Chapter 70

"Boom!" The huge explosion brought up fragments and hit my back.

The three of them were not much better off, as they were splashed with gravel.

I didn't have time to see what happened to the three of them. I endured the severe pain and looked back at the place where the explosion had just happened.

There was a big hole there. I ran over to take a look. Although it was not completely blown open, the sound of trickling water could be heard from the lower level.

I immediately took out another grenade and threw it into the pit.

As Mao Jianming and the other three stood up and walked towards me, I pounced over again and threw them under me.

There was another huge explosion, and the entire ceiling began to fall. This grenade was much more powerful than the previous one, and the sound of running water from below was even louder.

It turned out that because there were only a few leaks and the sound of water flow was small, I thought it was just a spring. Then I found out that it was actually an underground river in the mountain.

The sound of the river washing against the mountain was endless. I was worrying about how to get down, but from the sound, it seemed that jumping down should be no problem.

I used all my strength, hugged the three of them and jumped into the river.

The vengeful spirits of Zhang Song and the other three turned to ash the moment they left the second layer. Countless vengeful spirits still tried to possess us, but that second layer must have some kind of restriction I hadn't discovered. The moment they touched the hole we had blasted, they dissipated.

It happened in a flash, and it only took two or three seconds to reach such a high distance.

All four of us fell into the underground river.

I have been afraid of water since I was a child. If I were in a swimming pool or a calm stream, I could still swim, but in such a turbulent river, I would be like a lone boat in the huge waves, and could capsize at any time.

I flapped my hands vigorously, trying to breathe, and choked on water several times. I quickly closed my mouth. If the river water entered my lungs, I would be dead.

I only held my breath for half a minute before I felt like my lungs were about to explode. I tried to look for Mao Jianming and the others, but I couldn't see anything in the pitch-black space.

Ahead of the river, a bright light suddenly appeared, and I felt a wave of despair. It was too far away, at least a hundred meters. Now, let alone a hundred meters, I couldn't hold out even for fifty.

Once I open my mouth, the river water will choke me and I will die!

I couldn't hold it anymore, and my brain told me to breathe quickly.

I opened my mouth.

"call!"

After breathing the fresh air, I didn't sink. I felt someone holding my waist and holding me to swim.

I took the opportunity to breathe deeply, the air was so beautiful at this moment.

At this moment, I felt another person hugging my waist, and then the other person let go.

In the approaching light, I could vaguely make out Mao Jianming. So, just now, it must have been Zhang Song. The two of them were taking turns swimming with me. Swimming alone is tiring, especially with this kind of rapids; it's very strenuous.

After a while, Mao Jianming let go of me. What I didn't expect was that this time it was He Man who came up and swam with me. She was better than Mao Jianming and Zhang Song, and she actually swam with me to the light in one breath.

The river slowed down here, and the four of us climbed ashore and lay directly on the shore, breathing in deep breaths of air.

It turned out that when those vengeful spirits left their bodies, they came back to their senses instantly after being washed by the water.

I gasped and said, "Thank goodness you three woke up, otherwise my body would be lying here now."

"If it weren't for you, the three of us would have been corpses long ago." He Man said with rapid breathing.

"By the way, Sister Man, how come you are so good at swimming?" I asked her.

"I've won the international amateur freestyle championship," she said.

"You are so amazing." I exclaimed sincerely.

"You two can wait until you get outside and brag about each other's business." Mao Jianming said breathlessly.

After hearing what he said, I got up and looked around.

His eyes were as wide as a cow's.

When they saw my eyes shining, they also looked towards the platform.

The entire platform was filled with gold, silver and jewelry, about ten boxes in total.

The four of us involuntarily walked to the treasure.

He Man exclaimed in amazement, "They are all high-quality jewelry. Look at these jades and agates. My God, I have never seen jades of such high quality."

I looked at the jade she was touching. It was truly alluring. Its texture was incredibly fine, smooth as oil. Its color was vibrant, rich, and evenly distributed.

"Have we become rich?" I said in disbelief.

"They are all priceless treasures, more than just making you rich," said He Man.

She picked up the jade.

Something strange happened suddenly.

A huge evil aura filled the entire platform.

I quickly protected the three of them behind me.

He Man was confused by my actions, but when she saw Zhang Song and Mao Jianming looking around nervously, she also started looking.

The underground river we just swam across turned into a river of blood.

I had a bad feeling.

In the river, the strange sound of frogs could be heard, and the sound of frogs croaking filled the entire platform.

As we stared in amazement, a huge toad jumped out of the river of blood.

This blood toad is three or four meters big.

Before we could react, it croaked and stuck its long tongue onto me, sucking me into its mouth like an insect.

There was a "bang" of a gunshot. Frog felt the pain and let go of me, then looked at Zhang Song who fired the gun.

I had clearly taken his pistol, but I don't know where he got this one from.

I quickly threw the pistol I had on me to him and shouted, "Brother Song, take it!"

There's no way. Things like guns are more useful in his hands than in mine.

Zhang Song caught the pistol and threw it to Mao Jianming. Then he took out another one from somewhere and threw it to He Man.

I quickly ran towards them.

The bloody toad stretched out its tongue and tried to eat me again.

After three shots, I was not stuck by the blood toad's tongue. I ran to the three of them and turned around to look at it nervously.

Now I can see its appearance clearly.

In addition to its terrifyingly large size, its eyes were round and rolling around, and its pupils were bigger than my head.

Its body was blood-red, its claws had sharp nails, its legs were striped with black, like skeletons, and the most eye-catching thing was its huge mouth. I guess it could take the four of us tied together in one bite.

The long tongue was outside the mouth, with four wounds on it, which were caused by the three of them shooting it.

"What the hell is this thing!" Zhang Song said.

I have some impression of this blood toad and am trying hard to recall it.

When I was in Baiyun Temple, I read many Taoist classics, one of which was specifically about recording the monsters in this world.

"Ghost Blood Toad!" I finally remembered.

The ghost blood toad is not a real toad according to legend. The skin on its body is human skin, and the flesh inside is also human flesh.

It can be said to be an artificial toad.

I pulled the three of them back, because I knew very well how terrifying this ghost blood toad was. It was a good thing that they had shot its tongue, which was its weak point, otherwise I would have been in more pain than death!