The continuous rustling sound had completely shattered Wang Lan's mental defenses. It seemed that ever since she entered this forest, the rustling sound had never stopped, always echoing in her ears. And each time this sound appeared, it was never a good discovery, but rather an increasingly distressing danger.
So when that voice appeared in Wang Lan's ears again, Wang Lan's mentality collapsed immediately.
He grabbed the Vajra Umbrella and swung it in the direction of the sound. Just then, a black thing rushed out of the bushes ahead, and Wang Lan's umbrella struck it squarely. With a "poof," the black thing was smashed to pieces by the Vajra Umbrella.
Wang Lan only saw a pool of dark green liquid explode, which must have been the blood from the black thing's body.
Wang Lan put away the Vajra Umbrella and examined it closely.
Dark green liquid clung to the Vajra Umbrella, looking sticky and emitting a pungent, fishy smell. A long, black leg, about the thickness of a finger, hung from the liquid, seemingly left by the black substance.
Wang Lan held the Vajra Umbrella up to Sun Muchen's eyes and asked, "Muchen, you've read a lot of books, can you analyze this? What kind of animal's leg is this?"
"Pah!" Sun Muchen paused for a moment, then scoffed, "What the hell? How am I supposed to analyze something with just one leg? Flies, mosquitoes, spiders—doesn't every leg look like that? Do you think I'm an encyclopedia?"
"Well..."
Wang Lan looked at the legs in front of her with some confusion.
The rustling sound continued, but it seemed there was still some distance between them. Wang Lan leaned against a nearby tree to stand up, but as soon as she moved, the tick bites on her legs started to hurt terribly. Sun Muchen quickly helped Wang Lan up.
"No, that won't do," Wang Lan said. "It's impossible to fight or run away with injuries like this. If there's any danger, things will go very badly!"
The rustling sound was getting closer, and it was even more intense than before.
The brother and sister looked worried.
Wang Lan pulled Sun Muchen and hopped backward on one leg, but the speed was incredibly slow. Seeing this, Sun Muchen pulled Wang Lan directly behind him.
"Brother, let me protect you!"
Wang Lan winced in pain, "Pulling me gently is the best way to protect me!"
It turned out that Sun Muchen had used too much force, causing Wang Lan's dangling foot to fall to the ground. The sudden force of the leg aggravated the wound, causing Wang Lan to break out in a cold sweat from the pain.
Sun Muchen's face was filled with embarrassment. "I'm...sorry..."
As soon as the words were spoken, a long, black creature twisted and crawled out of the bushes ahead.
The brother and sister looked closely.
It was a centipede about the length of an arm!
The countless legs moved rapidly as they crawled, making a soft hissing sound. The brother and sister immediately felt their scalps tingle and goosebumps rise all over their bodies.
Wang Lan was in a panic because although this centipede was not as huge as the centipede she had seen before, it was precisely because it was much smaller that its legs looked even denser, and at the same time, even more disgusting and terrifying!
Wang Lan raised the Vajra Umbrella and threw it at the centipede. However, Wang Lan was in a state of panic, and the centipede moved very fast. The Vajra Umbrella flew out of his hand but did not hit the centipede. Instead, it cut off several of the centipede's legs. These few legs, which were as insignificant as a drop in the ocean, naturally did not affect the centipede's movement.
After circling the Vajra Umbrella once, the centipede crawled towards the two of them again.
Seeing that Wang Lan's attack had failed, Sun Muchen quickly made a grasping motion towards the Vajra Umbrella. Blue light covered the surface of the Vajra Umbrella, and it suddenly flew backward off the ground. Then, it turned in mid-air and stabbed towards the centipede.
"puff!"
Sun Muchen maneuvered the Vajra Umbrella and plunged it squarely into the centipede's head. The centipede, still crawling, seemed unaware of the fatal wound it had suffered. Its countless legs continued to move, and the Vajra Umbrella cleaved its body in two from its head.
Thick, dark green blood slowly flowed out.
Sun Muchen waved his hand behind him, and the Vajra Umbrella flew back and was caught in Wang Lan's hand.
He looked at Sun Muchen with a surprised expression.
This little sister... has unlocked other ways to use her skills again...
Sun Muchen clearly didn't notice that Wang Lan's admiration for him had reached a whole new level. Instead, he looked at the big tree not far away, his expression changing from astonishment to fear, and even his body began to tremble.
Wang Lan was very puzzled, so she followed Sun Muchen's gaze. But when she looked, she saw that the surrounding trees were now covered with centipedes of all sizes. The smallest were about the length of a human arm, just like before, while the largest were as long as an adult.
As the brother and sister looked over, a gigantic centipede suddenly crawled out from the branches of a large tree.
The centipede's legs alone are almost longer than Wang Lan's height!
The brother and sister gasped in shock.
"run!"
Sun Muchen shouted and turned around, pulling Wang Lan and running backward, while simultaneously sending out a blue streak of light.
After the light left his hand, it turned into a blue halo that quickly spread out and landed on the branches of the tree, instantly breaking off branches and causing them to fall.
The pain in Wang Lan's leg made him tremble uncontrollably, but there were no monsters to kill. As a result, although Wang Lan had the "Bloodlust" skill, he could not use it and could only let the wound erupt in waves of excruciating pain with each movement.
At this moment, Sun Muchen suddenly said, "Brother, you need to get your body moving!"
"What?" Wang Lan's face turned pale with pain. "You think I'm dying too slowly?"
"Huh? What are you saying, brother!" Sun Muchen quickly explained, "The cells in our bodies are constantly vibrating, and the self-healing factor attached to your low-level bloodline runs through your entire body. I think you can try to activate your self-healing factor through vigorous physical exercise, which might speed up the recovery of your injuries!"
Are you sure?
Although Wang Lan asked with some skepticism, she still believed the majority of the time.
After all, Sun Muchen's recent performance has been too outstanding.
Just then, a yellowish-brown object suddenly flew out in front of them. Upon seeing this, Wang Lan immediately suppressed the pain in his leg and swung the Vajra Umbrella in his hand at it.
Then this scene terrified Sun Muchen.
"Stop! Stop it, brother!"
Sun Muchen shouted.
But it was too late; Wang Lan had already unleashed his immense power and could not withdraw his hand.
The Vajra Umbrella struck the yellowish-brown object.
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