Sun Yushan had already reacted by then and immediately swung the twin-hook swords in his hands, slashing at the man in front of him.
Sun Yushan's hook swords slashed across the man's chest, and in mid-air, the man's body suddenly burst open, numerous disgusting tentacles drilling out from under his skin, densely covering the entire corridor.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The tentacles attacked from all directions, Sun Yushan's hook swords danced tightly, flashing with cold light, severing all the incoming tentacles.
"What kind of desolate beast is this?" Xiang Beifei asked urgently, he had never seen such a strange desolate beast in books.
"I don't know, we've never seen anything around here!" Fan Kai looked very grave.
"Even you haven't seen it?"
Xiang Beifei felt something was wrong, both Fan Kai and Sun Yushan were experienced trainees who had killed many desolate beasts and definitely knew more about the types of desolate beasts than Xiang Beifei did.
Meanwhile, suddenly from behind came a strange "cackle" of laughter, Xiang Beifei turned around only to see more shadows emerging in the corridor behind them.
These people all came out from the doors on the sides of the corridor, each of them covered in scars, seemingly having suffered serious injuries, some wounds were even turned inside out, and some areas were still bleeding, yet, on the chests of their clothing, without exception, each bore the badge of pioneers!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Various black tentacles sprang from their skin, these tentacles were very fine, just like hair, filling the entire corridor, densely rushing towards them, some even surged towards the windows outside the corridor, quickly covering the windows.
Sun Yushan noticed that these tentacles could not be eradicated, and didn't know what they were, but they were becoming more and more numerous, he immediately shouted to Fan Kai.
Fan Kai had already grabbed Xiang Beifei and Sun Yushan, preparing to escape, then quickly his expression drastically changed!
"Fan Kai, what are you doing? Run now!" Sun Yushan barked.
"These tentacles, it seems they've covered the whole building, cutting off my connection to the escape point!" Fan Kai said urgently.
Fan Kai's Escape Technique also had its limitations; some desolate beasts possessed various abilities to block space, and if surrounded, they could make his Escape Technique ineffective.
Sun Yushan swung forward and released two powerful Sword Qi, but these Sword Qi, entering into the dense tentacles, were like a stone thrown into a pond, meaningless.
Fan Kai swung his hands forward, and dirt suddenly covered the area, forming a wall, blocking all the tentacles coming from both sides of the corridor.
However, soon, a "crack, crack, crack" sound began, the tentacles crashed into the wall, like omnipresent roots, burrowing into the dirt wall, and Fan Kai's dirt wall was cracked by the tentacles, it looked like it was about to fail.
"Quick, run to the stairs, see if there's an exit!" Xiang Beifei shouted.
The three of them immediately ran towards the staircase they had entered from, fortunately, they had not gone too far, and instantly entered the stairwell, but two people were also coming up the stairs below!
These two people also burst out with tentacles, rolling towards them.
Xiang Beifei, seeing those tentacles, immediately swung forward a burst of fist wind, the fist wind carrying explosive Spiritual Power hammered into those tentacles, the tentacles caught fire and immediately ignited, thrashing about in pain, withdrawing back.
"These tentacles are afraid of fire!" Xiang Beifei shouted, "Quick, use the Fire Pills!"
Sun Yushan immediately took out several pills, these pills were also a kind of high-tech, when traveling outside, they prepared many items, not just Ice Pills but also Water Pills, Fire Pills, Thunder Pills, various kinds of synthetic tools.
Fan Kai and Sun Yushan immediately threw the Fire Pills out, exploding in mid-air, unleashing huge flames.
However, those tentacles seemed to be unafraid of the flames bursting from the Fire Pill; they moved as if they had ignored the Fire Pill, passing through the flames and continuing to charge this way.
"They're not afraid of the flames!" Fan Kai shouted.
"How can they not be afraid? My flames are very effective against them," Xiang Beifei exclaimed.
Fan Kai threw another Fire Pill, but the flames from the Fire Pill still could not stop those tentacles. In a moment of urgency, Xiang Beifei punched out again, his fist wind bursting and howling, turning into a flame gale and reigniting.
Those tentacles, upon encountering Xiang Beifei's Rapid Flame Gale, were ignited once again and twisted painfully as they retracted.
"They're not afraid of flames, they're just afraid of your flames! What's special about your flames?" Fan Kai exclaimed.
"I don't know, it's just fist flame."
Xiang Beifei's flames were produced by friction from his Spiritual Power. He initially learned Rapid Flame from Lu Hong and then improved upon it. If you ask what's special, it seems there's nothing special.
But he suddenly remembered, the last time he went to fight the desolate beasts, whether it was the Ghost Giant Snail, the Triangular Thunder Krait, or other Fire Snakes, they seemed to dread his fist flame.
Could Uncle Lu's Rapid Flame be so powerful? Specialized in defeating various desolate beasts?
But upon thinking, it seemed not right, because Rapid Flame was just a way of deploying Spiritual Power. Normally, the true strength of Rapid Flame lies in the Spiritual Power it deploys, not the method itself.
Was it a problem with his own Spiritual Power?
At this time, an explosion sounded from the corridor; the earthen wall Fan Kai had formed was burst through by the tentacles, which surged in from the corridor entrance.
Xiang Beifei immediately turned around, staring intently at those tentacles. An invisible force spread out from him, landing on the tentacles, and the incoming tentacles were abruptly stopped in mid-air.
All the agitated tentacles seemed to freeze instantly. However, there were too many tentacles; they were immobilized for about two seconds, before they immediately began to struggle, and Xiang Beifei swiftly punched towards the corridor, temporarily repelling the tentacles.
But Rapid Flame's effect was limited; it only lasted a few seconds in the air before disappearing, and the tentacles regrouped and surrounded them once again. They feared Xiang Beifei's flames, but were not completely destroyed by the flames.
"Run to that window over there!"
Xiang Beifei saw a window on the landing towards the fourth floor, and although the window was also surrounded by tentacles, it was the only exit. He planned to burn his fist flame towards it to see if he could create an opening.
The three of them quickly ran to the landing towards the fourth floor, but the tentacles behind them quickly pursued. Fan Kai hurriedly went to block them.
Xiang Beifei threw his fist flames towards the window, but suddenly a stream of mucus flowed from the window. When his fist hit it, it was like hitting cotton, and he couldn't exert any strength at all!
Damn it, can't break through.
Xiang Beifei could only retract his fist, shaking off the disgusting mucus, which gradually solidified into something resembling an ice crystal, sealing the window.
He punched again, but the ice crystal formed from the mucus was too solid, beyond his current capability to break.
Black tentacles appeared from the fourth floor as well, and Fan Kai, also desperate, conjured two walls again, blocking the staircases leading to the third and fourth floors.
But by doing so, they were also trapped on the landing.
"Quick, think of something! I can't hold this much longer!" Fan Kai shouted.
Cracks already appeared in the two earthen walls he had created, looking about to burst at any moment.
"Assist me, channel your Spiritual Power into the soil, don't resist, I am going to ignite your soil," Xiang Beifei stared intensely at the wall below.
"What do you mean?" Fan Kai didn't quite understand.
But he soon understood, as Xiang Beifei's Spiritual Power covered his earthen wall, which was originally cast by Fan Kai's Spiritual Power. With Xiang Beifei's manipulation, it immediately ignited. The flames spreading through the wall heated up, temporarily driving the tentacles back!