834 Chapter 834: Underwater Cave!
Different from Tang Li Xue who had merged with [Golden Winged Serpent] and temporarily obtained [Golden Winged Serpent]'s various skills, the swimming speed of her perfect copy was quite slow.
If not for Tang Li Xue who was stalling time by keeping the group of huge snakes busy, it would have been almost impossible for the perfect copy to get away from that group of huge snakes.
The wire net created by Tang Li Xue's [Energy Manipulation] clearly could not hold the group of huge snakes for long.
After a dozen breaths or so, the group of huge snakes managed to break the wire net!
Some of them were angrily swimming toward Tang Li Xue, while the rest were chasing after the perfect copy.
Of course, Tang Li Xue would not let those huge snakes bother her perfect copy in doing her task to find the treasures, so she immediately decided to unleash her domain prototype!
Domain prototype, [Sun and Moon Domain], Moon Form~!
A mesmerizing silver light shone as a faint image of the moon formed behind Tang Li Xue!
In that instant, the unbearable cold aura quickly spread around in the deep underwater!
That group of huge snakes was caught completely off guard, and their bodies became stiff in an instant!
The unbearable coldness might be far from enough to kill them all, but it worked really well to slow them down, so they would not be able to chase after the perfect copy for now.
Tang Li Xue also hastily took this chance to restrain them!
She immediately used her [Energy Manipulation] to condense a dozen thick chains to restrain that group of huge snakes!
Different from the previous wire net, Tang Li Xue incorporated her array engraving knowledge when she created these dozen thick chains!
The [Sturdy] rune, [Energy Sealing] rune, and [Immobilize] rune formed one complete array as it carved on the surface of those dozen thick chains!
Surprisingly, Tang Li Xue's luck was quite good this time, and those dozen thick chains were not crumbling apart like the previous binding rings she created.
'It is a success?! Great~!' Tang Li Xue exclaimed in surprise and delight.
Then Tang Li Xue also integrated her Profound Law of Cold into those dozen thick chains!
Tang Li Xue swam quickly around the group of huge snakes while holding the thick chains tightly with both of her hands!
Before the group of huge snakes could react, Tang Li Xue already tied all of them with her thick chains!
'It is not over yet~!' Tang Li Xue whispered in her mind as she activated her [Essence Devouring Technique]!
With the dozen thick chains as the medium, Tang Li Xue began to drain the energy from that group of huge snakes with her [Essence Devouring Technique]!
Surprisingly, something completely unexpected by Tang Li Xue was happening...
[Exp Gained]~!
[Exp Gained]~!
[Exp Gained]~!
...
Tang Li Xue: '???!!!'
Tang Li Xue felt bewildered because usually, the energy she absorbed with her [Essence Devouring Technique] was automatically converted to replenish her energy instead, so how could it converted into EXP this time?!
After checking the notification from her system, she finally understood what had happened.
Because she was currently merged with [Golden Winged Serpent] and held the thick chains while wearing the golden gauntlets, the energy she absorbed from the group of snakes was converted into EXP for her [Golden Winged Serpent] rather than replenishing her own energy!
Tang Li Xue exclaimed in her mind while smiling with a satisfied expression: 'What a lucky guy you are~?! It seems I have to merge with you more often from now on and use [Essence Devouring Technique] to suck the energy from the other creatures, so I can level you up quickly.'
'All of those zombified creatures should be the best target, but... urgh, it is really disgusting to hold them with my hands even though I wear the golden gauntlets, but their appearance and smell still make me... sigh... forget it.' Tang Li Xue sulked in disgust.
However, that group of huge snakes were clearly not fools!
After they tried to break free from Tang Li Xue's chains but to no avail, they immediately changed their strategy!
They quickly swam deeper underwater!
With her small and slender body, Tang Li Xue could not resist at all as she got dragged helplessly by the group of huge snakes!
BOOOM~!
BAAAANG~!
Tang Li Xue's body crashed violently with the underwater coral and underwater mountain!
Before Tang Li Xue could recover, that group of huge snakes suddenly turned around and pounced at the unprepared Tang Li Xue!
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While Tang Li Xue was fighting fiercely against the group of huge snakes, her perfect copy entered the underwater cave under the guidance of Little Loki.
SPLOOOSSH~!
The perfect copy suddenly entered the dry underwater cave!
She staggered for a few steps before stabilizing herself, but she almost fell on her face disgracefully.
"Eh, what the heck is this?" The perfect copy was curiously checked and found the mysterious formation that prevented the water from entering the cave was engraved on the cave's entrance.
"Making a hidden underwater cave like this is very cool~! I should try to make one later if I manage to learn formation knowledge from Teacher Li." The perfect copy muttered in admiration as she looked around the underwater cave.
"Nyaaooww~!" (Over here~!)
Little Loki impatiently jumped down from the perfect copy's shoulder and led her deeper into the underwater cave.
Tang Li Xue's perfect copy hastened her step and followed Little Loki closely from behind while looking around vigilantly.
This underwater cave was not dark at all.
With fluorescence substance around the cave's wall, the underwater cave looked very beautiful instead.
At first, the cave was quite big, but it got narrower the deeper they explored it.
Then the perfect copy suddenly sensed an incoming danger with her [Extrasensory Perception], so she hastily shouted to warn Little Loki: Watch out, Little Loki~!"
However, Little Loki had already acted faster as it used its [Instant Teleportation] to teleport itself back tens of meters!
Tang Li Xue's perfect copy used [Mother Earth's Gift] to create a stone wall right in front of her, and she also activated [Reflective Barrier] as her second layer of defense!
PUFF~! PUFF~! PUFF~!
More than twenty water arrow spells struck the stone wall and easily pierced it!
Fortunately, the perfect copy's [Reflective Barrier] managed to block them and sent them back toward the direction where they came instead!
When the perfect copy dispersed the stone wall in front of her with [Mother Earth's Gift], she finally saw the creatures who just attacked her!
It was actually a group of mermen!
Or to be more exact, it was the group of zombified mermen.
Different from a beautiful mermaid like Princess Yan Fei, this group of zombified mermen looked ugly like fishes with burly arms and legs.
Moreover, they were zombie creatures which made them look even uglier like rotten fish corpses.
The unbearable foul stench they emitted was much worse than the other zombified creatures Tang Li Xue had met so far.
No wonder Little Loki noticed them earlier than Tang Li Xue's perfect copy and quickly used its [Instant Teleportation] to keep some distance from those zombified mermen.
When those zombified mermen charged toward the perfect copy, the perfect copy had already felt extremely dizzy before they could attack her because of their unbearable rotten fishy smell!
PUFF~! PUFF~! PUFF~!
The almost vomiting perfect copy was completely defenseless as the zombified mermen stabbed their bone spears at her!
The bone spears embedded deep into the perfect copy's shoulder, arm, stomach, and thighs!
The piercing pain woke up the perfect copy of her dizziness, and the first thing she did was not to counterattack at the zombified mermen but to use [Wind Burst Step] to get away further from them as soon as possible!
In the blink of an eye, the perfect copy was already more than fifty meters away from the zombified mermen.
"HUUUUEEERGHH~! What kind of terrifying chemical weapon is that~?! It almost sends me straight back to the underworld in one sniff! I can even faintly see Grandma Meng waving at me just now!" The perfect copy murmured in fright while shutting her mouth and nose with her palm.
ROOOAAARRR~!" The group of mermen roared angrily as they did not give up and kept chasing after Tang Li Xue's perfect copy!
Of course, Tang Li Xue's perfect copy would never let them get close to her ever again!
She raised her slender hand and the deep purple lightning sparks began to spread around her!
RUMBLE~! RUMBLE~! RUMBLE~!
The rumbling sound of thunder echoed inside the underwater cave when the deep purple lightning condensed into a majestic figure!
[World-Destroying Lightning Dragon]~!
Purple lightning and thunder intertwined with each other, and it condensed to form a dark purple lightning dragon!
The one-hundred-foot-tall lightning dragon flashed toward the group of mermen!
BOOOOOOOMM~!
The group of mermen was blasted to ashes in an instant by the dark purple lightning dragon!
The perfect copy and Little Loki sighed in relief after the group of mermen had been wiped out.
But they immediately heard the sound of many footsteps echoing in the underwater cave.
It seemed the loud rumbling sound of thunder was heard by the other mermen, and they quickly came here to check!
To make it worse, there should be quite a lot of them based on the sound of their footsteps!
"Damn it~! Just the smell of a handful of them is almost sending me back to the Underworld, if I have to face so many of them, I might vomit to death just by smelling at their stench!" Tang Li Xue's perfect copy said in a solemn tone.
