"[You can even strike all 26 letters of the English alphabet!]"
Lin Baici understood in a second, it meant that his flexibility was even better than that of acrobats and gymnasts; he could even squeeze through a narrow doghole.
Since childhood, possibly due to the influence of the Eater God, Lin Baici naturally had eight-pack abs and a robust physique. Though his flexibility was decent, enough to do the splits, more exaggerated poses were beyond him, like turning his head 180 degrees!
Now, this disadvantage had been remedied.
"Red Medicine, I’m giving you a Divine Grace!"
After tossing a Snake Egg to Xia Hongyao, Lin Baici took out another one and began to absorb it.
"Little Linzi, I owe you so much!"
Xia Hongyao, holding the Snake Egg, felt she would have to toil like a beast of burden to ever repay him.
Not bearing Lin Baici a child would be utterly inexcusable!
"Stop blabbering and start absorbing!"
Lin Baici urged her, his slender Starlight Arm already stretched out on his shoulder, reaching into the air above the Snake Egg and plucking out a sphere of light.
"[Thank you Nature for your bounty!]"
Open mouth! Swallow! Digest!
The Snake Bone Soft Body imprint burned onto Lin Baici’s brain neurons, becoming an instinct of his.
"This Divine Grace isn’t bad at all!"
Xia Hongyao was pleasantly surprised.
While it didn’t directly help in combat, it was very useful for escaping; from now on, nobody could hope to bind her with handcuffs or rope again.
"I know a Dragon Level commander named Big Snake Princess; most of her abilities are snake-related. If she saw my Snake Bone Soft Body, she’d definitely be envious!"
Xia Hongyao chuckled.
Lin Baici’s eyebrows raised, realizing he could probably get a high premium selling Snake Eggs to such big shots.
The two of them, with one scorpion, moved forward swiftly.
Although Lin Baici had high endurance and no claustrophobia, walking in such narrow, confined spaces would normally make him feel uncomfortable; however, after eating the Divine Grace, that sensation immediately disappeared.
In his view, the tunnel was now spacious enough for ten of himself to pass through side by side. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novｅlfire.net
Approaching the entrance, Fei Xiao, who heard footsteps, immediately inquired, "Is that you, Bai Ci?"
Lin Baici emerged to see a hall, where the floor, walls, and ceiling were all carved with sacred beetle designs.
"Why did it take so long?"
Bian Xiang, glancing at Lin Baici and the Golden Scorpion Queen, asked casually, but his concern was genuine; with no signs of battle on them, why had they stayed so long?
Had they found some treasures?
Were they hoarding them?
Bian Xiang felt a bit of regret now; he shouldn’t have come over so soon—otherwise, he could have shared in the spoils.
"Is that any of your business?"
The Golden Scorpion Queen didn’t like the look in Bian Xiang’s eyes: "Scoot over there, more nonsense and I’ll eat you!"
Bian Xiang pretended to be wary of the Queen and stepped aside, but he was actually contemplating how to quickly break the curse and then kill all these people to claim the richest war spoils.
Fei Xiao also sensed that Lin Baici must be hiding something from everyone, doing who knows what over there. However, exploring God’s Ruins was just like that—depending on vision and luck.
If one missed out on the spoils, it was just a lack of ability; no one else to blame.
The group set off once again, passing through the grand hall and entering a corridor.
This time, the corridor was very long. After running for five minutes, they still hadn’t reached the end, which made some people anxious.
Suddenly, Fei Xiao stopped.
Someone behind asked.
In front of Fei Xiao, there was a statue of a sacred beetle the size of an adult bull, slowly creeping forward.
"[The Mother of Sacred Beetles, which will produce countless sacred beetles!]"
"[Do not touch! Do not touch! Do not touch!]"
"Don’t touch it, walk around it!"
Fei Xiao was obedient, and as lifting the curse was the top priority right now, he didn’t want to complicate matters further.
The other ordinary people didn’t dare to touch it recklessly, but Bian Xiang, carrying a curved knife, passed by the obsidian statue of the sacred beetle and chopped its head.
It seemed this thing was a taboo object, too large for Bian Xiang to carry away, so he wanted to destroy it, leaving nothing behind for others.
The curved knife struck the statue, emitting a crisp sound that echoed down the corridor.
Everyone was startled and looked over in unison.
"What are you doing?"
"It seemed like it was staring at me, so I subconsciously chopped it!" Bian Xiang explained, "Sorry!"
His attitude was good because he knew Lin Baici was the leader of this temporary team, and offending him could get him kicked out.
Lin Baici couldn’t be bothered to deal with him and yelled at the others, "Run! Fast, fast, fast! Full speed!"
Seeing Lin Baici so tense caused everyone else to panic, and they all began to run desperately.
"You know what this is?"
Bian Xiang was surprised. Lin Baici should have been seeing this statue for the first time too, yet he seemed to know its dangers?
As for Lin Baici saying to run quickly, Bian Xiang wasn’t worried. As a God Hunter, if he encountered danger, he could fight or run, plus he had so many expendables to buy time.
After the sacred beetle statue was struck by the knife, it stopped, turned its head, and then let out a ’squeak’, suddenly starting to run frantically.
Its abdomen opened, and a plethora of sacred beetles the size of coins poured out, forming a swarming tide of insects chasing after the intruders.
"Damn it, it’s all your fault for being trigger-happy!"
"God Lin, think of something quick!"
Everyone was frantic because the sacred beetles were very fast.
Lin Baici pulled out a torch made of songmu wood and rubbed it hard against the wall.
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
The sacred beetle statue let out piercing shrieks as ceiling tiles and the walls on either side suddenly cracked open, revealing holes.
Dense swarms of sacred beetles poured out from them as if floodgates had been opened.
There were too many sacred beetles; they fell on the people, covering the floor.
With a single step, one could crush more than a dozen, that sensation was indescribable, and the most horrifying thing was that some of the sacred beetles had already climbed on them, their ventral feet scraping across the skin, leaving behind a chilling touch.