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Chapter 423 Unexpected Attack

After a brief silence, Lin Xiyue and the jellyfish came to their senses almost simultaneously, and they reacted almost at the same time.

"hiss--……"

With this soft sound, the jellyfish seemed to want to make some kind of cry, but before it could make a sound, Lin Xiyue reacted as if by reflex and quickly tried to cover its mouth.

However, just as Lin Xiyue's hand was about to touch the jellyfish's mouth, she suddenly realized that doing so might cause unnecessary trouble.

So, without hesitation, she grabbed a broken piece of wood from the side and smashed it down on the jellyfish.

With a muffled "bang," the jellyfish was knocked unconscious by the sudden blow.

Coincidentally, the jellyfish was already seriously injured when it was thrown over, which is why Lin Xiyue was able to knock it unconscious so easily with a piece of wood.

"call--"

Lin Xiyue breathed a long sigh of relief, a huge weight lifted from her heart.

"We almost got exposed."

She patted her chest gently, secretly relieved.

After catching her breath, Lin Xiyue gritted her teeth and decided not to give the jellyfish any more chances.

She used a tiny bit of her own energy, injecting it into the attack card, and the resulting attack instantly killed the jellyfish, eliminating any future threat.

"Hmm... what should we do next?"

Lin Xiyue squatted in place, her brows slightly furrowed, and muttered to herself thoughtfully.

Her gaze swept around again, carefully observing every corner to make sure that there were no other hidden creatures besides the unfortunate jellyfish she had already killed.

After confirming that it was safe, Lin Xiyue carefully leaned out completely, while focusing her attention on the battle situation on Meros's side.

Despite the distance, she could still see the fierce battle between Meros and Fiber, their figures appearing and disappearing amidst the constantly flashing two-colored light.

Although Lin Xiyue couldn't see the specific battle situation clearly for the time being, she could still roughly judge some things from the constantly flashing light.

It appears that Meros and Philip are evenly matched, with neither holding a clear advantage.

Just as Lin Xiyue was intently observing the battle on Moros's side, suddenly, a golden shadow flashed past her eyes like lightning.

The shadow was so fast that Lin Xiyue's brain didn't even have time to react to what it was.

However, before Lin Xiyue could fully catch up, the golden shadow suddenly made a sharp turn ahead, as if it had locked onto its target, and sped straight toward her.

"ah?!--"

Suddenly, Lin Xiyue saw that thing rushing straight towards her like lightning. Her heart tightened, and without thinking, her body reacted instinctively, quickly reaching out to grab the attack card next to her.

Because it was a completely subconscious action, Lin Xiyue had no time to control the form and force of the attack.

Suddenly, the attack card in her hand erupted with powerful energy, transforming into horizontal shockwaves that shot towards the golden object at an astonishing speed, like rows of dense arrows.

"Shh-"

"Shuh-huh--"

"..."

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen horizontal, sheet-like shockwaves, like arrows released from a bow, slammed into the golden object almost simultaneously.

"Hiss—Ouch—"

Accompanied by a screeching sound and a painful howl, Lin Xiyue could still clearly hear the sound of the attack hitting the target, as well as the pitiful howl of the thing after being injured, even though her eyes were tightly closed.

"Whoohoo-"

After hearing the sound of being hit, Lin Xiyue wanted to open her eyes to see what was happening, but instead she heard a series of panting sounds, like the breathing of a tattered sack, right next to her ear.

This frightened her so much that she didn't dare open her eyes for a moment. She tried to deceive herself by thinking that it might be her imagination, and that she had actually just killed the thing.

After all, if he hadn't killed it, he would have been attacked by that thing, but he was still perfectly fine.

However, after a while, Lin Xiyue could still clearly hear the constant panting. She really couldn't convince herself that she had killed that thing, so she could only cautiously open her eyes.

Lin Xiyue slowly opened her eyes, and then her gaze was drawn to the scene before her.

A cute little curly-haired child's face appeared close to her, but the face was covered with scars of all sizes, which made people feel sorry for the child.

Blood continued to spill from the corner of the child's mouth, and drops of blood slid down his chin, dripping onto the ground and forming a small dark red bloodstain.

His breathing was also unusually rapid, each gasp seeming to be using up all his strength, indicating that he was enduring immense pain.

Lin Xiyue heard another heavy breathing sound, and now she finally understood that the sound was coming from the seriously injured child in front of her.

Moreover, she suddenly realized that the golden thing she had just attacked was probably this child.

A strong sense of self-reproach welled up in Lin Xiyue's heart. She was about to say something when she noticed that the child's face, which had been right in front of her, was slowly shrinking.

Upon closer inspection, she realized that the child wasn't shrinking, but rather moving backward.

As the child backed away, Lin Xiyue was finally able to see his full appearance.

To Lin Xiyue's surprise, only the head of this child resembled that of a human child, while the rest of his body looked completely like a monster.

Below his head, it looked like a pool of golden slime, his entire body covered in a sticky liquid, making him look extremely eerie.

The golden liquid continued to flow, as if it had its own life.

After that, Lin Xiyue's gaze slowly moved upwards, as if time had stood still at that moment.

Her gaze first fell on the large, furry chin, a patch of soft downy hair that trembled slightly.

However, when she tried to look up again, she found that her view was blocked by a huge body.

Lin Xiyue immediately realized that the person in front of her right now must be Earl.

Earl still retains his enormous, hairy monster form, his body towering like a mountain, making it impossible to see his full appearance.

Just then, Earl suddenly let out a low roar, the sound like thunder exploding in Lin Xiyue's ears.

"Hmph, you've finally opened your eyes. Hmm, it's a bit inconvenient to talk like this, please wait a moment."

Earl's voice echoed in the air, tinged with a hint of hoarseness and ruggedness.

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