Chapter 197 Giant Centipede Demon
"After two hours, Han Li stood on a black boulder about half a person high, gazing at the cave entrance not far away. 'Is this the cave?' he muttered to himself.
"It doesn't look particularly special,' Han Li remarked, observing the surroundings carefully before approaching the cave entrance. Although time was tight, he couldn't afford to be reckless and put himself in danger!
"The secret cave described in the information appeared inconspicuous from the outside, similar to several wild mountain caves Han Li had encountered on the way, with nothing eye-catching about it. He couldn't help but admire how the person who discovered it initially managed to find it!
"After a cup of tea's time, Han Li made sure that there were no demonic beasts or ambushes nearby before cautiously approaching the cave entrance.
"The cave entrance was entirely natural, made of light blue mountain rocks with no traces of artificial drilling. After Han Li entered the cave, he glanced at the cave walls on both sides and concluded that there were no signs of human activity.
"Then, Han Li's figure flashed, and he stealthily disappeared into the cave. However, after just a dozen steps, Han Li stopped again because the area ahead had become pitch black after passing a couple of corners.
"Furrowing his brows, Han Li reached into his storage bag and retrieved a moonstone the size of an egg. As soon as the moonstone appeared, its soft white light illuminated the surroundings clearly, forcing Han Li to shake his head helplessly.
"His original intention was to silently infiltrate the depths of the cave to see if there were any demonic beasts lurking there.
If there were, he planned to quietly deal a fatal blow to save himself the trouble.
But now that the moonstone had appeared, he had become an obvious target, making it impossible to ambush!
"With one hand lightly supporting the white misty moonstone, Han Li hesitated for a moment before using his other hand to cast an earth attribute shield on himself. Only then did he continue forward cautiously, one step at a time.
"The cave was very narrow and long. After walking for half an hour, Han Li still hadn't seen any signs of reaching the end. This made him start to doubt whether he had come to the right place, fearing that he might have stumbled upon the lair of some top-tier demonic beast!
"Fortunately, after walking dozens of yards further and turning a big corner, his worries were finally dispelled. Because from that corner, several faint white lights could be seen, indicating that the target was right in front of him.
"Seeing this, Han Li felt relieved and quickly put away the moonstone in his hand, silently sneaking towards the direction of the light. Since there was already light here, and it was located at a corner, it seemed that his original plan could still be carried out!
"When the cautious Han Li cautiously peeked around the corner, the scene in front of him initially brought him joy, but then he couldn't help but feel bitter.
"In front of him was indeed the end of the cave, a spacious natural stone hall with many sparkling stalactites and several light blue flowers with three or four leaves each growing on a small purple stone wall in the farthest corner.
"These small flowers were the size of an inch, and their petals curled strangely in the same direction, forming a unique shape resembling several funny little monkeys hanging there, truly astonishing!
"'There's no need to ask, these must be "Purple Monkey Flowers,"' Han Li thought with excitement upon seeing the flowers.
"But when his gaze turned to the ground below the purple stone wall, Han Li's expression turned bitter. There, a giant centipede several feet long was lurking. Seeing its shiny black carapace and long antennae, Han Li's heart was filled with fear before he even made a move.
"Although Han Li had never killed a poisonous insect-like demonic beast, he had heard a lot about their notorious reputation.
"According to others, demonic beasts like poisonous insects were much more troublesome than beasts and birds of the same rank, and most of them had some obscure and highly lethal poison techniques.
They could easily inflict fatal poison on people, so unless necessary, it was best to avoid provoking such demonic beasts!
"The giant centipede in front of him was so large that it was at least of medium rank, and it was not impossible that it was of upper rank. With this in mind, how could Han Li not feel a chill down his spine, his teeth chattering for a long time.
"Now is not the time for him to provoke the other party, but this giant centipede demon has become the guardian of these "Purple Monkey Flowers." If he doesn't deal with this giant venomous insect, dreaming of picking the spiritual medicine on the stone wall is pure fantasy!
"Han Li suppressed his breath and slowly retracted his head. Trying to make his movements as slow as possible, he didn't want to wake up the seemingly still sleeping giant centipede.
"He leaned against the stone wall, furrowing his brows slightly, and pondered the best way to deal with this demonic beast.
"Relying solely on the power of several top-grade magic weapons to brute force it wasn't impossible, but just raising the Golden Light Brick magical talisman, he was confident that he could flatten the demonic beast with one blow.
However, after this fight, his spiritual power would probably be greatly depleted, and he wouldn't be able to maintain his best condition.
"There are still dangers ahead! The dangers he faces will definitely increase, and because he needs to hurry, he can't afford to spend half a day sitting down to recover his spiritual power. Therefore, Han Li was not willing to exchange this victory for a large consumption of spiritual power.
"After thinking for a while, Han Li's eyes lit up, and he came up with a good idea.
"Before taking action, he cautiously peeked at the giant centipede. Seeing that it was still motionless in place, he felt relieved. Then Han Li smiled slightly and disappeared into the darkness of the passage.
"After a short while, Han Li returned with a smile on his face.
"This time, he no longer had the shield on his body, and he didn't act sneakily. Instead, he swaggered directly into the hall where the giant centipede was staying.
"With such a commotion, if the giant centipede hadn't noticed yet, it would probably be a 'stupid beast' rather than a demonic beast. So this twelve-foot-long giant worm immediately raised its head alertly at Han Li, waving its two long antennae vigorously and making a strange hissing sound, which was quite frightening.
"Han Li didn't say anything either. With a wave of his hand, several small fireballs flew out extremely quickly, hitting the head of the demonic beast precisely and producing a series of explosions.
"After the flames dissipated, Han Li clearly saw that although the head of the demonic beast hit by the fireball was still shiny black, there was no trace of damage on its shell, which left him speechless.
It seems that what some people said was right; these poisonous insect-like demonic beasts are indeed very troublesome!
"Although the giant centipede was not injured, it was completely enraged by Han Li's provocation!
"It split its sharp fangs apart, and a red poisonous mist sprayed out from its mouth, surging towards Han Li aggressively, as if it intended
to engulf Han Li in poison.
"Naturally, Han Li wouldn't stupidly stand still and let these obviously highly toxic substances touch him.
Without the shield burdening him, he immediately flew backward at a speed slightly faster than the poisonous mist, then turned around and ran wildly in the direction he came from, as if he were fleeing in fear of the poisonous mist.
"The giant centipede naturally refused to let Han Li go easily.
Its countless legs moved rapidly left and right, and its body rushed out of the hall like the wind, with a speed no less than that of Han Li who was running frantically.
This surprised Han Li, who turned his head back and saw the scene, and he hurriedly increased his speed a few more steps, barely managing to put some distance between himself and the centipede, disappearing into the passage.
"The giant centipede let out a low, hissing cry and chased after him without hesitation. This passage had been traversed countless times by the demonic beast, so it was much more familiar with it than Han Li. Therefore, in no time, it caught up and clearly saw Han Li's back.
"The giant centipede rejoiced, and its legs and arms moved even faster, chasing after Han Li fiercely!
"Just then, Han Li suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned around with a smile on his face, looking at the demonic beast as if he had given up the idea of escaping!
"As a result, in the blink of an eye, the giant centipede rushed to a place only three or four zhang away from Han Li.
It was about to joyfully tear the little man in front of it to pieces with its fangs, but suddenly it felt a severe pain in its abdomen.
Its body paused for a moment before it began to roll on the ground in agony, and a large amount of black poisonous blood gushed out from under its body, staining the ground.
"It turned out that at some unknown time, the weakest part of the giant centipede's abdomen had been neatly cut open by extremely sharp blades, causing fatal damage to the demonic beast and leaving it in excruciating pain!
"Meanwhile, Han Li, standing on the side, naturally wouldn't miss the chance to kick a man when he's down. With a wave of his hand, a circular golden light and a blue flying knife flew out, directly cutting off the giant centipede's two long antennae."