Fierce Battle with the Mud Monster (Seeking Collection! Seeking Follow-up Reading!)

Liang Quan's attacks were heavy.

Soon, the first two teams of examinees were quickly defeated by him, ending the first round of the exam with zero points and proceeding to the second examination area for the next two rounds.

As they left, their faces were filled with despair.

This was because, by convention, the first round of the exam was usually the easiest.

"This year's exam seems much harder than in previous years," Zhou Lu said softly, looking down at the arena.

Li Yi also looked a bit worried. "If this is how he treats other examinees, Liang Quan already has issues with us. This is going to be a hellish start."

Xu Wuhu, standing beside them, seemed completely unfazed by the failure of the first two teams. He was doing his pre-match warm-ups by himself.

"Don't let these external factors distract you," Xu Wuhu said to Li Yi and Zhou Lu when the broadcast announced it was their turn to enter. "As long as you give it your all, regardless of the outcome, you won't have any regrets!"

With that, Xu Wuhu shouted to his spirit beast, "Silver Armor! Possess!"

As the Silver Armor Rat attached itself, Xu Wuhu, now appearing to wear a silver bodysuit, flipped over the railing of the spectator stand and leaped into the arena from a height of several meters.

"Holy crap! Wait! Is this how we're supposed to enter?" Li Yi was stunned by the sight, wondering why anyone would just jump down.

Damn it!

Li Yi gritted his teeth and said to Sticky Baby, "Help me cushion my landing!"

Saying that, he hugged Sticky Baby and jumped down without hesitation.

The descent was fast, and for a moment, Li Yi regretted his decision. He could even picture his head hitting the ground and shattering.

Fortunately, Sticky Baby expanded at the moment of impact, forming a giant, slow-falling water cushion that safely caught the falling Li Yi.

Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief. As he sat up from Sticky Baby, he saw Xu Wuhu's strange look and then heard Xu Wuhu ask, "Why did you jump down?"

Hearing this, Li Yi's eyelids twitched instantly. "Didn't you jump down first?!"

As they were speaking, he heard a "ding" sound nearby.

Turning his head, he saw Zhou Lu walking out of the elevator, holding Huohuo.

"I mean... why did you guys jump down instead of taking the elevator?" Zhou Lu asked, speechless, looking at Li Yi and Xu Wuhu. "Don't you know that's a deduction?"

"Huh? Is that a deduction?" Xu Wuhu's eyes widened. "I thought showing off would earn more points."

"...Engaging in unnecessary dangerous behavior results in deductions," Zhou Lu said, exasperated. "Don't you guys even read the exam rules?"

As he spoke, Zhou Lu placed Huohuo on the ground and looked at Liang Quan, who was watching them with great interest from the spectator stands.

At this moment, the referee, finally recovering from the shock of the two "jumping off buildings," blew his whistle and announced the start of the exam.

"Huohuo! Mad Growth!"

The moment the whistle blew, Zhou Lu immediately gave the command.

Huohuo's roots instantly expanded, shattering the ordinary flowerpot it was in and burrowing deep into the mud beneath.

With the spread of [Vine Step] and [Mad Growth], a field of Dream Rain Flowers quickly formed under their feet in an instant.

Something seemed to be stirring in the marsh, attempting to swallow the three of them through the flowing mud.

Huohuo's roots firmly gripped the mud, giving the three of them a stable foothold.

"This is interesting," Liang Quan said with a pleased expression. "It seems you've come prepared. Then I'll see how you plan to deal with my Mud Monster!"

As soon as Liang Quan finished speaking, a giant Mud Monster rose from the marsh.

"Sticky Baby!" Li Yi shouted Sticky Baby's name the moment the Mud Monster tried to "eat" them all again.

Sticky Baby, understanding the plan, spread itself out like a cloth, enveloping the three of them and forming a giant pink bubble.

"Proceed as planned!" Xu Wuhu nodded at Li Yi and Zhou Lu and rushed out of the bubble formed by Sticky Baby without hesitation.

As he spoke, his fist landed on the Mud Monster.

However, the Mud Monster's body was composed of flowing mud. A physical punch hitting it merely created a hole.

Without finding the core of the Mud Monster's flow, it was effectively immortal against normal physical attacks.

Seeing Xu Wuhu intend to fight the Mud Monster with his bare body, Liang Quan's lips curled into a mocking smile. "How foolish, trying to fight the Mud Monster head-on."

Wait! Something's wrong!

Liang Quan, who had intended to "educate" his younger brother Xu Yilong in a teacher-like manner, suddenly felt something was amiss.

The Mud Monster's body had extremely strong adhesion. Anything that entered its body range would be attached and enveloped, then absorbed into its body.

But Xu Wuhu had already punched more than a dozen holes in the Mud Monster's body, yet not a single bit of mud clung to him.

Was it Sticky Baby?

Liang Quan immediately understood. Sticky Baby's bubble not only protected the three from surprise attacks by the Mud Monster but also coated Xu Wuhu with its mucus the moment he rushed out of the bubble.

With Sticky Baby's mucus coating, the Mud Monster couldn't attach itself to Xu Wuhu at all.

But... how do you plan to win?

Just as Liang Quan was about to speak, he saw the Mud Monster, which was fighting Xu Wuhu, begin to move much slower.

Dream Rain Flowers were rapidly growing on the Mud Monster's body. Simultaneously, a large number of Dream Rain Flowers were sprouting around the Mud Monster.

It turned out that while Xu Wuhu was fighting the Mud Monster, Huohuo was diligently using its Vine Step to seed its offshoots.

Under the impetus of Mad Growth, the offshoots' root systems firmly grasped the mud.

The Mud Monster, whose body was primarily composed of mud, gradually lost its mobility during this process. Moreover... its body was no longer completely immune to physical attacks!

The moment Huohuo's root systems covered the entire body of the Mud Monster, its core would no longer be able to flow.

At that point, as long as Xu Wuhu broke through the Mud Monster's core, it could be severely injured and returned to its Beast Taming Card.

"A very good plan." Even though he disliked the Xu brothers' personalities, Liang Quan couldn't help but admire the cleverness of this tactic. "It seems I underestimated plant-type spirit pets. I didn't expect first-tier plant-type spirit pets to be capable of this level."

"It's a shame that standing before you is my Mud Monster!" Liang Quan's lips curved upwards as he waved his hand and gave the order, "Mud Monster! Use Quadruple Fragmentation!"

The Mud Monster, having similar characteristics to the Sticky Baby, could naturally also use Quadruple Fragmentation.

The instant Liang Quan gave the command, the Mud Monster before Xu Wuhu suddenly exploded, with the mud not yet grasped by the offshoots splashing everywhere.

"Your plan is still not perfect..." Liang Quan said, crossing his arms.

"Now's the time!" Zhou Lu suddenly shouted.

"What?!" Liang Quan's pupils contracted. He saw a green vine carrying the pink Sticky Baby speed past his shoulder towards the red treasure in the center.

Their objective had always been to snatch the treasure, not to defeat the Mud Monster.

With the Mud Monster no longer blocking the way, the treasure was within easy reach.

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