Chapter 51

Fatal Strike!

The skill activated, and the dagger plunged right into the merman monster's back.

Scales shattered, and the merman monster fell to the ground with a scream.

At this moment, another ice arrow shot out and landed on the merman monster.

The merman monster was completely frozen, losing all signs of movement.

[Killed Level 19 Merman Soldier, EXP +1500.]

[Jiang Taotao obtained Fish Scale * 1.]

Lin Moyu received the notification; the merman monster had been killed.

Because they were in a 6-person party, the EXP gained was not very high.

Jiang Taotao was the party leader, so she would receive all dropped items.

This was a trial, not a leveling session, so Lin Moyu didn't care.

After quickly dispatching the merman monster, the party continued forward.

Along the way, they encountered several more waves of monsters.

The closer they got to the mountain peak, the more monsters there were.

Their levels were also gradually increasing.

21st-level monsters had already appeared, and they required some effort to eliminate.

After wiping out a 21st-level monster, Jiang Taotao looked towards the mountain peak.

"At our current speed, it will take at least another 3 hours to reach the center of the island."

"It will also take time to climb the mountain."

"We are too slow."

"From now on, when we encounter monsters, Miao Yu, you are responsible for crowd control. We will avoid fighting if we can."

"We need to speed up and head to the Dungeon."

Jiang Taotao decided to ignore the monsters and increase the party's pace.

Miao Yu nodded, "Alright."

The party accelerated their advance.

When they encountered monsters again, Miao Yu directly used a skill to control them.

Wind Bind!

Within the skill, wind elements gently stirred, trapping the monsters like shackles.

The duration was one minute; by the time that minute was up, they would have long since disappeared.

In this way, the party's advancement speed greatly increased.

Just twenty minutes later, they could already see the foot of the mountain.

Just as Jiang Taotao had judged, they were behind.

At this moment, other parties had already reached the foot of the mountain, leading them by quite a bit.

A waterfall cascaded down from the mountain peak; there was only one path up the mountain, and it was not very wide.

The waterfall and the path were both filled with a large number of merman monsters.

Especially at the foot of the mountain, where the waterfall washed down, dense pools of water had appeared.

The pools were connected to each other, forming a winding path.

There were merman monsters everywhere here; it was simply impossible to avoid them.

By now, some parties had arrived at the foot of the mountain and were clearing the monsters there, preparing to climb.

Jiang Taotao gritted her teeth, "If we charge straight up, do you think we can make it?"

Miao Yu shook her head, "There are too many; I can't control them all."

"And these monsters are all Level 22. Their levels are higher than mine, so there's a chance my skills will fail."

If the monster's level is higher than Miao Yu's, there is a possibility that the skill will fail.

They had already failed a few times along the way, but since there was only one monster at those times, they just eliminated it when the control failed.

But here, there were too many monsters.

They were as dense as an army camp.

Jiang Taotao frowned.

If they cleared the way along the path, it would take at least an hour, and they would be completely left behind.

But if they charged directly without Miao Yu's control, it would be very difficult to get through.

If things went wrong, they might even get surrounded by merman monsters, and the party would fall into danger.

For a moment, Jiang Taotao was caught in a dilemma.

Lin Moyu looked at the path ahead; he had already found the shortest route.

"Let me do it."

Lin Moyu suddenly spoke up.

Ling Zhen sneered almost instinctively, "You? You're just a Level 17 guy, what can you do?"

Along the way, Lin Moyu hadn't taken any action; he had just been following behind.

Except for Ning Yiyi, no one knew his abilities.

Ning Yiyi snorted, "Ling, shut your stinking mouth."

Jiang Taotao glared at Ling Zhen, signaling him not to speak.

Then Jiang Taotao asked Lin Moyu, "What do you plan to do?"

Lin Moyu said, "Use the Skeleton Warrior to lure the merman monsters away."

Jiang Taotao's eyes lit up; she finally remembered that Lin Moyu's class was Necromancer.

Although she didn't know exactly what kind of class Necromancer was or what skills it had.

It was a fact that he had summoned creatures.

Using summoned creatures to lure away the merman monsters was certainly a good method.

This also made Jiang Taotao notice that the few parties that had already rushed to the foot of the mountain also had Summoners among them.

They were likely also using summoned creatures to lure away the merman monsters.

Jiang Taotao said, "I'll leave it to you."

"Everyone else, get ready. While the monsters are being lured away, we will charge through."

Lin Moyu moved his mind, and the Skeleton Warrior ran over with its unique clicking sound.

"So fast!"

Jiang Taotao's pupils constricted sharply.

The Skeleton Warrior's speed far exceeded her expectations.

In the blink of an eye, it had run dozens of meters and appeared in front of a group of merman monsters.

The merman monsters let out sharp screeches and immediately charged towards the Skeleton Warrior.

The Skeleton Warrior ignored them and turned to run.

It ran to another pool, drawing out all the merman monsters inside.

Then it ran to other pools.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen merman monsters were following behind the Skeleton Warrior.

The Skeleton Warrior dragged the group of monsters, running further and further away.

The path in front was cleared. Jiang Taotao shouted in a low voice, "Go!"

The party moved forward quickly.

The Skeleton Warrior ran ahead to clear the way, taking away all the monsters along the path.

The party's advance was very smooth.

Just a few minutes later, they had reached the foot of the mountain.

By this time, the number of monsters behind the Skeleton Warrior had reached over a hundred.

Under Lin Moyu's control, the Skeleton Warrior ran further and further away.

Suddenly, the Skeleton Warrior vanished.

Lin Moyu recalled it into the Summoning Space.

The merman monsters instantly lost their target, each one filled with confusion.

Jiang Taotao let out a long sigh of relief, "Well done."

Ning Yiyi giggled, "Really amazing."

Duan Gao and Miao Yu also looked at Lin Moyu with appreciation; this time, it was all thanks to him.

Ling Zhen said coldly, "Why didn't you do that at the beginning? Otherwise, we would have already reached the mountain."

Lin Moyu turned his head and looked at him as if he were an idiot.

Isn't this guy a mage?

A mage's brain should be sharp, right?

Why does this guy look so stupid?

Ning Yiyi snorted coldly, "Ling Zhen, shut your stinking mouth and stop spouting nonsense here. If you're so capable, do it yourself."

Lin Moyu looked at him with cold eyes, "Last time."

Ling Zhen looked full of disdain, "Isn't it just relying on summoned creatures…"

Jiang Taotao interrupted Ling Zhen at this moment, "Enough, shut up."

Ling Zhen had targeted Lin Moyu time and time again.

Lin Moyu rarely spoke, and every time, it was Ling Zhen who started the trouble.

Everyone knew who had the problem.

Suddenly, screams came from the mountain peak.

Everyone looked up and saw a large number of merman monsters rushing down from the mountain.

And the few parties that had previously climbed the mountain were rapidly retreating down the mountain.

Chapter 66 Either He Goes, or I Go

Jiang Taotao's expression changed drastically, "Retreat quickly!"

The party immediately retreated, moving away from the foot of the mountain.

Over a hundred merman monsters rushed down from the mountain peak, completely blocking the path up the mountain.

"Someone intentionally lured the merman monsters over."

Lin Moyu saw someone running in front of the monster horde; it was he who had attracted the merman monsters.

This person's attire was different from theirs; he was not from Xiajing Academy, nor was he from the Shenxia Empire.

Jiang Taotao also saw it, "It's someone from Sakura Country."

"This person should be an Onmyoji, a class unique to Sakura Country."