If the 9527 who had just appeared was a psychiatric patient in the middle of an episode, whose attack on Lilia was purely an instinctive counterattack,
then Lin Yuan's appearance made that patient suddenly regain his sanity.
"You bastard! This is all your fault, all your fault! I'm going to kill you!"
9527 stared at Lin Yuan with a vicious expression. The flesh on his body writhed, turning into tentacles that lashed at Lin Yuan.
These tentacles moved skillfully, even coordinating with one another, instantly cutting off every route Lin Yuan could use to dodge.
Their force was nothing like that casual strike at Lilia just now!
"Holy shit, are you using me as a stimulant?!"
Lin Yuan had not expected this Crawler to become like an entirely different person after he appeared. In desperation, he could only turn the Shapeshifter into its shield form and hold it in front of himself.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Several tentacles slammed into the shield in succession, their tremendous force driving Lin Yuan back again and again.
A hairline crack also appeared on the Shapeshifter shield.
"No, it'll break if I keep blocking!" Finding that the Shapeshifter's shield was not very effective against this sort of purely physical attack, Lin Yuan immediately put it away.
At the same time, he swept his right hand, unsheathing the bronze-grade Holy Hall Light Blade and slicing off an incoming tentacle.
The Holy Hall Light Blade dealt bonus damage to Crawlers, and this first test proved its effectiveness.
"So you really did become a Sanctum Knight!" Retainer 9527 narrowed his eyes slightly. "All the more reason I can't let you live!"
The severed tentacle twisted and crawled like a slithering snake, returning to the Crawler's body.
Catching this out of the corner of his eye, Lin Yuan knew