sbdcsierra Chapter 74: Another Dungeon in Another World? - Fierce Battle! Encounter the Speed Swimmer Again.
Chapter 74: Another Dungeon in Another World? - Fierce Battle! Encounter the Speed Swimmer Again.
In the previous chapter, You Jiahui and Yang Mingyi followed the adventure team into the dungeon of Corpse Curtain Cave. While exploring the dungeon, seeking materials for mid-level monsters, they spotted a "treasure chest" through a crack in the wall. As they searched for the "treasure chest," You Jiahui slew two high-level monsters: a demon-headed bat and a Hundred-Handed Flower. Now, they were in the Hundred-Handed Flower's massive lair.
At this moment, after knowing that Yang Mingyi was just fainted, You Jiahui returned to the place where Baishouhua fell and pretended to look for the remaining monster materials.
Yang Mingyi, who had just woken up from a coma, saw that You Jiahui had been searching for so long. She was curious whether she had found something good, so she rushed over immediately.
You Jiahui had picked up a "rattan stick" on the ground that looked like a hairpin and used it to tie her hair. In fact, this "rattan stick" was the remaining material of the hundred-hand flower, but she didn't understand it, so she just used it as a hairpin.
Yang Mingyi came to You Jiahui and said to her, "Hey, why did you change your hairstyle? This half-tied hairstyle looks pretty good." After that, she squatted where You Jiahui had just squatted and started looking for monster materials.
When You Jiahui noticed Yang Mingyi running over, she stood up and sheathed the dagger she had dropped. She then picked up the longsword and planned to return it to Torsi. As she walked away, she said to Yang Mingyi, "Don't look for it. There's nothing there."
Yang Mingyi asked You Jiahui with a puzzled look on her face, "If there was nothing, why did you look for so long?" After that, she immediately stood up and followed You Jiahui.
You Jiahui did not answer Yang Mingyi, but turned around and said to her: "You are too rash! If Torsi hadn't pulled you down in time, I'm afraid you would not have just injured your ear." She was originally a little embarrassed for having misunderstood the situation, but now the embarrassment turned into a little anger, and she couldn't help but blame Yang Mingyi.
Yang Mingyi said to You Jiahui, "Then I'm fine, right? Haha, haha." She kept laughing awkwardly to cover up her embarrassment. Then, she thought about how dangerous it was and began to feel scared.
You Jiahui sighed and continued walking towards the adventure team.
When You Jiahui walked up to him, Di Wuan asked her, "Sir Knight, what do you say now?" The three of them had been sitting at the exit waiting for a long time.
After You Jiahui returned the sword to Torsi, she asked the three of them in confusion, "Didn't you search this nest just now? Weren't you looking for the treasure chest?"
The three members of the adventure team then remembered that they had come to find the "treasure chest" and had forgotten about it after the battle! They then began to explore the nest. In order to find it faster, they all spread out to search.
Because the nest was so huge, the plants were even up to their knees. It took them a while to find the exit again.
When they all gathered together, they all shook their heads.
Yang Mingyi muttered, "I haven't found it yet..." It can be seen that she was a little disappointed.
You Jiahui said to the others, "Let's go out first! There is a road ahead of this fork in the road. If we still can't find the treasure chest at the end, we can wait until tomorrow to explore other places." After that, she was the first to walk out of the nest.
They finally left the nest of the hundred-handed flower.
Yang Mingyi looked left, then right from the cave entrance. She asked the others, "Where should we go now?" Seeing the glowing plants everywhere, she couldn't tell which way was which.
You Jiahui replied to Yang Mingyi, "Keep going inside and see if there is a treasure chest." She still held on to a glimmer of hope and wanted to find that "treasure chest."
Yang Mingyi asked You Jiahui, "Which way is inside?" Her face was full of confusion.
You Jiahui glanced at Yang Mingyi and walked deeper into the cave. Everyone else quickly followed behind You Jiahui.
After a while, they finally arrived at the end of the fork in the road, but they didn't see any treasure chest.
Di Wuan muttered to himself, "It seems that there really is no such thing..." Before entering this fork in the road, he had guessed that there would be this worst result, and he didn't expect it to come true.
Yang Mingyi's heart collapsed, and she kept muttering, "No way! I've been walking here for so long, and you say there's no treasure chest..." After saying that, she collapsed on the ground.
You Jiahui said to others, "Forget it. Let's go out first and come back tomorrow. It should be very late now." When she said this, she seemed a little disappointed because she couldn't find the treasure chest.
They left the fork in the road in disappointment, then walked out of the hidden passage and returned to the shallow water. Those who were walking out of the underground city in the shallow water probably would never want to return to the hidden passage again in their lifetime.
It was unknown how long it had passed before they finally reached the outside of the Corpse Curtain Cave.
Looking at the big moon outside, Yang Mingyi sighed and said, "It's really late at night. What are we going to eat next..." She was indeed hungry at the moment.
You Jiahui said to Yang Mingyi, "We haven't even walked out of the waterfall yet, why are you thinking about eating?" She was also a little hungry, but not as straightforward as Yang Mingyi.
Ulybian said to Yang Mingyi, "I wonder if the traps I set yesterday caught any wild animals. I'll go and check later." As he said that, he looked outside the waterfall.
Yang Mingyi's eyes lit up and she said to the others, "Let's go! Let's go back to the cave!" Thinking that dinner was taken care of, she was no longer worried.
After a while, they finally returned to the cave they had been in. Di Wuan and Torsi immediately lit a bonfire and began preparing dinner.
You Jiahui asked Yang Mingyi, "It's been a whole day. Have the horses in the carriage eaten any grass?" She sighed and checked her protective gear while chatting with Yang Mingyi.
Yang Mingyi shook her head and turned to You Jiahui, "What should we do?" She had forgotten that horses need to eat grass. Usually, after bringing the carriage back to the palace stables, she would hand it over directly to the staff there.
You Jiahui replied to Yang Mingyi, "Take it out to graze." She was shocked. Yang Mingyi had been using the carriage for so long, but she didn't know to take the horse out to graze.
Yang Mingyi said to You Jiahui, "I'm scared to walk alone..." Looking at the pitch-black darkness outside, she didn't dare to walk alone in the wild.
Torsi said to them, "After dinner, I'll take them out to graze." Then he began to check the condition of the three horses.
At this time, Eurypian also came back with a handful of wild beasts in each hand. Although he didn't use up many arrows in the dungeon today, they were still useful for hunting wild beasts.
While eating dinner, Yang Mingyi asked Ulybian, "Don't you feel it's dangerous to be walking outside alone at night?" As she spoke, she bit off another piece of rabbit meat.
Ulybian replied to Yang Mingyi, "It's okay. We have fought too many wild beasts. If we encounter low-level monsters, we can deal with them easily. Compared with the low-level monsters in the dungeon, fighting low-level monsters in the wild is much easier." As he said that, he picked up the quiver and counted the arrows inside.
They had their dinner in this way, the horses had their grass, and the whole day passed like this.
The next morning, they set out again for the Corpse Curtain Cave.
You Jiahui didn't dare to leave out her shield today. After all, having a shield would make it safer when fighting the acid monster.
This time it was quick! The monsters that appeared today were exactly the same as yesterday's, so they didn't need to explore cautiously at all. They quickly "cut through the thorns" along the way and soon reached the shallow water again.
Di Wuan asked You Jiahui, "Sir Knight, are you going to look for the treasure chest today?" As he spoke, he walked forward.
You Jiahui replied to Di Wuan and said, "Forget it. Don't worry about any forks and hidden passages along the way. I'll just go straight to the end!" After saying that, she immediately stopped and stopped the others behind her.
Yang Mingyi asked You Jiahui softly, "Have we arrived at the place where the 'boat-driving monster' is?" She could no longer remember the name of the fast-swimming monster.
You Jiahui nodded and said to Yang Mingyi, "It's not far ahead. You can see it after a few 'small bends'." After saying that, she drew her dagger.
Di Wuan said to You Jiahui, "Sir Knight, let's do as we agreed yesterday and have Uribian assist you." He was referring to the plan they had discussed yesterday: before Suyong cast the Water Movement spell, he would have You Jiahui close in and kill the Speed Swimmer. Uribian would then fire arrows to disrupt the Speed Swimmer, buying You Jiahui more time to close in.
You Jiahui didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement.
Then, they continued to move forward.
Not long after, they came to a bend, and turning around it was the passage with the "speed-swimming monster".
You Jiahui turned around and said to Torsi, "Lend me your sword." After that, she threw her shield to Yang Mingyi.
Torsi drew out his sword and handed it to You Jiahui.
You Jiahui thought that since it was a sneak attack, it would be better to carry a longsword than a shield. This way, she could rush forward faster during the sudden attack. She half-crouched and slowly walked forward. Ulybian followed her example, moving forward along the other wall.
Soon, the two of them saw the speedster. The others found a protruding wall behind them to hide, so that if the speedster rushed over, it would not hit them.
You Jiahui continued to move forward quietly and approached the fast-swimming monster, trying her best not to alarm it.
Once Eurypian reached sufficient range, he leaned against the wall, took his arrow, put the bowstring on, and prepared himself. He stared closely at the speed-swimming monster and began to adjust his breathing in advance.
You Jiahui stopped and looked back at Uribian. Uribian immediately nodded to You Jiahui, indicating that he was ready.
You Jiahui calmed herself down and finally continued to approach the fast-swimming monster at a slower pace.
When You Jiahui was about ten steps away from the fast-swimming monster, the fast-swimming monster still had its back to them.
You Jiahui immediately made a gesture to Ulybian behind her not to shoot, and then she moved five steps closer.
At this moment, the fast-swimming monster suddenly looked at You Jiahui with one eye!
You Jiahui was startled and immediately rushed forward to get close to the fast-swimming monster, and directly used the long sword in her left hand to perform the "continuous stab" technique she had learned before!
The fast-swimming monster had to immediately block You Jiahui's attack, so it couldn't immediately cast the water movement technique to collide. It simply used its two upper limbs as "paddles" to block You Jiahui's continuous stabs.
The crisp "dong dong dong" sounds rang out continuously, just like a shovel poking on an iron plate.
After all her attacks were blocked, You Jiahui did not intend to give the fast-swimming monster a chance to counterattack, and immediately used the dagger in her right hand to perform the "continuous stab" technique again.
The fast-swimming monster used its two "oars" to block all the attacks again, just like before.
After another round of crisp "dong dong dong" sounds, You Jiahui used her "continuous stab" technique twice in a row, but failed to penetrate the swift-swimming monster's weak point defense. She had no choice but to change her fighting style and immediately switched to swinging back and forth with both swords.
When the fast-swimming monster saw that You Jiahui had actually changed her moves, he immediately used his two "oars" to clash with You Jiahui's two swords from different oblique directions.
"Zheng!" A series of harsh sounds of metal friction were heard. You Jiahui immediately took a few steps back to create some distance. The sound was really unbearable for her.
The fast-swimming monster saw You Jiahui retreating and immediately chased after her. As it turned its body, its two "oars" continuously cut across You Jiahui.
Yang Mingyi, who was in the distance, couldn't help but shout after seeing this, "Big windmill!" She looked so excited that she forgot that You Jiahui was her teammate.
After thinking for a moment, Di Wuan said to Yang Mingyi, "This technique isn't called this 'name', is it?" He looked at Yang Mingyi in confusion.
Yang Mingyi said to Di Wuan, "Oh, I was just talking nonsense. It mainly looks like this." After that, she continued to watch the battle in the distance.
Torsi asked Di Wuan, "As we agreed before, can we go up now?" After saying that, he stared straight at Di Wuan.
After hearing what Torsi said, the other two people finally realized that this was the countermeasure they had discussed before.
Yang Mingyi was horrified and said to the other two people, "It's over! We're going to be scolded! Hurry up!" After that, she immediately threw the shield in her hand to Torsi and took out her short staff.
The three of them then hurried forward to help.
Just when You Jiahui was forced to retreat continuously due to the "windmill" of the fast-swimming monster, Ulybian immediately shot an arrow at the body of the fast-swimming monster!