Chapter 577: Chapter 292: Duck and Cover
“Prepare for battle!!!”
Adeline’s roar suddenly erupted from the forest.
The legs that had been rapidly retreating backward left deep footprints in the damp soil under the inertia of the body.
Two one-handed iron hammers, reflecting a metallic cold light under the sunlight overhead, were clenched tightly in her palms.
Her face, splattered with mud, was stiff and tense, and her dark brown yellowish eyes mirrored the gigantic creature charging straight at them.
The seemingly sluggish and lazy petrified lizard, notorious among adventurers for its lethal and troublesome “petrification gaze,” had a challenge level as high as Level 3, with explosive power far beyond its size.
This was not something they, newly promoted to Level 1, could easily shake off with only their accumulated experience.
In the face of pure “values,” all so-called skills became trivial fancy.
For this temporarily assembled adventurer team to survive the petrified lizard’s attack, if given time to think carefully, there should roughly be two solutions.
One, disperse and flee in three directions, each seeking their own fortune.
Pray that the one-third chosen by the petrified lizard isn’t oneself.
Hope that the team member targeted by the creature can hold out a little longer, leaving enough time to retreat and distance oneself.
Two, abandon illusions and fight head-on.
It’s true that the petrified lizard is a dangerous demon; most low-level adventurers and even low-level professionals, encountering one unexpectedly in the wild, face an extremely perilous situation.
But at this moment, having already known there’s a high chance of encountering such a monster during the mission and making full preparations, even having drunk the Petrification Resistance Potion.
It is possible to directly resist the negative effects brought by the “Petrification Gaze.”
If the three professionals unite and fight with one heart,
they might not achieve final victory, but surviving safely is not entirely impossible.
This is precisely Adeline’s thought.
All three are warriors, with strong and resilient physiques, allowing for some margin of error.
Moreover, they are seasoned adventurers who have fought their way from the bottom step by step, with rich battle experience.
If they can fight as a group, united against the petrified lizard whose petrification ability is no longer effective, they should be able to maximize their chances of survival.
Of course, this is just her thought.
In such a tense and urgent situation, not everyone can make the right decision in the shortest time.
The burly bald teammate, upon hearing Adeline’s call, showed a clear sign of contemplation in his eyes.
Soon realizing the importance of team combat in the current situation, he stopped, drew a double-handed giant axe from behind.
Approached to maintain formation with Adeline.
Meanwhile, the adventure team member with dark skin, slender build, and special perception combat skills made a completely different choice.
Unable to entirely resist the “Petrification Gaze,” despite having downed the Resistance Potion, its effects were not fully realized due to the rush, resulting in various parts of his body surface showing a gray-white stony hue.
In fact, this level of petrification doesn’t affect his movement abilities; spending a bit to buy a couple of related potions once back in town or slightly healing at the association would recover him.
It’s not even considered a minor injury, let alone a serious one.
But the infamous petrified lizard and the terrifying result of being petrified undoubtedly caused this adventurer to lose his sanity.
The roar from behind by Adeline was ignored, and he dashed madly toward the depths of the forest.
Thus, the situation on the field became interesting.
On one side, stood two fully armed, resolute-looking adventurers waiting to engage;
On the other side, a cowardly attacker panicked by their own attack and trying to escape.
For the petrified lizard, the choice was evident.
Boom—
The bulky massive belly carved out a deep, gigantic mark on the ground, and the gray-blue figure charged headlong, disregarding numerous towering sturdy oak trees, towards the fleeing direction of the slender adventurer.
Leaving Adeline and the bald robust fellow behind.
Without hesitation, seeing the petrified lizard vanish behind the cover of grass and tree crowns, the robust man instantly packed up his giant axe and sprinted in the opposite direction.
Adeline followed suit, retrieving the two one-handed hammers to her waist as she also chose a different direction and robustly stepped forward.
To survive the petrified lizard’s attack, facing it head-on requires all three team members.
Since that person ignored her reminder and wanted to flee solo, the remaining two naturally couldn’t go for rescue or be kind enough to delay for his escape.
Automatically shifting to plan one.
Disperse and flee, seeking their own fortune.
Adeline gritted her teeth, her powerful long legs nearly left blur images on the ground.
Unfortunately, they were in a densely wooded forest, not an open flat grassland, hindering her from reaching extreme speed.
Only a few seconds passed.
Along with the abrupt halt in the sound of breaking trees, came a sharp, extremely painful and desperate scream.
Her heart suddenly sank.
Knowing her insensible teammate was likely caught up by the petrified lizard and torn to pieces.