Chapter 168: The Giant Mud Monster King

"Hmm, let's handle it this way for now."

"We must transfer out through the Magic Array before the people from the Pet Beast Association discover us."

The priest gave a few instructions.

Several Mud Monsters emerged from the ground.

They spat out two people covered in slime from their mouths.

*Cough, cough. *

The two people coughed simultaneously and slowly opened their eyes.

Ye Bai felt that he had almost suffocated to death just now.

The inside of this Mud Monster was just too stinky.

"Mummy Monster, use bandages to bind them."

A hoarse voice emerged.

A two-meter-tall Mummy Monster appeared; it wore a pharaoh's mask on its head and held a pharaoh's Scepter in its hand.

The bandages on its body fell off and slithered about like pythons.

In the blink of an eye, they reached Ye Bai and Lie Sha.

Ye Bai and Lie Sha were both tightly bound by the white bandages, with only their heads exposed.

Afterward, they were hung upside down from the rafters above the warehouse.

Sunlight barely penetrated the mottled roof, forming several irregular pillars of light that shone on the dust-covered ground, creating a sharp contrast with the surrounding dimness.

A beam of sunlight happened to brush past Ye Bai, and he could clearly see that the air was filled with dust.

Who knows if this Mummy's bandages are even clean.

Ye Bai saw that there were already over a dozen people around who had been bound by the Mummy's bandages.

They were all twisting and turning like maggots, their eyes filled with terror.

Ye Bai looked around; this was a dilapidated warehouse.

The warehouse walls were built from old bricks, their surfaces covered with thick moss and traces of time, with parts of the wall plaster having peeled off to reveal the mottled brickwork inside.

In the corners, spiderwebs were dense, with a few small insects occasionally scurrying between them, and the ground was crowded with dense clusters of Mud Monsters.

In the center of these Mud Monsters appeared a larger Mud Monster, which exuded a foul stench.

The air was filled with the foul smell of dampness, mildew, and Mud Monsters.

The roof tiles were uneven, some already broken, revealing a corner of the sky; the sunlight was filtering in through the broken tiles.

Scattered on the ground were various discarded items: rusted iron buckets, broken wooden planks, faded packing crates, mechanical parts that had long lost their original shapes and functions, and a huge full-length mirror.

For some reason, the full-length mirror was still as bright as new, just like it had just come out of the factory.

A dozen black-robed people were busy on the ground, using the Mud Monsters to clear out an open space.

Then, they used a special pen dipped in blood to carve magic patterns on the ground.

"Are these guys carving a teleportation Magic Array?"

"Could it be that they want to transport us to their lair?"

But why was Lie Sha so quiet?

Ye Bai looked up at Lie Sha and saw that Lie Sha had an attitude of looking only at his nose and heart.

It seems Lie Sha is even calmer than he is; that's good, that's good.

Just at this moment, another row of Mud Monsters crawled out from the passageway.

They spat out over a dozen people from their mouths, among whom were quite a few familiar faces.

Among them was Meng Jia.

They were bound by a white Mummy and hung directly from the rafters.

The Mud Monsters on the ground gradually converged into a mass.

An even more massive Mud Monster appeared.

【Name: Mud Monster King】

【Gender: Agender】

【Attribute: Poison/Earth】

【Personality: Mischievous】

【Level: Fourth Order, Level 6】

【Skills: Acid Bomb (Proficient): Spits an acid bomb covered in strong acid from the mouth to attack enemies, causing a corrosive effect.

Mud Shot (Proficient): Sprays mud containing venom from the body at the opponent, with a certain probability of causing a poisoning effect.

Poison Gas (Mastered): Spits deadly poison gas from the mouth; when it encounters an open flame, it will go 'bang' and produce a violent explosion.

Petrification Beam (Proficient): Emits a Petrification beam from its single eye; after hitting the opponent, it can petrify the opponent for one second.

Mud Clone (Proficient): The body splits apart to form countless small Mud Monsters, which explode the moment they touch an opponent.】

【Evolution Route 1: Mud Monster Emperor, devour more Mud Monsters, and by taming their consciousness, one can become an Emperor.】

It seems this must have been the Mud Monster King's Mud Clone from just now; it split off a large number of Clones specifically to capture students.

The large number of disappearances of contestants in the Young Kirin Cup has already attracted the attention of the Young Kirin Cup Organizing Committee; it is estimated that they will be transferred out before long.

"Report, according to intelligence, Ye Bai and Lie Sha were captured together by people from the Gospel Society."

"Tank is still there moving bricks to train his muscles; he seems to be completely unaware of everything."

Chairman Zhang quickly learned a large amount of information.

"Okay, I understand. It seems those people can no longer wait."

"Notify the people from the Organizing Committee to evacuate now, and at the same time, take a headcount to see how many people have been captured by the Gospel Society."

"Have you found the place where they are hiding?"

President Zhang continued to ask.

"Found it. According to the tracker on Shark, they are currently in an abandoned warehouse at the school."

"The volume of that warehouse is quite large, a full football field in size."

"Should we surround them first?"

President Zhang shook his head: "No, we must not alert the enemy." "Besides, we don't have that much manpower and resources for the time being."

"Shark has mixed in, so she naturally has a way to protect the students' safety."

"Notify Tank and have him sneak into the warehouse to wait for our next set of instructions."

President Zhang looked as if he had everything under control.

Sunflower Emperor quietly crawled out from Ye Bai's embrace.

It slipped away and split into several Clones on the rafters.

Once an accident occurred, the Clones would immediately rescue the people hanging from the rafters; this was a contingency plan laid out by Ye Bai.

Because the Sunflower Emperor's body had shrunk significantly, none of these elite soldiers of the Gospel Society noticed it.

Seeing that the Magic Array was about to be finished, Ye Bai hurriedly gave the Sunflower Emperor a look, signaling it to find a way to destroy the Magic Array.

He had a bad feeling, always sensing that there would be dire consequences once the Magic Array was completed.

At this moment, Ye Bai was surprised to discover a palm-sized paper figure floating in the air.

A voice appeared in Ye Bai's mind.

"Don't make a sound, I am currently using Miwu Chuanyin with you."

"Two hours ago, that kid President Zhang found me and told me the situation was urgent, so I placed a paper Clone on you, which has just come in handy."

"The provincial capital union has already begun to launch rescue operations."

"As soon as President Zhang is fully prepared, we will leave immediately."

"I will use small paper figures to fly everyone present out."

Ye Bai nodded calmly.

Although Ye Bai did not know how powerful his master was currently, he could not even see through the strength of a single paper puppet.

"Ye Bai, Master will test you: if you were dealing with an Exotic Beast like the Slime Monster King, how would you handle it?"

Jiang Dashi's inquisitive voice appeared.

This was equivalent to a test from Jiang Dashi for him.

Ye Bai thought for a moment and then replied: "The Slime Monster King is an Exotic Beast capable of splitting into countless Clones."

"Its weakness lies in its eyes."

"In its split state, the Slime Monster King has no fatal weak point."

"Only after it completely merges into one will a fatal weak point appear."

"Its fatal weak point is a black dot, invisible to the naked eye, located about thirty centimeters below its eyes."

"That is where the Slime Monster King's crystal core is stored."

"As long as we attack this fatal weak point, the Slime Monster King will undoubtedly die."

Ye Bai's third Pet Beast, the Flood Dragon Spirit, could strike; once it splits into seven Dragon-Slaying Swords, killing the Slime Monster King would be effortless.

"Your foundation is very solid."

"The Slime Monster King can indeed be handled that way."

Jiang Dashi seemed very satisfied with Ye Bai's answer.

"However, there is one point you must pay attention to."

"Never face the Slime Monster King's Petrification beam."

"This Petrification beam can instantly turn a person into stone."

"Reversing Petrification requires special medicinal herbs, and they are very difficult to find."

This reminded Ye Bai that he could completely reflect the Petrification beam by using a mirror.

Thereby defeating the Slime Monster King.

Ye Bai saw a large dressing mirror inside the warehouse; he did not know who had placed it there.

This made things convenient for Ye Bai.

"Report, Father: the Youlin Cup Zuoweihui has discovered the fact that a large number of contestants and some of the Zuoweihui's staff have gone missing."

"Should we transfer the people to our lair now?"

The Father hesitated slightly: "Start the Magic Array first, then transfer the people away."

"My brow is twitching wildly; I have a bad premonition."

The Father possessed a very special talent called Risk Perception.

Whenever his brow began to twitch, something major was bound to happen.

After receiving the Father's instructions, the many black-robed figures began to activate the Magic Array.

This Magic Array was a hexagram.

Six black-robed figures were seen standing in six positions.

They put down precious space stones, intending to open the Magic Array.

However, the moment the space stones were placed on the ground, they vanished.

The people around all wore expressions of having seen a ghost; their eyes were wide open—the space stones had disappeared, how could this be?

The Father naturally noticed this scene.

"Sigh, always dropping the ball at the critical moment."

"I have a piece of space crystal here; we can use it to replace the space stone to open the Magic Array as quickly as possible, so we can teleport out and avoid the risk."

"Once the people from the Pet Beast Guild surround us, we will inevitably be purged."

"The Yandong Province branch of the Gospel Society will also suffer heavy losses."

"Not only did we fail to successfully rescue Lord Star Sage, but we have also become a laughingstock in the eyes of others."

The priest threw a piece of space crystal toward the Magic Array.

However, the moment the space crystal landed on the ground, it disappeared again.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, not knowing how to handle the situation.

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