It is a large circular plaza measuring thousands of square meters and is located inside a hollowed-out mountain with the Kuroshio Tide surging.

At this time, a great battle is being staged in the square, and the two sides of the battle are strange creatures with strange shapes.

On one side are half-human, half-dog ghouls, densely packed.

On the other side are strange creatures with fish-headed frog bodies, each of which is the size of a normal human, with blue-black skin that looks slippery, webbed forelimbs that clutch crude spear weapons, and strange 'suck-and-suck' cries from their mouths.

Although the ghouls are more numerically superior, the latter's single combat power is stronger, and they can basically fight one against two, so the battle situation is balanced, from time to time there are ghouls screaming and being poked into strings of incense by the mer-headed monster, and from time to time, the mer-headed monster is overthrown to the ground by several ghouls and torn into Bucky the Clown.

Ghoul troops emerged from the caves in the rock wall and joined the battlefield, while more fish-headed frog-body monsters also landed on the coast outside the mountain, and charged into the interior of the mountain in a swaying running posture.

"Unbelievable, there are still such monsters in this world?!"

Joey's mouth was slightly open, beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead, and he had the horrified expression on his face that can only be found when his worldview is shattered and then repeatedly crushed by an excavator.

"Why are they fighting?"

The three members of the expedition were now hiding behind a rock, carefully sticking their heads out to observe the scorching battle in the square.

Bai Ye first threw a 'identification' at the nearest fish-headed frog-body monster.

After successfully identifying it, he was able to obtain some information about the new monster called the Deep Diver:

Name: Deep Diver.

Health: 50%. Stamina: 30%.

Posture: Concentration LV3, Caution LV2, Active LV7.

Ability: Salted Fish Thrust, use the spear in your hand to unleash a non-existent stab attack on the target, which is easy to dodge and block.

Weaknesses: not resistant to high temperatures, easy to dehydrate, head, neck......

‘…… It's better not to use this skill than to use it, right? ’

"Looks like those ko-headed monsters are trying to hold this place, and the fish-headed monsters are attacking the side...... If their purpose isn't to occupy territory, it should have something to do with that thing! ”

Bai Ye said a word, and stretched out his hand to point in one direction.

Hearing this, Joey and Rick looked in that direction and found that on the other side of the hollowed-out mountain was a towering rock wall, about twenty meters above the ground, there was a flat stone platform, and a black sarcophagus was placed above the stone platform.

"It's a sarcophagus!"

Rick Jones immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Same as the one in the Skinned Gnome Crypt!" ”

The resemblance is certainly not due to coincidence, the eight achievements in the sarcophagus store the purpose of the expedition team's trip - the second strange sculpture.

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- You have completed the main quest [The Secret of the Pickman Mansion] and received rewards: 20 points, 1000 reward points.

- You triggered the new main quest [Second Sculpture]

After discovering the sarcophagus, Bai Ye's eyes popped up with a hint of the completion of the second main quest.

'Is this point increase determined to send me to the top of the leaderboard?' ’

With this in mind, he chose to open the task interface.

【Second Bottle Sculpture】

[Description: After many hardships, you have finally discovered the purpose of this trip.] Stick with it, as long as you can complete this expedition, all the sacrifices and efforts during this period will not be in vain. 】

[Objective: Obtain the second sculpture and escape.] 】

There was no suspense at all about the content of the mission. ’

Bai Ye observed the rock wall in the distance again, the rock wall had an inclination arc of about 30 degrees, and the strange rocks on it were craggy, and there was no normal path for people to walk on, so if you wanted to go up, you could only rely on climbing.

Behind the sarcophagus there is a deep cavern with white bones piled up on the edge of the cave.

'It doesn't look like a safe place...... Maybe there's even more danger waiting for me when I go up. ’

"What are we going to do next?"

Joey turned to look at Rick Jones, who stroked his chin with his forehand and a thoughtful expression.

"Try to get the sculpture in that sarcophagus."

Rick Jones sighed lightly, and then said with a serious expression, "We can't let Seba and them die worthless. ”

"Then you'll have to plan it out."

Bai Ye tapped the rock in front of him with his knuckles, and continued to poke his head out from behind the demonstration to observe the surrounding situation.

The expedition was hiding on the far left side of the circular square, about fifty meters away from the rock wall at the top of the circular square.

"There are probably two ways to get to the rock wall, one is to cross directly from the square, so that the distance is short and fast, but along the way you will encounter monsters that are fighting. The other way is to climb along the rock wall, detouring from the side, although the distance is relatively long and the climb is not small, but the advantage is that you don't have to face those monsters......"

"But...... The climb from us to the side of the rock face is in an arc, and the distance is much farther than walking in a straight line through the square. ”

Rick scratched his head and frowned, "It's not easy to climb through such a long distance. ”

"So I suggest going the first route, but with a division of labor."

Bai Ye glanced at the two companions and continued: "It's up to me and Rick to deal with the monsters we encounter along the way and stop those monsters from approaching, Joey, you are responsible for climbing the rock wall and obtaining the sculptures in the sarcophagus. ”

"That's ...... Is it really okay? ”

Rick Jones hesitated.

"This is the best solution, if the climber of the rock wall is replaced by you or me, the people who stay in the square will probably have a hard time dealing with those monsters......"

After Bai Ye finished speaking, he also glanced at Joey next to him.

Joey was very smart, and immediately understood the hidden meaning of his words, her combat ability was indeed about equal to zero, and staying in the square would not play any protective role, but would become a burden.

"I see, Captain, please let me go! I will definitely bring the sculpture back in perfect condition. ”

She clenched her fists and looked at Rick Jones with her eyes high.

"Okay."

Rick Jones also understood that what Bai Ye said was the best plan now, he nodded at Joey and reminded: "Don't force it, give up the plan immediately if there is danger, it's more important to save your life!" ”

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However, the plan to steal the sculpture was ultimately unsuccessful.

Because just as Bai Ye, Joey, and Rick were about to leave for the sarcophagus rock wall......

Whew—

The cry that had been heard in the tunnels and sewers, like the cry of a giant beast of the wilderness, reappeared.

Suddenly, a feeling of expansion suddenly appeared in the ears of the three of them, and the eardrums seemed to explode directly at this moment.

They hurriedly covered their ears with their hands, but this was only a symptom of the problem.

There is a sense of irresistible intimidation in that voice, which hits people's hearts directly, giving people a sense of oppression similar to ants looking up at elephants, and a sense of insignificance based on the level of life arises spontaneously.

Under this deterrence, Bai Ye only felt that his body couldn't help but tremble, cold sweat oozed from his back, and his hands and feet also felt heavy and sluggish......

"This cry should be some kind of range-type limiting ability, far away is less affected, close to it will be temporarily fixed in place."

Bai Ye looked at the ghouls in the square, they were all affected by the screams and temporarily lost their movements, while the deep divers on the other side were completely undisturbed, they took the opportunity to wave the spears in their hands and stab the ghouls in front of them one by one.

"The sound is from the sea outside the mountain!"

He turned his head again to look beyond the mountain, where the night was thick and the sea was thick with black fog, and a large number of deep divers had landed in the howl and charged the ghouls with spears in hand.

In the churning black water, several tentacles as thick as stone pillars broke through the waves, waving and twitching above the sea, and the suction cups on the tentacles opened and closed like large mouths of blood.

Boom Boom Boom –

The screams were followed by an earthquake-like tremor.

For a while, the surrounding mountains shook non-stop, and the falling rolling stones indiscriminately smashed over the ghouls and deep divers in the square, and more and larger cracks appeared on the ground of the square.

Strangely, however, the concussion was not caused by a tentacle monster hiding beneath the sea, but from the deeper depths of the hollowed-out mountain.

"The guy who caused the earthquake should be hiding in the cave behind the stone platform?"

Bai Ye followed the movement and looked in the direction of the stone platform, the rock wall behind the stone platform was shaking and there were large cracks, as if something was trying to squeeze out of the mountain.

"It seems that a big war is about to be staged!"

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