Chapter 68: Reverse Escape
Tian Jihong swore that the coercion coming from below at this time was absolutely unseen in his life, even Huo Yunluan, who was called the overlord of the outer periphery of Dongyun Mountain by his master yesterday, did not say that he brought such a sense of oppression to himself. At this time, the existence under the abyss seemed to have just woken up, and its successive actions were nothing more than dissatisfaction with the few ants above that disturbed their good dreams, and they were not launching an offensive specifically against themselves at all. But even so, just the coercion coming from below from an unknown distance was too much for Tianjihong to bear.
What's worse is that at this time, Tian Jihong, who looked frightened, slowly lowered his gaze to his feet, but found that from the depths of the bottomless earth at some point, a giant tentacle stretched out enough to crush half of the village. The long, brown beard, which was fifty meters in diameter, slowly rose towards the top of the cave as if it were tentative, as if it was groping for something.
He immediately understood that the terrible tentacle that filled the entire cavern must be a part of the body of the being at the bottom of the cliff, and from the current situation, it seemed that its constant stretching motion was similar to that of a human being harassed by mosquitoes, and at this time it was just trying to drive away the outsiders who disturbed him in the cave.
But before Tian Jihong could react, the tentacles that filled the entire cave space had already sensed the many fire toads falling into the abyss at the edge of the platform, and the unknown existence below was finally enraged, and began to launch a heaven-destroying attack. Tian Jihong, who was clinging to the stone wall, suddenly felt that the sky was spinning, and there were waves like the destruction of the world under his feet, which seemed to shake the entire mountain range; Compared to the scalp-numbing size of the tentacles, the narrow space in the cave obviously limits the former's play, but even so, whenever the tentacles below collide with the stone walls of the cave, it will produce a terrifying power in the passage.
What made Tian Jihong feel the most troublesome now was that although the tentacles under his feet only extended to the magma lake platform at most due to the limitation of their size, the aftermath caused by its continuous impact was to shake the passage home above his head to pieces. The granite at the ceiling of the exit above is like an earthquake, and it is torn apart by the aftermath of the conduction between the stone walls, and there are already huge boulders the size of a house above his head that are constantly falling, even if Tianjihong is now attached to the stone walls motionless, he is still facing the danger of his life, and it is difficult to climb out of the cave under such an environment.
Seeing that the passage above had been reduced to the Yellow Spring Road, even if he was really lucky enough to resist the falling boulders to climb to the top of the slope, by the time he reached the entrance of the cave, he was afraid that it would have been blocked by the collapsed granite. Therefore, Tianjihong immediately gave up the idea of moving forward, and thinking about how to save his life at this time is the most important thing. And the only place I can hide from the falling rocks right now is the magma lake platform that I escaped from a few minutes ago.
Tian Jihong, who was forced to be helpless, had to dodge the falling rocks above while slowly approaching the platform below. But at this moment, the tentacles under his feet are still constantly disturbing the edge of the platform, trying to stretch the end deeper into the magma lake, and wipe out the scattered fire toads.
It's a pity that even though this tentacle has the terrifying brute strength of piercing the cloud cracking stone, its size is too large, and it is really difficult to squeeze into the platform passage that is only two or three people high for a while. The constant pumping of suction cups the size of grinding discs at the end of the platform only made a mess of the rocks on the perimeter of the platform, and it would certainly not be possible to create a passage at the entrance large enough to accommodate its massive size.
The fire toads in the magma lake escaped because of this, and most of the fire toads who had already retreated in a hurry when they sensed the oppression of their soul power, and were not caught up by the tentacles behind them at the first time. However, at this moment, being outside the platform, Tianji Hongke, who was trying to squeeze in again, was really secretly complaining. Now that his only way out is blocked by a terrifying tentacle that pierces the sky, and behind him is the threat of falling rocks at the top of the cave, anyone in such a situation will feel suffocated.
The only thing that is beneficial to him now is that the existence under the abyss did not pay attention to Tian Jihong's body, although the tentacles under his feet have firmly occupied the entrance to the platform passage, but because the width of the platform is still far beyond the diameter of the tentacles, Tian Jihong can still find some gaps in the corner of the entrance to avoid the twitching range of the tentacles. After some quick observation, Tian Jihong took advantage of the tentacle to swing into the air again, and rushed into the passage with a bow close to the edge of the leftmost side of the platform, and then rushed forward like a desperate lunge.
He knew that he didn't have to worry about the tentacles coming into close contact with his body when he entered through the edge, but that didn't mean that Tian Jihong wouldn't be affected by the impact of the impact of the hole. Now that he had managed to avoid the rockfall and save his life, he had to make his way to the deeper lake as quickly as possible, as far away from the edge of the outer platform as possible. Otherwise, once something else happens later, causing himself to be affected by the attack range of that tentacle, with his ability, he may end up with a broken tendon with a slight touch.
Just after Tianjihong rushed out for more than ten steps, there was finally a earth-shattering sound behind him again, and it was obvious that the tentacles in the abyss once again slammed at the entrance of the passage, and as countless falling rocks rolled into the abyss, the stone wall at the top of the platform expanded nearly a meter in height again. As Tian Jihong expected, even if he was already fifty meters away from the entrance of the cave at the time of the collision, he was still violently shaken by the ground and the shock wave behind him, and rolled several times in mid-air and hit the rock wall at the top of the cave, and then smashed heavily between a stalactite pillar.
At this point, Tian Jihong finally got rid of the threat of the giant tentacles behind him. Even with the scars on his body and the little spiritual power left in his body, Tian Jihong still couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar, feeling extremely excited about his escape from death. He had never been so close to death since he was born, and he knew that the existence in the abyss was enough to torture and kill him thousands of times even if he just moved his fingers, and if Tianji Hong could pick up a life after close contact with such a terrifying existence, it would inevitably give birth to the pleasure of the rest of his life.
It's just that the current situation is still not optimistic, and now there is the deterrence of tentacles and the cave that continues to collapse behind Tianjihong, and it is impossible to turn back and escape. The only thing left in front of us is to continue along the shore of the lake to the depths of the platform, to see if we can find another way out at the end, or at least find a relatively safe place to recover our spiritual power first, and then think of another way after the events in the rear are over.
Now the good news for Tianjihong is that with the oppression of the unknown existence behind him, the fire toads in the magma lake have already slipped away, either fleeing towards the inside of the passage like himself, or hiding in the deepest part of the bottom of the magma lake, and they will definitely not pose any threat to Tianjihong in a short period of time. Therefore, after getting up and getting up from the pile of rubble, Tian Jihong no longer had to be on the lookout for attacks from his side, so he quickened his pace and followed the path he had explored earlier towards the deeper part of the lake.
In the cave where his vision was restricted, Tian Jihong had not been able to see the entire lake in its entirety, and it was only now that he realized that he was still underestimating the magma lake. After trekking for a few miles from the beginning to the edge of the lake, Tianjihong basically didn't dare to delay anything except for a short stay and picking up the small amount of spirit fruits left before. At this point, the movement of the giant tentacles behind him was almost imperceptible, but the lake at his feet was still endless.
However, judging from the current trend, Tianjihong has already noticed that he is climbing towards a higher altitude against the current. According to his analysis, the lake next to him may not extend much distance, after all, magma is different from the flow of water from high to low, and once the magma gushing from the center of the earth is greatly increased in altitude, it is difficult to spread to higher places.
Sure enough, after Tian Jihong continued to walk deep along the passage for nearly ten minutes, he finally noticed that the magma under his feet began to slowly recede; The lava lake beside it had faded away, and only a few of the tunnels were still filled with crimson lava. As he continued to move forward, the most exciting thing for Tian Jihong was that the temperature around him finally began to drop, and he was close to running out of oil and finally being able to reabsorb the aura in the air.
The only trouble was that without the light of the magma beside him, there was still no sign of light in the pitch-black passage in front of him. Tian Jihong didn't know if there was really an exit at the end of this platform, but he had no other better choice at the moment, so he had to go deeper. At least in this dark passage, I don't have to worry about the heat, and I can restore my physical strength at any time by running exercises.
At this time, the rock wall on his side became narrow again, and the current Tianjihong basically left the area of the platform and the magma lake, and was once again in the intricate tunnels inside the mountain range. Tian Jihong, who stumbled all the way to the stone wall beside him, was now completely unable to figure out his position. And in this strange realm, the passage under his feet was not just a straight road as it had been when he came, and along the way, Tianjihong had found no less than three or four forked roads, but no light could be seen at the end of each path.