59: Chapter 59 Three-Line Blockade, My Takeout Has Arrived?

Da Huang poked half of its dog head out from behind Su Ming's legs.

It looked left, then looked right.

The swarm had indeed cleared out.

Seeing that the crisis had passed, Da Huang immediately switched from its cowardly, tail-tucked state back to the majestic demeanor of a Wasteland Mastiff king.

It shook its dark gold mane.

It let out two "Awoo" roars in the direction where the swarm had vanished.

Then, it swaggered over to the ghastly white skeleton of Weasel.

Raising a front paw, it "cracked" a rib into pieces.

Its dog eyes were filled with smugness.

As if to say: "See that? I was the one who scared them off just now!"

Shen Qingci sheathed her blade and walked to his side.

Her gaze swept across the chaotic battlefield.

"We should withdraw. The smell of blood here will attract more things."

Su Ming used the Gray Wolf's terminal to send the fake message "Target eliminated" to Zhao Kuo.

He contentedly pocketed the phone and brushed the dust off his hands.

Shamelessly, he sidled up to Shen Qingci.

"Boss, don't be in such a rush to leave."

A bright smile bloomed on his face.

He pulled out his old, worn-out terminal.

"Let's add each other on Green Bubble, shall we? In case I die in the Abyss later, you can at least light a candle for me on my Moments."

Shen Qingci looked at him expressionlessly.

Her eyes held the question: "Why aren't you dead yet?"

But in the end, with a cold face, she tapped open her QR code.

Su Ming quickly scanned it.

"Ding!" A crisp notification sound rang out.

" 'Thousand-Catty Young Master' has sent you a friend request."

The corner of Shen Qingci's mouth twitched.

Su Ming also saw her username, [Qingci Half-Stanza].

Not bad, quite cultured.

He was already calculating her nickname in his head.

Thousand-Gold Miss and Thousand-Catty Young Master—aren't they a match made in heaven?

Just as he was lost in his own little schemes, unable to pull himself out, the gravel under his feet suddenly jumped slightly without any warning.

Shen Qingci's expression changed.

She crouched down almost instantly, her slender fingertips pressing lightly against the thick layer of ash on the ground.

Geng Metal Qi spread along the rock strata like an invisible web.

Her talent granted her a perception of metal and earth vibrations far surpassing that of ordinary people.

Three seconds later, she looked up abruptly.

Her gaze crossed over Su Ming's shoulder, looking toward the direction where the swarm had just dispersed.

Su Ming followed her line of sight.

On the distant skyline, four pillars of eerie purple smoke were slowly rising.

After those Abyssal venom-bugs flew to fixed positions, their bodies actually burst into clusters of thick mist on their own.

The scene looked exactly like beacon fires lit on an ancient battlefield!

The smile on Su Ming's face vanished.

"They aren't fleeing," Shen Qingci said in a low voice. "They are marking the way."

The circle drawn by that Beast Tamer mercenary wasn't just an altar; it was a beacon. A beast-attracting beacon.

Su Ming's mind raced.

That thing blew a bone whistle before dying; the swarm's flight seemed chaotic, but in reality, it was spreading scent signals to four fixed directions.

These signals were summoning things from deeper within.

Da Huang's frantic barking came to an abrupt halt.

The Wasteland Mastiff king that had been swaggering and stepping on the skeleton just moments ago now had its dark gold mane standing on end, and it let out suppressed whimpers from its throat.

It tucked its tail and shrank toward Su Ming's feet.

The gray-white mist all around was torn apart by a thick, fishy gust of wind.

The ground began to bulge with long, narrow ridges of earth.

Immediately after, "crackling" sounds were heard incessantly.

From within the jagged cracks, long, segmented legs covered in barbs probed out!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Dozens of Tier 2 gregarious Source Beasts, [Rock-Armored Centipedes], over three meters long, broke through the soil!

Their shells were as hard as iron, and the metallic friction sound made by their opening and closing mouthparts made one's scalp tingle.

At the same time, from the gaps in the surrounding dead ancient trees and rocks, basin-sized [Poison-Sac Spiders] quietly lowered themselves on spider silk.

The green poison sacs on their abdomens, swollen like balls, were pulsating rhythmically.

Droplets of dark green venom dripped onto the rocks, instantly corroding small pits that emitted black smoke.

A rumbling buzz like thunder came from overhead.

Hundreds of palm-sized Tier 1 exotic beasts, [Needle-Stinger Flies], flew over in a dark swarm.

The venomous stingers at their tails, shimmering with an eerie blue luster, were already aimed at the two people below.

Ground, low altitude, air. A three-line blockade.

All paths of retreat were completely cut off at this moment.

Shen Qingci gritted her teeth: "A single one isn't hard to deal with... but if it's a swarm, even a Tier 3 Awakened would have no choice but to run."

These insect-type Source Beasts did not immediately launch an attack.

They simply formed a huge circular encirclement and then began to slowly close in.

The spider silk spat out by the Tier 1 [Poison-Sac Spiders] wove into tough, gray-green net walls on the perimeter of the encirclement.

The [Needle-Stinger Flies] circled overhead, emitting an irritating, buzzing sound.

And those [Rock-Armored Centipedes] rhythmically tapped the ground with their front pincers.

"Tap... tap... tap..."

Shen Qingci was already prepared to pay any price and overdraw her Geng Metal Secret Marrow.

Only by forcing a breakthrough would there be a glimmer of hope for survival.

But Su Ming, staring at the dense swarm of insect-type Source Beasts, was not the least bit nervous. Instead, his eyes lit up like a strong man who had been starving for three days seeing a top-tier buffet feast.

"Wahahaha, has my takeout arrived?!"

"After we finish off this group, your points should be enough!"

"It's time for me to eat something good too...!"