Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1317: What a Team

Chapter 1317: Chapter 1317: What a Team

"Are you serious?" Lin Xi sounded worried, but Gu Fan assumed a fearless demeanor and replied, "Can’t help it, we have to face it eventually."

"Okay, then be careful." Lin Xi immediately withdrew the Protective Barrier, and then the giant spider eagerly pounced inside.

Gu Fan was dumbfounded, "My dear lady, could you give a heads-up before dropping the Protective Barrier? Oh my heavens..."

The giant spider charged in and with one kick sent Gu Fan flying a great distance, landing in an embarrassingly rough manner.

"I’m sorry, I was so worried about your safety that I forgot about that." Lin Xi flew over, and seeing that Gu Fan wasn’t seriously harmed, she comforted him, "Don’t worry, because of my oversight, I’ll take full responsibility and make sure you’re restored."

"Thanks for being so considerate, but I ask that you please try not to make such mistakes again." Gu Fan really didn’t want to endure another blow like that; he was absolutely dazed by the impact.

Just then, the giant spider charged again, and to make matters worse, a giant mantis joined in, effectively pinching him from both sides.

In the nick of time, Gu Fan pushed Lin Xi away, choosing to face the monsters alone. He exerted all his energy to activate the Vajra Body Protection and then turned to confront the giant mantis.

The giant mantis, naturally not considering the tiny Gu Fan a threat, brought its sharp scythes slashing down furiously into the ground.

Gu Fan, watching the trajectory of the descending scythe, narrowly avoided it at the critical moment. The blade cut a slit through his clothes, but it didn’t reach his skin.

As the giant mantis tried to pull its scythe from the ground, Gu Fan grabbed onto the blade with both arms, pulling it down forcefully, enduring the sharp edge with his Vajra Body Protection without any hesitation.

At that moment, the giant spider was also rushing over and was nearly upon Gu Fan from behind—the situation was extremely unfavorable for him.

With a mighty shout, Gu Fan heaved the giant mantis’s scythe and, forcing a step forward, he flung it with a judo throw, flipping the giant mantis over.

The giant spider, charging at him, got hit squarely by the falling mantis—the two creatures tumbled into each other and were momentarily disoriented.

Taking this chance, Gu Fan quickly fled. Now with both monsters brawling together, they were sure to fight amongst themselves—which was exactly what Gu Fan wanted to see.

As expected, the giant spider and the giant mantis quickly started fighting. The spider attempted to entangle the mantis with its web, but the mantis’s scythes were too sharp, effortlessly slashing through the spider silk with a few swipes.

Seeing its special move fail, the giant spider tried to make a quick escape, only for a scythe to pierce through its body, nailing it to the ground.

Just before, it was the giant spider that had an advantage over armored monsters, and armored monsters had an edge over giant mantises; but now the mantis dominated the spider.

The arena was this brutal—four out of six monsters had fallen, and many people on Gu Fan’s side were dead or injured.

At this moment, Lin Xi, flying in the air and seeing the giant mantis’s sharp scythe so easily reap the giant spider, felt scared too; she certainly didn’t want to be next.

"Whoops, you’re here too; looks like I need to up the difficulty," Xiaolan, the artificial intelligence, suddenly appeared beside Lin Xi, nearly giving her a fright.

Lin Xi quickly steadied her nerves and then forced a few chuckles, "Don’t mind me; I may be able to fly, but that’s the only thing I’m good at. I’m actually pretty useless, so there’s no need for you to go out of your way to make things harder for such a waste of space."

After hearing this, the artificial intelligence Xiaolan squinted her eyes and displayed a look of disdain, "I find you lot are really good at bullshitting without a conscience."

"Ah, what are you saying? I can’t understand. Maybe your language is from a different era than ours," Lin Xi feigned ignorance, but actually felt somewhat panicked inside.

To this, artificial intelligence Xiaolan snorted coldly, "I’m very good at learning. I understand your language as soon as I hear it, it’s not just human speech, I can even understand dog barks."

Immediately, Lin Xi looked at her with admiration, "Really? Then, what does ’woof woof’ mean?"

Artificial intelligence Xiaolan got angry at that, "Fine, play dumb with me. Just wait, I’ll be sure to give you a proper welcome." Having said that, artificial intelligence Xiaolan disappeared from Lin Xi’s view.

"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Lin Xi said nervously, not knowing what tricks this difficult artificial intelligence would come up with next.

Suddenly, an abnormal noise gripped Lin Xi’s nerves, a buzzing sound that sent shivers down her spine.

When Lin Xi turned her head, her face changed color at a glance, and she couldn’t help but exclaim in fright. Swarms of especially large mosquitoes had appeared, a hundred times larger than the common mosquito. They gathered in groups, forming a huge black cloud that covered the sky and hurtled toward them.

"Get lost, don’t come near me!" Lin Xi immediately cast a spell, summoning a powerful tornado to blow the black cloud away.

Gu Fan and the others, seeing the dense swarm of mosquitoes overhead, felt extreme terror.

The large praying mantises and dark squids, sensing danger, had already fled into the tunnel, and if even they didn’t dare linger, what about Gu Fan and the rest?

"Quick, everyone run!" Gu Fan called for everyone to escape into the tunnel.

Lin Xi dove down from the sky, retreating along with everyone else, but she was responsible for covering the rear, repeatedly casting Strong Wind to blow the approaching black cloud away time and again.

However, these mosquitoes were very resilient, regrouping in a short time and persistently charging forward, united as one.

Lin Xi waited until everyone had fled into the tunnel, then set up a Protective Barrier inside, hoping it could at least last for some time.

Thousands upon thousands of mosquitoes, forming an unstoppable flood, slammed into Lin Xi’s Protective Barrier. The force of the impact nearly sent Lin Xi flying.

"Oh my God, what do these mosquitoes around here eat to grow so big?" Lin Xi soon couldn’t hold on. The swarm of mosquitoes pressured the Protective Barrier, pushing Lin Xi back continuously without stopping.

Lin Xi knew magic, but in reality, she was a fragile girl and couldn’t withstand the onslaught.

Just then, Gu Fan rushed over, propping up the Protective Barrier with his hands to stop the backward momentum.

This close proximity, combined with the large size of the mosquitoes, allowed them to clearly see the horrifying creatures and their terrifying proboscises, which were extremely unnerving; nobody wanted to be bitten even once.

However, even Gu Fan, after holding on for a while, began to feel the formidable nature of the swarm. Seeing people and the blood they could feast on made the mosquitoes even more frenzied in their attacks, slamming into the Protective Barrier time and time again.

Gu Fan and Lin Xi kept retreating, their legs nearly giving out from fatigue, and it seemed they wouldn’t be able to hold on much longer. At that moment, Irina returned with her group, and everyone worked together to push against the Protective Barrier, using the strength of a team to fight against the force of another.