One person: I was already fighting the Heavenly Master, but the system just came

Chapter 245 Defense
The thorny rose branches grow wildly, casting ferocious shadows under the interweaving of light and shadow.

Chu Tingting took every step carefully, for fear of being pricked by sharp thorns.

The breeze blew by, and the rose branches and leaves rustled, mixed with a faint floral fragrance, but it inexplicably made people feel uneasy.

The light of the flashlight flickered in the bushes, reflecting the gorgeous yet eerie roses.

Their layered petals seem to hide countless secrets. Some of the petals are hung with crystal dewdrops, sparkling under the lights like the eyes of a devil.

Chu Tingting's heartbeat quickened involuntarily. She raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her face and continued to move forward step by step.

The ground beneath her feet was a little muddy, and her shoes kept sinking into it.

It was eerily quiet all around, with no other sounds except for my own footsteps and breathing.

Suddenly, a gust of night wind blew, and the rose bush shook violently. The flashlight in her hand almost fell, and the light flickered violently. For an instant, it seemed as if countless pairs of eyes were peeping at her in the darkness, making her back chill.

On the other hand, Qin Jiaojiao could never have imagined that every step she took tonight would turn into a terrifying nightmare.

When the ground beneath her feet collapsed without warning, Qin Jiaojiao felt her body suddenly lose support and she instantly fell into endless darkness.

The wind whistled in her ears and fear completely overwhelmed her like a tide.

At this moment, she was trapped in a strange, wet and sticky environment, surrounded by a disgusting stench.

Breathing became increasingly difficult, and every breath felt like pulling on a bellows that was about to break.

Qin Jiaojiao felt like her lungs were about to burst, but the thin air couldn't enter her body at all.

Her chest heaved violently, her throat made a hissing sound, and her hands waved wildly in the darkness, trying to grasp even a glimmer of hope.

Qin Jiaojiao tried her best and pushed outwards with both hands frantically. Her nails turned white from excessive force and the muscles in her arms were tensed to the extreme.

However, the restraints around her followed her like a shadow and became tighter and tighter, as if they were going to crush her completely.

She kicked her legs desperately, but got nothing except touching the slippery and elastic wall.

At this critical moment, a horrifying thought flashed through Qin Jiaojiao's mind like lightning - had she been swallowed by something terrible?
This thought made her blood freeze instantly and the hairs on her body stood up.

"No, this is impossible!" Qin Jiaojiao screamed wildly in her heart. She didn't want to believe that she was in such a desperate situation.

But the reality was so cruel that it made her despair. The constantly squirming and tightening surroundings, as well as the increasingly strong fishy smell, were ruthlessly confirming the suspicion that she was most reluctant to face.

Fear followed her like a shadow, Qin Jiaojiao's tears welled up in her eyes, and her body trembled slightly due to excessive fear.

But the instinct for survival made her burst out with amazing strength in despair. She no longer struggled blindly, but forced herself to calm down and began to think about ways to escape.

She felt around, trying to find the monster's weakness.

Her hands kept groping on the slippery inner wall, and every touch made her feel nauseous.

Suddenly, she found a relatively soft place, and a glimmer of hope surged in her heart.

Qin Jiaojiao took a deep breath, used all her strength, and punched the soft spot.

However, her attack seemed to have no effect. The monster just squirmed slightly, and then a stronger sense of oppression came over her.

It was that soft spot!
However, before she could feel happy about this discovery, she realized with horror that the soft spot was actually the monster's mucus-covered tongue.

In an instant, the disgusting tongue coating was like a surging wave, licking Qin Jiaojiao's body wantonly.

In the blink of an eye, her entire body was covered with foul-smelling mucus. The pungent smell rushed into her nose, making her almost nauseous.

At this critical moment, Qin Jiaojiao quickly concentrated her mind and mobilized the Qi in her body.

In an instant, a ball of blazing flame ignited in her hands, and the intense flames instantly illuminated the terrifying and strange space around her.

Qin Jiaojiao threw the flame in her hand towards the constantly wriggling tongue without hesitation.

With a creepy sizzling sound, the monster's tongue was instantly burned. As if it was in great pain, it quickly shrank back and dared not approach again.

Seeing this, Qin Jiaojiao felt a glimmer of hope in her heart.

"Humph, you bastard, you dare to swallow me with your little ability? When I get out, you will be in trouble."

Qin Jiaojiao looked up and found that there were wisps of air pouring in from the front. She was sure that should be where the monster's mouth was.

With the light and what seemed to be a direction of escape, fighting spirit was rekindled in her eyes.

Qin Jiaojiao gritted her teeth and used fire magic again, gathering the flames on her palms. Then she suddenly lunged forward, trying her best to smash the flames in her hands towards the monster's teeth.

But the cruel reality shattered her hopes in an instant. Those seemingly indestructible teeth showed no fear of her fiery attack.

The moment the flame touched the teeth, it disappeared without a trace, like a drop of water in the ocean.

Qin Jiaojiao looked at the indestructible teeth with disbelief in her eyes, and couldn't help muttering to herself: "How is this possible? How can it possibly block my attack!"

Qin Jiaojiao's voice echoed in this closed and strange space, with a slight tremor, but also full of stubbornness of not giving up.

Then, she took a deep breath, and the Qi around her began to surge wildly.

She quickly formed seals with her hands, mobilized all the strength in her body, and gathered all the Qi in her palms.

In an instant, a ball of flame that was brighter than before and hotter than before burst into bloom in her hands.

The flame was an eerie blue-white color, with golden sparks jumping around the edges, and the high temperature it emitted caused the surrounding air to distort.

With Qin Jiaojiao's angry roar, she pushed the flame in her hand towards the monster's tongue.

The strong firelight instantly illuminated the entire mouth as bright as day, and the horrible and disgusting scene was clearly displayed in front of Qin Jiaojiao.

The monster's mouth was like a huge abyss that exuded a foul smell.

The oral cavity wall was covered with densely packed bumps, each of which was the size of a fist, and dark green mucus continued to seep out of the surface. The mucus slowly slid down the oral cavity wall and gathered at the bottom, forming a pool of foul-smelling liquid.

The tongue that was forced back by the flames was now curled up under the throat.

The throat was like a huge black hole, from which bursts of creepy roars came from from time to time.

The edge of the black hole was covered with sharp barbs, each of which was covered with strands of flesh and blood, and looked particularly hideous under the light of the fire.

Qin Jiaojiao endured the stench and the nausea in her stomach, her eyes widened, staring at the monster in front of her, and continued to control the flames to launch round after round of attacks on it.

The flames were like nimble fire snakes, constantly pouncing on the monster's tongue and throat.

However, no matter how hard Qin Jiaojiao tried, her attacks were ineffective.

After a brief retreat, the monster's tongue and throat quickly returned to their original state and even began to slowly approach her.

Because Qin Jiaojiao continued to perform high-intensity fire techniques, the Qi in her body was rapidly consumed like a flood breaking through a dam.

Qin Jiaojiao's face became paler and paler. On the other side, Chu Tingting looked nervous and hurried, almost jogging forward.

Chu Tingting looked down at her watch. It was already eleven twenty-three.

There are still thirty-seven minutes left, and Youyou Mountain at midnight will be even more terrifying than usual!
The quiet mountains at midnight seemed to be shrouded in a mysterious veil, so quiet that it was eerie.

However, when the clock strikes midnight, something even more terrifying will happen to the entire mountain.

At that time, Youyou Mountain will wake up from its slumber and burst out with a large amount of spiritual energy.

Whenever midnight comes, spiritual energy will rise from every corner of the forest like milky white smoke, quickly spread out, and decorate the whole mountain like a dream.

As the spiritual energy surged, all kinds of creatures in the mountains and forests came out from their hiding places.

At this moment, before midnight, the creatures of Youyou Mountain have become even more restless because of the sudden arrival of a group of humans.

Chu Tingting has currently sensed that there are quite a few animals hiding in the dark.

There are sturdy foxes with eyes flashing with faint green light.

There are also night owls with huge wings, circling and howling in the night sky, staring closely at the prey below.

These creatures may follow their own laws of survival on a daily basis.

But at the moment when spiritual energy explodes, all order will be broken.

They will fall into the most frenzied state and fight each other for the spiritual energy.

Fierce fights will break out between creatures of different races, with claws and fangs clashing and spells shining brightly.

The entire forest will be filled with the atmosphere of battle.

In this chaos, there is no such thing as innocence or intentionality. As long as you are in it, you will find it difficult to escape.

Any living creature that accidentally breaks in may become a victim of this brutal battle.

Thinking of this, Chu Tingting quickened her pace.

Qin Jiaojiao hasn't come back for the whole day, and she knows very well how dangerous Youyou Mountain is at midnight.

Chu Tingting was as light as a swallow and familiar with the route, and successfully crossed the rose bush that looked beautiful but was actually full of dangers.

Chu Tingting, who successfully walked out of the flowers, breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense shoulders relaxed slightly.

And right where she had just walked, there was a huge danger hidden.

Under the rose bushes, there are some strange purple vines hidden.

These vines are covered with densely packed inverted triangular thorns that are almost invisible to the naked eye. Each thorn is extremely sharp and flashes coldly in the dim light.

After Chu Tingting left, these vines seemed to have life. They slowly wriggled and made a slight rustling sound.

Then, as if they had received some kind of instruction, they quickly shrank back to three meters underground.

There was no trace left between the movements, as if they had never appeared on this land.

In the fierce competition for spiritual energy in Youyou Mountain, the competitors are not just animals. Those seemingly quiet plants are also fierce characters that should not be underestimated.

They lurk in the dark, waiting for the opportunity, ready to deliver a fatal blow to their opponents at any time.

The fox spirit, which had just been hunting and trying to absorb more spiritual energy, was now in a desperate situation.

At some point, countless purple vines quietly emerged from the ground, like a group of ghosts hiding in the darkness, and instantly tightly wrapped around the fox.

These vines moved as fast as lightning, and the fox spirit didn't even have time to struggle before it was tightly bound.

In the blink of an eye, something horrible happened.

The densely packed small thorns on the purple vines were like blood-sucking syringes, piercing into the body of the spirit fox one after another.

The fox spirit tried to let out cries of pain, but not a single sound came out.

It struggled with all its might, but that did nothing to stop the vines from sucking its blood.

As blood was continuously drained from the fox, its body quickly shrank and its once lively eyes gradually lost their luster.

In just a moment, the spirit fox turned into a dried-up corpse and collapsed to the ground.

Until the last moment of his life, the fox spirit never imagined that this seemingly gorgeous rose bush was actually just a camouflage carefully arranged by the wisteria.

These cunning wisteria vines now disguise themselves as beautiful and harmless rose bushes on weekdays, attracting other creatures to approach.

But at the critical moment, they reveal their hideous true faces, causing countless lives to die without any preparation.

The evolution of wisteria, from having thorns to being able to change according to the environment like a chameleon, is the result of the explosion of spiritual energy.

In a blink of an eye, Chu Tingting arrived at the point where Qin Jiaojiao was located.

It was the same place, but it was completely different when Chu Tingting came.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Chu Tingting couldn't help but stop in her tracks. There was a huge pit in front of her.

These pits look like giant beasts with bloody mouths, emitting a terrifying aura.

Chu Tingting slowly approached, her heart beating violently in her chest.

When she saw the scene at the bottom of the pit clearly, her pupils contracted sharply in an instant, and a chill rushed from the soles of her feet to her forehead.

I saw an extremely huge centipede monster living in the pit.

This centipede monster is several feet long, and its body is like a thick tree trunk. Its hard shell has a cold metallic luster and flashes strangely in the moonlight.

Its head was held high, and its two huge compound eyes were like lanterns, emitting a murderous scarlet light, staring coldly upwards.

Countless long legs are densely distributed on both sides of the body, each of which is as sharp as a knife, making a teeth-grinding sound when rubbing against the ground.

From time to time, it would spit out black tongues with green venom flowing on them. They would drip onto the ground, instantly corroding small pits and making a sizzling sound.

Chu Tingting looked at the terrifying centipede monster in front of her and took a deep breath.

But fortunately, the centipede monster was sleeping at this moment.

Its huge body was curled up quietly at the bottom of the pit, its huge head drooping, and the scarlet murderous light in its compound eyes had disappeared.

But even so, Chu Tingting did not dare to let her guard down at all.

Because the centipede monster's tens of millions of legs are still in a defensive state.

(End of this chapter)