The entire 'cave' began to tremble violently, and Gu Li could only barely keep his body steady by gripping the long sword embedded in the wall with all his might.
The eerie screams coming from all directions made her stagger, and after a sharp pain in her ears, bright red blood began to flow out.
Gu Li gritted his teeth and focused almost all his strength on tearing open the contracting wall. A small crack appeared in front of him, and Gu Li used almost all his strength.
She moved her ankle with difficulty; the ground beneath her feet was cold, damp, and covered in sticky liquid.
She barely lifted her foot when the ground suddenly began to tremble. She looked up at the other side of the narrow passage and heard the sound of rushing water and the sensation of the ground rapidly tilting.
Less than a minute later, Gu Li was hanging from the wall with both hands gripping the sword hilt, as large amounts of salty seawater poured in from above.
She choked on her water unexpectedly, but her eyes lit up.
She was right. Sometime during the night, she was swallowed by something that emerged from the deep sea, and the exit was right above her head!
The seawater also contained some lucky alien species that had been swallowed along with it. Caught off guard, Gu Li's shoulder was suddenly gripped tightly by the thing, and his attempt to climb upwards was halted.
"hiss--"
She grasped the soft, wrinkled head of the lowly creature in one hand, and the blood seeping from the chafed area of her palm suddenly transformed into a sharp spike, piercing towards its head.
She waited a while, and the thing biting her shoulder tightened its grip even more. She subconsciously groaned and choked on her water unexpectedly.
Damn it! The water was flowing in too fast; the blood in my palm hadn't even gathered to the desired amount before it was all washed away by the rushing water!
More shadowy figures, drawn by the scent of blood, instinctively moved closer, causing Gu Li to temporarily loosen his grip on the lower-level creature.
Not yet.
The blood released from killing this low-level creature will definitely attract more things. Her most important task now is to find a way out!
Fortunately, the seemingly endless flow of water gradually diminished, and she held a scarlet dagger in each hand, repeatedly stabbing it into the flesh wall as she slowly rose.
Gu Li paid no attention to the terrifying groans emanating from that thing; she was only concerned with what was happening outside.
In a daze, Gu Li seemed to hear a familiar voice. The deep male voice, possessing magical power, was somewhat distorted, singing an unbelievably awful song that caused the alien species to instantly turn on each other.
She shuddered, swallowed the blood in her mouth, coughed lightly, and made a wheezing sound. Eric... they're all outside. Is this thing going to come ashore?
Suddenly, a spot on my head seemed to have been hit extremely hard, and it caved in abruptly, with countless foul-smelling liquids pouring down on me.
Gu Li kept his eyes wide open. It was a huge tumor that looked like it was parasitizing the tunnel, but after the attack, it let out a familiar shriek.
Facing the sound wave head-on, blood dripped continuously from Gu Li's ears and nose, yet an extremely excited smile appeared on her face. In the constantly vibrating passage, she slowly crawled towards the huge tumor.
Born from the deepest pollution, these creatures of the deep sea cause ordinary people to undergo mutations without even realizing it, and the concentration of pollution within their bodies is frighteningly high.
As blood dripped continuously from Gu Li's body, the hand gripping the sword hilt gradually transformed into sharp, barbed claws, with fine, dense silver scales spreading upwards along his wrist.
Her legs gradually began to curve in reverse.
No, she can only roughly control her body with a human body right now. If she were to transform into a beast, she would lose absolute control over her body.
This is deadly when fighting such a behemoth!
Gu Li sparingly squeezed out a little starlight, barely managing to control the spread of pollution before taking action again. The pitch-black tentacles she held in her hand gradually merged with her blood.
Near the port.
Levi was covered in blood, and countless tentacles had been severed at the root while he was entangled in resisting the invasion of the deep-sea familiar. All the weapons he had painstakingly collected had fallen into the sea.
He didn't even glance at it, his remaining tentacles swirling with dazzling swordplay as they attacked the pale, elongated monster.
The monster had a long, cylindrical body covered with yellow eyes the size of ships, and possessed the ability to stir up storms and constantly create lower-level creatures.
The heavy pollution it carried caused even more bizarre changes to Levi's body when he came into close contact with it.
The octopus head, covered in eyes, visibly swelled up, like a balloon being filled with water until it reached its limit. Countless eyeballs, like decorations adorning the water balloon, drooped down as if rotting.
Most of Levi's tentacles lost their mobility, except for two that seemed to have absorbed the life force of the other tentacles, becoming incredibly thick.
Levi's voice became intermittent. He swayed his head precariously, blocking the way between the deep-sea familiar and the people of the alien city. His once proud and soaring voice was now filled with inhuman hissing.
"You... don't go any further. I want to see... just how powerful this thing really is!"
Eric stood silently in place, his usually well-fitting little dress now tattered, with a strangely colored, viscous liquid dripping down his empty left shoulder.
His right hoof gripped a rapier that was half broken, and his rectangular pupils stared at the deep-sea creature that had suddenly stood up for a moment before his eyes froze.
He tore off the cloth that had long since become a burden on his body and used it to block the people behind him from advancing: "You all wait here, I'll be right back."
Eric tilted his head slightly in a certain direction: "Lord Cen, they still need you."
The invisible, ever-approaching hand paused, then abruptly vanished into thin air.
Eric gripped his sword, bent his knees, and leaped onto Levi's two remaining tentacles. He looked at the deep-sea creature that had taken countless lives and said calmly and elegantly, "It seems we'll be fighting side by side again, Levi."
The giant octopus monster's other tentacle shook violently: "Huh? I told you not to come, so you're willing to die with me? How disgusting!"
The goat-hoofed man's body, now uncovered, was covered in countless horizontal scars that were deeply etched across his skin. With each movement, the scars twitched slightly, and his mouth, which held a cigar, trembled. "I think so too," he said. "Maybe we shouldn't die."
"Miss Gu Li is still struggling desperately!"
The giant octopus's rotting pupils suddenly contracted: "What?! She's still alive!"
Everyone saw that amidst the overwhelming waves, something even larger than the waves themselves leaped violently from beneath the sea surface.
Its enormous maw swallowed the humans in mid-air in an instant, giving them no chance to struggle.
...They didn't even have time to react.
"Haha, if you're lying to me, I'll chop you up and make you into lamb trotter soup!"
"I cannot be mistaken about Miss's star quality."
"...Tsk, let's go then."
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