Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

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Chen Yulou, along with Hong Gu and Partridge Whistle, and the old shepherd, quickly arrived behind Guan Shaoqing.

When they saw the marks in front of Guan Shaoqing, their expressions changed.

"What is this thing?!"

They could all see that the marks in front of them were obviously made by crawling creatures from the planet Shenmoxing. They looked like the tracks of snakes, but not quite.

Moreover, the marks created are far too large. If it were truly a snake, how large would it have to be to make such marks?

"It's a centipede. It seems that a giant centipede here has become a spirit. The demonic aura I sensed must be from this giant centipede."

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing spoke up.

"A centipede?!"

Upon hearing Guan Shaoqing's words, the four men's expressions changed again. If it really was a centipede, how could it make such large crawling marks? How big must that centipede be? Its body length must be at least ten meters.

"General Manager Chen, please remind your subordinates to be careful. If there is an old centipede that has become a spirit here, there must be many small centipedes, probably quite a few. Moreover, the poisonous miasma here is thick, and the centipedes living here must be incredibly venomous. If an ordinary person is bitten, they will definitely die."

Guan Shaoqing then reminded Chen Yulou.

"Hong Gu, hurry up and remind everyone." Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou's expression changed again, and he quickly reminded Hong Gu beside him.

But before Hong Gu could get up...

"what--!"

Suddenly, a shrill scream rang out from the palace behind.

Immediately following was a cacophony of panicked cries and screams.

"what!"

"Run!"

"Help!"

"what--"

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Inside the palace, black centipedes crawled out from the rooftops or corners. Anyone bitten by one would instantly turn into pus, their entire body appearing as if half of it had been melted and corroded by strong acid, leaving no trace of their remains.

The members of the Unloading Ridge Clan who had entered the underground palace, along with Luo Laowai and his army, were terrified by the sight. They rushed to the ladder, trying to climb back onto the roof, but this only caused more chaos.

Boom!

In the end, several ladders overturned due to the scramble among the crowd, completely cutting off the escape route for those below.

At this time, more and more centipedes appeared in the palace. These centipedes were not large and were no different from ordinary small centipedes, but their venom was terrifying. Moreover, there were too many of them. In just a short while, the entire palace was densely covered with them, looking like a tide.

"what!"

"Help!"

"."

The crowd below the palace was thrown into chaos. Those on the roof tried to rescue people by setting up ladders and throwing ropes, but before they could save many, the poisonous centipedes kept climbing up the ladders and ropes onto the roof.

The crowd on the rooftop immediately erupted into chaos.

Some clever people began to use torches to ward off these centipedes. The centipedes were indeed somewhat wary of the flames, but the torch flames were too small and there were too many centipedes, so they could only hold them off for a while, not forever.

Upon hearing the sound, Guan Shaoqing and his entourage quickly rushed back to the entrance of the lower palace.

But by the time they arrived, the countless centipedes had already crawled up the roof tiles from inside the palace through the entrance.

Two people on the roof who couldn't retreat in time and were bitten by the centipede turned into a puddle of pus right before the eyes of Guan Shaoqing and Chen Yulou.

"Always in charge!"

"Always in charge!"

"."

They saw Guan Shaoqing and Chen Yulou arrive.

The crowd immediately turned their attention to Chen Yulou, as if they had found their leader.

But when Chen Yulou saw the dense swarm of centipedes in front of him, his expression changed drastically. He didn't know what to do at all. After all, there were too many centipedes, and they would kill you if they bit you. Who could do anything about it?

Even Partridge Whistle's expression changed upon seeing this scene.

These centipedes are no less terrifying than army ants in the desert. "Brother Guan?"

Chen Yulou could only look to Guan Shaoqing for help.

Without hesitation, Guan Shaoqing stepped forward to face the dense swarm of centipedes. His martial arts blood surged forth from his feet, and with each step he took, visible waves of energy erupted from beneath his feet.

As the fiery waves of qi swept across, all the centipedes were instantly incinerated into ashes by the terrifyingly high temperature of the qi.

In the blink of an eye, the centipedes that crawled out of the palace entrance were all reduced to ashes by Guan Shaoqing's blood and fire.

Meanwhile, the other centipedes that had already climbed to the top of the roof seemed to sense the threat and fear, and retreated back into the palace like a tide.

Guan Shaoqing followed and stepped into the palace through the entrance on the roof. Wherever he passed, the centipedes that were swept by the waves of blood and fire emanating from Guan Shaoqing's feet were all turned to ashes.

At the same time, as Guan Shaoqing entered the palace, all the centipedes inside the palace began to retreat rapidly like a tide.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, all the centipedes that had appeared in the palace disappeared completely, like a receding tide.

Chen Yulou, Partridge Whistle, and the others who followed closely behind were also shocked as they looked at Guan Shaoqing. Even Chen Yulou, who had already witnessed Guan Shaoqing's skills, was still amazed by Guan Shaoqing's methods.

Partridge Whistle, a martial arts master in particular, was deeply shocked. He was certain that the heat wave that had just erupted from Guan Shaoqing's feet was the martial arts blood and qi of a martial artist. However, Guan Shaoqing's martial arts blood and qi was far stronger than that of ordinary martial artists, even martial arts masters.

This power has definitely surpassed the level of a martial arts grandmaster.

Think about this.

Partridge Whistle was able to instantly assess Guan Shaoqing's strength.

Martial Arts Grandmaster!
But this judgment made Partridge Whistle uneasy; that was a grandmaster of martial arts.

With Guan Shaoqing's intervention forcing all the centipedes back, the scene finally calmed down completely.

"call--!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, especially those who had been trapped in the palace. They were filled with lingering fear and their gazes toward Guan Shaoqing became filled with gratitude and awe.

"Thank you very much for your help, Brother Guan."

Chen Yulou then bowed to Guan Shaoqing in thanks, saying that if it hadn't been for Guan Shaoqing's intervention, the consequences would have been unimaginable, and countless people would have died.

"Brother Chen, you're too kind. Let's check the casualties of the team first. I'll check around to see if any centipedes are still there. Also, flames have a certain effect on these centipedes. Just to be safe, let everyone light some torches."

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing said that there was one more thing he hadn't mentioned: these little centipedes should be the offspring of the centipede demon. Now that he had killed so many of them, the centipede demon would probably appear soon.

But that's exactly what Guan Shaoqing wanted.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Brother Guan."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou thanked him again and immediately ordered his men to light torches and begin counting the number of casualties.

But once the statistics were compiled, the atmosphere at the scene became heavy.

Because of this attack by the poisonous centipedes, more than 300 people in the team died.

More than 100 members of the Xieling group led by Chen Yulou were killed.

Luo Laowai's army suffered over two hundred casualties.

Chen Yulou and Luo Laowai's expressions instantly turned ugly.

After all, so many people have died so soon after entering the tomb.

Although the two leaders had many men under their command, they couldn't withstand such losses.

"Damn it, once I've taken all the treasure here, I'm going to burn this place down and burn those centipedes to death."

Luo Laowai was even more furious.

But at this moment.

"Shh shh shh—"

Suddenly, a series of sounds of tiles breaking and shifting rang out from the rooftop in front of the palace, as if something enormous was rapidly climbing down from the top of the palace.

"what!"

Chen Yulou and the others, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately became tense again.

(End of this chapter)