Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1278 - 155: Chongdu’s New Mother

As the secret door slammed open, a putrid slime carrying a stench rushed at our faces.

The twisted shadow did not attack vertically but lunged up from below at a bizarre angle with its backward-jointed limbs—it was uncanny. This damn secret door opened both the entrance and the mechanism on the wall, yet the passageway was designed to slant downward, an insidious, anti-humanity setup.

"Watch out!"

"Get out of the way—damn it!"

Although the noise of the door opening alerted everyone nearby to this sudden assault, by the time they wanted to rescue, it was already too late.

The monster was too fast!

Moreover, the attack launched from this nearly undetectable secret door was too tricky, making it impossible to defend against!

Everyone could only inwardly cry bad luck while watching helplessly as Xu Shu got hit on the forehead by the monster.

Especially Yan Huoxing felt his vision going black, glancing nervously at Xie Xiaochan not far away, his face turning as white as a sheet: "It’s over, even someone as strong as a Taoist can’t escape this calamity, and next, it’ll be me..."

In the midst of stunned, puzzled, or terrified gazes, a crisp metallic sound rang in the empty room, scattering their anxiety and panic.

"Ding!"

"Ding ding ding!"

The claws collided with Xu Shu’s forehead, sparking furiously.

It failed to penetrate Xu Shu’s "Jingwei" armor, leaving only some white scratches on his skin!

"Huh?"

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

This instant’s lightning reversal left everyone stunned.

And when they came back to their senses, they saw that those seemingly steel-like claws under the tremendous impact, inch by inch, fractured in front of Xu Shu’s forehead like paper cutter blades and then exploded outward in a visible shockwave, flying back like arrows.

"Crap."

"Dodge!"

The oncoming crowd’s pupils shrank as they hurriedly evaded, scattering and fleeing to avoid this unwarranted disaster.

Luckily, the claw fragments weren’t too fast, and everyone’s movement technique was excellent, so they didn’t sustain any substantial harm, successfully avoiding the first wave of impact.

The fragments then embedded into the ceiling, ground, iron door, and other places, fully penetrating, while corrosively affecting the surroundings, clearly exhibiting lethal force.

Only the unluckiest Yan Shan, despite following Xu Shu closely like Gu Yue Ming, still wasn’t close enough—Gu Yue Ming was practically stuck to Xu Shu’s back and hence was unaffected, but Yan Shan, just under three meters away, wasn’t so fortunate.

He was neither too far nor too close and, seeing that he couldn’t completely dodge, had dozens of spots enveloped on his body.

Seeing Xu Shu seemed to withstand the direct attack unharmed, at the crucial moment, Yan Shan gritted his teeth and merely dodged the vital parts like his forehead and heart, then braced himself for a full power physical resistance.

As a "Dragon Elephant," he also possessed talents like "Tough Skin," "Iron Bones," and "Bronze Skin," making him adept at taking hits.

But as a result, the ten or so nail fragments he didn’t evade went through his thigh, left shoulder, waist, and other areas instantaneously, slicing through with skin and tendons, and rapidly corroding surrounding flesh, revealing a white-bone-holed appearance.

In just a moment, Yan Shan was riddled like a sieve, blood gushing all over!

"Hiss! Damn!"

Yan Shan never imagined this thing to be so potent, his eyes almost popping out of his head in shock.

Clearly, it just didn’t even scratch Xu Shu’s skin, so how could it be like this...

At death’s door, Yan Shan rolled forward on the spot, avoiding further damage, inhaling sharply as he hurriedly cast a pleaful glance at his teammates.

The closest, Xiao Yinrong, filled with compassion, hurriedly pulled out a specially made chili wax candle, lighting it and dropping the wax on Yan Shan’s wounds.

The candle wax was exceptionally miraculous, instantly sealing and stopping the bleeding. Xiao Yinrong then swiftly picked up a leather whip and began to beat fiercely.

Crack, crack, crack~

"Aah!"

"Smack!"

In no time, the villa echoed with shrill screams and whipping sounds, making one’s heart race.

"..."

The stark contrast between the two situations left everyone silent.

Even the monster hidden behind the secret door, seeing this, was momentarily dumbfounded.

In the next second, Xu Shu calmly brushed off the leftover nail fragments from his neck and glanced at the indistinct ambusher in the dark: "Get out here!"

He roared with intuition, grabbing the monster’s head.

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Clearly feeling lots of sharp, hard things jammed against the back of his hand.

Could it be the monster’s teeth?

Without further thought, under "Jingwei Filling the Sea," his entire arm shone with a golden light, pulling without injury.

Rumble!

The heavy object was hoisted off the ground, the steel door forcibly torn open, revealing a monster over five meters long being yanked out by Xu Shu, thrown into the hall, snarling continuously, spewing out a corrosive liquid as if trying to eat through the floor and escape.

Seeing this, everyone advanced without hesitation, gearing up to attack it.

"Don’t hurt it."

"Let me handle it!"

Xie Xiaochan hurriedly stopped them, and Lu Bingwei squinted her eyes, stepping forward.

The two Taoist experts swiftly started throwing tools, flinging "immobilization charms," "enchanting talismans," "Thunder Talismans," and "Binding Talismans" with abandon at the monster, binding it up into a real cocoon in no time.