The Undead Sinkhole was a few hundred meters deep. If they walked down the circular slope, they would have to take a huge detour for tens of kilometers to reach the Pale Swamp at the bottom of the sinkhole.
However, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi used the gliding skill attached to their equipment to easily descend. In less than a minute, they arrived at the bottom of the sinkhole.
During the descent, Li Shuyi mentioned Bao Yiming.
"What does that fatty mean? I don't think he has any ill intentions. "
"I can't tell for now. However, he's asking for a beating, "Bai Xiaowen said.
"Why does he have to follow us? He should be very strong. He's at level 6 as a Hero and is not much weaker than Qi Ruifeng. Logically speaking, there's no need for him to force us to team up, "Li Shuyi said.
As for being a third wheel, Li Shuyi didn't think that someone who could advance to a Hero would be so superficial. Although the fatty Bao Yiming wasn't very handsome, there were definitely a lot of beautiful girls chasing after him on Earth. The Hero class was a golden signboard, equivalent to the golden bachelor of the Christian era …
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I can guess some reasons … Just now, I used Insight to take a look. Bao Yiming's Street Fighter class is a wrestler. He has high Strength and is good at throwing. According to the data, the main monster in the Pale Swamp at the bottom of the Undead Sinkhole — the Swamp Hydra — is a large monster. Bao Yiming's throwing skills are judged to be at a disadvantage. "
"In other words, the Pale Swamp isn't suitable for him. If he goes alone, his gains will be very limited. That's why he wants to team up with us," Li Shuyi quickly added.
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said with a smile, "That's why he said that we can take less loot if we team up. In fact, even if we take less loot, we can still get more loot if we team up with him. However, it will take up our share of the loot. This is also why I rejected him so decisively … "
As they spoke, the two had already glided to the bottom of the sinkhole.
At the bottom of the sinkhole, there were some huge glowing plants that looked like mushrooms. They had long roots that propped up a ring-shaped cap. However, their bodies were hundreds or thousands of times larger than ordinary mushrooms. They were as tall as trees.
Although the pale light emitted by these giant mushrooms was relatively weak, it successfully illuminated the underground world of the Undead Sinkhole. The Pale Swamp's name was probably due to these mushrooms in addition to the white ghost fog.
"Fortunately," Li Shuyi's to the bottom of the sinkhole....... "This way, the battle won't be too affected...."
The two of them were walking on the pale, muddy ground. In some places, the silt was deeper, but they only sank up to their ankles. In most places, the silt was very shallow, and only the soles of their feet sank.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "No, we landed near the mountain wall. The terrain should be relatively high … This is the bottom of the sinkhole. The climate is humid, and some of the mud in the depressions should be very deep. From the name of the monster that lives here, the Swamp Hydra, we can guess a thing or two. "
Just as Bai Xiaowen said, after walking a few hundred meters, the two of them came across a sinkhole. It was a quagmire with a rotten smell. It did not look much different from ordinary ground, except that its color was slightly darker. Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen had psychic senses and discovered the problem in advance, so they did not fall into the quagmire.
Although the two of them had superhuman physiques and could escape even if they fell into the quagmire, they would still be in a sorry state.
If they were covered in mud and could not bathe in the sinkhole, they could only automatically clean themselves when they left the treasure space of the Dead Soul Lake.
Every time the Awakened traveled through space, whether it was to enter or exit the Spirit Realm or to enter or exit the Treasure Lands, the psionic particles would automatically gather and repair the injuries the Awakened suffered, making them "brand new". It was not the right word to use here, but the meaning was correct.
While the psionic particles repaired the injuries, they also cleaned the filth on the Awakened.
Due to this mechanism, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi were clean every time they returned from the spirit world. There was no dust on their bodies. They would often choose to take a bath as soon as they returned. The main reason was that they wanted to relax mentally after fighting for their lives in the spirit world. They wanted to have a good rest.
The two of them went around the quagmire and were about to continue walking forward when suddenly, Bai Xiaowen's expression changed slightly. He whispered, "Wait, there's movement in front. It seems like a life form is coming."
The surface of the quagmire trembled slightly. A huge piece of mud passed through the fog and moved horizontally.
When it came closer, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi realized that it was not mud but a crab the size of a pot lid.
[Swamp Crab (Level 5)]
[Race: Wild Beast/Terrestrial Beast] *
[Attributes: STR 22, DEX 11, PHYSIQUE 18, SPIRIT 6]
[Skill 1: Mud Shell: The Swamp Crab's body is covered in a thick mud shell. The first attack on the same part of the body is reduced by 90%, the second attack by 50%, and the third attack by 20%. If the same part of the body is hit three times, the mud shell will fall off and the damage reduction effect will disappear. If the same part of the body is hit by a critical hit, the mud shell will also fall off (three attacks are not needed).]
[Skill 2: Charge: The Swamp Crab moves horizontally and charges forward. The first enemy hit by the Charge will be dealt moderate physical damage with an additional knockback effect.]
"What a huge crab." Bai Xiaowen was drooling. "This crab doesn't seem to have been corroded by the Yin Qi and Ghost Fog here. It should be edible."
"All you know is to eat."
Li Shuyi unsheathed his two swords and rushed toward the Swamp Crab with small steps. Before the Swamp Crab's Charge skill could hit him, Li Shuyi nimbly sidestepped and dodged the attack. He crossed his two swords horizontally and vertically and slashed twice.
This way of dodging the skill was based on his Agility attribute and combat skills. It was normal for him to dodge the attack. It would be abnormal if he could not dodge the attack.
His two swords slashed the Swamp Crab's back.
One of the slashes caused 7 points of damage while the second caused more than 20 points of damage.
Obviously, this was the effect of the Swamp Crab's [Mud Shell] skill. Otherwise, with Li Shuyi's attack power, he would not be able to deal less than 50 points of damage to a Level-5 normal monster.
"Try to attack the same spot." Bai Xiaowen sent the information he had detected to Li Shuyi.
Li Shuyi nodded.
However, it was one thing to know, but it was still difficult to do it. Fortunately, Li Shuyi's combat expertise and agility were superior. With a gentle slide, she dodged the giant crab's pincer attack and circled to its side. Her main hand's longsword, which was shining with red light, once again pierced the spot where she had attacked before.
This time, the damage was as high as 41 points. Obviously, the third attack on the same spot would only reduce the damage by 20%.
The third attack caused the mud shell on the Swamp Crab's back to fall off. Li Shuyi followed up with another attack. With a few slashes, the mighty Crab General was chopped into pieces.
"Speaking of which, I haven't tasted a crab as big as a pot lid …"
Bai Xiaowen's gluttonous nature kicked in. He had a good figure in the other universe because of eating. He rubbed his hands and circled around the crab. However, he still had a headache about how to deal with this big guy.
"Forget it. Let's put it in the storage space first. When we get back, we'll find a professional to deal with it." The professional Li Shuyi was referring to was his personal assistant, He Zhiqing, who had learned how to cook with psionic energy.
Bai Xiaowen could only suppress his strong appetite and put away the Swamp Crab's body.
The Swamp Crab did not drop a treasure chest. It only gave Li Shuyi a few dozen psionic energy points.
The two of them circled around the quagmire and were attacked by two more Swamp Crab.
Bai Xiaowen summoned two skeletal swordsmen to fight back. He wanted to observe how [Absolon's Blood Essence Stone] worked.
Obviously, the attack of the summoned creatures would not trigger the first skill of the Blood Essence Stone, "Blood Thirst", nor would it trigger the third skill, "Bloodlust".
Bai Xiaowen fired a shot and found that half of the Blood Essence Stone was glowing with a faint red halo. When he looked carefully, he found that there was a number stored in the Blood Essence Stone. The number was currently 9/97.
"Only my attack will trigger the skill of the Blood Essence Stone." Bai Xiaowen was a little disappointed after confirming the mechanism. If the summoned creatures could also trigger the skill of the Blood Essence Stone, he would be invincible.
When the two Swamp Crabs appeared, Bai Xiaowen did not let his summoned creatures attack them. Instead, he had the skeletal sword-shieldbearers tank the attacks, leaving the damage to Bai Xiaowen. His main goal was to quickly replenish the 97 maximum HP required for the Blood Essence Stone's first Skill, Blood Thirst.
After killing the two Swamp Crab, Bai Xiaowen's maximum HP stored in the Blood Essence Stone reached its limit.
There was a tremor, and a spiderweb-like crack appeared in the quagmire. Then, a large amount of mud spurted out. Then, a snake head emerged from the mud, followed by a second and a third.
Heavy footsteps resounded as a three-headed Mud Hydra emerged from the quagmire. With heavy footsteps, it walked towards Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowen.
This multi-headed snake monster had wide webbed feet. Its seemingly clumsy body only sank slightly when it stepped on the mud. The three snake heads all had slender necks that swayed left and right.
Bai Xiaowen quickly used Insight.
[Swamp Hydra (Elite Level 6)]
[Race: Wild Beast/Terrestrial Beast]
[Attributes: Strength 31, Agility 23, Constitution 29, Spirit 14]
[Skill 1: Mud Shell: Omitted]
[Skill 2: Toughness: Passive. When the Swamp Hydra receives a critical hit, it will not trigger the instant kill effect.]
[Skill 3: Multiple Regeneration: Passive. The Swamp Hydra has multiple heads, and each head has an independent HP. When the HP of one head drops to zero, if the other heads still exist, the head will quickly regenerate. Due to the existence of multiple heads, the Swamp Hydra's maximum attack speed is increased, but it will be affected by an additional disruption effect.]
After the third skill, "Multiple Regeneration," Bai Xiaowen also probed the description of the disruption effect.
[Disruption: The Swamp Hydra's multiple heads have independent consciousness and compete for control of the main body. They will disrupt each other, and the hit rate and dodge rate will be reduced.]
"This disruption effect … Okay, I see a monster with three passive skills again …"
Bai Xiaowen thought of the Voodoo Giant Corpse he had encountered at Ill Wind Mound.
Now, it seemed that the Swamp Hydra was also a brainless monster …
As usual, the Skeleton Swordsman took the lead. After two enhancements, the Skeletal Swordsman's overall attributes were not any worse than a normal Level-5 monster. Its Strength had reached a high of 19 points, so it had no problem tanking the Swamp Hydra's single head attack.
Out of the six Skeleton Swordsman, only three were summoned, as a sign of respect for the Swamp Hydra's three heads.
Bai Xiaowen opened fire, also to stack the Blood Essence Stone's maximum HP. He deliberately chose to attack one of the heads, ignoring the other two.
One of the Swamp Hydra's heads only had about 90 HP, and it was quickly destroyed. Then, as expected, this broken and bleeding head quickly swelled and formed a lump of flesh.
About ten seconds later, another ferocious snake head emerged from the lump of flesh. However, compared to the other snake heads, this one was lighter in color and was more tender. It also did not have the protection of the Mud Shell skill.
Bai Xiaowen observed the changes in the Swamp Hydra's HP and found that the new snake head had 74 HP, a decrease of more than ten points compared to the previous one.
"The head needs ten seconds to regenerate. After regenerating, the head's maximum HP will decrease." Bai Xiaowen noted down these two pieces of information, then opened fire again and destroyed the new snake head.
The destroyed snake head once again shrank into a lump of flesh. Ten seconds later, a new snake head appeared. This time, it only had 55 HP left.
Bai Xiaowen tried a dozen times, all of his attacks focused on one of the snake heads. Each time, it would regenerate, but its maximum HP kept decreasing. In the end, the new snake head only had 1 HP left. If it was destroyed again, it would still regenerate, but its maximum HP was fixed at 1 HP and would not decrease.
"An Elite Hydra, at most, can regenerate five times before it only has 1 HP left," Bai Xiaowen said to Li Shuyi. "Of course, there's not much pressure in the battle right now. I'm just experimenting. In a real battle, I have to suppress the HP of all the heads at the same time, trying to suppress all of them to critical HP, and then destroy them all within ten seconds. This is the correct way to fight the Swamp Hydra. "
Bai Xiaowen's attacks turned to the other snake heads, but the Swamp Hydra actually twisted its butt and chose to run away.
“666。”
Bai Xiaowen did not expect it to run away. It seemed that its intelligence was higher than the Giant Voodoo Corpse's. However, Bai Xiaowen could not let it escape. He stretched out his hand and a tall skeleton holding a two-handed greatsword appeared. With a slash, it blocked the snake's path.
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