◎Mont Sentry◎

Three simple wooden sentry posts stand alone on three reefs. The waves, more than ten meters high, crash against the reefs.

As the waves receded, Xia Li noticed a brown-black figure flash across the sentry post.

It was an orc, holding a huge iron axe in his hand. The demons had indeed secretly built a stronghold here.

Xia Li crouched down, preparing to approach the shore.

However, as soon as her feet stepped on the ground, a creaking sound was heard under her feet. The sound was sharp and piercing. If it were louder, even the waves would not be able to cover up the sound.

Unlike the fine and soft sand of the Revenge Coast, when she was chasing the witcher, the soles of her shoes did not make any strange sounds when they stepped on the beach.

There is no soft sand on the beach of Monte Outpost at the moment, but only hard and sharp black stones. Every time something steps on them, the stones make a sharp and strange sound.

Xia Li had no choice but to move forward quickly while the waves were hitting the shore.

Fortunately, she was fast enough, and after two consecutive attempts, the orcs on the sentry post didn't notice her at all.

So when another wave hit her, she dived into the sea.

Now she has learned skills such as swimming and snorkeling, but due to limited time and money, her swimming skills have only reached level 2, which can only support her to stay in the water for a maximum of 10 minutes. If she encounters turbulence, the time will be halved.

The current in the Monte Strait is swift and can definitely be considered turbulent.

This means she only has 5 minutes, and once the time is up she must swim from the shore to the nearest sentry post.

The sea water in the north of the Xia continent is a cold current with low temperature all year round. In addition, the turbulent sea water makes her diving much more difficult.

Xia Li held her breath, paddling her arms in the cold water, and kicking her legs backwards to give herself propulsion.

The interface in the upper right corner starts counting down from the moment she enters the water, and with each stroke of her arm, the time jumps by 3 seconds.

The sense of urgency prompted her to increase the frequency of her paddling.

Time passed minute by minute, and the turbulent current mercilessly rolled up layer after layer of waves. The waves kept hitting the reefs, shaking people's heads so much that they were a little scared.

At a certain sentry post, the orc holding an iron axe stopped looking at the sea and turned around, angrily saying to the people around him: "Collins, if you hadn't failed your last mission, Saye wouldn't have sent us to this godforsaken place!"

The man named Collins stood half in the shadows. He did not respond to his companion's words, but just stood there quietly.

The orc seemed accustomed to his behavior. He rolled his eyes at him in dissatisfaction and continued to vent, "This time, too. The curse ritual was about to succeed, but that alchemist showed up again. Collins, what about killing her and bringing her head to Saye? You failed again!"

Collins still didn't speak, but suddenly, he glanced down and saw a figure rushing up!

"Get out of the way!" Collins pushed the orc away, drew his bow, and aimed at the shadow that was running quickly around the sentry post.

whoosh!

The long arrow flew through the air and headed straight for the black shadow, but unexpectedly the shadow was incredibly fast and she dodged it by leaning sideways just as the arrow just brushed her shoulder.

The long arrow pierced directly into the rolling waves.

"Damn it! How dare you sneak attack me!" The orc shouted and chopped at the wandering shadow with his axe.

He swung his axe wildly on the sentry post fence, swinging it out and pulling it back again and again, leaving no room for attack in any of the four directions: east, south, west, north, or north.

Unfortunately, even when he almost cut off the beams of the sentry post, the figure jumping back and forth was not hurt at all.

The orc was furious, his face gnashing his teeth and looking extremely ferocious: "Human, I will definitely cut off your hands and feet!"

This time he was extremely alert, his pair of yellow-brown eyes moved back and forth, and finally caught the afterimage of the fast-running figure!

"Damned human, I've caught you now!" The orc was ecstatic, and rushed forward with a big stride, raising his arms high.

The iron axe is about to sweep over.

Xia Li immediately bent her body, like a nimble kitten, and bent over to pass under the sharp axe blade.

While the other party was still in shock, she went around to the other side of the sentry post, which was also the side of the orc, and jumped up.

Bang! Bang!

Two balls of black mist exploded on the orcs one after another.

Xia Li narrowed her eyes, and after seeing that the poison gas attack only caused a little damage to the orcs, she turned around and jumped into the sea from the sentry post.

"Human! How dare you tease me!"

The orc had thick skin, and the two consecutive attacks from Xia Li just now did not cause any substantial harm to him, but the orc had a bad temper, and he could not stand others flying around his ears like flies but unable to hit them.

He raised the axe and jumped down from the sentry post more than ten meters high!

Collins just watched, remaining calm from beginning to end. Even when he saw his fellow tribesmen foolishly jumping into the sea and dying, he remained calm and composed, as if no one's life or death had anything to do with him.

However, it seemed that out of his natural wariness towards humans, after seeing her silently climbing up the wooden pole from underwater, he had been keeping a safe distance from her on the sentry platform, while continuously shooting arrows at her.

He underestimated the strength of this alchemist, oh no, to be more precise, he underestimated her terrifying growth rate.

It had only been half a month since they last met at the Revenge Coast. He remembered that he had deliberately slowed down his pace that time, and finally waited for her figure when he stepped onto the sailboat.

But this time he did not give in at all. He was even very clear that every arrow in his hand was merciless. As a result, the opponent not only dodged the axes of his fellow tribesmen, but also avoided his long arrows.

Just as the tribe members said, alchemists are the demons' biggest enemy.

Collins moved his pointed ears slightly, and the waves under the sentry post suddenly became very big.

He walked to the railing and leaned his body against the only supporting pillar that had not been cut down by his fellow tribesmen. His dark brown eyes turned downward, and at this downward angle, his gaze fell directly on a huge black reef below.

I see.

His eyes flickered inadvertently.

This is a relatively large offshore reef in the Monte Strait. Because it is large and stable enough to support heavy objects, they built this outpost using this reef as the foundation.

But she didn't expect it to become her temporary resting place.

Collins' eyes flashed again, and an arrow was silently put on his bow. The string was gradually pulled, and the arrow was ready to be shot.

He stared carefully at the half of his body hiding behind the reef, his bow posture motionless. As a layer of waves hit him, the arrow flew like lightning, instantly piercing through the waves and shooting straight towards his target point.

Xia Li felt a calm murderous intent from above her, her eyes narrowed, and a sharp object broke through the air in the white waves!

She quickly leaned against the reef, but the reef was too slippery and the support point under her feet was insufficient. Xia Li felt her body falling down as if she had lost weight!

Fortunately, she stepped on another rock under the water in time.

The stone was connected to the large reef on the sea, but because of its small size and the fast current, the stone was always submerged under the waves. Unless the people on the sentry post went into the water to feel for it themselves, there was no way they could find it.

This was also why she was able to successfully swim to the first sentry post before the swimming countdown ended. With the help of this stone, she had a support point underwater and successfully avoided the surveillance of the orcs on the sentry post.

However, she did not expect that her luck would be so bad. The demon hunter was at the first outpost she chose.

If she hadn't drunk the purple potion on the way to the platform, she would have been hit by his arrow.

To be honest, Cheng Tianxia should also take some responsibility for the danger she encountered today. If she had not been unable to contact him and failed to obtain the four-piece high-sensitivity suit, she would not be in such a miserable state now.

With most of her legs submerged in the freezing seawater, Xia Li leaned against a rock, adjusting her breathing while her brain raced, trying to find a way to destroy the three outposts.

But the other side had a demon hunter, and he was in a high place, while she was in a low place, and the surrounding terrain was very unfavorable to her.

Xia Li opened the backpack and quickly scanned the strange props inside.

Got it!

The cork was pried open and the bottle mouth was placed against the mouth. The strange taste slid from the mouth all the way to the throat and stomach.

[Invisibility Potion: Drink this to gain invisibility for 30 minutes]

One of the items given by Hera, the sea goddess.

Xia Li threw away the palm-sized glass bottle, stuck out her tongue, and gently licked off a drop of liquid hanging from the corner of her mouth.

The effect of the potion quickly became apparent.

The hands and feet became translucent, and at the same time, a 30-minute countdown began.

Xia Li tried to stretch her palm out from behind the reef and shook it gently.

No arrows came from the other side of the waves.

Then she curled up the corners of her mouth and smiled faintly, and two balls of green mist flew out from her palms and went straight to the footrest of the sentry post.

Thanks to the random hacking of the violent orc just now, the wooden sentry post, which was not very sturdy to begin with, was already a little shaky under the random hacking of the axe. Coupled with the corrosion of her green mist, a supporting pillar inserted in the sea water broke with a snap!

The sentry fell into the sea in an instant!

The demon hunter in the black cloak also fell into the sea.

She had already experienced how cold and turbulent the water in the Monte Strait was when she swam over just now. The demons were generally not good at swimming. Even if the demon hunter was of a high level, he could not withstand the fierce sea water.

Xia Li chuckled, withdrew her gaze from the first sentry post, and then turned to the other two sentry posts not far away.

Perhaps because he discovered that the sea water failed to flood the village, the demon hunter ran all the way from Yakao Village to Monte Outpost to inform his fellow tribesmen.

But no one expected that the demon hunter would be followed by her little tail again. This tail was not only fast, but also caused a burning pain when it hit the skin.

With the help of the invisibility effect, Xia Li climbed up the sentry post almost easily this time.

The orcs had thick skin, so she couldn't beat them directly, but with the help of some fighting skills, it was relatively easy to knock the two of them into the sea.

The two orcs on guard were thrown into the sea in an instant without knowing it. They didn't even have time to shout for help before the rolling waves pressed them underwater in an instant.

Xia Li checked the second sentry post and found no important clues, so she waved the green mist to corrode it.

I jumped to the third sentry post and looked again, but still no instructions.

She had no choice but to destroy the third and final sentry post.

Suddenly, when she raised her eyes, she found that the sentry post had a pointed roof structure.

The first two buildings have flat roofs, so why is this one built with a pointed roof?

A cluster of waves hit the platform under my feet, and the roof swayed naturally with the waves.

During this slight shaking, Xia Li noticed that there seemed to be something hanging on the top.

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