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Chapter 482 - 288: Brushing Pasts with Octopus King_2

Chapter 482: Chapter 288: Brushing Pasts with Octopus King_2

"The Octopus King?"

Mu You’s eyelid twitchs.

With such a big octopus leg, he could only think of the body of the Octopus King.

And this was just a small part of an octopus leg exposed above the ground. Just how enormous must the body of the Octopus King be?

He didn’t have time to think about it in detail. This octopus leg seemed to have its own field of view. After appearing, it started swinging in the air forming an arc. The airflow it stirred up alone sent countless Octopus Soldiers flying around. Some of them even exploded into blood clumps within the gale.

But the Octopus King didn’t seem to care about the life or death of these minions. It swung its tentacles, whipping toward the ground. The direction of the whipping was exactly the path where Mu You was escaping.

This octopus leg was so big, yet it moved quite flexibly. Mu You hurriedly changed his direction. However, the octopus leg was like a shadow, following him everywhere and getting closer and closer.

Along the way, countless Octopus Soldiers were crushed to death. The Octopus King didn’t care, its primary target was only the invader, Mu You.

After a few seconds, the octopus leg finally caught up with Mu You. Its pointed tip swung and slammed heavily towards Mu You.

Mu You had no space left to dodge and was directly hit by the enormous tentacle.

But just at the moment it was about to hit, a dense burst of electric sparks sounded. Suddenly, an over ten-meter long electric arc sword appeared and fiercely cut a slit in the sky-obscuring octopus leg.

Mu You jumped out from the slit and continued to escape.

As a result of the disturbance from the octopus leg, the pursuing soldiers around him had significantly diminished.

At this moment, the ground inside the space shook again and more fiercely.

Mu You turned his head and saw the distant castle being lifted up from the ground. More accurately, the castle was lifted by what seemed like a mountainous octopus head.

Following it were a nearly kilometer-long octopus body and the seven octopus legs connected below.

In just a few seconds, the mountain-like giant octopus appeared fully in this space. The once vast garden space suddenly felt a bit crowded.

It was the first time Mu You had seen the actual body of the Octopus King. The octopus skin was teal, with peculiar patterns all over it. The eight tentacles moved around, effortlessly supporting its gigantic body. A blue eye opened from the head of the Octopus King, staring down at Mu You. Looking from high above, it was as if a deity looked at an ant

At this moment, Mu You felt his body become sluggish, making movement difficult. At the same time, a primitive and utterly strange aura surged into his heart.

It was a very odd feeling. The most terrifying thing that Mu You had felt before was the Grim Reaper summoned by Lin Xue’s scythe. When the Grim Reaper appeared, it brought a hard-to-explain feeling of despair and terror, even when it was not targeting himself.

However, the aura emanating from this colossal creature not only brought fear to Mu You but also a sense of unfamiliarity, as if it was not any creature he had known from two planes.

Before he could figure it out, that feeling vanished in a blink.

The next moment, his body twisted violently and disappeared from the spot.

Mu You only felt that the light had shifted, and he appeared atop a viscous, pitch-black monster’s meat wall. His body was bound by a large number of umbilical-like tubes lying on the meat wall. Half of his body had already sunk into the mucous membrane.

But this scene also disappeared in a flash.

At the next moment, Mu You felt his consciousness sinking. He was pulled into a dark, deep-sea bottom. Being unable to move and heavy, he was floating in the sea helplessly.

Until a moment, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Mu You..."

"Mu You..."

...

The voice was Ye Rumeng’s.

After hearing that, Mu You felt that his body began to ascend gradually and increasingly fast.

After dozens of seconds, with a complete relaxing sensation all over his body, Mu You finally floated up to the surface.

And at the same time, he also opened his eyes while lying on the grass inside the lock core space.

"Mu You..."

"Mu You, you finally woke up!"

The first thing he heard was the excited voice of the little girl. He turned his head and saw Ye Rumeng and Lin Xue looking at him with concern.

"Finally woke up? Did I sleep for a long time?" Mu You looks at the two of them quizzically.

"From the time of my shutdown to now, it’s been an hour already..." Lin Xue says.

"I’m sorry, Mu You. I thought I could wake you up immediately, but the distance was too far... I couldn’t locate you..." Ye Rumeng apologized with a face full of guilt.

"Too far... so you’re saying, if the person sleeping is close to the person in the dream, you could wake them up instantly, right?" Mu You asked.

"Huh?" The little girl responded in confusion.

"Never mind," Mu You shook his head, thinking the question was too complicated, and doubtful she even knew the answer. Since she had the ability to forcefully awaken others, he decided he could take her with him to the Octopus King next week to help wake up the Elf Clan. Otherwise, even if he saved them, they would still be like living plants.

As for how not to alert the Octopus King...

Given how sensitive the creature seemed to be, they would have to use some drugs to ensure it stayed in deep sleep.

And for such a giant creature, a regular sleeping potion wouldn’t be enough. They’d need something higher quality like... a Legendary Potion!

He had never dared to dream of this before but now, with the Synthesis Furnace repaired, he had easy access to the legendary potion. Particularly, the Dreamless Sleep Potion - a first-level magic potion. He could now consistently produce rare ones and he had plenty of ingredients to refine medicine. Producing a batch of Legendary Sleep Potions in a few days won’t be a big problem.

Snapping back to reality, Mu You took his phone back from Lin Xue and hurriedly log onto the game to get his character away from the insides of the Octopus King first.

[You appear inside a sticky flesh wall.]

[Umbilical cords start growing from the flesh wall under your feet, trying to wrap you...]

[You use your Decoy skill, swapping places with a decoy puppet nearby.]

[You’ve returned to the lava cave at the Fourth Level...]

He was back, which meant the Octopus King had felt an intruder inside its body but didn’t know its exact location, otherwise, it would have already attacked his game character.

Once back at the lava cave, Mu You immediately went to find the remnant soul of the Old Elf.

[You follow the tunnel in the lava cave back to the Third Level under the Mushroom Tree in the centre of the cave.]

[The old soul in the glass bottle, having waited a long time, now sees you returning from the Fifth Level and eagerly asks you what you saw.]

[You choose to...]

[Tell the truth] or [Lie nicely]

These were the two options, representing the choice of the previous two-for-one task.

"Tell the truth."

[You’ve chosen to tell the truth.]

[You inform the remnant soul that many of his clansmen are still alive on the Fifth Level.]

[The remnant soul is initially overjoyed, but is then shocked by your subsequent revelations.]

[Harlington had no idea that the environment on the Fifth Level had become so harsh; it seemed that rescuing his clansmen had become a difficult task.]

[Harlington cautiously asks if you have the ability to save his clansmen. You choose...]

[To state that you can rescue, but considering the risks involved, you hope the reward conditions can be reconsidered.]

[Harlington doesn’t mind offering more rewards. He only has a Token as a valuable piece, but if you manage to rescue successfully, he may try to ask the Elf Clan.]

With the appearance of a text box, Mu You thought for a moment before deciding to directly inform Harlington about the Knowledge Ancient Tree. After all, the integration with the ancient tree required the owner’s consent so there was no point in hiding it.

[You tell him that you possess an inert Knowledge Ancient Tree and need a sprite to revive it...]

[Harlington comprehends your intention and falls silent.]

[The Knowledge Ancient Tree is considered a divine item for the Elf Clan and wouldn’t usually be shared. Harlington knew that you wouldn’t have obtained it through normal means. However, considering the lives of the sixty-plus clansmen, he is in no position to negotiate.]

[In the end, Harlington agrees to your demands, but he has one request: That you look after the Knowledge Ancient Tree as if it were a living entity and not just a tool for making money.]

To his expectations, the Old Elf hadn’t refused after the cards were laid out on the table.

Naturally, Mu You agreed to the Old Elf’s request and a new notification immediately popped up.

[The optional mission, ’Meryl the Elf’s Request’, was canceled.]

[The reward for the hidden mission, ’Harrington Hugh’s Last Wish’, was updated.]

[Once all the trapped individuals are rescued, you will receive 6700 points of Forest Elf Prestige, an Elder’s Token, and Harrington Hugh will willingly become a Little Sprite to serve you as a follower.]