PNB Chapter 210 Dealing with the Mutant Octopus
Chapter 210 Dealing with the Mutant Octopus
The water-based ability users split into two groups and stood on either side of the giant octopus. As soon as they were in place, they began to use their abilities to draw water from the giant octopus.
Shen Zechuan and his group split into two groups, standing guard beside the water-type ability users on both sides, ready to use their abilities to attack at any time.
Although Zhou Yang didn't have any special abilities, he had two powerful advantages: Pea and Little Tiger, so he also stood behind Shen Zechuan.
As more than thirty water-based ability users activated their abilities simultaneously, a large amount of water was extracted from the mutated octopus's body.
The mutated octopus, which had only been momentarily paralyzed by the lightning and felt no pain or itch, suddenly became tense when it realized that the water it depended on for survival was being rapidly drained from its body.
Under this anxiety, the mutated octopus began to absorb the remaining lightning energy on its body, and the paralysis effect quickly dissipated in the process, and it recovered in no time.
Then, swinging the tentacles that were used to grip the wall and to stabilize itself, it lashed out fiercely at the water-type ability users on either side.
All the water-based ability users were taken aback.
Fortunately, Shen Zechuan and the others kept a close eye on the mutated octopus's every move. As soon as it made a move, they immediately released their powers to attack the tentacles on both sides, successfully intercepting the attacks of several tentacles.
Zhou Yang also released Little Tiger, which immediately wrapped several tentacles together.
Lu Xingye and the others breathed a sigh of relief, but their pumping motions became even more ferocious.
The mutated octopus became even more enraged when it saw that its attacks were once again thwarted by those annoying attacks, while the thing sucking its water was doing even better.
After devouring all the superpowers and obstacles released onto him, he waved several tentacles, let out a roar, and spat out a large mouthful of ink from the ink nozzle near his mouth, heading towards the water-type superpower users on the other side of Zhou Yang and his group, which happened to be where Zhou Xian and Song Lian were.
No one else realized the power of the ink. After all, before the apocalypse, octopus ink was almost non-toxic to humans, and even had good nutritional value after being cooked.
Even Zhou Yang, who didn't know much about marine life, didn't react immediately.
However, Chi Feng, who had lived in Shanghai for eight years in his previous life, was very familiar with this kind of thing. He immediately dropped his relaxed demeanor and shouted at Zhou Xian, who possessed ice-type abilities:
"Zhou Xian! Freeze this ink! It's highly poisonous!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xian didn't even have time to think, let alone care whether it was true or false. He immediately released his ice-type ability to freeze all the ink coming towards them.
However, the area affected by the ink was too large. Even though Zhou Xian reacted quickly, he could only freeze most of the ink in time, but fortunately, he still managed to protect most of the people.
As the large chunk of frozen black ice fell rapidly to the ground due to its weight, it shattered into black ice shards.
The few drops of ink that weren't frozen then spilled onto the ground, instantly corroding a layer off the city wall.
A few scattered drops landed on Zhou Xian and a few other ability users who were on the edge. The moment they made contact, they corroded their outer garments and continued to erode their skin through the garments, causing them to cry out in pain.
When I rolled up my sleeves, I saw that all the skin that had come into contact with the ink had been corroded away, revealing a patch of bloody red flesh.
Holy crap! This ink is really potent!
Zhou Xian and the others gritted their teeth and cursed inwardly.
These were only the higher-level ones who could endure it; if it were the lower-level water-type ability users, they would have been torn to pieces.
On the other side, Zhou Yang and the others looked at the highly corrosive ink and heard the screams from the other side. Their hearts clenched, and they looked at the mutated octopus with even greater vigilance.
Seeing the mutated octopus, whose attack had failed, raging in vain, and unsure if it still had ink in its ink sac, Zhou Yang, just in case, suggested that Shen Zechuan strike first.
"It might still have ink left, so we can't let it spray out again. You should paralyze it with lightning."
Shen Zechuan nodded, and a lightning-fast net of lightning shot towards the mutated octopus's head. When one failed, he threw a second, a third... until he finally succeeded in slowing down the mutated octopus's movements.
Seeing that the mutated octopus had been successfully controlled, and not knowing how long it could last, Zhou Yang hurriedly shouted to Lu Xingye and the others, "Everyone, do your best to drain the water, don't hold back."
Lu Xingye and the others also witnessed the power of the mutated octopus, and they all nodded and silently increased their power output.
Taking advantage of this lull, Yan Fei and the others didn't sit idle either. They all unleashed their special abilities, trying their best to inflict as much damage as possible on the mutated octopus and buy as much time as possible.
At Zhou Yang's instruction, Pea breathed a burst of fire onto the mutated octopus, further accelerating the evaporation of moisture from the octopus.
Zhou Yang took the opportunity to take out two bottles of spring water and give them to Shen Zechuan, who was resting nearby, to replenish his supernatural abilities.
Shen Zechuan took it and finished the whole bottle in one go.
Seeing that he still hadn't recovered, Zhou Yang quickly handed him the other bottle she was holding.
On the other side, thanks to the efforts of all the aquatic ability users, the mutated octopus visibly shrank.
Due to the lack of water, the mutated octopus began to panic. It was also unable to move because the paralysis around its body had not yet worn off. In addition, there was a supernatural fire that was no less powerful than its own being roasting it. It began to let out sharp and piercing howls in discomfort.
The sound pierced through eardrums and rushed straight to the head, almost blowing the top of one's head off.
The sound nearly broke everyone's composure, especially the lower-level water-type ability users, who gritted their teeth and endured it without interrupting the pumping action.
Zhou Yang, who actually had no superpowers, was in a bad situation. He covered his ears and squatted on the ground in discomfort.
Of everyone, only Chi Feng, a late-stage level 6 cultivator, was not significantly affected, though his brow remained furrowed ever since he heard the voice.
The sound didn't seem like a sonic attack; it was more like summoning something...
As Chi Feng pondered this, his gaze involuntarily drifted towards the deep sea.
In that darkness, something seemed to be surging forth.
A few minutes later, as the mutated octopus shrank to half its original size thanks to everyone's efforts, it finally collapsed from exhaustion after struggling in vain, falling to the ground below the city wall. The demonic sound gradually faded away.
The group, having recovered, gathered around the city wall and breathed a sigh of relief as they looked down at the mutated octopus struggling almost helplessly.
Zhou Yang looked at the mutated octopus, thinking about the crystal core in its head, and rubbed his hands together.
Just as he was debating whether to have Shen Zechuan go down and kill it for him, Chi Feng glanced at him, swung his vines and plunged them down, sending the octopus to its death. He also caught a large crystal core and handed it to Zhou Yang.
"..." Zhou Yang, who was about to shamelessly ask for the space-type crystal core of the mutated octopus that Chi Feng had obtained, was stunned for a moment, "You just gave it to me like that?"
"Otherwise what? You're so eager to come up with ideas for fighting monsters because you've got your eye on this crystal core, right? Besides, you have the highest spatial ability here, so leveling up quickly is the best way to maximize your benefits." Chi Feng smiled. "This crystal core is almost comparable to a level 6 crystal core, so you'd better hurry up and level up."
"Well... I won't stand on ceremony, hehe."
Zhou Yang then took the crystal core without further ado and stuffed it into his spatial storage.