Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 548: Mud Crab in the Cave
Mud Crab [Tidal Sequence 7 (Standard Rainbow Level)]: A crab-like creature that lives in muddy underground rivers. Its shell can switch between rock and mud forms, allowing it to pass through narrow and complex underground caves, and withstand the pressure of mountain collapse. Its claws are powerful enough to cut and smash rocks. It feeds on special minerals underground, and there must be crystal cluster minerals near its living place.

Tilan blinked, and the micro-observation device attached to her ear scanned and projected the information of the huge creature in front of her.

Judging from its magic power and size, this crab has reached the standard of Sequence 7, but its movement and speed are not fast, and its danger is not high.

When Tilan was thinking this, the giant crab in front of him, whose body was covered with moss and mud, swung its front claws down. The huge claws brought up a heart-shaking whistling sound in the air and hit the place where Tilan was.

The soil splashed, the rocks on the ground and the mountain wall cracked, and a huge noise echoed in the underground cave. Then some rocks collapsed from the top of the cave and fell into the underground river, splashing water.

Well, it’s still pretty dangerous, especially underground. If it were any other Sequence 6 member, it would be pretty scary if they were buried deep underground and couldn’t escape.

Jumping away from where the giant crab's claws were smashing, Tilan leaped back several meters and looked up again at the huge rock crab that was almost touching the top of the cave.

This guy looks like an iron turtle with extremely strong defense. If you want to defeat it, you will probably have to use powerful moves, and such moves can easily cause mountain collapse, which puts the opponent in a dilemma.

Should we say that it is worthy of being the BOSS carefully arranged by the organizers? If it were on the surface, this crab would not have such deterrent power at all.

While dodging the giant crab's attacks and crushing, the girl thought of countermeasures.

It is definitely too late to call for reinforcements now, so I can only rely on the guys around me. However, with their Sequence 5 strength, it is not easy to defeat this sturdy and durable guy in front of me.

Give it a try, and if that doesn't work, leave.

After making the decision, Tilan waved her hand, and the cold-scaled young dragon that had been lurking in the water jumped up and rushed towards the giant rock crab in front of her, which was about 40 meters tall. It pounced on the joint of one of its claws, and its body wrapped around the limbs. The sharp and thorny scales passed by, bringing up a burst of tiny sparks, and many pieces of rock fell. Waves of cold air also penetrated into the limbs.

Faced with such an attack, the giant crab first swung its claws to smash the rock wall beside it, and then swam around and tried to scrape the cold-scaled dragon off, but the effect was not good.

Then it aimed its other claw at the entangled claw and smashed it down. Seeing this, Tilan quickly ordered the young dragon to let go and dodge.

There was another earth-shaking movement. If the young Frost-Scaled Dragon had not dodged, the giant claw, about ten meters wide, would have smashed its spine.

After getting rid of the stranglehold of the Frost-Scaled Dragon, the giant crab's forelimbs were slowly covered with a layer of mud, and the mud solidified again, turning into hard rock, restoring the previously crushed and worn parts to their original state.

Thick skin and tough flesh, the girl thought.

After that, Tilan summoned another young dragon, and the two guys took turns to fight, using various means, such as cold breath, scorching sun rays, strangulation, tearing, etc. Except for some minor wounds caused by the space tearing of "Zhu", all other methods were useless.

Zhu is only 16 meters long at the moment. Even if he tried his best to tear open the wound, he could not effectively injure the huge rock crab in front of him. Later, the wound was covered by mud and healed slowly.

The big spider also came to make a cameo appearance and tried it out, but its spider web was completely useless and could not stop this huge rock crab. Even if it was an extraordinary toxin, let alone how it could penetrate the seven or eight meter thick rock shell, even if it was injected into the body, it would only cause a little discomfort to the rock crab's mountain-sized body.

Is this the power of a Sequence 7 extraordinary creature? Even at the lowest standard rating, it leaves several carefully trained Sequence 5 pets helpless.

After several rounds of fighting, Tilan began to consider giving up, but then he thought, since the organizers had arranged this guy, it shouldn't be unsolvable.

She looked at the huge rock crab that was chasing the young dragon back and forth in the cave, and her thoughts flew through her mind.

Really, I'm a singer, why do I always think of using force?

The girl suddenly realized something, raised one hand, and then a flute made of ice appeared in her hand.

Holding the flute horizontally, Tilan took a deep breath, then closed her eyes and blew it. A melodious flute sound spread underground.

The soothing flute sounds carry a hint of longing. At first, the tone is very faint, like the thin mist under the moon at night, vague and vague, and then with the melodious flute sounds, it is as if a small boat is slowly coming from the distance in the cool water of the night, bringing memories and longing from the depths of memory.

Slowly, the girl's heart became calmer and calmer, and she gradually immersed herself in the performance of this long flute piece.

At some point, some tiny spots of light began to move in the underground caves. These faint spots of light disappeared when touched, and then slowly reappeared in other places.

The giant crab that was originally waving its claws and chasing the fish stopped running and lay quietly in the dark river. The two young dragons that were fighting before also stopped and swayed their bodies gently in the water.

The flute sound continues, along with the girl's memories, transcending time, making people feel as if they are on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival when the moon is full. Lanterns float across the small river that flows through the ancient town, and each lantern carries thoughts that sway slightly with the river water and drift off into the distance.

The bright moon in the sky, the golden cups in the water, and the fragmented light slowly tell the sad and nostalgic memories of the past.

After a long time, the song ended, the girl put down the flute in her hand, looked up again, and looked at the crab in the river in the distance.

She walked over slowly, her toes stepping on the water, and climbed up the crab's tall body step by step along its claws, finally slowly reaching the top of its head.

The wet mudstone beneath his feet changed, and then a pitch-black round bead larger than a young girl emerged.

This should be its eye. I don’t know if it can see. Tilan gently pressed her hand on the rock shell next to the bead and closed her eyes to sense it.

Thoughts and perceptions slowly approached the giant crab beneath him, just like diving into deep water and touching a huge ball of light with a faint fluorescent light. The moment of contact, a strange and slightly cold consciousness touched Tilan, and waves of strange feelings followed.

There were many emotions in its expression, including curiosity, nervousness, confusion, etc. As the girl communicated with it, it soon became happy, as if a creature that had lived alone for many years had finally met a companion with which it could communicate.

What? This guy feels like a child. As Tilan communicates more deeply with the crab under her, she gradually discovers how cute this guy is with his simple mind.

Then Tilan opened her eyes, jumped lightly from the back shell, and was caught by the claws of the rock crab, which let her stand on it like a tray.

To the 40-50-meter-tall rock crab, the girl was like a harmless little animal. It held Tilan, turned its body, and swam towards the depths of the dark river.

There...home...delicious...comfortable...together...

Vague thoughts were conveyed from Cancer's consciousness. Although it could not speak, as an extraordinary creature, it could barely express its thoughts.

So, Tilan held on to the stone on her claws with one hand and was led to the bottom of the underground river by the rock crab.

First, a stream of water flooded the top of the head, and then passed through the complex underwater caves. In order to see the surrounding situation clearly, Tilan raised several fluorescent spheres to illuminate the surrounding environment.

In addition, her entire body was wrapped in a bubble to prevent the river water from getting her body wet.

In this way, after being carried by the rock crab across the water for about half an hour, Tilan finally saw a shining place.

It is like an underwater valley. After turning around, you will see various crystal clusters emitting white light. These crystal clusters are dotted on the bottom of the water, which is extremely quiet and beautiful.

[Light-gathering Quartz Cluster]: A crystal ore composed of light-gathering quartz. This crystal ore is a special ore with extraordinary properties. It can gather and distort light. It is often used as a jammer or a shield on a mecha. It can absorb a large amount of energy rays and convert them into stored energy.

"Did you grow up eating these minerals?" Tilan was quite curious and asked this question in her mind. After getting a positive answer, Tilan slowly descended with bubbles and gently pressed her hand on one of the half-human-high crystal clusters. As a subtle light flashed at the bottom of the crystal cluster, the hexagonal crystal column on top fell into the girl's hand. It was slightly heavy and emitted a light that fluctuated between light and dark.

The natural extraordinary crystal cluster contained precipitated magic power. When the magic power injected into the girl's body was stimulated after interaction, the crystal cluster began to emit a faint glow and became much brighter, but the other crystal clusters around it suddenly dimmed a lot.

Perhaps it absorbed and distorted the light in the surrounding space, making the environment a little dimmer. The girl slowly felt the change.

This kind of crystal cluster seems to be quite expensive, I didn't expect to find it here.

Afterwards, the girl walked around the underwater crystal cluster mine again and found no other traces of artificial axe cutting.

It seems that she guessed wrong. This giant crab was not placed there by the contestants, but was a creature that originally grew in the underground river.

Come to think of it, who would have thought that in order to participate in the competition, someone would deliberately go so deep underground and travel through the dark and complicated underground river without any clues.

Although I was a little disappointed that I didn't find the stronghold, I also felt a little surprised that I accidentally discovered a treasure that the contestants didn't find either.

In that case, the girl loosened the crystal cluster in her hand, letting it fall while opening her fingers to make a fist.

The crystal clusters that were originally growing attached to the rock wall in the water shook slightly, and then fell one by one, converging towards the central crystal cluster.

They connected with each other to form a large crystal cluster, and then ripples continued to spread, colorless fragments fell one after another, the huge crystal cluster was constantly purified, and the special extraordinary properties within it became more refined and powerful.

The last crystal cluster with a diameter of three meters floated quietly in the water, emitting a rainbow-like glow.

"I'll give this to you. It's much better to absorb it than to eat ore." Tilan used the connection between consciousness to convey the words.

The purified crystal clusters are not only absorbed faster, but the extraordinary properties contained in them are also stronger, which is beneficial to Cancer's innate abilities.

The Crab's black eyeballs moved slightly as it stared at the crystal cluster in the air that was emitting a halo after being purified. It swallowed it in one gulp, and then felt happy and joyful.

This guy is really easy to understand. Tilan touched its claws, and then the crab carried the girl up to the top of the dark river.

Half an hour later, the crab returned to the cave where it met the girl. It put down the little friend on its claws, expressed its happiness and friendliness, then dived into the water again and slowly disappeared.

Although she didn't find the base she wanted, Tilan was in a particularly good mood.

Riding on the dragon's back, she returned in the direction she came from. Occasionally, she stroked the pale young dragon beneath her and checked the physical condition of the two guys.

"You guys, you've met your match this time. You're usually so lazy."

Afterwards, Tilan took the time to help the two young dragons analyze the shortcomings in the battle just now, as well as the areas that could be improved. As her voice faded away, the girl slowly disappeared at the end of the dark cave.

……

In the next three days, the star groups led by the singers continued to occupy unowned strongholds, obtained various supplies and a large amount of points, and gradually came into contact with the neutral forces in the area.

As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer empty strongholds, and the distribution map of strongholds in each star cluster becomes clearer.

In a meeting room hidden in a cave, the member responsible for intelligence detection inserted the chip card into the projection base, and then a huge holographic map emerged. At this moment, small dots were marked on it, and then these small dots of different colors gathered into different maps.

"The current situation is beginning to become clear. According to the drone detection we are operating, the entire competition area can be roughly divided into the following forces."

"First is the Aures affiliated star cluster that occupies the snowy mountains in the north. They have about 17 strongholds and are very powerful. It is said that they even have a giant dragon."

"The second is the Red Flame Star Group led by Lady Prinn on the western plateau. They have 15 bases, slightly less than Lady Orles."

"The next one is Lady Shui Yanqing, who is centered in the jungle in the southwest. The star cluster she is in currently has 10 bases and her strength is decent."

"Then there are the chaotically distributed forces of Lady Blanche in the east. They occupy about 11 strongholds and are quite powerful."

"The weakest should be the star cluster led by Lady Odney. Currently, they only have 7 strongholds in the central area and are surrounded by enemies on all sides."

"As for us, we currently control 9 strongholds. The main base is located in the deep mountain valleys in the south. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"According to the information from the units detected in the sky, Pulin has already started fighting with the star cluster led by Shui Yanqing, but both sides have not put their full strength into the battle, but are testing each other."

"Who has the upper hand at the moment?" Tilan asked curiously while sitting in the conference room.

"Although the members led by Lady Pulin are more powerful individually and have many affiliated forces to assist them, judging from the situation on the battlefield, they did not gain much advantage. Lady Shui Yanqing seems to have given the members of his star cluster special protection, which makes them work together very efficiently. They also have special abilities that can prevent them from being burned by the magic flames of the Red Flame Star Cluster."

"Is that so..." Tilan thought quietly.

It seems that every singer has her own trump card, but it is not used in normal times, and it will not be easily shown to each other.

It was not until this competition that some of their true abilities and trump cards were gradually revealed.

"Lord Tilan, what do you think we should do now?" The other members in the conference room looked expectantly at the black-haired girl sitting at the top.

"Let's wait and see what happens. However, if we encounter any special circumstances, we can provide intelligence assistance to Audney and Shui Yanqing."

"The opponents they will face are relatively strong and will accept our goodwill. In addition, we also need them to hold on for a while longer to complete the preparations."

"Sarant, is the engineering team you lead ready?" The girl looked at a member in the conference room.

"President Tilan, we have already made preliminary improvements to the design drawings. It will take 2-3 days to optimize them, and then we can finalize the template."

"Well, as soon as possible. After we are done, we will exchange the points we have for the corresponding accessories and then assemble them."

The star clusters led by each singer have different characteristics. If the mermaids under Shui Yanqing are her trump cards, then the advantage of the many geniuses from military-industrial enterprises on Tilan's side is that they can use the materials found in various strongholds to reassemble them into new large-scale war machines.

But this process undoubtedly requires time to prepare, so in the early stage, Tilan decided to wait and see and wait for changes.

She has never been the kind of person who likes adventure. Instead of spending time on all kinds of conspiracies and schemes, it is better to accumulate strength steadily and then push forward.

Although it doesn't look exciting enough, it has a simple and unpretentious beauty.

(End of this chapter)