CHAPTER 1625: CHAPTER 699: IT’S TIME FOR THE LITTLE MERPERSON TO TAKE ACTION! (PART 2)

Just as the Little Merperson had taken two steps forward, Lin Baici caught up with him, grabbed his arm, and pulled him back. Then, an identical ’Lin Baici’ split off from Lin Baici, starting from the head and followed by the body.

This was the effect of the Divine Grace ’Nuwa Creation’.

Lin Baici could create an identical clone and infuse it with his consciousness to control it. However, if the clone dies and his consciousness does not escape in time, the main body will suffer severe injuries and may even experience memory loss.

In such sudden-death battles, it was impossible for Lin Baici’s consciousness to withdraw in time.

The clone rushed to the Old Locust Tree, picked up the torch before it extinguished, and threw it forcefully at the branches, attempting to ignite them.

Snap!

Several branches whipped around like whips, sending the Pine Wood Torch flying.

"Hmm?"

Lin Baici took a few more steps forward, clearly feeling the grip on his neck loosen slightly. The feedback from the clone’s body also confirmed that the grip had indeed loosened.

Lin Baici immediately teleported to the back of the Old Locust Tree.

He was gambling that if the feeling around his neck didn’t loosen, he would retreat immediately. Moreover, he thought that teleporting would make it difficult for the monster tree to target him instantly, thereby preventing its attack.

The mysterious power strangling Lin Baici’s neck suddenly vanished, allowing him to breathe again. Instead of gasping for air, he called out to Xia Hongyao and the others.

"Come over quickly!"

However, before Lin Baici had shouted, Xia Hongyao, Gu Qingqiu, and San Miyairi had already started moving, clearly noticing the change in power.

The High Ponytail didn’t rush forward but instead reached out to pull Gu Qingqiu and Hua Yue Yu along with her.

Smart people, like Classmate Zhou and Brother Overcoat, seeing Lin Baici able to speak, immediately understood that being near the Old Locust Tree meant survival, and they sprinted over.

The slower ones needed Lin Baici to tell them first.

A few seconds later, everyone was near the Old Locust Tree, and they could breathe again.

Walker and Holkina exchanged worried glances.

Were they thinking of being the fisherman benefiting? What a joke!

Look at Lin Baici’s team members, what level are they?

Except for Hua Yue Yu, everyone else made the right decision at the first moment.

"Lord Lin, your companions are outstanding!"

San Miyairi expressed envy.

Having a strong teammate means the team’s margin for error greatly increases, and Lin Baici had two.

"What... What should we do now?"

Grey mother was crying with a face full of tears and snot, all from fright.

"Do we have to fulfill some condition to leave?"

Classmate Zhou analyzed.

"Look quickly!"

Chen Shaolian exclaimed in shock.

Everyone looked at the Old Locust Tree.

Suddenly, three cracks appeared on its rough bark, resembling the face of an ugly old man full of wrinkles.

"Is this monster laughing?"

Qiu Shankui frowned.

The monster tree made no sound this time, but looking at the curvature of its eyes and mouth, it seemed to be smiling.

"If we find the reason for its laughing, we might pass?"

Chen Shaolian analyzed, and just as she finished speaking, a boss suddenly reached out both hands towards Lin Baici and ran over eagerly.

"Help... Help..."

The boss couldn’t speak; there was a thumb-thick dent on his neck, as if wrapped in an invisible rope.

Swish!

Everyone’s hair stood on end instantly!

"Again?"

Chen Shaolian was very nervous but soon realized that except for this middle-aged boss, everyone else was fine.

"What’s going on?"

Grey mother asked.

"He’s the first unlucky one!"

Xia Hongyao explained: "Quickly observe and find the key to purification!"

Not knowing the cause of the contamination outbreak, there’s no way to save him.

"Quick, look at the Old Locust Tree, and laugh together!"

San Miyairi urged.

The boss tried hard to smile at the ugly face on the Old Locust Tree.

A few seconds later, his condition did not improve.

"Cry!"

San Miyairi instructed: "Cry hard!"

No need for San Miyairi’s reminder, the boss cried in fear.

"Do something funny to make it laugh aloud!"

Gu Qingqiu interjected.

The boss wanted to, but with his neck being quickly tightened, unable to breathe, he couldn’t move. His mind was a mess, and his body was growing weaker.

At this time, even if everyone wanted to help, they didn’t know where to start.

A dozen seconds later, the boss was motionless.

Everyone watched helplessly as he was strangled to death by some unknown force.

"What the hell is going on?"

Brother Overcoat snapped, "What do we have to do to not die?"

"Don’t panic. There must be a reason. Look! Quickly look!"

Classmate Zhou bit his right thumbnail, his mind fully engaged, recalling everything since they entered this courtyard.

"Chen Shaolian, it seems to be looking at you!"

Gu Qingqiu reminded.

"Huh?"

Chen Shaolian jumped in fright: "What do I... What do I do?"

"Tell a joke, quickly."

Gu Qingqiu hurried her; right now, every cannon fodder’s life is crucial and can be used for trial and error.

"I... I..."

Chen Shaolian was nervous: "I can’t think of one."

"Don’t worry about what you do, just make it laugh!"

San Miyairi thought Gu Qingqiu’s suggestion was reasonable.

If the ugly face smiles, do something to make it laugh heartily. If it cries, make it sadder.

"I attended a friend’s wedding that day. The friend had a surprise: whoever drank 10 glasses of wine would get a Chinese..."

Chen Shaolian began, trying hard to recall heard jokes, picked one, and stammered through it.

Gu Qingqiu initially intended to remind Chen Shaolian to choose a particularly funny one, but Chen Shaolian had already started.

Walker checked his watch; more than a minute had passed, and no one was strangled: "This method seems to be working?"

"Come on!"

Brother Overcoat encouraged Chen Shaolian.

"SHUT UP!"

Holkina scolded.

"There was a guest, a wine ghost, with a vast capacity. After ten glasses, the friend took out a tube of Chinese toothpaste and handed it to him!"

The content wasn’t long, but Chen Shaolian, being scared, stumbled through it and now felt a bit regretful and depressed — why had she spoken?

Couldn’t someone else do it?

The joke was over.

The Old Locust Tree did not react at all.

"It seems like it didn’t work?"

Xia Hongyao analyzed: "Should we tell another one? Or simply narrate a crosstalk?"

"Isn’t it your turn to narrate?"

Chen Shaolian decided firmly not to speak anymore.

"The monster is looking at you, and you’re not speaking?"

Brother Overcoat mocked.

"It’s not looking at me!"

Chen Shaolian retorted, but she was anxious inside, contemplating.

"It seems to be looking at Hua Yue Yu now."

"Small Fish, it’s your turn!"

Xia Hongyao worried.

"Alright!"

Hua Yue Yu acknowledged.

"Did you know? One day, Li Bai found out that his friend’s wife was having an affair, but was too embarrassed to mention it directly for fear of ruining their friendship, so he wrote a poem instead."

Hua Yue Yu recited.

"Brothers are like hands and feet, a wife is like clothing. A moonlit Chang’an..."

Hua Yue Yu recounted, choosing a joke she heard before.

"I can never look at that poem ’Midnight Wu Song’ the same way again!"

Hearing this, Cherry Blossom Girl’s hair stood on end, although she admired the traditional culture of the Nine States deeply.