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The six-legged merman lying on the reef had clearly also noticed Su Yuan, this uninvited guest.

It slowly raised its head, its empty, pupil-less eyes staring straight at the cave entrance.

The male merfolk around them who were performing the ritual also stopped what they were doing, turned around, and let out threatening growls.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire hall became tense and hostile.

Su Yuan did not make a move immediately, but instead shifted his gaze from the three-star BOSS and scanned the surroundings of the hall.

Soon, he saw two figures covered in translucent mucus on a cliff face opposite the pool.

The two figures were like insects trapped in amber, clinging tightly to the wall.

Judging from their figures, they should be a man and a woman.

Their faces were no longer recognizable, covered by a thick layer of green slime; only their bodies were still moving extremely faintly, proving that they were still alive.

But that's all.

Su Yuan could clearly sense that the life force on their bodies had become extremely weak, like a candle flickering in the wind, which could be extinguished at any moment.

"He can't be saved." Su Yuan made the judgment instantly.

Even if he rushes over and saves them now, they won't last long in their current condition.

Moreover, he wasn't exactly a pushover.

In a world where human life is cheaper than grass, he couldn't bring himself to take such a huge risk and disrupt his plans for two complete strangers.

Su Yuan withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention to the two poor, unlucky fellows, and instead focused all his attention back on the six-legged merman.

He discovered that the monster was in a very strange state.

Although it noticed him, it did not show strong hostility like other merfolk. Instead, it just stared at him quietly with its empty eyes, while tightly holding a huge skeleton that had long since turned into white bones in its arms.

The skeleton was several sizes larger than that of an ordinary merman, and its bones had a warm, jade-white color, clearly indicating that it was no ordinary creature in life.

This basically matches the previous female merman chieftain mentioned in the intelligence.

"This monster... seems to be controlled by this skeleton?"

A strange thought popped into Su Yuan's mind.

He pushed his senses to the limit, carefully examining the skeleton.

really!

He caught a faint but intensely venomous and insane fluctuation of consciousness from the skeleton.

The feeling was like a vengeful spirit unwilling to die, its remnant soul residing within the bones, attempting to return to this world through some means.

And just as Su Yuan was concentrating on his investigation, a vague "voice" rang out in his mind through translation.

"Kill...kill him..."

"Use his...pure...powerful flesh and blood...as a sacrifice..."

"Mom...will...come back..."

"With him... that's all I need..."

"But... be careful... my dear child... the prey is dangerous!!!"

Su Yuan understood instantly!

This skeleton is giving orders to that six-legged merman!

It wanted to kill itself and then use its own flesh and blood as a sacrifice to complete some kind of resurrection ritual!

Seemingly receiving a command from the skeleton, the six-legged merman, who had previously appeared somewhat bewildered, suddenly flashed a ruthless glint in its empty eyes.

It carefully placed the skeleton in its arms on the reef, and then, its six huge, spider-like claws suddenly exerted force!

"boom--!"

A huge rock was forcefully pulled from the pool, bringing with it a large expanse of dark green water.

It actually used that several-ton reef as a weapon, roaring as it charged towards Su Yuan!

As it moved, the entire cave hall began to shake violently, and loose rocks and dust kept falling from the overhead rock walls.

"Well done!"

Su Yuan looked at the unstoppable behemoth charging towards him, but instead of showing any fear, he revealed an excited smile.

He gripped the handle of the Demon-Slaying Warhammer tightly with both hands, lowered his legs slightly, and assumed a standard fighting stance.

In an instant, his body received the command to fight. Su Yuan's heart began to pound violently, pumping blood to every part of his body. Su Yuan's face turned an eerie wine red.

"It seems that if I want to evolve, besides using all sorts of unconventional methods, the most important way is still through combat, especially exhilarating combat. My body seems to actively enjoy this kind of combat!"

"Let me see just how much you're capable of!"

Su Yuan roared and suddenly exerted force with his feet, his whole body like a cannonball, actively heading towards the six-legged merman wielding the huge reef!

Two figures, one large and one small, completely disproportionate in size, are about to clash violently under the glow of a deep blue light!

"Boom—!"

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted in the hall!

The Demon-Slaying Warhammer collided solidly with the massive reef.

A visible white shockwave spread wildly outwards from the point of impact!

The male merfolk who were watching were thrown out by the powerful shockwave and fell into the pool like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Su Yuan felt an unimaginable, terrifying force coming from the hammer handle.

The force was like a mountain crashing into him, making the tiger's mouth of his hands, which were gripping the hammer handle, go numb.

His body slid backward uncontrollably for more than ten meters, his feet carving two deep furrows in the hard rocky ground before he finally regained his balance.

"This guy is incredibly strong!"

Su Yuan shook his slightly numb arm and was amazed.

Although his physique far surpassed that of ordinary people, even by several times, the monsters in front of him did not seem to have any obvious skills according to their descriptions.

It is clearly a monster that excels solely in its physical strength, and its power is naturally on a completely different level from that of other ordinary three-star monsters.

"It seems that brute force alone is not enough."

Su Yuan instantly made up his mind.

He admitted that his opponent was indeed stronger than him.

But that doesn't mean I can't beat it.

On the contrary, this fueled his competitive spirit even more!

Su Yuan grinned and moved again.

This time, he didn't choose to confront them head-on, but instead maximized his speed and agility.

The six-legged merman seemed even more enraged when it realized that its attack had failed to kill the tiny human.

It roared, raised the huge rock again, and hurled it at Su Yuan without regard for anything else.

Su Yuan remained calm and composed. He lightly touched the ground with his toes and his body flashed to the side like a ghost, easily dodging the powerful blow.

boom!

The rock slammed into the spot where he had just been standing, causing the ground to shake violently and sending debris flying everywhere.

Before the six-legged merman could retract the reef, Su Yuan had already circled around to its side, his Demon-Slaying War Hammer tracing a tricky arc as it slammed into one of its spider-like segmented claws.

"when!"

A crisp, metallic clang rang out.

Sparks flew everywhere.

The armor on that arthropod's claws was smashed, and some green blood began to splatter.

Su Yuan, on the other hand, was forced back two steps by a tremendous recoil force.

"So hard?" Su Yuan was somewhat surprised.

It seems that in terms of pure physical defense, the Janis we fought last time is not on the same level as this thing.

However, Su Yuan was not discouraged, because the most abnormal thing about the hammer in his hand was not just that, but that it could slowly stack damage as the battle progressed, and the stacked damage was similar to true damage, which could ignore many judgments.

[Judgment value +5%]

"As long as it works!"

What followed was rather comical.

In the enormous cave hall, a massive six-legged merman was wielding a reef larger than its own body, frantically chasing and smashing it at a shirtless human.

The human, however, was like an incredibly agile monkey, always managing to dodge the falling rocks at the last second, and then, taking advantage of the gaps in the monster's attacks, would strike the monster swiftly and fiercely with his large hammer from various tricky angles.

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

The crisp sound of metal clashing echoed throughout the hall.

The six-legged merman was thoroughly enraged by Su Yuan's shameless tactic of "hit and run".

It roared, its attacks becoming faster and more powerful. Each swing of the reef created a violent gust of wind, leaving deep marks on the surrounding rock walls.

Unfortunately, all its attacks missed.

Faced with Su Yuan's terrifying perception of 111.5, its every move was predicted in advance.

Its attack trajectory, its method of exerting force, and even the intention of its next move were all clearly presented in Su Yuan's mind.

"Left! This guy's going to smash the left side!"

The moment the thought crossed Su Yuan's mind, his body instinctively slid to the right.

boom!

Huge rocks grazed his nose as they fell, sending dust flying.

"A great opportunity!"

"Die!"

Su Yuan's eyes lit up. Taking advantage of the moment when the six-legged merman's old strength had been exhausted and its new strength had not yet been generated, he rushed forward in one stride, raised the Demon-Slaying War Hammer in his hand high, and smashed it hard on its thick lower back.

"when!"

Another crisp sound.

[Judgment value +5%]

The six-legged merman staggered from the impact, letting out a painful roar. It turned around and launched another sweeping attack, but Su Yuan, who had reacted quickly, easily dodged it.

The battle quickly turned into a one-sided crushing defeat. Su Yuan's damage increased with each hit, and his body gradually adapted. Compared to the last time he fought a boss, it seemed that fighting this kind of boss, which was known for its physical strength, was more likely to stimulate his evolution.

[Judgment Value: 35%]

[Judgment Value: 40%]

[Judgment Value: 45%]