Deadly Game: Almighty Boss’s Guide to Making Money

Chapter 1316. Echoes from the Abyss (6)

Upon hearing this, Guo Yuelang immediately teleported out of the gas cloud and returned to the group.

The gas cloud lost its target and gradually stagnated above the arch bridge, like a black cloud that could explode at any moment.

"I'll go check the wooden bridge." Before he finished speaking, his figure had already disappeared into the left passage.

The group followed closely behind, and just as they reached the entrance of the passage, they heard a sharp, piercing creak, followed by the cracking sound of a wooden plank breaking.

Guo Yuelang stood in the middle of the wooden bridge, the planks beneath his feet cracked open, and he swayed as he struggled to maintain his balance.

"Watch out!" Xin whispered.

Guo Yuelang teleported again, barely avoiding the falling planks below.

He had barely steadied himself when the entire wooden bridge snapped in half like fragile building blocks, the planks falling into the dark abyss below without a sound, as if the abyss were bottomless.

"That was close!" Guo Yuelang returned to the entrance of the passage. "The wooden bridge was completely rotten and could not bear any weight at all; it was a trap."

—Luckily, Xin Xin reacted quickly and can even teleport.

—Gas bridge, broken bridge, this instance is forcing people to choose the third path!

The remaining stone bridge should be the correct route, but it will certainly be dangerous.

—What is that abyss below?
Why was there no sound of it hitting the ground?

—Could it be a river?

Everyone's eyes turned to the right-hand passage, where only the last stone bridge remained.

This stone bridge looks the simplest. There are no carvings on the bridge body. It is just a simple piece of stone. The bridge surface is flat and there is no moss. Instead, it has a faint watery sheen.

“This is the only bridge left.” Ouyang Yu walked to the bridgehead, squatted down, and carefully examined the bridge surface. “There is water on the bridge surface, but it’s not moss; it’s more like… condensed water vapor.”

He reached out and touched the bridge surface; his fingertips were damp and carried a chilly, damp aura.

"Is it really a river down there?"

Guo Yuelang took a deep breath.

“Regardless of whether there is danger or not, we can only take this route. Everyone, keep formation. I will lead the way, Ouyang and Fengxi will be on both sides, Teacher Huang will protect the rear, Xiao Mu, keep an eye on the surroundings, Meng Ye... stay with Teacher Huang and be careful.”

Xin nodded.

Guo Yuelang stepped onto the stone bridge. The bridge surface was indeed wet, but not slippery.

He walked steadily to the center of the bridge, turned around, and gestured for everyone to follow.

Lin Xi walked in the middle, and subconsciously shone her flashlight down onto the bridge. The sight made her gasp in shock.

There is no abyss beneath the bridge, but a wide underground river!

The river was as black as ink, so calm that there wasn't a ripple, like a huge piece of black jade.

However, under the strong beam of the flashlight, one could vaguely see huge dark shadows slowly moving in the river, and there were more than one of them.

"There really is an underground river below, and... something in the water!"

Upon hearing this, everyone lowered their heads and looked down from the bridge.

Their expressions turned serious when they saw the moving black shadows.

Just then, a huge wave suddenly surged up on the surface of the underground river, and a black tentacle as thick as a water bucket shot out from the water, grabbing at Xin Ye with a whooshing sound!

"Watch out!" Huang Jingjing reacted quickly, immediately shielding Xin behind her.

Guo Yuelang took out his light shield again.

There was a loud "bang" sound.

The tentacle slammed into the barrier, causing it to tremble violently and ripple.

Huang Jingjing groaned, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of her mouth, clearly injured by the immense impact. She immediately began to heal herself.

—Holy crap, those tentacles are way too thick!

—What is this thing?

—Is it a water monster?

Teacher Huang is injured!
—Can the barrier hold up?
Meng almost got caught, but luckily Teacher Huang and Xin Xin reacted quickly!
—These tentacles look so hard, can they be cut by ordinary weapons?
Feng Xi slashed at the tentacle with the short knife in his hand. The blade collided with the tentacle, making a muffled "thud" sound, but only leaving a shallow wound on the tentacle.

Black, viscous blood flowed from the wound, dripping into the underground river and creating ripples.

"These tentacles are too hard!" Feng Xi gritted her teeth, her wrists going numb from the impact.

More waves surged from all parts of the underground river, and huge tentacles stretched out one after another, like black pythons, frantically grabbing at the people on the stone bridge.

These tentacles are covered with dark red suckers, and around the suckers grow fine spikes that shimmer with an eerie green light, clearly indicating that they are highly venomous.

"Don't get entangled by the tentacles!"

Holding a silver dagger, Ouyang Yu moved with lightning speed, precisely stabbing at the suction cup of a tentacle.

A purifying silver light flashed on the dagger, the suction cup was instantly pierced, black blood gushed out, and the tentacle twisted violently before retracting back into the dark river.

"The weakness is in the suction cup!" Ouyang Yu said. "Only by attacking the suction cup can we inflict effective damage!"

Lin Bei summoned another card and waved it toward the nearest tentacles.

A chilling aura instantly spread out, and a thin layer of ice quickly condensed on the surface of the tentacles, causing their movements to slow down.

"The freeze card can only freeze things for a short time!" Lin Bei said.

Lin Xi immediately summoned a throwing knife and hurled it fiercely at the tentacle.

The black tentacles immediately snapped off and retracted.

"I have to say, the throwing knives that this crappy game gives out are actually pretty useful," Lin Xi casually remarked.

Lin Bei, Xin Ye, Ouyang Yu, and Bai Yueming all looked at her.

Lin Xi put her hand to her forehead.

She got so used to criticizing the game that she forgot the bigwigs on the game's side were all around her.

"Everyone, concentrate and deal with the tentacles near the bridge first!" Ouyang Yu said, his voice calm and powerful.

Zhao Chen took a deep breath and activated the telekinesis technique again.

A lot of black water was swirled up, like a giant hand, tightly binding and tearing at the tentacles that had just emerged from the water.

Although you can't tear them off directly, you can temporarily stop them from attacking, creating opportunities for others to attack.

Lin Bei used the Freeze Card again.

The river water stirred up by Zhao Chen immediately froze, freezing all the tentacles in place.

The underground river water column that Zhao Chen had stirred up was instantly frozen by Lin Bei's freezing card.

Countless icicles intertwined, firmly locking the tentacles entwined within the ice coffin.

The tentacles that were still struggling suddenly froze, and the venom on the eerie green spikes slid down the ice surface, dripping onto the stone bridge with a "sizzling" corrosive sound, leaving behind small pits.

"Beautiful!" Feng Xi couldn't help but cheer, and slashed at another tentacle that had slipped through the net with her short knife.

This time, the tentacles, which had lost their flexibility, were easily severed, and black blood splattered on the ice, quickly condensing into dark purple ice beads.

Ouyang Yu's eyes were sharp as a blade, and his silver dagger sliced ​​through the air, precisely piercing the suction cup of another tentacle.

The moment the purifying silver light erupted, the tentacles writhed wildly as if scorched by flames, turning into a wisp of black smoke that dissipated into the cold air.