336: This area damage

Lin Xun endured the sharp pain in his abdomen, his mind rapidly analyzing:

"I see... This isn't ordinary color change or Optical Camouflage! This guy can simulate its surface temperature, roughness, and even hardness to be exactly the same as the surrounding environment! No wonder I couldn't touch it... Damn it!"

His eyes sharpened, and he violently swung his arm, the spiky arm armor fiercely sweeping toward the section of the wall where he had just been attacked!

"Crack!" The spikes only scraped off some debris from the concrete wall; there was nothing there. The enemy had clearly moved.

Lin Xun quickly leaped back, creating distance, while his mind raced: 'The enemy is hidden, I am exposed. Conventional observation and searching are completely useless... Since I can't find it, I can only force it out!'

Having no better option, Lin Xun gritted his teeth and began moving at high speed within the limited space of the nest! He no longer tried to locate the target but instead moved like an out-of-control pinball, sprinting, rolling, and jumping in erratic zigzag patterns. At the same time, the spikes on his arms and his kicks were swung without reservation toward every corner where an enemy might hide—the walls, the tops of pipes, behind piles of debris!

"Bang! Thud! Crack!"

Gravel scattered and metal sheets twisted, but aside from creating more noise and destruction, there was still no sensation of hitting a solid body.

"Whoosh—Slap!"

Just as he changed direction, that phantom-like long tongue shot out again from a completely unexpected angle, accurately whipping Lin Xun's shoulder and back, causing him to stumble.

At the same time, a slightly hoarse, strange voice, laced with obvious sarcasm and mockery, echoed through the empty sewer, its source constantly shifting:

"How ridiculous~ You didn't think you could hit me just by crashing around like a headless fly, did you? Tsk tsk, this fighting style... it's a bit too naive, just relying on pure luck to randomly attack, huh?"

"Damn it!" Lin Xun stabilized his posture, burning with rage, but mostly frustration. The space was so small, and the opponent was clearly not tiny (judging by the tongue's thickness and force), so why couldn't he hit it?

Just then, another anomaly occurred!

"Whoosh!" A tongue silently extended from behind Lin Xun, lightning-fast, wrapping around his right elbow joint and violently pulling backward!

"Whoosh!"

Another tongue shot out from the shadow directly in front of him, wrapping around his left ankle and pulling forward!

Front and back, two immense forces tried to tear him apart!

"Ugh!" Lin Xun grunted, reacting instantly. The spikes on his right arm popped out and fiercely slashed toward the tongue wrapped around his arm! The sharpness of the spikes far exceeded the ordinary; the tongue cried out in pain, quickly loosening and retracting. Lin Xun seized the opportunity to swing his left hand and also cut the tongue wrapped around his ankle!

He took the chance to leap backward, his gaze sharply scanning the area.

However, an even more alarming sight appeared—a third, no, a fourth tongue, was extending from the shadow near a unconscious Dinosaur Person, attempting to coil around the foot of the unconscious Dinosaur Person and drag it away!

"Dream on!" Lin Xun ignored his own safety, immediately lunged over, and with a swift movement of his spiky arm, severed that tongue as well.

He leaned against the wall of the Reservoir, breathing heavily, his eyes scanning the seemingly empty but perilous surroundings with shock and uncertainty.

The attacks that came almost simultaneously from different directions, and the attempt to drag away the unconscious person... "Are there more than one?" Lin Xun gritted his teeth. "Or is it... that the 'big one' I saw earlier was actually multiple individuals acting together?" This thought weighed heavily on him. A single one was already so difficult to deal with; if it was a group... "What the hell is wrong with the natural world now?" He couldn't help but curse under his breath. "Why does everyone like to play the numbers game?!"

Just then, clear footsteps came from the direction of the sewer entrance, along with Lu Jianchuan's familiar voice: "Lin Xun! Shen Mingyuan notified me. I brought people to help move... Huh?"

Before he finished speaking, he had already stepped into the messy nest area, just in time to see Lin Xun's posture, ready for a major confrontation.

"Be careful! Transform quickly! There are enemies!" Lin Xun warned urgently.

Although Lu Jianchuan hadn't fully grasped the situation, he didn't hesitate at his comrade's warning, activating his transformation almost instinctively. However, the attack came faster!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Three thick, long tongues, like venomous snakes lurking for a long time, suddenly shot out from three different tricky angles (the shadow of the pipe above, behind a pile of discarded boxes on the side, and even from the blind spot reflected by a puddle of water), aiming directly at the newly arrived and seemingly defenseless Lu Jianchuan!

"Get clear!" Lin Xun roared, simultaneously exploding with maximum speed, executing a flying tackle that slammed Lu Jianchuan hard to the side.

Lu Jianchuan was shoved away, but Lin Xun, due to his excessive force, was instantly entangled by two of the tongues around his waist and right leg! Immediately following, a third and fourth tongue darted out from the darkness, wrapping around his left arm and neck, respectively! Five tongues, coming from different directions, exerted force simultaneously, intending to tear him into pieces mid-air!

"Agh—!" Lin Xun let out a painful groan, feeling as if his body was being ripped apart.

At this critical moment, the shoved-aside Lu Jianchuan completed his transformation mid-air! Clad in the silver skeleton armor, he landed without pause, roaring as he lunged toward the tongues wrapped around Lin Xun, his hands crackling with electricity, ready to tear them apart!

The enemies in the dark seemed to sense the danger. Their original goal was to ambush Lu Jianchuan, but now they were exposed, and they couldn't immediately dismember the highly resilient Lin Xun. Instead, they risked being counterattacked by Lu Jianchuan up close.

They made a swift decision!

The tongues loosened almost simultaneously, but the moment they let go, they didn't simply retract. Instead, they "snapped" backward like slingshot rubber bands!

"Bang!" Lin Xun was launched backward at high speed, as if propelled by several massive rubber bands, crashing violently into the complex network of pipes behind him!

"Crack! Whoosh—!"

A series of loud sounds of metal twisting and rupturing. Lin Xun's impact broke several old water pipes and sewage pipes. One main pipe immediately burst, and high-pressure water gushed out like an uncontrolled water Dragon, instantly soaking a large area!

Lin Xun barely stabilized himself amidst the splashing water and metal fragments, his back pressed against the wall. His gaze swept over the main pipe that was spraying water wildly, and a flash of inspiration struck him!

"I'll take a chance!" He gritted his teeth, enduring the pain across his body, and suddenly reached out, grabbing the end of the broken pipe. Using the strength of his arm armor, he forcibly controlled the direction of the water jet!

"Hiss—!!!"

The thick water column immediately became a "water cannon" in his hands. As he rotated his body and swung his arm, the fierce water stream began indiscriminately sweeping every corner of the nest! Walls, ceilings, pipe crevices, ground puddles... every possible hiding spot for the invisible enemies was washed and soaked by the rushing water!

"Senior! Now is the time!!" Lin Xun roared hoarsely, simultaneously abandoning all defense and continuously blasting the "water cannon" at the areas he perceived as most suspicious.

"What?" The hoarse voice from the darkness sounded surprised and suspicious. "Are you trying to—?"

When Lu Jianchuan heard Lin Xun's shout and saw the water splashing everywhere, he immediately understood his intention!

"Got it! You hang in there!" Lu Jianchuan shouted, no longer trying to find a specific target. Instead, he slammed both arms heavily onto the wet, slippery ground, which was already covered in a layer of standing water!

"Boom—Zzzzzzzzz—!!!"

Unprecedented violent electric current, originating from Lu Jianchuan's fists, spread like countless silver-white mad snakes. It followed the standing water on the ground, the water trails flowing down the walls, and even the moisture permeating the air, wildly spreading, leaping, and penetrating the entire nest space soaked by Lin Xun's "Artificial Rain"!

This was an indiscriminate area-of-effect electric shock! The conductive water became the best medium for attack!

"Screech—!! Chirp chirp—!!"

A series of sharp, painful shrieks sounded from all directions!

In every corner where the electric current raged, the Invisible Hunters, who could no longer perfectly simulate the "dry" environment after being washed by the water, revealed their true forms under the electric shock—

They were five or six creatures, much larger than ordinary Chameleons but significantly smaller than the expected "beast," covered in strange, mimetic scales!

They convulsed from the electric shock, falling from the walls, ceiling, and shadows, splashing into the standing water, emitting smoke, and temporarily losing their ability to move and become invisible.

The nest was filled with moisture, the smell of scorching, and ozone. The water was still gushing, and the electric light gradually subsided.

Lin Xun released the pipe as if exhausted, sliding down to sit on the ground against the wall, breathing heavily. Lu Jianchuan slowly retracted his fists, vigilantly scanning the small, twitching Chameleons on the ground.