Chapter 652 Appetite Sprouting
The twists and turns on the stairs may sound long, but in fact it didn't take long.
At this time, eleven of the fourteen people in Wu Xian's group had already passed the stairs and were waiting on the plank road, leaving only the last three people who had not yet arrived.
The thick smoke released by Wu Xian through the golden bell also began to dissipate gradually. It seemed that the smoke would last less than fifteen minutes.
In the gradually darkening smoke, Fu Dahai supported Lan Xuan and walked out. Lan Xuan's left hand was covered in blood, and all five fingers were cut off.
Upon seeing this, General Huang Yuan hurried forward and pulled off his sleeves to bandage Lan Xuan.
During the bandaging process, Lan Xuan recounted what had just happened and emphasized her gratitude to Fu Dahai, which greatly improved Fu Dahai's image in everyone's mind.
Wu Xian sighed.
Ever since Miao Ling was left alone, Wu Xian had been keeping an eye on him, but until he showed obvious abnormality, Wu Xian could not do anything to him. Now, there were only thirteen people left in the team.
Lan Xuan's wound had just been bandaged when everyone saw five statues of gods that looked like mummies on the stairs. They were hunched over and crawling towards them at the speed of a tortoise. Their joints made creaking sounds and their faces were filled with a desire for blood...
When General Huang Yuan saw these five things, he became furious. He raised his hand and shot a golden knife curse at the statue, both to avenge Lan Xuan and to see if the statue could drop any spoils.
The spinning golden sword struck the top of the head of the statue in the front, creating a burst of golden light that shook the statue back a distance.
But after the statue stopped, it just shook its head and continued to crawl towards this side. Wu Xian, who had better eyesight, clearly saw that there was only a shallow knife scar on the statue's face that cut the skin!
Lan Xuan said weakly: "When those statues grabbed me, I wanted to cut off their hands, but their bodies were terribly hard, so I could only choose to cut off my fingers..."
The five statues crawling over did not seem to have any deterrent power. They were so slow that they were even a little funny. However, with Lan Xuan's severed finger first and the unbreakable defense of the golden sword curse behind them, the sense of oppression suddenly rose...
General Huang Yuan spat and said, "Don't worry about these five things. We can just walk. The speed of these things is about the same as that of a turtle. By the time they come over, we will have already run away."
"no!"
Wu Xian, Lan Xuan and Jiang Huaian refuted at the same time.
Jiang Huaian said with a serious expression: "No one knows how far these statues will chase us. Although we run faster than them, we can't keep moving forever. These things will catch up with us sooner or later..."
Lan Xuan nodded: "And no one can guarantee that these statues will always maintain this speed. Even a turtle will sprint."
Wu Xian pointed at the thirty-meter-long staircase and said, "The most important thing is that we can only deal with them here. If we are caught up somewhere else, we will be finished!"
The three of them spoke one by one, leaving General Huang Yuan stunned. He scratched his head and said, "So what do you think we should do?"
The unfortunate family member Guo Xiake, who was standing in the distance, shouted:
"Destroy the stairs!"
Yes, destroying the stairs is the best solution when facing the pursuit of the statue.
But this operation is not easy.
This 30-meter-long staircase is built on six wooden stakes stuck in the rock wall. It looks very solid. It is not a suspended ladder that can be broken by cutting two ropes.
After a brief discussion, everyone exchanged their understanding of each other's abilities to worship gods, and finally the task of destroying the ladder fell on newcomers Zhong Xiuwen and Qu Ying.
Zhong Xiuwen is a middle-aged woman, neither fat nor thin, and a bit shy. She has not spoken much since entering the blessed land.
What she received from the prayer was a 'small character' that could shrink an object while still maintaining its original strength and weight.
What Qu Ying obtained in the quarreling couple was a 'double-shot spell', which doubled the number of times the next non-double-shot spell talisman would take effect. The combination of these two talismans could completely collapse the 30-meter-long staircase.
Under Wu Xian's instruction, the two used talismans and magic scrolls one after another. The talisman with the official script word "Xiao" split into two beams of fire, which flew to the two wooden stakes closest to the side of the plank road.
The two wooden stakes were originally as thick as buckets. After being hit by the small characters, they instantly shrank like cat's-eye snails dug out of the sand.
The strength and weight of the wooden pile did not change, but the change in appearance triggered a chain reaction.
The moment the wooden piles shrank, the stairs groaned under the heavy weight. The broken wooden boards fell like leaves, crashing towards the bottom of the valley and hitting the rock walls with a bang.
The five statues that had just climbed to this section of the stairs found that they could not hold the stairs any longer, and their movements were no longer slow. The one in the front suddenly accelerated, soaring from the speed of a land tortoise to the speed of a red-eared slider, and ran towards the side of the plank road with all its might.
But Wu Xian had been prepared for this and was ready for a flying kick.
As soon as the statue's hands were placed on the plank road, a cluster of flames burst out from the soles of Wu Xian's feet, and he kicked the statue in the face with his hot feet. The five statues, along with the entire staircase, fell into the bottomless abyss.
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In front of the plank road, Wang Jiudan looked at the fallen stairs, swallowed his saliva, and shook his head with some regret.
When they were on the stairs before, Wang Jiudan was extremely nervous.
Without evil outfit and seeds of extreme desire, other newcomers at least have props for worshiping gods as a guarantee, but Wang Jiudan has nothing. He is just a newcomer with a lot of bad intentions.
Although he was the weakest, he was forced to walk at the front of the team. He could be said to be the one in the most dangerous and miserable situation.
After seeing the hole-splitting ghost, he finally couldn't hold it in anymore, and there was only one thought left in his mind.
"I want to live!"
His greatest desire at this moment is the desire to survive.
There is also a seed of extreme desire in Wang Jiudan's body, which usually transforms various desires into appetite.
Just like the man who was killed by Wang Jiudan in the real world.
He was originally just a stockings fetishist.
But after being infected by the Seed of Extreme Desire, he turned into a pervert who liked to eat used socks, and eventually even his stomach was squeezed to pieces.
Therefore, at the critical moment when his life was about to hang by a thread, the seed of extreme desire in his body sprouted, and Wang Jiudan's desire to survive was transformed into appetite!
This led to the horrifying scene that Wu Xian saw, of Wang Jiudan eating the cave-splitting ghost.
By eating creatures with special abilities, Wang Jiudan can obtain some of the creature's abilities. This "creature" refers to a broad sense, even ghosts are on Wang Jiudan's menu!
Therefore, when he saw the five indestructible statues, he kept wondering, if he could eat those statues, could he also become as strong and survive in the dangerous blessed land?
After a moment of regret, Wang Jiudan shook his head and swallowed his saliva.
"If you miss it, you miss it. Aren't there still plenty of food to eat?"
The look he gave to everyone gradually became dangerous.
(End of this chapter)
