Chapter 19: The Shield of Darkness

The bottomless lake is pitch black, and there is always a creepy feeling to look at, and no one wants to continue soaking in this water, only thinking about swimming to the shore quickly to end this wet journey. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

"Xia Chuan, it's almost to the shore, work hard!" Gao Zhi glanced back at Xia Chuan on the side, her speed was not slow, she was just able to keep up with herself, at this time there was only about the last fifty meters left from the opposite bank, and some girls who swam fast had begun to gradually go ashore.

"Whew-I finally came up, and I was all wet, so uncomfortable. Serina tore at the clothes that were attached to her body, revealing the beauty under her white shirt, and hurriedly covered her chest with her coat, "Don't look here!"

Mu Fengye smiled awkwardly, and shouted loudly to Gao Zhi and Xia Chuan, who were still in the lake: "Gao Zhi! Xia Chuan, hurry up, take a rest and we'll move on!"

"Got it!" Gao Zhihui in the water responded, in order to wait for Xia Chuan in the back, he also deliberately slowed down a lot, so he was so out of touch with the team in front, but fortunately, it can let the people on the shore rest for a longer time, "Xia Chuan, grab my hand, I'm about to go ashore." ”

"Hmm. Xia Chuan grabbed Gao Zhi's outstretched hand without thinking about it, and his speed increased slightly, getting closer and closer to the shore.

"What's that?!" The last girl who came ashore suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow directly below Xia Chuan, and screamed in surprise.

Xia Chuan's body sank suddenly, and the whole person sank down like drowning, she desperately grabbed Gao Zhi's hand, but she inadvertently choked on a few mouthfuls of water so that she couldn't even speak!

"Xia Chuan?!" Gao Zhi didn't react to what was going on for a while, originally thought that Xia Chuan was just a simple leg cramp, but when he dragged her and planned to approach the shore, he found that something under the water seemed to have grabbed her feet!

"Don't worry! Keep your balance!" Mu Fengye jumped into the water without thinking about it, and swam quickly in the direction of Gao Zhi, Xia Chuan fluttered very hard, she was probably also scared, and screamed indistinctly, as if asking Mu Fengye and Gao Zhi not to get close to her.

"Mu Feng! below!" In such an urgent situation, Gao Zhi didn't have time to say the whole thing, he only hoped that Mu Fengye could understand what he meant, and sure enough, his comprehension ability was not bad, and he took a deep breath and didn't enter the water.

Mu Fengye, who dived under the water, almost didn't cough up her lungs! I saw that Xia Chuan's right leg was wrapped around a circle of black thorny tentacles, those barbs had been deeply rooted in her flesh, and the tentacles were also very tight, her legs were now like tires, slowly oozing dark red blood from under the skin!

"What the hell is that?!" Mu Fengye scolded in his heart, what entangled Xia Chuan seemed to be a humanoid thing, but the black hole couldn't see clearly, but he couldn't continue to stay here, otherwise the three of them would die here!

"Cut, damn it, is that thing still coming out......" Sakuruma, who was far away from the crowd on the shore, hurriedly summoned a bow and arrow, and the arrows that remained in the quiver quickly hit the string and shot towards the black shadow underwater!

"Whoosh-"

Hearing the sound of a bow and arrow, Takashi also knew that it was Sakuruma who was supporting on the shore, and in order not to accidentally injure himself, Xia Chuan, and Mu Fengye, his movements became a little smaller, hoping to use that arrow to kill something underwater.

A large amount of blood began to overflow from under the water, I don't know if it was the blood of the black shadow, but Xia Chuan's struggle became more and more intense, and a large area of bloodshot appeared in his eyes, and his breathing was extremely rapid. Her mouth was wide open, as if she wanted to cry out for help, but she couldn't make a sound anyway.

"Xia Chuan, hold on!" Gao Zhi did not give up Xia Chuan, he would never let a girl with such a smile die here like this!

"Whoosh-" The shooting from the shore Sakuruma continued, but it still didn't make the situation in the water better, the girls were all frightened and panicked, and the three of Takagi didn't make any moves, just looked at the three people twisted together in the water.

"Poof!" Mu Fengye grabbed an arrow shot by Sakura, and stabbed it fiercely towards the black thorny tentacles, a bubble floated to the surface, and the black shadow seemed to be enraged, and suddenly contracted the entire tentacle back!

"Click!"

There was more and more blood, but Gao Zhi felt that Xia Chuan, who was nailed to the spot just now, could now be dragged, don't die!

"Let's go!" Mu Fengye's shirt was stained red with blood, and he wiped a handful of water on his face and shouted loudly.

Gao Zhi didn't delay time, Xia Chuan in his arms let out a heart-rending roar in his ears just now, but the sound was not loud, but it felt that her whole body was experiencing unbearable pain.

"Whoosh-"

The tentacles protruding from the water slapped straight at Mu Fengye behind Gao Zhi, but fortunately he was shot by Sakura's arrow in time, and then slowly retracted to the bottom of the lake, and at this moment, not only bubbles appeared in the pool of blood just now, but the entire lake seemed to be boiling!

Countless black tentacles rose from the water of the lake, and this scene made people feel numb, how the hell did they swim from this lake to the other side?! Why are there such a number of monsters here?!

"Night! hurry up!" "Silka lay on the shore and took Mu Fengye's hand, he quickly turned onto the shore with his strength, but the smell of blood on the other side soon reached his nose, "Silina...... How's Xia Chuan?"

"She ......" Silina carried Mu Fengye behind her back, covering her mouth with her hands, unable to say a word, and could vaguely see a few drops of crystal clear liquid sliding down the sides of her cheeks.

Mu Fengye gasped for breath and flipped up from the ground.

"How can this be ......" Although he had foreseen this scene when he was underwater, he still couldn't accept it, Xia Chuan was no longer breathing, his eyes were looking straight and hollow ahead, and his lips were full of blood.

Her right leg had long since rotted out of shape, and all that hung on her bones was a circle of dark red flesh, disappearing below her ankle, and she was afraid that she would sleep in this lake forever.

"Vomit—"

The girls vomited one after another, not only because of Xia Chuan's death, but also because they drank the water of the lake where such a terrible creature existed without knowing it, and they even happily bathed in it when they came here, thinking about it, their scalps tingled, and they even had the urge to die!

"Hmm......" Vera couldn't stand it either, and slowly sat down with the trunk behind her, her stomach churning wildly.

"Xia Chuan ......" Gao Zhi's expression was completely petrified, and his snot almost flowed into his mouth without any feeling, "It's all because of me, otherwise Xia Chuan wouldn't ask for ...... to accompany me"

"Gao Zhi, don't blame yourself. Serina tried her best not to touch Natsukawa's corpse, comforting Takashi.

"Hey, it's not safe here, hurry up!" Sakuruma put away the obsidian, those black tentacles in the lake are gathering towards the lake, and they must not be allowed to catch anyone again!

Listening to Sakurama's words, everyone ran towards the forest behind them, except for Takashi, who reluctantly held Natsukawa's slowly cold body and stayed in place, his eyes were full of hatred, his brows furrowed fiercely, and he stared viciously at the black tentacles that were about to approach the shore.

"Gao Zhi!" Mu Fengye grabbed Gao Zhi's hand and ordered him to be sober loudly, "Hey, don't you want to die?!"

Just when Mu Fengye was about to say something more excessive to make Gao Zhi have the will to act, he found that the obsidian ring on his right hand was actually attracting the surrounding black crystals!

"Do you mean ......?"

"Obsidian's weapons will only awaken when they encounter the corresponding opportunity. Sakurama's words suddenly came to mind, the situation in front of him, could it be that Gao Zhi had already encountered that opportunity? No, what provoked this phenomenon was more like the resentment in his heart than the opportunity!

“obsidian!”

"Boom-"

The tentacles quickly bombarded down, and Gao Zhi also shook off Mu Fengye's hand with amazing strength, and the ring suddenly condensed all the black crystals around him, instantly forming a black shield with sharp corners on his hand!

"You bastard...... Give me despair!"

"Boom!" the sharp corners of the shield easily severed the tentacles, and the thing twitched on the ground for a few seconds before turning into black thick water and slowly flowing into the lake, black blood splashing Gao Zhi's face, but it was not enough to quell his desire to kill.

"Ahhhh

Sakuruma in the woods carefully observed Takashi's every move, and the weapon that his obsidian had awakened was a black shield, which was about half the size of a human body, and although it was thin, it could not be easily penetrated, and the width was good enough to protect the human body in the back. The defense of the black shield is extremely strong, even if it is attacked by those tentacles with spikes, it will not leave a scratch of the slightest star, I have to say, this is a superb defensive equipment, but unfortunately the fly in the ointment is that his obsidian only has this shield, if it is paired with a sword, it will be perfect!

"Looks like you've got a good gift. Sakurama said lightly.

"Oh no, night! they've all gathered, and it's too late to leave!" Silina looked nervously at the lake, and the monsters whose tentacles had been severed by Takashi slipped back into the water, but in their place were the rest of the same creatures, and it was not known if they would be able to get ashore, but it was extremely dangerous to continue here!

"Gao Zhi!" Mu Fengye suddenly stopped in front of Gao Zhi, which made him feel a little surprised, to be honest, he didn't expect to make such a move, if the tentacles in the lake attacked him at this time, there would be only one way to die!" "The living are excited, and the dead ......rest in peace."

"Damn......" Gao Zhi knelt down suddenly, the black shield in his hand disappeared, decomposing into invisible crystals and melting into the air, his voice was sad, Mu Fengye knew that he was uncomfortable, but compared to the life that had already passed, in order to help her avenge, he must let himself survive first, but this hope lives strongly!

"Let's go. ”

Gao Zhi ran into the forest with a handful of tears and followed Mu Fengye into the forest, and could only watch Xia Chuan's body being dragged into the water by those black tentacles, only then did he realize how weak human beings were, the fragility of life was simply ridiculous, and in the end he couldn't save anything at all......

Day 5, number of survivors: forty.