The shadow fragment under Lu Li's feet resembled an isolated island on the vast ocean deep.
Sharks circled.
The enemy had emerged, and the human-faced worms spewing from the dense blood vessels resembled a beehive, maintaining an eerie silence, and flooded toward Lu Li like a tide.
If Anna were here, she would have easily harvested these weak creatures.
Standing his ground with Spirit-Calling Guns in both hands, Lu Li was alone and desolate, pushed to the brink of desperation.
"Come closer to me… They dare not come near…"
"Nor do I dare."
The aura of the Mother of the Marsh kept the human-faced worms at bay, and so did Lu Li, whose Sanity Value was extremely close to the tipping point; the next phase might soon arrive, or perhaps it was already here.
But still, Lu Li backed toward the Mother of the Marsh, facing the tide of human-faced worms.
Death was a much greater cost than a drop in Sanity Value.
