C16 (1/2)
The blow brought me back to reality.
There was no pool in front of me, just an old wall. At the moment, the wall was covered with white bugs of all sizes.
”What are these bugs?” This time it was the woman who asked me in surprise.
I adjusted my mind. ”It's a white ice beetle.” Generally, they would appear in the tomb chamber. Their entire bodies were covered in ice, and on their backs, there was a thin layer of ice armor. Even though it was translucent, it had sharp teeth and a painful bite.
”Did these bugs make me hallucinate?” I said to myself.
”Probably not. I think it's those balls.” the woman responded when she heard my words.
”How do you know?” I asked simply.
”Do you smell it? These balls produce this unpleasant smell every time they catch a prey. ”Although it is faint, it is pungent.”
At this moment, green balls were jumping in front of his eyes. This was something he had never seen before.
The ball gave off an unpleasant smell, and the spike was almost half a meter long.
The hard thorns broke through the front of the ice beetles, and they melted away like ice water. The hordes of ice beetles at the back charged again, and some of the green balls of ice beetles easily bit their way through, sucking in the red soil within. The balls shrieked.
The bugs had climbed onto the magic balls, and the balls were no longer rampant, but were curling, hovering, and jumping toward the ceiling.
Luckily, some of the ice beetles managed to bite off the two balls that were wrapped with Saner. Like a watermelon falling to the ground, Saner was caught by the white-clothed woman in an instant.
When Saner saw the person in front of him, his face flushed red. I couldn't help but laugh.
Some of the balls were eaten by the ice beetles, while some of them were covered by the pungent smell and jumped around nimbly. They gradually shrunk and disappeared into a three centimeter hole at the top of the tomb.
These bugs love to drink red liquid, including human blood. When the ice beetles saw the balls escape, they charged at us at top speed.
”These insects are very powerful, even if they're touched by teeth they'll be poisoned and frozen.”
”If we don't stop them, we'll be frozen or even devoured.” Saner had just escaped from the magic claws of the two balls of lightning, and now he was about to fall into the mouth of the strange insect. He was so scared that his face turned pale.
”Right, the ice beetles are afraid of fire. Do you have fire? ”
I suddenly thought of Ten Thousand Year Lamp, and threw a sentence at Saner, ”Quickly take off your jacket.”
Saner blanked out for a moment, and with a ”Oh” sound, he quickly took off his long sleeve coat and threw it at me. I caught it in one go and lit it with my Ten Thousand Year Lamp.
His clothes were set ablaze, forming a wall of fire. Just as white-clothed woman had said, those ice insects didn't dare to get any closer. They only lay flat on the ground with their white and transparent claws ready to stab us. Their two black eyes were staring fixedly at us.
”The Fire Wall won't last long. We need to get out as soon as possible.” I snapped.
”How do we get out? The doors are all sealed.” Saner looked at those bugs' troubled faces and frowned.
”I think we'll be safe once we get out of their territory. Now all we have to do is find an exit. Miss, do you know where we can go again? ”
”The previous entrance has been sealed, but there is still a place we can go. It's a pity that no one who is near the door can leave.” The woman pointed to a hidden door at the corner of the tomb behind us.
”Roar!” I actually didn't see it earlier, as my mind was completely focused on Saner. ”
”Withdraw.”
We quickly left the Fire Wall and ran around the bend. There was a hidden door.
That door was covered by a lot of mud and leaves. If one did not look carefully, one would not be able to tell that it was a door. One would think that it was an ordinary mud wall.
When the door opened, I was stunned.
There was a picture of a closed human eye on the door. It was very big and looked very strange.