After much hesitation... Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Percent Sugar finally made her choice. Ultimately, she did not want to break his heart. People who are willing to trust their teammates should not be let down.
Being betrayed by someone you trust is also truly, truly painful. Cheese Milk Cap felt a sudden, inexplicable pang in her heart, but she quickly adjusted. Failing to read people correctly is my problem, but biting the hand that feeds them means they are just inhumane.
She should not let other people's mistakes drain her emotionally. Cutting her losses in time is the wisest thing to do right now.
Threeking was a bit surprised to be rejected. He had assumed Cheese Milk Cap Eight-Percent Sugar would accept his invitation. Clearly, there had been probing, curiosity, and an impulse to cooperate in her eyes...
How long has it been, and she already changed her mind?
The journey to the third level had clearly become much more arduous. It was no longer a normal road; instead, the further they advanced, the deeper the water on the ground became, until it finally transitioned directly into a rocky reef beach.
It was very difficult to walk. Everything below their waists was submerged in water almost the entire time. Although they were all wearing multifunctional protective suits that were perfectly waterproof, their movement speed just could not pick up.
Qi Xu's group was like this, and the other groups had it even worse.
The water grew deeper, and the types of monsters were no longer monotonous. The sea monsters that had appeared in the first level, Riding the Waves, also showed up one by one along their path.
Qi Xu suddenly had a bad feeling.
We might have to fight that three-story-tall sea monster soon. The order in which the sea monsters have appeared along the way is exactly the same as in the first level!
It is fine. We will coordinate and kite it. After laying down some initial damage, I will pull it directly into my domain.
Alright!
Qi Xu's guess was spot on. They could already see the edge of the third level when the ground seemed to split open. The sea monster burst straight out from underground, blocking their path right in front of them...
Because they were prepared, they were not too panicked. They immediately pulled back to create distance and scattered in three different directions.
Qi Xu attempted to dash forward with Crimson Strike, releasing as much pink mist as possible to deal damage.
For a monster of this size with seemingly high defense, attacking normal areas was completely useless. Having been a monster herself, Qi Xu knew exactly where it hurt the most.
So during her attack just now, all the pink mist struck its various joints, like the gaps in its knees, the curve of its neck, its ribs, armpits, and crotch.
The effect was very obvious. While it did not result in blood spurting everywhere, its agonized roars were enough to prove that hitting those spots hurt!
The key was that Qi Xu would hit and run, never getting greedy for extra damage. She slowly chipped away at it, unafraid of wasting time, because she already had a theory in mind, though she was not entirely sure yet.
Dongfang Yuan and Battle Wolf 004 were exceptionally good at imitating, and they immediately followed suit, kiting the monster.
Yuan Bao, do not rush to drag it into your domain. Keep your condition up. I am guessing this thing can only be completely taken down when all four teams arrive and launch a unified attack against it.
Qi Xu had noticed just now that whenever her attacks coordinated with Dongfang Yuan and Battle Wolf 004, and Gyrfalcon and General also simultaneously dealt damage to it from different directions, its roars were the most miserable.
But after all, there were only three people and two battle pets, and its size was too massive to attack from all angles. What this meant was quite obvious.
Moreover, this towering, lumbering sea monster had the ability to rapidly regenerate. Aside from relying on a group attack, there was no other way to defeat it.
Xie Shaoning's team soon arrived. Seeing this scene, they joined the battle very consciously, almost without needing Qi Xu to say a word.
Qi Xu looked at Cheese Milk Cap with some curiosity and chatted with her a bit amidst the fighting.
I thought you would abandon Comrade Little Xie. I did not expect you two to still be in the same group.
How could I? Brother Xie has shown me immense kindness, saved me from deep waters, and given me his trust. I will never leave him nor forsake him in this life, I will never betray him, and I am willing to entrust my life to him.
Cheese Milk Cap suddenly started acting up again, shooting an affectionate glance at Xie Shaoning without even lowering her voice. Xie Shaoning felt entirely unsettled...
I just helped her out because she looked pitiful, how did she actually fall in love with me? Oh no, I knew I was too charming! We are trying to survive here, who has time to chat about all this nonsense with you? I am saving my first love for my future wife!
But he still could not help but straighten his spine as he killed the monster!
Qi Xu curled the corners of her lips slightly. These old friends were really getting more and more interesting. She had not expected that people who initially looked down on each other would slowly develop such an unexpected synergy.
Who could have imagined this at the beginning? But it was nice. Truth be told, each of them had their own unique shining points, including Comrade Little Xie, who was becoming more pleasing to the eye the more she looked at him.
After Ash Kiss Starlight Moon's team got into position, the towering sea monster clearly could not hold on much longer.
Ash Kiss Starlight Moon had high attack power and did not need to get close. She continuously shot arrows from a distance, and the sea monster could not touch her. With so many people in front helping to tank the damage, her sustained and efficient output felt incredibly satisfying.
By the time Threeking's team arrived, the sea monster had almost been whittled to death.
They hurriedly threw out a couple of attacks to increase their presence.
After the sea monster completely died, a damage contribution report popped up.
[Invincible Black Whirlwind Team: 41%, Happyending Team: 27%, Ash Kiss Starlight Moon Team: 30%, Threeking Team: 2%.
The third level is about to open. Entry into the level will proceed in order based on the percentage of damage dealt to the sea monster!]
The entrance to this level looked slightly terrifying.
The rock wall at the entrance looked like a crevice that had been forcefully torn open by immense strength. The edges were jagged, and the wet moss glowed with a dark greenish-black light in the dimness, resembling the decaying scales of some creature.
The moment they entered, the three of them were immediately separated, and their pets were also isolated outside the level.
Qi Xu had no time at all to say anything or leave any instructions for her two teammates before a strange and intense pain washed over her body.
Then... it was as if she had been teleported straight to the bottom of the deep sea. Her body had directly transformed into an incredibly ugly sea monster. It took a long time for Qi Xu's eyes to adjust before she could see again.
She reached out her hand and curled up her little foot to take a look. Good heavens, she had never turned into such an ugly monster before...
She looked much like a plump, wriggling maggot, yet she had seven or eight pairs of crooked short legs. The tips of her legs were coated in dark green slime, which drew out strings half a foot long when scraped against the reef.
Qi Xu tried to wriggle her body. Her round torso immediately split open into several folds, revealing dense, sesame-seed-sized compound eyes inside. When they blinked, they gleamed with an oily purple light, making her scalp tingle just looking at them. She had successfully disgusted herself...
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