Fox Demon: God rewards hard work, I will eventually master martial arts and become a god

"No, even without me, you will definitely be able to break free."

"This vine is not as strong as I imagined. It is not poisonous, has no thorns, and has weak penetrating ability."

Lin Yu picked up a vine and cut it in the middle to show Susanna.

Lin Yu didn't believe that someone as experienced as Susanna, who had been working in the team for so many years, would be in danger because of this.

"That's not the case. If it weren't for you, we would have to spend a lot of time. Thanks to you, we only need to rest for a while before we can move on."

Susanna patted Lin Yu on the shoulder and did not deny what Lin Yu said.

The team continued to move forward, but this time the team's position changed. Sarah stood in the middle of the team, behind Lin Yu. This was probably the safest position in the team.

There were people around, usually the magician's position. Sarah changed her position because she was still in shock and her body was fragile.

The vines caused great harm to her, leaving large scars on the surface of her skin, and the vines would secrete liquid when they were wrapped around her.

It didn't have much flavor, but it was sticky and the rest of us didn't care.

But Sarah, a young girl, had no way of pretending not to see it. She could only keep wiping her body as she moved forward.

Lin Yu was probably the only person who was not affected. Not only did he not care about Sarah's previous treatment of his enemies, but he even let her support her shoulders with her hands while she was cleaning her body.

"Thank you."

Sarah said softly.

"Although you don't have a very good personality, I didn't expect you to be quite sensible."

Lin Yu didn't even turn his head.

"You don't look like a child at all. Is this the quality that nobles cultivate from childhood? You look much more mature than your peers?"

Sarah asked again.

"I think you must have misunderstood something. I am not a noble, so you don't have to treat me in that way."

Lin Yu said softly.

Lin Yu and Sarah were still talking when a red and white flying insect suddenly flashed around the team.

The team's movement suddenly stopped, and Lin Yu's steps forward almost hit Susanna's back.

Lin Yu didn't understand why everyone's expressions suddenly became serious, especially when they saw this kind of insect.

"Wait a minute, we might be in big trouble."

Susannah's body seemed to be trembling.

Lin Yu instantly realized that there might be something wrong with this insect. If it were a normal situation, Susanna would explain to Lin Yu where this insect came from.

No matter what the habit was or how big the threat was, Susanna had always done this, but only this time.

Susannah seemed to have no intention of doing this at all. Her mind was constantly thinking and she even looked a little nervous.

It was just a bug, but it seemed to have pushed the entire team to the edge of the cliff.

Lin Yu actually wanted to open his mouth to speak, but it seemed too late because the bug had already flown to Sarah's face.

Sarah was standing right behind Lin Yu, so Lin Yu had the opportunity to see the entire insect up close.

It is smaller than a mosquito, but there seems to be a layer of light armor on its surface, which completely wraps the insect.

It flies very fast and has many eyes. From its appearance, Lin Yu can guess that this insect is probably not easy to kill.

It has a quick reaction and a good flying speed. If the outer armor on this insect can make it immune to certain attacks.

Then the threat posed by this thing is much greater than imagined.

Lin Yu could understand that this was the reason why the entire team was surprised and frightened.

The insect seemed to be feeling something, maybe touch, smell, or even observation.

At this moment, there was silence all around and no one moved, but Sarah's body was shaking more and more violently, and she couldn't help coughing.

The insect was frightened and suddenly flew up.

"Oops, run!"

Susannah yelled.

All members of the team rushed forward.

Lin Yu did not doubt the judgment made by the experienced adventurer. He continued to run wildly behind her. It didn't take long before the insects became dense in an instant.

Countless insects surrounded him, and their numbers kept growing. Lin Yu couldn't even see the road ahead.

The bugs clung to his arms and Lin Yu felt excruciating pain. These bugs were actually carnivorous and they were gnawing at Lin Yu's flesh and blood.

It was the same for everyone else. Everyone was feeling uncomfortable. Susanna used one hand to hold a shield in front of her to clear the way, and with the other hand she held a long knife and kept swinging it.

But even so, it won't kill many bugs.

The one who reacted the most was probably Sarah. Due to her poor physical fitness, she quickly fell to the back of the team.

Lin Yu grabbed her hand in time, otherwise she would have almost slipped. However, because of such a brief moment, the insects covered their bodies in an instant.

“Help them!”

Susannah cried out suddenly.

The magician in the team began to chant spells, and flames continued to surge out around the entire team. Lin Yu and Sarah's foreheads were covered with sweat.

The distance was too close and the temperature was too high, so Lin Yu held Sarah in his arms, so that even if the insects gnawed at her flesh and blood, the parts they could attack would be limited.

Lin Yu had no way to hide his and Sarah's vital points from the flying insects, so he could only rely on the damage caused by the fire to buy time.

It's nothing more than enduring the high temperature. Lin Yu and Sarah can bear it, but these flying insects will be contaminated by the flames, and one fly will pass it to another, and the flames will burn continuously.

Lin Yu thought that these bugs must be suffering more than himself.

But what Lin Yu didn't expect was that what he imagined did not happen. Even though these insects were covered in flames, they did not suffer any fatal damage at all.

Not only did the number of insects not decrease because of the fire, but the number of insects continued to increase.

"Come on!"

Susanna turned back, grabbed Lin Yu and Sarah's shoulders, and ran forward with them.

The wounds of everyone in the team were increasing, and they couldn't even see the road clearly between the flying insects.

"Oops!"

The first one to give up was Susanna. She couldn't move forward because of the pain and her face was red and swollen.

Lin Yu lifted her arm to check the wound. In order to eat the flesh more conveniently, these insects would actively enter the wound. The dense number and rapid decay of the wound almost made Sarah vomit yesterday's meal.

Lin Yu was still calm. He took the long knife from Susanna's hand.

"Make an ice cube and seal all our people inside. We must buy time!"

Lin Yu shouted suddenly.

"What are you talking about?" Sarah didn't understand what Lin Yu meant.

The magician in the team did react, although he was too late to praise Lin Yu for his keen sense of smell.

Ice rose from the ground, trapping everyone in the team inside. Their body temperature would drop, but it would also isolate them from all smells, including the smell of living creatures and the smell of blood.

These bugs might gnaw at the ice, but if they can't find food, they'll fly away somewhere else.

But at the same time, as a price, everyone in the team will be sealed, their eyes can blink, their movements will be restricted, and their body temperature will be lowered, but it will not be fatal.

At least not in the short term.

Lin Yu did not stand with the others in the team. Instead, he stood outside the team. He continued to run forward, and he would lead all the insects to a farther place.

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. He had to have a wide field of vision. He moved so fast that the insects soon caught up with him.

He didn't have to chant any spells, as several body-enhancing magic spells were cast on him one after another.

His magic power was still pretty good and was far from exhausted, but even so, he couldn't compete with the bugs in speed.

"Water source! Water source!"

Lin Yu kept looking for a place with water. The flames might not work on the insects, but the water would definitely be useful.

Once the insect's wings got into water, it could no longer fly.

Lin Yu tried to use water magic to shoot at these bugs, but the coverage was very low, and the worst thing was that these bugs were obviously smart and they could dodge.

Much smarter than Lin Yu imagined.

The interior of the maze is full of rugged terrain. There may be a water source, but it is probably very far away and there is no way to reach it in a short time.

If he really found it by then, Lin Yu would have been dead by then.

Lin Yu looked at the ground and suddenly an idea came to his mind. Maybe water was not needed, mud would do.

Lin Yu used magic on the ground to soften the soil, and then used magic power to turn it into water and poured it into the soil. Lin Yu's body rolled in the mud.

The flying insects circled around Lin Yu's body, and the mud could also isolate Lin Yu's smell, and Lin Yu continued to cover Lin Yu's body with multiple layers of mud.

As a result, the flying insects' attack was unable to touch Lin Yu's skin.

Lin Yu kept moving, but the flying insects knew clearly that the food was right in front of them, but they couldn't eat it no matter what.

Lin Yu confronted a large number of flying insects. Time kept passing, and even Lin Yu himself didn't know how much time had passed.

Just cover your body with mud every once in a while, and when the mud dries, it will form a gray barrier on your skin.

In the end, it became thicker and thicker, and Lin Yu looked like he had gained several sizes of weight.

In order to prevent the mud on his body from falling off, Lin Yu didn't even shake his body.

The flying insect finally lost all its patience and flew away.

Lin Yu was not in a hurry to wash off the mud on his body. He moved towards where Susanna and the others were according to his memory.

When Lin Yu returned to the team, they almost rushed over with weapons in hand, thinking that Lin Yu was a monster.

It was not until Lin Yu shook his body and the mud fell off that they could barely recognize Lin Yu.

The frost has thawed, and the other people in the team are exercising. The long period of low temperature has made most of them feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, there were no dangerous consequences and the wounds were under control.

Susanna's body was already wrapped in bandages.

The magician in the team used water magic to help Lin Yu wash off the mud on his body. During the process, Lin Yu told them how he got rid of the bugs.

Of course, Lin Yu would hide his ability to use magic.

"I knew that letting you join our team was the right choice."

Susanna punched Lin Yu in the chest.

"You are so brave. If it were me, I wouldn't have the guts to do that."

Susannah continued.

The other people in the team were also amazed. There were very few people who dared to do this, not to mention that Lin Yu made the correct command. Everyone present only suffered limited injuries, which did not affect the continuation of the mission.

"Thank you."

Sarah's thanks this time were more sincere than any before.

"As long as you're okay."

Lin Yu smiled.

A blush suddenly appeared on Sarah's face and she turned her head away embarrassedly.

"By the way, where do these bugs come from?"

Lin Yu asked softly.

"These bugs usually don't appear in mazes. They are called bloodworms. They live in groups and usually like damp and dark places. They are more common in caves than in mazes."

"But there are always exceptions, right? For example, we encountered this kind of thing this time. The gnawing ability of this kind of insect is not strong, but there are a lot of them, and it is not easy to kill them."

"Magic is the best choice to kill this kind of thing, especially magic with a large range and high power."

"But their shells are immune to some magic, so neither swordsmen nor magicians have a good way to deal with these creatures."

"When something like this happens, we can only blame our bad luck."

Susanna sighed.

"If that's the case, should we continue moving forward?"

"If we continue to move forward, we may still encounter those bugs."

Lin Yu asked softly.

"Yes, we have to move forward. Adventurers are in a business of licking blood on the edge of a knife. There is no reason for us to lose money."

"But this time we have to slow down a bit."

Susannah said.

After a short rest, the team started moving forward again. Because they were moving at full speed, they had enough time to pay attention to the surrounding situation and to plan.

Susanna replanned the route, and perhaps because of good luck, they did not encounter those insects again on the rest of the road.

The monsters that you occasionally encounter are just some relatively fragile monsters.

They even found the props for the main task in advance because they planned a new route.

The other commissioned tasks also yielded some results. After spending almost a week in the maze, most of the commissioned tasks had been completed.

Add in some spoils from killing monsters, this trip at least won't be a loss.

Lin Yu thought the team would leave after completing all the commissioned tasks, but today, a week later, Susanna officially issued the order to retreat. (End of this chapter)