At this moment, Li Shubo and his companion, trapped in the black soil cage, were greedily breathing in the air seeping into the cage from outside. In order to find this rare safe zone, Li Shubo paid the price of losing an arm.
The other student was also covered in blood, but fortunately, although the spiritual power in the Fire Shield was exhausted, it was still a genuine second-tier magic weapon.
At least the two could catch their breath for a moment before the Fire Shield was destroyed.
but....
The situation is hopeless!
In any case, neither of them had a way out.
"It's a pity, I don't know... if Shang Gongji still has a chance."
Li Shubo's face turned pale; he never expected that he would be trapped to death by the black earth statue.
No one could accept such a thing, so they could only hope that Shanggong Ji could find a chance to fight back against Heitu Xiang, or find another way out and leave.
Rather than having everyone wiped out, it would be better for Shang Gongji to escape alone. That way, at least there would be people who knew the truth, and after his death, he might be able to be used as a positive example of sacrificing himself to save his companions.
However, Li Shubo actually had another idea.
That is to try to break through!
He was just one step away from breaking through.
If we could get our hands on some nourishing ingredients, maybe...
But how can one find nourishing foods in such an environment?
Li Shubo's eyes were glazed over. The prolonged blood loss had made him feel threatened with death, while his companion beside him... had already fainted.
Born into a merchant family, Li Shubo had encountered at least dozens, if not hundreds, of strange things since childhood.
His own father had once taken him to the Northern Region, where they traded with a group of strangely dressed, muscular merchants.
Their truck was huge, several times larger than the Li family's truck, and there seemed to be living creatures inside, making noises and strange cries.
As for the goods they were promoting, Father didn't even glance at them. He only took the evil meat they had on hand, and even when the group offered to give it to him, Father refused and left with a dark face...
After that, my father never traded with merchants from the North again.
And the main product being promoted is actually...
I secretly kept a copy.
It was a leather book made from the skin of an unknown animal.
The book describes a method of devouring flesh and blood and eating one's own kind to improve oneself!
Upon first reading it, Li Shubo was so disgusted by the contents that he vomited, almost bringing up everything in his stomach.
But gradually, curiosity drove Li Shubo to continue watching.
Little by little, without realizing it, Li Shubo had finished reading the entire book. After finishing it, he gradually developed a liking for eating meat.
And they are not limited to chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, but have gradually begun to eat things that ordinary people do not usually eat.
Each new attempt opened a door called "desire" for Li Shubo.
"I'm...I'm sorry, sob sob sob, I'm so sorry."
Crunch, crunch...
"Waaaaah, cough cough cough... Yes, I'm sorry, it's so delicious, waaaaah..."
Creak...
Tears stopped streaming from Li Shubo's eyes, and saliva spilled from the corner of his mouth, mingling with blood. As he ate faster and faster, Li Shubo seemed to have lost his mind.
In contrast, Li Shubo's aura grew stronger and stronger.
Even the severed limbs showed faint signs of regeneration.
But Li Shubo was so engrossed in his own world that he didn't even notice the golden light drifting into the fire shield behind him and attaching itself to it.
After a large amount of golden light adhered to the fire shield, suddenly, a bloody and mangled hand pierced into the cage!
Suddenly, the hand gripped one corner of the Fire Shield and pulled it outward with force, dragging the Fire Shield directly out of the cage!
"Gurgle?"
Li Shubo hadn't yet realized what had happened.
The next moment, the black sand fell like rain. Without the protection of the fire shield, Li Shubo, who was completely exposed under the black earth statue, was immediately swallowed up!
Meanwhile, outside the black earth like a cage, Gu Yuan was drinking large gulps of good medicine, repairing his right arm, which was so deep that bone was visible and several layers of flesh had been scraped off.
Even though he had lost all five fingers, Gu Yuan still did not let go of the fire shield he had just pulled out.
Gu Yuan pulled out the Fire Shield just like that.
This scene left Shanggong Ji, who was watching from a distance, stunned, but he quickly came to his senses.
That's probably...
Black Soil Statue is also helping Gu Yuan!
Only by losing the Fire Shield can the two people inside the cage be completely devoured, and Gu Yuan's actions are undoubtedly helping the Black Earth Statue.
"Gu Yuan, what exactly are you trying to do!"
Shanggong Ji roared, "Now it's just the two of us left, how are we supposed to fight two evil creatures!"
"I'll just refine this fire shield, won't I!"
Having said that, Gu Yuan no longer concealed his aura, revealing that he had already entered the early stage of the first level of Qi Refining and was about to enter the middle stage!
By expending a portion of Tier 1 Light Path material in exchange for the Fire Edge Shield, Gu Yuan was well aware of the Black Earth Statue's little scheme.
At this moment, the black earth statue was vigorously absorbing Li Shubo and the other person, and the iron man evil creature was the "second evil creature" in this place according to the information he had obtained earlier.
At least for now, the plot is almost identical to the previous life.
It seems that the Magma Tiger died because of the machinations of Uemiya Ki and the Kurotsuchi Statue.
When subsequent cultivators enter, they will naturally only see the Black Earth Statue and the Iron Man Evil, so the relevant information will naturally be related to these two evil creatures.
When Gu Yuan coerced and bribed Shang Gongji, it was actually Shang Gongji who revealed his true colors. Otherwise, Gu Yuan would never have imagined that there was an evil object related to fire hidden inside.
But everything was in the plan, including the Fire Shield in his hand, which was originally intended to reap the benefits without lifting a finger.
But he never expected to almost get himself killed. However, there is always a way out. At this moment, Gu Yuan is using the Fire Shield to seek a glimmer of hope for survival!
Even if Gu Yuan himself were to face two second-tier evil creatures alone, his chances of winning would be slim.
Therefore, Gu Yuan still needs Shang Gongji's help.
"It's not hard to hold your breath for 15 minutes, is it?"
"You son of a bitch!"
Shanggong Ji was so angry he was about to die.
His companion was killed by a trap, and he didn't even have the Fire Shield in his possession. Facing this iron lump, his mastery of fire magic was insufficient.
I feel so wronged.
"Tell me what you're going to do!"
Shang Gongji suppressed his anger and asked the question while dodging attacks from the Iron Man evil creature.
Fortunately, this iron man is extremely clumsy, and his attacks are all straight and blunt.
Although the black earth statue also sensed Gu Yuan's strength as a first-level cultivator, it didn't care at all.
Gu Yuan had already taken out several first-tier materials and, using the tattered body of the magma tiger on the ground, as well as the inner core that only contained beast-path spiritual power and evil energy, he began to reforge the Fire Edge Shield on the spot!
"You're fucking crazy, and I'm crazy too, I actually believed you!"
Shanggong Ji wailed in despair, while Gu Yuan sneered, "Save your energy, or you'll die first."