28: A calculated move! Break through the encirclement!

When Li Qing and Lin Xiaorou finished speaking and turned around, the surrounding trees were pitch black, packed tightly together, impenetrable.

The expressions of the group changed.

"What is going on! How did the surrounding environment become like this?"

A team member felt an inexplicable sense of tension, constantly looking around, wanting to see if there was a way out.

"No need to look, this is falling into a trap set by the calamity!"

Li Qing coldly said a sentence.

"It seems I have underestimated the intelligence of these fellows!"

Lin Xiaorou frowned slightly; the home field was not theirs right now, so they must keep a cool head!

"Gather first, maintain formation."

Everyone gathered together, back-to-back, so each person could observe the surroundings and respond to attacks that might come from any angle.

Suddenly!

A wave of foul stench became intense, accompanied by rustling sounds.

Everyone's nerves tightened instantly.

They discovered black shadows appearing on one tree trunk after another.

Within their line of sight, there were actually over a dozen monsters that looked exactly the same.

And they were all Full Eyes with bodies covered in eyes!

Among them, one Full Eyes that looked extremely short appeared different.

Although its body was covered in eyes, its body was several times smaller than the other Full Eyes, only the size of a child. Its body was deep red, and its sharp teeth ground together, making a teeth-grinding sound.

Its eyes were bloodshot, as if they could hook a soul.

However, it just stood quietly on the tree trunk, constantly looking around at the group, its blood-colored gaze fixed, as if it had never seen Awakened Ones before.

Li Qing faced the short Full Eyes, his expression grave.

"This time we are really out of luck; we chased one Full Eyes and a whole nest appeared!"

"What do we do! Captain, these calamities are more numerous than our heads; even if they dismembered us, it wouldn't be enough for them to eat!"

"This terror would require at least three squads! Damn it! The information is wrong!"

"This time we are really going to die... Can you chew gently? My meat is too dense, it needs to be chewed a few more times..."

"Can you say something nice? It's this time, and you're still joking."

Lin Xiaorou gritted her teeth, carefully sizing up all the many Full Eyes in front of her, constantly thinking of a strategy in her heart.

Just as the situation was extremely tense, a Full Eyes slowly walked out from the tree trunk, its mouth holding a man's body.

"Li Qiang?"

"Huh?"

Everyone immediately looked at the unconscious figure at their feet; that figure was also wailing.

"What is going on?"

The group was momentarily confused; why were there two Li Qiangs?

Lin Xiaorou maintained high vigilance and kicked the unconscious Li Qiang on the side.

But before her foot touched Li Qiang's body, the body instantly vanished.

"Help, I don't want to die yet!"

Immediately after, the Li Qiang in the Full Eyes' mouth suddenly made a painful sound.

His body had been torn by sharp teeth until he was unrecognizable, his clothes were tattered, and his muscles had scars of various sizes, with bright red blood constantly flowing out.

"I don't want to die... I don't want to die yet... Save me... Save me..."

His voice grew weaker and weaker, and his eyes began to lose focus.

But every time he was about to faint, that Full Eyes would tightly close its mouth, causing him to wake up in pain again and continue to scream.

And this group of Full Eyes, hearing the screams, all let out excited roars!

"These beastly calamities! It didn't kill Li Qiang, it's just enjoying the screams! Were those children also tortured to death like this!"

Lin Xiaorou became angry again, she coldly stared at that Full Eyes!

Fury was about to erupt from her gaze.

"Hee hee hee hee hee!"

That Full Eyes kept making a sound like nails scratching a chalkboard, making one's teeth ache.

Seeming to have grown tired of playing, it threw its head upward, and Li Qiang's body was tossed into the air, while that Full Eyes immediately opened a large mouth, waiting for Li Qiang to fall into it.

"Now!" Lin Xiaorou suddenly shouted!

A burst of scorching flames spread across the scene, the light flared up, and all the Full Eyes closed their eyes, stimulated by the intense fiery light.

Everyone, without any hesitation, tacitly rushed toward one direction.

Lin Xiaorou leaped up, hooked Li Qiang with one hand amidst the flames, and flipped her body.

The moment her feet landed near the Full Eyes' mouth.

She stepped out, stomping heavily on the dozen eyes of that Full Eyes.

Using the momentum from the step, Lin Xiaorou quickly rushed toward the depths of the forest.

The members of the Monster Squad followed closely behind; a few of them attacked together, instantly smashing that Full Eyes, which was wailing in pain, into pieces.

They immediately rushed in Lin Xiaorou's direction.

From behind came the angry roars of those Full Eyes.

But those terrifying roars gradually faded as the group escaped.

"Keep running! Don't stop!"

Li Qing shouted loudly.

Outside the forest.

"Finally out!"

The group gasped for air, but the atmosphere became a bit more relaxed.

Li Qing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It seems they didn't follow us. It can be guessed that those Full Eyes dislike the scorching sunlight, so they won't leave this forest that blocks the sunlight."

Lin Xiaorou also breathed a sigh of relief, "Although it's unclear why they didn't follow, the current situation isn't very good."

"Let's call the president and ask if the reinforcements have arrived."

"That's right!"

A team member also relaxed a bit and answered slowly:

"I have already reported to headquarters again and am waiting for the president's reply."

"By the way! Lin Xiaorou, check the person you saved, is he dead?" Li Qing suddenly thought of Li Qiang and said.

Lin Xiaorou also hurriedly turned Li Qiang's body over.

But in an instant, Lin Xiaorou stood there, stunned.

The group looked at Li Qiang in confusion, and instantly their eyes became terrified.

On Li Qiang's face, there was not a terrified expression covered in blood, nor was he unconscious from shock.

It was a very eerie smile.

His face was dull, the corners of his mouth were about to stretch to his earlobes, and his eyes were wide open, as if trying to pop them out.

Lin Xiaorou recovered from her shock, gave a start, and hurriedly backed away a few steps.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? What are you doing?"

"..."

"Speak! Did you faint?"

Li Qing, standing to the side, felt something was wrong and wanted to step forward to check.

Suddenly, Li Qiang violently turned his dull head, his neck and head forming a ninety-degree angle, staring fixedly at Lin Xiaorou in the distance.

"Hee hee hee hee..."

A foul, fishy stench spread across the scene.

Li Qiang's appearance changed instantly!

His body grew one eye after another, the pitch-black eyes slightly curved, and the split corners of his mouth were constantly widening.

That appearance was more like... a Full Eyes!!!

"Ah!"

The Monster Squad immediately became alert.

"What is going on!"

"How did Li Qiang turn into a Full Eyes?"

"Didn't they say Full Eyes are afraid of sunlight? Why can it move?"

The team members seemed to have seen something unforgettable.

"The captain guessed wrong!"

Li Qing stared fixedly at the eerie Li Qiang, while Lin Xiaorou's face turned livid, her brows tightly knitted, and a throbbing vein appeared on her forehead.

The moment she saw Li Qiang turn into a Full Eyes, she understood that he was already dead!

They... were played!!!

Suddenly, the Full Eyes that had turned into Li Qiang stood up in an eerie posture, its mouth constantly emitting hee-hee-hee laughter!

"It's just him! Take him out first!"

Li Qing attacked first; a long sword filled with Spiritual Qi suddenly appeared in his hand.

The sword tip pointed directly at the body of the Full Eyes that Li Qiang had turned into.

But Li Qiang had no intention of dodging, his two arms waving constantly, continuing to laugh loudly and wildly.

As Li Qing's figure got closer and closer, only then did that Full Eyes want to run away.

But it was too late.

Li Qing swung his long sword, and the sound of flesh being cut rang out.

Li Qiang was split into two halves, blood sprayed all over Li Qing's face, and the smell of blood spread.

"Dead?"

Li Qing raised an eyebrow, looked at his sword, and then looked at the Li Qiang split into two, obviously somewhat surprised.

Lin Xiaorou also arrived beside the corpse of that Full Eyes at this time.

"A d-class calamity Full Eyes, is it this weak? Killed with one slash?"

The squad members also said in surprise:

"Captain, is your strength already this strong?"

"Yeah, Captain, did you hide from us and secretly Cultivate!"

"Captain, when did you become so powerful? Are you hiding your skills?"

They all became a bit excited, clearly not having expected their captain to be suddenly so formidable!

Li Qing shook his head, "I haven't become stronger, it seems this Full Eyes is too weak!"

The doubt in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

"Why do I feel strange?"

"I have this feeling too."

Lin Xiaorou sniffed, "There is no fishy stench on this Full Eyes, just the normal smell of blood."

While the few were still confused.

"Hee hee hee hee..."

A more intense giggling sound rang out again.

The scene before them suddenly became blurred.

When it became clear again, they were still inside that pitch-black forest.

Every Full Eyes on the trees had its eyes curved, mouths on half their bodies opening and closing constantly, emitting eerie, loud laughter.

And the Li Qiang who had turned into a Full Eyes, who had died before their eyes, his corpse now split in two, was lying quietly in front of them.

A pool of blood.