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Chapter Twelve

  It happened suddenly, when the adventure team used Beibi to lure out the Moriya leech as usual, and everyone lined up their formation and launched an attack. However, Bao Jia did not expect that a sudden shout of surprise would come from behind everyone.

  The witch girl, originally a logistics personnel, shouldn't be near the battlefield. Because everyone in the team knew she had almost no combat power and little defensive power, minor injuries that others could easily withstand were fatal to her. So during battles, she had to stay in the camp with the duty personnel. This rule was already tacitly understood, but earlier, when Silver Pupil got injured, she swapped places with the armed guard on duty. Taking advantage of the female knight's longer recovery time, Boman also secretly slipped out of the camp.

  At first, Bao Man only dared to sneak a peek in the direction of the battlefield from afar, but unfortunately her eyesight wasn't very good and everything was blurry. Originally she had sneaked out to calm down, but as it turned out, she could hear the sounds, yet couldn't see anyone clearly, which made Bao Man even more flustered.

  The first few times of sneaking were so failed. Later, every time he followed secretly behind, Bao Man would carefully move towards the battlefield. Closer and closer... It was much clearer than before, but it also meant entering the range of the mutated Moray Eel's magic attack.

  For the members of this team, Bohman's actions are absolutely out of bounds. Although it is unknown whether the support staff has discovered her or not, in any case, protecting the people in front is already a handful, and no one has time to take care of Bohman behind them. However, for Moriah Water Scorpion, anyone on the demon side is an enemy, even if they can't spare their hands, as long as those bowl-sized eyes glare in Bohman's direction, several ice pellets and other magic spells come crashing down on her head.

  Fortunately, it was just the beginning of a wave of attacks by Zoro's squad. The mutated leeches, in order to cope with this round of attack, slightly dispersed their attention. As a result, the blood-colored ice bullet that was originally aimed at Boman also lost its accuracy and hit a place two or three meters away from the witch girl. But even so, it was enough to scare Boman into screaming.

  Bao Man's scream brought everyone in the scene to a brief standstill.

  It wasn't because of the surprise, but her scream contained a strange power that made all the members of the Zoro team except for Bao Jia momentarily stunned. Originally, Bao Jia should have had a similar reaction, but due to the experience on that round moon night, Yin Lin seemed to have a bit more resistance to Bo Man's voice, making him the only one who could still maintain his ability to act before the scream stopped.

  It was clear that even the mutated Morigan leech in front of everyone had fallen into a brief daze. Otherwise, Bohman's shout would have been equivalent to putting the entire adventure team in harm's way.

  An opportunity should not be lost, seeing the mutated leech in front of him temporarily lose its ability to move, Bao Jia naturally wanted to take advantage of it and end its life. He saw his right wrist shake, and the bow that was originally used as a single-edged long sword instantly transformed into a metal whip. With a slight rotation of his four fingers, the whip relied on this rotating force to straighten into a straight line, stabbing directly at the mutated leech's eyeball.

  Blood splattered everywhere.

  The mutated leech didn't even have time to let out a miserable cry before being pierced through the eyes by this spear-like protrusion. Purple blood gushed out from the whip-like appendage, dyeing the surrounding water surface and ice blocks a deep blue.

  The tentacles of the mutated Moray eel retracted towards its body instinctively. The effect of Bao Mann's sharp cry had not yet dissipated, so these dozens of tentacles were unable to flail about wildly and could only curl up in accordance with the most basic neural reflexes. This gave Bao Mann another chance to deliver a fatal blow.

  The silver pupils, which were already submerged in the deep pool of water, took another step forward with gritted teeth, and their wrists began to rotate and transform once again. The length of the black whip seemed to increase slightly, following Bao Jia's movements as it continued to pierce through the shattered eyeballs of the mutated leech!

  Then stir.

  At this moment, the witch girl's scream had stopped, and the rest of the Zoro team members also quickly regained consciousness. However, the mutated leech that was severely damaged in the brain obviously didn't have much good luck. Its skull was broken, and its entire brain was completely mashed by Bao Jialong's whip, basically killing it. Although its twenty tentacles were still twisting and moving, they had completely lost any attacking power.

  The combat members of the adventure team jumped ashore one by one to avoid being counterattacked by Moriya's water leeches, watching as the more than 20-meter-long monster rolled violently in the water, occasionally letting out low, dark roars, but the sound eventually grew smaller and smaller. The turbulence on the water's surface also ceased to be intense.

  Apart from Bao Jia, no one else knew what had happened. Man had already quietly slipped back to the camp under Yin's hint. Moreover, even if someone saw Man, who would associate the sudden event with this thin and weak witch girl? How could a person who didn't even master the most basic death spirit technique, Tong Yu Technique, possibly launch an attack like a mind blast?

  The current priority is not to pursue the reason for the victory, but rather to salvage the corpse of the variant Moray Eel and take down the O-bone as proof of completing the task.

  So under the brief calculation of the crowd, a hellish shooter awkwardly launched a long spear tied with a thick rope, accurately inserting it into the half-floating corpse of the monster on the water surface. Then, under the command of the female witch, the hateful warriors and ghouls began to pull the rope, dragging the Moray eel-like creature towards the shore.

  Just then, something strange happened.

  The leech that was about to be pulled ashore suddenly shook its entire body, and then retreated back into the depths of the pond at a speed several times faster than the servants were pulling. Caught off guard, almost all of the hateful and corpse-eating ghosts were knocked to the ground by this sudden massive force, with some even having their arms torn off.

  Then, a giant tentacle more than twice as thick as the dead Morya's water leech stretched out from the pool of water, directly rolling up the nearest Ghoul into two segments, with the corpse and internal organs scattered all over the ground. The rope used for dragging was also snapped off in the process.

  Then, a huge bald head slowly floated up from the bottom of the water. Another mutated Moray Eel! And judging by its proportions, this guy was at least two to three times larger than the one the adventure team had barely managed to take down!

  "Damn it!"

  Almost all members of the Zoro team couldn't help but burst into curses. Because the task requirement was to eliminate all monsters in the water pool, not just the small one.

  Although the person who posted the task may have only seen the small one, due to the wording of the task, since they've already spotted this guy that's just poked its head out, they must eliminate it as well, otherwise the task would be considered incomplete and all previous efforts would be in vain.

  What's more, even if you don't want to take action, the newly appeared mutated Moray eel is obviously related to the dead one. Its two huge eyes are now filled with anger. A spiritual fluctuation full of brutal rage and evil fills the surrounding space.

  This surge of spiritual energy was clearly accompanied by a low-frequency, unique roar, and its main purpose seemed to be to lock down all combat personnel on the scene. At the same time, countless ice crystals shot out from the eyes of the mutated leech towards the members of the adventure team on the shore. The color of these ice crystals was almost deep red, slightly flat, octagonal in shape, and extremely sharp at the edges. If the previous small leech's ice crystal outline was unclear and its shooting method was monotonous, this giant guy in front of them was obviously much stronger.

  Moreover, the countless ice crystals instantly struck by the giant variant leech were not all in a straight line. Some obviously relied on rotation to present a curved line attacking Bao Jia from both sides. What's more, it actually made a strange circle and then rushed back from behind everyone.

  In this round of magic attack, the members of the adventure team did not suffer any losses. Their long-term combat life had cultivated their instincts, allowing them to withstand this round of attacks. However, the abominations and ghouls that were just dragged out of the water were not so lucky this time. They didn't even have time to fully crawl back onto land before they were torn apart by countless ice crystals, submerged in a sea of icy dust.

  It's already very difficult to retreat at this moment.

  The opponent's magic is not only covering, but also has obvious tracking ability. The last strike just now, on the surface, was a demonstration, but in fact, it had already cut off the last chance for the adventure team to leave the shore. At this moment, the giant mutated leech has already floated out of the water with half of its body, and the dozens of meters long tentacles are enough to attack everyone on the shore, without even using magic.

  Several silver pupils who had previously served as meat shields stepped forward to block the way, but their weapons spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as they came into contact with these giant tentacles. This guy's strength was more than ten times stronger than the one just now, and the knights who estimated based on body shape difference were at a disadvantage from the very beginning.

  The cave shooters hastily opened fire, but their attacks were also ineffective. The previous strategy of concentrating on the monster's eyes was now basically useless, as the opponent only needed to hold its tentacles in front of its eyes, and all the long spears could not penetrate the skin of the tentacles. Moreover, this wrist-holding method did not affect the attack of that tentacle at all.

  The witches' situation was also dire, their hatred of the warriors having backfired to some extent. Although it hadn't caused any harm yet, the magical power they had left after the previous battle was now almost depleted. Apart from a few basic support spells, the magical power they could muster posed no threat to this giant leech.

  Under unforeseen circumstances, Zoro's adventure party encountered its greatest threat since its formation.

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