Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

Lin Bai instantly understood the group's purpose.

They didn't come to hunt giant beasts; they came to "pan for gold."

While he was still in a daze, the battle over there was nearing its end.

The putrid worm struggled in the electric grid for a few minutes, but ultimately couldn't hold on any longer. Its body stiffened, and it became completely still.

"here you go!"

"Quick, scoop out the golden marrow! This stuff will lose its effectiveness if it stays in the mud for too long!"

The bald, burly man shouted excitedly.

Two team members immediately stepped forward and used a specially made net.

Carefully, the pale golden particles were scooped out of the black mud.

Looking at the dozens of shiny grains in the net bag, everyone's face was filled with the joy of a bountiful harvest.

"Haha, we've struck it rich! This haul is pretty good, enough for us brothers to live it up for a while."

"The boss is truly wise to have found such a great place."

"Alright, stop joking around, hurry up and pack your things, get ready to leave." The bald, burly man urged as he packed the golden marrow into a specially made lead box.

"This place is very eerie; if you stay here too long, something bad might happen."

The group agreed and quickly began packing their things.

Lin Bai looked at them and stroked his chin.

He now has two choices.

Golden marrow was of little use to him.

But that potion could perhaps be modified to lure the Hydra.

He weighed the options briefly.

A decision was made quickly.

He emerged from his hiding place and walked confidently toward the group of people.

"Stop! Who goes there!"

The pioneers immediately became alert and raised their weapons, aiming them at Lin Bai.

The bald, burly man shielded the lead box containing the golden marrow behind his back, looking at him warily.

"Don't be nervous." Lin Bai stopped a dozen meters away from them and shrugged.

"I meant no harm."

"Who are you? What are you trying to do, hiding over there like that?" The bald, burly man's tone was aggressive.

"Just a passing alchemist," Lin Bai replied calmly.

"I'm just more interested in the kind of potion you used earlier that attracts putrid worms."

"What do you want? Let me tell you, that thing is not for sale!"

"I know," Lin Bai said. "I can trade you something."

"Trade?" The bald, burly man asked as if he'd heard a joke. "Why should we trade with you?"

"Just because..." Lin Bai paused, raised his hand, and pointed to the depths of the swamp, "you will soon need my help."

The moment he finished speaking.

The entire swamp trembled violently without warning.

......

The tremor came quickly and violently, as if some enormous creature deep underground had turned over.

The bald, burly man Meng Tu and his men all froze in their tracks.

"Boss, what's going on?" a team member asked nervously.

Meng Tu didn't speak. He cautiously scanned his surroundings, finally fixing his gaze on Lin Bai, who was not far away.

The tremor occurred as soon as the young man finished speaking.

coincidence?

Lin Bai ignored their gazes; he simply stared at the black swamp that had returned to calm, yet seemed to be brewing something.

Another violent tremor followed.

This time, the commotion was several times greater than before.

"Splash—"

Mud and water splashed everywhere, and a hideous head broke through the water's surface.

The thing looked like a giant crocodile, but it was much larger; its head alone was the size of a small car.

Its entire body was covered with a thick, rock-like black carapace, from which foul-smelling mud flowed.

"It's...it's the Swamp Devourer!" A young team member's voice trembled.

Meng Tu's face instantly turned ugly.

Swamp Devourer, a peak sixth-tier magical beast, is known for its defensive capabilities and is a hundred times more ferocious than the putrid worm.

Their squad had to be extremely careful, even when dealing with a low-level sixth-tier putrid worm, using specially made lightning arrows.

Now, we've run into this thing.

"roar!"

The Swamp Devourer was clearly attracted by the stench of blood and energy fluctuations emitted when the putrid worms died.

Its pair of murky, vertical pupils were fixed on Meng Tu and his group.

"Prepare for battle!" Meng Tu roared, choosing not to flee.

In this swamp, they were no match for the monster; to escape meant exposing their backs to the enemy.

The only way to survive is to fight to the death.

Seven or eight team members immediately raised the alchemical crossbow bolts in their hands and frantically poured their mental energy into them.

"put!"

With Meng Tu's command, several arrows crackling with electricity pierced the air and shot toward the head of the swamp devourer.

"Jingle bells!"

A crisp sound of metal clashing.

Those lightning arrows, powerful enough to paralyze putrid worms, struck the swamp devourer's carapace, only exploding into tiny sparks, leaving not even a white mark.

The Swamp Devourer shook its head, seemingly enraged by the attack.

It opened its enormous mouth, filled with fangs, and inhaled sharply.

It sucked the surrounding black mud into its mouth, mixed it with some kind of energy, and transformed it into a jet of black water that shot towards the crowd.

"Scatter! Activate your shields!" Meng Tu roared.

The team members reacted quickly, immediately diving to both sides and activating their defensive spells at the same time.

"boom!"

The mud and water jets blasted into the spot where they had just been standing, creating a crater several meters in diameter.

The corrosive muddy water made a "sizzling" sound.

One team member was unable to dodge in time and was hit by the edge of the water jet. His leg was instantly corroded, leaving a large hole. He screamed and fell to the ground.

"Damn it!" Meng Tu spat and pulled out a fist-sized red crystal from his pocket.

This was his trump card for survival, bought at a high price: the solidified crystal of the sixth-tier spell, "Explosive Furious Dragon Spell".

He poured his spiritual energy into it, and the red crystal shone brightly, forming a huge fire dragon in front of him.

It blasted towards the Swamp Devourer.

The fire dragon roared silently, its power unmatched.

With a single snap of its jaws, the dragon swallowed the entire monster in the swamp whole.

A scorching heatwave spread outwards.

However, as the smoke cleared, the swamp devourer reappeared.

A patch of charred blackening appeared on the thick carapace, but it still did not suffer any substantial damage.

It was utterly enraged.

Its massive body suddenly burst out of the mud, creating a mud wave several meters high, and rushed straight towards the crowd.

Despair was evident on everyone's face.

Even their strongest attacks couldn't inflict fatal damage on this beast?

As Meng Tu watched the gaping maw draw ever closer, his mind went blank, leaving only two words:

It’s over.

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