“Don’t worry.” Horsen laughed loudly and called to Anthony, “It can be you in a moment.”

However, his words didn’t seem to have any effect because there was the sound of footsteps coming this way. Horsen cursed and held An Zhe up against the wall, forcibly pulling at An Zhe’s shirt.

An Zhe no longer resisted and gripped his dagger, quietly looking at the dark corridor. White mycelium spread on the ground beside him, as if planning something. The next second, all his movements became still. A monster with a human torso and three pairs of slender legs stretching out behind it walked through the corridor with curled, soft wings, two blood-red compound eyes shining on its head.

CHAPTER 4

The skin of this thing was black—the colour of Anthony’s skin. However, his human face had been distorted. The original place where the eyes were was covered with dense brown scales. The nose extended downward into a huge fissure. The mouth protruded outward and a long, curly black tube protruded from the middle. He stopped, the edges of his wings scraping against the wall of the car and making a loud noise.

“Anthony, what are you doing?” Horsen’s voice was full of displeasure. “I don’t like to be looked at.”

Once he finished, he bowed his head again. An Zhe felt the teeth biting his shoulder and neck. The skin was grinded by the teeth and fine pain overflowed. However, An Zhe couldn’t care. He was tense and looking at Anthony who had changed into a monster.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

The wings behind Anthony vibrated slightly and the mouth moved in the air.

“Are you afraid?” On top of him, Horsen felt the stiffness of his body and vaguely scolded, “Why are you pretending?” Then he gripped An Zhe around the waist and bit him severely.

At this moment—

There was the humming of the wings flapping. Anthony’s six slender legs lowered and his body tilted forward, accumulating power. Then he rushed towards them like a slender spider!

Wind was heard in this small space. An Zhe’s pupils shrank and his body instantly changed. It switched to the soft and sensitive state of the mushroom body. Mycelium rolled around the car, almost filling the entire space and temporarily blocking Anthony’s vision.

Immediately afterward, An Zhe felt the body on top of him stiffen. Horsen coughed a few times and then his limbs moved in a panicked manner, “Fuck, this is—”

He looked over and saw Horsen biting countless soft mycelium. They entered his airways and esophagus, causing him to choke and cough with panic and pain. At the same time, countless mycelium were cut by Anthony’s forelimbs. The mycelium were soft and easy to break, with no toughness at him. It could only buy five or six seconds of escape time.