Chapter 81: The Lurker
As the surface of the water broke, a piercing screech echoed through the air, causing a tingling of the scalp.
A humanoid monster stood up from the murky water, nearly three meters tall, with a large number of tentacles like octopus tentacles entrenched on its body, and its blue-gray skin took on a greasy feeling. The pool beneath the sacred stone could not even reach its heels, and it was impossible for such a monster to hide inside.
This is a monster from the realm of the demon god Mora's annihilation, lurkers, and the filthy pool of water is the medium through which it can appear in reality.
"What a disgusting creature!"
Ciel, who was impatiently disturbed by the monster's inhuman roar, drew his giant sword directly from his back, and a hammer condensed by holy light fell directly from the monster's head.
The unpleasant screaming came to an abrupt end, and the monster's form swayed in place, its slimy tentacles waving like arms, and its two claws hidden by the tentacles dangling in front of it.
Seeing that the monster in front of her seemed to have lost its ability to resist, Freya roared, grabbed the battle axe from her waist and rushed forward.
However, the monster seems to have strong immunity to stunning, or it doesn't become unconscious from heavy blows, and Ciel's hammer only interrupts the monster's screams.
Freya had just taken a step, the monster's tentacle surrounded the mouth suddenly opened, and the dark green tentacles stabbed out of the mouth full of sharp teeth, Freya, who had no time to dodge, was ready to be injured, but the sword that cut in from the side directly cut off the long string of tentacles, and the broken whisker tips still maintained vitality, writhing on the ground, and after relieving Freya, Keshia turned around, and the sword in his hand slashed towards the monster.
Presumably the tentacles of its tongue were severed, and the monster was visibly enraged, and it stomped hard a few times, sending pools of black water splashing everywhere, but it was more than just venting its anger.
But when he saw a small puddle of pitch-black liquid appear out of thin air under everyone's feet, tentacles came out of the black water, and he wanted to restrain their steps.
Fortunately, Zhang Lin reacted in time and quickly dodged the attack from below.
And Kexia was already close to the monster, the sword in his hand touched the monster's raised claws, and filthy blood splattered out of the half-cut claws, Keshia turned sideways to avoid it, and then another sword swung down, and several tentacles fell to the ground.
The monster howled, and the tentacles that had been broken in its mouth were about to stab again, but then several ice picks pierced directly into its mouth, blocking the brewing attack.
Serana seemed to have a soft spot for spells like icicles, and with a wave of her hand, several sharp ice picks pierced into the monster's body, and the spread of frost slowed down the affected tentacles.
The monster raised another uninjured claw and swung it towards Kexia, but Hill had already come under it, and the giant sword shining with holy light slashed down diagonally, directly cutting a huge wound in the monster's leg, and a large number of tentacles besieged Hill, only to see a circle of golden long swords appear next to Hill, and a whirlwind went down, leaving a broken tentacle under Hill's feet.
Under the combined attack of Ciel and Kashia, the tentacles on the monster's body were trimmed to the bare ground as if they had met a barber, leaving only the blue-gray body protected by the inky carapace.
Even though the tentacles were severed, the monster still didn't fall, and even those broken wounds could faintly show signs of regeneration, and if you gave it time, it wouldn't be long before it would be back to being wrapped in tentacles.
The monster roared, showing signs of desperateness, and its scarred legs stepped on the ground again, and the pitch-black pool water spread directly, and more tentacles came out of the sewage, but before they could move, the holy light poured down under Ciel's feet and into the ground, and the tentacles convulsed and collapsed.
Zhang Lin jumped over, holding the big sword that ignited the black flame with both hands and slashing it fiercely, the scorching flames accompanied by the cut wound on the monster's waist and abdomen continued to scorch its flesh and blood, just regenerated, only the tentacles of the length of fingers kept swinging, but there was nothing to do about Zhang Lin in front of him.
The monster's waist was almost cut off in half under Zhang Lin's blow, even if the vitality was tenacious, it was a little unsupportable, accompanied by a slash from Kexia's angry shout, the monster's body was directly divided into two sections, and the upper body slipped down diagonally, and finally the whole body fell to the ground with a bang, splashing a large amount of dirty water.
"That's the end of it?" Freya carried the axe and looked at the remnants of the monster lying in the pool, and realized that she didn't seem to be able to do anything at all.
Hill pointed the tip of his sword against the monster's corpse, and the white flame spread directly to it, and the bloody corpse quickly turned into a pile of ashes, washed away by the residual sewage in the pool, revealing several scales and an old necklace.
As the monster was completely defeated, the filthy pool of water under the holy stone also disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and as Ciel continued to purify with the holy light, the black marks on the holy stone also completely faded, and the mysterious lines resurfaced.
"It seems that the corruption of the sacred stone has been lifted." Looking at the restored sacred stone, Freya sighed, "I want to tell my father the good news quickly." ”
"Don't worry," Zhang Lin grabbed Freya, "There are still five holy stones, it's not too late to go back when we've got them all." ”
"Oh yes, let's hurry to the next place." Freya was already full of confidence in Zhang Lin and the others at this time, and couldn't wait to see all the holy stones on the island return to their former appearance.
"It doesn't seem to be necessary to speak of the power that Milak has." Zhang Lin turned his head sideways, looked at Kexia and said, "I was worried that if Hill couldn't purify, you would still have to learn that dragon language. ”
"Any questions?" Kexia was a little puzzled, and from Zhang Lin's words, she could tell that Zhang Lin didn't seem to want her to learn that kind of power.
"Because the last two parts of the three-stage dragon language are with Mora, if you want to learn it, you will inevitably come into contact with that demon god." Zhang Lin did not continue to hide it, but chose to say it directly.
"Are you worried that I'll be enslaved by Mora like Milak?" The corners of Kexia's mouth turned up, and she could understand that Zhang Lin was caring about her so she deliberately concealed this information, "You seem to be underestimating me?" ”
"This is not to be underestimated, after all, it is the demon god of knowledge, and you never know what kind of means he has." Zhang Lin thought that Kexia didn't listen to his words.
"Well, you don't have to worry about it."
It seems that because he didn't feel that he was much behind the other party in the previous confrontation with Milak, and Zhang Lin was ready to help, Keshia didn't have the idea of using the powers that Milak had learned in the past to deal with her.