Chapter 539: Chapter 539

Fang Yu stepped into the circle drawn by Ginsengfruit, curiously asking, "What’s this for?"

Ginsengfruit glanced at Fang Yu, speechless. He really wanted to know how someone so oblivious could survive when out training before.

Were the demons and monsters outside choosing their prey discriminately? Did the strong ones ignore such fools?

"This is a Protection Circle. Any creature that fears Heavenly Thunder won’t dare to approach!"

Fang Yu’s eyes widened immediately. What? Did he have some ear trouble just now?

At that moment, a crackling sound suddenly echoed, startling Fang Yu, who was in doubt.

Others from the Sihui Sect also swiftly turned their heads to look, and wow, there was now a pool of black substance where they had just stood.

Ginsengfruit frowned slightly. The Host had just left, and he had just finished drawing the Protection Circle, yet these pests were already flocking to them?

"It seems like some kind of animal, but why does it look so creepy?"

"Oh my, those are rats! How can there be rats the size of rabbits? Damn, I’ve got goosebumps all over!"

The few young ones from the Sihui Sect couldn’t hold back and started chattering.

Du Jun, however, remained steady and drew out the Retractable Stick he held.

He stood inside the Protection Circle and poked the dark mass fried to death not far away, whose shape could vaguely be made out.

"It really is a rat. Damn, this Death Mountain sure is eerie, even the four plagues are more exaggerated here than elsewhere!"

"It was probably attempting a sneak attack on us. Fortunately, we were inside the Protection Circle; otherwise, being bitten would hurt a lot."

Just thinking about getting bitten by a rat was utterly disgusting.

Du Jun retracted the Retractable Stick, feeling a chill, and was all the more grateful for the Protection Circle that Ginsengfruit drew for them.

"Little Fruit, you’re too amazing! Thank goodness for you!"

Seeing rabbit-sized rats didn’t give him goosebumps, but now, hearing someone call him Little Fruit indeed made goosebumps rise.

But he couldn’t lose his temper at them, so he sternly said, "As long as you don’t leave this circle, there won’t be any danger!"

Meanwhile, Yun Ran walked into the little canyon, viewing from the perspective of the Little Paperman in an overlooking angle.

Now that she entered and saw the scene inside, the situation was different.

Yun Ran saw the person sitting at the center area, his clothes covered in thick dust.

If not for the sacrifice that drained his flesh, from afar, he would look just like a dried-up old man.

Xin Fu followed behind Yun Ran until he saw clearly that under the person was a sacrificial array; the seated posture made him look more like a devout believer...

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Yun Ran took out her phone to record the situation here, as she would need it for reporting back later.

"Temple master, I’ll go check if there’s any clue left on him."

Yun Ran nodded, "Be careful."

They certainly weren’t the first ones to discover this person, but given that others hadn’t touched him at all, there must be a problem.

Xin Fu took out his Magic Artifact and approached slowly. When he was only a few steps away,

suddenly, a terrible stench assaulted him, and Xin Fu immediately did a backflip, dodging the tentacle that emerged without warning from the array.

Previously, when the Little Paperman flew in, it approached this person, and nothing weird happened.

Xin Fu’s expression was serious as he hit the tentacle with his Magic Artifact.

With a ’bang’ from the collision, Xin Fu was forced back several steps by the force.

"Temple master, these tentacles have some Dao progress!"

Saying so, Xin Fu quickly drew out a well-regarded sword that Yun Ran had given him as a meeting gift.

The greenish tentacle retreated after repelling Xin Fu but instead stretched further, trying to continue attacking him.

Xin Fu swung his sword, slicing through the tentacle.

Just as Xin Fu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, after he had cut off one tentacle, three more immediately appeared.

Moreover, they were noticeably more flexible than the previous one, as if it was merely probing earlier.

The Little Paperman hovered around Yun Ran, not rushing to help, but vigilantly watching the surroundings with its back to Yun Ran.

Yun Ran beckoned one of the Little Papermen, "Go and see if you can lure away one tentacle!"

The Little Paperman flew over at once. It hadn’t had much chance to fight side by side with Xin Fu.

But when it flew over to engage the tentacle, Xin Fu coordinated very well with it.

With a slap from the Little Paperman, it made a hole in the tentacle,

It didn’t seem like such a formidable tentacle.

Almost immediately, as the tentacle with the hole withered, three more tentacles extended from another direction.

Xin Fu chopped down two others, and unsurprisingly, six more immediately grew out.

This made Xin Fu’s expression grim; facing enemies, he’s not afraid of strong ones, but rather those that can’t be killed completely.

Now, he’s sure that as long as he cuts off one tentacle, extra ones would grow immediately.

He couldn’t cut them all down , and they would only grow more.

Xin Fu heeded Yun Ran’s words, albeit confused, and used his leverage to jump onto a tentacle and retreated back to Yun Ran’s side.

Only the Little Paperman remained within range of the tentacles.

Strangely, after Xin Fu’s retreat, the tentacles seemed to lose their target,

wriggling aimlessly without approaching the Little Paperman.

"It seems these tentacles specifically attack creatures with flesh and blood. They ignore a Magic Artifact with spiritual wisdom like the Little Paperman."

Xin Fu’s eyes flickered; no wonder the Little Paperman encountered no danger during its reconnaissance, as it didn’t trigger any attacks here.

"Temple master, it seems if we want to take that person’s remains away, it won’t be easy."

The tentacles arose from that array; without dealing with them, they couldn’t even approach the person, let alone take him away.

Other cultivators who discovered these must have run into trouble because of this previously.

Knowing these tentacles only attack flesh and blood, Yun Ran immediately got the idea.

She directly commanded the Little Paperman, "Take care of those tentacles!"

The Little Paperman immediately started gearing up; after all, it was created by its master specifically for tasks, and fighting was certainly part of that work.