Is This What Mutated Difficulty Is?

"How so."

The fish-man swam in the water. His innate talent allowed him to swim at high speed in the sea. If he hadn't been concerned about the possible dangers on the island and the need to travel with his teammates for safety, the fish-man could have swum directly there.

But now, having encountered a terrifying monster, they can no longer worry about their teammates.

Decisively abandoning teammates is the way of survival for the Murloc.

He now only prays that there are no other monsters in the sea.

Looking back, the fishman saw that the Hound had jumped into the sea!

"Why are you so difficult to deal with!"

The fish-men had probably heard of these creatures before. Once they identified a target, they would chase it to the ends of the earth, kill it, and devour it. Even time could not stop them. That is why these creatures were called Hound.

The only way to escape being hunted, besides killing the Hound in the opposite direction, is to put yourself in an open area.

However, the fishman thought this was a ridiculous idea, because he had heard rumors before that someone was targeted by Hound and ran to a plain to live in the open for several days, only to have the Hound emerge directly from his own body.

Moreover, even if one could hide, living under the shadow of being hunted by Hound for the rest of one's life would be extremely Affliction.

Fortunately, the fishmen swim very fast, while the Hound swim much slower in comparison.

"I will immediately break the seal and let the sealed deity deal with the Hound, so that I can return to my own world."

The merman landed and immediately ran towards the center of the temple.

He failed to notice the bizarre and twisted architecture, and did not realize that the towering obelisks actually presented angles that could not possibly exist in this world.

He had no interest in appreciating these temples that originated from antiquity and have stood for millions of years.

The fish-man just wanted to run away.

Standing at the edge of the temple, you can see the huge door standing in the very center. The heavy door looks like it was made of a single piece of bluestone, giving it a sense of solidity like a mountain peak.

The merman was running toward the door when he suddenly felt someone tug at him from behind.

He hurriedly turned around and threw a clump of seaweed from his arms.

The seaweed began to grow wildly in mid-air, turning into a huge, wriggling creature large enough to entangle a human.

Deep within the seaweed, one can see ferocious mouthparts opening and closing continuously.

"Nobody here?"

The merman saw nothing. He stopped and took out a dagger with gears and a spring from his pocket. He tried to dig some Stone from a nearby pillar to use as material, but soon he was surprised to find that the Stone on the pillar were extremely hard and the dagger could not budge them at all.

There's no other way.

The merman turned the gears on the dagger, causing it to vibrate rapidly. He glanced again at the wriggling seaweed behind him and prepared to turn and leave.

At that moment, he suddenly felt a strong force pushing his body forward, crashing into a dark blue stone pillar.

He thought to himself that he had broken at least two bones, and just as he got up, he saw someone appear in front of him.

His appearance was quite different from that of the merman and his companions. The merman had only seen similar creatures from other lands in the slave markets of his own world, and in his mind, these creatures were symbols of backwardness and inferiority.

But the person in front of me didn't feel that way at all.

He was much taller than the fishman, and although he had nothing in his hands, he exuded an astonishing sense of intimidation.

The man's deathly pale skin, far too pale for a merman, gave off a sickly appearance. As he approached the merman, his fingers seemed to twitch.

Suddenly, a strange melody rang in the fishman's head.

Good Luck, Good Luck good luck bring you joy and love.

"What's this."

The fish-man couldn't understand those sounds; the melody sounded noisy and unpleasant to him, yet he couldn't make it dissipate.

He was terrified, surprised, frightened, and tried to struggle.

Until the fishman saw the terrifying beast, the Hound that would kill its target even when traversing time and space, come from afar, circle around the man's feet twice, and then, instead of swallowing the man as the fishman had expected, it affectionately rubbed against his trouser leg.

The fishman's worldview collapsed.

Is this the monster on the [Alienation] difficulty level?

This vicious Hound, which had easily killed two Chosen of the Gods in succession, was now groveling like this man's pet.

So this man

The fish-man was already in a deadly despair when suddenly, silver smoke flowed from the man's mouth, eyes, nose, and ears, condensing and forming the shape of another person around him.

"It feels quite peculiar."

Lu Ban glanced at Feng Yu beside him.

Feng Yu was naturally wearing her original clothes. She did not answer Lu Ban's question, but instead went to the fishman whose mind was full of "Good Luck" and raised her right hand.

After a pause, Feng Yu turned to look at Lu Ban.

Are you sure you want to watch this? It might be a bit hard to accept.

"This is going to scare me?"

Lu Ban didn't quite believe it.

Immediately, he saw Feng Yu's hand transform into silver smoke, which formed tentacle-like structures that rapidly burrowed into the fishman's body.

The merman rolled his eyes and began to convulse violently.

Then, more silver tentacles emerged from Feng Yu's body. In Lu Ban's [True Sight], Feng Yu was no longer a human, but a combination of flesh and tentacles. Those tentacles extended from under her clothes, sucking the brains of the fishmen.

A moment later, Feng Yu suddenly opened his mouth.

Her originally pale pink lips transformed into a gigantic maw covered in tentacles. Feng Yu's mouth opened wide enough to be much larger than her head. As the silver tentacles lifted the fishman, Feng Yu slowly swallowed it. Once the maw closed and all the tentacles retracted, Feng Yu returned to human form.

Taking out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, Feng Yu glanced at Lu Ban.

"As I said, it might be a little hard to accept."

"Is it tasty?"

Lu Ban couldn't help but ask.

"Does the fish-man taste more fishy or more human?"

"Like seafood."

Feng Yu hesitated for a moment before answering.

"By eating these creatures, I can acquire some of their memories and knowledge. Of course, I will also bear the corresponding pollution, but it will be less severe."

She raised her hand, and her once fair skin was now covered in scales, making her look like a cursed fish-woman.

Thinking about it this way, the large mouth on Feng Yu's chest might have appeared because he had devoured a similar creature.

Now that the three Chosen of the Gods have been eliminated, their mission has clearly failed.

But Lu Ban knew that their work was not over yet.

To make this city sink, the scene must be completely destroyed.

"So, should we go down and take a look?"

Lu Ban pointed to the large door.