Monster Master: Evidence of the Way

"[Ding! Mission triggered—Assist Selina in obtaining the Water Fang and raising the Water Spirit to B-level. Completion reward: Attribute upgrade; failure penalty: Obliteration.]"

Upon hearing the task issued by the system, Yi Yin couldn't help but grit his teeth.

System, you are such a coward!

After secretly cursing the system a hundred and eight times in his heart, Yi Yin began to reflect on why his system was so dinnery.

Facts have proven that the system is just a cold and ruthless system. Yiyin can't help it end its tragic fate now, and he won't be able to help it in the future.

Since there was no turning back, Yi Yin would not risk being wiped out to persuade Selina to start a new life. Now, all he could do was go with the flow.

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After leaving the middle area, Selina took the map of the salt water zone and began to look at something.

There is only one extremely deep passage between the middle and deep areas. If you don't pass through this passage, you can't reach the deep area smoothly.

This is where the problem gets tricky. Just going to a middle floor is disturbing enough, let alone an aisle. If there aren't any monsters and ghosts in it, it would be a real evil.

In this regard, Selena's advice is:

Rush!

Just rush and that's it!

Relying on our large numbers, we can reach the deep area by quickly passing through this aisle.

Although I don't know why Selena seems so motivated, it's always good to have someone willing to take the lead.

After making up their minds, everyone started to charge.

However, accidents always follow.

An unintentional glance broke Selina's defenses. She...saw a bug.

Like other girls, Selena was terrified of insects. The wriggling insects that were always twisting their bodies disturbed Selena's nerves all the time. She was very scared and would have screamed if she hadn't been in the water.

Taking Selena's discovery of the bugs as an opportunity, more and more bugs began to emerge all at once.

"That's disgusting."

If Jiaozi wasn't afraid of vomiting on the mask, he would have vomited on it long ago.

"Even tardigrades can't survive in saltwater areas. Where do these bugs come from?"

"Tardigrades can't survive in saltwater zones because high concentrations of salt are their nemesis," Di Qi explained with a cold face.

"I once heard my eldest brother say that during a mission, he once encountered a monster whose target could share life force with other creatures. The target had cunningly captured hundreds of tardigrades, and it was impossible to kill them for a while. Fortunately, my eldest brother had a dagger coated with salt at hand, and with just one strike, the target fell into a peaceful sleep."

I can only say that as expected of a descendant of the Layton family, he actually has so many novel insights...

"This is a Gu insect."

The knowledgeable Mr. Bronson explained, "Unlike tardigrades, poison worms love to parasitize humans. They are omnipresent and can penetrate the human body through tiny holes. Once their numbers are large enough, they will burst through the host's head and completely occupy the host's body, turning the host into a walking corpse!"

After hearing Mr. Brownson's introduction, everyone felt a chill. What was even more terrifying was that they were already surrounded by poisonous insects!

For some unknown reason, the poisonous insects seemed to be able to move freely within the saltwater zone, while Bubulu and his companions could only hide in the small bubbles created by the water spirits. If this continued, the situation would become even more unfavorable for them!

Ruined.

In this short moment of hesitation, the poisonous insects, like sharks smelling blood, crawled onto everyone without any instruction.

"what!"

Selina screamed in fright.

The feeling of having something crawling on one's body was extremely painful. What was even worse was that the insects seemed to have the ability to penetrate armor and actually pierced directly into everyone's flesh.

Can't stop it.

With the exception of water spirits, none of their monsters could breathe underwater. Summoning them would only lead to drowning. Therefore, summoning monsters was impossible. But relying on myself alone, I couldn't force the Gu worm out of my body.

Di Qi couldn't help but burst into laughter. He rolled over while laughing. It seemed that the insect accidentally touched his funny bone.

There is no way. Since Diqi can't protect himself, the same is true for others.

Jiaozi was so disturbed by the tingling sensation that he vomited and fainted.

Bubulu tried to pull out the poisonous insects, but although he succeeded, there were too many of them, and the few he pulled out were just a drop in the bucket. Bubulu had scratched his body until it blotched with blood, but he still couldn't stop the poisonous insects from invading.

Selena's words...

"Ahhh!! Where are you going?! Don't go to a weird place like that!" Selina's face flushed red. Knowing she was powerless to resist, she knelt down inside the bubble, striking a classic pose of defeat.

Even if the water fairy gave it a shower, it would be of no use because the bugs were never completely destroyed.

So why do bugs exist in this world?

Yi Yin thought miserably that he could only watch his blood being eaten away bit by bit by the poisonous insect.

Moreover, his body was extremely itchy... If Selina hadn't been there, Yiyin would have wanted to take off his clothes and go shirtless.

Everyone was ripped to pieces by the poisonous insects. Just as a mosquito can defeat a lion but lose to a spider, the tail-end squad had fought the Yellow Springs, defeated Kimila Dron, and even saved the Dragon Palace, only to be ultimately undone by a few tiny insects. It was truly a pity.

Just when everyone was about to be sentenced to death, Mr. Brownson suddenly made a choice.

He looked at the people lying convulsing and knew that it was his turn to sacrifice.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out the dagger, and stabbed himself in the arm.

Suddenly, blood splattered everywhere!

The drifting blood dyed the water red, and the poisonous insects on and in the bodies of the people rushed towards Mr. Brownson.

Everyone was stunned to see Mr. Brownson humiliating himself like this!

"Mr. Brownson, why are you doing this..."

Yi Yin said sadly, "If all the poisonous insects are attracted to you, you will die in a minute!"

"Hehehe..."

Mr. Brownson wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said weakly:

"This is the best solution. The poisonous insects are very sensitive to blood. If I don't do this, we will all be trapped here and die. I am old, but you are still young. My son is about the same age as you. Going on this journey with you is like my son is always by my side. It can be said that this trip is worthwhile."

Diqi stopped laughing and Jiaozi woke up. They looked at Mr. Brownson's behavior and immediately realized something.

But it's not enough.

This amount of bleeding won't buy them enough time.

Thinking of this, Mr. Brownson suddenly smiled with relief.

"Today is a good day to work hard. Hahahahahaha..."

After saying that, Mr. Brownson stabbed himself several times in his body, arms and legs!

The drifting blood flowers danced like the first snow falling from the Dragon Palace.

And in the eyes of Bubulu and the others, a thin layer of mist had covered them without them knowing when.

"Come on!"

Mr. Bronson shouted at the top of his lungs, "There are too many poisonous insects. I can't hold on for much longer. Get out of here quickly. No matter what, you must get the Water Fang!"

It seems that Mr. Brownson is determined to help everyone overcome the difficulties by sacrificing himself.

Even so, who can bear to leave?

"Big sister, let's go. Don't let Mr. Brownson's efforts go to waste." Jiaozi's voice trembled slightly.

“…” Di Qi didn’t say a word, as if he was trying hard to hold back his tears.

Selina's eyes also turned red.

"Mr. Bronson... take care of yourself!"

After saying that, Selina ran forward without looking back.

"Fool!"

Yiyin was most worried that the fool Bubulu would insist on saving Mr. Brownson, so he took the initiative and dragged Bubulu away.

After confirming that they had all left, Mr. Brownson gave them a thumbs-up with difficulty.