Lu Chen's pupils constricted sharply.
Witnessing the tentacle statue, which soared into the clouds, inexplicably come alive, his eye twitched involuntarily.
The oppressive feeling brought by this colossal entity, like Mount Tai crushing down,
far surpassed all the opponents he had faced in the past.
"Guji~"
Little dumpling cast an innocent gaze upon the slowly moving tentacle,
calling softly,
as if sensing some inexplicable closeness.
Suddenly,
the heart-stopping giant tentacle statue moved.
"Whoosh—!"
Accompanied by a fierce gust of wind,
it smashed towards Little dumpling with the force of a Thunderbolt.
"Guji~~"
Facing this sudden attack, Little dumpling was instantly stunned,
its eyes filled with confusion.
It couldn't understand
why this existence that had originally made it feel incredibly close would suddenly attack it.
However,
the giant tentacle showed no hesitation,
its force undiminished, seemingly about to crush Little dumpling into a pulp.
Just at this critical moment,
Lu Chen's figure flickered, his Shadow Walker talent fully activated, and he swept past with Little dumpling, transforming into a black shadow.
"Boom—!"
The giant tentacle smashed heavily onto the Seal Altar,
rocks shattered, scattering everywhere,
the surface of the altar instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and the entire space trembled with this single blow.
Lu Chen held Little dumpling tightly, his face ashen, and roared at Jack:
"This thing's target is Little dumpling! Jack, hurry! Pilot the Netherworld back!"
"Understood!"
Jack responded without hesitation,
his figure swayed, turning into an afterimage, and he shot towards the Netherworld in the distance.
However,
the giant tentacle seemed to completely ignore Jack,
and gathered strength again, with even more terrifying might,
sweeping towards Lu Chen's location,
the air seemed to be torn apart, emitting a piercing whistling sound.
Facing the approaching tentacle statue again, Lu Chen's eyes were as heavy as iron.
The attack range of this giant tentacle was too wide.
If he boarded the Netherworld now,
the ship would inevitably be sunk.
He had to buy time for Jack, allowing the Netherworld to move away from the tentacle's threat range,
only then could everyone escape!
"Come on!"
Lu Chen roared, his legs suddenly squatting down,
then bursting with astonishing power like springs, his body instantly soared into the air,
skillfully dodging the tentacle's sweep.
"Die—!"
In the air, Lu Chen's eyes gleamed with a cold light.
With a thought,
the pile of fierce beast corpses on the Seal Altar suddenly erupted with intense energy,
followed immediately by,
"Boom boom boom boom—!"
A series of violent explosions rang out,
the entire Seal Altar vibrated violently under the power of the Corpse Explosion.
However,
when Lu Chen's gaze fell upon the giant tentacle again,
his pupils suddenly constricted,
he saw that aside from the surface being somewhat blackened by smoke, the tentacle was completely unharmed.
Corpse Explosion,
that was his most powerful A-Level skill,
yet it was unable to inflict any substantial damage on the tentacle.
A strong sense of shock couldn't help but surge in Lu Chen's heart,
what level of strength had this tentacle statue reached?!!!
The giant tentacle seemed to be enraged by this tiny insect's repeated provocations,
an inexplicable tremor suddenly descended,
the giant tentacle suddenly accelerated,
and struck again with terrifying speed that did not match its enormous size.
"Damn it, again!"
Lu Chen cursed in a low voice, intending to activate his Shadow Walker talent and merge into the darkness to evade the attack.
But,
under the interference of that strange tremor,
he was unable to merge into the shadows!
The tentacle approached, there was nowhere to hide.
A look of determination flashed in Lu Chen's eyes,
"Who's afraid of whom!"
Accompanied by a flashing blade trajectory,
Overseer's unique skill—Breaking Wind,
was instantly unleashed!
However,
the dazzling blade light shattered instantly the moment it touched the giant tentacle,
the always invincible Breaking Wind,
appeared pale and powerless before this colossal entity.
Facing the whistling tentacle,
Lu Chen had nowhere to dodge,
he could only take it head-on!
Lu Chen gritted his teeth,
Steel Bone and Mountain Strength were fully activated,
his physique and defense instantly soared to their limit.
But,
"Puchi—!"
With a muffled sound,
the giant tentacle swept past heavily,
Lu Chen's left hand, along with a large part of his left chest, was instantly torn into a mist of blood, splattering outwards.
Even though his defense had been strengthened to the extreme,
under the touch of the giant tentacle,
all protection was like nothing, instantly collapsing.
Fortunately,
at the last moment,
Lu Chen instinctively twisted his body,
protecting Little dumpling, which he held tightly in his right hand.
It was fine if he was injured, after all, he possessed an immortal body,
but nothing could happen to Little dumpling,
it was his life,
there could absolutely be no mishap.
"Bang—!"
Lu Chen fell heavily onto the cracked Seal Altar,
a mouthful of fresh blood gushed out accordingly.
Since stepping into the Tian Yu World,
this was the first time he had suffered such a severe injury.
"Guji guji~"
Little dumpling looked at Lu Chen's injuries,
its big eyes instantly filled with tears,
clearly heartbroken.
At this moment, Jack's voice pierced through the noise,
"Captain, hurry back to the Netherworld! That big tentacle can't reach there!"
"You absolutely cannot fall! Being defeated by that big tentacle will lead to being sealed!"
Jack's words made Lu Chen's heart tighten.
He had thought that his immortal body would make him fearless,
but Jack was right to remind him,
once defeated,
he would likely end up like Vantoros,
permanently sealed here.
His life had just begun to shine,
how could he be trapped here?
Thinking of this,
Lu Chen gritted his teeth,
and slammed his remaining right hand onto the ground,
using the force to leap up,
as green light flickered,
the Speed Amplification talent fully erupted,
his entire body turned into an afterimage,
and he sprinted towards the Netherworld,
as long as he boarded the Netherworld, he would be safe.
However, at this very moment,
a desperate scene unfolded,
"Whoosh la la—!"
"Whoosh la la—!"
Accompanied by deafening sounds,
dozens of similarly massive tentacles suddenly broke free from the sea surface, rising into the air from the deep sea,
instantly obscuring the entire sky behind Lu Chen.
Looking at the dense, swaying shadows of the giant tentacles in front of him,
Lu Chen's heart sank sharply.
It's over.
I should have thought of this before.
How could this statue only have one tentacle?
Indeed,
what he saw was just the tip of the iceberg,
the main body of the statue and numerous tentacles,
were all hidden beneath the mud and sand of the seabed.
At this moment, Lu Chen's heart was filled with despair.
He couldn't even dodge one tentacle,
now dozens had suddenly appeared,
It's over!
Just as Lu Chen's thoughts were racing,
the sky-filling tentacle statue, accompanied by whistling wind,
fiercely pounced on him.
Lu Chen quickly turned his head,
the feeling of despair intensified,
countless tentacles had completely blocked all his retreat routes,
there was nowhere to hide!
Just at this critical moment,
a look of determination flashed in Lu Chen's eyes,
his right arm was instantly enveloped in red light, muscles tensed and bulging,
all his strength concentrated on his right arm,
he violently threw Little dumpling towards the Netherworld,
"Jack! Take good care of Little dumpling for me!"