Boom! — —”The ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled violently, as if a dragon had turned over. The hard ore layer cracked open, and hot sulfur fumes spewed from the fissures, carrying a nauseatingly sweet and pungent odor.Vivian lost her footing and cried out, falling backward. Allen, quick-witted, caught her, his dragon scales once again covering his body as he warily looked towards the source of the tremor.Bear protected Poison Widow behind him, the giant man’s throat emitting a beast-like growl.Xia Shangji, who was about to retreat, suddenly froze. The sixth-rank Spiritual Energy User’s keen senses made the hairs on his body stand on end——A terrifying aura, far exceeding his own, was rapidly rising from deep within the ground!“What is that— — — — —”Vivian’s voice trembled. This aura carried a sense of savagery, brutality, and an all-consuming hunger that sent chills down her spine.Qin Tian frowned slightly, looking up at the cracks above his head. The Spirit Devouring Magic Vine also seemed to sense the threat, rapidly retracting back into the ground, leaving only deep green traces.The Shadowmoon Tower members gripped their weapons, ready for battle. The Black-Robed Man leading them had deep-set eyes, not vigilantly scanning their surroundings, but intently staring at Qin Tian.Just then, the entire mine shaft suddenly sank!“Roar—!”A deafening roar exploded from underground. The sound waves were like a physical heavy hammer, causing everyone’s blood to churn.Immediately after, the ground beneath their feet completely collapsed, and a gigantic claw covered in dark brown scales burst out of the earth. The edges of the scales shimmered with a metallic cold light, and with one swipe, it shattered half of the mine tunnel!Amidst the swirling dust, a colossal creature slowly rose.It was a mine beast nearly a hundred meters long, with a serpentine body covered in layers of rocky armor. Sharp bone spikes, each about a zhang long, protruded from its spine.What was most suffocating was its head—it had no clear facial features, only a gaping, blood-red maw that occupied half of its head. There were no teeth inside, but rather rotating rings of flesh that gleamed with a metallic luster, like a vortex composed of countless choppers, emanating a darkness capable of devouring light.The moment it appeared, the light in the entire mine seemed to be sucked into its gigantic mouth, and the surroundings instantly plunged into gloom.Its enormous mouth slowly opened. Wherever it passed, the air twisted into spirals, and an irresistible suction erupted from within, pulling shattered rocks, rock walls, and even the energy in the air towards its maw!Everyone was enveloped by this suction, their bodies involuntarily pulled forward and downward. Vivian cried out, only prevented from being sucked in by Allen desperately holding onto her.Xia Shangji’s face turned pale. He desperately released dark energy to resist, but found his strength utterly insignificant before this suction.That blood-red maw was like a real, existing abyss, drawing everything in the mine into its hunting range. Whether it was Qin Tian’s group, Xia Shangji, or the Shadowmoon Tower members, they all became prey awaiting slaughter before this prehistoric mine beast.“This is a seventh-rank mine beast!”Qin Tian’s expression instantly became as grim as iron, his pupils contracting sharply.That overbearing and suffocating pressure was more than ten times stronger than Xia Shangji’s dark magic; its mere aura was enough to overwhelm a fifth-rank Spiritual Energy User.The light on his fingertips surged, and the Void Gate burst open. Vines, like spiritual snakes emerging from their lairs, instantly wrapped around Allen, Luo Xiu, Bear, and the others.But just as he lifted his foot to step into the teleportation gate, “Whoosh!”Several dark chains and shadowy tentacles suddenly shot out from an oblique angle, tightly coiling around Qin Tian’s limbs.Xia Shangji and the Black-Robed Man from Shadowmoon Tower turned pale, but they desperately clung to the ends of the chains, roaring frantically: “Take me with you! You must take me with you!”In this desperate situation, they clearly knew that only Qin Tian’s spatial teleportation could allow them to escape from the claws of the seventh-rank mine beast.“Damn it!” Qin Tian cursed under his breath, his peripheral vision catching the madness in Xia Shangji’s and the Black-Robed Man’s eyes.He instantly understood that if he let go now, these people would exhaust every last ounce of their strength to drag him {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} down with them.“No time left!”Qin Tian gritted his teeth, and the vines, like iron chains spanning a river, suddenly whipped out, coiling around Xia Shangji and the Shadowmoon Tower members, dragging them forcefully towards the teleportation gate.Just as a hint of joy appeared on Xia Shangji’s and the others’ faces, a deafening roar suddenly echoed through the mine shaft.The seventh-rank mine beast was completely enraged!Boom—!The entire mine shaft collapsed with a roar. Billions of metal particles peeled off from the rock walls, suspended, and roared. A dark golden torrent of particles, like a reverse tsunami, crushed towards everyone from all directions.The light curtain of the Void Gate twisted violently, its edges beginning to disintegrate. The vines controlled by Qin Tian grew wildly, interwoven to form a thick green wall protecting Allen and the others, but they sizzled under the scouring of the particle torrent, their greenness fading at a visible rate.Even more critically, while resisting the particle storm, Xia Shangji and the Shadowmoon Tower members were secretly tightening the chains. The shadowy tentacles, like maggots clinging to bone, tightly constricted Qin Tian’s limbs, clearly intending to drag him to share their fate.“If this continues, everyone will die!”Qin Tian watched as the green wall of vines gradually became transparent. Allen, Bear, and the others were already exposed to the edge of the particle torrent. A look of grim determination flashed in his eyes.“Rip!”With a flick of his wrist, a sharp burst of energy severed the vines connected to his companions.He sent a palm strike through the air, forcefully pushing Bear, Poison Widow, and Allen towards the Void Gate, his voice like thunder:“You go first!”Before his words finished, he completely gave up resisting, allowing the all-consuming suction to drag him towards the abyssal maw.“Clang, clang, clang—”The chains instantly tautened like steel, and the shadowy tentacles stretched dozens of meters, groaning under the strain.Xia Shangji and the Shadowmoon Tower members’ faces changed dramatically, crying out as they were dragged downward. They had never expected Qin Tian to make such a choice.“Qin Tian!”“Master!”Bear’s eyes were bloodshot, desperately clinging to the edge of the Void Gate. Poison Widow’s voice trembled, tears uncontrollably streaming down her face.Allen watched the figure rapidly falling towards the giant maw below, his heart feeling as if it had been savagely seized.He suddenly turned, his arms powerfully pushing Vivian and Luo Xiu into the Void Gate. He himself erupted with surging green light, dragon scales once again covering his body, like a blue meteor rushing against the current towards the abyss.The strong wind ruffled his chestnut-colored hair. His eyes, which always held a hint of mischievousness, now shone astonishingly bright, like two burning miniature suns, filled with fearless light.Allen had always known he was very lucky.He had escaped from desperate situations multiple times, always finding a way out at critical moments, and opportunities seemed to follow him wherever he went.Even Vivian had playfully teased him, calling him “the illegitimate son of the Goddess of Luck.”But he never gambled his fate on elusive luck—he understood better than anyone that if one relied on mere chance for everything, a person would lose their claws and teeth in comfort, becoming a coward waiting for fate’s handouts.But this time, he desperately hoped the Goddess of Luck would favor him once more, allowing him and Big Brother Qin Tian to safely overcome the current crisis.“Big Brother Qin Tian, I’m coming!”Allen’s voice tore a rift in the strong wind, and the green light around him surged, accelerating his descent to the extreme.The wind howled like thunder in his ears, but his eyes only saw the figure being dragged by the chains. Even as the mine beast’s abyssal maw enlarged in his vision, it did not make him retreat in the slightest.At the same time, the Void Gate behind him contracted violently, its light curtain shattering inch by inch, completely isolating that desperate darkness outside.

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