Great Water Monster Devours Its Kin

The Sea Urchin King's Needle Whirlwind Charge was terrifying, but it faced the same problem as the Goldfish Spirit: it and the other River Delicacy Yokai were no longer in the water. Without the Tongtian River's environmental advantage, their strength had actually been severely reduced.

The lower their degree of transformation, the more dependent they were on water. On land, their strength had declined drastically; they were nowhere near as at home as they had been in the Tongtian River.

Although they were very close to the Tongtian River and could dive back into the water with just a little effort, Smart Head's powerful Taunt Skill turned escape into a pipe dream.

In theory, Smart Head's taunt only lasted fifteen seconds and had a sixty-second cooldown, but there were simply too many Grunt Units present.

Even if they failed to break through his defenses and merely left a nearly invisible mark on his shield, it still counted as an attack judgment and immediately reduced Smart Head's taunt skill cooldown by three seconds.

And at just the right time, the Ace Undercover demonstrated the perfect attack: the Sea Urchin King's Needle Whirlwind Charge.

Every one of its sea urchin spines counted as a separate attack judgment. In other words, the instant the Sea Urchin King, covered in its own Grunt Units, slammed head-on into Smart Head's shield, the taunt cooldown, which had originally been nearly forty seconds, instantly dropped to zero!

Moreover, because every spine was judged independently, each one took the full thirty points of Melee Physical Damage Reduction. The damage dealt to Smart Head was negligible.

The Sea Urchin King had revealed its true form, so it could not show any expression. Otherwise, Smart Head would have loved to see its face right then.

With a forceful shove of