120: Chapter 120 Don't crowd! It needs to be pasted!

This was a classic compression trap.

The stone walls on both sides were made of some unknown material; they were incredibly hard, and the surfaces were extremely smooth, even coated with a layer of greasy oil, making it impossible to find any leverage to climb.

The walls weren't moving fast, but the sense of oppression was suffocating.

"Damn it!"

Murong Yan cursed loudly, raised her Flame-Slaying Horse-Chopping Saber, and struck the wall with a full-force slash.

"Flame Slash!"

Boom!

Sparks flew everywhere.

However, only a shallow white mark was left on the stone wall; it didn't even leave a dent.

Instead, Murong Yan's hand was left tingling from the shock.

"What kind of stone is this? Why is it so hard?!"

Murong Yan was shocked.

With a slash like that, she could have split a tank in two!

"Don't waste your energy."

Lin Fan calmly reached out and touched the wall.

"This is Black Gold Rock, specifically used to trap high-level martial artists."

"The harder you hit it, the harder it gets."

"Then what do we do?"

Xia Wanqiu was so anxious she was on the verge of tears.

"Are we going to be pressed into meat patties?"

Watching the walls on both sides drawing closer and closer, the originally two-meter-wide passage was now less than one meter wide.

The three of them had no choice but to press closely together.

Lin Fan stood in the middle.

Xia Wanqiu was on the left, and Murong Yan was on the right.

"Don't be afraid."

Lin Fan opened his arms and hugged one with each hand.

"With me here, even if the sky falls, I'll be the one to hold it up first."

"I am a meat shield, after all."

That was what he said.

But as the space compressed further, the atmosphere began to turn sultry.

Fifty centimeters.

The three of them were almost pressed against each other.

Xia Wanqiu's soft body was pressed tightly against Lin Fan's left arm, and as she breathed, Lin Fan could clearly feel that astonishing elasticity.

That light blue dress couldn't hide the young girl's well-developed curves at all.

A faint milky scent drifted into Lin Fan's nose, making his mind wander.

And on the right.

Murong Yan's figure was even hotter.

That tight leather outfit was already form-fitting, but now, being squeezed like this, it showcased that wild beauty to the fullest.

Her long legs had to interlock with Lin Fan's legs, and the sensation was absolutely killer.

"Hey! Lin Fan!"

"Where are you putting your hands?!"

Murong Yan's face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth and hissed.

Lin Fan looked innocent.

"I didn't move!"

"The wall is moving!"

"What can I do if it squeezes over?"

There really was nothing he could do.

Now the space had compressed to thirty centimeters.

The three of them were like a sandwich cookie, tightly embedded together.

Lin Fan could even feel the rapid heartbeats of the two women.

"Brother Fan... I... I can't breathe..."

Xia Wanqiu's little face was as red as a ripe apple, and her eyes were unfocused.

This position was too shameful.

She was almost hanging entirely on Lin Fan.

"Hang in there a little longer."

Lin Fan took a deep breath, suppressing that wave of restlessness.

Now was not the time to enjoy the blessings of having multiple women.

Although this feeling was actually... quite enjoyable.

Click, click, click...

The walls continued to squeeze.

Huge pressure came from both sides.

If they were ordinary people, their bones would probably be crushed by now.

Even martial artists like Xia Wanqiu and Murong Yan felt intense pain.

"I can't hold on..."

Murong Yan let out a muffled groan, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

Although her physical strength was higher than Xia Wanqiu's, she couldn't withstand this millions-of-tons level of compression.

"Everyone hide in my arms!"

Lin Fan suddenly shouted.

He suddenly hunched his shoulders, shielded the two women in front of his chest, and then used his back and arms to firmly prop up the walls on both sides.

"Open... up!!!"

The muscles in Lin Fan's arms bulged, and veins slithered under his skin like little snakes.

He actually wanted to use his physical strength to resist this massive mechanism!

Screech—!!!

A tooth-aching sound rang out.

The walls, which had been advancing at a constant speed, actually paused for a moment!

[Received immense pressure! Defense + 500!]

[Received environmental oppression! Bone density + 20!]

[Strength explosion! Muscle fiber reinforcement + 10!]

Immense pain washed over him, as if it were about to crush Lin Fan to pieces.

But the light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Awesome!"

"That's the feeling!"

"Harder!"

Lin Fan laughed wildly, relying solely on his monstrous Defense and counter-shock ability to force open a small space between the two walls.

It was just enough to accommodate the two girls in his arms.

Xia Wanqiu looked up, staring at Lin Fan's face, which was inches away.

Although he was smiling, the fine beads of sweat on his forehead and the bulging veins on his neck showed just how terrifying the pressure he was enduring was.

To protect them, he was risking his life to hold it!

At this moment, Xia Wanqiu's heart trembled violently.

This man, who usually looked like a slacker and talked nonsense.

At the critical moment, was truly as reliable as a mountain.

"Brother Fan..."

Xia Wanqiu's eyes turned red, and she desperately cast Healing Spell, showering Lin Fan with green light as if it were free.

Murong Yan also looked at Lin Fan with complex eyes.

She had always thought Lin Fan was just a masochist.

She hadn't expected that when this man got tough, he was actually so handsome.

"What are you looking at?"

"Haven't you seen a handsome guy before?"

Lin Fan lowered his head, meeting Murong Yan's gaze just right, and didn't forget to tease her.

"Although the position is a bit ambiguous now, don't go falling in love with me."

"I'm just a legend."

Murong Yan's face instantly flushed to the roots of her neck.

"Shut up!"

"What time is it, and you're still running your mouth!"

"If you die, I won't let you go even as a ghost!"

Just then.

Lin Fan suddenly felt empty behind him.

That huge pressure vanished instantly.

"Huh?"

As it turned out, the compression mechanism just now wasn't meant to crush people to death, but was a test.

As long as one could hold out past that critical point, the mechanism would automatically open.

Clatter—!

The originally hard stone walls suddenly flipped open.

The three of them tumbled like rolling gourds and fell directly into a spacious hall.

"Ouch!"

"My poor back!"

Lin Fan rolled twice on the ground before stopping.

Fortunately, he was thick-skinned and fleshy; this little tumble was nothing.

He climbed up, patted his butt, and was just about to check if the two girls were hurt.

But he found that the entire hall was deathly silent.

Xia Wanqiu and Murong Yan were staring blankly ahead, their eyes filled with shock.

"What's wrong?"

"Did you see a ghost?"

Lin Fan followed their gaze.

In the center of the hall, a crystal ball emitting a faint blue light was floating.

And beneath the crystal ball sat a skeleton wearing ancient battle armor.

What was even weirder.

The skeleton wasn't holding any weapons in its hands.

Instead, it was holding a book...

Something that looked like a comic book?

On the cover was a muscular hunk being beaten up by a group of monsters, yet he had an extremely enjoyable expression on his face.

The book title clearly read:

"On How to Get Beaten Up Elegantly: The Self-Cultivation of a Masochist"

Lin Fan's eyes instantly widened like copper bells.

"What the f*ck?"

"Did I just meet a colleague?!"