Chapter 312 Split-Reproduction Ability

Golden Crow's claws precisely snatched the Demonized Poisonous Scorpion King from the swarm of scorpions.

Moreover, its angle is extremely tricky; no matter how the scorpion king's tail pricks, it can never prick the money-bringing claws.

The Scorpion King struggled in vain, but could only be grabbed by Zhao Cai and led to the stairwell.

Zhao Cai loosened its claws at the top of the stairs, and the Poisonous Scorpion King fell to the bottom of the stairs and tumbled down the stairs.

When it rolled to the third floor, its body instantly turned to ashes.

Lu Cheng was overjoyed: "Zhao Cai did a great job!"

The original plan was that as long as Zhao Cai brought the demonized scorpion king to the stairwell, any one of them could kick the scorpion king down the stairs.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Cai exceeded the target and didn't need them to lift a finger.

Zhao Cai ignored Lu Cheng's praise, turned around and flew into the swarm of scorpions, starting its buffet-style feast.

At the very moment the demonized scorpion king died, all five of them received a notification:

Your team has successfully defeated the Demonized Poison Scorpion King. Rewards include 2 Gold Coins and 1 Poison Needle, which have been automatically added to your inventory.

Upon hearing the prompt, the group exchanged glances.

High risk, high reward.

Killing all the monsters on the first three floors only earns you one gold coin.

I didn't expect to get 2 gold coins just from killing the Demonic Poison Scorpion King on the fourth floor.

Meanwhile, the scorpion swarm seemed to have sensed the death of the Scorpion King and automatically made way for the fifth floor.

Lu Cheng exclaimed in surprise: "They're quite good at changing their tune. As soon as the boss died, they immediately made way for us?"

Zhao Cai didn't want to leave: "I want to stay here!"

Lu Cheng hesitated, "But we're about to go to the fifth floor."

Meng Qingyin: "Will I get copper coins for killing these ordinary poisonous scorpions?"

These scorpions are different from the monsters before; they do not disappear upon death.

No sooner had she finished speaking than a scorpion that had been eaten by Zhao Cai exploded into more than a dozen copper coins.

Meng Qingyin understood. "Then let Zhaocai stay here and we'll continue to the fifth floor."

It allows you to eat to your heart's content and also earn copper coins, killing two birds with one stone.

Lu Cheng was a little worried about leaving Zhao Cai alone here. "Won't she be in danger?"

Meng Qingyin: "The only danger is that it will overeat."

Lu Cheng: "..."

In the end, Zhao Cai was left on the fourth floor, while the others went to the fifth floor.

Welcome to the Tower of Babel. The guardian monster of the fifth floor is the Demonic Earthworm. Eliminate all Demonic Earthworms within one hour to enter the sixth floor. Countdown: 0:59:59.

As the notification sound faded, five layers of black, demonic earthworms appeared, piled together, their slender bodies wriggling—a truly striking sight.

It's a disaster for people with trypophobia.

Qin Jiu rubbed the goosebumps on her arms. "So many demonized earthworms, they give me goosebumps."

Tang Mian: "Did you notice that the time limit on this floor is one hour? Also, the size of the demonized earthworm hasn't changed at all."

The first four floors each take half an hour to clear.

Moreover, the monsters in the first four levels are several times larger than ordinary animals, but the mutated earthworms in this level are no different from normal earthworms except for their color.

These mutated earthworms are probably not easy to deal with, otherwise they wouldn't have given an hour to complete the game.

Meng Qingyin agreed with her: "That's right, we need to be careful."

Lu Cheng: "I'll go and meet them first."

As soon as she finished speaking, the pear blossom needle in her hand shot out and pierced the body of a demonized earthworm. The earthworm twitched a few times and then stopped moving.

The corpse didn't disappear, but instead dropped a pile of copper coins.

Lu Cheng was surprised: "They don't seem that difficult to deal with..."

Meng Qingyin also found it strange that the mutated earthworms on this level were so easy to kill.

Then why is the given clearance time one hour?

"In that case, let's finish this quickly." Qin Jiu stepped forward with his sword, and with a light swing, a large group of demonized earthworms was cut in two.

but……

The mutated earthworms that had been cut in half did not die; instead, they began to wriggle again.

Qin Jiu couldn't hide her shock: "These... these mutated earthworms are impossible to kill!"

Meng Qingyin finally understood why this level took longer to clear than the other four.

These mutated earthworms have the ability to reproduce. Even if their bodies are cut in two, they do not die, but instead split into two new earthworms!

This effectively banned Meng Qingyin and Qin Jiu from using weapons, as they were wielding knives.

Even Chen Leying, who uses a steel fork, and Tang Mian, who uses a spear, must be careful when killing them to avoid cutting them in two.

Otherwise... that would be a waste of time.

No, it's more of a hindrance than a help.

For a moment, apart from Lu Cheng's Pear Blossom Needles which could directly kill the demonized earthworms, the other four became hesitant and restrained.

Needless to say, the baby mandrill and the juvenile ape had absolutely no appetite for the wriggling earthworms.

Now Lu Cheng has become the "pillar" of the team.

But... this "pillar" isn't quite up to par either.

His pear blossom needles are manually retrieved; once launched, they need to be retrieved manually afterward.

Moreover, the quantity is small, only ten pieces.

Once all ten needles were fired, he was out of ammunition and supplies, and could only stare helplessly at the demonized earthworms covering the ground.

Qin Jiu sighed: "How do I swipe this?"

Lu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "How about we collect some embroidery needles?"

Meng Qingyin shook her head, "There are no embroidery needles in the trading hall."

She had just considered using needles, but there were no players selling needles in the trading hall.

Lu Cheng scratched his head: "Isn't there any other way? It can't be hopeless, can it?"

Qin Jiu's eyes lit up: "Use poison? Just poison them to death!"

Chen Leying glanced at her: "Do you have poison?"

Qin Jiu honestly shook her head: "No." Then her eyes darted around, "But Zhang Yan might have some!"

Meng Qingyin vaguely remembered that Zhang Yan seemed to have a kind of poison called "Wu Jue".