetles.
"Contain your aura! Don't release your Yuan Power!" Ye Feng's wrist shook continuously, and sword rays were slashed out from Ling Feng's sword one after another.
Because it is necessary to cut off the corpse-eating beetle's wings from an extremely precise angle, Ye Feng's speed with his sword is naturally limited. However, even so, the speed with which he draws his sword has already amazed Huang Yao and others. In just a few breaths, More than ten rays of sword light poured out from Ling Feng's sword.
As streaks of sword light passed by, a large group of corpse-eating beetles rushing at the front were immediately cut off their wings and fell to the ground. However, they did not stop their pursuit and continued to crawl on the ground.
The corpse-eating beetle, which had lost its thin wings, could only crawl on the ground, and its speed instantly slowed down a lot. Cheng Ze also restrained his breath in time and quickly approached Ye Feng's direction.
"It will be easy to deal with them when they lose their target. It's better to run away now!" Although he didn't know what dangers were hidden ahead, Ye Feng could only make this decision. After all, once they were caught up by those corpse-eating beetles, they would have nothing to lose. Any chance of survival.
After catching up with Cheng Ze and Zong Nan, Huang Yao and the other four people spread out their bodies with all their strength and fled quickly, while Ye Feng fell at the rear. Occasionally, he found the right opportunity to slash out a few sword lights, killing the fastest corpse-eating beetles. shoot down.