84: Why are you vomiting blood? Is it a lot of blood?

Dig?

This isn't planting flowers in a garden.

Is it too late to think about digging a tunnel now?

Shen Bei's eyelids twitched violently, then he growled, "That depends on how long you can last."

You have to understand, once a cave appears, it's not just one Vicious Beast or Stranger crawling out; the numbers are completely uncertain!

But Shen Bei already had a guess in his heart.

Based on the intensity of the earthquake just now, it was at most a Level 1 earthquake.

Given Li Quanyou's strength as a First-Rank Martial Artist, he really has the power to fight.

Of course, the 'power to fight' here refers to Li Quanyou having actual combat experience, not just being an empty shell.

At the very least... he must have killed people, right?

In an instant.

The thing in the darkness seemed to tear through it, slowly revealing its form under the illumination of the mining lamp.

It was an ape-like species with white fur all over its body and fangs protruding outwards.

Its arms hung to the ground, a gaping maw took up almost half of its face, and a hideous fleshy growth sprouted from the top of its head, combined with blood-red eyes larger than brass bells, and a suffocatingly massive physique, it could truly be described as overwhelmingly ferocious!

After everyone saw its appearance clearly, their pupils contracted violently, as if struck by five bolts of lightning!

Although this creature wasn't an Stranger, it was still considered one of the more ferocious types of Vicious Beasts.

If Shen Bei remembered correctly, it was a Vicious Beast called an "Exploding Ape."

According to the data, if converted to human Martial Artists, it was especially close to Shen Bei's state.

A "jack-of-all-trades" with an extremely balanced offense and defense.

At this moment, Li Quanyou's face looked very bad, but he still calmly waved his hand: "You do your work, I will escort you!"

But Shen Bei and the others didn't start working.

All of them focused their gaze on Li Quanyou.

If Li Quanyou could defeat this thing, everyone would feel confident and would surely dig with all their might to create an escape tunnel.

If he failed... then what's the point of digging an escape tunnel? Just dig a pit and bury themselves.

The next moment.

The Exploding Ape let out a fierce roar, looking at the crowd as if they were delicious little cakes.

It pounded its arms on the ground, then beat its chest, and an incredibly fierce and brutal aura erupted from it.

Its fangs were even more exposed, striking fear into the heart.

Its expression was twisted and hideous, its eyes filled with an eerie blood-red color, giving the impression that they contained a Hell filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

"Roar~~~!"

The Exploding Ape lunged forward on all fours!

Li Quanyou's eye twitched, and he steeled himself, stomping his feet, kicking up a cloud of coal dust, and charging towards it.

"Vicious your mother!"

"Taste my Rapid Fire Barrage!"

Li Quanyou's arms suddenly swelled, every pore stretching, not only devouring air, but bulging like inflated tires.

In the blink of an eye, Li Quanyou's arms had expanded more than five times!

His skin became almost transparent, even revealing blood vessels and veins.

The two sides closed in at close range.

Li Quanyou continuously unleashed explosive punches at the Exploding Ape.

Each strike produced a white airflow shockwave and a sizzling sound like a boiling steam pot.

If Li Quanyou's arms were replaced with steam-powered kinetic arms, it would be a steampunk style.

Boom boom boom!!!

In just three seconds, Li Quanyou circled the Exploding Ape, unleashing hundreds of punches!

This scene.

Shen Bei and the others all gasped in shock.

Their faces couldn't help but show immense surprise:

"Holy crap, Boss Li is so fierce!"

"How many years of cultivation does this barrage of little punches represent?"

"Hiss~~~ The speed of these punches, I can't even see the trajectory, only afterimages!"

"Awesome!"

"Beat it! Smash it!"

...

Shen Bei's expression also showed some movement.

I have to say, Li Quanyou's series of punches was truly spectacular!

Especially with the compressed air, those huge arms, delivering hundreds of punches in three seconds.

I ask, which little fairy could withstand that?

Truly, a man of iron and blood!

It should be stable now, right?

At this moment.

Li Quanyou leaped back, stood in front of the Exploding Ape, and stopped, his pores also began to deflate, spewing out bursts of steam, and his arms returned to normal.

But Shen Bei saw that his arms were already blood-red, beginning to seep blood beads.

After a brief second.

The scene everyone had envisioned, of the Exploding Ape exploding into pieces of flesh, did not occur.

Instead, the Exploding Ape scratched its head, then raised its large hand.

One slap...

Sent Li Quanyou flying directly!

It spun him in the air like a Thomas flair, turning several times, then he crashed to the ground with a thud.

Shen Bei: ...

Laborers: ...

Dumbfounded!

Collectively dumbfounded!

Just now, Li Quanyou's offensive looked incredibly fierce, like a hot knife through butter.

His punching speed was so fast that the Exploding Ape didn't even react.

The result was...

A hundred punches later, it just stunned the Exploding Ape, like a dragonfly touching the water, or scratching an itch?

Damn, all show and no go, Shen Bei muttered to himself.

"Wah..."

At this moment, Li Quanyou suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyebrows, hair tips, every part of him was trembling, and his eye sockets seemed about to crack.

But he raised his hand to wipe it, then turned and smiled easily at Shen Bei and the others, saying, "Minor matter."

Then, he spat out a second mouthful... a third mouthful...

Blood all over the ground.

Li Quanyou stubbornly pushed himself up by his knees, wobbled a bit, stood up, and waved his hand, saying, "I'm fine."

Then, his facial muscles, eyebrows, visibly twisted, as if he had experienced the most terrifying torture in the world.

After that, he fainted.

Without a sound, he fell backward. The entire process was simple, direct, empty, and boring, without any twists or turns, he didn't even twitch.

This reminded Shen Bei of his chemistry teacher in junior high.

That day, the old man stood on the podium holding a test tube, adding something while saying, "You just watch me perform this experiment, because it's dangerous; if I pour in too much, it might explode..." After he finished speaking, it exploded.

Different approaches, same result.

With Li Quanyou's collapse.

The laborers on site were immediately enveloped by an aura of despair, their spirits almost collapsing.

Their original fear of the Exploding Ape now became incredibly numb.

They didn't scream or shout; instead, they quietly sat on the ground, found the most comfortable position, and awaited the Grim Reaper's scythe.

In the hearts of the laborers.

Even Boss Li, the only Martial Artist, couldn't handle the Exploding Ape, so the fate of others was easily imagined.

They could only blame themselves for being greedy; encountering the appearance of a cave was their destined calamity.

They accepted it.

They resigned themselves to fate.

For a time, the oppressive atmosphere surged from all directions like a tide.

Just then.

Shen Bei stepped forward, slowly walking towards the ferocious, bloodthirsty, teeth-grinding cave creature, the Exploding Ape.

Each step he took was both surging and powerful, like a Dragon swimming and a tiger running, yet also incredibly light and leisurely.

A hint of amused smile appeared between Shen Bei's eyebrows, and his eyes shone like stars, as if he were leisurely strolling down a street.

However, his fists were clenching tighter and tighter, emitting crisp cracking sounds of bones.

"Shen Bei! Come back!"

At this moment, Li Quanyou woke up, saw Shen Bei walking towards the Exploding Ape, and cried out in horror: "Are you going to your death?! Come back!"

Only then did the other laborers realize that Shen Bei had already walked to within a meter of the Exploding Ape.

Instantly, they were dumbfounded and fell silent, yet couldn't help but exclaim excitedly:

"It's better to play dead than to die!"

"Don't! Don't provoke it!"

"Accept your fate, ordinary people can't fight against the cave!"

...

At this moment, Shen Bei's eyes were sparkling, full of excitement, anticipation, and eagerness: "A military officer once told me that even the civilians who were brutalized by cave creatures dared to pick up bricks and attack Vicious Beasts and Stranger."

"I want to try it too."

As soon as his voice fell.

Shen Bei's right arm was fully drawn back.

He unleashed a fierce punch, and the airflow around him seemed to create a strong gale, violently shaking and exploding, the omnipresent air was fiercely squeezed and pushed away by pure force, emitting a violent sonic boom!

As if the sky was falling and the earth was sinking, as if the sky was tilting.

"Pine Crane Longevity Fist!"

Boom!!!

One punch, just one punch.

The Exploding Ape's chest... exploded.