Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 13 Disaster

"What is that?!" Wang Shuhai stared wide-eyed at the surging waves in the distance, his face filled with shock.

The three people who were warming themselves by the fire and eating seafood turned their heads upon hearing this.

"A tsunami?" Liu Hua guessed uncertainly.

"A new plot?" Bai Hongxue brushed the sand from her palms and stood up.

Yang Guizhou, with his sharp eyes, was the first to give the answer: "A sea monster."

The other three instantly became excited.

"experience!"

"Crystal!"

"upgrade!"

While they were getting excited, the others on the beach gradually noticed the strange activity in the distance. The cautious players saw that the situation was too big, and the lower-level players all retreated, not to mention the ordinary NPCs, who were already screaming and running away in fear. Some even tripped and fell on the beach, almost causing a stampede. In less than ten minutes, only the reckless and high-level players remained on the beach.

Yang Guizhou took a few steps forward with the other three members of the team, then stopped, squinting at the somewhat dark coastline, where he seemed to see three black dots chasing the waves.

Meanwhile, the three people who were running for their lives sensed something and ran towards the beach where there were people.

"Damn it, if you see this and don't run, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Yan Mengqi grinned and rushed to the front. Her long, wavy hair was completely soaked because she had been rolling and crawling on the shore to avoid harm, and it looked like a bird's nest.

Chu Deng ran while panting heavily, consuming stamina potions sponsored by Xingchen. Her level was low, and her stamina was depleted quickly. She was currently in an unusually disheveled state; her tied ponytail had long since come undone with the tumbling, and her wet hair was scattered and danced in the wind as she ran.

Xingchen jumped up to dodge the swung tentacles, which slammed into the sand, leaving a deep gash. It's not hard to imagine what a bloody scene it would have been if it had hit her.

He pulled out two bottles of medicine, one blue and one red, and threw the red stamina replenishment medicine to Chu Deng. Chu Deng rolled forward to dodge the attacking tentacles, caught the medicine, and then followed Yan Mengqi without stopping.

Taking advantage of the moment when the tentacles sank into the sand, Xingchen smashed the blue medicine bottle on it. With a "crack", the blood-red flesh was corroded by the blue liquid, turning into a pool of liquid that seeped into the sand. The burning smell spread, but like its predecessor, it failed to catch up with the three fleeing people.

"Why didn't you bring out such a good thing sooner?!" Yan Mengqi said irritably as she turned around after hearing the commotion. She was sweating profusely from running, and even a level 30 level 4 ability user couldn't keep up, her stamina was directly halved.

"Just one bottle." Xingchen wiped the sweat from his forehead with a clean part of his sleeve, took a deep breath, and replied weakly. His stamina was also low; he had just given the last bottle of red medicine to Chu Deng and couldn't replenish it now.

"Quiet down, quiet down. I just glanced at Yanzi's arm and my ankle, and suddenly red stripes appeared. I suspect that we were marked by this big guy after we were killed by it last time," Chu Deng said.

"Aaaaaah!" Yan Mengqi glanced at her arm and, sure enough, saw a red mark. She let out a scream in frustration.

"This can't go on." Xingchen skipped over the debris left on the beach, resisting the urge to wipe her sweat with the hem of her clothes.

"Let's do it! Shift the blame!" After saying that, Yan Mengqi conjured two steel plates under her feet and, as if skiing on the beach, sped up to rush towards the group of players who were running towards the three of them like idiots.

Xingchen and Chudeng exchanged a glance, and then ran in different directions into the crowd.

Seeing its prey scattered, the sea monster, which had been hiding on the seabed and had not surfaced, roared angrily. The ear-piercing sound waves, which were unbearable, spread from the seabed to the beach, knocking down Level 1 ability users and some marine creatures that had not yet escaped the battlefield. Countless fish floated on the surface of the sea near the coast. The few reckless Level 1 ability users on the beach fell to the ground and lost consciousness. They were then swept away by the split tentacles and disappeared into the unfathomable depths of the sea.

"One-hit kill at level one? What level is this sea monster?" Wang Shuhai looked around at the other ability users, stared in disbelief for a moment, and exclaimed in surprise, "Those level one beings who fell didn't revive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a light screen appeared in front of the superhumans who were running towards land when they sensed something was wrong. At the same time, all the players on the beach received a system notification.

[You have alerted the ocean's overlord. The current instance is locked; you cannot exit or revive until you complete it.]

“At least level five.” Yang Guizhou laughed freely, cracking his knuckles, his eyes filled with fighting spirit as he looked at the tentacles chasing the player and the sea monster gradually rising from the sea. He raised an eyebrow, “I’m tired of blasting fish all day long. Finally, something interesting is happening.”

"I never expected to stumble upon the first large-scale dungeon in 'Star Travel World'!" Bai Hongxue whistled. "Cool!"

"Ahhh w(?Д?)w, I'm only level 2!" Liu Hua quickly changed into a combat outfit, swiftly donned all the defensive items she had collected, and pulled out a bunch of equipment with special effects. "Looks like I can only do item races. Damn it, I really want to use my powers to fight the sea monster!"

The four people, some tense and some relaxed, met the deep red tentacles.

Yang Guizhou leaped up and steadily followed the tentacles to find the source of the sea monster. He had just discovered that this thing could regenerate, so fighting the tentacles was a complete waste of time.

"Should we just go for it head-on?" Wang Shuhai stepped on the tentacles, pushed off with all his might, and somersaulted to the side to dodge. He glanced at Yang Guizhou, who was walking on a tightrope, and decided not to follow. He let Yang Guizhou develop quietly first and accumulate some crystals. In reality, Yang Guizhou was only a level 2 fire elementalist, so he had to have some fun in the game!

Thinking this, Wang Shuhai ran towards an empty open space where there were hardly any people.

Although the tentacles are enormous, they are extremely flexible, and if an attack fails, they will quickly swing them around.

Bai Hongxue stomped her foot hard, transforming into a light and graceful butterfly, fluttering lightly in the air. The cyan elements in the air beautifully outlined the vicious tentacles, swirling around the whip-like weapon before landing steadily on it. In an instant, she reverted to human form, and then, in the next second, like a cyan scimitar, she slashed down fiercely, splattering blood everywhere like a localized red rain. The tentacle tips, separated from the main limb, had not yet fully reacted and continued to twitch on the beach.

With lightning speed, Liu Hua flashed a green light, like the flickering of a firefly. He held a giant lotus leaf in his hand to shield himself from the rain of blood, and then threw a handful of seeds at the tentacles that were writhing and trying to regenerate after being severed.

Liu Hua released her supernatural power to stimulate the growth of the seeds. The red seeds swelled rapidly, sprouted buds, and grew roots. They firmly took root on the tentacles, absorbing the blood and flesh energy within them.

"An elementalization tool?" Liu Hua, who knew Bai Hongxue was only a level three wind-type, was full of interest. As a tool fanatic, he had seen this elementalization tool before. Its main function was to allow ability users below level six to achieve elementalization, but it had a time limit. He had always been curious about how wood-type ability users could achieve elementalization—whether they would become physical plants or ethereal, formless energy bodies.

"Three-leaf vampire grass?" Bai Hongxue returned the favor by mentioning the seeds Liu Hua had scattered, raising an eyebrow as she looked at the real lotus leaf umbrella he was holding. "You have quite a few props! That lotus leaf is so cool, can you get me one too?"

"Then tell me how you got your elemental transformation item."

"make a deal."

The two chatted as they dodged another coiling tentacle, appearing perfectly content with their peaceful existence.

In stark contrast to the two of them was Wang Shuhai, who couldn't understand why seven or eight tentacles suddenly appeared on him as soon as he arrived, when he had come here because he clearly thought there were no tentacles or people in this open space.

"Aaaaaah! Why?!" Wang Shuhai cried out in despair as he twisted and turned, trying to dodge. At level two, he was in a completely different state from Liu Hua because he had no items other than gold coins and crystals. His fireballs, which were barely enough to grill a fish, couldn't even burn through the tentacles' skin.

He was like someone who starved to death while holding a mountain of gold, possessing a pile of crystals but having no time to upgrade.

"Stop yelling, why is there another person here?" Yan Mengqi asked, puzzled, grabbing Wang Shuhai by the back of his collar as he was about to be thrown off balance. "I just saw there was no one around here before I came."

As she spoke, she spun Wang Shuhai around 180 degrees, then slammed him into a nearby tree with her steel-studded shoes, completely disregarding his life or death.

Wang Shuhai felt dizzy, his neck aching from the tightness of his clothes, and he remained silent, staring blankly at the voluptuous woman in front of him.

"Probably here to seek refuge?" Chu Deng, who suddenly appeared from the other side, replied in a moment.

Yan Mengqi tossed Wang Shuhai onto a tree branch, gazed at the chaotic beach, and, stealing a moment of leisure, asked Chu Deng, "So what do we do? Let me make this clear, I don't want to delete my account and start over. This dungeon doesn't allow resurrection, and it won't open until it's cleared. We're like sitting ducks, aren't we just going to be worn out here?"

How to do it?

Chu Deng, who was also observing the battle on the beach, already had the answer to this question.

"Creating gods".