fictionpage Chapter 162 The Crisis Hidden Beneath the Surface
Chapter 162 The Crisis Hidden Beneath the Surface
Chapter 162 The Crisis Hidden Beneath the Surface
Flames erupted, instantly annihilating a large number of venomous octopuses in the sky.
However, it was precisely because of Mo Fan's attack that the venomous octopuses, who were focused on destroying the barrier, turned around and noticed the tiny humans below.
"Hiss~~~"
The black poisonous fog suddenly changed direction, gathering towards the group's location like a manipulated dark cloud.
Large swaths of black mist rapidly gathered above the group, like a dark curtain about to descend.
"Mo Fan, you brat, stop attacking randomly!" Zhao Manyan yelled.
While he was speaking, he immediately unleashed his magic.
"Radiance. Purification!"
Zhao Manyan opened his arms, and a golden light shone from his palms.
In an instant, the area shone with golden light, which then spread rapidly, creating a stark contrast with the pitch-black poisonous fog.
The basic skills of the Light element are not just about being a third wheel.
Its pure light has a certain restraining effect on poison, shadow, and undead types.
While it wasn't entirely effective, it did suppress the toxic fumes.
"Don't break formation!" Nan Jue clearly transmitted his instructions to everyone's ears through his vocalizations.
Although the team members came from various places, they have developed a certain level of understanding after spending more than a month together.
After Nan Jue's reminder, everyone took their places.
They were not too far apart, yet they had enough space to fight.
"The venomous octopus is poisonous and has two attack methods: melee and ranged. The ranged attack involves releasing the poisonous mist that we can see, while the melee attack uses its eight sharp tentacles, which are also poisonous. Be careful, everyone."
Jiang Yu shared the information about the siren with everyone as quickly as possible.
"What about the other one?" Ai Jiangtu asked.
"Plantain jellyfish are non-toxic, can expel water, and are good at hiding and ambushing. Their weakness is fire."
"The weakness is fire?" Upon hearing this, Nan Rongni was immediately taken aback.
As the eldest daughter of a family with a strong maritime tradition, she was naturally familiar with the characteristics of sirens. Generally speaking, sirens' skin is usually immersed in water, so their bodies have a certain degree of fire immunity.
But there is one type of siren that is most difficult to deal with: the one that is afraid of fire.
In this kind of naval battle, flames are the easiest thing to avoid.
If it dives directly downwards, how can the flames possibly penetrate the sea?
The fact that sirens are afraid of fire is itself a very strange thing.
However, this kind of bizarre sea monster is quite rare, and Nan Rongni never expected to encounter it here.
Sure enough, when Mo Fan aimed at the floating jellyfish below the cliff, the sea monsters immediately disappeared into the water as soon as they saw the flames appear.
"Holy crap, is this how you play it?"
"Don't even think about using fire. They'll hide as soon as they see flames. Use other types instead."
"Okay! I understand," Mo Fan said somewhat impatiently.
The next moment, the flames vanished, and lightning struck!
"Sizzle sizzle~~~"
"You like to hide, huh? Try hiding some more. Lightning strike!" Mo Fan roared, and a bolt of lightning shot out sharply.
The speed and power of the fourth-level lightning bolt are far beyond what other elemental types can match.
Almost the instant Mo Fan raised his hand, endless lightning power crashed down, striking the sea monsters who hadn't even had time to react.
In a short time, many sea monster corpses appeared on the sea surface.
"So violent!"
Nan Rongni couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"I'm going to make the next element lightning too!" Zhao Manyan's envy was undisguised every time he saw Mo Fan's output ability.
"Hey Lao Zhao, what's your third system?" Hua Yu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly asked.
"Earth element!"
Zhao Manyan gave Hua Yu a disgruntled look.
You bastard, you really know how to bring up the most sensitive topics!
Hearing this answer, Hua Yu smiled with satisfaction.
Despite the elements of light, water, and soil, Zhao Manyan could not escape the fate of becoming Zhao the Turtle.
Even though he had prepared a high-quality lightning guide stone in advance this time, it did not change the outcome.
After the first round of probing, everyone had a general understanding of the strength of these sea monsters.
They're just a bunch of cannon fodder, not difficult to deal with.
Moreover, with John and the other person responsible for restraining the monarch-level creature, the number of venomous octopuses on the barrier was temporarily unable to increase.
Now that the team's overall strength has improved, they can handle not only these cannon fodder who come to their deaths, but even if two more commander-level sea monsters come, they will be able to deal with them without having to suffer as much as before.
In the ensuing battle, Hua Yu stood in the middle of the group, still showing no intention of making a move.
He handed over command authority within the team to Nan Jue.
At Nan Jue's request, the group split into two sides.
Ai Jiangtu led a group to attack the stinging octopuses that jumped onto the cliff, while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan focused on dealing with the planktonic jellyfish below and keeping an eye out for the sea monsters' sneak attacks.
The only slightly awkward thing is that there are just too many summoning mages in this team now.
Including Hua Yu and Mo Fan, there are a total of four. Among them, Bai Yimo and Jiang Yu are completely focused on summoning. In this kind of cliffside battlefield, those large creatures are really not suitable for being released to fight.
Finally, Jiang Yu sent out the arrogant cat Night Rakshasa, while Bai Yimo sent out the skeleton general wielding a cleaver.
As everyone joined in, the already small number of sirens dwindled further.
Before long, they will be able to complete the task assigned to them by Knight Commander John.
Seeing that there was no danger in the group, Hua Yu's attention was naturally drawn to the battlefield in the distance.
"Um?"
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed and his brows furrowed.
A faint rustling sound from beneath the distant sea reached his ears.
At this distance, if he hadn't been focusing his attention on the battlefield, he probably wouldn't have noticed that beneath John and the Octopus Demon Lord's battlefield, there was actually a monarch-like creature ready to launch a sneak attack at any moment.
He is the leader of the jellyfish corps!
It's here too!
An otherwise ordinary naval battle has unexpectedly resulted in the appearance of two monarch-level creatures!
John and the knight had not anticipated that the sirens' attack was well-prepared.
The Eight-Clawed Demon Lord clearly took the initiative, luring the two strongest humans away, and then, together with another monarch below, killed them.
Hua Yu's lips moved slightly, and she spoke in clear, distinct words, informing John of the information she had discovered.
The sudden sound startled John for a moment, but he quickly realized what was happening and a glint of light flashed in his eyes as he made a gesture to his teammates beside him.
The other knight understood instantly. While protecting John's attack, he kept a watchful eye on him.
Meanwhile, Hua Yu, who was on the circular platform, quietly released a spell at that moment.
A chaotic surface appeared, from which a cloud of black mist emerged.
With the black mist released by the venomous octopuses as cover, the appearance of this black mist did not attract anyone's attention.
Only Nan Jue seemed to hear a strange laugh coming from the sky.
"Hehehe~~~"
(End of this chapter)