Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

"Let's continue."

Lin Yu did not linger.

The team enters the second area.

This place looks very peaceful and seems simpler than the first area.

Only two sharkmen and six merman slaves were scattered among the reefs, wandering aimlessly.

"Be careful," Lin Yu warned. "There are ambushes in this area."

"An ambush?" Lin Ya looked around curiously. "Where?"

The words had barely left his mouth—

"Snap!"

Suddenly, a giant octopus jumped out of a puddle nearby!

It is dark purple all over, and its tentacles are as thick as a child's arm.

Its eight tentacles, when fully extended, are over 2 meters in diameter.

The octopus had a clear objective: it covered Lin Ya's head!

"Aaaaaahh ...

Lin Ya let out a terrified scream as her vision was instantly enveloped in darkness.

Although the octopus's tentacles were separated by the shield and did not directly touch the body.

But her entire head was completely covered by the octopus's body, and nothing could be seen.

She instinctively used the hand cannon in her hand to smash it.

The octopus made a "plop" sound as she smashed it, but its tentacles still clung firmly to her shield.

"Master, help!"

She cried out in alarm.

"I can't see!"

Something's been smeared on my face!

Lin Xue reacted very quickly; when she heard Lin Yu say there was an ambush, she was already prepared.

"Duel Order!"

A golden light struck the octopus on Lin Ya's head.

The octopus was forced to hate, and released Lin Ya.

With a leap, the eight tentacles lunged towards Lin Xue.

Lin Xue was prepared and used her shield to meet the octopus the moment it flew in.

"Splat!"

The octopus was stuck to the shield, its eight tentacles wrapping around the edges, attempting to attack Lin Xue.

"Sister Lin Xue~ I love you!" Lin Ya was overjoyed to have gotten rid of the annoying octopus.

She now finally understood why Lin Yu had said before that "the first two areas should be resolved one by one."

If Lin Xue were to pull all the monsters, and then get splattered in the face by an octopus during that process…

With her view blocked, no one knew where she would end up.

"Now you understand?" Lin Yu looked at Lin Ya, "The design of this instance is quite troublesome."

Lin Ya nodded vigorously, still shaken: "I'll never underestimate any dungeon again..."

Lin Xue continued forward.

She attracted the two shark-men, the six fish-men slaves, and the six or seven octopuses that kept jumping out of the surrounding puddles to her side.

"Ground-Shattering Strike!"

The longsword struck the ground with a heavy blow, sending shockwaves spreading outwards.

Stuns all the surrounding monsters—including the octopuses—for 1 second.

The octopuses that were stuck to the shield also fell down.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Ya and Lin Shan began to unleash their full power.

Lin Ya's hand cannon spewed flames, and shells exploded one after another among the fish.

Lin Shan used "Fire Annihilation" to spread a carpet of fire among the monsters.

-1135!

-2612!

-10287!

……

The damage numbers kept rising and getting higher.

The health of the sharkmen and merman slaves is rapidly decreasing.

Even after the dizziness subsided, those octopuses still tried to lunge forward.

But Lin Xue reacted very quickly, nimbly dodging and weaving to avoid the octopus.

Soon, all the monsters in the second area were also cleared out.

The monsters in the last three areas don't have much of a "talent".

It's just that there are a few more of them.

The team will stick to the old tactics.

Lin Xue ran quickly across the rocky beach, attracting all the monsters from the last three areas.

A large group quickly followed behind her—

More than forty strange-looking fish-men roared and chased after her.

Lin Ya moved along with the movement while using basic attacks to stack the "Precision" buff.

Lin Shan then unleashed another skill.

"The trees are lush and abundant."

A pale green light spread out.

Countless magical trees sprang up from the ground and grew rapidly.

Within seconds, a dense magical forest was formed, enveloping Lin Xue and all the monsters.

Towering trees, entwined with vines.

It stands out from the surrounding seaside environment, yet it truly exists.

This is the power of the Chaos Master—

She literally "created" a forest!

These magical trees are emerald green and emit a soft glow.

Their roots burrow into the ground, and their branches sway gently.

Then, the skill effect of "Flourishing Wood" begins to take effect.

It drains 2% of the maximum health of all enemies in the forest every second and heals the member of the squad with the lowest health in the forest.

Lin Xue is currently the only one in the forest, so all the healing is being applied to her.

And Lin Xue is now...

The shield was only half depleted, and the health bar was still full.

Because Lin Yu had previously given Lin Xue a healing pill, she possesses a "self-healing" effect.

During this period, any excess healing will be converted into shield value.

So, the current situation is:

There are more than 40 magical beasts in the forest, most of which have 12000 HP, while elite monsters have 25000 HP.

Drains 2% of their health per second.

With over 40 of them combined, the total health points drained per second is approximately...

15000 points!

All of these treatments worked on Lin Xue…

When she's at full health, all of it is converted into a shield!

15000 points of shield per second!

"Lin Ya, slow down the monster clearing speed." Idea king Lin Yu had a flash of inspiration, "Let these monsters live a few more seconds."

Although Lin Ya was puzzled, she still slowed down her output pace.

She switched to using basic attacks as her main method, and didn't rush to use her skills when they were off cooldown.

Lin Shan controlled the magic forest, ensuring that all monsters were enveloped within it, continuously draining their life force.

Time passed second by second.

The shield value on Lin Xue's body was constantly increasing at a visible rate!

It took about 20 seconds to finally defeat the group of monsters.

Although some monsters die during the process, the amount of life extracted is reduced.

But the total amount is still enormous.

Including the shields from other skills, Lin Xue's final shield value reached:

A little over 303,000!

That's almost 500 times her life points!

Those long shield bars, with their dense markings, are like a vernier caliper!

Moreover, these shields last for a long time—

Even when out of combat, it can last for more than 5 minutes.

"That's enough." Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction.

In this state, facing the "Sharkman King"—

None of its skills work!

Lower your defenses?

Reduce damage reduction?

Increase the damage received?

All of that is nothing compared to 30 shields!

I heard you have a mechanism?

Sorry, I only have numerical values!

"Alright, let's go to the final boss area," Lin Yu said.

The four of them crossed the rocky beach and arrived at an open coastline.

Here is a simple "throne" built from coral and rocks.

Seated on the throne was an exceptionally large shark-man—

It is the "Shark King".

This guy is over 4 meters tall and is also a bodybuilding enthusiast; his muscles are as defined as rocks.

Body fat percentage is estimated to be below 8%.

It wore a crown made of the bones of various marine creatures on its head and held a three-meter-long giant harpoon in its hand, the tip of which gleamed with a cold, eerie blue light.

It seemed to sense the intruders, slowly raising its head, its scarlet eyes looking at Lin Yu and the other three.

Then it grinned, revealing two rows of serrated fangs.

"Human...fresh flesh and blood..."

His voice was hoarse and deep, carrying a bloodthirsty desire.

Hopefully, it can maintain its arrogance once the war begins.

Lin Yu ignored its provocation and instead glanced at the time.

The total time from entering the instance to now is 10 minutes and 44 seconds.

There are still 3 minutes and 07 seconds left to reach the national record of 13 minutes and 51 seconds.

"We can rest for about two minutes," he said. "We'll take a 'seriously' break and then start fighting."

He then took out snacks and drinks from his multi-purpose fanny pack and distributed them to everyone.

The four sat on the rocks, leisurely eating snacks and drinking beverages, watching the "Shark King" standing guard not far away.

The atmosphere was somewhat relaxed and pleasant.

But that's the composure that comes with strength.

Lin Yu took a bite of the cookie and looked at the three girls beside her.

Lin Xue sipped her juice, her silver hair swaying gently in the sea breeze.

Lin Ya ate potato chips with gusto, her dark eyes fixed on the BOSS, seemingly already plotting how to deal with it.

Lin Shan sat quietly beside him, her golden eyes fixed on him.

It seems that he is the only person in her world.