Chapter 251 – Underwater (1/2)

After fighting for half a day, the enemy actually fled right before it was about to die. The group was extremely vexed.

The hall was restored of its initial peace. There was something very uncanny about it as pieces of bones floated about in the clear and shiny water pond.

“So… You wanna go down and take a look?” Fatty asked Han Shen.

Han Shen dropped on the floor and rolled his eyes, looking as if he was going to faint from exhaustion.

“Let’s go. Let’s try another place.”

The group had no other choice but to exit the hall and try a new tunnel.

“Be careful, there are traps up ahead.” In a tunnel, Fatty looked at the ground with a serious face.

Boom!

A thunderous sound echoed and bird feathers fluttered about in chaos. The Lightning Bird had died without anyone even noticing.

“What a powerful trap!” Everyone was stunned.

“That damn Sallip! I will never be done with you!” Liu Lan wanted to cry as the Lightning Bird again returned to her pet inventory with one level less.

At the end of this tunnel was an unlatched crystal door.

“Do we still go in?” Fatty asked.

“Why do I feel like this hall is gonna be the same as the last one?” Han Shen questioned dubiously.

“Let’s check it out,” Xiao Jian proposed.

With two rogues, the trap cracking speed was much faster. The party arrived at the door over two hours later.

Same round hall, same structure, same water fountain at the center.

Whoosh! As the players neared the fountain, a huge tentacle shot out and swept at them.

The four hastily left the hall. The tentacle wiggled around for a bit before slowly retracting back into the water pond.

The party changed to another direction and came across a bunch of traps after a while of walking.

“Man, does this Sallip ever feel tired? Just how much time did he waste on these traps?” Fatty snarled.

“Don’t you guys think it’s weird?” Liu Lan gathered up her long hair. “Why did Sallip want to block all of the paths to the big halls?

“Isn’t it obvious? Those halls have something to do with the Celestial item.”

“What is that something?”

“The fountains. Or to be exact, the passage under those fountains.”

Everyone quickly reached a conclusion. If they wanted to reach the area with the Celestial item, the passage under the fountains was their only way.

Since they found the answer, the group no longer hesitated and quickly returned to the first round hall. The tentacle here withdrew due to heavy injuries, so this one was safe for the time being.

The fountain was over a dozen meters in diameter, its bottom couldn’t be seen when looking down from above. The sight of floating bones sent chills down one’s spine.

“I’ll go down first and let the Water-Break Shuttle out.” Fatty closed his eyes and jumped into the pond. The unusually cold water made him shudder.

The pond seemed very deep. Fatty dived down over ten meters and still saw himself within the round structure of the fountain.

“Hiss…” Fatty trembled all over as a layer of ice solidified on his body. His movement was slowed, and the oxygen he inhaled was quickly used up. Fatty’s health started to drop at a faster rate.

Quickly swallowing some red pills, Fatty violently hurled himself down and finally arrived at the bottom.

Underneath the fountain was a rapid seawater current. Obviously, there were areas connected to the ocean somewhere.

This place wasn’t dark as there were glowing plants that lit up the water.

Looking up from down here, the Crystal Maze above was like a shiny colorful sky out of a fairytale.

“Come down,” Fatty announced after setting down the Water-Break Shuttle.

The others jumped down one after another. When they reached the shuttle, everyone felt frozen stiff.

“Ughhhh I’m gonna freeze to death!” The three climbed shivering into the shuttle.

“We’re lucky the shuttle is a submarine. Can you guys imagine it? If this is a fishing boat…” Xiao Jian commented.

Fatty picked a random direction and tried to steer the shuttle straight along that way. They didn’t need to wait long to see that terrifyingly huge Wang Zhang’s Tentacle.

The part that was revealed above the fountain earlier was scary enough with the length of fifty meters. Now that everyone got a full view, they couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

Under the illumination of the plants quietly lay a gigantic tentacle of unknown length and the size that could rival a several-thousand-year-old tree. Countless seaweeds tangled around it and even more fish swam by, both under and above.

“Can anyone tell me how many people it would take to eat this one tentacle?” Fatty asked in a trembling voice.

Terrible Wang Zhang

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Level: ???

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All question marks. Even its level couldn’t be appraised.

The shuttle sneakily moved up along the tentacle. Gradually, the massive body of Terrible Wang Zhang was revealed before their eyes.

In the face of this towering underwater entity, the Water-Break Shuttle was like an ant looking up at a mountain. They spent over three hours moving and had yet to make a complete circle around the monster.

Fatty moved the shuttle down and up and slowly got a complete picture of Terrible Wang Zhang.

Unknown height, unknown size, unknown quantity of tentacles. The only thing they knew that this creature only needed to yawn to blow them all the way back to Black Tortoise City.