David Carter carefully observed the skull, and the more he looked, the more it resembled a bunker—the eye socket was a firing port! That is to say, if John hid inside this skull and launched a stab from the eye socket... that's it! This is the trick! If even this can't defeat it, then there would be absolutely no chance in open ground! However, if I can stab out from the eye socket, its tentacle should also be able to stab in from outside! So, once John lands a hit, he must immediately dodge to the side. If its tentacle can bend, then John is done for!

In any case, since he came here to die, John feels no pressure! The longer he can hold out against it, the more detailed information he can gather!

But there's still a big problem. Right now, even if John wanted to crawl into the skull, it's almost impossible. Its tentacles are so long, he'd definitely get hit! Just charge straight in and try to force his way through? Hell no! John, a fragile spearman, doesn't even dare touch an ordinary little sea anemone, let alone take a hit from a BOSS! How did the whale die?

So, the only option is to wait! This BOSS must have a reason for burrowing underground—after all, there are no puddles here, so maybe it can't handle being exposed to the air?

So David Carter ran off into the distance again, killed more than twenty little sea anemones to farm some experience, then came back to check. Sure enough, it had burrowed underground again! This is exactly what John was waiting for!

David Carter stealthily circled around to the back of the skull and picked the best angle. From this angle, the whale's raised ribs could block the sweeping attack of the tentacle, which is almost impossible to dodge. But if it tries a stabbing attack, there's still a chance to avoid it!

One step, two steps—he was almost within the enemy's attack range! David Carter bent down and took a deep breath, like a spring ready to launch!

—System prompt: Warning! Scouting has detected a hidden enemy about to appear!

Charge!!! In that instant, David Carter shot out at the spearman's maximum speed of 10 meters per second!

Boom!!! Dirt and sand exploded in his face as a dark shadow shot out from the ground! In that split second, David Carter's heart leapt into his throat!

There is no such thing as a guaranteed winning tactic in this world—luck is always the most unpredictable factor in any strategy! The strong try to minimize the role of luck, while the weak can only rely on it!

Early warning, early movement, terrain utilization—David Carter had done everything he could in terms of objective conditions. The rest was up to fate! If luck wasn't on his side? Heh, that's simple—just die and try again. No need to feel too much pressure in a game!

—Whoosh! Sand whipped across his face! A foul-smelling gust brushed past his ear! Missed!!!

Oh yeah!!! He broke through the defense!

—Thud! David Carter dove into the whale's skull, his heart pounding with excitement and tension as he waited for the second wave of attacks! If this tentacle could bend, then he was completely done for and would just have to take his points and leave!

He waited for a while, but the second attack didn't come. Maybe there's hope? David Carter, excited, slowly stood up and cautiously crept to the eye socket of the skull to take a quick peek outside—whoosh! A dark shadow flashed before his eyes!

Prepared in advance, David Carter quickly shrank back in fright.

—Bang!!! Missed! A thick, thigh-sized, disgusting green tentacle covered in suction-cup-like bumps shot in from outside the skull's eye socket, slamming heavily against the inner wall! The entire whale bone shook violently!

Such power left David Carter dumbfounded! This attack wouldn't just instantly kill a newbie—it could probably one-shot a knight too! This is definitely not a monster you can face head-on!

Thud! After hitting the wall, the tentacle dropped to the ground like a dead snake, then began slowly wriggling toward David Carter's hiding spot.

Ahhh crap! It really can bend! What the hell, just go for broke!

"Ah-za ah~~" David Carter stabbed at the wriggling tentacle—"-6"!!!

—System prompt: You have obtained the incomplete information card of the Demonized Venomous Sea Anemone King!

Got the info card! John can die without regrets now!

But there was no time to check the info card, nor to wonder why he dealt double his highest damage. Facing the disgusting tentacle wriggling toward him, David Carter was like a hysterical woman swatting at a cockroach, frantically stabbing the tentacle while screaming incoherently: "Ah-za-za-za-za-za—"

—"-6!" "-6" "-6" "-6"!

Each time the tentacle was stabbed, it jerked violently, like a worm cut in half, completely lacking the power of its earlier strike! And its limp, struggling movements couldn't reach the long-spear-wielding David Carter at all—the advantage of a long weapon still held!

Finally, after leaving a puddle of green liquid, the thoroughly shredded tentacle slithered out of the eye socket.

There's hope! There's hope! Wahahaha! Snapping back to his senses, David Carter hurried to check the info card.

—Demonized Venomous Sea Anemone King:

Creature type: Large plant

Attack: ?

Defense: ?

Damage: ?

Health: ?

Attack speed: 1, extremely, extremely slow.

Movement speed: 0

Special ability: Projectile attack, ?

Item drops: ?

Experience: ?

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Its special ability is a projectile attack!!! The signature move of the Hell race's elite level-2 unit, the Howling Horned Demon, which beta players also call the Jumping Demon!