Chapter 251 – Underwater (2/2)

“No wonder Sallip was so straightforward when he gave me the map. He was sure that I wouldn’t be able to take the Celestial item,” Fatty said after he woke from the shock.

“Please don’t tell me the Celestial item is inside this fellow’s tummy.” Han Shen’s jaw trembled and clacked.

“This thing is too big. Ignoring the fact that it can annihilate us with a casual movement, we’ll never be able to kill it even if it just stays still and lets us attack.” Xiao Jian drooped his eyelids, genuinely dejected.

“Is this a Divine beast?” Liu Lan asked, curious.

“If it’s not one, then it isn’t far from one.”

“Unwinnable.”

“We’re only passersby!”

The sound from the Water-Break Shuttle was simply not enough to catch this massive monster’s attention. It only lay there quietly for who-knows how long.

“That’s weird. Who could build a maze above such a big guy and make it guard the maze?”

The group couldn’t understand no matter how hard they thought about it. Looking at the massive Terrible Wang Zhang, everyone was at a loss of what to do.

“We can’t leave empty-handed, ahhh…” Fatty mumbled and subconsciously waved his Elemental Sword as if thinking where to cut out a piece of meat for a souvenir.

“Maybe it’s already dead?” Han Shen said expectantly.

“Yeah right, keep dreaming.” Xiao Jian shot him a scornful glance.

Rumble! A huge whale swayed its tail as it swam past the shuttle, causing a water current to push it back. Surprisingly, this huge whale wasn't even 1% of Terrible Wang Zhang's body mass.

“Deep Sea Vicious Whale, level 65 normal Yao monster. If we kill it and harvest its inner core, this trip wouldn’t be in vain,” Fatty turned around and said after getting the whale’s information with Appraisal.

Then, he saw the three fellows behind him twist their faces in extreme horror, each stuttering “ah… ah…” as they propped up their lower jaws with one hand and pointed at something with the other.

Fatty turned around again and saw that there was no sign of the Deep Sea Vicious Whale anymore.

“The whale is that quick?” Fatty was a bit startled.

“Quick my ass!” Xiao Jian pushed his jaw back in place with difficulty. “It was eaten whole by the octopus in one bite!”

“What?!” Fatty paled in fright.

“There’s another whale over there.” Fatty set his sight on another Deep Sea Vicious Whale and quietly steered the shuttle over.

At nearly seventy meters long, this whale was even bigger than the last one. The whale leisurely swam around as if taking a stroll after a good meal.

Hooo… The motionless Terrible Wang Zhang suddenly trembled so slightly. A slit over a hundred meters long suddenly opened up on its body. In just a blink, it sucked in the Deep Sea Vicious Whale before closing its eyes again.

“With this kind of attack, it can swallow ten thousand players at once without a problem!” Fatty gulped, his heart shaking in fear. Pondering a moment, he moved the shuttle. “Let’s go.”

“Go where?” Liu Lan asked.

“Up. I suspect the heart of Crystal Maze is right above Terrible Wang Zhang.”

The Water-Break Shuttle ran at full speed and drew a white streak across the water. Like a dragon breaking out from the sea, it headed up towards Wang Zhang’s head.

Not long after, the party arrived atop Wang Zhang, where a hole of a hundred meters in diameter was channeling out bubbling seawater high up above.

All of a sudden, a huge monster charged at the shuttle. Fatty hurriedly steered and dodged it.

“What’s that?” Everyone flocked over and saw a giant, green, two-horned anaconda coiling around. Its pair of huge eyes that emitted a meter-long green light was fixed on their shuttle.

“How can there be other monsters living near such a terrifying beast like Wang Zhang?” Liu Lan was confused.

“Of course there is, otherwise Terrible Wang Zhang would have nothing to eat,” Fatty casually explained as he tried to avoid the anaconda’s attack and got the shuttle above water.

The green anaconda was about fifty meters in length. Only a dozen meters long, the Water-Break Shuttle nimbly avoided the majority of the monster’s attacks. When the shuttle was about to reach the hole…

BOOM.

A massive waterball exploded right next to the shuttle and knocked it off its path. The shuttle swayed and temporarily went out of control.

“Not good. Everyone, prepare to jump out!” Fatty shouted.

“Ah woahh! Bad, this is bad!” Han Shen yelped as soon as he jumped out of the shuttle, his face stricken with terror.

The anaconda was sucking in with its wide open jaws facing the shuttle.

Wheewww! A water whirlpool cocooned around the players as they spun towards the monster’s mouth.

“Waterwalk!”

Fatty screamed and took the initiative to Waterwalk right to the green anaconda’s huge head. As the Elemental Sword quickly expanded, Fatty viciously stabbed it at the inside of the mouth.

“Hiss….” The suction force disappeared as the anaconda twitched around and hissed in pain nonstop.

“Go!” The group took this chance to swim up.

Rumble… The green anaconda spat. A water arrow charged at them from behind and caught up in a second.

“Protection!” Liu Lan shouted and took out her shield. A white light flashed on the surface of the shield. When the water arrow struck the shield, it exploded into water bubbles.

Liu Lan was knocked back, blood gushing out from her mouth. Her health hit a critical low point in one fell swoop.

“Lan’er!” Fatty used Waterwalk to reach Liu Lan and hugged her with one arm.

“Quickly, go!” Fatty flung her up with all his might. Before he could use Waterwalk again, the anaconda snapped its jaws and swallowed him whole.

“Fatty!” Tears flowed from the corner of Liu Lan’s eyes and merged into the seawater.

Whoosh!

A spear appeared in her hand. Her face resolute, Liu Lan decided to risk her life to kill the anaconda.

“Go now! Or you’ll die for real this time!” Xiao Jian held her back and dragged her up.