Xu An then abandoned her thoughts of teasing Ze Yuan and looked at the giant monster before her.
She softly said, "Thank you."
As soon as the words fell, Xu An leaped onto the giant tentacled monster first.
Xu An's enhancements were not just to her five senses, but also to her physical stamina and motor functions.
She felt a significant increase in her capabilities.
The moment Xu An jumped onto the monster's sticky and slippery tentacles, countless tentacles appeared around her.
These tentacles were deep pink, resembling those of an octopus, exuding a tender softness.
Numerous suction cups adhered to them, seeming to possess immense suction power.
They lunged towards Xu An.
Xu An leaped up, and Zhou Haimei, who was already close by, was suddenly flung away.
However, a thick tentacle was still wrapped around Zhou Haimei's waist, preventing her from being directly thrown.
Currently unconscious, Zhou Haimei felt as if she were on a roller coaster.
One moment up, the next moment down.
Seeing that this maneuver was not working, Xu An immediately recalled Ze Yuan's mention of the monster's weakness being its eyes.
But after scanning the monster for a long time, she couldn't find where its face was.
The monster seemed to be haphazardly assembled, its entire body composed of dark brown, unknown flesh, moving entirely by its countless tentacles wriggling on the ground.
It could barely turn around.
Yet, the monster was like a mountain of flesh, with no discernible eye-like objects visible anywhere on its body.
Xu An could only passively leap among the numerous tentacles, dodging their attacks.
She was trying to locate the monster's eyes. Meanwhile, due to the high-speed rotation.
Zhou Haimei also woke up.
The first thing she saw was Xu An weaving through the tentacles.
"An'an! Run quickly! Don't mind me!"
But the dense forest was too vast, and the thick fog absorbed the sound, so only a "run quickly" reached Xu An's ears.
However, how could Xu An run?
With a sidestep to avoid another tentacle's attack, Xu An counterattacked with a knife, severing one of the monster's tentacles.
Just as Xu An was delighted that the tentacle could be cut off so easily.
The scene before her astonished her.
The severed tentacle had actually regrown.
At that moment, Ze Yuan's voice also chimed in timely: "That monster has self-healing and regenerative abilities. Its only weakness is its eyes. If you can't find its eyes, all your actions will be in vain."
Xu An understood. She stopped wasting time chopping at the monster's tentacles.
She remembered that Zhou Haimei had told her she carried weapons from the lighthouse in her spatial storage.
Ze Yuan immediately sensed this thought.
"If you use large-scale destructive weapons, you and Zhou Haimei will be blown away too."
Xu An immediately refused: "No!"
Ze Yuan didn't even know where Xu An's confidence came from.
But her bottomless eyes inexplicably exuded a convincing determination.
Ze Yuan could only grumble to himself, "And now Zhou Haimei is dangling in mid-air, and you can't reach her. How are you going to find Zhou Haimei?"
Xu An didn't answer. While dodging the constant attacks of the tentacles, she observed her position and a thought struck her.
Before she could act on her idea, she was met with strong rejection from Ze Yuan.
"Xu An, are you crazy? This action is suicidal. Even if your physical capabilities have been modified, you are still just a fragile human who snaps with a single bend. What are you thinking? Did I tell you the weakness in violation of the rules just to send you to your death?"
Xu An stopped smiling, her face displaying a vague and complex expression.
"I can do it."
The words drifted softly from Xu An's lips, as if she were gambling with her future.
"You can do nothing!"
"Xu An, you are just one person, not a god. Let alone that, even if you are really blown into the air by the impact of the explosion, how can you be sure that your landing spot will be in Zhou Haimei's direction."
"What if it's not? Have you considered the consequences?"
Xu An had considered them. At worst, there were two outcomes: either she would crash to the ground and die from the fall, or she would be trapped by the tentacle monster.
This idea was very bold.
Or perhaps, "bold" was not the right word; it was more like seeking death.
Xu An planned to plant a bomb among the tentacles at the bottom. When the bomb detonated, she would use the shockwave to surge upwards, severing the tentacles binding Zhou Haimei in mid-air.
Then, she would use the weapons from Zhou Haimei's spatial storage to deal with the monster.
Xu An's plan could be described as overly idealistic.
If even one link in this chain of events were missed, it would lead to her and Zhou Haimei's demise here.
"Then do you have any better methods?" Xu An's tone was somewhat helpless.
But her actions did not stop.
She took out a small bomb she had prepared in her space; she had no intention of asking anyone for permission.
Before Ze Yuan's roar could even finish, she directly buried the bomb on the crisscrossing tentacles beneath her feet.
She even thoughtfully tied knots in the tentacles, ensuring the bomb was firmly embedded in the center.
The next second!
Amidst Ze Yuan's roaring, Xu An was blown into the sky by the immense force of the bomb.
Xu An had been prepared, so she used the momentum to leap into mid-air.
As the bomb detonated, the monster's foul-smelling limbs and torn flesh flew everywhere in the air.
A rain of blood poured down, drenching Xu An into a bloody mess.
Yet, Xu An didn't even blink.
With a leap, she ascended further into the sky.
Zhou Haimei couldn't see Xu An's movements, but she could hear the explosions coming from Xu An's direction.
As the explosions continued one after another, Zhou Haimei felt blood splatter on her face.
It was sticky and adhered to her face.
Amidst the explosions, Zhou Haimei suddenly had an epiphany and understood what Xu An was planning to do.
She bit her lip tightly, her brows furrowed into a V shape.
She kept muttering, "Madman… Madman… Xu An, you madwoman…"
Yes, Zhou Haimei had also realized what Xu An was doing.
She was currently bound in mid-air. If she wanted to save her, the tentacles had to be severed.
But Xu An was just an ordinary person, she couldn't fly, so how could she get up here?
This was absurd, yet it was also the most effective method at the moment.
If successful, Xu An could save Zhou Haimei.
If it failed, both of them would fall from a great height, with nowhere to be buried.
Even more so, Xu An might die even sooner than her!
Zhou Haimei's tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back, refusing to let them fall.
Because she needed to feel the subtle currents of the wind.
To determine the direction from which Xu An was flying. Yes, Zhou Haimei was never a delicate flower that needed protection.
She was a comrade who could fight alongside Xu An.
Since Xu An had made this decision, for both of them to survive, she had to act as a beacon in mid-air for Xu An, so that the other wouldn't lose her way.
Her shouts grew louder, observing the surrounding tentacles she could see, using them as their landing points later.
The tentacle monster, in pain from the explosion, thrashed its tentacles wildly in the air, disrupting Xu An's vision.
Undeterred by the searing heat, Xu An anxiously searched for Zhou Haimei in the air.
At that moment, shouts echoed, like a guiding lamp in the dark night.
"Xu An—Xu An—"
[PS: The content about using the explosion's momentum to ascend is purely fictional.]