1252 The Face
Fang Heng took the lead and stepped out of the magic array, followed by the others.
As he watched the royal guards gradually disappear at the end of the pathway, Wu Shijiang’s heart was still beating wildly.
He looked at Fang Heng beside him and asked in a low voice, “What do we do? The royal guards are heading toward the original devouring body, and the Empire’s sword saint Rio Tinto is also on the team. Shall we chase after them?”
“No need.”
Fang Heng narrowed his eyes, took out a bone whistle from his backpack, threw it to Tang Mingyue, and said, “Let’s split up. I’ll follow them alone. It’s not easy to sneak in with more people. I’ll find a way to leave after I deal with the chaos caused by the original devouring body. You guys go and meet Tang Mo. After that, contact Wangnet through the bone whistle and leave first.”
Tang Mingyue took the bone whistle and nodded, “Alright, be careful. We’ll be waiting for you to come back.”
“Let’s go!”
Fang Heng, Tang Mingyue, and the others quickly separated and dodged to both sides of the pathway.
Chi Chi Chi…
Fang Heng’s figure quickly turned into a bat in the passage and flew to a higher place, chasing in the direction of the royal guard.
Xiao Yun and the others didn’t know that Fang Heng had been secretly watching them from behind. They were rushing toward the direction of the original devouring body in the depths of the cave.
After entering the dark tunnel, the soldiers of the Empire raised their torches to light up the surroundings.
Everyone could already feel the slight vibrations coming from under their feet.
“Wait a moment!”
President Ovian of the Alchemy Society suddenly extended his hand to stop everyone.
He took out a few bottles of potion from his backpack and said, “Apply this on your forehead.”
The soldiers were curious. They all looked at Ovian, waiting for him to give an explanation.
Ovian, however, remained silent.
Xiao Yun said in a deep voice, “Do as President Ovian says!”
“Yes!”
The soldiers quickly spread the medicine on their foreheads and then continued to move forward.
In the shadow not far away, Fang Heng was hanging upside down on the ceiling of the rock wall.
Seeing the soldiers applying the medicine to their foreheads, their eyes revealed a playful look.
What a strange potion.
Was it used to deal with the original devouring body?
“Swish!”
Fang Heng fell from the air and returned to his human form. He took a few steps forward and picked up the glass bottle that the soldiers had abandoned on the ground.
[Item: Empty potion bottle.]
Description: This potion bottle once contained a potion with unknown effects.
Description: There is a small amount of potion residue in the potion bottle. If the player has mastered the relevant academic skills, the effect of this potion can be analyzed through research.
Fang Heng tried to put the remaining drops of the potion in his palm and applied it on his forehead like the soldiers of the Empire.
[Hint: The player has obtained the aura-concealing effect, which can reduce the hostility of the original devouring body for three hours.]
So it was like this.
Fang Heng seemed to have understood something.
The first time he passed through this path, he was attacked by the original devouring body hidden in the wall. Fortunately, his blood had a great restraint against the original devouring body and directly scared it away, allowing him to pass smoothly.
The Empire clearly knew the characteristics of the original devouring body and had prepared countermeasures in advance.
While thinking, Fang Heng slowly walked to the wall.
Upon closer inspection, there was something black flowing in the cracks of the wall.
“Original devouring body…”
Fang Heng muttered to himself in a low voice. Then, he took out a bottle of light red potion from his backpack and quickly unscrewed the cap.
“Come, I’ll find some fun for you.”
“Chi!”
Fang Heng said as he splashed the red potion on the wall.
“Chi! Chi Chi Chi!!!”
All of a sudden, the original devouring body was violently stimulated, and dark brown tentacles suddenly emerged from the wall.
Success!
Fang Heng’s eyes lit up and he stretched his hand forward.
The black tentacle wrapped around Fang Heng’s arm in an instant, and then fine spikes extended from the tentacle.
The sharp spikes pierced through Fang Heng’s skin and greedily sucked his blood.
However, less than half a second after it absorbed the blood, the black tentacle frantically retreated as if it had been electrocuted.
“Ha…”
Fang Heng retracted his hand slowly and turned his head to look at the front of the passage.
Soon, a shrill cry came from the passage ahead.
Fang Heng transformed into his bat form again and activated his stealth mode. He hid in the darkness and pursued the enemy quickly.
….
“Be alert!”
In the middle of the passage, Xiao Yun’s team was under the frenzied attack of the original devouring body!
“Swish!”
A white light flashed.
The sword saint Rio Tinto swung his long sword in the air, cutting one of the tentacles in half.
However, more black tentacles extended out of the wall, bypassing the sword saint and attacking the Empire soldiers behind him.
Xiao Yun looked at Ovian and asked, “What’s going on? What’s that thing in the crack in the wall!”
“It’s the original devouring body. It might have been stimulated.”
Ovian’s face was dark.
He didn’t know what had happened either. Why did the original devouring body hiding in the rock wall suddenly become so agitated when they were only halfway there? Even the medicine that had been applied with the extract of the original devouring body couldn’t stop its attack!
The original devouring body modified form was Salvador’s secret, and he could not reveal it to anyone.
“Think of a way!”
“There’s no other way, we can only force our way out!”
For a time, the entire team was held back by the original devouring body and fell into great chaos.
In the extreme chaos, no one noticed a bat flying across the high ceiling in the shadows.
Fang Heng passed by the Empire’s soldiers who were fighting with the original devouring body in advance and moved forward along the passage, quickly arriving at the familiar space of the round platform.
“Chi Chi Chi!!”
As soon as he stepped into the space, hundreds of tiny tentacles darted toward him.
Fang Heng was well prepared. He cut his right palm and threw it forward.
“Chi!”
Blood spurted out from the cut in his palm!
When the tentacles came into contact with the blood, it was as if they had met their natural enemy. They curled up at an even faster speed.
After a few consecutive probes, the original devouring body seemed to have become familiar with Fang Heng’s aura and knew that his blood was poisonous. It became quiet and it no longer took the initiative to find trouble with Fang Heng.
Fang Heng became extremely vigilant and carefully moved forward step by step, trying to see the situation of the original devouring body.
More than a dozen huge tentacles shot out from the ground around the deep hole in the center of the round platform, penetrating the top of the underground palace.
Originally, there was a pool of black liquid in the center of the black hole.
Unlike when they left, the black fluid had covered a large area of the round platform.
It should be the original devouring body modified form without a doubt.
Fang Heng observed the original devouring body and walked forward slowly. His pupils suddenly shrank.
That was…
Fang Heng saw a human face wrapped in black fluid.
Fang Heng had just seen that face!
“Molly Ann Salvador…”
Fang Heng muttered to himself.
Only her head and face were left, there was no body.
Its face was mixed with a half-black, viscous liquid. Its eyes were closed, and its face was somewhat distorted. It was completely unclear if it was still alive.
Did Salvador’s resurrection succeed? And he even became such a monster?
The twisted face wriggled a few times as if it heard someone calling her name.
