Han Sen looked towards the deeper recesses of the cave . A red light was quickly approaching them .
When Han Sen saw it more clearly, he was quickly relieved . It was not a red light, it was, in fact, a redheaded cricket .
The felon was one meter in length, its body was like steel, and its wings had gold markings emblazoned on them . It was skittering towards them on its six legs . The four up front were small, whereas the two in the back were large . The head and the back of the creature possessed two beardlike whips, and the head itself glowed brightly like a shining ruby .
When the gold wings flapped, it made a strange sound that was painful to hear .
The power of its back legs was shocking to behold . It immediately leaped up towards Han Sen, and it looked at him with anger .
"Crap! It's a super creature . Run!" Han Sen grabbed Bao'er and took off running, with a surprising lack of concern for Ling Mei'er .
Ling Mei'er wasn't keen to hang around, either, and she followed after them . But she was slow, and she quickly found herself falling behind Han Sen . The monster would be sure to catch her .
Han Sen heard the sound of something banging around up ahead, and it was then that he realized the cave narrowed to allow only one person to pass through at a time . Snake King was outside, slamming into the stone to widen the way .
But by the time its work was done and it could get to Ling Mei'er, she'd be dead .
Seeing the red cricket behind Ling Mei'er, looking like a hellborn devil with its serrated teeth grimacing in pursuit, Han Sen imagined it'd be capable of tearing through steel with ease .
Han Sen jumped backwards, up and over the struggling Ling Mei'er's head . He gave her a pat on the back which pushed her out of the way of the cricket's incoming attack .
Han Sen saw the redhead cricket's teeth nip and gnash at each other in its sordid mouth, making squelching sounds as it did .
Quickly, Han Sen then jumped over the cricket's head and patted its back, too .
He had given it a slap with Super Spank engaged . But he was only able to make its sequence structure tremble a little, and it felt as if Han Sen was bringing his hand against thick, unbreakable steel .
Han Sen landed ten meters behind the cricket . After the hit, the completely-uninjured cricket turned around to look at the bold human .
"Come this way . Chase me, you stupid bug!" Han Sen flipped the bird at the cricket and took off running, back deeper into the cave .
Tzi Tzi!
The redheaded cricket squealed, leaping after Han Sen .
When Ling Mei'er saw what Han Sen had done and that the cricket was going after him, a mesh of emotions crossed her face . She was touched by his courage .
Unfortunately, despite how fast Han Sen could run, the cricket would eventually catch up to him, too . And so it did, shortly after .
Han Sen was able to summon a Grenade Mushroom to throw at the cricket, but it would have been a pointless move . He only had ordinary variants of the explosive 'shrooms, and they'd likely do nothing to the super creature in hot pursuit .
"Bao'er, give me the Grenade Mushrooms you possess!" Han Sen shouted as he ran .
Bao'er complied and quickly gave all her beast souls to Han Sen . Han Sen was shocked at what he received . There were eleven . Ten of them were sacred-blood grenades, and one of them was a super grenade .
Han Sen hadn't expected this to be how he received his first super beast soul as a demi-god . It almost made him angry . He'd spent half the day receiving only ordinary beast souls, but Bao'er had amassed sacred-blood and super beast souls with ease .
But there was no time to mourn those sour results right now . The redheaded cricket was right behind him, ready to strike Han Sen's backside .
Han Sen lobbed one of the sacred-blood grenades directly into the cricket's hungry maw . It rattled down its windpipe until Han Sen heard a low boom . After that, the cricket was gone from sight, vanished in a heavy white mist .
The shockwave blew Han Sen away, and he was sent hurling into a wall .
"One-time use beast souls are stronger than the average variety, that's for sure . That power was almost equivalent to that exhibited by super creatures . " Han Sen stood up, merrily narrating to himself .
But the smile on his face was quickly lost, as the cricket emerged alive, staggering out of the dust . The mushroom had not damaged it . There was no blood, and its lifeforce showed no sign of being any weaker than it was before .
Han Sen got back to the chase by quickly running away . The cave was a labyrinth of complicated pathways, and Han Sen had to use this to his advantage . If he didn't evade the cricket with care, it'd surely catch up and bring him to a grisly end .
The cricket was determined to hunt Han Sen down, though . Nothing swayed its resolve, despite Han Sen lobbing a sacred-blood Grenade Mushroom every time he found himself in a dangerous spot . It helped to slow the creature down .
After an hour of this running, Han Sen had almost run out of grenades . He was down to his last: the super Grenade Mushroom .
The cave ahead suddenly widened, and Han Sen took off for this expansive cavern .
Han Sen ran through it as quickly as he could, and then took off flying towards the Holy Vines he could see creeping across the stone high above .
The cricket was able to fly, and it came after him just as it had been .
Han Sen reached the ceiling of the cave with the cricket at his heels .
Han Sen was going to be swallowed by the rampaging creature if he didn't move fast, so he swirled through the air in an arc like a swooping bird to avoid it .
Boom!
The redheaded cricket hit the cavern's ceiling, and the vines reached out like snakes, lecherously tangling the insect up .
Han Sen didn't want to stick around, as he was unsure whether or not he was immune to the Holy Vine's aggression like Bao'er was .
Han Sen saw the cricket squeal and struggle the best it could, unable to get itself free .
"That Holy Vine is powerful . Not even super creatures can escape its grip . " Han Sen was shocked .
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