Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 16 Brawl

Xingchen blocked the player who gave the warning with an ice seal, and slashed at the back of the man's neck with his palm as if it were a blade. Not only that, but a flash of silver light on the side of his palm showed that he had also condensed a layer of ice blade on his hand. The sharp ice blade could kill a person instantly.

As luck would have it, the kind player was a fire-type ability user. Although panicked, the flames that ignited on his body dissolved the deadly ice blade. Xingchen bent down to dodge the exploding flames and quickly retreated, not wanting to linger after failing to land a hit.

"Nani!" The player, who was clearly Japanese, saw a black shadow dart out in front of him and cried out in surprise. The next moment, a tentacle attacked from behind and pierced him. He died with resentment before he could even activate his superpower.

Chu Deng leaped up, flipping in the air to dodge the relentless tentacles that were chasing her. Her sharp eyes scanned the crowd that had scattered in an instant, her mind racing as she calculated how to use the enemy to eliminate the enemy.

Wherever the shadowy figure went, her slow-moving tentacles became her deadly weapons. As she ran, she used the soles of her feet to touch other scattered crystals and collect them into the team's warehouse.

Various colored crystals occasionally glittered in the dim night. Various props were covered by sand and gravel. Chu Deng only had time to pick up the upgrade crystals. He escaped and upgraded while being attacked by tentacles.

She swallowed the crimson crystals one by one. Busy running around, Chu Deng didn't notice that the small flame on the system panel, which symbolized her ability level, was growing stronger and stronger, but it was also mixed with wisps of black lines.

Yan Mengqi used steel wires to dominate the aerial battlefield. The thin, tough steel wires and the fixed steel wires used for movement in the air made her look like Spider-Man. The blood-stained steel wires were hard to spot in the night, and she didn't know how many players with poor eyesight had lost their lives.

She would occasionally replenish the steel wire, and sometimes couldn't resist joining the fray. She would use her superior abilities and physical strength to overwhelm other players, leaving them helpless and cursing her as inhuman.

"What you're doing is weakening our strength; we won't be able to defeat the ocean overlord at all," one player said fiercely.

“We should unite!” another player exclaimed hastily.

"You guys aren't my teammates, you're just support units." Yan Mengqi looked lazily at the two blond, blue-eyed boys and said with a smirk, "I only trust my teammates."

After saying that, she cleaved through the opponent's earthen shield with a steel blade. The breeze generated by the flying fragments of earth lifted her long hair. In an instant, the player who had been pierced through the heart by the blade seemed to see Athena, the goddess of war from mythology.

A cruel, wise, and beautiful goddess.

The beach was filled with supernatural attacks: fireballs from fire-type users, water currents from water-type users, wind blades from wind-type users, earth escape techniques from earth-type users, plants from wood-type users, and steel needles from metal-type users. It was a dazzling spectacle, with screams and cries echoing everywhere. The tentacles that had launched such a fierce attack were also severed in the process. As time went on, the number of players gradually decreased, and the situation gradually became clear.

Yan Mengqi threw a steel ball to Chu Deng. Chu Deng, who had been leveling up along with the offline players, finally reached her familiar level—level four. She raised an eyebrow, and after a few seconds of intense heat, she enveloped the steel ball in flames and passed it to Xingchen.

As the system enhanced, the Star, which continuously and automatically acquired ice and water crystals from the team's warehouse, was upgraded to level three. Fortunately, the Frost Gloves did not melt the moment they received the high-temperature steel ball, but they were still being corroded by the flames. Relying on his experience in launching ice arrows, he threw the steel ball at the last player who was fleeing.

The person had almost exhausted his superpowers during the chaotic battle and was caught off guard when the steel ball pierced through his body. It was probably a high-level ball, and a large number of crystals were dropped from it.

After a short rest, the three of them finally relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief after dividing the crystals.

"Speaking of which, it seems the tentacles have all disappeared?" Yan Mengqi played with two unusable lightning-type crystals. The purple crystals were exceptionally beautiful and made her reluctant to put them down.

“Some players must have gone to the beach.” Chu Deng picked up a crimson fire-type crystal. After level four, upgrading requires ten times the number of crystals of level three. Level five is impossible for now. All the exploits have already been exploited, but it’s better than nothing. Every little bit helps.

"One lightning element, one wind element, one wood element, two earth element and three water element." After using an acceleration and enhancement item, Xingchen's leveling speed increased, and in the blink of an eye, he also reached level four, with enhanced perception.

"Let's go, let's have another go at the so-called ocean overlord." Yan Mengqi stood up and stretched, her eyes full of fighting spirit.

Upon reaching the shore, the three discovered that the sea monster was hiding on the seabed, surrounded by a barrier of seawater. The three water-based ability users were struggling to keep the sea monster submerged by seawater, while a lightning-based ability user used water to create a lightning net. The sea monster's tentacles were paralyzed by the lightning in the water, preventing it from attacking.

Is it possible for a level 5 ocean overlord to be trapped on the seabed by a coordinated attack from four people?

Chu Deng looked around and saw a level two wood-type ability user staring intently at the water, sweating profusely. Two earth-type ability users stood beside the wood-type ability user, seemingly exchanging information.

She took two steps closer and listened carefully.

"...Will it work? Xiao Shuai (Bai Hongxue) found...and got...the sea monster's—"

"found it!"

"Hurry up and collect it!"

Starry Sky stared thoughtfully at the unfathomable sea, closed his eyes to carefully sense the omnipresent water vapor, and then suddenly opened his eyes to look at the sea monster that had just been trapped in the lightning net.

"Be careful--"

【——————】

Instantly, infrasound waves, barely perceptible to the human ear, pierced the eardrum, causing a sharp, needle-like pain in the brain that made one's vision go black.

After a moment of unconsciousness and dizziness, Yang Guizhou, who was maintaining the attack, groaned and his superpower disappeared silently. Blood dripped from his ears. The three water-type monsters, who were not as high-level as him, had lost consciousness.

Without giving them any chance, the deep red tentacles of the giant python stabbed towards the four of them with lightning speed.

Before anyone could warn them, their companions, who were gradually regaining their senses, offered their help.

Bai Hongxue had just emerged from the seabed and was too late, so she could only hastily stir up waves to slow down the speed of her tentacles.

In the blink of an eye, the tentacles passed through the sudden wave of water, and with the splashing water, they passed through the two earthen walls that the earthen beings had squeezed out with gritted teeth, without stopping at all.

Liu Hua, at level two, used vines to entangle the three people's bodies, trying her best to drag Yang Guizhou and the three water-types away from the battlefield, but her speed was no match for the swift tentacles.

The four are currently the main attacking force. Without them, all that's left is a piece of cake for the Ocean Overlord, and everyone will have to delete their accounts and start over.

Just as everyone was in despair, a crystal-clear yet indestructible ice shield blocked Yang Guizhou, who was at the forefront of the attack. Before they could even catch their breath, a steel spear gleaming with a dark light pinned the tentacle to the soft beach. Seeing that the tentacle was still ferocious even when injured, everyone gasped. The next moment, blinding flames shot into the sky, mercilessly scorching the deep red weapon and burning the tentacle to ashes.

Under the combined attack of the three, the remaining people quickly retreated. Because the main force was injured, they withdrew from the beach. Those with the strength carried the three unconscious water system members on their backs, while Yang Guizhou, who was still a little dizzy, was swept away by Bai Hongxue who arrived and ran away in a gust of wind.

Seeing this, Chu Deng gestured to Yan Mengqi and pulled Xingchen to chase after them.