It's so painful! So hard! So difficult!

The knight slowly stood up, took off his helmet, and tucked it between his arms and body. "Why are you acting alone here? It's very dangerous here now. No one comes here except commissioned adventurers. Because you acted alone, we shot arrows as a test... But you threw the arrow back. This might be the reason why our assassin took action. I apologize to you first..."

He's quite a handsome guy with clean skin. It turns out there are adventurers with Japanese-style beauty here. Bai Lin commented secretly in his heart, but after thinking about it, he seemed to be the same.

Although handsome, Bai Lin was still a man at heart, and didn't feel anything special. Out of courtesy, he removed his helmet, revealing his entire face. "I'm also at fault. I accidentally kicked the assassin too hard and knocked him unconscious, which led to your misunderstanding."

"Haha..." The knight couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He came here accidentally and almost beat our whole team into a cripple before he said this... But this woman is really a beauty.

"Come to think of it, why are you walking alone in this forest? Are you the exiled dark knight?" The knight put on his normal expression and asked.

"I don't know what the Dark Knight is, but my journey alone has nothing to do with it. I just have to take this road to get from the village to the city. Is there any problem?"

Bai Lin didn't reveal Katie's location. Although he could be said to have defeated the team, he couldn't let his guard down. If their teamwork was better, he would likely be in trouble. The fact that the mage had pulled him up for a one-on-one duel showed that they weren't working well together.

"Indeed, dark knights don't carry shields... but since you're wearing armor, it proves that you're a warrior, too."

Bai Lin nodded, "Indeed."

"Well, I will not let this matter of you injuring my companion go. I, Long Yucheng Tali Augustus, as a knight, issue you a fair challenge!"

As he spoke, the knight put on his helmet and tapped his chest. But Bai Lin was stunned for a moment as if he had heard a horror story, and then tentatively said...

"The king of heaven overshadows the tigers of the earth?"

Now, the knight's eyes hidden under his helmet were filled with shock, and it was as if a thunder had exploded in his mind. After a moment of shock, he replied loudly,

"Pagoda suppresses the river demon!"

"Where are you from?"

"I'm from Henan!"

Bai Lin blinked in disbelief, "Although I'm in Zhejiang, this is enough..."

"We're actually fellow countrymen now!" The knight couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes, and even his tone became heated. "Wouldn't you have just said it earlier? What's the point of fighting?"

"How should I know?" Bai Lin said this with a shrug, and finally made the "OK" gesture.

"Come on, come on, tell your companions, this is not an enemy, but an old friend of your captain..."

Chapter 128 Beware of the Enemy

Sitting around three artificial wooden benches, the team members watched Bai Lin and Long Yucheng, who had been locked in a heated exchange just moments before. Their cheerful conversation now made the team members wonder if they were dreaming.

"Captain, is she really your old friend?" The female archer sitting opposite Bai Lin was the first to ask the question. She was hit by an arrow and kicked, so it was inevitable that she had some opinions.

"Ah, what can I do if I didn't recognize you for a moment? Anyway, everyone is fine now, so let's be friendly!" Long Yucheng changed his image of a mighty and upright captain, and used a kind tone to communicate with his partners to adjust the atmosphere, looking like a protagonist, but his team members didn't seem to buy it.

Immediately, someone raised another objection. The assassin, who had put on the veil again, looked at Bai Lin with a look that looked like he was going to kill her and said,

"That kick she gave me was clearly intended to kill me. I even doubt her basic morality as a human being!"

Bai Lin scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "You wanted to kill me with the knife, didn't you? Even though I hit him hard..."

"I didn't, don't spit blood at me, I just want to knock you out, understand? Knock you out!"

Bai Lin knew that reasoning with a woman was pointless, so she gave up on retorting and casually said something to express her attitude. It was a sentence that was like a tiny spark that ignited gasoline:

"Just say so."

Good guy, as soon as this sentence came out, the female assassin was stunned for two seconds, then she rushed over with a knife and wanted to stab Bai Lin twice. Fortunately, Long Yucheng reacted quickly and stopped her. But before the assassin sat back, Long Yucheng turned around and smiled.

"I didn't expect you to have such a sense of humor," he said to Bai Lin. Naturally, at such a short distance, the female assassin overheard him. Poor beautiful woman, not only was she beaten but she also had her blood pressure raised twice in just two short sentences. Trembling with anger, she nearly drew her sword. At that moment, a loud bang echoed from afar, a tremor palpable even to the ground.

The more sensitive adventurers immediately stood up, and except for Bai Lin's five people, they immediately formed a formation with the female hunter at the front. She closed her eyes, sniffed, then opened her eyes again and uttered two words from her mouth,

"monomer."

"A single entity that can cause this kind of situation? Then... it must be the mission target!" Long Yucheng was a little excited, but also a little nervous.

"But this completely deviates from our battle plan... What's more, there is an unstable existence that cannot distinguish between friend and foe..." Unlike Long Yucheng's excitement, the female archer looked back at Bai Lin, and her tone revealed her intention to retreat.

Bai Lin spread his hands. "If you don't trust me, then I can't do anything. I can only say that I will follow the battle arrangements. Or, you can treat me as a member of another team."

Long Yucheng didn't say much. He knew it was impossible for the team members to trust Bai Lin so quickly. He wasn't sure what Bai Lin was like before he traveled through time. After all, if Bai Lin became their rival, it would definitely put them in a deeper predicament.

However, even though Bai Lin acted like he could get along well with him, he still decided to be a little cautious. The team members' ideas were not much different from his, but the main thing was to make a decision for the time being.

"The opponent is very tricky." The black-robed magician spoke for the first time besides casting spells. His voice seemed a little cold, but the short five words also expressed his position very clearly. It was inappropriate to argue at the moment.

"Nothing much to say, I'll listen to Acheng." The priest huddled behind Long Yucheng, who also smiled. As everyone knows, men always want to show off in front of women, and Long Yucheng is no exception. There are already two beautiful women in the team, and now there is Bai Lin, which can't help but increase his fighting spirit.

"Alright! Then let's fight here!"

The assassin rolled his eyes, but did not comment on the captain's decision. Instead, he glared at Bai Lin fiercely and said, "If you make any suspicious moves, I will kill you with a single blow."

"Whatever you want." Bai Lin's indifferent attitude made the assassin even more furious, but she didn't do anything else. She instantly blended into the surrounding scenery, entered stealth mode, and disappeared from everyone's sight in a few flashes.

"The target is approaching, prepare for battle!" the female archer shouted, and the remaining four immediately switched to a two-by-two formation, with the archer and knight in front and the remaining two in the back. Bai Lin couldn't help but feel a little worried about this team of one front row and three back rows. Was this the limit of one protecting three? And having the archer act as a secondary tank was indeed a bit strange, but she didn't say anything after all.

Long Yucheng raised his shield in front of him, ready for battle, but he also reminded him, "Be careful, Bai Lin, don't get carried away. Fighting alone is still very dangerous."

Just as Bai Lin was about to retort, a circular magic circle slightly larger than a human body suddenly appeared on the ground beside her feet. A blue light flashed, and Katie appeared beside her. Everyone turned around and looked at the uninvited guest with caution.

"You don't need to worry about her safety." Katie did not respond to the looks of others, but walked to Bai Lin's side. Bai Lin consciously bent down to carry Katie on his back.

"Okay, now we are not fighting alone, don't worry." Bai Lin could clearly hear the rudeness in Katie's tone, probably because she was fighting against him.

No one reacted too much, turning their heads to look at the source of the sound. Only the black-robed wizard looked at Katie deeply, as if he had some thoughts.

"Bai Lin, we are facing a giant opponent, so we may have to be a little more serious." Katie's words were shocking, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. What she meant was that she had just beaten their entire team into cripples, which was not serious at all.

I've always been serious. But Bai Lin didn't say it out loud after all, but instead said to Katie with concern, "Then don't be too reckless. Don't stay with me when you should stay away from the battlefield. It's still a bit dangerous."

"It's not a big deal." Keith brushed the issue off lightly with just four words. Bai Lin sighed. She also knew Katie's temper, so she didn't say anything more. Instead, she waited for the order from the little queen.

Chapter 129 The Judge

"The opponent's situation is a little strange, with a structure that I can't understand," Katie said. "Therefore, I can't judge its specific strength or weakness."

"Then I'll go first. You stay away and test the depth..." Bai Lin was about to suggest this when a sudden, violent tremor caused her to stumble, interrupting her words. Katie briefly said, "Prepare for battle," and began preparing her spell.

Bai Lin slowly raised her head, and a massive figure came into view. How tall was it? Forty meters, fifty meters? Bai Lin couldn't tell, but it was incredibly tall, even taller than the giant dragon crawling on the ground. The fact that the figure was looking down from above made Bai Lin feel even more oppressive.

The body was humanoid, yet devoid of any specific structure. It resembled a noodle-like figure, a battered, elongated form, though partially covered in green moss. Its "head" bore a pair of red, polka-dot eyes, pupilless and without whites. Where its mouth should have been was a ragged, pierced wound, dripping with an unknown, blood-red liquid. A similar wound, though larger, lay on its chest. Despite its size, it was impossible to discern the creature's anatomy, making it difficult to attack.

Although Bai Lin felt a little uncomfortable being swept by its piercing gaze, the oppressive feeling from Kronostiana, which could already be described as supernatural, was effectively stress-resistance training for her. Her bodily functions were not affected by it, but rather, she felt as if she had seen a cockroach.

Her attitude towards insects has always been: they feel disgusted, but they also arouse her strong murderous intent.

In particular, this thin and long worm looks abstract.

Bai Lin was just about to plan his attack when the female assassin materialized in mid-air. Like a dark shadow, she stabbed the giant humanoid in the back of the neck. The archer in front of him also fired an arrow, followed closely by a spell from the black-robed mage. A massive red fireball whizzed out, accompanied by the arrows, and struck the humanoid's legs.

It was obvious that this attack was very effective. Along with the explosion of the fireball, a large amount of blood mist scattered with the explosion of the opponent's legs. The human figure fell to the ground on one knee due to the imbalance of his body, and had to use one arm to support his body.

Our knight was naturally unwilling to fall behind, and taking advantage of the opportunity when his opponent fell to the ground, he raised his sword high and charged forward. Strong holy light emanated from his sword, and holy flames like sunlight rippled in the air along the trajectory of the sword. A sword energy several meters long burst out with his clanging strike, leaving a large blood mark on the opponent's thigh.

The humanoid remained silent, not launching any counterattacks, perhaps because it was powerless to resist. Bai Lin breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that if their team worked together well, they could be quite powerful. However... there was always a subtle sense of strangeness about that opponent.

Just when Bai Lin thought he could hang up and watch others kill monsters, Katie suddenly interrupted her spell and shouted in Bai Lin's ear, "Go save them!"

"What...?!" Bai Lin was suddenly in a state of surprise, so Katie repeated loudly, "On your back, it's time to save him!"

Just as Katie spoke, several sharp white pillars suddenly shot out from the blind spot on the figure's back, appearing in everyone's sight. Without hesitation, Bai Lin stepped on a tree stump for leverage and leaped onto another tree. He violently broke branches while crossing the forest, arriving at an even wider sea of ​​trees.

One had to admit, the lush greenery covering the mountains and fields was quite attractive when viewed from above, but Bai Lin had no intention of appreciating the scenery. From this vantage point, she could clearly see what was happening on the back of the humanoid: one side was constantly attacking with white spikes, while dozens of white tentacles were clawing at the assassin, who was simply fleeing in panic, about to be cornered.

"It didn't fight back, perhaps simply because it didn't care about our attacks at all." Katie explained this while Bai Lin was running. Then, she kneaded the half-finished magic circle into the prototype of another magic circle like a compressed biscuit and began to chant quietly.

Katie's explanation shocked Bai Lin a little. She could intuitively understand her behavior from her words. Yes, would you notice an ant crawling on your shoe while eating?

Bai Lin didn't hesitate. She leaped high above the trees once more, swiping her sword across her shield in mid-air. But she couldn't just abandon her shield in this jungle, so she didn't change her descent path, following the standard laws of physics and tracing a straight arc through the air. Her sword struck the sharp pillars at the edge, but only penetrated slightly, failing to completely sever them. This left Bai Lin feeling a bit uneasy.

But she did not stop her attack. After sliding down the sharp pillar for a distance, she swung another sword in the air, exerting a sideways force on her body, allowing Bai Lin to kick the pillar on the side and change the direction of movement.

Bai Lin leaped higher again, only to discover the female assassin had been entangled by tentacles and pulled towards the piercing wound on the back of her head. The scarred female assassin closed her eyes as the tentacles attacked, perhaps due to some inert substance within them. Leveraging a nearby pillar for support, Bai Lin calmed down and used his circle, leaping past the forest of spikes and aiming his blade at the wave of countless tentacles.

Although Bai Lin's idea was good, the opponent's tentacles were too numerous and covered a large area, so her attack could only cut off some of the tentacles. Soon, more tentacles emerged from behind the human figure and invaded Bai Lin frantically, and she fell into passive resistance again.

Fortunately, Katie, the team's top scorer, had already completed her spell. A flood of golden and purple light, scorching with heat, swirled from all directions, tinting the air several shades warmer. The tentacles, caught by the sparks of light, immediately burst into flames. The light eventually converged, forming a cross of flames that struck the humanoid's head fiercely. The so-called head exploded, and as the cross of fire sank into the humanoid, a mushroom cloud rose and spread, sending a massive wave of heat directly over the humanoid's back.

Chapter 130 Proliferation and Transformation

Bai Lin, holding the unconscious assassin, emerged from the heat wave and leaped to the ground. The instigator of the explosion had shielded the three with an ice shield. The rescue operation was a resounding success, not only saving the lives but also distorting the already terrifying human form into something even more abstract.

The upper half of the humanoid's face was completely blown off, leaving behind traces of scorch and blood after the heat wave slowly faded, making its face look even more hideous. However, its creepy red eyes had finally disappeared.

The humanoid, beaten to such a state, was clearly furious. It immediately sprouted arms from its back and pursued Bai Lin and the other two. However, its pursuit was once again interrupted by a barrage of fire and arrows, evidently the Longyu City team had attacked again. Perhaps because Bai Lin and the other two had disappeared from its sight after entering the forest, it stopped pursuing them and instead turned its attention to the group of adventurers on the ground.

The adventurers and the humanoids engaged in a seesaw battle, one side frantically multiplying more limbs to attack, while the other side kept throwing waves to consume them. They took turns attacking, and for a while it was quite a fight. Bai Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief and gently placed the female assassin on the ground in the distance. She asked Katie,

"Can you dispel it?"

As soon as the word "disperse" came out of his mouth, Bai Lin realized that he had said the wrong thing, but the other party still looked as if he understood. He shook his head and answered Bai Lin's question:

"This special substance is going to be quite difficult to handle, so for now, we should focus on defeating the enemy first. Also, I need to warn those people not to get caught by those smaller tentacles."

Bai Lin nodded slightly, "What do you think of the opponent's proliferation system?"

Even without Bai Lin's common sense about otherworldliness, he knew this constantly growing foe couldn't be defeated by a simple barrage of attacks. The adventurers were now using destructive spells to slow their enemies' growth, seemingly engaged in a fierce battle. But what would happen in ten minutes, an hour? One side would inevitably run out of ammunition and food, but who dared to bet on who would run out of ammunition and food first?

Katie frowned. "I've said before that this is a substance I can't understand... so for now, we can only make a rough judgment based on its performance..."

"What this means is that the other party is not regenerating through magic power."

"If you ask me, I can also feel the flow of magic power in the other person's body, but it is blocked by some substance and I can't see the details, so I can't be sure what rules the other person's magic power follows when it is output." Katie explained.

Although Bai Lin did not understand magic, he could still roughly understand the meaning of not being able to find the opponent's core. Katie, who has always been the brain, said so, so it was obvious that the opponent this time was not ordinary tricky.

However, there are still some doubts that can be observed with the naked eye.

"That humanoid monster... no, it's becoming increasingly abstract, and can't even be called humanoid at all." Bai Lin blushed at its centipede-like thousand-legged posture and amended his statement, "It has never repaired any damaged parts of itself, whether it's the spikes on its back, half its head, or that shattered knee. Perhaps this also means something."

But what exactly this meant, Bai Lin had no idea. However, in her understanding, if a person had the ability to multiply infinitely, it would be quite strange if he did not repair his original body.

After saying this, Katie fell into deep thought. Looking at the body that was constantly being destroyed and growing, Katie spoke,

"I have an idea, to get close to it again."

"Got it." Bai Lin replied casually and ran into the venue again.

The giant monster's body grew increasingly distorted, with various shattered limbs, chunks of flesh scattered across the ground, and even an unknown red liquid spraying out. The scene looked rather bloody. Meanwhile, the adventurer group, seemingly evenly matched, fought and retreated, their defenses gradually being pulled back, evidently unable to keep up with the enemy's regeneration.

"Won't this monster get tired? Why is it getting bigger and bigger!" The female archer cursed and took out three arrows. After being enhanced by the magician's spell, she shot them all at once, blocking two limbs that were sweeping over. However, more white strips fell to the ground and almost hit her. Fortunately, the black-robed wizard pulled her away in time.

"If we don't know the source of its energy, then we won't get tired. Right now, we still have to find some ways to find out the opponent's background." The black-robed wizard said lightly. Obviously, this was the most he had said so far.

As early as the beginning of the enemy's counterattack, the captain ordered them to retreat and arranged for the priest to go far behind. He even placed himself out of the priest's treatment range, but it still seemed to have no effect.

As the mages and archers retreated, the priestess also continued to run. Perhaps because she was too weak, not many attacks were directed her way, and she managed to dodge those that were. Amidst the ever-falling forest, the priestess continued on a desperate escape. This dainty little princess, clad in white high-heeled leather boots, had finally met her end.

The mud not only stained her clothes, but also splashed on her cheeks and other parts of her body. However, she had no time to care, as she was only focused on escaping. There were even tears in the corners of her eyes. Normally, they worked as a team, with the three people besides the assassin protecting her. But after today's ordeal, she suddenly began to question her life.

After all, in the event of an emergency, the show lacks a melee team, and there is no one to cover the nanny. Regardless of what the nanny is, this situation can only be described as a tragedy. The priest on the way to escape accidentally stumbled and fell forward, and happened to meet Bai Lin who came over. The latter kindly put his arm around her shoulders and slowly helped her up.

"Are you okay?" Bai Lin asked with concern.

"Ah...ah..." Seeing the other party's vague answer, Bai Lin gave up asking, pointed to the assassin's location, and ran towards the battlefield. Katie behind him couldn't help but feel a little strange and asked,

"Why would someone like this come out and cause trouble for monsters?"

"Maybe this is the team's lackey. You see, she's actually pretty good-looking and is more than qualified to be a mascot." Bai Lin replied casually.

Katie couldn't help but reveal a trace of pity. "Then it's better to go farming than to fight like this. It's pitiful to come out and fight like this."

Although it felt like Katie's common sense made such a statement perfectly normal, Bai Lin felt her focus and words were a bit illogical. However, she didn't pay much attention to it and continued running.

Chapter 131: Daytime in Saint Walda

Before she could run far, huge white tentacles smashed towards Bai Lin. Bai Lin naturally would not stay where she was and take the beating. After dodging the giant hands, she saw the archer and magician who had been pushed back here. She fired another string of arrows like a cannonball, blocking this wave of attacks.

"Can you prepare a large spell, magician over there?" The black-robed wizard asked this question before the next wave of tentacles arrived.

Katie shook her head. "You can probably tell the magic power in this forest is very thin. Even if I put all my strength into it, I'm afraid I can't cover this ever-growing monster."

The black-robed wizard stopped talking after hearing Katie's response and instead prepared his next spell. Bai Lin, after using his energy release, used the nearby trees to maneuver. He flipped over, leaped vertically, and, using perfect distance calculation, landed steadily on one of the monster's tentacles.

Although it was a bit slippery, and the slope made it difficult to run, Bai Lin was simply using the momentum to leap. Before the opponent's other tentacle could sweep across, she leaped high, dodging the impact with a sudden burst of acceleration and rushing directly to where the head had been. This time, Bai Lin's target was the remaining half of the mouth-shaped wound. Her intuition told her that it held some secret.

Just as she was about to reach her destination and was about to swing her shield to strike, long white strips like maggots suddenly emerged from the opponent's mouth. They crawled out along the wound as quickly as worms, and in just one second, they formed a head that was exactly the same as the original one, but without two eyes.

Bai Lin immediately changed his original idea of ​​slashing horizontally, and instead raised his sword and put it in front of him, ready to deal with any emergency at any time. At this moment, Katie suddenly shouted in the wind, "Prepare to receive!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, a gust of cold wind swept past Bai Lin's sides, likely the residual magic of the Eye of Tiamat. A thick icy mist covered the monster's face, and then a crimson flame quickly burst out from Katie's magic circle. Accompanied by the spread of dragon wings, the crimson hellfire emitted only a sizzling sound like a burst of sparks, but it fell like a meteor along a fixed parabola, exploding into the monster's head, which was covered by the ice dance.

As the two objects came into contact, like fireworks exploding, the flames instantly formed like a giant tree and began to grow, scattering branches of destruction in all directions. As the heat wave swept over, Bai Lin was naturally also hit by a large amount of the heat wave, being swept in the opposite direction and falling to the ground in the distance.

So that's what preparing for a body attack means. Feeling the intense, burning pain in front of her, Bai Lin knew she was burned again, even without looking. However, she also knew she had to act now to avoid further damage from the fall. She rolled backwards with the force of the impact, slightly stabilizing herself in the air. Then, as she plummeted into the forest, she stretched out her arms to grab branches as best she could, finally landing on a lower tree.