Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

Spiritual energy flowed throughout the massive tree trunk, and apart from the eerie aura emanating from the karmic energy, there was nothing else unusual about the entire tree.

That's weird...

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

While Zurich was studying the Hydra Cypress, screams came from afar.

Among the slowly moving vines, three vines suddenly accelerated and retreated towards the Hydra Cypress.

At the end of the vine, three figures were dragged along and flew out of the cave entrance in the stone wall, heading towards the tree crown, where they became one of the plump fruits hanging down from the crown.

"Wow..." Su Li'ang craned his neck to look at the place where the three were hanging upside down, and his eyes met those of Wu Xie, who was seeing stars after the collision.

"Ah, Ah Li, help me..." Wu Xie was already dizzy from being hit all the way, and now he was being hung upside down. He felt like his brain was about to explode.

Wang Pangzi and Pan Zi, who were also covered in cured meat, were standing nearby, and both of them looked unwell.

Pan Zi was seriously injured and had been dragged along the way, so his face was as white as a ghost.

Wang Pangzi probably scraped his head while being dragged, his face was covered in blood and he couldn't open his eyes, but judging from his cursing, he probably wasn't seriously injured.

"Wu Xie! Wu Xie! Didn't I tell you not to run around by yourself? I was so worried about you! Are you alright?"

Before Su Li could speak, Wu Sansheng, who had run all the way from the stone platform, looked up and shouted at Wu Xie.

"Third Uncle...look at me, do I look alright?" Wu Xie was impressed that his third uncle could ask such a question, and replied weakly.

"How about we put us down first and then talk?" Fatty Wang's eyes were blurred by his own blood, and he could only hear Wu Xie beside him and Wu Sansheng below talking as if they were catching up. He couldn't help but interrupt.

"Wait a minute, I think I've found it!" Su Li suddenly said.

No wonder he couldn't find anything unusual after scanning the entire Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress with his spiritual power several times; this thing was actually hiding here.

Around Wu Xie and his companions, what hung in the same posture were not fruits, but all sorts of corpses, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The sheer number of corpses, probably exceeding ten thousand, swayed in the wind like wind chimes made of countless bones, giving off an extremely eerie feeling.

Upon closer inspection, these remains included both human and animal remains. Although most of them were completely decomposed, a few were severely decayed, causing a strong stench to emanate from the air from time to time.

If one's eyesight is sharp enough, one can also see a large number of corpse beetles of varying sizes, huddled together like flies, wriggling and feeding on the corpse.

In Su Li's eyes, there were four particularly conspicuous figures among these piles of corpses.

Three of them were naturally Wu Xie and the other two survivors who had just been caught in the crossfire, and the other one...

Not far from Wu Xie, a small humanoid figure caught Su Li's attention.

The figure looked to be only five or six years old, and what caught Su Li's attention was that it was... too novel...

The fresh-looking thing is a newborn child, a child who is five or six years old at birth... This is a very strange thing in itself.

It hung there naked, stiff and erect, its eyes closed, its snow-white skin faintly tinged with a dark red. It was a body that looked perfectly healthy, yet it exuded an ominous aura.

Su Li moved the hand behind her back, subtly moving closer to the corpse. Wu Xie was too close to it; given Wu Xie's unlucky nature, if it knew it had been exposed, it would be the first to suffer.

“Little naivety, where’s my brother?” Su Li suddenly asked.

This was also what he had just wanted to ask: why were the three of them dragged over, but Zhang Qiling wasn't there?

"The blood-soaked corpse in the stone coffin is chasing us, but the young man stopped us and told us to run first..."

"brush……"

Before Wu Xie could reply, the vines in Su Li's hand suddenly attacked, moving so fast that they left afterimages, and in the blink of an eye, they had bound the little thing tightly.

"Ah...uh..."

The sharp cry had barely escaped its lips when the vines spread out, wrapping around its head as well. With a jerk, the little creature fell to Wu Sansheng's feet, struggling frantically.

Wu Sansheng: ...

You rude brat!

With the danger averted, Su Li used her spiritual power to lower the three people down, having lost control of the vines.

"It's alright, nothing serious. Go take your medicine yourself." Su Li checked them one by one and felt relieved.

"By the way, Little Innocent, what do you think my brother did?" Su Li suddenly remembered what Wu Xie hadn't finished saying earlier.

Wu Xie shook his dizzy head. This flight was even more thrilling than riding a roller coaster at an amusement park.

"We encountered blood zombies, and the young man stopped us and told us to go first. Before we had gone far, we were kidnapped by these vines."

Blood corpse? Didn't I sell that thing?

Su Li was dumbfounded. Was this just going to follow the plot? And now that the actors were gone, there was a refresh?

"Beep beep, a strange creature has been detected - a vengeful ghost child. It can be redeemed for 2000 points. Do you want to redeem it?"

Suddenly, a system voice sounded in my mind.

This little thing was actually formed from the resentment of thousands of corpses on this tree. It is estimated that because the Nine-Headed Hydra was still intelligent, this resentful ghost child was restrained and could not do anything.

When he came down earlier, he gathered and sealed the spirit of the Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress. When the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king. Since it was born from this Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress, it can naturally control these vines and continue to search for food and generate resentment to help it become stronger.

However, this little thing is quite expensive, costing 2000 points, which is equivalent to four Blood Corpses!

"Beep beep, a bizarre creature—a blood corpse—has been detected. It is worth 1000 points. Do you wish to redeem it?"

Ga?

Blood Corpse?

Where did it come from?

1000?

price goes up?

What's going on?

"Brother!" Wu Xie exclaimed in surprise, looking towards the stone wall.

Zhang Qiling, shirtless, emerged from the cave entrance, carrying a black gold ancient sword in one hand and a strange object in the other.

The fair skin glistened with sweat, and the well-defined muscles were sculpted without being exaggerated. A cyan fire-riding unicorn tattoo covered almost half of the upper body.

Zhang Qiling walked over to the group and dropped what he was holding at his feet. Only then could everyone see clearly what the strange thing was.

One of the hands and feet had been sliced ​​off, leaving only a layer of flesh connecting the bloody corpse that wouldn't fall off...

The whole thing looked like he was carrying a blood gourd with four sticks attached to it.

"hiss……"

Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi, Wu Sansheng, and Pan Zi: How ruthless!

Su Li: My brother is amazing!

Zhang Qiling glanced at Wu Xie and the others, making sure nothing serious happened, before looking at Su Li with a questioning look in his eyes.

"It's useful, and very expensive." Su Li raised her hand in approval, acknowledging Zhang Qiling's hard work.