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I looked around in the dark and realized that it was Shen Tuo who had jumped off the bridge when the stone bridge collapsed. As we landed, he coincidentally dropped a rope, and Zi Sang Ming caught hold of it just in time to prevent us from being swallowed by those disgusting ghosts in the water.

"Then don't be in such a hurry, I'll pull you guys up right now!"

Hearing Shen Tuo's voice from above, I felt a lot more at ease. At the very least, the three of us aren't in the same danger, and we still have the chance to be saved.

However, before Shen Ta even started pulling on the rope, I suddenly felt my ankle turn cold, as if something had grabbed onto it!

I hugged Zishan Ming tightly and tilted my head to check. To my surprise, I found a greyish black hand holding my ankle tightly! I couldn't help but kick down hard, wanting to shake off the hand that was holding me, but I didn't expect the thing to be so strong. Instead of shaking it off, I slid down the rope with Zishan Ming and got closer to the river.

The shriveled nails, one by one, seemed to be alive, as they swiftly swam towards us. I then realized that my feet were at most thirty to forty centimeters above the surface of the river, and those arms seemed to be of such length. If they were to swim towards me, they would definitely be able to catch me effortlessly!

At that time, the two of us, no, we should say that Zishan Ming was alone. Zishan Ming only relied on the strength of one hand, so how could he fight against this hand that covered the entire river?

I didn't dare to relax for even a second as I looked at my feet. I lifted my feet as high as I could and soon heard Zishan Ming let out a heavy groan.

"Zi Sang Ming, what happened to you?"

"This King's power has disappeared. It's no different from an ordinary person."

I could hear the reluctance in Zi Sang Ming's tone. However, it was only at this moment that I realized that Zi Sang Ming had not used his power since the moment he got on the Peach Blossom Bridge.

I realized that I couldn't blindly rely on Zishan Ming anymore, so I simply lifted my head up and shouted: "Shen Tuo, what are you doing! Hurry and pull us up! "

Shen Tuo raised his head from the riverbank and replied in embarrassment: "Don't worry, I'm injured. I don't have much strength left."

After Shen Ta finished speaking, I suddenly realized something.

This is just an ordinary moat. Even if we hadn't observed it carefully before we crossed the bridge, the height of the river would normally be only a few meters. The left and right side probably wouldn't be more than two storeys, but what about us now?

When I looked up, Shen Tuo was clearly ten meters away!

How was this a moat? This was almost a small cliff!

"Zi Sang Ming, did you notice that something was wrong from the beginning?" Looking at Zi Sang Ming's expressionless face, I had a vague feeling that he had already seen through all of this.

Sure enough, Zi Sang Ming still didn't speak and only nodded his head heavily.

I watched him frown, and I knew that he had to hold me in place with one hand on the rope and the other on the rope.

I struggled in Zi Sang Ming's embrace a few times: "Zi Sang Ming, help me, I want to climb the rope by myself."

Zi Sang Ming roughly understood my intentions and lightly sighed: "Don't move, I'm not tired."

At that moment, if it weren't for the hands still clutching at my ankles, I would have forgotten that I was in danger.

The hand under my feet exerted force, and I almost broke away from Zi Sang Ming's arm. I was so shocked that I cried out loudly and pulled Zi Sang Ming's clothes even more forcefully.

Hundreds of arms were quickly heading towards me, flopping across the river to pull me down. The water they splashed onto my legs, causing me to feel a wave of ice-cold feeling to increase my fear.

"Put your legs on This King!"

When Zi Sang Ming saw this, he hurriedly taught me how to get rid of it.

However, it was simply impossible! If I wrapped my legs around him, wouldn't I have to bring the hand that was holding my ankle to him? Furthermore, Zishan Ming really did look at me. That strong hand grabbed onto me tightly. I didn't even have the strength to lift that leg!

At that moment, I suddenly felt my feet sink even deeper. Another hand grabbed my foot!

I lowered my head to look and tried to throw it downwards. Coincidentally, this hand grabbed the wrong hand and covered the first hand. The surface of these hands seemed to be smooth.

I felt even more insecure when I was barefoot, afraid that they would grab my feet.

Because I'm a doctor, I naturally know that the nerves on my feet are much more sensitive than those on my legs. Just a small movement is enough to arouse a huge reaction from me.

I struggled to lift up my foot to resist the hand that was holding onto me. At this moment, Zi Sang Ming and I actually moved up a bit!

I couldn't help but look up and was pleasantly surprised to find that Shen Tuo was struggling to pull the rope.

On one side, I thought not to rush Shen Tuo, let alone urge him to make a mistake. On the other side, I had to be careful not to let the withered hand under my feet grab my ankle.

I don't know where Shen Tuo got the strength from, but he actually pulled us up five to six meters by himself while holding onto the weight of me and Zi Sang Ming and even wanted to fight against the hand that was holding onto my ankle!

Seeing that he was only half the distance away from this place, Shen Ta suddenly stopped.

"Shen Tuo, what's wrong? Why don't you do it!"

Zishan Ming hadn't said anything and now he actually opened his mouth. He tried his best to keep his voice low, as if he was afraid that someone would hear him.

"Shh, didn't you notice that something was wrong?"

Listening to Zishan Ming's words, I was confused. "Did you get amnesia? Didn't I feel that something's wrong? This place wasn't this deep before. Ever since we fell down, it's obvious that it's getting deeper. "

I thought that was what Zishan Ming meant, but he interrupted me without even blinking his eyes and said, "I'm not talking about that."

What? Could it be that what I said to Zishan Ming from the beginning wasn't the same thing? But what was wrong with it, apart from the height of the river?

"After Shen Tuo threw down the rope, there was no movement for at least ten minutes. Then, what did he do in these ten minutes? Sit on the ground and rest. Do you want to replenish your strength to help us? "

When I heard Zishan Ming say that, I also became confused. Earlier, I was busy fighting against those low-leveled hands and I didn't have the energy to pay attention to the issue of time. Thus, I didn't know that Shen Tuo would actually hang us here for 10 minutes without making a move!

This doesn't seem to be Shen Tuo's style.

I know, Shen Tuo is injured. However, it's not as though Shen Tuo has never been injured that badly. However, when he faced Zhao Xue that day, the heavily injured Shen Tuo still risked his life to protect me.

Based on this analysis, Shen Tuo felt that something was wrong.

I raised my head and looked up. There was no sign of Shen Tuo. Could it be that Shen Tuo had gone to rest again?

"Shen Tuo, quickly pull us up!"

I looked at Zishan Ming and asked him tentatively.

However, what was strange was that it was as if Shen Tuo didn't hear him. He didn't react at all. He didn't even give a reply.

Could it be that Shen Tuo felt that this place is dangerous and left us behind?

No, Shen Ta is not such a person.

Just as I was doing my best to analyze, Shen Tuo's voice sounded from above, "I'm sorry, I just had a meal, I'll pull all of you up now!"

After saying that, Shen Tuo became like a mighty king, pulling us two to three meters up in one go.

As for me, after hearing Shen Tuo's reply, I naturally understood that the person in front of me is not Shen Tuo.

"You!"

Before I could say anything, Zishan Ming suddenly stepped forward and kissed me on the mouth! At this moment, I think my face must be red and green, at such a critical moment, Zishan Ming unexpectedly still have the leisure to kiss me

Seeing that I was stunned, Zi Sang Ming left my lips and softly said, "Don't talk."

Only then did I understand. It was because Zishan Ming no longer had a hand to stop my mouth, so he had to use his own mouth. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him.

Realizing that the people above had stopped pulling the rope for a long time, I couldn't help but shout: "Shen Tuo, what happened to you!"

There was no movement from above again as I looked worriedly at Zishan Ming. At this moment, the arms under my feet suddenly let out roars, as if they were lions that had not been satisfied. They were about to open their mouths wide and swallow us whole.

I trembled in fear and crawled into Zishan Ming's arms. At this moment, I didn't feel that Zishan Ming's body was cold at all. On the contrary, it was extremely warm compared to the river full of evil energy beneath my feet!

"Aiya, my little pets seem to be hungry."

Shen Ta's voice rang out from above his head. However, it was clear that he was not Shen Ta. Moreover, he did not seem to be pretending to be himself. Instead, he actually started calling those disgusting shrivelled up pets.

"Just who are you!?" What did you do to Shen Tuo!? "

I shouted at him angrily, completely forgetting that we were still in danger.

Shen Tuo, who was standing above me, gently lifted the rope with one hand. He crooked his mouth and revealed an evil smile towards me. "I'm your savior. How can you not recognize me? It's so sad."

With that, he slightly loosened his grip. Zi Sang Ming and I quickly descended for about a second before he quickly withdrew his hand.

I felt the world spinning in front of my eyes. I was like a little mouse that had been locked in a cage, so I could only wait here and be slaughtered by everyone.

Meanwhile, Sang Ming stood at the side, still not saying a word.

"How is it? Is it fun?"

I ignored him and lowered my voice to ask Sang Ming, "What do we do?"

Zishan Ming helplessly tilted his head and said to me, "I'm in a dilemma."

I let out a long sigh, as if venting my anger, and gave up. I don't care. Even if I die, I have to die a little!

He only saw 'Shen Tuo' standing up with one hand holding the rope, still maintaining a smiling expression, "Just now, I saved you. Now, it's time for you to repay me!"

As soon as I said that, I watched him let go and Zi Sang Ming and I fell down.