Shi Haizhu was panting heavily and hurriedly said, "I don’t know. Has Daoist Lin come up yet?"
"Didn’t see him. Hurry, keep climbing. That monster is right behind us."
Yang Shenmin was desperately climbing the stairs, using both hands and feet, but he was really out of strength. His legs were both sore and in pain.
In contrast, Shi Haizhu still had energy and urged, "Dr. Yang, hurry up!"
"I... I can’t run anymore."
"Let’s find an empty room to hide in first."
Just as they were speaking, a dull thud echoed from the bottom of the stairs.
The entire stairway shook for a moment.
"Not good, the monster has caught up!" Shi Haizhu’s face changed drastically. He quickly pulled Yang Shenmin and urged him to climb faster.
At this moment, the deep green Frog Monster appeared, leaping into the stairwell and emitting a terrifying cry.
The cry echoed through the stairwell, causing Yang Shenmin and Shi Haizhu’s faces to instantly turn pale.
Yang Shenmin shouted nervously, "Zhuzi, you go first, hurry up!"
As he spoke, he pushed Shi Haizhu away.
At that moment, the Frog Monster opened its mouth. A pink tongue shot out with a sharp whistle!
The pink tongue, like a long whip, struck out toward Yang Shenmin with a terrifying sound.
Yang Shenmin hurriedly scrambled up the stairs.
The cement staircase was hit by the tongue, causing it to explode, debris flying everywhere.
Yang Shenmin was just one step away from having his lower limb pierced.
His face was pale with fear.
He saw the Frog Monster retract its tongue, preparing to strike again.
At this critical moment, Shi Haizhu suddenly roared, "Dr. Yang, you must go!"
His whole body suddenly emitted a yellowish-brown aura.
His skin visibly covered by a yellowish-brown layer.
The Frog Monster opened its mouth, and the pink tongue shot out again.
Shi Haizhu leaped up, hugging the shooting tongue.
The tongue, carrying immense force, slammed Shi Haizhu against the stairs.
In an instant, the stairs exploded, and cement debris flew everywhere.
Yellowish-brown light shimmered intensely around Shi Haizhu, but he was somehow still alive!
Yang Shenmin snapped back to his senses, "Zhuzi!"
His eyes turned red, and he stood up, rushing towards the tongue without hesitation.
The Frog Monster released Shi Haizhu, its tongue retracting.
Yang Shenmin grabbed the tongue, his face flushed, holding onto the slimy tongue with all his might.
"You beast! I’ll fight you to the death! Ah—"
He didn’t know when, but he had a small knife in his hand, stabbing at the pink tongue frantically.
Plunk, plunk, plunk...
The small knife was too short, and it could only make small cuts on the thick tongue.
Yang Shenmin desperately wished he could cut off the tongue.
His eyes were bloodshot.
Liang Yuan and Zhao Kai arrived just in time to see this scene.
Zhao Kai’s face changed, "It’s that Frog Monster!"
He immediately rushed down to rescue Yang Shenmin.
Liang Yuan suddenly noticed something and said, "Wait!"
Zhao Kai paused and looked at Liang Yuan, "Brother Liang?"
Zhao Kai looked at Yang Shenmin and saw that his hand was glowing with a metallic light.
The metallic light covered the small knife in his hand, causing it to extend its length.
Even the blade became sharper.
As Yang Shenmin waved the small knife, it sliced through the Frog Monster’s tongue!
In an instant, blood spurted from the tongue.
The Frog Monster, in pain, flailed its tongue, sending Yang Shenmin flying and crashing into the cement floor of the stairwell.
If he hit the ground, he would be shattered to pieces!
At the critical moment, Liang Yuan’s eyes flashed with a brilliant light, and his Telekinesis activated instantly.
An invisible force caught Yang Shenmin, stopping his descent.
However, the force was not strong enough, and Yang Shenmin hit the stairs, causing a loud cracking sound, possibly breaking bones.
Liang Yuan shouted, "Rescue him!"
Without hesitation, Zhao Kai leaped up and struck at the Frog Monster with both palms.
A large cloud of icy mist erupted.
The Frog Monster leaped away, dodging the icy mist.
It shot its injured tongue at Zhao Kai.
Zhao Kai quickly ducked, trying to dodge.
But the tongue was too fast, and Zhao Kai’s Agility Attribute, though better than a normal person’s, couldn’t compare to the tongue’s speed.
He was about to be struck by the tongue.
A sharp whistling sound pierced the air!
A steel bar shot through the pink tongue.
Bang! It pinned the tongue to the cement stairs!
Immediately after, Liang Yuan leaped from the stairs, several steel bars in hand!
With each swing, he pierced the Frog Monster’s tongue with the steel bars.
It looked like he was punching holes in a pink belt.
The entire tongue was pinned to the cement floor.
The Frog Monster’s mouth twitched, its large eyes filled with blood.
In pain, it writhed on the ground, drooling uncontrollably, trying to retract its tongue but failing.
Every movement caused it excruciating pain.
The places impaled by the steel bars were gruesomely bloody.