Chapter 22: The Great War Underground
Before he could catch his breath, dozens of huge tentacles rained down from the sky, and Zhou Kui jumped left and right, dodging in embarrassment, and was almost hit by the tentacles.
The moment the tentacles hit the ground, a crater several meters deep was formed, and gravel and dust flew everywhere. For the terrifying destructive power of the octopus monster's tentacles, Zhou Kui couldn't help but feel creepy.
"I'll go, it's over!"
The octopus monster didn't give Zhou Kui time to breathe at all, and the black tentacles swept towards the ground like an overwhelming block, and Zhou Kui hid behind a heavy stone slab, hoping that the stone slab could withstand the tentacles' attacks.
The situation developed far beyond his expectations, and the tentacles that poured down like a black tide hit the stone slab frantically, and after less than a minute, the solid stone slab was easily pierced by the tentacles.
Between the lightning and flint, Lan Fang flew to Zhou Kui's side, grabbed his hand in time, and let Zhou Kui take a free plane, which dodged the tentacle's frenzied attack.
Being rescued by Lan Fang several times in a row, Zhou Kui felt a little embarrassed, and secretly cursed his incompetence in his heart.
"If I could get stronger, I wouldn't end up like this!"
Zhou Kui made up his mind that after returning to the Heavenly Master's Mansion, he would work hard to improve his strength.
The octopus monster failed to kill Zhou Kui several times in a row, and its mentality gradually became irritable, it looked at the location of Zhou Kui and Lan Fang, and once again threw out a giant tentacle like a long whip.
"Dao Chief, hold on!"
Seeing that the tentacles were about to sweep to Zhou Kui's head, Lan Fang hugged Zhou Kui, and his body flashed to an area with dense boulders.
Zhou Kui stood on the ground, holding the smooth stone with one hand, panting constantly, and his body was already sweating profusely. Although he was temporarily out of danger, Zhou Kui was still frightened at this time, and his eyes were full of fear.
"Brother Zhou, run, it's coming down!"
Hearing the shouts of the white rat spirit, Zhou Kui subconsciously looked overhead, only to see the bloated and huge body of the octopus monster, suspended between the cliffs on both sides of the stone chamber, at least ten meters high from the ground. It can stay in mid-air like a spider, relying on the dense round suction cups on its tentacles, which are tightly attached to the rock walls on both sides, ensuring that it will not easily fall to the ground.
"How do I feel that this guy is several times bigger than the octopus monster I saw last time in Meridian Valley?"
The space inside the stone chamber is very vast, and the narrowest point between the stone walls on both sides of the top is more than ten meters wide, which means that the tentacles of this octopus monster are at least ten meters long, and may even be longer.
The tentacles are so long, Zhou Kui can't imagine the actual size of the octopus monster.
The current situation did not allow him to think about it more, Zhou Kui, with the help of Lan Fang, dodged several deadly attacks of the octopus monster one after another, and the chaotic stones in all directions were swept by the giant tentacles, turning into countless fragments, and the air was filled with thick smoke and dust, making the already dark stone room even darker.
Zhou Kui, who was tired of running, was physically exhausted quickly, and it didn't take long for him to fall to the ground panting.
The octopus monster didn't seem to know that it was tired, and kept waving its tentacles, hitting the rocks on the ground, and the stone debris flying everywhere smashed into Zhou Kui's body like a storm, and he couldn't help but gasp in pain, and the three souls and seven spirits felt that half of them had been lost.
"Dao Chief, can you still stand up?" Lan Fang squatted beside Zhou Kui and asked in a concerned tone.
Zhou Kui gritted his teeth and said painfully: "I feel like my whole body is about to fall apart." ”
The white rat spirit also ran to Zhou Kui's approach, looking at his expression that life was worse than death, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Oops, I got caught!"
Lan Fang suddenly let out a terrible exclamation, and the whole person was swept away by the tentacles and taken to the air dozens of meters high.
Zhou Kui witnessed the whole process of Lan Fang's arrest, and his pale face showed an extremely shocked expression: "Old Bai, Lan Fang is a ghost, an ethereal spirit!" Isn't that octopus monster only able to capture living entities? ”
The white rat spirit shook his head helplessly, and said to Zhou Kui: "According to common sense, it should be like this, but I think that a terrible monster like the octopus monster can no longer be explained by the so-called common sense." ”
"I still can't believe that this beast can even capture spirits!"
Zhou Kui's heart has fallen into unprecedented despair, such a powerful, such a monster against the sky, unless the gods descend to earth, they have no chance of winning!
"Boom!"
Just when he felt helpless, several dazzling thunderbolts suddenly lit up in the dark stone room, and after the lightning flashed, a deafening explosion thunder sounded.
Zhou Kui rubbed his eyes, and vaguely saw a familiar figure walking out of the dark rock wall, that person was Senior Brother Guo Jia!
"What a terrible monster, I used three Heavenly Thunder Talismans and couldn't blow up one of its tentacles!" Guo Jia walked quickly towards Zhou Kui and said in a heavy tone.
"Senior brother, that octopus monster is too powerful, we are not its opponent at all!"
Guo Jia nodded, and he squatted down to carefully inspect Zhou Kui's injuries.
"Fortunately, I brought some healing pills, Senior Brother Zhou will eat one to heal the wound first, and I'll go and deal with the octopus monster!"
Zhou Kui stretched out his hand and took a red pill, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it raw.
"It tastes so sweet, a bit like a lollipop I used to eat when I was a kid." Zhou Kui complained bitterly.
Guo Jia put the bottle containing the pill back into the yellow cloth bag, and said solemnly: "This is the best healing medicine of our Heavenly Master's Mansion, although its taste is very sweet, but the medicinal effect is particularly strong, eating one can make you feel the feeling of 'rebirth'." ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Kui felt a tumult in his stomach, his internal organs seemed to be churning frantically from side to side, the organs in his body felt as if they were misplaced, and the severe pain once made Zhou Kui faint.
A few minutes later, Zhou Kui slowly woke up, and he was surprised to find that all the injuries on his body had healed, and his physical strength had returned to his full state.
"Although this elixir is a little stronger, the effect is really immediate!" Zhou Kui couldn't help but whisper in admiration.
In order to prevent the octopus monster from taking the opportunity to sneak attack Zhou Kui, Guo Jia took the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of attracting the octopus monster to attack while he was in a coma.
Until Zhou Kui woke up, Guo Jia was always fighting wits and courage with the octopus monster. The robe on his body was torn, his face was almost disfigured due to multiple wounds, and his right hand was seriously injured by the boulder rolled up by the octopus monster.
Guo Jiaqiang endured the pain and changed the seven-star sword to his left hand.
Among the young Taoist priests in the entire Heavenly Master's Mansion, Guo Jia was the only one who mastered both the right-handed sword and the left-handed sword. Just because when he first went up the mountain, his right hand was already disabled, and he could not carry out long-term, high-intensity exercise, under the advice of Qingyang Daoist, Guo Jia began to practice the left-handed sword, and when the disability of the right hand gradually recovered, he practiced the right-hand sword.
Guo Jia, who was proficient in both left and right swords, became the idol of countless young disciples in the Heavenly Master's Mansion.
Zhou Kui saw Guo Jia holding the sword in his left hand, and it was effortless, and the seven-star sword was wielded in his hand so fast that he could only vaguely glimpse the white afterimage.
"Bang bang bang!"
In the face of the surging tentacles, Guo Jia calmly raised the seven-star sword, continuously resisting the tide of the octopus monster's attack, the moment the tentacles collided with the tip of the sword, dazzling sparks burst out, and a crisp roar resounded throughout the stone room.
"Let's taste the power of the Samadhi True Fire Talisman!"
Guo Jia tapped his toes, his body as light as a swallow bounced into the air, his right hand grasped a large handful of rune paper at some point, and silently recited the incantation in his mouth at the same time.
The moment he finished reciting the incantation, his right hand shot a spell out of thin air towards the octopus, and the rune paper in his hand immediately flew towards the octopus's face from all directions.
Under the action of air resistance, the blazing yellow talisman soon turned into huge yellow fireballs, dragging a long tail flame, like a precision-guided ** bombardment towards the octopus monster.
I saw a dazzling golden light flash in the air, and then there was an earth-shattering loud noise, which shook the entire stone chamber violently.
Before the explosion was over, Guo Jia held the seven-star sword and fell to the ground smoothly, just when he thought the battle was over, a huge black shadow smashed heavily to the ground from between the rock walls dozens of meters high, and suddenly set off a burst of overwhelming dust.
"This guy is still alive!"
Guo Jia raised his injured right hand to cover his mouth and nose, and the expression on his face instantly froze.