Chapter 142 Lai Fu, go up and start a group

"Lord, be careful, there is something in the lake." Salt frowned and stared at the lake.

Following his gaze, I could only see clear lake water and no monsters.

Mo Yu tried throwing a few large stones down, splashing water, but didn't see any other movement.

No suspicious shadows or anything else was found in the lake.

Moreover, the sika deer was drinking water by the lake just now and did not seem to have been attacked.

However, Mo Yu has other ways to verify.

He opened the Gate of War, summoned a number of defense towers, displayed them by the lake, and activated the defense towers' free attack mode.

In this mode, the defense tower will automatically track non-friendly creatures within the attack range and attack them.

If there are monsters in the lake, the defense tower will automatically attack the lake in attack mode.

Sure enough, after the automatic attack mode was turned on.

The tower's attacks surged into the lake.

There are monsters in this lake.

Unfortunately, due to the protection of the lake water, most of these attacks could not fall on the monster in the lake.

Only a few cursed towers, such as the Bone Decay Tower and the Sunflower Tower, can ignore this barrier.

In a sense, this cursed defense tower is quite a bug.

The attack fell into the lake, like a stone sinking into the sea.

I don’t know if it worked.

"Laifu, shoot one into the lake!"

Mo Yu wanted to find out the bottom line of the monster in the lake, so he called up his general and asked him to go up and start a fight.

[Woof, Master, rest assured, with me here, there is no group that cannot be started. ]

The man and the dog were in perfect harmony with each other, and Lai Fu chose the most direct way.

He got up, stretched his legs, and peed a large pool of urine into the lake.

Taunt mode on, power maximized!

The effect of Lai Fu's taunting was immediate. The monster in the lake couldn't wait any longer before he finished peeing.

I saw dozens of water arrows breaking through the water and shooting straight towards the shore.

This is what is called an expert knowing whether something is good or not with just one look.

When it comes to sarcasm, Lai Fu believes that he is as good as anyone in his life.

Fortunately, after Mo Yu's difficult guidance time and time again, it is finally used halfway.

You know what, it really works.

Faced with the sudden attack, Lai Fu would naturally not be unprepared.

As the pioneer of the group, it was well aware of the risks of its job. While peeing, it kept an eye on the movements in the lake.

Almost as soon as the water arrow was shot, it evacuated the shore at the fastest speed.

Therefore, this round of attack is doomed to fail.

But the monster in the water was still not satisfied. It popped its head out and spit out water arrows.

Seeing this, Salt took a step forward and stood in front of Mo Yu.

He wielded a long spear in his hand, and swung it with great speed, scattering the water arrows one after another.

These tiny water arrows, the size of darts, may not seem insignificant, but they have quite strong attack power.

It hit Salt's spear, making a sound of metal clashing.

While commanding the defense tower to launch a counterattack, Mo Yu was looking at the monster in the lake and gathering information.

This is a loach-like creature.

Its entire body is crystal clear, the same color as the lake water. No wonder I hadn’t seen it in the lake before.

If they don't come out of the water on their own initiative, it would be really hard to notice them in the water.

【Loach】

[Level]: Second-order rare
[Status]: Angry

[Abilities]: Water Arrow, Water Manipulation, Water Body

[Description]: An extremely rare aquatic organism.

After the loaches finished one round of attack, the second round of attack was scattered and disorganized.

The defense tower's overwhelming attack directly achieved fire suppression.

In comparison, their sparse water arrows could not create any waves of counterattack.

Even if the loach manipulates a large amount of water to form a shield, it is difficult to withstand the attacks of numerous defense towers.

However, loaches were constantly broken up and then quickly gathered together again.

They are constantly reborn, as if they are immortal.

"My lord, this is a loach. Its body is made up of water currents. We must attack the core inside to kill it." Salt recognized the monster on the lake and reminded.

"core?"

"It's the different-colored part inside their bodies. That's the core of the loach. It's said to be a very rare magical material."

Mo Yu looked carefully and, sure enough, he saw a water-blue crystal about the size of a ping-pong ball in the loach's body.

Although the color was very light, Mo Yu still saw it.

It seems that this is the core of the loach.

Is it a very rare magical material?
Mo Yu admitted that he was moved by Salt's last words.

Only when you are in charge of household affairs do you know how expensive firewood and rice are. Now that I am a lord, I wish I could take away any piece of land I pass by, let alone such good things.

Seeing this, Mo Yu couldn't help but shout loudly: "Laifu, try harder and lead them to the shore!"

【Master, there really isn't a drop left. 】

Lai Fu shook his head, indicating that he really couldn't pee anymore.

"Get lost, where did you learn this stuff? Hurry up." Mo Yu ignored Lai Fu's antics.

Salt looked at the man and the dog, feeling somewhat puzzled.

Do you really think these loaches are fools? Water is their livelihood, how could they leave the lake and go ashore?

What he didn't expect was that Lai Fu suddenly stood up, and somehow there was a stone in his claws.

call out!
The stone flew out and hit a loach on the head.

Salter found it very funny. How could such a child-like way of playing lead the loach to the shore?

But the next second, something surprising happened to him.

Those loaches that didn't even have legs actually jumped out of the lake, slithering on the ground and chasing after Lai Fu who had escaped from his attack range.

Really...really came up?

As for?
And I only hit one, why did they all jump up!
Salt felt that the world seemed to have become something he could not understand. First, the lord waved his hand and summoned a defense tower from the War Gate, which opened his eyes.

Then another dog, with some fancy moves, actually led the loach out of its nest and onto the shore.

Is it me who has changed, or is it the world that has changed?
While he was stunned, the defense tower had already gently scattered the loaches to the ground.

There are not so many water resources on the shore, so the speed at which the loach reassembles its body is naturally much slower.

But during this process, the shadow scouts who had been waiting for a long time had already stepped forward and taken away their cores one by one.

Mo Yu took the water-blue crystal from the shadow scout's hand and examined it.

[Water Element Essence]: A rare magical crystal, born from elemental life forms, suitable for the production of most magical items.

A brief introduction, not very valuable.

But Salt is a knowledgeable man and he wouldn't talk nonsense.

It’s still early, so you might as well collect more.

Naturally, Lai Fu was still the one who took the lead in scolding.

Soon, more than ten loaches came up from the lake.

……

This went on for more than an hour, and finally there was no movement in the lake.

No matter how Lai Fu taunted on the shore, there was no response from the lake. But Mo Yu knew that the monsters in the lake had not been killed, at least according to the defense tower's sensing, there were still monsters in the lake.

There are still two exploration targets, so there is no need to continue wasting time here.

Mo Yu asked Salt to summon the dragon eagle and prepare to go to the island in the middle of the lake.

It was him, Salt and two dragon eagles who went to the island in the middle of the lake, and the shadow scout was left on the shore.

Defense towers were also left here. With their attack range, they could easily cover the island in the middle of the lake, which was two or three hundred meters away.

There is absolutely no need to collect it and then summon it out, which would waste the opening of the War Gate.

However, a small accident happened before leaving.

The dragon eagle that Mo Yu was going to ride was very arrogant and was unwilling to let others ride on its back.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while. Seeing this, Salt hurriedly intervened and let Mo Yu ride Zuosi, while he rode the dragon eagle.

As Salt's mount, it was natural that Zosi could be trained without any problems.

Moreover, Zuoxi still remembered Mo Yu's words of comfort, so he was not resistant to Mo Yu.

Just like that, the two dragon eagles quickly took off into the air.

The dragon eagle flew very fast, and a large amount of air flow passed across its cheeks, making Mo Yu cry.

Soon, Zuosi flew to a height of forty or fifty meters.

At this height, even if there are monsters in the lake, it would be difficult to launch a sneak attack.

The next thing you need to be careful about is what happens after landing on the island in the middle of the lake.

Mo Yu looked down with a nervous ache. The feeling of his feet in the air made his scalp tingle.

After a moment of trance, the flight altitude dropped rapidly and Zuosi landed safely on the island in the middle of the lake.

Next to him, Salt had already jumped down and was waiting with a spear in hand.

Seeing Mo Yu's expression, he immediately teased, "How do you feel? Is it great?"

Mo Yu's face was a little pale, and he had not yet recovered from the fear of heights.

Dozens of seconds later, he finally came to his senses and looked intently at the island in the middle of the lake.

It’s true, from a distance the island in the middle of the lake looks like it’s only the size of a palm, but when you actually step on the island, you’ll find that it’s larger than you imagined.

It was covered with some messy weeds and rocks.

Mo Yu also unexpectedly saw several collapsed stone sculptures on the ground, which were carved with strange creatures.

It looks like a humanoid creature, but its head is bald and its lips are extremely round and thick.

And its body is covered with scales, a bit like fish scales.

Murloc?

It doesn't look like one, after all, this head is not a fish head.

Salt also said that he had never seen such a creature and guessed that it should be some kind of aquatic species.

Mo Yu used the detection technique to investigate and found that it was an unknown statue.

Seeing this, he ignored it and looked at the main goal of his trip, the treasure chest.

[Mysterious rare treasure chest]: It contains mysterious rewards. It is currently locked and can only be opened by players. After one day, it will be automatically unlocked and any creature can open it to strengthen itself.

Another rare treasure chest.

Mo Yu was delighted. He told Salt to be alert and then went forward.

The progress bar for opening the treasure chest starts to read. Judging from the duration, it will probably take three or four minutes to fully open.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

There was a sound of splashing water on both sides, and a large number of aquatic creatures emerged from the water and rushed towards the two people on the island in the middle of the lake.

Wow, such a big noise?
While Mo Yu was surprised, he quickly investigated the strength of these monsters.

【Big Claw Crab】

[Level]: Rare level 1
[Status]: Angry

[Ability]: None

【Description】：Common aquatic organisms in lakes.

……

【Water turtle】

[Level]: Rare level 1
[Status]: Angry

[Ability]: Water shield defense
【Description】：Common aquatic organisms in lakes

……

Among these aquatic creatures that suddenly appeared, there were many varieties, including lobsters, crabs, turtles...all kinds of aquatic creatures.

Fortunately, their strength is quite average, basically concentrated around the first-order ordinary level and the first-order rare level, and there are basically few second-order monsters.

I don’t know why Lai Fu mocked me just now, but only lured out the loach and didn’t lure out these aquatic creatures.

Mo Yu felt at ease and opened the treasure chest without any pause.

In the process of opening the treasure chest, if you stop, you have to open it again.

Not only does it waste time, but it also makes it easier to get besieged by these aquatic creatures.

The most urgent task is to open this treasure chest first.

Next, the dragon eagle spread its wings and flew away easily.

I believe that with Salt's strength, it should not be a problem for him to resist these aquatic creatures.

What's more, there are many defense towers on the shore to provide support.

In fact, the moment those aquatic creatures rushed out, the defense tower gave them a head-on blow.

This immediately frustrated their originally aggressive offensive.

For a moment, many aquatic creatures turned around and tried to escape.

But at this moment, a strange roar sounded. Although the aquatic creatures were full of fear, they still gathered their strength and rushed towards the island in the middle of the lake.

It turns out that there are hidden manipulators behind these aquatic creatures.

Mo Yu found it very interesting, but unfortunately there were too many monsters rushing over and he couldn't find the monster for a while.

Once the aquatic creatures' attack becomes fierce, it will be difficult for the defense tower to completely intercept them.

But before the monsters could be happy, they were confronted by Salt and his dragon eagle army.

Although there are only a dozen or so of them, the killing power of these dragon eagles is extremely terrifying.

In close combat, they easily crushed these monsters.

Even the water turtle, which excels in defense, had its carapace torn open easily by a single claw of the dragon eagle.

Not to mention other creatures, it is simply difficult to withstand a single attack from the dragon eagle.

These dragon eagles are covered with weapons. With one claw, they can easily tear flesh and blood, and with a sweep of their wings, they can sweep away large groups of monsters.

The defense tower had already hit the area, so not many monsters squeezed in.

Salt and the dragon eagles resisted it easily.

Salt even had the leisure to ask Mo Yu if he wanted to take two prawns back to eat.

[Hint: You opened the mysterious rare treasure chest and received the following rewards: 3 blueprints for building high-quality farmland, 1 blueprints for forging a high-stone giant axe, a magic apprentice recruitment token, and random food resource point.]

[Hint: You can decompose the rare treasure chest and obtain 17 ilmenite! ]

"It's done, call it quits!"

Mo Yu was worried that something else might happen if he continued, so he shouted and Salt quickly retracted the formation.

With a whistle, the two men rode their dragon eagles and quickly left the island in the middle of the lake.

The remaining dragon eagles also flapped their wings and flew up.

The monsters swarmed down from the sky and submerged the island in the middle of the lake.

Unfortunately, their target had already flown into the sky, looking down at them.

Mo Yu saw more than a dozen monsters with fish heads and human bodies standing among many aquatic creatures, angrily waving their spears towards the sky.

Ah!
With a light laugh, a huge sword of the Holy Judge descended from the sky, and all the monsters scattered, leaving only corpses on the ground.

(End of this chapter)