Chapter 292

"Being in a pitch-black space yet able to swallow Li Yao-kun's summon,"

"there is over a ninety-five percent chance they possess night vision, which we do not."

"Agility over a thousand, numbers conservatively at five hundred."

"My suggestion is to avoid combat."

Miss Jiutiao Meise said indifferently.

Li Yao thought rapidly, and after a few breaths, made up his mind.

"Mm, avoid combat."

Even though he really wanted to figure out how to get out, without understanding the opponent's strength,

it was best not to fight those unknown creatures.

Agility over two thousand; Li Yao knew nothing else about them.

More importantly,

Li Yao could hardly guarantee that he wouldn't encounter other dangers while fighting them.

"Isn't there only that one path?" Wei Hai asked.

"After leaving the starting point, walk to the left along the edge of the space."

Now was not the time for hesitation.

Between the left and right sides, Li Yao chose a direction at random.

Regarding Li Yao's words, everyone naturally executed them unconditionally.

Soon,

they arrived at the open area Li Yao mentioned.

Upon arriving here,

everyone could smell

the thick stench of blood in the air.

It was so thick

that it felt as if they were submerged in blood.

Avoid combat!

They must avoid combat!

"Move faster; we cannot rule out the possibility that they have the ability to track scents."

After saying this, Li Yao dashed forward.

He controlled his speed to a level the others could keep up with.

The temperature was slightly hot, around 30 degrees.

The surroundings were empty, without any obstacles, and not a hint of wind could be felt.

After ten minutes of high-speed travel, they had put a full six or seven kilometers of distance behind them.

"Is it still like this ahead?" Miss Jiutiao Meise asked.

"Mm, it's been empty terrain the whole time; no other exits have been found," Li Yao replied.

"Let's continue searching along the edge; there's no exit over at the 【Core Jianyan Grotto】."

"Those super-large monsters couldn't have appeared out of thin air."

"Therefore, there must be another exit."

"Mm."

Just at this moment,

Li Yao stopped abruptly.

Everyone stopped right behind him

and took out their weapons, ready for battle.

Directly ahead, a green light suddenly lit up.

A human-sized body appeared abruptly in front of Li Yao and the others.

It floated in mid-air, and the liquid flowing all over its body emitted a faint green light,

which was particularly conspicuous in the pitch-black environment.

Through the light,

one could see the body had no fixed shape.

Like liquid, it was constantly changing irregularly.

Didn't perceive it?

This was the first time

a monster had gotten so close without Li Yao sensing it at all!

Li Yao's expression darkened slightly.

If the opponent were powerful and launched an attack,

the consequences would be unimaginable!

"Guji Guji Guji Guji."

This puddle of green liquid shook in a rather human-like manner,

emitting a questioning sound similar to a bird's chirp.

It didn't seem to have any hostility, just curiously sizing everyone up.

Li Yao cast Appraisal.

【Floating Water Spirit】

【Level: 64】

【HP: 】

【Strength: 104】

【Spirit: 1849】

【Agility: 1236】

【Stamina: 984】

【Skills: Poison Bubble LV3, Suffocation Capture LV5, Physical Immunity LVMAX, Telepathy LVMAX】

The level was quite high,

but there was no special rank prompt,

so it was just an ordinary monster.

Everyone immediately felt relieved

and curiously sized up this Abyss monster in front of them.

Through the faint green light, one could roughly see the internal structure of the Water Spirit.

Strands of silk, like blood vessels, stretched the liquid open.

At the very center, there was a brain similar to a human's.

At the top of the liquid, there were two pitch-black eyeballs.

While sizing everyone up, the eyeballs rolled around smoothly.

"Guji Guji Guji Guji!"

Because the opponent had no hostility,

Li Yao did not attack immediately.

"It seems to want to communicate with us?" Wei Hai reached out to touch this puddle of liquid floating in the air.

The opponent's body, however, suddenly caved in,

just right to avoid Wei Hai's finger.

Wei Hai's eyes widened: "Hey! Quite shy!"

The Water Spirit floated in front of Li Yao, its black eyeballs spinning non-stop.

"Guji Guji Guji Guji!"

"It seems to have been communicating with Captain Li Yao the whole time," Wang Wang Yuetong whispered.

Li Yao did not speak, just kept watching the Water Spirit,

intending to wait and see what happened.

At this time,

this puddle of liquid suddenly made a move.

A flowing column of water slowly flowed out from its body,

like a tentacle, approaching the top of Li Yao's head.

Li Yao raised an eyebrow slightly.

Even though the opponent had no hostility,

it wanted to touch his forehead right off the bat?

Li Yao added a layer of Mirror Light Protection to himself,

in case the opponent suddenly lashed out, exposing his Chess Player talent.

"Li Yao-kun, it might be the Telepathy skill," Miss Jiutiao Meise reminded.

Li Yao had, of course, thought of this too;

otherwise, if a monster wanted to touch his head,

he would have drawn his sword and slashed it right there.

The water flow touched the back of Li Yao's head.

"Guji Guji Guji Guji."

This bird-like chirping was gradually evolving into a crisp, pleasant girl's voice

ringing in Li Yao's mind.

"H-hello."

Li Yao was slightly stunned and subconsciously said, "Hello."

The polite female voice rang out again.

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"My name is Hearing Lingxin, what about you? Beautiful male."

Beautiful male?

What kind of niche vocabulary was this?

Li Yao still said: "Li Yao. Why didn't you communicate with him directly just now, but chose me instead?"

"Him? That big guy?"

"I didn't want to touch him; he's too ugly."

Uh...

Li Yao had thought there was some special reason,

but it was just because of this?

Wei Hai watched Li Yao seemingly communicating with the liquid,

showing an eager expression.

"How is it? What did it say? Can you let me try?"

"It didn't say anything. Let me ask instead." Li Yao didn't want to discourage him.

Li Yao asked in his consciousness:

"Hearing Lingxin, can you tell me where this is?"

"Inside the Flame Seat Crab, the digestive area."

"Flame Seat Crab? A creature beyond the True Name rank?"

"Mm-hmm, it is a Hegemon-level creature. In this sea area, the Flame Seat Crab has almost no natural enemies."

Hegemon-level.

Yet another rank he had never heard of.

"If we want to leave here, what should we do?"

Hearing Lingxin was just about to answer

when the color of the liquid on its body suddenly turned deep red,

and its voice carried a hint of a tremor.

"Please follow me. Those parasites are coming over; they are very dangerous."

Did the liquid turning deep red mean fear?

"Let's go, follow it."

Before the words had faded,

Hearing Lingxin floated off in a certain direction, its speed not slow,

even faster than the speed at which Li Yao and the others had been traveling before.

Seeing this, everyone followed without hesitation.

"Can you communicate?" Miss Jiutiao Meise asked while moving.

"Mm."

Li Yao responded.

"It should know the way out, but now that those guys are following, there's no time to talk more."

Hearing this, the heart Miss Jiutiao Meise had been keeping in her throat felt slightly better.

Compared to those monsters,

she was more worried about how to get out and how to return to Blue Star.

The journey was silent.

In the empty darkness, there were only the sounds of everyone's footsteps and slightly rapid breathing.

Ten minutes later,

a bright light appeared ahead.

Hearing Lingxin followed that light and turned inside.

The liquid tentacle touched Li Yao's head again.

"We're almost there. This is my clan's dwelling; there is a light source here, so those parasites cannot get close."

"What exactly are the parasites?"

"Cleaners. They are responsible for organizing the things the Flame Seat Crab swallows into its body. They eat the useless things and transport the useful ones to the Flame Seat Crab."

"I, and you all,"

"are all in the eyes of the parasites,"

"useless things."