"Isn't the ghost-faced squid a legendary creature? Why doesn't it use the legendary domain?" Qin Lun asked Mustaxia curiously while running.
"It doesn't dare to use it. Most of the legendary domains of water-type monsters are water domains. If it is in the endless sea, the big waves driven by the water domain can overturn even a steam warship made by goblins in an instant. However, this is a lake after all. It If you do this, the water level will drop a lot." The highland elf replied panting.
Qin Lun understood that with the size of this ghost-faced squid, it has been trapped in the land of death forever. It will not destroy its homeland just to hunt itself and others. Otherwise, everyone would be powerless to resist the monstrous waves it set off, which would be considered a blessing in misfortune.
"Which way to go?" Lago, who was exploring the way ahead, shouted at Mustasha.
"Wait!" The highland elf bent down and inserted his palm into the soil, picked some soil with his fingers and put it into his mouth, tasted it carefully, and then pointed out a direction for everyone, "Go this way!"
"Is this useful?" Because of excessive casting, Winnie's face was a little pale, and her hair was sticking to her face with sweat.
"She's measuring the rot in the soil. Unlike other lakes, the water here is too deep for banyan trees to grow. The greater the concentration of rot, the closer it is to the real embankment." Qin Lun explained softly behind her. .
"Oh!" Winnie agreed, and asked suspiciously, "Why didn't she do this before?"
Qin Lun's eyes flashed, but he didn't explain. And Winnie came to her senses soon, smiled wryly and shook her head.
Mustasia hadn't done this before. Firstly, she didn't realize that this lake is a bit special. Secondly, doing so would have sequelae. Qin Lun, with keen eyesight, has seen the highland elf quietly wipe the blood from his nose more than once behind his back.
Can the soil of the swamp be tasted randomly? Not to mention the messy things in it, the toxins accumulated over the years in the swamp gas alone are enough for her to drink a pot.
"Wow!" The slight sound of splashing water from the distant lake quickly made everyone nervous again, and the ghost-faced squid still did not give up hunting.
"Qin Lun, can you use Tree Boundary Descend?" Hill asked quietly in the team channel.
"The environment here is not suitable!" Qin Lun shook his head. What's the use of this narrow dirt road covered with trees? What's more, here is deep in the lake, and there are not many plant seeds in the soil. Even if the tree world descends, it may not be able to form a large-scale barrier.
"There is no way ahead!" The thief ran back anxiously. In fact, without his calling, everyone had already seen the distance tens of meters ahead. There is a vast ocean. The dirt road stopped abruptly after reaching here, and the front part was submerged underwater.
"How could this be?" Xi Fu sat down on the ground in a daze. From the perspective of ordinary people and noble young masters, his will was considered extremely firm. After running away all night, and changing to an ordinary professional, it is estimated that they will all collapse at this time.
"Bah!" Mustasia spat out the black soil in his mouth, with a hint of joy in his eyes, "Swim over, the opposite is the shore, I have already tasted fresh banyan seeds!"
"Are you sure?" Looking at the dark water surface, Winnie tried her best to increase the brightness of the light spell, but unfortunately she still couldn't see too far.
"Aren't there water-bound spirits in the water?" Lago asked weakly.
"There is no such thing in this lake. No other consciousness will be allowed to exist near the ghost squid's lair." Mustasia bent her knees and supported her knees. In the darkness, only Qin Lun could see the blood swarming from the corner of her mouth.
A small pool of blood soon accumulated on the ground. The highland elf straightened up and wiped away the pool of blood silently with his leather boots.
"Qin Lun, can you see it?" Rand asked with a wry smile, "If we make another mistake this time, we won't be able to fight the ghost-faced squid in the water."
"I can't see very clearly either, the distance is at least a hundred meters!" Qin Lun's staring halo quietly dissipated from his left eye, and he shook his head helplessly.
"Make up your mind, that thing is getting closer and closer!" Rick shouted after breaking.
"Believe me, the opposite must be the shore!" Mustasia yelled, and with a "plop", she jumped into the icy lake first.
"We have no choice!" Qin Lun and his two companions looked at each other, and grabbed Xi Fu, "Stay close to me, and open your mouth if you can't swim anymore!"
"En!" Xi Fu gritted his teeth fiercely, nodded, and followed Qin Lun and the others into the water.
"Damn it!" The thief cursed secretly, then jumped off, shivering as soon as he touched the lake water, "#@￥, it's so cold!"
"Winnie, hold me!" Rick handed his hand to the female mage. Her physical strength was the weakest. Even though she had been adventuring in the wild for many years, she was only a little better than Xifu. The mage's physique is so fragile and sensitive. This has nothing to do with whether he has exercised or not, but the result of being eroded by various magical elements for a long time.
"Can you go into the water? Do you want me to give you a levitation technique!" Winnie hesitated and glanced at the heavy armor on Rick.
"It's okay, the armor has a constant water avoidance skill, but it has a lot of buoyancy in the water." Rick shook his head and smiled.
"Wow!" While speaking, the sound of water splashing in the distance became clearer, like a whip, urging everyone to speed up.
"Mastasia?" Qin Lun, who jumped into the water for the second time, had just swam a certain distance before realizing that the highland elf had disappeared.
"It's sinking!" Hill closed his eyes and sensed for a while, then pointed to the water and said, his affinity for water is more useful here than Qin Lun's eyes.
"You guys go first, I'll save her!" Qin Lun signaled Xi Fu to keep up with Hill and Rand, and plunged into the water.
"Rand, do you feel that Qin Lun is a little strange these days?" Hill watched his movements, frowned slightly, blocked the team channel, and secretly communicated with Fireworks.
"Well, I found out a long time ago!" Rand nodded solemnly, "Along the way, he saved the mage twice and the thief once in a row. He would never have done this before!"
The purpose of Qin Lun and the other three hiring blood-piercing mercenaries was to use them as cannon fodder, and it would explain why they did it once in a while. It's not like Qin Lun's style to help them continuously. There is no one who takes such meticulous care of cannon fodder as he does.
"Don't ask him yet, let's see what he wants to do?" Hill shrugged, grabbed Sif, who was not moving, and swam towards the direction that Mustasha pointed out.
"Where is it?" Qin Lun's left eye flickered with a dark green light, and he groped carefully under the water, but he still couldn't see the shadow of the highland elf. The lake water in the Dead Swamp seemed to be denser than the water in the outside world. He couldn't see far, so he could only search by feeling.
"Found it!" A moment later, Qin Lun's face finally flashed a gleam of joy. He found the highland elf's ponytail that spread out like water plants.
"Ahem!" The highland elf's head emerged from the water, coughing violently, and streams of blood flowed down his mouth.
"Where am I?" Mustasia opened her eyes, looking blankly at the silver-haired elf beside her.
However, her consciousness soon became clearer, and she felt a little tightness in her chest, so she couldn't help but look down. I saw Qin Lun's arm wrapping around her armpit, his two palms supporting her plump and towering peaks very rudely, and he was dragging her forward.
Because Qin Lun could only push the water with his legs, the two bodies stuck together without gaps, and the intimate friction caused the highland elf's tired body to feel like an electric shock.
"Are you awake? Then take it easy and don't tense up!" Qin Lun glanced down and said in a deep voice, "We are at the end."
The pale face of the silver-haired elf fell into Mustasia's eyes, which immediately made the highland elf feel strange. It's just that she quickly slashed the young man's eyes, shook off Qin Lun's arm, and tried to swim forward.
Qin Lun raised his eyebrows, grinned, and followed the highland elves while paying attention to the movement behind him. It's just that a strange expression soon appeared on his face, and he tried his best not to laugh.
Mustasia is tall, well-proportioned and fit, especially her long legs are very attractive. It's a pity that at this time, her swimming style was ugly as hell, it was actually a dog crawling style. So vigorously paddling, but the speed is not fast, and I will choke twice from time to time, no wonder it sank to the bottom before.
"You don't know how to swim, so you're fighting to be the first to jump into the water?" Qin Lun asked with a light smile.
The highland elf's body froze and almost sank again. He danced with his hands and feet before resurfacing. Qin Lun speeded up and rushed to her side, wrapped his arms around his armpits, held onto Mustasia's pair of majestic weapons again, and dragged her to swim forward.
"Stop struggling, you don't want us all to become food for ghost-faced squids!" Sensing the instinctive resistance of the highland elves, Qin Lun tightened his arms and said expressionlessly.
Mustasia lowered her head, unable to see her expression clearly in the darkness, she couldn't help muttering a few words in a low voice.
"What?" Qin Lun couldn't hear what she said clearly, and asked in doubt.
"I'm a highland elf, so it's no surprise that I can't swim!" Mustasia shouted angrily, raising her voice.
"Okay, okay, I got it!" Qin Lun felt that the highland elf's behavior was a bit strange, so he had to say a few perfunctory words.
"Coaxing the child!" The highland elf curled her lips in dissatisfaction, but Qin Lun ignored her. Even a master harpist can't get rid of the common problems of women.
"I saw the embankment!" Lago's cheers came from ahead.
Qin Lun looked up, his eyes flickered, and finally he could see a hazy black shadow in front of him. On this wide lake, the dark shadows appearing in the distance on the water level obviously means that the shore is approaching.
"Hey, it's strange!" Mustasia in Qin Lun's arms frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly said in surprise, "We've arrived!"
"Where are you going?" Qin Lun looked at the highland elves suspiciously.
"Hmm!" Mustasia nodded as if pecking at rice, "Look, this black shadow is continuous, isn't it different from the swamp environment we've been seeing?"
"You mean, we've reached the entrance to the canyon of Troll's Claw?" Qin Lun raised his brows, and suddenly realized.