At the same moment the sound rang out, the statue's eyes on the left glowed a blood-red light.

The stone on its body cracked and fell off like a snake shedding its skin, revealing blue-black scales resembling a sea creature, as if coming alive.

No, it had truly come alive!

It grasped the fish spear in its hand and thrust it straight at the captive soldier!

"Watch out!"

Luo De shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice echoing in the spacious mine cave!

The captive soldier reacted instantly, rolling forward abruptly to awkwardly dodge into a corner!

"Bang!"

The fish spear grazed the soldier's body, piercing fiercely into the spot where he had just stood!

In an instant, rubble flew everywhere!

The mermaid monster missed its attack, yanking the fish spear out to strike at the captive again!

"Lord, save me!"

The panic-stricken captive soldier shouted loudly, stumbling as he fled along the stone wall.

The mermaid monster seemed fixated on him, relentlessly pursuing!

"Stop it!"

At Luo De's command, Gang Le charged forward!

"Get back!"

Gang Le roared, jumping high with a charge and swinging his giant axe down!

"Bang!"

The giant axe struck the fish spear with a piercing crash!

"So hard?!"

Gang Le was shocked, retreating repeatedly!

Ordinarily, a weapon should have been cleaved in two by Gang Le's enchanted axe, but the fish spear held firm!

At this time, Durant seized the opportunity to strike from the side!

His agile single-handed sword attacked the mermaid monster's weak points like a storm, but each strike was blocked.

"Let's attack together!"

Gang Le and Durant attacked the mermaid monster fiercely from the left and right!

They coordinated seamlessly, each move vicious, trying to break through the mermaid's defense line.

The mermaid monster twisted its body, its tail whipping with a gust of wind, forcing Gang Le back several steps before turning to face Durant's ferocious offense.

This creature had seasoned combat experience, its reactions astoundingly quick.

Faced with their combined assault, it handled it with ease, its fish spear spinning impenetrably, not yielding an inch.

In the narrow corridor, the mermaid monster exuded an aura of one man holding off a thousand!

Luo De wasted no time, raising his longbow, drawing an armor-piercing arrow and shooting at the mermaid monster!

From the short distance of just over ten meters, Luo De couldn't miss, the arrow rushing straight for the mermaid monster's face!

"Ding!"

The mermaid monster swung its fish spear to deflect the arrow, yet Durant seized the moment to stab its abdomen!

Thwack!

Dark green blood flew out with Durant's withdrawing sword, falling to the ground and turning into a pile of powder instantly!

"What kind of monster is this?!"

Gang Le was momentarily stunned, while the mermaid monster swiftly retreated to the stone door.

"Caw caw caw!"

The mermaid monster let out a strange cry, its voice extremely harsh.

Its body shrank bizarrely, unhesitatingly reaching out to gouge out one of its own eyeballs!

The bloody eyeball instantly turned into a green gem, which the mermaid monster directly inserted into the empty eye socket of another statue!

The previously empty eye socket of the other statue glowed red as the gemstone settled in!

Soon after, another strange sound emanated from the second statue, and its stone skin peeled off rapidly, coming to life in the blink of an eye!

Luo De's pupils shrank, a flash of insight in his mind!

"The eyes!"

Luo De shouted sharply: "Their weakness is the eyes! Knock out their eyes!"

Durant and Gang Le immediately understood, their gazes sharp as they launched an even fiercer assault on the mermaid monster, aiming directly at its head with each attack.

Nearby, the guards also sought to advance, but the tight space left no room for them.

Blocking the corridor would have left Luo De unable to take action.

"I should've asked Rein and the others to join!"

Luo De gritted his teeth, focusing intently, his eyes tracking the mermaid monster's movements.

He recalled his feeling when sparring sword techniques with Durant, quickly accustomed to the mermaid monster's attack habits.

When Gang Le was once again repelled by the mermaid monster, Luo De seized the moment to shoot an arrow at it!

"Whoosh!"

"Ding!"

With a crisp sound, the arrow tip embedded itself in the mermaid monster's eye socket!

Its eyeball was shot out, nailing to the wall before transforming into a gem and falling to the ground!

In that instant, the mermaid monster's movements stiffened, as if frozen in place.

Its massive body then collapsed with a crash, turning into a pile of rubble and scattering across the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Gang Le quickly rushed to the other statue, once again coordinating with Durant.

Working together, they suppressed the mermaid monster, and then Luo De repeated his previous tactic, aiming for the mermaid monster's eyes.

The second mermaid monster quickly attempted to block, but it forgot to defend against Durant.

Durant swiftly struck the second mermaid monster's eye, forcefully flicking it out.

In an instant, the second mermaid statue also lost support, freezing in place before turning into rubble.

The cave finally regained its peace.

"Lord, it's-it's not my fault, I didn't touch them!"

The captive soldier, still in shock, hurriedly knelt before Luo De.

"You are indeed clever."

Luo De glanced at the captive soldier, handing the longbow to a guard.

In truth, they hadn't done anything wrong, nor had they carelessly touched anything, merely observed closely, which led to the revival of the two statues.

That couldn't really be considered a mistake.

Luo De surmised that these two statues were probably capable of detecting life and came to life whenever something approached.

This was likely the extraordinary guardian of this place.

He couldn't help but admire how well these guardians had functioned after tens of thousands of years.

"Stand up, what's your name?"

Luo De looked at the captive soldier and asked.

"Mussen Wood Hammer, sir."

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