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Chapter 159 Protecting the Puppet Bug

Lin Shen and his team didn't find anything on the fifth floor, but they found a large hole leading to the next floor, with a thick iron chain tied to the side.

So the six of them followed the chain to the sixth floor. But when they reached the sixth floor, Anu was stunned: there were dozens of half-eaten puppet worms on the ground.

Anu yelled "Who did this!?"

Lin Shen was also shuddering at the sight and asked, "What on earth is going on? Could it be that the sudden decrease in the number of puppet insects in the Trial Cave has nothing to do with the Nether Serpent Sword?"

Jiang Wan'er said, "My benefactor, although we don't know who did it, it's better to find out as soon as possible.

I haven't encountered many puppet bugs along the way. Don't look back and they'll be extinct."

Lin Shen nodded and said "hmm", and then everyone walked forward along the corpses of the puppet insects. The further they walked, the more corpses of the puppet insects there were.

As they walked, Jiang Wan'er pointed forward and said, "Look, what is that!?"

Everyone looked in the direction Jiang Wan'er pointed and saw a group of seven-foot-tall mantises walking in, and each mantis was carrying several puppet insects.

Lin Shen said, "It seems that these mantises are the reason for the sudden drop in the number of puppet insects."

Anu said, "Let's go up."

Lin Shen waved his hand and said, "Let's just follow behind for now. Maybe there will be a big fish."

Everyone thought it made sense, so they followed the group of mantises quietly without saying anything. However, the group of mantises did not notice Lin Shen and the other six.

But as he walked, Lin Shen felt something was wrong, because he had never seen mantises moving in groups. In addition, mantises would eat their prey directly after catching it, and they would only eat it alive. He had never heard of them keeping prey in stock.

After walking for a while, they saw that the group of mantises had stopped.

Lin Shen observed for a while and found a black scorpion about 15 feet tall, and the scorpion's tail was a cobra head.

The mantis group placed the captured puppet worms in front of the monster scorpion, and the monster scorpion began to eat the puppet worms.

Lin Shen and the others were confused by the monster in front of them. Anu said, "What kind of monster is this? A scorpion tail with a snake head?"

Li Xiaoyao said, "It seems that this monster has subdued the mantises here and made them serve it."

Lin Shen said, "That seems to be the case. So what should we do? I'll take care of the scorpion, and you guys will take care of the mantises."

Lin Yueru said, "Is this okay?"

Lin Shen said, "You forgot, I'm immune to poison. Even if I get bitten by it, it won't matter."

Lin Yueru said, "Then you should be careful."

So Lin Shen and his six companions emerged from the darkness and rushed towards the scorpion and the mantis group. When the scorpion saw Lin Shen and his companions, it swung its tail and the mantis group rushed towards them.

Lin Shen jumped up, used the Moon Step to pass over the group of mantises, and appeared above the strange scorpion.

The snake head on the monster scorpion's tail sprayed venom at Lin Shen, and Lin Shen hurriedly dodged it using the Moon Step technique.

The venom shot onto the top of the cave, corroding a lot of the rocks above.

Lin Shen muttered, "Oh my goodness, this guy's venom is corrosive, it's not easy to deal with."

Lin Shen shot a light bullet at the monster scorpion with his backhand, and the light bullet exploded on the back of the monster scorpion.

The strange scorpion screamed and sprayed countless poisonous needles from its mouth. Lin Shen used the Star Absorbing Technique to absorb those poisonous needles into his palm.

After sucking all the energy in, it injected fire upwards, turning it into fire needles and shot them back at the monster scorpion. The monster scorpion quickly dodged when it saw the fire needles.

A swarm of mantises rushed towards Li Xiaoyao and his four companions. Zhao Linger concentrated her spiritual power and fired several fireballs. With a few explosions, seven or eight mantises were blown to pieces.

Jiang Wan'er also made hand gestures and chanted spells, summoning countless flying swords. Jiang Wan'er pointed at the group of mantises, and those flying swords flew towards the group of mantises.

Li Xiaoyao also unleashed his Ten Thousand Swords Technique. With the combined power of the two, more than a dozen mantises were struck by the swords and fell to the ground.

A mantis rushed to Anu and raised its sickle-shaped front claws to chop at Anu.

Lin Yueru hurriedly pulled out the whip and swung it, and the whip wrapped around Anu's waist.

Lin Yueru pulled Anu to her side and asked, "Anu, are you hurt?"

Anu said, "No, just look at mine."

Lin Yueru retracted the whip, and Anu took out the Sun and Moon Divine Sword and began to cast a spell, summoning countless poisonous insects.

Anu pointed the tip of his knife at the mantis, and the poisonous insects flew towards the group of mantises. When the poisonous insects touched the mantises, they attached themselves to their bodies. In the blink of an eye, four or five mantises were eaten up by the poisonous insects.

Lin Yueru also drew her sword, swung it and released several streams of sword energy, splitting the four mantises in half.

The mantis continued to rush towards Li Xiaoyao and the other four, and the five continued to attack the mantis that rushed towards them.

After Lin Shen used up the fire needles in his hand, the snake head on the monster scorpion's tail stretched towards Lin Shen.

Lin Shen fell down hurriedly, and after landing steadily, he casually swung his hand and shot out two sword energies, splitting the two mantises in front of him into two halves.

The snake's head stretched out towards Lin Shen. Lin Shen quickly dodged backwards, and the snake's head missed his bite and hit the ground heavily, making a big hole in the ground.

After a while, the snake's head stood up and bit Lin Shen again.

While Lin Shen dodged the bite of the snake head, he condensed a wind blade in his hand.

After dodging five times in a row, Lin Shen seized the opportunity and sent the wind blade towards the scorpion's tail.

With a "click", the scorpion's tail was split into two and the snake's head fell to the ground.

Just as Lin Shen put his left hand into the shape of a pistol, forming a small light bullet at the tip of his index finger, ready to kill the monster scorpion, the monster scorpion's eyes suddenly turned red.

The scorpion-tailed snake head moved and bit Lin Shen.

Lin Shen was caught off guard and was bitten by the snake's tail on his left shoulder.

Although Lin Shen was immune to poison, the severe pain from the bite still made him scream involuntarily.

Zhao Linger heard Lin Shen's cry and shouted, "Brother Anos~!"

Lin Shen covered his bitten shoulder and said, "Ling'er, don't worry, I'm fine. Focus on fighting the enemy!"

Lin Yueru said, "Ling'er, don't be distracted!"

Lin Shen looked at the snake head and scorpion tail and became furious. He immediately set fire to the scorpion tail and burned it to ashes.

Lin Shen raised his right arm and swung several sword energies at the strange scorpion, cutting off all eight legs and two pincers of the scorpion.

Lin Shen's left shoulder was injured and his left arm was hanging down. He raised his right arm and then chopped it down suddenly, swinging out a sword energy, splitting the strange scorpion vertically into two pieces.

At this time, the mantis group was also wiped out by Li Xiaoyao and his four companions, without a single one escaping.

Lin Shen walked over, clutching his left shoulder. Blood dripped down his arm. Lin Shen asked, "Are you five okay?"

Zhao Linger immediately ran over, supported Lin Shen and said, "We are fine, but you are injured."

Lin Shen said, "It's a small matter. I didn't expect that the broken scorpion tail could still attack. I was bitten by surprise."

Zhao Linger said, "Where are you hurt? Let Linger take a look."

Lin Shen showed his wound, and saw that there were four holes on his left shoulder bitten by the snake's tail. Zhao Linger immediately asked Lin Shen to squat down and cast a spell to heal Lin Shen.

Li Xiaoyao and the others also came over, and Jiang Wan'er asked, "My benefactor, are you okay?"

Lin Shen said, "It's okay, I'm immune to poison, so it's just a minor skin injury.

Anyway, when you travel around the world, you will inevitably get hurt.

Fortunately, the reason for the sudden drop in the number of puppet insects has been figured out. It probably has nothing to do with the Hell Serpent Sword. It must be that scorpion's fault."

At this time, Anu came over holding a few puppet worms that had not been eaten. Anu said, "Brother Anos, thank you for helping us save these puppet worms."

Lin Shen said, "Although because of the original storyline, I don't really like this kind of bug.

But it is very useful to you, and I don’t want to completely cut it off.”

After a while, Zhao Linger healed the injury on Lin Shen's shoulder. Lin Shen gently raised his arm to make sure it was fine.

Lin Shen looked at Zhao Linger and said, "Linger, thank you."

Zhao Linger shook her head and said, "You're welcome, Brother Anos. Why don't we take a break before heading to the next floor?"

Lin Shen said, "If you're not tired, go ahead. I'm fine."

Lin Yueru said, "Okay, let's continue to the next floor." So the group continued to look for the way to the next floor.

(Chapter 159 End)