Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1210: Guardians

Chapter 1210: Guardians

The sudden appearance of the massive underground world, along with the huge black-purple crystal array and pyramid, brought unimaginable shock to the group.

Was this an ancient ruin, or a mysterious device built by an underground civilization?

Zhang Yi had no time to ponder. The other three had already given chase toward the King Worm.

Zhang Yi didn't care in the slightest. As long as he was here, he would get a share of the kill when the King Worm died.

As for the purple crystal on the pyramid, Totoro was excitedly pointing at it nonstop from Zhang Yi's hand, its eyes practically glowing.

"You recognize that thing?" Zhang Yi asked Totoro in a low voice.

Totoro couldn't understand Zhang Yi's words. It just looked at him with pleading eyes, its gaze filled with intense longing.

Zhang Yi's heart understood something at that moment.

"So, there are similar things underground in the Qinling Mountains as there are on Star Island's Mist Valley?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi became even more cautious, not daring to act rashly.

Li Changgong and the other two chased near the King Worm. They desperately wanted to kill this King Worm and then explore everything about this mysterious array.

But as the King Worm approached the array, it suddenly flicked its tail and swiftly slithered elsewhere.

And right in front of Li Changgong and the other two, a sudden change occurred.

The array composed of massive, regular black-purple polyhedrons suddenly began to undulate up and down like ocean waves.

A white glow slowly emerged from within the polyhedrons.

Those polyhedrons were like mirrors, and within the mirrors, many huge white figures appeared.

They were countless strange white creatures with cold human faces but bodies like spiders.

The expressions of Li Changgong and the other two instantly changed.

"Are these the guardians of the underground?"

They had absolutely no idea what they were facing, but by now, that King Worm had already swiftly slithered away in another direction.

With a cold face, Zong Yue said, "That creature, it deliberately lured us here!"

As he spoke, those giant white human-faced spiders began walking out from the polyhedrons.

They were about twenty meters tall. Their bodies resembled spiders, but the proportions of their eight legs were far longer than those of a typical spider.

Rather than spiders, they looked more like a group of huge white stick insects.

But compared to the Ground Centipedes, they gave off a feeling of sacredness and coldness. This feeling, combined with the human faces on their heads, also evoked a sense of cruelty from deep within.

"Crackle—"

The human-faced spider at the very front slowly opened its mandibles. Its mouth actually opened to at least 140 degrees, and then a purple energy cannon shot straight toward Li Changgong at the front!

Li Changgong's face darkened. He immediately swung his blade, and the energy cannon was split in two without a doubt.

But the scattered energy directly shattered the ground to pieces!

The expressions of Zong Yue and Han Shanzuo both became extremely grim.

Just based on the power of this single attack, the superhuman ability index of these human-faced spiders wouldn't be below 9,500 points!

And if their bodies possessed strength similar to the Ground Centipedes, their true combat power would likely reach at least 9,700 points or more!

But how many of these creatures were there?

Within the array spanning millions of square meters, these giant human-faced spiders emerged one after another with expressionless faces, forming a terrifying white tide.

Looking out, their numbers actually reached tens of thousands!

Even Epsilon-level superhumans, facing such a vast number of high-level Delta-level monsters, would be worn down to death!

Now the three finally understood why the King Worm had lured them to this place.

Its goal was to use the human-faced spiders to eliminate the four human Epsilons!

By the time the three realized this, the King Worm had long since fled far away, and the awakened human-faced spider guards naturally set their sights on the three before them.

Their cold human faces showed no expression whatsoever. They simply and directly pounced to attack!

Zhang Yi wasn't in a hurry to chase. He was always cautious and had already guessed something was off.

Sure enough, the sudden appearance of the massive human-faced spider horde confirmed his suspicion.

For a moment, Zhang Yi found himself in a dilemma.

The situation was now completely chaotic. Originally, they had come to chase the Ground Centipede King Worm, but only now did they discover such a massive secret existed deeper underground.

What should he do now?

From his vantage point high above, he could see that fleeing King Worm.

It was actually swiftly slithering across the ground while making excited "creaky" cries from its mouth, seemingly a form of mockery.

Zong Yue, Han Shanzuo, and the other were already engulfed in the tide of human-faced spiders, with no way to extricate themselves.

When they finally clashed with these creatures, they were shocked to discover that their pure white carapaces were actually harder than the Ground Centipedes'!

Li Changgong was still okay; using his [I Am Heaven's Will], he could break through the human-faced spiders' carapaces. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

But Han Shanzuo and Zong Yue, when facing them, actually needed to expend considerable effort to kill them.

They couldn't simply crush them as easily as they had wiped out the Ground Centipedes.

The three were locked in a bitter struggle. It was then that the three noticed Zhang Yi still standing in the sky above, showing no intention of coming down to help.

Furious, Li Changgong roared at Zhang Yi in the communication channel, "Chaos, what are you doing watching the show up there? Hurry up and help, get us out of here!"

Zhang Yi completely ignored Li Changgong's words. He looked down at the vast area beneath his feet.

Although they were underground, it wasn't dark. There were no sun, moon, or stars, but the rock ceiling above was like a massive dome, suffused with a mysterious purple radiance.

It was like the faint light scattered across clouds in the sky under a setting sun.

"You guys can still handle those creatures, can't you?" Zhang Yi said calmly.

"What do we do now? The mission has changed. Do we leave, or keep fighting?"

"If we keep fighting, who do we fight?"

Zhang Yi voiced the questions in his heart.

The King Worm had already escaped, though Zhang Yi could chase it.

But given the current complex situation, they had to figure out what the top priority was.

Was eliminating the Ground Centipede swarm still the most important thing?

Zong Yue immediately said, "The King Worm must be killed! Otherwise, we will completely lose the Elemental Stone Vein."

"I understand," Zhang Yi said.

He opened a Dimensional Gate and dove down.

As he rapidly approached, the massive human-faced spider forces on the ground also spotted him. Immediately, hundreds of them raised their heads and fired purple energy cannon attacks.

Zhang Yi, shielded by layers of Dimensional Gates, completely absorbed all these attacks.

This vast army of tens of thousands of human-faced spiders might be a huge problem for others, but for Zhang Yi, it was nothing.

With his Absolute Defense ability, dealing with weaker foes was almost too easy.

However, he couldn't be bothered to break their hard carapaces. There were too many of them, and killing one or two wouldn't mean much.

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