Cheese Milk Cap Eighty Percent Sugar took a deep breath, desperately trying to maintain balance. Standing forcefully on tiptoes and tilting his head high to prevent the seawater from submerging his mouth, he couldn't help but smile in self-mockery.
To think that the ones who came to help during such a wretched moment were the people he had looked down on the most. Meanwhile, his own teammates were nervously practicing their coordination over there, with absolutely no sight of him in their eyes.
Very well. Growing up happens in an instant. The confusion and uncertainty in Cheese Milk Cap Eighty Percent Sugar's eyes seemed to instantly dissipate completely.
It was just a bit of a pity that the wager was going to be lost, and another 200 points would be deducted.
It was quite funny. In the last Treasure Map Realm, he refused to learn to trust others and had so many points deducted. This time, he learned to trust people, yet points were still going to be deducted...
[The competition is about to begin. All players, please quickly proceed to the designated locations.]
The Weight Bearers of the four groups were hoisted up at the same time. Their bracelets could be tightly fastened together, their bodies suspended and swaying in the air.
This highly insecure posture indeed made the four of them slightly uncomfortable, but their states of mind varied.
Wolf Warrior 004 was undoubtedly the most relaxed among them, even somewhat impatient to enjoy Qi Xu and Dongfang Yuan's performance.
The Navigators stood uniformly at the edge of the beach, with about a 5-square-meter area where they could move freely back, forth, left, and right.
The Wave Treaders, on the other hand, had their five senses sealed. Apart from their own Navigator's voice, they could perceive nothing else.
Sea monsters appeared from almost all four directions simultaneously, charging toward each group's Wave Treader at a moderate speed.
Just as discussed, Qi Xu called out the direction first, then the speed: Right front, 2 seconds, attack!
Because Dongfang Yuan didn't know the monster's strength, she went all out. Her attack landed squarely on the sea monster's abdomen, causing it to spew a mouthful of ginger-yellow blood.
Qi Xu had anticipated this and said: Continue attacking, swing your arm upward, kill!
Dongfang Yuan understood immediately. Before Qi Xu's voice could even fade, she dashed forward. With two strikes as fast as afterimages, she accurately slashed the sea monster's head.
[Sea monsters killed: 1. One point awarded.]
Qi Xu didn't say a single unnecessary word, lest it be judged as an exclamation and result in a point deduction. Dongfang Yuan was also adapting to her current physical state.
Wolf Warrior 004 had braced himself to endure pain, but to his surprise, apart from a slight soreness in his arms, he felt absolutely nothing.
Dongfang Yuan hadn't let the monster land a single attack on herself!
However, looking at the miserable state of the girl suspended next to him, who was coughing up blood frantically, Wolf Warrior 004 once again sighed that Old Ninth was the best, having found such a reliable and powerful boss for his brothers and sisters so early on!
The second sea monster charged over after an interval of about a minute. Its size and attack pattern were largely the same as the previous one. Qi Xu quickly relayed the target's weak points, and the two took it down smoothly with their tacit coordination.
Meanwhile, among the other three groups, only Xie Shaoning's team had successfully taken down their first sea monster. However, after taking two heavy blows to the chest, the burly Weight Bearer suspended in the air spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Fear was infinitely magnified... And this was only the first sea monster!
As for the Ember Kiss Star Moon group and the Cheese Milk Cap Eighty Percent Sugar group, because they failed to defeat the sea monster within one minute, the ropes holding their Weight Bearers dropped by one meter.
Qi Xu didn't bother observing the other three groups' situations at all, focusing entirely on the battle.
The further they went, the stronger the sea monsters became and the faster they attacked. But Dongfang Yuan and Qi Xu were the type to grow stronger when facing strong opponents.
Dongfang Yuan had found her rhythm. Whether attacking or defending, she could always react instantly.
As for Qi Xu... her predictions of the sea monsters' attacks were so exaggerated that it seemed as if the sea monster itself was in perfect sync with her. It basically did whatever Qi Xu said.
Wolf Warrior 004 was originally suspended there to take a beating, but now his high vantage point had turned into a premium spectator seat.
Every now and then, he would shout: Beautiful, Woohoo, Awesome, Boss Whirlwind is invincible, Sister Yuan is too cool...
The tough guy of steel had directly transformed into an adorable, cheering fanboy.
This made the other three suspended people incredibly envious. This was the importance of following the right boss.
When the final monster made its debut, even with her five senses sealed, Dongfang Yuan felt a creeping chill in her heart.
Qi Xu immediately told Dongfang Yuan to abandon the attack: Run, don't fight!
When this sea monster fully emerged from the sea, it was nearly three stories high. Even if Dongfang Yuan jumped, she wouldn't even reach its knees, especially with her senses so restricted.
There was no need to take this risk. If Wolf Warrior 004 took a hit and died instantly, they would be doomed.
All protective items were invalid within the level. The life-and-death agreement stated clearly that dying here meant truly dying.
There wasn't even a chance to exit and forfeit the level.
So as long as they ran away and stalled for time to see if the other three groups could reach the 10th wave, that would be enough. If someone actually made it, they would think of another way. If no group had the strength, they would just drag it out and forfeit later.
Dongfang Yuan turned and sprinted without any hesitation, trusting Qi Xu's judgment entirely.
Fortunately, although this behemoth looked highly offensive and massive, its movement speed was relatively slow. Qi Xu directed Dongfang Yuan to run behind it, constantly maintaining a safe distance and angle to buy time.
Taking this opportunity, she also observed the situations of the other three groups.
She first looked at Cheese Milk Cap Eighty Percent Sugar. The kid was coughing up blood quite miserably.
The two people cooperating with him clearly didn't have great tempers, especially their Navigator.
He had just been deducted 2 points for saying, Holy shit, do you have a pig's brain? because the interjection exceeded the allowed limit. After struggling for so long, they were still at a big fat zero.
Things on Xie Shaoning's side were also a bit precarious, similarly due to their Navigator's issue.
Unable to predict accurately, the instructions were given too slowly and lacked precision. It was fine for Xie Shaoning, as getting hit only made him slightly lose his balance. But the face of their burly Weight Bearer had already turned blue.
His mouth opened and closed several times; he was probably on the verge of wanting to give up.
The Ember Kiss Star Moon group looked the most competitive. They had already obtained six points and hadn't faced any deductions.
Right at that moment, Cheese Milk Cap Eighty Percent Sugar directly chose to exit the level. The three of them were instantly teleported off the beach.
The Navigator and Wave Treader of their team were somewhat surprised by Cheese Milk Cap's choice. After a brief moment of being stunned, they immediately complained, Are you crazy? Quitting now means our team will be dead last!
After saying that, they vaguely felt they had gone a bit too far. After an awkward two-second silence, they stepped forward to ask, Um... are you okay?
We didn't mean it like that. It's just that it's only the first level, and giving up so easily means we definitely won't get the final treasure.
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