Weekly Exam 2: Deep Sea Exam (Part 2)
There was no light in the deep ocean. Only the faint fluorescence emitted by the mermaid behind him allowed Lin Bai to barely see the scene within one meter around him.
She quietly wandered in the dark depths of the sea, surrounded by a dead silence, as if the entire world were veiled in this silent darkness. At that moment, Lin Bai had a strange illusion, as if she had become a tiny fetus, floating quietly in the amniotic fluid.
However, this overly deep silence did not make her feel at ease. She felt inexplicably uneasy. The fear of the unknown always drives people crazy.
Suddenly, a very faint sound came from afar. Lin Bai's nerves tightened and he became alert instantly.
She held her breath, concentrating, trying to discern the faint sound. It seemed to have a rhythm, coming and going, like the harsh scraping of fingernails across coral.
Her heart tightened and she looked around trying to find the source of the sound.
Suddenly, a shadow emerged beneath the dim fluorescent light. Lin Bai's heart skipped a beat. It was a slender, black, snake-like creature, but unlike ordinary sea snakes, its body was covered in a layer of translucent scales. A faint dim light shone through the scales, making the scales appear unusually strong.
"Abyssal Scale Snake," Lin Bai thought to herself. Chen Chen had once told them about this creature. Abyssal Scale Snakes were deep-sea creatures from Blue Prosperity Star. They were naturally adept at lurking and attacking by surprise, making them extremely difficult to deal with.
What's worse is that although scaly snakes usually act alone, once they are injured, they will release special signals to attract help from their own kind.
Lin Bai slowly backed away, trying to get around it. However, the snake had clearly noticed Lin Bai long ago. A sharp pain struck her, and she was bitten on her calf, causing her unbearable pain.
Seeing the Abyss Scaled Snake swooping down again, she dodged without hesitation. However, the snake's speed far exceeded her expectations, and it quickly turned and rushed towards Lin Bai.
At the critical moment, Lin Bai had an idea.
The mermaid's tail fin swung gently, and it rushed towards the scaly snake like an arrow.
The mermaid stretched out her sharp hands and swung them towards the snake, instantly tearing the snake's scales and leaving a dark blood mark.
The injured scaly snake twisted wildly, and a low hissing sound came from its mouth. Lin Bai's heart trembled. This was a call for other scaly snakes!
We can’t delay, we have to solve it quickly, Lin Bai thought to himself.
She took a deep breath, and with a thought, the mermaid controlled the water flow to converge in her palm, condensing it into a water spear. The mermaid aimed at the exposed wound of the scale snake and accurately stabbed the water spear into the snake's seven inches. The water spear exploded the moment it penetrated, blasting the scale snake into pieces.
The dark blood slowly spread, and Lin Bai had no time to catch her breath. She could hear more and more harsh sounds, like fingernails scratching on a blackboard. It was the scales of a scaly snake rubbing against the coral reefs.
In the darkness in the distance, more scaly snakes came, most likely a group of scaly snakes.
Lin Bai's heart suddenly tightened. With a thought, the mermaid's scales stood up, radiating a full fluorescent glow. Instantly, every detail within a five-meter radius was clearly visible.
However, when Lin Bai looked around clearly, she was stunned. Densely packed scaly snakes gathered around her, and the number... was too many!
It seemed the message released by the phosphorus snake had already attracted its kind from across the entire sea. They surrounded Lin Bai in layers, each one's scales reflecting a cold, eerie hue.
"Oh no..." Lin Bai whispered.
Suddenly a voice sounded in Lin Bai's ears.
"Don't panic." The voice was steady and calm. "Although the phosphorus snakes may live in groups, they have a fatal weakness - if you kill the leader, the others will retreat."
Lin Bai was shocked at first because the voice came from the mermaid behind her, and that the summoner could actually communicate with the summoned god. Then she was shocked again that the scaly snakes actually had a leader.
This shows that scaled snakes are not solitary creatures, but live in groups. Perhaps the place where scaled snakes live is too dark, so people in the past did not realize that scaled snakes live in groups, and the one they often shot was actually the scaled snake responsible for reconnaissance.
After receiving the merman's message, Lin Bai quickly observed the snake formation. Sure enough, in the center of the group, a significantly larger phosphorus snake was coiled. Its scales were darker, even shimmering, and there was a small crown-like protrusion on its head.
"That guy..." Lin Bai whispered, "He must be the Scaled Snake King."
Lin Bai's mind moved, and the mermaid flicked its tail fin gently, instantly disappearing into the sea, moving so fast that it was almost impossible to catch. When the mermaid reappeared, a water blade condensed in its palm, aiming directly at the Scaled Snake King!
The swarm of phosphorus snakes sensed his intention and immediately became restless, opening their fanged mouths in an attempt to stop him. The merman hurled the water spear forward, breaking through the current and precisely piercing a phosphorus snake's eye. The excruciating pain sent it thrashing frantically, pushing aside its kin, creating space for the merman!
The merman's figure was like a streak of light, darting through the seawater. In the blink of an eye, he had already approached the Phosphorus Snake King! The water blade in his hand fiercely stabbed at the Phosphorus Snake King's neck.
But at this moment, the phosphorus snake king's tail swung suddenly, bringing up a huge wave of water, and slammed into the mermaid!
boom!
A violent shock wave spread out, and Lin Bai felt that the entire sea area shook for a moment. Even she was pushed back several meters by the aftermath.
Lin Bai's pupils shrank slightly and his heart sank suddenly. It was obvious that this phosphorus snake king was too powerful.
Lin Bai's heart was beating wildly. In the current situation, with her strength, she could only find a way to escape.
Her eyes moved among the snakes, searching for a weak point. Fortunately, she noticed that although the phosphorus snakes surrounded them in layers, most of them were concentrated around the phosphorus snake king, while the outer defenses were relatively loose.
It is necessary to create chaos and disrupt the formation.
Lin Bai gritted her teeth, raised her hand, and gathered the water in her palm, forming several high-speed spinning water blades. She hurled them fiercely at the phosphorus snakes to the side! The water blades hit their targets accurately, slicing a hideous wound on the tail of a phosphorus snake, and the blood instantly dyed the surrounding sea red.
The swarm of phosphorus snakes suddenly became agitated. The injured ones twisted wildly in pain, accidentally crashing into their fellow snakes. In a short moment, the swarm's formation was in disarray. Several phosphorus snakes even became angry and began to attack each other after accidentally injuring each other.
Now is the time!
Lin Bai swam quickly towards the gap in the chaos.
However, just as Lin Bai was about to break through, the Phosphorus Snake King sensed her intention, suddenly raised its head, and let out a sharp hiss! The surrounding phosphorus snakes instantly regained their senses, adjusted their direction, and pounced madly at her!
"They're catching up!" Lin Bai exclaimed.
Lin Bai's mind moved, and the mermaid waved his hand suddenly. The sea water gathered in his palm, turning into a powerful whirlpool, which slammed into the pursuing group of phosphorus snakes, temporarily blocking their speed.
Seizing this opportunity, the two rushed with all their might to a hidden channel on the seabed. The current was turbulent and extremely difficult to control, but if they could successfully enter it, they could use the ocean current to quickly escape the snakes' hunting range.
Lin Bai took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, and jumped into the undercurrent.
The raging current instantly engulfed them, and the swarm of phosphorus snakes behind them was scattered by the sudden surge, making pursuit difficult. The phosphorus snake king stared coldly at the direction they disappeared, his pupils narrowing slightly, as if he were contemplating something...
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Lin Bai was engulfed by the raging current, surrounded by pitch blackness, and was being carried further and further into the unknown depths of the sea. Lin Bai tried to control her body, but the current was too turbulent, and her sense of balance was almost completely lost, forcing her to act only by instinct.
Lin Bai gritted her teeth and tried to steady herself. The undercurrent was stronger than she had imagined. She tried to swim upstream, but the water pressure became heavier, as if an invisible force was dragging her deeper.
"Something's wrong here..." The voice of the mermaid came to Lin Bai's ears.
Before he finished speaking, a powerful suction force suddenly sucked Lin Bai downwards.
Lin Bai felt her body sink as she was dragged downwards, several times faster than before! Her heart sank, and she looked back to see a huge shadow looming in the darkness below—a slowly opening black chasm.
Lin Bai looked closely and saw that it was a monster covered with tentacles, creating huge whirlpools through its mouthparts.
Lin Bai was shocked. It was an extremely huge creature, and its eyes were ten meters wide.
Lin Bai felt her heart pounding as the intense suction pulled at her body, making it impossible for her to break free. At the center of the vortex, the terrifying black rift slowly widened, revealing a dense network of tentacles, like the hands of an evil spirit reaching out from the abyss of hell, quietly awaiting her arrival.
This is an unknown creature that lives in the deep sea. Its huge body is hidden in the darkness, with only hundreds of thick tentacles emerging. The surface of the tentacles is covered with faint blue spots, which are beautiful but full of poison.
Although Lin Bai's limbs were much stronger, he still found it difficult to exert force in the raging water.
"Don't panic." The mermaid's voice came into her ears.
Lin Bai calmed herself down and tried to control her fear. She asked the mermaid, "Do you have any solution?"
The mermaid said, "If you allow me to merge into your body, then I can fully unleash my abilities, transform into a fish tail, and hopefully swim out."
"Okay." Lin Bai didn't dare to hesitate.
The next second, she felt herself losing control of her body. Her legs formed a three-meter-long fish tail, strong and powerful, and she swam upwards with all her might.
However, the Abyss Tentacle Beast noticed her actions and its tentacles suddenly pounced on her, tearing through the sea water and heading towards her.
boom!
A shield made of water surrounded Lin Bai, and the tentacles slammed into the water shield fiercely. The huge impact force also shocked Lin Bai, and the water shield was almost shattered into ashes.
But the abyss tentacle beast was obviously unwilling to give up its prey. Its tentacles attacked madly. Lin Bai only felt the fish tail under him suddenly exert force and went straight upwards, breaking free from the suction of the abyss tentacle beast.
Lin Bai finally stabilized her body. She looked back and saw the tentacle beast gradually disappearing into the darkness.
"Escaped?" Lin Bai asked in a low voice, with some disbelief in his voice.
The mermaid left Lin Bai's body, and its fish tail turned back into legs.
"Why can you merge into my body?" Lin Bai asked the merman when he saw that it was a little safer.
"All the gods you summon can merge into you, but your body can only withstand my level of fusion, so you didn't notice it."
Lin Bai asked again: "But why did you save me? It seems that this has nothing to do with you, but it puts you in danger."
"You are the first person who can get us out of there. I hope my friends can come out and see." The mermaid looked up at the sea.
Lin Bai didn't understand what was going on and continued to swim upwards into the sea.
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The teachers in the monitoring room were already panicking because Lin Bai had lost contact!
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