"If you're looking for a Duon, I think I've seen one before," Keely suddenly said.
Angor gave Keely a puzzled look.
"After we encountered that giant octopus, you took me away from the Dugong settlement. At that time, I looked back and saw the shadow of a Dugong on the giant octopus' neck." "It was too dark, so I couldn't see it clearly. But its upper body was human, and its lower body was a fish's tail."
A Duon on the octopus' neck? He was running so fast that he didn't notice what happened to the octopus' neck.
"Are you sure you saw a Duon?" Keely asked.
If Keely was telling the truth, they would have to face the octopus again if they wanted to get the Meraid's Sword.
It took them so much effort to escape, and now they had to go back? It was a difficult decision for both Angor and Keely to make.
Keely considered for a moment and nodded. "If there are no mermaids in the Sea of Purification and no mermaids among the apprentices, then I'm sure there's a chance. There's at least a 90% chance that it's a Duon. "
What Keely said was highly unlikely. Even if there were mermaids in the Sea of Purification, they must be the Mastiff. As for whether there were mermaids among the apprentices, Angor didn't know. At least, he didn't see any mermaids in the valley that day.
Therefore, it was highly likely that what Keely saw was a Duon.
"I'll go. If I miss this chance, I might not run into a Duon again."
Even if he couldn't defeat the octopus, he still had a chance to steal something from it. The octopus was at most as strong as a top-level apprentice. Shadow was also a top-level apprentice, but Angor still managed to fight him to a standstill.
Normally speaking, monsters were stronger than humans, and they had the advantage of terrain. However, it wasn't like Angor had to kill the octopus. The octopus' target was someone else, which made it much easier.
As long as the Duon wasn't a wizard-level fighter, there was a good chance he could get the Meraid's Sword.
"I'll go too. One of us can distract it while the other goes for the Meraid's Sword." Keely was not a coward. In other words, after entering the wizarding world, no man or woman had the right to be a coward.
She also knew that if they missed this chance, they might not run into another Duon again. If he couldn't find the Duons and get the Meraid's Sword, he wouldn't be able to leave the purification garden.
Angor wasn't surprised. This was a matter of life and death.
After the two made a simple plan, they left the watchtower at the bottom of the sea and walked toward the depths of the trench again.
Soon, they returned to the settlement of the Dugongs. They didn't see any trace of the giant octopus here.
"Looks like it has already left." Angor looked around. After the giant octopus' rampage, the place was even more deserted than before. There used to be intact houses here, but now, there were only broken walls and crumbling walls.
"Let's keep looking down. Maybe its nest is down there."
They continued to swim downstream, but after swimming for more than an hour, they still did not see any trace of the giant octopus.
"Did they leave the trench?" Just as this signal rose in their hearts, a pair of dark green eyes opened in the gap above their heads.
The owner of the eyes came and went without a trace, so Angor and Keely didn't know that they were being watched.
It slowly approached them, trying to ambush one of them before engaging the other in a melee.
However, when it was about a hundred meters away from them, another beam of green light suddenly appeared between them. Both Angor and Keely looked up at the same time when they heard a "meow".
"It's the monster that ambushed me in the Dugongs' settlement!" Angor looked up and saw a sea monster approaching them from afar.
This one was a bit bigger than the one Angor killed earlier. However, it was still as dumb as before. Seeing that its prey had already noticed it, it didn't bother to hide. Instead, it flapped its fins and glided toward them with its mouth wide open.
It gave up on ambush and chose to fight recklessly.
Angor was glad to see such a monster again.
Earlier, when he killed one of these monsters, he saw the earthquake and torrential current, which was later confirmed to be caused by the giant octopus. He wasn't sure if it was just a coincidence or not, but he would find out if he killed it again.
With that in mind, he began to set up his illusion nodes.
Last time, he was caught off guard and couldn't use his best move. Now, the monster was still far away from him. As long as he set up his illusion nodes, he could do whatever he wanted. As he thought about his plan, a cold flame brushed past his face and landed on the monster's body.
Before the monster could reach the illusion nodes, it was already engulfed in blue flames. After struggling for a while, the monster turned into an ice statue and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Angor was about to release his mana to set up his illusion nodes when he suddenly froze on the spot.
"Let's go." Keely glanced at Angor. "Why do you have to make it so complicated?" Savage beasts that didn't have much intelligence could be dealt with with with brute force. In a narrow path, whoever used brute force would emerge victorious. Clearly, Keely was stronger than Angor.
Angor sighed and let go of his hand.
Just as they were about to continue moving forward, a huge change suddenly occurred at the scene!
They quickly looked up when they heard a loud noise coming from nearby.
A dark shadow was rapidly descending from the middle of the cliff. It left countless bubbles in its wake, which caused the water to flow violently, and a lot of sand and dust blocked their vision.
The tentacled monster hadn't shown its face yet, but Angor could tell that it was the giant octopus.
It stuck close to the cliff and quickly landed on the ground. When Angor saw it in the Dugons' settlement, he thought it was as big as the Lord of Tentacles. However, due to the lack of light in the deep sea, most of its body was hidden in the darkness, so Angor didn't see it clearly.
This time, the monster landed right in front of them, allowing Angor to get a better look.
Angor and Keely looked like tiny ants in front of a giant mountain. It was too big and untouchable.
Its black skin allowed it to naturally blend in with its surroundings. Only its pair of deathly pale eyes that resembled copper bells gave it a sense of existence.
The sudden arrival of the giant octopus caused the water to mix with its aura, which made the scene even more chaotic.
Before Angor and Keely could say anything, the giant octopus attacked without warning.
Just like before, it attacked with its tentacles.
Angor stomped on the ground and dodged the attack. He exchanged a glance with Keely and nodded at her.
As planned, Keely went to distract the giant octopus. Angor's ejection ability allowed him to move as fast as a wizard. Meanwhile, he went to check the Duon's neck.
Before they split up, Angor tossed a magic scroll to Keely. "This is Nova of Defense. Remember to use it only when necessary."
Keely's situation was much more dangerous than Angor's since they both had different attributes. Just in case, Angor gave Keely the Nova of Defense scroll he got from Devildare.
— — Thousand Resistance Nova Scroll, able to resist Witch-level damage.
Angor used the scroll twice and used up some of its energy. However, the remaining energy was enough to protect Keely from a top-level apprentice.
As soon as they started, Luna ran to the side and dug a hole in the sand to bury herself.
Flames kept coming out of Keely's hands. The flames looked like they were burning, but they were all white, purple, and even black. None of them were normal. For example, when she fought against the sea monster earlier, she also used a special type of blue flame.
Keely was a Fire Elementalist. However, her main target was Nether Flame, which was a special type of Fire Element.
Normally speaking, fire apprentices would be at a disadvantage in the Sea of Purification because the water would weaken their fire. However, Nether Flame was not. Nether Flame was a type of flame that did not exist in this world.
The flames surrounded the giant octopus. From afar, it looked like a fire that could burn down a mountain.
He used Infinite Reticence and ejected his soul from his body. Next, he tried to sneak toward the octopus' neck.
The octopus's tentacles began to undergo strange changes as soon as they touched the flames. They were either frozen, shattered, or corroded. Most of these changes were irreversible. The octopus cried out in pain and lost several tentacles.
After being taught a lesson by Nether Flame, the octopus no longer tried to fight the flames head-on. Instead, it created a huge shockwave around its body to push the flames away. Next, it began to make a very low-frequency noise that humans could hardly hear.
Along with this low buzzing sound, ghostly green eyes appeared from all directions.
Hundreds of sharp-mouthed sea monsters showed up nearby.
Angor's heart skipped a beat. As expected, the giant octopus was the one controlling the sea monsters. Otherwise, it wouldn't have learned about the deaths of the sea monsters twice in a row.
Some of the sea monsters surrounded Keely, while others came to look for Angor.
Angor was confident that Infinite Reticence wouldn't recognize him.
While he was thinking, the balance bubble inside the octopus's brain suddenly twitched. The movement of the water around them was recorded in the octopus' mind.
Next, the octopus noticed an unusual flow of water.
The giant octopus commanded the sea beasts to move forward, wanting to surround this unusual flow of water.
Luckily, Angor noticed it in time. He flew higher again and dashed out of the encirclement as fast as he could. Looking at the air bubbles around him, Angor began to understand how he was exposed.
Underwater creatures were very sensitive to water currents. Angor tried to use the same trick on land, but it didn't work at the bottom of the sea. Not to mention the strange flow of water, the oxygen bubbles he released when he breathed were enough to expose his location.
Since he was already exposed, Angor didn't plan to hide anymore. He directly flew toward the octopus's neck. With his speed, the sea monsters wouldn't be able to catch up with him.
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