In the eerie depths of the Demon Cave, visibility was nonexistent!

The air was filled with a dark, damp atmosphere, and the intense stench of blood was nauseating!

The ground was littered with the corpses of ants, centipedes, and spiders, alongside human leg bones and skulls, transforming the Demon Cave into a true Asura Hell!

This cave was unfathomably deep, leading to an unknown destination. A few hundred meters from the Stone Gate, a young man lay on the ground, his body entirely devoid of intact skin!

The gory scene sent shivers down one's spine, with flesh torn in many places, exposing ghastly white bones—utterly dreadful!

At this moment, the man's fate was uncertain, and centipedes crawled all over him, a ghastly sight indeed!

Drip! Drip!

Droplets of water trickled from the top of the cave, hitting the young man's face, making his eyelashes flutter before he opened his eyes!

"Ah..."

Waves of pain surged like a tide, causing Ling Shaofeng to shudder:

"Damn... damn it..."

Feeling the centipedes crawling on him, a fierce look appeared on his scarred face as he grabbed several centipedes, shoved them into his mouth, and tore them apart!

Rip!

The centipedes were shredded to pieces by his teeth and fell away!

Looking around, the ground was densely covered with the bodies of centipedes and spiders—all trophies of Ling Shaofeng's battles!

Similarly, he now resembled a blood-soaked figure, his flesh a mangled mess, his body utterly exhausted, nearly at the brink of death!

Shaking his dizzy head, Ling Shaofeng desperately crawled deeper into the Demon Cave!

He knew he couldn't stay by the Stone Gate, for if the insect swarm surrounded him again, he would surely die!

Only deeper in the Demon Cave, perhaps there would be other passages, perhaps a chance for survival!

Ling Shaofeng crawled desperately onward, covering a hundred meters, and in the process, he finally saw what the Demon Cave truly was!

The further he went, the more the ground was covered with piles of sinister, terrifying bones, all of them brought here as blood sacrifices, their skeletons shattered and incomplete, as if torn apart by something!

The more Ling Shaofeng saw, the more alarmed he became. He could tell that the owners of these bones had once crawled forward, just like him, searching for an escape, but none had survived!

"Damn, what the hell is in here..."

Ling Shaofeng was scared stiff, his scalp tingling. He even stopped moving forward, gripped by a strong premonition that if he crawled any further, death awaited him!

With that thought, Ling Shaofeng hesitated, but just then, a sudden rustling sound made him shiver violently!

Looking back, Ling Shaofeng immediately saw swarms of ants, centipedes, and spiders crawling out behind him, filling the entire tunnel of the Demon Cave in a dark wave, utterly terrifying!

These creatures were not only huge, but also had fierce fangs, as if drawn by the scent of blood, surging towards Ling Shaofeng like an unstoppable tide!

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Ling Shaofeng knew it was too late to turn back. Enclosed by the insect swarm, he would surely die, forcing him to crawl deeper into the cave!

This was a desperate chase, with Ling Shaofeng scrambling over the piles of eerie bones, while behind him, the overwhelming insect tide surged relentlessly!

At that moment, Ling Shaofeng was completely despaired!

Already gravely injured and near death, now utterly spent, he felt waves of dizziness in his head, with an overwhelming sense of mortality enveloping his heart!

"There's no way back... this time I'm done for..."

With a bitter smile, Ling Shaofeng crawled fifty more meters before collapsing, lying weakly on the ground, gasping for breath, helplessly watching the approaching insect swarm!

"Boss... Brother Three, Brother Four, my brothers, forgive me, we'll be brothers in the next life!"

Ling Shaofeng's tiger-like eyes grew moist, his mind filled with memories of Room 404 at Jiangnan University!

The unbeatable and comical boss, the taciturn Xu Ping who always put brothers first, and the sincere, mature-yet-young spectacled boy!

They were his dearest brothers, and Room 404 was his most cherished time!

With thoughts of 404, a gentle smile graced Ling Shaofeng's lips, and he closed his eyes, quietly awaiting death!

Yet, after waiting for a while, he was puzzled, realizing that not a single insect had touched him!

Cautiously, Ling Shaofeng opened his eyes and looked back!

Just a meter behind him, the surging insect tide had halted!

The insects piled there, eager to devour Ling Shaofeng, yet some immense fear held them back, preventing them from advancing further!

It was as if the place where Ling Shaofeng lay belonged to some monster, making the insect tide hesitate to intrude!

"What's going on?"

Ling Shaofeng was stupefied, unable to comprehend what could inspire such terror in the insect swarm, causing them to lack the courage to advance further!

Just then, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted!

Roar!!!

The howl, resembling both a human scream and a beast's bellow, sent a shudder through Ling Shaofeng, his hair standing on end!

The insect tide, like a wave, seemed utterly terrified by the sound's source, retreating wildly, fleeing to the other end of the Demon Cave in a panic!

In the blink of an eye, the insect tide had vanished without a trace, leaving not a single one behind!

Ling Shaofeng was utterly stunned, his gaze fixed ahead, sensing something approaching, its ominous presence growing stronger!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

With a series of dull thuds, a shadowy figure slowly crawled into view under Ling Shaofeng's shocked gaze!

It looked human, with limbs and a head, its clothes tattered and coated with layers of bloody grime!

It seemed to be a demon clawing its way out of hell, terror-inducing and bone-chilling!

Ling Shaofeng couldn't discern whether it was human or ghost, but it moved not by walking, but by crawling, like a dog!

Its hair hung loose, concealing its face, while a pair of glowing, vicious and bloodthirsty eyes shone through the matted hair!

More horrifying was the fact that this human-like monster clutched a severed, blood-drenched arm in its mouth!

The severed limb was evidently a man's arm, ripped away from a body!

Crimson blood dripped, staining its mouth gruesomely!

Crunch! Crunch!

As the sound of chewing echoed, Ling Shaofeng realized the figure was indeed eating the severed arm!!!

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