Seeing the swarm of corpse-eating beetles, Du Yuqi also felt that the threat was great. After thinking about it, he asked Duize and Xi to cover the rear. They both had light attack methods and were naturally restrained against the dark creatures under the abyss. At the same time, their own speed and explosive power were also good, so they could retreat unscathed after blocking the enemy.

Duize first tried to shoot a few silver bullets at the swarming corpse beetles, and found that this thing should be a typical strong offense but weak defense, relying on numbers to hunt. So even a few tentative shots killed several corpse beetles, but the number of them swarming was too large, so the effect was minimal.

However, he also carried a G14 electric grenade, which was a pure light damage and a range attack. It could kill a large number of monsters with one blow. It was exactly the right remedy for the disease. With one grenade thrown over, a space the size of a ping-pong table would appear in the middle of the sea of ​​beetles that was surging like a black carpet.

The corpse-eating beetles at the core of the explosion fell to the ground and curled up with their bellies facing the sky. Some even exploded directly, looking extremely ugly when they died. Dead black liquid flowed out of the cracks in their shells, and a very unpleasant smell wafted into the air.

"Huh?" Du Yuqi's eyes were very sharp. He immediately saw that the surging sea of ​​corpse-eating beetles paused for a moment, and then rushed towards the explosion area frantically. He immediately realized what had happened. These guys didn't even let go of the corpses of their own kind!

"Very good." Du Yuqi took a deep breath, his eyes flashed: "Xi, try firing a telekinetic cannon."

Xi took off the dark attribute gloves he was wearing, and dazzling white light began to shine in the palms of his hands. It jumped and began to gather strength. Two seconds later, a huge white qigong wave blasted forward, and there was even a thunder-like sound in the air. This white qigong wave directly plowed a deep and long track in the black sea of ​​​​corpse beetles, penetrating into the interior for thirty or forty meters before dissipating.

By the time the power of the mind cannon dissipated, the black sea of ​​corpse beetles was in complete chaos. It was not because of fear, but because the surviving corpse beetles smelled the scent of food emitted by their dead companions and began to pounce on them and devour them frantically.

"Very good." Du Yuqi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now we don't have to worry about being caught up."

Even if Du Yuqi didn't say anything at this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the situation had eased. The key lies in the characteristic of these corpse-eating beetles that they will devour the corpses of their own kind. Just one electric grenade will stop them for more than ten seconds. If their characteristic is that they will become angry because their companions are killed, then it can be said to be very bad.

At this time, the group of people were less than a hundred meters away from the life passage that could be used to protect themselves.

However, what happened next fully illustrated one thing, that is, in this underground world full of dangers, relaxation is absolutely a very luxurious and fatal thing, and keeping the nerves completely tense at all times is the state that must be maintained.

The sea of ​​corpse-eating beetles that were chasing Du Yuqi and his group suddenly stopped advancing. At the same time, an extremely strange thing happened. They all retreated towards the central area and quickly drilled into the ground.

In the eyes of Du Yuqi and his group, in the vast black ocean of corpse-eating beetles behind them, it seemed as if a huge hole suddenly appeared in the middle, and the sea water immediately flowed into the hole, forming a huge black vortex. The vast black ocean also began to shrink rapidly and disappeared!!!

After a few seconds, there was a sudden feeling of the heart being tightened in the air, and then the ground began to shake slightly. The horrible blood-colored giant corpse speaker actually came back. Needless to say, this powerful dark creature must have been attracted by the mind cannon that Xi had just fired. The strong light aura stimulated it to wriggle at almost full speed.

Du Yuqi almost vomited blood. Even though his group was only fifty or sixty meters away from the safe passage, this giant corpse speaker was good at magical attacks. Its attack range was quite huge. Although it looked bulky, its movement speed was not slow at all. After a few wriggles and twitches, it directly approached a very dangerous distance!

At this time, needless to say, everyone was running away frantically. Du Yuqi accompanied Xi and the other two to cover their retreat. Finally, they managed to escape into the broken passage in time. Even after entering the passage, they still did not relax their vigilance. They kept running frantically until they found shelter behind the collapsed rubble. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, panting so hard that they kept sticking out their tongue like a dog...

The bloody giant corpse whisperer seemed to have a certain degree of intelligence. It knew that it would be attacked if it approached the passage. The head inside it roared madly and unwillingly. It stood far away and fired a few magic spells to vent its anger. Then it walked away in dismay. This time, everyone was really frightened and broke into cold sweats. The distance between life and death was only about 20 to 30 seconds. Even Xi himself couldn't help but shook his head helplessly:

"It seems that unless I have no choice, I'd better not take action, otherwise it might cause even greater trouble."

After a short rest, the group continued to move forward. They felt that the entire passage began to extend downwards. Then a hall appeared in front of them. There were four words engraved in the hall: Stairs of Despair. Below it were clear murals of angels crying, covering their faces, and even rotting and falling feathers on their backs. They were very lifelike. There was also a line of small notes below:

You are about to enter the Land of Extinction of Hope.

Below these words, there appeared a spiral staircase pointing downward. At the same time, the walls of the passage began to change to a certain extent. There were more obvious damaged areas, and the walls of the passage began to become black and mottled. One could even see things like roots stubbornly extending from the cracks in the wall and spreading throughout the passage.

If this happens, there is only one possibility, that is, the chaotic force outside the channel has become increasingly dense, so that the inside of the channel has been seriously affected.

After arriving here, the group took a break and discussed for a while before deciding that the Steps of Despair should represent a boundary. The route they had taken before should still be on the continent of Arad, but it had been severely contaminated and distorted by the power of chaos.

If you walk down the Stairs of Despair and reach its end, you should be able to reach the mainland of the Sealed Land. It can be expected that the next journey will undoubtedly be more dangerous.

But since they have come here, of course they will not give up halfway, so they continue to move forward. After walking down five or six hundred steps, Du Yuqi suddenly found that there was another collapse in front of him. There were obvious cracks on the wall of the passage. After looking outside, he felt terrified, because he found that the environment outside was endless void and deep darkness. It is not difficult to imagine that the Stairs of Despair are completely suspended in the air, like a falling rotating water pipe pointing straight down!

"Be careful!" At this time, Watley suddenly warned.

Du Yuqi's eyes suddenly froze, because he also felt a biting chill, and then he discovered a faint gray mark on the spiral staircase below. At first glance, this mark seemed to be an ordinary texture on the wall, but after looking closely, he found that this thing was independent of the wall, suspended in the air, and it would occasionally float in the air like a falling ribbon.

This thing is exactly the extra-dimensional rift that Du Yuqi had seen before. Anything belonging to this plane that touches it will be forcibly cut and teleported to another plane or the endless void. This thing is almost irresistible. If you try to neutralize it, you will accidentally create a terrible plane vortex. The best way to deal with it is to stay away from it.