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The cricket struggled as hard as it could, but eventually, the ruby on its head began to shine . And then, something else appeared on the creature's head .
Han Sen saw a one-meter-wide red saw manifest . It began to spin around and around like a rotor, trimming all the vines that had ensnared it . The Holy Vines were thick like arms, but they were weed-whacked away in just a couple of seconds .
Han Sen ran . There were no other creatures around to occupy the cricket and buy him the time to build up a coin with immense power . He knew there was no hope of fighting the cricket under the circumstances .
While the red cricket was still trapped, Han Sen wanted to run as far as he could, and hopefully get out of its sight for good . But after two miles of running, Han Sen heard the Tzi Tzi sounds again . It was catching up swiftly .
The scariest thing was that its ruby saws were still spinning as it pursued Han Sen . If it could tear the Holy Vines to shreds, Han Sen would be sliced in two with little to no effort .
Han Sen kept on running, but the cricket was closing the gap . The situation became even worse when Han Sen noticed he was racing towards a dead end .
"D*mn it!" Han Sen thought to himself . He scanned the walls all around, hoping there was a passage he could slip into and keep up the escape .
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There were so many caves and tunnels in the Underworld, but unfortunately, this one big wall didn't have the slightest crevice .
Han Sen ducked to the left . Fortunately, there, the cave was wide and he did not have to go back .
Han Sen stopped after a few more steps . Nothing was blocking him or anything, but the cricket had stopped thirty meters away from him .
If Han Sen ran back now, the distance between him and the cricket would reduce .
The redheaded cricket screeched and squealed at Han Sen, but it did not move or come any closer . As Han Sen thought the scenario strange, and pondered what it meant, Bao'er said, "Dad, look behind you . "
"Isn't that just a wall?" Han Sen wondered, but he still looked back . And what he saw gave him a shock .
The uneven wall that seemed comprised of discs was actually populated by a number of shells . The shellfish on the wall were all opening up, revealing the red meat that was inside them .
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There were many of them, all within a few hundred meters . And they all opened up their shells, showing off the sickly red meat inside .
Some of these Stoneshells had pearls inside . The jewels they possessed were the size of a man's fist and had a pinkish hue .
Han Sen didn't plan to take anything, of course . He couldn't even tell what level the Stoneshells were, but the cricket must have had a reason to stop chasing him . Han Sen wagered it must have had something to do with the shells .
Han Sen gave them a scan with his Dongxuan Aura, but the results surprised him . While there were a few sacred-blood variants amongst them, the horde of shells was primarily composed of primitive and mutant types .
They didn't seem like the sort of enemy the cricket might fear . The fact that the cricket had stopped perplexed Han Sen .
Han Sen was sandwiched, with a cricket behind him and a wall comprised of shells in front of him . While the Stoneshells did not seem that strong, there had to be something wrong with them that made the cricket not dare take a step closer . They must have had a special power or something, that struck fear into the hearts of super creatures .
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As Han Sen wondered what was going on, the meat of each shell reached out like a tongue . They were all going right for Han Sen .
You could not imagine how strange it was to have a wall full of wretched tongues reach out for you . The tongues were incredibly stretchy, and they became longer and longer as if their lengths were infinite .
Han Sen saw the meat and saw the cricket . Defiantly standing his ground, he pulled out Taia to cut the tongues down .
The shells were not very powerful, and Han Sen was thankful they were foes he was able to deal with . He knew for sure he could not take out the red cricket .
Taia's sharpness was useless in the Fourth God's Sanctuary, but its hardness was still good enough . If you had enough power, the weapon could still be useful . With Taia and his strength, Han Sen was able to cut through the incoming tongues . After the blade was driven through, they immediately fell to the ground and stopped moving .
Where the tongues had been cut would profusely bleed pink blood . They reeled back to their shells with alarming speed, to lick their wounds .
"They really are just mutant creatures . They don't seem very strong . " Han Sen was happy to learn how weak they were .
Han Sen continued to wave Taia, dropping all the tongues coming for him . After a while, they all gave up .
"The shells aren't very special . What is the cricket afraid of?" Han Sen asked himself, observing the cricket .
The red cricket was slowly stepping backward .
But this just gave Han Sen a heightened chill . Although it had not been revealed, he knew there was something up with the shells . It could not have been that simple .
Before Han Sen could turn around to take a look, the entire cavern began to shake and rumble . Rocks broke from the ceiling, falling down dangerously .
Han Sen dodged the falling stones and took a look at the wall . His eyes opened wide with shock, and he found himself immediately running back towards the cricket .
Now Han Sen understood what the cricket was afraid of, and he'd much rather fight the insect than the new threat .