Two American experts from the rear, their footsteps appearing not far from two Japanese. △ Vertex said, ..
"You guys go across the stream first!"
Hamilton held up the 'Hand Cannon' Desert Eagle in his hand, pointing it at Heng Tianjiang and the Japanese woman named Murakami.
"Listen to them!" Heng Tianjiang's expression showed some unusual colors, but considering the distance, he still instructed the woman beside him.
Both of them shot out the rope devices in their hands, the rope heads stuck to the boulder on the opposite bank, and then they retracted the devices!
With a 'swoosh', they both crossed the riverbank!
As for the Japanese man, he was left by the stream, likely to become a lunch for some giant creatures.
"Oh, James, they're so cool, why do we have to jump? Isn't it great like this?"
Hamilton's face turned as pale as a sheet, feeling incredibly foolish for venturing into the underground world with such peril.
"Let's go, Hamilton, don't let them get away."
James didn't bother with Hamilton's question; instead, he quickly followed the two Japanese.
They wanted the Japanese to lead the way, but they didn't want them to actually get ahead and escape.
Otherwise, they wouldn't get their hands on the Azure Crystal.
But soon enough, the function of these two Japanese as guides would no longer be needed. When the time came, whether to let them go or kill them would depend on their mood!
Just as the two Americans also used their devices to cross the stream and quickly catch up with the two Japanese.
"Ah!"
They suddenly heard a surprised scream from the Japanese woman who had entered the cave first!
"What's going on?"
The two American experts exchanged glances.
Then, their expressions changed!
Because before them, what had been an empty cave suddenly filled with giant centipedes that terrified them!
Heng Tianjiang and the woman named Murakami were instantly surrounded!
"Retreat!" The two Americans quickly backed away.
But it was too late for them to retreat now, the stream was in front of them, and they couldn't use the rope devices to cross it in time.
They were also trapped in the centipede encirclement!
Just as the four of them were engulfed by the centipede army, they had no time to notice why these giant centipedes had gathered in this cave.
Nor would they know that a desperate battle was also unfolding in that cave!
"Good, these people have all come over!"
Jia Yan, wearing a metallic exoskeleton, was deep inside the cave, constantly attacking the giant centipedes around him!
He dodged the tentacles that the centipedes might attack him with and the exposed wings!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Jia Yan, surrounded by hundreds of giant centipedes, displayed excellent aerial combat skills honed in the outside world!
His movements were so agile, just like a nimble bat, reaching a dazzling level!
Being a flyer himself, surrounded by enemies on all sides, he almost lost his sense of direction!
He only knew to keep flying! Keep killing!
The sharp blades on the head of the metallic exoskeleton were his most powerful and useful weapons!
The two long blades on his front feet were used when he couldn't attack the head directly, suddenly slashing out sharp cuts!
Because he wasn't yet proficient, the two blades on his front feet weren't very accurate, often missing their targets when attacking the centipedes!
But it was already sufficient!
Jia Yan, surrounded by three to four hundred giant centipedes, showed an excellent state of aerial combat!
His agile movements, like a dance, reached a dazzling level in this battle of life and death!
Jia Yan, being a flyer himself, because enemies were all around, almost reached a state of being unable to distinguish up from down!
He only knew to keep flying! Keep killing!
Sharp blades!
Because the front feet blades had frog blood on them, after flying for so long, Jia Yan found that the green blood had dried up, sticking to the surface of the blades.
As long as he used these two blades to injure a giant centipede, they would quickly lose their ability to fly and fall to the ground, completely losing their ability to fly!
"So the blood of those big frogs is so useful. Although it's not as effective as the CHR-79 virus I have on me, there is so much more of it than the CHR-79 virus! And the virus can only be used on humans, with no effect on other creatures. I must remember to collect more frog blood later!"
After realizing this, Jia Yan focused his main attack on his front feet!
So the series of attacks, such as stabs, picks, cuts, slashes, chops, and more, were all developed and used by him!
"These attack patterns are really useful, I must remember this real battle well, such opportunities for training in group combat are rare!"
Jia Yan's compound eyes shone brightly; he knew that such opportunities would be rare in the future.
Countless centipedes, with the inertia of their forward charge, collided with him one after another!
Some of their tail needles even came out!
But their tail needles were not as powerful as those of the purple centipedes, so they all returned empty-handed against Jia Yan's tough metallic exoskeleton!
At most, there was a crisp clang of metal collision!
"Great! I couldn't kill them so swiftly before! This metallic exoskeleton is truly the most useful invention I've ever had!"
Jia Yan felt incredibly pleased!
In this battle of advancing and retreating with the enemy, his flying posture became more and more agile!
And the attack patterns of the two blades on his front feet were gradually becoming more proficient. And from the initial awkwardness, they slowly became skilled!
The most convenient attack mode for the front foot blades was naturally stabbing and piercing.
Stabbing, as the name suggests, is to stab into the vital parts of the enemy when struggling or at close range!
Such attacks require a bit more effort, especially against hard-shelled enemies. If his front feet weren't strong enough, they might not penetrate!
As for piercing, it requires less effort and is more effective than stabbing. However, piercing is usually done during flight, using the inertia of the body to directly pierce the enemy's vital points. This kind of attack not only requires high body control but also is a one-time attack. After piercing, the two sides are completely close, so if the initial piercing doesn't kill the opponent, he will have to engage in close combat!
"I'll kill you!"
Jia Yan aimed at a super giant centipede, flying fiercely to stab it!
This was an almost the same size as Jia Yan's super giant centipede. In the absence of purple centipedes in this centipede army, its position was equivalent to that of a commander among the other super giant centipedes, and it would not easily participate in battles but would command the ordinary giant centipedes from the outside!
Jia Yan had been eyeing these super giant centipedes for a long time!
Now, as he drove away an ordinary centipede, the passage to this super giant centipede was completely clear!
The super giant centipede obviously did not expect that Jia Yan would abandon so many ordinary centipedes around him and launch an attack on it, the grand general!
It quickly flapped its wings, attempting to escape!
But its reaction was too slow!
With a sharp sound, Jia Yan's right front foot, like a sniper shooting from a distance, directly stabbed into the chest of the super giant centipede!
The super giant centipede frantically flapped its wings, still arching its abdomen to attack Jia Yan with its stinger.
However, the sharp blade that had completely penetrated its chest was also infused with the potent poison of the large frog!
This poison primarily functions to paralyze the nervous system of enemies or prey, rendering them unable to struggle for a short period.
So, the super giant centipede raised half of its abdomen, but soon lost its strength. By the time its stinger touched Jia Yan's metallic exoskeleton, it merely lightly touched it...
With another sharp sound, Jia Yan used his middle foot to push away the super giant centipede pierced on his front foot!
Meanwhile, his body had already endured the attacks of no less than ten other ordinary centipedes' stingers!
Seeing their grand general being pierced by Jia Yan, one by one, the ordinary centipedes were sacrificing themselves, trying to save their leader!
But it was all in vain. A centipede with its abdomen pierced through could not survive!
Buzzing!
Jia Yan once again flapped his wings, crazily unleashing slaughter amidst the seemingly undiminished army of centipedes!
"The blood of those large frogs is indeed useful. Although it's not as effective as the CHR-79 virus I have on me, there's so much more of it! And unlike the virus, which only works on humans, the blood of the frogs has effects on many other creatures. I must return later to collect more frog blood!"
Gunshots from outside the cave still rang out incessantly!
Several human experts were almost driven crazy.
This underground world was indeed too dangerous. They never imagined that creatures that looked like slender wasps would push them into such dire straits!
Although these wasp-like creatures were all enormous in size, they were still insignificant compared to humans.
However, in the outside world, creatures of such size were already terrifying enough. Now, with so many giant centipedes, which were dozens or even hundreds of times larger than their normal size, the fact that these experts could hold out against the siege of the slender wasps for so long was quite remarkable!
"Heng Tianjiang... I can't hold on much longer. You go ahead. Even if I, Kami Mura, have to sacrifice my life, I'll block the attacks of these monsters for you!"
Kami Mura, the Japanese woman who was with the monster Heng Tianjiang, had three blood holes pierced in her back and wounds on her arms that were oozing blood. Fortunately, these were injuries caused by ordinary giant centipedes, so the toxicity was not severe, allowing her to barely move!
"I'm counting on you, Kami Mura!"
Without hesitation, Heng Tianjiang ran straight into the cave!
Kami Mura had already run out of bullets in her firearm. She reached for her waist and pulled out a military dagger measuring forty centimeters in length!
"Die!" She let out a resolute feminine cry.
Then, she stood behind Heng Tianjiang, retreating while slashing at the flying giant centipedes!
Continuous stings struck her body - her shoulders, abdomen, chest, and even her face - each delivering a potentially fatal blow!
However, she did not cry out in pain.
"This Japanese woman is fearless."
The two American experts following behind couldn't help but exchange astonished glances!
But now was not the time for admiration!
Seizing the opportunity, the two of them quickly followed the path forged by the two individuals and rushed into the cave!