The ear-piercing metallic clang echoed through the silent night, sending a shiver down the spine of the horned turtle.
It immediately retracted its head into its shell, then used its skill to ram itself backward, but instead struck the blade, causing a crack to appear in its shell!
"Ahhh!"
Just as Yan Zi came to her senses, she heard a piercing, sharp explosion.
She stared suspiciously at the tortoise rolling around in the sand in the distance.
Its health was dropping at a visible rate, not causing much of an impact. After all, it was only losing 10 points at a time, and it would take a long time for its health to completely disappear...
Yan Zi raised the Blood-Weeping Blade in her hand and rushed towards it.
The horned turtle sensed something was wrong and felt a chill in its heart, so it quickly burrowed underground to escape.
It had just burrowed underground, feeling quite pleased with itself, wanting to find a good place to rest, when it discovered...
Its health was dropping at a visible rate, which was even more terrifying than the damage reduction from the poison released by its strongest attack.
It paced back and forth in the ground, its face filled with horror, but then it violently tore open the wound, and the turtle's shell faintly revealed traces of red blood...
"Something's not right. How could that human possibly break through my defenses?"
Before it could even figure it out, what shocked it even more was...
Its shell was faintly visible, as if it were about to detach from its body!
"What's going on?!"
The horned turtle broke out in a cold sweat, then immediately burrowed out of the ground, its entire body crashing heavily to the ground, its eyes fixed on the human still searching for it in the distance.
Yan Zi searched for a long time but couldn't find any trace of the other party. Just as she was about to wander around and look, she discovered that the turtle was actually staying in a deep pit, staring at her with a resentful look.
Yan Zi: "Why do I feel like this guy is radiating murderous intent?"
The prickly gourd stood on her shoulder, its two eyes darting around.
"Master, it seems that your weapon breached that guy's shell, and it's bleeding profusely..."
Yan Zi was somewhat surprised because she saw blue light emanating from the surface, but she did not see any bloodstains.
Thorn Gourd nodded solemnly: "Not only is it bleeding, but the tortoise shell seems to have torn its owner apart!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Zi couldn't help but twitch her lips, looking utterly incredulous.
"Won't the turtle shell and the turtle break apart?"
Yan Zi felt a little uneasy.
Thorn Gourd: "It should, otherwise, why would that turtle look like it's waiting to die?"
Yan Zi: "Then hurry up and give it a skill to heal it up. Don't let it die. It'll be our mode of transportation when we go out."
The prickly gourd nodded blankly, then leaped into the air and landed steadily on its turtle head.
The horned turtle was instantly enraged!
How dare that tiny little reptile attack its head? It's utterly audacious!
Just as it was about to flare up, it felt a cool, comfortable sensation in its head, and even the pain from its body being torn apart seemed to be healed in that instant.
The horned turtle only pondered for two seconds before lying down steadily, letting the cactus above it prick its head with its needles.
After an hour of treatment, the horned turtle's condition improved significantly, and it could even shake its head slightly. It was clear that the thorn gourd's healing skills had greatly improved.
The prickly gourd leaped down from its head and suddenly grew larger. The horned turtle looked at this sudden change in astonishment and couldn't help but have some ulterior motives.
"If I swallow this guy, will the tortoise shell on my back heal instantly? After all, with such a powerful self-healing ability, it should be a great tonic in itself!"
At this moment, Cigua had no idea that the giant tortoise was having such filthy thoughts.
It stood proudly before it, its eyes looking down at the tortoise in front of it.
"Little turtle, since you can speak human language, I'll give you a chance to be my little brother!"
The prickly gourd was full of confidence and spoke with great arrogance, as if being its little brother was something to be proud of!
The horned turtle's mouth, which had been turned up, twitched involuntarily upon hearing this, and it glared at the turtle with a slightly strange look in its eyes for several times.
The prickly melon immediately glared back and casually launched an attack.
The horned turtle didn't care at first, but it froze for a moment, then collapsed limply to the ground, all four limbs landing weakly.
"What...what did you do to me?"
The horned turtle suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable, as if its body no longer belonged to it.
Thorn Gourd: "I told you to be my underling, but you have no sense of responsibility at all. I'll show you what I'm capable of!"
The horned turtle fell silent.
"Are you listening to that human?"
The prickly gourd nodded, its face beaming with pride.
The horned turtle didn't understand.
"You're an elite monster, why are you following an ordinary human? Aren't you afraid they'll die here and you'll be trapped in this godforsaken place too?"
The horned turtle's words left it somewhat confused.
Because the prickly gourd has no idea about this kind of thing.
It was actually just a newborn, and since it woke up, it had been immersed in that lake, nourished by the spiritual spring of heaven and earth. It had never come out into the outside world and would never know these things.
The little prickly gourd's brain stirred, and then a glint of brilliance appeared.
"My master is the great creator. I have now broken away from the ranks of elite monsters and become a proper E-rank monster. In the future, I will be able to continue to upgrade with the resources provided by my master. My future achievements will definitely not be worse than the village chief's big yellow dog."
The horned turtle was full of surprise, seemingly not expecting that an elite monster would trust a human so much. For a moment, it didn't know how to speak. Should it comfort this fellow beast or...?
"Do you want to come with me and my master? I'll let you in on a little secret: my master is very powerful."
Seeing its reluctant expression, the prickly gourd quickly offered it a rosy picture, then added a sentence.
"Look at you, you can't even withstand one strike from my master. You'd be dead if you went out there, wouldn't you? If my master hadn't taken a liking to your talent, she definitely wouldn't have let such a good prospect like you go!"
The horned turtle had originally intended to swallow the highly nutritious creature in front of it whole, but it was frightened by the creature's repeated pronouncements.
Especially when the other party said that, they stopped the treatment, causing the wound on its back to start bleeding again, and the blood loss to start again...
Horned turtle: "If you're going to talk, can you please not stop the treatment?"
Its eyes were resentful, and its tone was unpleasant.
Thorn Gourd snorted coldly: "I've already delivered the message. If you come with us, you'll be fine. Otherwise, I'll turn you into material right now."
The prickly gourd had raised all its weapons and aimed them at its body...
This sudden change left the entire turtle feeling quite uneasy!
"..."
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