Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 864 - 786 Hidden Space

"Damn it, Overturning Water bro, you better not think about taking this Herbal Essence for your own use—the quest didn’t say anything about making the seedlings grow faster!"

Banana hurriedly snatched the Herbal Essence from Su Ran’s hands, stuffed them into his pack, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What’s got you so worked up?"

With a mix of amusement and annoyance, Su Ran said, "I’m just making a guess, and you’re scared stiff. If we really needed it, wouldn’t it just kill you to part with it?"

"Let’s go, let’s go, let’s change the subject, bro. Hurry up and help me farm more Herbal Essence~!"

Banana urged Su Ran to make haste toward the mysterious forest; his heart was already there.

"Let’s get one thing straight first. Any Herbal Essence we get from this should be split half and half. If we end up not needing it for the quest, I’ll give back what I’ve taken."

Su Ran laid down the terms upfront to avoid any further disagreements.

"Why not? It’s a deal, happily agreed!"

Banana consented, couldn’t wait any longer, and dashed toward the forest. In no time, his figure disappeared, obscured by the thick trees.

"This guy, risking his neck for fortune, doesn’t he know you never enter a forest rashly?"

Shaking his head with a smile, Su Ran let Wang Cai lead the way while he and his skeleton troop made their way toward the forest.

Inside the forest, Su Ran and his companion killed quite a few Ten-Year Tree Spirits and many Century Tree Monsters, reaping nearly a hundred Herbal Essences, which made Banana taste the sweetness of success. He was so excited that he rummaged through the forest, hoping to annihilate all the Tree Spirits.

"Banana, we’ve attracted Century Tree Monsters that are level 30. Don’t get too excited, watch out for a major BOSS appearing!"

Watching Banana’s impatient demeanor, Su Ran couldn’t help but sound a warning. He felt that this apparently peaceful forest concealed a lethal threat.

"Overturning Water bro, I think you’re worrying over nothing! I’ve got all the monsters in this forest figured out; they’re just lowly level 20 to 30 creatures, what’s there to worry about?"

Banana continued nonchalantly, "Besides, we’ve got you, bro. Even if a big BOSS appears, we can take it down easily. What we need to do now is take advantage of this precious opportunity to collect more Herbal Essence. Just thinking about it excites me..."

Before Banana could finish, a ’plop’ sound rang out as he fell into a deep pit, splashing mud everywhere.

"What did I just say? Watch your step, but you just wouldn’t listen. Well, look at you now, fallen into a trap, right?"

"Glug glug..."

Looking down, Su Ran saw bubbles surfacing in the mud and knew without guessing that the boy must be suffering down there, having gulped down a mouthful of mud.

No time for hesitation, Su Ran took out his bone scythe and jumped down after him. He had jumped into many a swamp pit before and knew the ropes well. He broke through the mud’s resistance and dove down. What surprised Su Ran was that the depth of this mud pit was far beyond his expectations—after descending nearly ten meters, he still hadn’t spotted Banana.

Something was off!

Su Ran increased his pace of descent, but just at that moment, a terrifying force of suction hit, and before Su Ran could even resist, he was sucked in.

"Plop."

Su Ran fell awkwardly to the bottom of the hole and struggled to his feet, only to discover with shock that there was not a single drop of mud in this spacious area, the air was plentiful, and the silence was chilling to the bone.

Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a hidden special terrain!

Being able to enter this hidden terrain was indeed a stroke of luck; it was an extremely rare opportunity!

However,

Su Ran scanned the area but could not spot Banana’s figure. This tightened his mood with nervousness as the unknown fear kept his nerves taut, dreading that some monster might suddenly appear and launch a stealth attack on him.

While nothing unexpected had happened yet, Su Ran quickly summoned the Dark Bone Lion and the Sand Puppet to guard by his side, only then feeling somewhat safer.

"Banana, oh Banana, where did you go, lad?"

When Su Ran opened the friends interface, he discovered that Banana was still online but unreachable. This meant the kid hadn’t kicked the bucket; he had fallen into a special space just like Su Ran. As for why they didn’t end up in the same place, Su Ran couldn’t explain.

Suddenly,

another massive suction force appeared, and violent fluctuations emerged at the top of the space. Faced with this abnormal situation, Su Ran’s heart leaped to his throat. He held the bone scythe horizontally in front of his chest, his expression tense as he watched above, ready to take on any beasts that might spawn.

"Plunk."

A mud-covered mongrel crashed down, followed by ten skeletons that tumbled to the ground in a chain, nearly falling apart.

"Woof woof, woof woof!"

Seeing Su Ran, Wang Cai barked excitedly, shook off the mud on its body, and then trotted to Su Ran’s feet, its tail wagging nonstop.

Su Ran’s summoning pet army was assembled!

"Since we’re here, let’s go explore."

Without Banana slowing him down, Su Ran rode on Wang Cai’s back and quickly headed towards the interior of this special space. Soon, a long corridor appeared before Su Ran’s eyes.

"Woof woof!"

Wang Cai seemed to sense danger, pausing before the corridor, barking with reluctance to move forward.

"Let’s go."

Su Ran glanced left and right, unable to find a second pathway. Having no choice, he decided to proceed here. He calmed down Wang Cai’s somewhat restless demeanor and commanded it to enter the corridor.

"Click clack click clack."

The ten Bronze skeletons, under Su Ran’s command, moved to the front, clearly being used as cannon fodder. The Sand Puppet and Dark Bone Lion flanked him, one on each side, to ensure there would be enough time to react if something unexpected happened.

As Wang Cai delved deeper, the sense of danger grew stronger, and the oppressive atmosphere caused a slight curve in Su Ran’s neck. Just as he was halfway through, with a thunderous roar, the entrance to the corridor collapsed, and a cloud of dust spread throughout, obscuring his vision and heightening his tension.

After the loud noise, cracks started to appear on the ground, and tree branches began worming their way out of them.

"Phew, finally some monsters spawned!"

For some reason, when Su Ran saw that monsters were starting to spawn around the corridor, he felt much more relaxed. While these monsters were not yet fully transformed, Su Ran hurriedly ordered Wang Cai to dash towards the end of the corridor. If he could break out of the monsters’ encirclement, his chances of victory would greatly increase!

Seemingly sensing their prey’s attempt to escape, the branches accelerated their growth. One after another, Century Tree Monsters materialized, breaking free from the ground and surrounding Su Ran.

A great battle was imminent!