Everyone was startled and looked in the direction Chen Bugu was shouting.
At this moment, Liu Shifu was Floating in the air not far behind them.
Everyone's attention had been drawn to Chen Bugu earlier, and most hadn't noticed Liu Shifu Floating not far behind them.
Liu Shifu's reaction was the same as everyone else's.
He was also surprised, never expecting Chen Bugu to call him at that moment.
Liu Shifu actually felt a little embarrassed about deserting in battle; he knew it would indirectly cause others' deaths.
However, Chen Bugu had also put him in a bind; he had almost been burned to a crisp.
After Chen Bugu and the others lured the monsters away, seeing that it was relatively safe, Liu Shifu stayed at the Horizontal Cave entrance, secretly observing.
For safety, he even maintained a Floating state the entire time.
Without the oppressive feeling from the monsters, Liu Shifu carefully re-examined the situation in the tunnel from the air.
With just one glance, Liu Shifu felt a physiological discomfort and almost threw up his lunch.
He had been too nervous to notice before, but the entire tunnel was already covered with corpses.
Broken limbs, shattered organs, and scarlet blood everywhere…
Those damned beasts hadn't even spared the children.
Among them, Liu Shifu even saw several bodies that had been burned to charcoal.
On those charred bodies, although they were already beyond recognition, Liu Shifu seemed to vaguely see the painful expressions of the deceased before they died.
It was at that moment that Liu Shifu realized cold sweat had already soaked the back of his clothes.
If he hadn't been quick-witted enough, there would probably be one more charred body in the tunnel now.
Therefore, although Liu Shifu felt it was shameless to desert, Chen Bugu had put him in a bind, and that was unforgivable.
If it weren't for that boy spouting nonsense, how could he have risked his life?
He said that at his Floating height, it was absolutely safe, but what was the result?
His work uniform, which his wife had washed until it was faded, was burned away!
He hadn't even settled the score with Chen Bugu, and instead, Chen Bugu was calling him.
“Liu Shifu, hurry!”
Liu Shifu was momentarily stunned; Chen Bugu actually shouted at him again.
What did he want?
Oh, right, it was that damned weapon.
If Chen Bugu hadn't thrown that damned weapon to him, he wouldn't have been so foolish as to decide to act as bait.
Thinking of this, Liu Shifu felt his anger flare up.
He flew a short distance towards Chen Bugu's direction, then gathered all his strength and threw the Lianxin Crossbow, which emitted a faint green light, and the Crossbow towards Chen Bugu.
The Lianxin Crossbow and the Crossbow flew in an arc through the air, accurately striking the light blue Binding Ring.
“Only 5 seconds left!”
Bai Ting looked at Chen Bugu; he didn't know what plan this person, who had been strategizing from beginning to end, had, but that didn't stop him from reminding him at this moment.
“Countdown!”
“3!”
The moment the Lianxin Crossbow and the Crossbow passed through the Binding Ring, the Binding Ring only rippled, showing no obstruction whatsoever.
“2!”
Chen Bugu stretched out his hands towards the falling items.
“1!”
Wang Bin, carrying Lin Ye on his back, had already reached the edge of the Binding Ring; he noticed cracks appearing in the light blue Binding Ring.
“0!”
The moment Chen Bugu grasped the Lianxin Crossbow, the Binding Ring became covered in cracks like shattered glass, then broke and dissipated.
The Binding Ring on Lin Ye's finger turned to ash.
This single-use item had finally fulfilled its mission.
“Chirp~”
The Snow Mystic Antelope on the other side of the Rock Barrier let out a mournful cry; it seemed to understand its fate.
The moment the Binding Ring shattered, it transformed into an afterimage and quickly dashed towards the other side of the tunnel.
Even though the Snow Mystic Antelope was known for its speed, in the narrow tunnel, facing Scarlet Hounds, which were among the top Black Iron Grade Low-Rank magical beasts, and more than one at that, being hunted to death seemed to be its destined fate.
Lin Ye even hoped the Snow Mystic Antelope could last for 2 minutes, so that its summoning time would expire, and it could disappear on its own, avoiding the fate of being surrounded and killed.
Of course, Lin Ye didn't have much confidence that the Snow Mystic Antelope could last these 2 minutes.
His concern for the Snow Mystic Antelope caused Lin Ye to enter a strange state at that moment; he felt as if he was connected to the Snow Mystic Antelope's thoughts.
He vaguely saw the Snow Mystic Antelope dashing out the moment the Binding Ring shattered, with four Scarlet Hounds following closely behind it.
However, Lin Ye could do nothing at this moment.
He was carried on Wang Bin's back and only felt Wang Bin running at full speed the moment the Binding Ring shattered.
“Wall!”
Chen Bugu roared.
Yan Kuan's eyes flashed with silver light, and his last bit of mental energy was squeezed out like toothpaste.
He fully activated his Earth Element, and the original three-meter-high stone wall rapidly rose again, almost reaching the top.
But at this moment, Yan Kuan's brain suddenly felt a sharp pain, and blood seeped from his nostrils; the rapidly rising stone wall paused, leaving one corner not yet sealed.
“Roar!”
It was precisely in this gap that a Scarlet Hound leaped onto the stone wall; its four scarlet eyes coldly swept over everyone, as if sizing up a pile of corpses.
“Seal it!”
Chen Bugu shouted again, his hands moving continuously; after catching the Crossbow, he had already started stringing it.
Yan Kuan was covered in sweat; the moment he sealed the stone wall with all his might, he also lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
Just before the stone wall was completely sealed, that Scarlet Hound still pounced down towards Chen Bugu below the wall.
Bai Ting instantly activated Thunder Sprite, and a bolt of electricity shot from his hand towards the Scarlet Hound pouncing on Chen Bugu.
The electric bolt hit the Scarlet Hound, but it didn't cause fatal damage.
Chen Bugu could feel that this Scarlet Hound's gaze had never left him.
He was locked on.
Did this monster have intelligence?
Could it sense a threat from him?
Right, it was the Lianxin Crossbow!
The moment this monster leaped onto the wall, the Lianxin Crossbow had just fallen into Chen Bugu's hand.
Seeing the monster pounce on him, Chen Bugu could only roll to one side with all his might.
But the monster's speed was too fast; he already realized he probably couldn't completely dodge it.
Those sharp claws could leave a fatal wound on him in the next second.
In this situation, Chen Bugu could only try to change his body position to avoid a fatal injury.
Suddenly, the Scarlet Hound's body strangely froze in mid-air for a moment.
The time was very short, probably only one second, but this gave Chen Bugu a chance to escape.
Too late to investigate the reason, he quickly rolled to one side, raised his hand, loaded the arrow, and aimed!
The Scarlet Hound had just landed at this point, turning to continue pouncing on Chen Bugu, completely ignoring Bai Ting, who was still releasing lightning attacks behind it, and the two women standing on the other side.
At this moment, Chen Bugu's attributes were:
“Virus Type Ability: Cracking”
“Strength: 21 (11+10)”
“Blood Energy: 12”
“Speed: 16 (11+5)”
“Spirit: 6 / 230”
He gripped the Crossbow with his right hand, held the Crossbow arm with his left, knelt on one knee, and focused intently on the Scarlet Hound that would tear him apart in the next second.
There was no longer any fear in his heart.
His mental energy instantly dropped to 1 point.
“Lianxin! Activate!”