Without Mind Defense, as long as they didn't have a firm will to abandon these negative emotions, they wouldn't be able to struggle free on their own.
They might even struggle to their death in the endless illusions!
But as long as their willpower was firm and they didn't have negative emotions, they could rely on willpower or Mind Defense to struggle free from the illusions.
These Shrieking Specters thoroughly dissipated after enduring Anderfa's flames for no less than a minute.
Apart from Lin Yun, no one else knew that a monster's tentacle had appeared.
After Lin Yun explained this matter, Anderfa's expression turned serious.
"Merlin, don't you think this is too much of a coincidence? When you cracked the array gate, a dozen Shrieking Specters hid behind the gate and let out Soul Wails, and when we fell into the illusion, a tentacle attacked us … "
Everyone had heavy expressions. Xiuban and Reina didn't look good. They had been trapped in the illusion for a long time, and from Reina's pained and angry expression, they knew that she had fallen into an illusion related to her father.
As for Xiuban …
If Lin Yun hadn't saved him, he would have definitely been trapped in the illusion.
The appearance of the monster's tentacle made Lin Yun frown.
The main point was that only a tentacle had appeared, and they didn't know where the monster's body was.
If the other side could launch a sneak attack from behind the gate, it must have grasped everyone's whereabouts. They didn't know what method it used to know everyone's specific location and what they were doing!
As he recalled the ambush by the Undeads, it now looked like it was true, and it was controlled by that monster.
Now that they were on guard, they had to prepare comprehensive defenses in advance when cracking the next array gate.
And as expected, when they opened the 12th array gate, they encountered another sneak attack.
A Level 37 Skeleton King wearing a tattered cloak and more than five meters tall swung its giant Grim Reaper Scythe as it swung over.
At the same time, two of the monster's tentacles attacked from both sides, and there were even several thick pitch-black tentacles attacking from behind and on both sides.
The moment they were ambushed, the people who were already prepared immediately launched a counterattack.
Anderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and a large number of fire spells washed the left side of the corridor. Reina used ice spells to attack the right side, while the puppet used a large number of instant cast spells to bombard the black hands rushing out of the opposite room.
In the front, Xiuban swung Carnage and clashed with the Skeleton King, while Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and cast a large number of single-target fire spells.
The Flame Spears were the most effective at restraining these tentacles. Once the tentacles were restrained by the Flame Spears, they would immediately cast Bursting Flames. The powerful explosion and flame damage dealt three consecutive Bursting Flames, blowing apart two of the tentacles.
The broken tentacle immediately turned into black smoke and dissipated.
Without the help of the tentacles, the level 37 Skeleton King, which didn't even have a Skeleton Warrior, was easily attacked by Xiuban and Lin Yun. After its left leg was blown off by a Bursting Flames, Xiuban swung Carnage and smashed it into a pile of bones.
And elsewhere, the puppet was the first to finish its battle. A large number of instant cast fire spells washed over it, and three pitch-black tentacles were shattered ten meters away.
Anderfa's side was almost the same. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel rapidly revolved, and several dozen Flame Spears rushed out, thoroughly shattering the five pitch-black tentacles before they could even reach them.
On Reina's side, she alternated between Frost Rays and Ice Spears. The moment the black tentacles were frozen by the Frost Rays, three or four Ice Spears shot out at the same time, turning the black tentacles into ice shards all over the ground. The tentacles didn't even have the chance to turn into black smoke and escape.
Although they didn't fall into a passive state this time, everyone's expressions weren't good.
This time, even Xiuban dared to swear on Syudos' name that that monster knew their whereabouts like the back of his hand and could easily launch an ambush.
"That monster's recovery is too fast, it's even faster than before, and it's even stronger! More than half of its body was destroyed by the Hand of Destruction, yet it has already recovered to this extent. It can even mount a sneak attack from who knows how far away … "
Anderfa's expression was very unsightly, and his three faces were very long.
Before, that monster could only chase them like a mad dog, but now, it could mount a sneak attack through those tentacles.
Lin Yun furrowed his brows, but he was able to see deeper.
The monster's tentacles could even penetrate the cracks of the hold, which meant that the monster could launch a sneak attack from any place at any time.
This was the Intrepid, and even the Void Specter, which was most proficient at going through walls, couldn't pass through this place. The cracks between the hold and the room could also be ignored, because such small places didn't exist for the Intrepid.
But now, the monster could actually pass through, to a certain extent, it could already resist the Intrepid's own power.
After the battle was over, no one dared to delay and found the Teleportation Gate in this room.
He summoned three Rock Puppets once again and gave them an order to immediately investigate the surroundings after going through the Teleportation Gate.
After no less than twenty seconds, he still hadn't lost contact with the three Rock Puppets, so Lin Yun led everyone through the Teleportation Gate.
After walking out of the Teleportation Gate, they could faintly hear the monster's roar echoing in the distance.
Xiuban, the puppet, and Reina were on guard while Lin Yun took out the Intrepid's blueprint once again.
Because of the monster's reappearance, the original route might not be safe anymore. There were too many places on the way where the monster could launch a sneak attack. Apart from Xiuban, anyone else would lose a layer of skin if they were entangled by it.
After studying it with Anderfa, they confirmed a new route.
"Let's go from here. Apart from the previous one, this is the only way. The Intrepid's important crew members are all along the way, so the defenses are definitely the tightest. There are very few places for that monster to infiltrate …"
Anderfa pointed at the blueprint and expressed his opinion with a solemn expression.
Lin Yun looked at it and nodded.
It was indeed a lot safer on the new route. Although they could hear the monster's resentful roar from time to time, they didn't see the monster's tentacles launching a sneak attack.
This floor was already very close to the Captain's Cabin. The wide corridor was covered in alchemy runes, most of them strengthening defenses. The doors on both sides were the same as the First Mate's cabin. Not only did they have solid doors, but they also had a large number of enchantments enchanted on them. There was even a High Rank Alchemy Door.
With these things, no matter what was in the room, as long as they didn't open the door, nothing would be able to threaten them.
Even if it was that monster, it wouldn't be able to sneak out from the rooms on both sides without destroying the doors.
Lin Yun walked at the forefront, carefully checking the floor, ceiling, and the runes on the walls, afraid of triggering some trap or counterattack array.
Although this place was dangerous, there were no tentacles ambushing them. These arrays had clearly been added after the Intrepid was built, and most of them only had defensive and strengthening effects. They simply didn't pose a threat.
After walking for three hundred meters, an alchemy rune suddenly shone in the middle of the group and a dozen Flaming Bolts burst out in all directions like fireworks.
Reina, who was the closest, reacted the fastest. She threw five Ice Walls in a row, and the Ice Walls pressed down like a lid, forcibly suppressing the dozen Flaming Bolts.
Lin Yun turned and saw this scene, and his expression sank.
The rune bursting with Flaming Bolts was right next to Xiuban.
Xiuban was so scared that he turned pale. A dozen Flaming Bolts burst out a step away from him. Even if his body was stronger, he would still be half-dead from the heat.
"Merlin … Sir Merlin, it really wasn't me, I really didn't touch those things, I … I also don't know what's going on …"
Lin Yun had previously said that they had to follow his footsteps, and it would be best if every footstep was on his own. Although there weren't many traps and counterattack arrays here, who knew what kind of character the owner of each room had?
It wasn't incomprehensible if someone liked to set up a large number of vicious traps outside their door.
When he passed by just now, there was a room with a dense array of alarm arrays in a radius of more than 20 meters in front of the door.
But the alarm array didn't cause any damage, and the owner of that room had been dead for who knew how many years, so it didn't matter if they touched it.
Lin Yun glared at Xiuban, and Xiuban was on the verge of crying.
"Sir Merlin … I really followed your footsteps, I didn't touch anything else …"
Lin Yun frowned and softly instructed.
"Everyone, be careful."
They hadn't walked far when two alchemy runes suddenly shone on the walls on both sides.
A counterattack array carved on the wall was directly activated, and in an instant, over a hundred arm-thick fire arrows flew towards them.
Lin Yun 'expression thoroughly changed.
A Runic Shield was cast, and at the same time, three Fire Shields were cast.
The Runic Shield blocked in front of Lin Yun, while the three Fire Shields kept roaming in the air, blocking the fire arrows.
Only after casting twelve Flame Shields did he manage to block this wave of attacks.
"Merlin, these … These arrays were activated on their own?"
Anderfa asked with a trembling voice. He wouldn't have suspected anything if Xiuban had carelessly activated some trap array, but Lin Yun had triggered the trap array?
Absolutely impossible!
Anderfa knew Lin Yun 'level of alchemy, so how could he have triggered the trap array in such a serious situation, let alone activated the counterattack array?
What kind of joke was this?
There was only one explanation …
Lin Yun stopped and looked at the two alchemy arrays on the wall with a frown before softly sighing.
"This is troublesome …"
Enderfa looked at this hallway, especially at the dense alchemy runes covering it, and stuttered.
"Merlin … You are saying … Someone …"
Lin Yun nodded and said in a deep voice, "This is troublesome. This counterattack array was activated by someone, and no one touched it. I'm afraid it was the same with the previous trap array."
Activated by someone …
Reina and Xiuban might not understand, but how could Anderfa not understand?
What was this place?
The Intrepid!
There was only one possibility for the counterattack array to be activated without anyone touching it, and it was that someone could control these alchemy arrays.
And apart from the master of these arrays, the only one who could control the Intrepid was the Captain.
Lin Yun suddenly recalled the Intrepid's blueprint. There were only two paths leading to the Captain's Cabin. One was the one he had chosen at the start, it was the safest and shortest path.
The other path was the one that passed through the room where the main crew members were.
The monster continued to launch sneak attacks in front of them. At this level, the monster was even stronger, which meant that they were closer to the monster. Taking the original path was naturally the most dangerous.
This relatively troublesome path had instead become the safest and fastest path.
But now, the array here might be controlled by someone. Wasn't that even more dangerous than the previous path?
Anderfa thought of the most terrifying possibility.
That monster had driven them to this path, and the one that triggered the array might also be that monster!
Anderfa's three faces were filled with fear as they looked at Lin Yun.
"Merlin, are you saying that the monster can control some things on the Intrepid?"
Lin Yun's face darkened and he did not speak. After a long while, he softly muttered.
"Follow me, we have to get through this corridor as soon as possible …"
A burning Fire Shield and an ice-blue Ice Shield revolved around Lin Yun's body, slowly revolving.
Anderfa had already flown to Lin Yun 'shoulder. It seemed that this was the only place that could make him feel at ease.
Reina also buffed herself and Xiuban with Ice Armor before closely following behind Lin Yun.
After walking ten meters, without anyone touching them, an Ice Elemental Trap Array inexplicably activated and no less than ten six-meter-tall Level 30 Ice Elementals were summoned.
The Frost Elemental threw out a ball of ice, and every ball of ice exploded, covering everything within five to six meters in frost.
Lin Yun's Ice Fire Shield kept revolving to block the attacks while he raised his Draconic Staff and Flame Spears flew out, accurately hitting these slow-moving Frost Elementals.
Every Flame Spear would completely sink into the Frost Elemental's body and wouldn't affect anything else. In this place, no spells with splash damage would dare to be used.
If they triggered some kind of counterattack array, it would be like poking a hornet's nest. Under the chain reaction, if someone deliberately activated it, the entire corridor might turn into a purgatory.
Apart from Lin Yun, Anderfa and Reina didn't dare to make a move, and Xiuban didn't even dare to move.
They couldn't do what Lin Yun did, controlling their power to a terrifying degree, and even understanding the details of those traps and counterattack arrays.
They simply couldn't make a move here, because they couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't attract something else.
"Roar …"
Suddenly, the monster's unpleasant yet memorable roar echoed in the distance, and Lin Yun 'expression turned cold.
Xiuban's face turned green.
"Sir Merlin, this … What should we do?"
In this kind of place, Xiuban didn't dare to take a single step. He could only firmly follow Lin Yun's footprints, and every step landed in the same place as Lin Yun's.
Now that he heard the monster's roar, he really didn't know what to do if the monster came again.
Anderfa's three faces kept changing positions, looking restless. From the monster's roar, it was clear that it wasn't too far away.
Being chased and ambushed by that monster and harassed by a group of Undeads, Lin Yun was infuriated.
Lin Yun was so angry that he was about to burst into flames, and his attacks became more violent.
One after another, Bursting Flames exploded on the Ice Elemental's chest, while two Ice Walls blocked the Ice Elemental's sides, limiting the fluctuations of the Bursting Flames' explosions to a very small area.
Just as the Ice Elemental was blown back, another Ice Wall appeared behind it, and another Ice Wall fell on its head.
In a second, the four Ice Walls were like cages, trapping the Ice Elemental inside. There was even a Low Tier Freeze spell that froze the four Ice Walls together.
The Frost Elementals struggled for a moment before five Bursting Flames, which were cast instantaneously using Metamagic abilities, blasted their bodies. But the instant the Bursting Flames exploded, an Ice Wall appeared out of nowhere in front of the Ice Wall Cage, suppressing all the power of the Bursting Flames within the Ice Wall Cage.
"Boom, boom, boom …"
Four consecutive explosions sounded inside the ice wall. The ice wall was full of cracks, and the Frost Elementals inside were blown to death.
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