"They all ran?"

Kunshi Qinawa noticed that a few people had bolted.

He wasn’t an idiot either; he hurriedly turned around, ready to flee the scene.

That statue was nice and all, but his own life was way more important!

But just before he left, he still took a long, heavy look at that Evil Ghost statue on top of the scorpion monster’s head.

Just a little bit more!

He’d been just that little bit away from getting his hands on that statue and gaining Extraordinary Power for himself.

What a pity, what a damn pity, just half a step too late!

Filled with regret and helplessness, he also spun around and started running for his life.

When the mercenaries saw that even their boss was already running, what the hell were they still doing here?

Planning to fuse themselves with that terrifying corpse monster?

They too broke off their entanglement with the scorpion monster and scattered in all directions, fleeing the scene.

The moment everyone started to run, the situation on site instantly deteriorated.

The mercenaries’ earlier gunfire, though it couldn’t kill the scorpion monster, at least managed to hold it in check.

But once they scattered, the scorpion monster was no longer restrained and moved even more recklessly.

Those four gigantic arms formed from human legs simply scooped along the ground, and several unlucky mercenaries were snatched up in its hands.

"Chattering... glug glug... ah... ah..."

Amid shrieks of agony, those mercenaries were directly shoved into the scorpion monster’s belly.

The mercenaries who had run farther away hadn’t even had time to feel relieved before their limbs were ensnared by the intestines pouring from the scorpion monster’s mouth.

Those intestines were as hard as steel cables; there was no way they could break free. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

In just under half a minute, more than a dozen mercenaries were completely devoured by the scorpion monster.

The scorpion monster’s body grew even larger as a result.

Along the abdominal thoracic legs, more than a dozen new pairs of arms and legs had sprouted.

The grotesque arms originally made of thighs increased from four to six.

Even an idiot could see that the more it ate, the more horrifyingly the scorpion monster’s size and strength grew.

If it were allowed to keep devouring without end, its final form would probably be indescribably terrifying!

Everyone knew this, yet they still ran for their lives without looking back.

This thing was simply not something they could contend with right now.

Instead of overthinking, it was better to seize every second and get away as fast as possible!

"That monster is too fucking terrifying!"

The constant screams behind them made Yang Qingshu and the others’ scalps tingle.

But their legs did not slow down in the slightest.

Once the scorpion monster finished eating those guys behind them, wouldn’t it be their turn?

To avoid becoming part of the monster, even though their lungs felt like they were on fire, everyone still gritted their teeth and pushed on.

Fortunately Hongzhai Mountain wasn’t that tall; with their desperate sprint, they finally made it down.

"Old Master!"

"Mr. Landon!"

"Mr. Kunshi!"

At the foot of the mountain were rows of police cruisers and private cars.

By the cars stood a sizable group of Qinawa family bodyguards in suits, along with officers from the Sheng Mei Police Department.

These people didn’t know what had happened to the Qinawa family members and had been debating going up the mountain for a search-and-rescue.

When they saw Old Master Banhan and the others tumbling and scrambling down the slope, everyone was stunned.

"Get out of here! Move, move!"

Old Master Banhan waved frantically as he panted out the words.

"Uncle, what happened to you?"

A member of the Qinawa family hurriedly asked.

The chief of the Sheng Mei Police Department also wore a face full of confusion and curiosity.

"There’s some kind of scorpion-like monster on the mountain. It’s eaten a lot of people..."

"We’ve got to alert the military if we want any hope of wiping that thing out..."

Old Master Banhan answered vaguely.

The cause of the whole incident involved internal strife within the Qinawa family.

This was a household scandal; it couldn’t be aired.

So he only described that scorpion monster made of corpses and then urged everyone to get in their cars and leave immediately.

"Scorpion? Monster?"

The family member and the chief both felt an urge to laugh after hearing this.

But looking at Old Master Banhan, Landon Qinawa, and the others, they didn’t seem to be faking it.

What on earth was going on?

Just as they were all filled with doubt, the ground suddenly began to tremble.

"An earthquake?"

The chief frowned and looked around.

"Hurry up and go!"

"That’s definitely the monster catching up!"

Old Master Banhan kept pressing them.

"Boom!"

Just as the words left his mouth, a deafening bang suddenly hit everyone’s ears.

Right after, the stretch of road in front of them inexplicably collapsed into a massive pit.

Several police cars and multiple officers and bodyguards accidentally plunged into the hole.

Just as everyone was about to rush forward to pull them out, countless intestines and tentacles shot up from the depths of the pit, coiling tightly around those who had fallen.

"Wh-what... what is this?"

Seeing this, the chief and the others were completely dumbfounded.

Could there really be some kind of monster?

As the countless intestinal tentacles yanked downward, screams erupted one after another.

"That’s the monster!"

Old Master Banhan was completely speechless by now.

What the hell were they still standing around for?

Get in the damn cars and run!

He shot a look at his eldest son beside him, and Landon Qinawa instantly understood, quickly yanking open a nearby car door.

After devouring another batch of people, the scorpion monster slowly crawled out of the sinkhole in the road.

Its body had already swelled to more than twice the size it had been in front of the tomb, towering as high as a two-story building.

Staring at this horrifying creature stitched together from corpses, the chief and the others were all frozen in shock.

How... how were they supposed to fight something like this?

The scorpion monster gave them no time to react.

While they were still stunned, the scorpion monster’s huge jaws gaped open, and countless intestinal tentacles lashed out, scooping up the humans in front of it and swallowing them all.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Only then did some people finally snap out of it.

They rushed to draw their guns, took aim at the monster, and fired rapidly.

Unfortunately, the bullets that spat from the muzzles couldn’t inflict any real damage on the scorpion monster.

They only left one bullet hole after another in its body.

Foul pus oozed continuously from those holes, giving off a nauseating stench.

But as they inhaled that stench, everyone felt dizzy, their legs going weak.

Even the hands that held their guns could barely keep a grip on the handles.

The scorpion monster’s six grotesque hands swung in unison, and together with the intestinal tentacles, it quickly cleared the road of all the extra humans.

At the same time, two cars were speeding away from Hongzhai Mountain at full throttle.

"Ah! This is all my fault!"

Once they had finally left the Hongzhai Mountain area, Old Master Banhan couldn’t help but sigh.

The root cause of everything that had happened today lay with him.

If he hadn’t bought that Evil Ghost statue, none of this would have happened.

Not only had it split the Nawa Clan from within, it had also birthed this terrifying monster...