"Hoo hoo."
The strong wind from the tentacles blew over Lin Yuan, who had dodged with a slide, flipping him onto the ground.
"Even the aftershocks are this strong?" Lin Yuan, who had managed to get up with a lazy donkey roll, didn't even have time to complain before another tentacle emerged from the bottom of the lake and slammed towards him.
With preparation, Lin Yuan easily avoided this attack.
Being too large wasn't entirely bad, at least its speed was much slower than the small vines in the corridor just now.
But he couldn't stay here for long. Who knew what was at the bottom of this lake, and how many more tentacles were yet to emerge.
Being trapped here would only lead to him being flattened.
Just as he had expected, the third and fourth tentacles appeared successively, each one larger than the last.
The fourth tentacle's diameter was almost a meter, covered in moss and water plants, and some pustules. The entire surface of the tentacle was like the bark of rotten wood soaked in water.
It was full of cracks and emitted a strong scent of decay.
Taking out his handgun, Lin Yuan still had 3 magazines left for the FN57 and could only hope these bullets would be effective against this monster.
The four tentacles attacked without a break, forcing Lin Yuan to continuously dodge while moving towards the large trees behind him.
After exiting the corridor, there was only a stone path leading to the distant mountain peak. The green belts on both sides were planted with various types of pine trees.
Tall and sturdy, they were good places to hide.
"Bang!"
A tentacle struck the tree Lin Yuan was hiding behind, splashing a large amount of sawdust. One more hit and it would be snapped.
Lin Yuan certainly wouldn't give it that chance. Finding the right moment, he rolled out from behind the tree and fired at the tentacle swinging in the air.
A small portion of the bullets missed, while most hit the pustules growing on the tentacle.
Lin Yuan believed these were the weak points of the lake monster.
The good news was that the "enchanted" bullets, as Camille had said, were still effective against monsters of this caliber.
The bad news was, while effective, they were not plentiful.
The injured monster didn't retreat; instead, it became even angrier. The entire scenic lake was churning, especially the central part, with huge splashes and bubbles.
Something was about to explode!
"Swoosh, swoosh," accompanied by the sound of flowing water, the monster from the lake finally fully revealed itself to Lin Yuan.
Its main body was a spherical creature, entangled by circles of what seemed to be vines or tentacles. Many strange tentacles extended from the gaps, and in the center was an open maw with rings of serrated teeth, indicating this thing was not just terrifying to look at, but extremely dangerous.
It was twenty meters tall.
Angering it was something Lin Yuan had done intentionally, with the goal of luring it away from the lake.
Fighting this monster in the lake would be like lighting a lamp in a toilet – seeking death!
The Nepalese knife continuously chopped at the attacking tentacles. Lin Yuan could still resist the force of a single tentacle attack, but when several came at once, he had to evade their sharpness.
Finally, after dodging left and right, Lin Yuan successfully lured it ashore.
Once ashore, it was no different from being in the lake. It was still a sphere, but many fungus-like things had grown at its bottom, aiding its movement.
And compared to its size, its movement speed was quite fast.
To find something to describe it, these sticky things were somewhat like the prototypes in the movie "Venom" that were confined in glass rooms.
He had to find its weakness!
He didn't have much equipment, so he had to hit a fatal weak point for it to be effective, otherwise, it would only be like squeezing pimples for it.
The monster that came ashore was lured by him onto the path leading up the mountain. This was already quite a distance from the lake, and there were trees around. It was the perfect combat location he could find here.
He hadn't seen any obvious weak points from the front, so he could only circle around it.
Now the monster was completely provoked by Lin Yuan, and it was madly attacking all the trees in its path.
Lin Yuan knew that hiding was useless. This thing didn't rely on sight; it was likely some kind of pheromone or similar substance.
"This won't do."
Hiding behind a tree, and taking advantage of the time the tree was being broken, Lin Yuan seriously considered a countermeasure. No matter how he circled, the monster always faced him directly, as if protecting something behind it.
Got it!
"Snap! Crackle."
The idea struck him, and the tree he was leaning on was broken, nearly crushing him with the falling tree.
The commotion was already significant, so Lin Yuan no longer held back.
He drew one of the M500s and fired five shots at the base of the tentacles.
Taking advantage of the few seconds the monster was preoccupied by the meteoric substance, Lin Yuan took out a grenade launcher and laid a wall of fire in front of himself.
Then he tore off the camouflage cloth strips and the cloak wrapped around him, rolled them into a ball, and placed them behind a large tree.
Then, he charged into the sea of fire without hesitation.
The monster, whose wounds had been treated, roared again, searching for Lin Yuan's position.
In its perception, the concentration of pheromones behind a tree about 100 meters in front of it was the highest.
The low-intelligence creature tried to attack by circling with its tentacles, but they were all dodged. So, it simply attacked directly, for convenience and speed.
As time went on, more and more of its tentacles became active. In the face of overwhelming tentacles, it would ultimately be the winner.
It was enthusiastically smashing the trees, unaware that Lin Yuan, who had passed through the wall of fire, had rolled on the snow and had already reached its rear.
The monster's back was still covered by vines and tentacles, but in the center, a large green crystal stone had grown.
Combining the monster's previous protective behavior, Lin Yuan believed this was its energy supply center, its fatal weakness.
As long as this was destroyed, it should be stopped.
Although it was just a guess, he had no other choice now.
Lin Yuan took out both M500s, took a deep breath, and charged towards the crystal emitting a faint green light.