General of the Heavens

"Thank goodness, Chen Yulou is still alive!"

Ning Chen could see clearly that during his descent, he channeled all his strength into his waist and legs in mid-air, and then suddenly swung the mountain ladder in his hand horizontally.

Finally, it was forcibly wedged horizontally between the mountain walls.

Hanging in the middle, Chen Yulou felt dizzy, as if his body was being churned, and he saw stars. His hands were cut in many places by the broken bamboo.

"This is bad. There's no sunlight in this deep crevice, so we can't shout to notify the mute and the others. And the people up here can't hear us shouting down either."

Chen Yulou's legs began to ache after only a short while, and he realized that things were going badly. Even if someone came to rescue him, he would be dead by the time they reached this point.

"Brother Chen, are you alright?"

However, life is always full of surprises.

Chen Yulou never expected that Ning Chen would come down. "But...but..." Chen Yulou was confused. Even if someone came to save him, it couldn't be Ning Chen!

Seeing Chen Yulou's dazed expression, Ning Chen said, "Brother Chen, you don't think everyone can move freely on this dark cliff like I can, do you? Don't forget, my eyes are countless times better than your night vision!"

"Brother Ning is right, he is right..."

At this point, Chen Yulou realized that nothing he said would make a difference, and he would have to rely on Ning Chen to save his life.

He knew in his heart that he was now in dire straits, and that he could only maintain this posture on the mountainside for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before his legs gave way and he would fall headfirst to the bottom.

Despite the aching and numbness in his waist and legs, Chen Yulou took the ladder from Ning Chen and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Ning, I cannot express my gratitude enough. I will repay your kindness today... Alas... Alas..."

Before Chen Yulou could finish speaking, the mute man above, Kunlun Moller, felt someone pulling on the ladder and immediately pulled with all his might!

The mute Kunlun Mole possessed superhuman strength. With this pull, Chen Yulou rose a bit higher, ascending more than ten meters in just a few breaths.

"Brother Ning, I'll take my leave first. Please be careful!" Chen Yulou knew he couldn't lose his composure, so he hurriedly called out to Ning Chen.

Seeing that everything was in order, Ning Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and then climbed with all his might. Without the Angry Sun Chicken to deter the poisonous insects, this place was hell on earth. Ning Chen was unwilling to stay for even a second longer!

"Damn it, this time when I get back I'm going to force that bastard Chen Yulou to give me a bigger share of the spoils!"

The more Ning Chen thought about it, the more he felt he had gotten a huge loss. He had no experience in tomb raiding, so he only asked for the zombie's inner core as payment. Now it seemed that he had really gotten a bargain from those bastards.

Previously, Ning Chen never sold out his teammates.

While muttering to himself, Ning Chen didn't notice that a large, patterned centipede was now clinging to his hand!

The large, patterned centipede, with drool still dripping from its mouth, suddenly bit Ning Chen's tiger's mouth, sending a sharp, piercing pain through him.

Ning Chen subconsciously loosened his grip.

He started falling!

When Ning Chen saw the patterned centipede that had attacked him, he shuddered. This was a poisonous insect that could melt a person!

"Fuck your grandpa!"

With a flick of his wrist, Ning Chen twisted his waist and used all his strength to press his back against the cliff wall, while simultaneously pushing off with both feet against the opposite cliff wall!

The friction of the cliff face against his back caused him excruciating pain. Ning Chen now regretted saving Chen Yulou; that bastard was a jinx.

The cliff face narrowed as it descended, and Ning Chen's back was already raw and bleeding profusely from being rubbed raw. Fortunately, he managed to steady himself, and his feet were fine because he was wearing shoes.

In this position, Ning Chen wouldn't be able to hold on for long. He glanced at a crooked tree on his right and moved over without thinking.

He stepped onto a spot that resembled dry tree bark. Before he could even steady himself, he saw that the ground beneath his feet was covered with layers of dark, shiny shells, which looked just like the head of a large centipede.

"Holy crap, I'm done for again..."

Ning Chen tried every possible way to avoid the six-winged centipede, but in the end, he delivered himself right to its doorstep. Before he could escape, Ning Chen's vision blurred, and with a whoosh, he ascended into the sky as if riding the clouds.

The immense impact and inertia caused Ning Chen to stagger. He no longer cared about escaping and clung tightly to whatever he could reach with both hands.

A steep mountain wall hundreds of feet high rushed past in front of him, and Ning Chen's body was lifted up by a tremendous force, breaking through the clouds and rising higher and higher.

Ning Chen never imagined that he would ascend to heaven in this way…

At the summit, Luo Laowai and the others waited anxiously. Finally, the mute Kunlun Moller pulled Chen Yulou up.

The moment Chen Yulou appeared, everyone felt reassured. However, before Chen Yulou could even catch his breath, he said to Luo Laowai, "Quick...quickly help Brother Ning!"

Luo Laowai nodded to himself, then suddenly slapped the person next to him: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and pull up the ladder!"

The man was inexplicably beaten and felt very wronged, but he was helpless in the face of Luo Laowai. Several people hurriedly pulled at the centipede-hanging ladder, only to find that the ladder was empty and there was no man there.

"General, the ladder is empty, nobody's here!"

"Impossible! Brother Ning is down there!"

Chen Yulou was anxious. Ning Chen had just saved his life, and now he was gone. How could he face living in this world?

Chen Yulou rolled to the edge of the cliff and looked down.

At that moment, the mountain wall below seemed to boil over, making a loud, chaotic noise. The hundreds of people above were startled by the sudden, violent sound. They crowded to the edge of the cliff and looked down, their mouths agape in disbelief at what they were seeing.

Suddenly, the chaotic clouds and thick fog deep in the crevices of Ping Mountain were dispersed by a cloud of black mist, and a giant centipede, about ten feet long, swiftly crawled up from the bottom of the valley.

"My God! A monster!"

The giant centipede has twenty-two segments made up of flattened segments. Its head is black, the first segment is yellowish-brown, and the backs of the remaining segments are dark blue. Each segment on the ventral side has five pairs of legs, and the legs near the mouth become gill legs. The claws are sharp and agile.

The strangest thing is that this giant centipede has six wings on its back, and three pairs of wings are transparent, like dragonfly wings. Its whole body is emitting black mist.

A distinct red mark ran along its back from head to tail. More than a hundred feet were arranged on both sides, their whiskers and claws moving as they scratched at the nearly vertical cliff, making a rumbling sound as it swam upwards like a black dragon.

Even more unexpectedly, a human-shaped object was perched on the head of the six-winged centipede. It was none other than Ning Chen!

He grabbed the pair of fangs on the head of the six-winged centipede and pulled desperately. The six-winged centipede was obviously frightened and rushed up the steep cliff from the deep ravine in a gust of black wind to the mountain peak.

Centipedes prefer shade and lurk in dark places at the bottom of valleys, rarely showing themselves when the sun is out. But Ning Chen accidentally jumped onto its head.

Startled, it leaped and bounded, climbing to the edge of the cliff. Suddenly, the six-winged centipede arched its back and, with its head and tail exerting force, leaped more than ten zhang high.

A feeling of soaring through the clouds arises spontaneously!

Chen Yulou was a man of great experience, but he never expected that such a large centipede would emerge from a crevice hundreds of feet deep in the mountain.

Centipedes are judged by the number of their legs, which can be so numerous that it can make one's scalp tingle. Moreover, it is often said that an old centipede can live for a hundred years before it can grow a pair of wings.

Born with six wings, how can one attain great virtues?

P.S.: Good luck on the college entrance exam! May you achieve top marks!