Xu An followed Zhou Haimei's voice without hesitation. Using the tentacles under her feet, she forcefully swung her saber and severed the tentacle binding Zhou Haimei.
Sensing no more restraints, Zhou Haimei was already prepared. The two women, using the crisscrossing tentacles as leverage, rushed towards each other in mid-air.
Ze Yuan watched the two women and muttered, "Madwomen."
However, what Mo Yuan didn't expect was that the truly crazy part was yet to come.
Upon realizing Zhou Haimei was out of danger, Xu An threw all the remaining explosives she had towards the tentacle monster below.
The two women exchanged no words, yet Zhou Haimei understood Xu An's intentions.
Finding a foothold, she stepped on the tentacles and retrieved the weapons she had brought from her芥子空间 (Jiezi Kongjian - Mustard Seed Space).
Now, these weapons had found their purpose.
The laser cannons that Xu An had previously forbidden Zhou Haimei from using for fear of excessive damage were now being fully utilized.
Even more so, the two women felt the weapons' power was insufficient.
The immense shockwave from the explosions sent them flying, but their protective suits absorbed eighty percent of the impact.
Xu An and Zhou Haimei clung to the surrounding tree branches, barely hanging onto the trees.
As Zhou Haimei regained her footing, she saw Xu An flash past her. Fortunately, she was quick-witted and managed to grab Xu An's falling body.
After this ordeal, both women had expressions of sheer terror.
Zhou Haimei had a thousand words she wanted to say, but upon seeing Xu An standing unharmed before her, she found herself unable to speak.
She had intended to scold Xu An for taking too many risks, for the extreme danger, or perhaps, if Zhou Haimei hadn't understood Xu An's thoughts and cooperated, they both might have died here today.
Zhou Haimei looked at Xu An.
She had to admit, when she thought she was surely going to die, seeing Xu An charge towards her made her unable to help but be moved.
After all, who would willingly choose death if they could live?
Xu An also looked at Zhou Haimei, her eyes holding a sense of relief and tranquility that Zhou Haimei herself hadn't noticed.
The explosions in the distance continued relentlessly.
They had practically thrown all their "stock" onto the monster; even if it didn't die, it would be severely wounded.
Countless bloody rain and severed limbs exploded behind Xu An like fireworks.
In this moment.
Zhou Haimei's face overlapped and separated from the face of the girl who had died before her in her past life.
Xu An, as if finally at peace, awoke from the nightmare filled with self-blame and guilt.
Zhou Haimei was about to say thank you, but Xu An spoke first.
She tightly hugged the person before her, burying her head in Zhou Haimei's embrace, and whispered, "Thank you."
And also, I'm sorry.
Zhou Haimei looked puzzled. Xu An had saved her, so why was Xu An apologizing to her?
However, the current situation clearly did not allow them to linger in sentimentality.
Because they hadn't found the monster's eyes, the severed tentacles of the giant tentacle monster continued to regenerate from the explosions.
But due to the density of the explosions, the monster was temporarily overwhelmed.
It seemed to be greatly weakened, with some tentacles not growing back as quickly.
Xu An knew this was only a temporary delay, not a long-term solution.
"Mei Jie, let's hurry. If this monster recovers, we won't be able to escape."
Hearing Xu An's words, Zhou Haimei was greatly shocked: "So many bombs couldn't kill this thing?"
One had to know that the power of a laser cannon was comparable to a small nuclear explosion, only its area of effect had been modified and reduced.
But its power was not wasted at all; it was all concentrated in this small space.
Not to mention, when they threw the bombs, they almost stuffed them into the monster's body before detonating them.
Although she was very reluctant to admit it, at this moment, Xu An could only shake her head helplessly, "It didn't die. This thing has self-healing and regenerative abilities. Normal physical attacks are useless."
"Then is there no way?"
"There is. The monster's weakness is its eyes."
As soon as these words were spoken, the two women fell silent. The mist surrounding them made it difficult to even see the monster's full form, let alone if its eyes were on its body.
Their previous barrage of attacks had already blown its eyes to smithereens.
But the monster was clearly still healing, which meant its eyes were not on its body.
If they weren't on the surface, there was only one possibility: they were underneath the monster's body.
Clearly, both Zhou Haimei and Xu An thought of this problem.
"Could it be that those eyes are underneath the monster's body?"
Xu An nodded, "It seems so."
Both of them were speechless.
"Then... let's just run."
Xu An had a stroke of genius: "That's what I was thinking too."
Neither of them had the initial ambition to kill the monster.
Whoever wanted to do it could do it.
They were just two lazy fish.
After all, they couldn't exactly turn the monster over to find where its damn eyes were.
Xu An hadn't planned to kill the monster in the first place; she knew her own limits.
She just wanted to save Zhou Haimei.
Therefore, without discussion, they tacitly began to climb down the tree.
Preparing to make a quick escape.
Their lives were more important.
Ze Yuan, who had witnessed the entire thought process of the two women.
It had actually thought Xu An would go all out against the monster and was thinking about how to persuade Xu An to give up and run for her life.
Heh, it was too naive!
After climbing down from the tree, the two women ran towards their car.
On the other side, Gou Dan had already dealt with the wolf king, placing a paw on the wolf king's dying head.
It looked somewhat bored.
Upon hearing approaching footsteps, Gou Dan's usually dazed eyes instantly became deep and sharp, like a wolf poised to strike.
But when Gou Dan smelled a familiar scent, the tail that had been obediently hanging down instantly perked up and wagged non-stop.
In the blink of an eye.
The ferocious appearance filled with danger transformed into a silly,憨憨 (hanhan - simple and honest) demeanor.
It pounced towards Xu An.
But Xu An didn't have time to play with it now.
Xu An's eyesight was excellent, and she saw the wolf king lying on the ground, covered in scratch marks and canine bite marks.
It looked like it was on its last breath.
Only then did Xu An glance at Gou Dan with astonishment, not expecting her foolish dog to be so powerful in combat.
Zhou Haimei also saw Gou Dan at a glance.
Although surprised, she knew now was not the time for words.
Thus, the two of them and the dog, in silent understanding, ran towards the already-prepared jeep without saying a word.