Chapter 209: Chapter 167: Giant Sludge Monster King
"Hmm, let’s handle it this way for now."
"We must transfer through the magic array before the Pet Beast Union discovers us."
The priest gave a few instructions.
Several mud creatures emerged from the ground.
They spat out two people covered in mucus from their mouths.
Cough, cough.
The two people coughed simultaneously and slowly opened their eyes.
Ye Bai felt he almost suffocated just now.
The inside of the mud creature was just too stinky.
"Mummy creatures, use bandages to restrain them."
A raspy voice appeared.
A two-meter-high mummy creature appeared, with a pharaoh mask on its head and a pharaoh’s scepter in its hand.
The bandages on its body fell off, slithering like snakes.
In the blink of an eye, they wrapped around Ye Bai and Shark Hunter.
Ye Bai and Shark Hunter were tightly bound by white bandages, with only their heads exposed.
They were then hung upside down from the beams of the warehouse ceiling.
The sunlight barely penetrated the mottled roof, forming a few irregular columns of light that shone on the dusty floor, starkly contrasting with the surrounding darkness.
Just a beam of sunlight brushed past Ye Bai, and he clearly saw the air full of dust.
Who knows if those mummy bandages are clean.
Ye Bai saw more than a dozen people already wrapped in mummy bandages around him.
They were all wriggling like maggots, their eyes filled with fear.
Ye Bai glanced around; it was an old warehouse.
The warehouse walls were built with worn bricks, covered in thick moss and the marks of time, with some peeling, revealing mottled bricks inside.
In the corners, cobwebs were tightly packed, with a few small insects occasionally scuttling through the webs; the ground was crammed with closely packed mud creatures.
In the center of these mud creatures appeared an even larger mud creature, emitting a stench.
The air was filled with the damp, musty, and rancid smell of the mud creatures.
The roof tiles were uneven, some already broken, exposing a corner of the sky, with sunlight leaking through the cracks.
The ground was littered with various discarded items: rusty iron barrels, broken planks, faded packing boxes, mechanical parts long lost their original shape and function, and even a huge dressing mirror.
For some reason, the mirror still looked as good as new, as if it had just come off the shelf.
A dozen black-robed figures busied themselves on the ground, using the mud creatures to clear out a space.
Then with a special pen dipped in blood, they carved demon patterns into the ground.
"Are these guys drawing a teleportation magic array?"
"Are they planning to teleport us to their lair?"
Yet why is Shark Hunter so quiet?
Ye Bai looked up at Shark Hunter, only to see his calm demeanor.
Shark Hunter seemed even more composed than he was, which was good.
Just then, another row of mud creatures emerged from the hallway.
They spat out more than a dozen people from their mouths, many familiar faces among them.
Including Meng Jia.
They were bound by a white mummy and hung directly from the beams.
The mud creatures on the ground gradually gathered into one mass.
An even larger mud creature appeared.
[Name: Mud Creature King]
[Gender: Ungendered]
[Attribute: Poison/Earth]
[Personality: Mischievous]
[Level: Tier Four Level Six]
[Skills: Acid Bomb (Skilled): Spits acid bombs coated with strong acid from its mouth, used to attack enemies and causing corrosion effects.
Mud Spray (Skilled): Sprays toxic and muddy slime at opponents, with a certain chance of causing a poisoning effect.
Poison Gas (Mastery): Spits deadly poison gas from its mouth, which explodes violently upon encountering open flame.
Petrification Light (Skilled): Emits petrification light from its single eye, petrifying opponents for one second upon hitting them.
Mud Clone (Skilled): Splits into countless small mud creatures, which explode upon contact with opponents.]
[Evolutionary Path 1: Mud Creature Emperor, devouring more mud creatures and subduing their consciousness to become Emperor.]
It seems that was just now the mud clones of the Mud Creature King, splitting into numerous clones specifically for capturing students.
The mass disappearance of the Young Qilin Cup contestants has alerted the organizing committee, likely soon to be transferred out.
"Report, according to intelligence, Ye Bai and Shark Hunter have been seized by the Evangelical Association."
"Tank is still there working out, seemingly unaware of everything."
Chairman Zhang quickly received a lot of information.
"Alright, I got it. It seems those folks are getting impatient."
"Now notify the committee to evacuate and tally the numbers, see how many people have been captured by the Evangelical Association."
"Have you found their hideout?"
Chairman Zhang continued asking.
"Found it, according to Shark Hunter’s locator, they are currently in an abandoned warehouse at the school."
"That warehouse is quite large, about the size of a soccer field."
"Should we encircle them first?"
President Zhang shook his head, "No, we mustn’t alert them prematurely."
"Besides, we don’t have the manpower or resources at the moment."
"Shark Hunter has infiltrated them; she naturally has a way to ensure the students’ safety."
"Inform Tank to secretly infiltrate the warehouse and wait for our next instructions."
President Zhang had a look of confident wisdom.
The Sunflower Emperor quietly emerged from Ye Bai’s arms.
It swiftly created several clones on the beams.
If an incident occurs, the clones will immediately rescue those hanging from the beams. This was Ye Bai’s contingency plan.
Since the Sunflower Emperor’s body had shrunk significantly, none of the elite soldiers of the Evangelical Association noticed it.
Ye Bai watched as the magic array was about to be completed. He quickly signaled to the Sunflower Emperor to find a way to destroy the magic array.
He had a bad feeling, suspecting that completing the magic array would lead to undesirable consequences.
At this moment, Ye Bai surprisingly discovered a palm-sized paperman floating in the air.
A voice appeared in Ye Bai’s mind.
"Don’t make a sound; I’m transferring a secret message to you."
"Two hours ago, President Zhang found me and told me the situation was urgent, so I set a paper clone on you, and it’s now useful."
"The Provincial City Union has already begun the rescue operation."
"Once President Zhang is fully prepared, we’ll leave immediately."
"I’ll use small papermen to fly everyone here out."
Ye Bai nodded discreetly.
Although Ye Bai didn’t know how powerful his master was, he couldn’t even fathom the strength of a single paper puppet.
"Ye Bai, let me test you. If you were to deal with the Mud Monster King, how would you handle it?"
Master Jiang’s probing voice appeared.
This was indeed a test from Master Jiang for him.
Ye Bai thought for a moment and then replied, "The Mud Monster King is an exotic beast capable of splitting into countless clones."
"Its weak point lies in its eyes."
"In its clone state, the Mud Monster King has no fatal weakness."
"Only when it fully merges into one does a fatal weakness appear."
"Its weak point is about thirty centimeters below its eyes, where there’s an invisible black dot."
"This is where the Mud Monster King’s crystal core is housed."
"If we attack this weak point, the Mud Monster King will undoubtedly die."
Ye Bai’s third pet beast, the Spirit of the Flood Dragon, could strike. Once it splits into seven Dragon-slaying Swords, killing the Mud Monster King would be effortless.
"Your foundation is very solid."
"The Mud Monster King can indeed be handled this way."
Master Jiang seemed very satisfied with Ye Bai’s answer.
"However, there’s one thing you should be careful about."
"Never confront the Mud Monster King’s Petrification Light."
"This Petrification Light can petrify a person instantly."
"Reversing petrification requires special herbs, which are very hard to find."
This reminded Ye Bai that he could use a mirror to reflect the Petrification Light to defeat the Mud Monster King.
Ye Bai noticed a large wardrobe mirror inside the warehouse, not knowing who placed it there.
This proved convenient for Ye Bai.
"Report to the priest, the Young Qilin Cup committee has discovered that many contestants and some staff members are missing."
"Should we move the people to our hideout now?"
The priest hesitated slightly, "Activate the magic array first, then move the people."
"I have an ominous feeling with my brow twitching."
The priest had a very special talent known as risk perception.
Whenever his brow started twitching, it meant something major would happen.
Upon receiving the priest’s command, the many black-robed figures began to activate the magic array.
This magic array was a hexagram.
Six black-robed figures stood in six positions.
They placed precious space stones, intending to activate the magic array.
However, the moment the space stones were placed on the ground, they disappeared.
All those around looked as if they’d seen a ghost, their eyes wide open. How could the space stones just vanish?
The priest naturally noticed this scene.
"Ah, something always goes wrong at the crucial moment."
"I have a space crystal stone here. Use it to replace the space stone and activate the magic array quickly — we need to transport out to avoid the risk."
"If the Pet Beast Union surrounds us, we’ll undoubtedly be wiped clean."
"The Evangelical Association branch in Yandong Province will also suffer greatly."
"Not only did we fail to rescue the Star Sage, but we also became a laughingstock."
The priest threw a space crystal stone into the magic array.
However, as soon as the space crystal stone touched the ground, it disappeared again.
Everyone exchanged glances, not knowing how to proceed.