LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 734: Chapter 697: Into the Deep Pit!

It was only at this moment that Rocky and his companions encountered real danger.

Since they had entered the Cave of Blood Cries, they had faced a few battles, but those skirmishes were more bizarre than truly perilous. However, the situation had changed drastically. Faced with thousands upon thousands of beetles and an increasing number of Mantis Demons that could threaten them, Rocky and his group were not just in danger—they had plunged into desperate straits in an instant!

By this time, a great many beetles had crawled up the walls of the Dissolving Cave to the ceiling, and then began to drop like raindrops. One of them happened to land right on Dusa.

As mentioned before, each of these beetles was about a meter in size, so even though Dusa was not afraid of insects, having such a huge beetle land on her was terrifying indeed, and more importantly, the beetle that landed on her wasted no time in opening its mouth, instantly oozing green slime, causing Dusa to let out an uncontrollable scream when she saw this.

“Don’t be afraid!”

Fortunately, Liliya was right beside Dusa at that moment and, before the beetle could spray its green slime, she flicked it away with her Mana Sword. It was exactly when she flipped the beetle away that it sprayed a stream of green slime, narrowly missing the two of them.

While Liliya’s decisive action averted one crisis, the real peril for the quartet was just beginning. More and more beetles were falling from the ceiling, raining down like droplets, and the number of Mantis Demons crawling out of the deep pit was also increasing. There were so many that, despite the group’s continuous bombardment, some of the Mantis Demons were still able to shoot terrifying jets of green slime at them.

At first, it was only one, but soon there were five or six, and when the number of Mantis Demons firing at Rocky and his group increased to over a dozen, they were no longer capable of bombarding continuously. At this point, beetles were raining down from above, and the number of Mantis Demons was piling up, with barrages of green slime, more dreadful than cannon shells, being fired at them. In such circumstances, all Rocky and his friends could do was dodge as best as they could.

But even if they dodged with all their might, how long could they possibly keep it up?

There were so many beetles that it didn’t matter how many were squashed to death, and it was clear they could not block the deep pit with just the four of them. So, not only were the beetles continuously pouring out, but the Mantis Demons were also increasing in number. The count quickly went from a dozen to several dozens, and it was still rising. Soon enough there would be hundreds, and once the number of Mantis Demons reached the hundreds, Rocky and his companions wouldn’t even be able to dodge anymore.

What to do?

Never had they expected to face a life-and-death crisis so abruptly. Liliya and the others, though prepared, were somewhat panicked and unsure of what to do next.

“To the deep pit!”

It was then that Rocky suddenly shouted, and immediately, without time for explanations, he flew towards the deep pit.

Seeing him act so decisively, Liliya and the other two didn’t ask any questions; they immediately followed him, accelerating as they flew towards the deep pit.

As mentioned earlier, the Dissolving Cave’s deep pit was over thirty meters wide and bottomless, truly a bottomless abyss. Moreover, Rocky and his team were originally on the edge of the pit and had flown up to midair without changing position much, so it was a mere headlong plunge for them to fly directly into the pit.

A pit over thirty meters wide was definitely spacious enough to admit the four of them. And it wasn’t until they flew into the deep pit that Rocky understood what terror was.

Being the first to fly into the deep pit, Rocky hovered after descending several tens of meters, and when he looked left and right with the light shot from his Armor’s shoulders, he saw that the sheer walls of the pit were covered with beetles climbing upwards, and here and there, a few Mantis Demons were struggling to climb up as well.

This scene was absolutely a disaster for those with a fear of swarming insects. At this moment, the chasm’s cliffs were covered with beetles, their dense masses standing one’s hair on end. Although the sight was terrifying, one had to admit that once Rocky had flown into the depths, he was indeed safe.

Even though the walls of the chasm were covered in beetles, beetles will be beetles; they lacked necks. These fearsome creatures, even aware of Rocky’s presence hovering in the abyss, couldn’t spit green slime at him like they could in the Land Melt Cave, because they were facing away from Rocky, unable to turn their heads, let alone their bodies.

But one must acknowledge the ferocity of these insects, for upon sensing Rocky’s hovering in the chasm, quite a few beetles leaped straight at him!

Unfortunately for them, Rocky was now hovering right in the center of the chasm, which is to say, at the center of the circle. This meant that as long as he didn’t actively approach the walls, the beetles that did leap at him would only fall back down into the abyss mid-jump, not having the capability to leap tens of meters in a single bound.

Soon after, Liliya and the others arrived, hovering around Rocky one by one.

“Chief He Nan, are you alright?”

Upon glancing at He Nan, Rocky noticed multiple areas on the chest and back of his armor were hit by the green slime, with obvious signs of corrosion.

The armor He Nan wore was, after all, Fourth Generation. It might sound close to the Fifth Generation Armor, but one mustn’t forget that with the emergence of Rune Armor, and the Sixth Generation Armor on the horizon, even the Fifth Generation was nearing obsolescence, the Fourth even more so that it wouldn’t be an overstatement to call it an antique.

“I’m fine, I can still hold on.”

Checking his armor, He Nan responded. Although it was clearly corroded by the green slime, it hadn’t damaged the armor itself, so there was no significant trouble.

After shaking his head nonchalantly, He Nan looked around, and even he, a tribe chief well-experienced on the land, felt a chill go down his spine at the sight of the densely packed beetles on the surrounding cliffs.

He now understood just how his predecessor had died, obviously under a similar attack to what they had just faced. Unfortunately, back then only the Chief had Void Magic Armor, so not only could they not withstand the terrifying assault, they didn’t even have a chance to flee.

Similarly, He Nan also knew that their current situation was not much better than that of his predecessor because they hadn’t truly escaped danger; they had merely taken temporary refuge in the depths of the chasm. But they couldn’t stay there forever!

Consequently, He Nan turned to Rocky: “City Lord Rocky, what do you plan to do?”

“What else can we do…”

Hearing this, Rocky looked straight down at his feet.

Currently suspended in the middle of the chasm, below him lay pitch darkness, and his meaning was clear: their only option was to continue flying deeper into the chasm to see what lay within!

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