Chapter 663
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The second wave of monsters was still the monsters that Zhao San and the rest called Tentacle Beetles.
However, this wave of Tentacle Worms gave off a completely different feeling.
Standing not far away from the tree, Lin Huang could see that the beetles were moving at least twice as fast as before. Their bodies were also more than twice as big. Almost all of the Tentacle Beetles were hissing as if they were extremely angry. There was another detail that caught Lin Huang's attention. The white spots on the back of the Tentacle Beetles had turned crimson.
"Mass berserk?" Lin Huang was surprised to see the status of the beetles.
It was an unknown monster that was not recorded in the monster guide, so it was not strange for it to possess any abilities. It was not strange for it to have the ability to go berserk as well. What surprised him was that tens of thousands of monsters were in berserk mode at the same time. It was the first time he had seen something like that.
The Tentacle Beetles that were in berserk mode were completely different from the sleepy state they were in earlier. It was as if they were on steroids.
Before the Tentacle Beetles could climb onto the tree branches, they jumped from the tree branches that were tens of meters high and charged at the crowd.
Seeing that, Lin Huang finally understood why all the hunting teams had to retreat before the second wave of attack. It was to leave some space between the branches and the tree branches. If they were still standing where they were, many of the Tentacle Beetles would jump from the back and attack them.
After the first batch of Tentacle Beetles jumped down, they did not rush to kill them. Instead, they waited for them to crawl closer to the crowd before the hunting teams attacked.
"Follow behind us and don't go too deep. If you step into the jumping range of the beetles on the tree branches, they'll jump towards you. No matter how strong you are, you'll be drowned by the beetles. " Zhao San's explanation finally made Lin Huang understand why the other hunting teams had been wandering around the edge of the beetles instead of going deeper.
Lin Huang nodded and followed Zhao San's team to the second round of monster hunting.
He was still taking a stroll in the park as he explored the world with his flying dagger.
On the other hand, Zhao San and the rest were not as relaxed as before.
Not only were the Tentacle Beetles in berserk mode full of fighting spirit, but their strength, speed, and defense were also doubled or even tripled. Even the regeneration of their tentacles was a few times faster than before. They would recover in the next second if they were cut off.
The 12 tentacles extended out one after another. Some were as soft as whips while some were as hard as thorns. They attacked the humans that were trying to kill them in different ways.
The berserk state of the Tentacle Beetle increased the pressure on Zhao San and the rest. The monster that they could kill with one hit before was now very difficult to deal with.
Zhao San needed at least three slashes to kill a bug beast. His movement technique was average to begin with, so dodging the attacks from the tentacles became even more difficult.
Although San and the Tentacle Beetles, Jiang Xin's hunting efficiency was much lower. After the Insect Beasts' defense had been upgraded, she could no longer pierce through the Insect Beasts' joints in one go. She would need to launch at least two or even three attacks to kill one Insect Beast.
It was the same for the rest of the team.
Even the strongest hunk with the giant ax was no exception. Although he could still kill the Tentacle Beetles in one hit, his movement skill was not good. He looked worse than Zhao San when he was attacked by the Tentacle Beetles.
Shifting his attention away from Zhao San and the rest, Lin Huang looked at the rest of the teams. They were in a similar situation.
When the first wave of monsters came, all of them were tough men who dared to go deep into the Tentacle Beetles. All of them were high-spirited and brave. However, all of them had a serious expression on their faces now. They were extremely tense and would try their best to dodge the slightest movement. They were no longer as fearless and invincible as they were before.
Lin Huang was the most relaxed person on the battlefield. The calmness on his face was the only thing that did not change.
A flying dagger hovered in front of him like a living thing. It pierced through the heads of the Tentacle Beetles that tried to get close to him. As usual, it pierced through the Tentacle Beetles' mouths and came out from the Tentacle Beetles' heads.
The area within a ten-meter radius around him had become a vacuum.
He followed Zhao San and the rest closely. Whenever Zhao San and the rest were entangled by the Tentacle Beetles, he would kill the Tentacle Beetle immediately. Apart from that, he did not interfere with Zhao San and the rest's hunting.
Zhao San and the rest knew that if Lin Huang were to kill them, they might not even be able to kill a single one of them.
In the blink of an eye, more than two hours had passed. When it was past eleven at night, the second wave of monsters had finally been cleared.
The hunting teams began to retreat as soon as they were done with the second wave of monsters.
"Are we giving up on the third wave?" Lin Huang asked as he retreated with Zhao San and the rest.
"We're retreating so that we can hunt better." Zhao San did not explain much.
Soon, the 28 hunting teams retreated to a fork in the branch. They then gave up on the main branch and retreated to the branch on the right.
Zhao San then began to explain further.
"Most of the monsters will search for humans along the main branch. Since we're giving up on the main branch and retreating here, we're reducing the number of monsters. Fighting here is much less stressful than fighting on the main branch. "
Lin Huang understood now. The trunk of the tree was like a main water pipe while the branch that they were hiding in was like a small water pipe that diverted the water from the main pipe. The monsters were like a stream of water. They would flow along the main water pipe while the water flow on the water pipe would be smaller.
"That's a good idea."
Lin Huang had to admit that it was a smart idea to split the monsters as it could greatly reduce the pressure on everyone.
"This was the idea that a senior from Division6 came up with 20 years ago. I heard that the people on this checkpoint gave up because the elimination rate of the third wave was too high. Once we're done with the second wave, we'll either leave the virtual world or return to the safe spot on the leaf. "Zhao San was proud of the senior who was in the same division as him. "The senior managed to get to checkpoint 63. He stayed there until he was 40 years old before he retired from the Evil Alliance."
Lin Huang could not help but think about what happened in Division7 when Zhao San talked about Division6. He thought about his sister Lin Xin, Leng Yuexin, Yi Yeyu, and his friends.
"If I can get to checkpoint 63, the newbies from Division6 will definitely remember my name …" Zhao San said to himself.
"Isn't your name Zhao San? What's so hard about that? "The man with the giant ax teased him.
"F * ck off! My name is Zhao San! "
The two of them laughed for a while. Suddenly, a deep voice came from not far in front of them.
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