The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 69 Barrier

The clone kept its eyes fixed on the Thunder Crocodile's attack, seemingly wanting to eliminate the most threatening and severely injured target first. This clone is truly intelligent.

As expected of an ancient dragon, a bronze dragon, at level several dozen.

Klein looked at the dragon clone in the sky, whose body suddenly shrank and then grew a tail.

It can use other parts to make up for its defects, and it can also replenish its body with water. Honestly, is this a slime?

Is it a slime dragon?

It's been using melee attacks since the beginning. Could it be that after two super powerful spells, it's run out of magic power to sustain itself?

In other words, it's almost run out of magic power. If we can just hold on a little longer, we might be able to defeat it...

Klein pondered, realizing that he was actually no better than anyone else.

The Rock Crab's water gun can only be used once more, and the Thunder Crocodile has a lot of magic left, but the electric net can't hit targets in the air.

As for Klein himself, his magic power was obtained by absorbing the dragon's might, and now he has very little left.

But the most terrifying thing is that he was only facing a clone... Even if he defeated the clone, if the dragon released another one, he would have no chance of defeating it.

However, we should try everything. If we can save these two key personnel, that would be best. If not, we can just sacrifice them to save the king. Anyway, we can still transfer the offspring back to the plantation.

Klein didn't plan to use the last water gun now, and the clone in the air had already fully recovered. Although it had shrunk to one-fifth its original size, Klein didn't dare to underestimate it at all.

Whoosh...

The fog was still thick, and its red form flapped its wings, disappearing once again into the white fog.

Having learned its lesson the first time, it will surely be more cautious...

Klein examined the Thunder Crocodile's back. Although the electric shell had protected it from a fatal attack, it had also been damaged, and all the coiled lightning had poured into the water, rendering it unable to regenerate.

Klein himself didn't have the magic to repair it, which meant that with its leather armor broken and its carapace damaged, the Thunder Crocodile had no way to defend itself.

The next strike will be the decisive one...

The Thunder Crocodile, submerged at the bottom of the water, could slow down the clone's attacks slightly, but Klein controlled the Thunder Crocodile to swim to the surface, while the Rock Crab waited by.

I'm right on the water! This is a great opportunity, aren't you coming?

In the moment of silence, time seemed to flow viscously.

Swish.

The dragon's clone did appear; that crimson figure appeared behind Klein, at an angle perfectly positioned where the underwater rock crab could not attack.

The water-based claws stabbed at the Thunder Crocodile once again, but this time there was no sturdy carapace to stop the attack.

But... a twist!

The moment it appeared, Klein spat out the Sky Sand that had been stored in the Thunder Crocodile's mouth and then activated its ability to reverse gravity!

All of Thunder Crocodile's magic was poured into it by Klein, and the hourglass floated on the water's surface, not carried away by Klein.

Meanwhile, the Thunder Crocodile, due to the reverse of gravity, fell towards the top of the cave, barely avoiding the dragon's clone's attack. This is why Klein swam to the surface, not only to attract the clone's attack, but also to avoid the water's resistance hindering him.

The dragon clone's claws pierced the water's surface, but missed. However, it was propelled forward by inertia, sending the Thunder Crocodile flying into the air, while the clone fell onto the water's surface.

Because the power of Sky Sand is to reverse the gravity of other creatures, while the dragon's clone—which is just a mass of magic and water—is not affected by the gravity reversal!

At this moment, their positions have been switched.

Seeing that things were not going well, the dragon's clone was about to flap its water wings to leave the water.

puff!

The Crab's final water gun shot, under Klein's control, precisely struck the inside of the clone's wing, hitting the connection between the wing and the body, causing the entire wing to break off and merge into the river water.

The dragon's clone, having lost a wing, completely lost its balance and fell into the river.

All of this happened in just a few seconds, and Lei's full magic power was only enough to activate Sky Sands for a few seconds, meaning that gravity had been restored.

Klein's soul returned to the Thunder Crocodile, which had reached the top of the cave due to the reversal of gravity, and then fell back down due to the restoration of gravity.

Beneath the Thunder Crocodile, the dragon's clone struggles on the surface of the water.

Klein controlled the Thunder Crocodile, got into position, and used gravity to plummet downwards while suddenly swinging his tail with serrated scales at the dragon clone!

boom!

A solid blow!

A huge wave burst open, mixed with the red of the clone's body, like a flower of flame.

The dragon's clone took the hit, its entire body, from head to torso, was cleaved in two by Klein. The immense force slammed into the clone, causing its upper body to burst open like fireworks.

The clone's condition was appalling; only its lower body, legs, and tail remained.

This should be over by now, right?

Klein stared at it and saw that even so, it was still wriggling and slowly growing back its body.

Seriously... it's that hard to kill? It seems like it really can't be killed until all the magic power is used up.

Of course, Klein wouldn't just wait idly. Controlling the Thunder Crocodile, which was in excruciating pain from the previous attack, he was about to give it another bite when he discovered that its shattered body had suddenly gone limp.

It was like a lump of loose mud that suddenly melted into the water and was then carried downstream by the river.

Dead? No.

The clone completely disappeared, but at the same time, a glow appeared in its original location, which was formed from the clone when it went limp.

This is... a burst of magic?

Before Klein could react, it suddenly darted into the water and headed towards the lake. Klein transferred his soul and followed the direction it went.

They arrived at the top of the lake once more. The magic flew into the lake and eventually entered the bronze dragon's body. At this moment, the bronze dragon stopped on the surface of the lake, instead of at the bottom.

The lake cave is bustling now, with more merfolk inside than before, most of whom are injured to varying degrees. More merfolk have also arrived at this moment.

The last person to enter the lake through the passage was the priest from before.

Klein was surprised to find that he had lost an arm.

"Roar!"

Beyond the lake, other roars could be heard.

That was truly horrific; I wonder what exactly happened...

While Klein was fighting, they were also fighting.

"ꙦꙥꙤꙣꙢꙡꙧꙦꙣꙢꙡꙧꙦꙥꙤ!"

The priest called out to the bronze dragon in a weak voice; Klein knew it was dragon language.

The bronze dragon seemed somewhat solemn. It sighed, then nodded slightly, and began to chant.

"ꙥꙤꙣꙢꙡꙧꙣꙢꙡꙧꙥꙤꙥꙤꙣꙢꙡꙧꙣꙢ..."

As it chanted, the water at the lake's entrance suddenly flowed backward, then climbed into the air, sealing off the entire passage, including the waterfall cascading down from the river where Klein was located.

dong dong dong...

There was a knocking sound outside, but those things couldn't get in.

Is this a barrier?

The blood of the merman and the thunder crocodile merged into the barrier, forming an eerie crimson hue.

The merfolk tribe has managed to survive for the time being.