The Unorthodox Tomb Raider

When Fang Yun saw that the giant worm had actually swallowed the grenade, he was stunned for a moment, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

He was originally planning to launch another aggressive attack, but unexpectedly, this worm ended up killing him.

Compared to the six-winged centipede, this worm is far more foolish, and its intelligence is even inferior to that of the black worm in the Dragon Ridge Cave.

It seems that King Xian's transformation of this giant worm into a giant puppet that only knows how to eat, drink, and release poison has made it lose all its vigilance after two thousand years of peaceful life.

"Oh!"

Just two or three seconds after the worm swallowed the grenade, a loud bang was heard, and the worm's abdomen exploded like a watermelon bursting open.

Countless colorful liquids mixed with scarlet flesh and blood splashed outwards like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

At the same time, from the gap in the abdomen of the giant worm, wisps of red mist emanated and spread outwards.

The long worm, its abdomen ripped open, thrashed its head and crashed onto the walkway at the bottom of the cave, its fate unknown.

Upon seeing the giant insect severely injured, Partridge Whistle's face lit up with joy, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Brother Fang, is it possible for your blood to dispel this red mist?"

The giant worm's abdomen was ripped open, and the red mist inside its body spread outwards like a wildfire erupting, enveloping the entire bottom of the cave in just a few seconds.

Judging from the speed at which the red mist is spreading, they won't have time to return; the red mist will catch up with them in just a few seconds.

According to the red and white fog markings on the human skin map, the red fog in front of us is the poisonous miasma surrounding the Insect Valley, and the red fog is even more toxic than the white fog!

Upon hearing this, Fang Yun smiled and shook his head, saying:

"My blood has no effect on lifeless things."

"However, this red mist is not poisonous, but just in case, you should still cover your mouth and nose. I will explain to you after we leave the cave."

After saying that, Fang Yun took out a strip of cloth and covered his face. Then, he followed the plank road and rushed into the red mist, heading straight for the bottom of the cave.

The nervous system and flesh of the lizard are separate; it has no sense of pain, but it can feel physical injury.

As long as the nervous system is still alive, even if the body is dismembered into hundreds or thousands of pieces, it will not die. It can even rely on the nervous system to control the division and regeneration of the remaining flesh and blood cells, and grow a new body.

Moreover, this long worm has been affected by the strange magnetic field in the Valley of Insects 413, and it is unknown whether it has developed any special abilities.

Therefore, just in case, he had to kill the worm as soon as possible and complete the mission.

The four were not far from the bottom of the cave, and soon passed through the red mist and arrived at the bottom of the cave.

At the bottom of the cave, the plank road widens, forming a small pebble beach, where the giant worm is now lying.

About two meters down from the head of the worm, its abdomen was ripped open by a grenade, leaving only some skin and flesh connecting the two sections of its body, giving it a somewhat tangled appearance.

Countless streams of strangely colored blood and red mist oozed from the insect's body.

Even so, the giant worm did not die. Its brain, supporting its huge golden face, continued to wriggle, and its eyes stared intently at the crowd. However, with its abdomen severed, it could not support its head at all.

"That's similar to centipedes, they're quite meaty."

Seeing this, Fang Yun sneered, picked up the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow and walked directly to the brain of the Yulong Long Worm. Under the watchful eye of the worm, he inserted the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow into the worm's eye and stirred it continuously.

(The protagonist isn't in the main story, so he's not in the main story. He's just a character who doesn't know anything about the world. Otherwise, what's the use of being prescient? He'll just stick to the old ways.)

Chapter 83 The Tomb Raider's Finger, the Bronze Box!

"Congratulations, host, on completing the mission: successfully killing the Yulang worm inside the tomb of King Xian."

"Task Reward: Tomb Raider's Finger, awaiting collection."

It took a full three minutes for the system notification to sound.

"Damn it...did he only die after his entire head was crushed into mud...?"

Hearing the notification sound, Fang Yun cursed inwardly. This long-lived worm was really strong; it was the first time he had ever encountered such a thing.

The three men, Partridge Whistle, Old Foreigner, and Flower, looked at Fang Yun with strange expressions.

What kind of deep-seated hatred could warrant such a brutal act as chopping someone to pieces and gouging out their brains...?

Seeing the strange looks in the three people's eyes, Fang Yun flicked away the flesh and blood on the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, shrugged, and explained:

"Don't look at me like that. It's this bug that's only died now. It's called a 'yu lang worm'..."

Afterwards, Fang Yun gave the three of them a brief explanation.

He didn't know much about this worm, only its name and biological characteristics, but that was enough.

After listening to Fang Yun's explanation, all three of them had a look of sudden realization on their faces.

"That bug is really something else. If Fang Yun hadn't chopped it up... we might have run into it again when we came back."

"Brother Fang is very knowledgeable, and today's ancient and strange insect has truly broadened my horizons."

After a brief chat, the four of them gathered around the corpse of the giant worm to examine it.

The three brothers, Partridge Whistle and his companions, were curious about this immortal worm, while Fang Yun was looking for the bronze box inside the Yulong worm's body.

Following the body of the long worm towards the back of the rocky beach, Fang Yun stopped after walking about ten meters.

Just as he expected, only a small part of the head of the worm remained inside the gourd cave, while its body remained inside the mountain rocks, and its tail remained in the insect valley to produce red mist and poisonous miasma.

The body of this long, worm-like creature extended from the mountain wall, and at first glance, it really did look like a worm growing out of the wall.

The point where the insect's body connects to the mountain wall seems to have turned into rock over the past two thousand years, becoming one with the mountain wall. You can't tell it's an insect's body unless you look closely.

At this part of the insect's body, its abdomen is bulging, seemingly containing quite a lot of things.

Swah...

Fang Yun raised his knife and slashed down, cutting a large hole directly in the insect's abdomen.

The next moment, a large pile of worms squeezed out from the swollen abdomen. Unlike the worm's original size, these worms were made of a different kind of material, like a small, hard, or even a tiny, mushy substance. The worms then began to move freely.

In those schools, the innocent young children...

The box had many uneven copper nail heads, and judging from its appearance, it was a bronze box sealed with copper nails.

At this moment, the three people next to him also noticed Fang Yun's discovery and gathered around.

"This bug eats everything, huh?"

The old foreigner approached the bronze box, intending to reach out and explore it, but then thought it was too dirty and stopped himself.

"Even if an ordinary person comes here, they may not be able to kill this ancient and strange insect. Even if they kill this ancient and strange insect, they may not be able to find this bronze box."

Partridge Whistle, however, was quite interested in the box and examined it carefully.

"This might be from the collection of the Prince Xian. The contents inside might be very important, like the Zhenling Catalogue."

After saying that, Partridge Whistle simply dragged the bronze box to the side of the river and used the river water to wash away the insect blood and flesh on the bronze box.

Only then did the appearance of the bronze box become fully visible to everyone.

This bronze box is square and identical on all four sides, with forty-eight large copper nails on each side. It is impossible to tell the front from the back without careful observation.

There was no sound when it was tapped, as if it were a solid piece of copper. But if it were solid, the box would not be as heavy as a pure copper block. Partridge Whistle could easily drag the bronze box by himself.

"Old foreigner!"

"Give me that dragon-tiger staff from before!"

After carefully examining the bronze box once more, Partridge Whistle raised the corner of his mouth and said to the old foreigner.

On one side of the bottom of this bronze box, there are two small holes, one shaped like a tiger's head and the other like a dragon's head. Their shapes look very similar to the dragon and tiger short staff found in the jade crystal coffin.

Previously, the inside was completely filled with the flesh and blood of the worm, and it was not visible unless you looked closely.

It seems that what's inside this box is related to the high priest under King Xian!

The only things that could be related to the High Priest were...

"and many more!"

"We shouldn't stay here any longer, let's get out of the cave first!"

Seeing Partridge Whistle take the Dragon and Tiger Short Staff from the old foreigner and about to open the box, Fang Yun said in a deep voice.

Once the giant worm died, the red mist could no longer be replenished, and within just a few minutes, the red mist inside the cave began to slowly dissipate.

The red mist was intense, and the air was thick with its own light. It seemed the infant would soon be lifted from the mist, and the mist would eventually dissipate.

Upon hearing Fang Yun's words, Partridge Whistle glanced around and his expression immediately turned serious.

From what he had seen earlier, he could roughly guess the situation of the gourd cave, with its monstrous worms and other creatures.

Moreover, King Xian produced so many [unclear text]...

Thinking of this, Partridge Whistle immediately picked up the bronze box and said, "Brother Fang is absolutely right. The most urgent thing is to leave this gourd cave."

The four of them stopped and headed directly towards the exit on the other side of the cave ceiling.

The entrance at the bottom of the cave is similar to the entrance on the gourd-shaped body, about two or three meters above the ground of the walkway. However, the entrance at the bottom of the cave is much larger, enough to allow four or five people to pass through.

Click...

As the four of them approached the cave entrance, several cracking sounds rang out behind them, interspersed with the shrill, piercing cries of an infant, which were utterly terrifying.

Looking back, all I could see was a mirage on the river's surface.

Around them, those creatures that had previously emerged from the belly of the serpent were now resembling swans.

Those creatures, resembling a humanoid spider with its head twisted off, crawled towards the four people.