Chapter 106: Straight to the Dead Hole (First Order on Friday)
Before they could understand what was going on, Xia Qiu and Lingyu had already sunk into the icy water. At first, they thought it was just an illusion created by the shield skin, but the strain of moving in the water and the constant bubbles in their mouths reminded them that everything was real.
Enter the second form of the octopus shield skin, and use magic to transform the entire space in the cave into an underwater world. When his whole body was immersed in water, he also seemed to be reborn, and the power continued to pour out of his body.
The shield skin can be described as a product of failure from the Array of Odd Columns, but he is unaware of it.
He was created on the whim of the gods. He wanted to give birth to a creature in the underwater world that had never been seen before, with the intelligence of a human being, the streamlined body of a fish, but at the same time with great power. So, he began a crazy experiment. He used the elements that made up humans and several aquatic creatures to form the shield skin of the mermaid progenitor, and the prehistoric octopus was one of the creatures chosen by Qiansu.
As a peacock demon, the water quality is extremely poor, and the moment he just sank to the bottom of the water, he thought that he would suffocate from drowning. He struggled desperately for a long time with his arms outstretched, almost losing his mind, but was held tightly by one hand.
That hand was like a reassuring pill, which made him instantly settle down in a panic. As he slowed down his struggles and let his body relax, he realized that although it felt like he was underwater, he could still breathe as freely as he did on land. It's just that the huge pressure under the water makes it impossible for him to control his balance well.
The same is true for Xia Qiu, who is holding him, his body surrounded by liquid, and it takes more strength to make every movement. Although she has been a swimmer since she was a child, diving and swimming are fundamentally two different things. Freedom in the water is a problem for her, and dealing with a large, powerful octopus is an impossible task.
She began to regret that it might have been better to let Senki come to fight against the shield skin and stay to fight Yaksha herself. But then she was ashamed of her negative thoughts, even if they had misjudged at the beginning, but in the battle, if they had received military orders, they had to obey them to the end.
At this moment, the shield skin transformed into an octopus was really like a tiger, it spat out a cloud of ink to cover itself, and then used the power of a few tentacles under its head to propel its body towards the two teenagers. Its eight tentacles cooperated with each other, and several tentacles that pretended to feint were used to trick Xia Qiu and Lingyu's attention, while Ling several circled behind them unexpectedly.
Similar sneak attacks have been successful repeatedly, and the two teenagers who are exhausted have become more and more impatient, and the actions of the enemy have begun to lose their rules, and they know very well in their hearts that if they continue like this, they will be defeated by this octopus monster sooner or later.
How can we break through the layers of water barriers and give full play to our own strength? And the second form of shield, where is his weakness?
Before the two teenagers could think of the answers to these questions, a reality that was enough to completely crush their fighting spirit was laid out in front of them. The small wound caused by the big octopus's sneak attack was nothing unusual at first, but now it began to tingle.
Xia Qiu suddenly recalled that a few years ago in the World Cup, there was an octopus Paul who was known as the prediction emperor.
At that time, she was fascinated by the octopus's magical predictive ability, and began to search the Internet for various information about octopuses. She remembers seeing several of the octopuses that would leave their poisonous saliva on the wounds they had caused when feeding or in danger.
It has also been recorded that at first, the toxin only numbs the wound, but eventually stops the poisoner's breathing and heartbeat.
"You've been poisoned by me, and soon your body will be completely unconscious." The muffled sound of a giant octopus was heard in the water.
"I can talk in the water!" Lingyu sighed as if he had been treasured.
"Do you feel numb where you were hurt by it?" Xia Qiu wanted to make sure that Ling Yu was also poisoned like herself.
"Hmm!" Ling Yu nodded, and spat out a string of bubbles from his mouth.
"It doesn't seem to lie to us! The toxin starts out as a numb wound and eventually prevents the poisoner from breathing. Xia Qiu reminded the young man with a relaxed expression beside him.
"So what? Are you afraid of death, Sister Xia? ”
Ling Yu's words seemed to suddenly open up Xia Qiu's train of thought.
Since becoming a Blood Pactist, she has endured countless battles and been in danger countless times, but she has never feared death. This time, it's just that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and there is a huge difference in strength, so what's the big deal?
Xia Qiu felt that her consciousness was gradually beginning to blur, and she had also felt this after drinking demon wine during the New Year's celebration, the crisp numbness ran down her fingertips to the top of her head, and the feeling at this time was several times greater than before. She had to shake her head from time to time to keep herself awake, only to sink deeper into vertigo a moment later.
When the body is no longer controlled by the brain, the ability to leave the soul is gradually revealed, but this time the soul separation is a little chaotic. In the dream, Mei Blade, who appeared as a woman with a mask on her head, also appeared in front of her at some point.
And the appearance of the spirit feather also looked different from before. I saw that he was wearing a phoenix crown on his head, dressed in red, and the nine colorful tail feathers dragged behind his robe were also floating like fish in the water.
Xia Qiu was a little hard to believe her eyes, could it be that she had been poisoned too deeply and completely fell into the dream world? But looking further on, the giant purple octopus was still there.
She looked at Mei Jian beside her in confusion and asked, "Why are you ...... Will it appear here? ”
"I'm afraid it's the poison of the shield skin that has confused your dreams with the real world and entered another realm. This kid looks weird, isn't it? Is he really a peacock demon? Mei Jian glanced at Ling Yu and continued, "Don't worry about it so much, this disgusting guy has a weakness!" ”
Before Mei Jian could tell what the weak point was, the big octopus attacked again.
The red-clothed spirit feather suddenly blocked in front of Xia Qiu, and shook the tail feathers under the robe behind him with all his might, bringing up a cyclone, and the speed of the big octopus was also slowed down by the cyclone. After a slight pause, one of its tentacles was cut off by the short knife in the hand of the red-clothed spirit feather.
"Ahh
After a scream, the big octopus stepped back. Unexpectedly, its toxin not only failed to make the two teenagers fall, but instead activated some of their powers. Compared with before, this young man can not only flexibly make moves underwater, but also seems to have improved his demonic power a lot, to be exact, he has clearly become another person.
Octopus Shield wondered: Could it be that he had reservations before? Is this his true strength?
"Look! This octopus has the ability to repair itself all over its body, no matter what kind of wound, even a broken tentacle can be reborn! Mei Blade pointed at the giant octopus and said to Xia Qiu and Lingyu, at this time, the octopus's severed tentacles had almost been regenerated.
"Damn! What exactly does it take to defeat him? The red-clothed spirit feather bit her lip and asked.
"There's a particularly soft spot a little down the back of its head, where it connects to its dead hole, and if you can hit that point just right, your form will be broken." Mei Jian replied to him.
After being pointed out by Mei Blade to the weakness of the giant octopus, Xia Qiu suddenly became enlightened, and was busy discussing with the spirit feather beside him how the two of them should cooperate in order to successfully point to its death hole.
But I don't know why in this confused realm, in addition to the difference in clothing from before, Ling Yu's whole person has also become very different. There is no longer the previous childishness and uninhibited between the eyebrows, but a bit sharper, and there is no longer a vivid expression on the cold face.
He said coldly to Xia Qiu beside him, "I said I wouldn't let you get hurt, right?" It still didn't work! Now, I'll be the bait! ”
Before Xia Qiu could understand what he meant, he was wrapped around his arm by the silk he threw from his sleeve.
"I will attack him head-on, and when he bites me, I will throw you behind him with the jade sleeve brocade, so that you will have a chance to attack his death hole!" The red-clothed Lingyu whispered, his words were like orders, and he couldn't tolerate Xia Qiu's refutation.
Xia Qiu didn't agree with his idea from the bottom of his heart, it was too risky to do so. Not to mention that being bitten by an octopus would definitely cause him serious injuries, and if she couldn't find the location of the dead hole in time, his life could be lost.
Looking at her hesitantly, Ling Yu asked rhetorically, "What are you still hesitating about?!" If I hadn't been the bait to let his guard down, we wouldn't have been able to get behind him. He never rushes at us from behind when he fights, for fear that we will find his weakness. We only have one chance and we have to succeed! ”
"Hmm!" Xia Qiu thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement with his words.
The tentacles of the octopus shield skin had been cut off completely, and it saw the young man who wrapped the silk in his sleeve around the girl, and he didn't know why, but then he felt that this was just the right time to kill two birds with one stone and quickly solve the two of them.
While he was still thinking about it, the red-clothed spirit feather attacked him. It was busy blocking with its tentacles, but after a few swings of the short knife, its movements gradually slowed down, and it thought he was tired, so it seized the opportunity to wrap a tentacle around his arm holding the short knife and send him into the mouth of the blood basin at once.
At the same moment, the red-clothed spirit feather desperately threw the jade sleeve brocade on the other side towards the back of the big octopus's head.
Xia Qiu only felt like she was riding a roller coaster in an amusement park. "Whew!" Immediately came to the back of the big octopus.
The thin, almost transparent part of the back of its head that connected to the hole of death was in front of her, and she didn't hesitate to stab the plum blade there.