It was clear that this creature was following the scent of blood. Jiang Lingxi glanced at Yin Chong, who was busy treating his wounds, and turned back to remind her people, "If you’re injured, treat your wounds quickly. Bandage them well, and clean up any blood scent."
Upon hearing this, Yun Yi glanced at the slime all trying to get into the wounds of those lying on the ground, and immediately understood, turning pale.
As he spoke, his hand was grabbed by Changning, and a bottle of disinfecting alcohol was poured onto the wound, making him scream in pain.
The others didn’t delay either, helping each other if needed. Soon, all the wounds were wrapped in gauze, and even the pant legs were tied tightly just in case.
Yin Chong finished treating his own injuries and looked up at the creatures still feeding, his face extremely grim.
Even though he still had Luan Hua and Luan Feng with him, capable of fighting, the situation had turned against them. Facing several times their number.
Not to mention Jiang Lingxi alone was hard to deal with.
Even if he didn’t want to think about it, this time, they might really get crushed!
Unless the Sect Leader comes to save him!
But now they first heard a call for help, "Yin Chong, save me. Save me, and I will follow your lead from now on!"
"Sir, I feel the same!"
Yin Chong was tempted by Chong Shi’s suggestion, but then he heard the cries of others, feeling only annoyed.
The creatures were drilling into wounds and were slippery, what could he possibly do!
"Ah!" Yun Yi cried out, holding his hands wrapped like a mummy, losing grip of the short knife he was holding for defense, which fell to the ground, the tip hitting a rock and sparking.
Coincidentally, some slime moving slowly beside was hit by the sparks, shrinking instantly.
Jiang Lingxi heard Yun Yi’s scream and looked over, just in time to see this scene when the knife hit the ground. Seeing the slime’s reaction, she had a bold guess in her heart.
This thing might be afraid of fire.
There was no fire pit on this side of the Dark Hall, but at the Ming Hall where they were before, the fire was still burning.
Thinking of this, she acted, "This thing might be afraid of fire, I’ll go get a torch."
Shen Yunqing met her bright eyes and nodded without hesitation, "Go, I’ll watch here."
Yin Chong heard footsteps as he watched Jiang Lingxi turn and leave.
But the impulse in his heart subsided when he saw Shen Yunqing still standing there.
It took some time to make the torch, and by the time Jiang Lingxi came back, there were more people crying in pain.
However, she had no sympathy for the Changcang Sect members and first used the torch on her side.
Seeing the slime shrink under the fire and stop moving, it became clear to everyone that fire was effective against these creatures.
"Looks thing is afraid of fire."
"No wonder it was hiding in the pool earlier."
"I’ll go make a torch too."
Luan Feng had previously hurt his leg and could barely stand with his sister’s support.
But the blood still flowed from his leg, gathering several blobs of slime underneath.
Otherwise, this thing, capable of moving like a bouncing slime, would have made his leg impossible to save.
Now, realizing from Jiang Lingxi that this thing feared fire, he was instantly uplifted.
"Sister, don’t mind me now, go find fire, hurry!"
Impossible to rely on the opponent in an adversarial situation, they needed to find their own way.
Luan Hua gritted her teeth, letting go of her brother’s arm, quickly searching the scattered equipment for some fire source.
Luckily, she found a lighter and some alcohol fuel.
She created a circle with the alcohol fuel and set it on fire.
After putting her brother inside the fire circle, she relaxed a bit and looked at Yin Chong, "Sir, go inside the fire circle to avoid them."
Others also began to actively rescue themselves.
Finding fire, they tried to fend off the creatures.
Chong Shi, driven by his survival instinct, found a bottle of alcohol.
But the slime had already entered his body through the wound on his arm, so he gritted his teeth, poured alcohol on it, borrowed a lighter from Luan Hua, and ignited it.
The excruciating pain almost made him faint.
Other wounds where the slime entered: "..."
But seeing his condition, he gritted his teeth too...
But hope turned into despair, "Why didn’t they come out?"
Standing inside the fire circle, Yin Chong coldly observed Chong Shi and the others’ self-destructive rescue actions, "Igniting outside the wound won’t draw them out, they’ll just go deeper."
The others followed into despair!
"Why didn’t you say earlier?"
"I thought of it after you tried."
Yun Yi looked at Yin Chong’s callous face and couldn’t help but shiver, murmuring quietly, "This is the definition of fake camaraderie."
Changning reluctantly nodded in agreement, "The Sect Leader is selfish, how selfless can those under him be."
Speaking of the Changcang Sect Leader, everyone glanced toward the Black Pond.
From the appearance of the Taotie, to feeding, to finding a way to deal with it, it’s been at least ten minutes.
"Sir, Lingxi, should I go take a look?"
Before Changning finished, Tiger took a step forward, "I’ll go."
"No need to argue," Shen Yunqing lifted his hand, "Let’s go together."
Jiang Lingxi knew Shen Yunqing had been paying attention to the Black Pond. Hearing this, she glanced at it, raising her eyebrows.
"The water level has dropped."
"The Taotie must have blocked the outlet, now that it’s out, the water is draining."
The pool bottom was littered with rocks of all sizes, but after bypassing a nearly two-meter tall boulder, a roughly one-meter diameter pitch-black hole sloped downwards.
Leaving Xu Zhao and others with Yun Yi guarding outside, Zhang Ying led the way, jumping into the hole.
Then followed Shen Yunqing and Jiang Lingxi.
Walking down a sloped passage for about a hundred meters, they finally reached the end.
The leading Zhang Ying turned back to warn, "Sir, ma’am, be careful, there’s water below, but fortunately, it’s shallow, just to the calves."
Jiang Lingxi turned on her flashlight, revealing a tranquil water surface with sporadic rocks peeking through.
Raising her hand almost touched the ceiling, the environment was extremely cramped.
After rounding a stone connecting the water and top, they saw Wu Jue and Wu Hua in a standoff.
Along with a green-eyed creature perched on Wu Jue’s shoulder.
Wu Hua wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, cursed in her heart at the incompetence of Yin Chong’s lot, "How dare you relax when the Taotie’s out?"
Wu Jue similarly looked over, but coughed up blood as soon as he opened his mouth.
To protect the little one, he was badly injured too.
Seeing this, Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing exchanged looks in the dim light, then moved simultaneously.
Shen Yunqing fired a crossbow at Wu Hua, while Jiang Lingxi’s short knife followed right after.
At the same time, while Wu Hua confronted the duo, Wu Jue decisively retreated, tapping the creature on his shoulder, "Run!"
The creature chirped and leaped to the cave ceiling, swiftly climbing out upside down.
Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing together cornered Wu Hua, just as they were about to continue attacking, they were pulled by Wu Jue, "Run, the place is collapsing!"
Just as he spoke, debris began to fall from above.
"Accidentally cracked the support while fighting, now it can’t hold."
Wu Jue dragged Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing through the water to the entrance they came from, pausing briefly to look back.
He saw Wu Hua unable to move due to her worsening injuries, leaning against rubble, blood trickling from her mouth, smirked seemingly surprised he even turned back, a smile blooming. Latest content published on novel⁂fire.net
The next second, a boulder fell into the water, blocking their view.