The speed of the tentacles was truly exaggerated, and the pressure almost reached its limit, so it was only after Yun You was blasted away that a "pop" sound of explosive air was heard.

Fortunately, Yun You's instinctive reaction was timely enough. At the moment the tentacle swung, she instinctively lifted her right hand covered with Red Phosphorus Armor, barely deflecting the strike...

But even so, she was still slapped more than ten meters away, almost losing grip of the Tempered Bottle in her hand.

"This..."

"Guh!"

Yun You was about to say something, but was seized by a bout of abdominal pain, forcing her to dry heave.

She lifted her aching right hand and only then noticed that her Red Phosphorus Giant Claw had pressed a deep red, almost purple mark onto her own abdomen.

This was just the aftershock of the tentacle's power!

Most of its force was absorbed by the claw, yet it could still create such an effect...

It's hard to imagine how severe the damage would be if the whip had hit her squarely.

"Are you okay, Chica?"

Jack and Frost Moon were also startled, quickly calling out to the girl over the radio.

"I'm... probably fine..."

Yun You shook her head, answering casually, her heart still somewhat shocked.

What exactly happened just now? How did the creature suddenly grow a tentacle? And why could the tentacle be released at such speed?

[It's smarter than we imagined]

At this moment, Master Zero suddenly spoke, his tone becoming more serious.

[This creature's inherent speed is very slow, but it can perfectly utilize its own physical characteristics]

[Tentacles, which are supposedly a part of its body, or rather a "temporary organ" it constructed]

[As for why it can achieve such speed... well...]

[It compresses a portion of its muscle with enormous strength, turning it into a "spring steel core". Then, when the power accumulates to the pinnacle, it's released instantaneously, transforming the elastic potential energy entirely into kinetic energy to create a great destructive effect and extraordinary speed]

[Feels like its physics are better than yours, Yun...]

"Don't make sarcastic remarks!"

Yun You bit her lip lightly, rubbing her slightly pained abdomen.

"If it's relying on imitating a 'spring' to achieve extreme destruction, then its imitation surely requires some preparation time, and there must be noticeable movements during preparation, right?"

[Theoretically, that's the case...]

[But the problem is, with this place being so dark and its body so large, the movements might not be very noticeable even if they do occur, right?]

[You can try observing it]

Upon hearing this, Yun You remained silent, enduring the pain as she looked at the creature.

At the moment, due to the "law of action and reaction", the tentacle that whipped Yun You exploded into a pile of meat paste the moment the energy was released.

But this didn't affect the creature's main body at all.

Its skin squirmed, crawling over the minced meat, and with a few slight movements, it devoured all the remnants cleanly.

Underneath its pink skin, the indescribably twisted muscle mass squirmed constantly, making it impossible to discern if it was charging up or merely performing normal movements and breathing.

"Seems quite difficult to guard against..."

Yun You slightly furrowed her brows.

"However, in that case,

does it mean as long as we keep a certain distance, remote attacks should be viable?"

[Theoretically, yes]

Master Zero didn't refute.

[Because while elastic potential energy can release immense energy over a short distance, with increasing distance, its energy and speed decrease... To maintain its original destructive power, it would necessitate larger muscle groups to engage in "compression"]

[But this way, its range of activity would be larger, and we could observe its actions... I estimate, the maximum destructive range of these tentacles is about 10 to 20 meters, beyond 15 meters, the tentacles have minimal effect on you]

[However, the problem is, if we're indeed that far away, how are we supposed to throw liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen onto it from outside the 10-meter range?]

"That..."

After a bit of thought, Yun You smiled and shook her head.

"I think it shouldn't be hard to manage, just requires a little... creativity."

"And a bold heart."

As she spoke, the girl suddenly tightened the valve on the liquid oxygen Tempered Bottle, then weighed the two Tempered Bottles slightly, considering their weight and sturdiness.

When Jack buys stuff, he always prioritizes cost-effectiveness and safety, and these two Tempered Bottles naturally possess safe properties.

Their surfaces are welded with about 3mm of steel plating, making them not only shock-resistant but also able to withstand direct hits from small caliber bullets and shrapnel.

This is also the reason it didn't crash a moment ago.

"Hope this trick works..."

Yun You exhaled deeply, then overlapped the tempered bottles in her hands and exerted a sudden force—

Crunch!

Instantly, the originally hard tempered bottles deformed under her grip.

In the internship period, Yun You's physical qualities were already among the highest among Apprentice Death Gods.

And with the boost from the Mad Dog trait and the Red Scale Giant Claw, her right hand's strength reached an extremely terrifying level. Crushing two 3mm thick tempered bottles was naturally no big deal.

However, she didn't want to crush them completely.

Under her control, the two tempered bottles were embedded together in a cross shape, with the contact part severely deformed to where the thinnest point was only a few tenths of a millimeter of steel.

If the two were completely pierced through, then just one spark could ignite the hydrogen-oxygen mixture, creating a staggering fire.

But that wasn't enough yet.

Yun You thought for a moment, then pulled a small timed bomb that Jack had given her out of her portable pouch and installed it on the tempered bottles.

"This should be enough."

The little girl grinned, then grabbed the tempered bottles and aimed at Taishan not far away, then threw them sharply—

Whoosh~

Immediately, the tempered bottles soared like a silver meteor straight for Taishan's forehead!

No unexpected incidents occurred; the overlapped tempered bottles, with Yun You's full strength... smashed directly through Taishan's flesh, deeply embedding themselves into its bones.

Then, with a few light beeps of "beep beep beep," the countdown of the timed bomb reached zero...

Boom!!

A visibly orange fireball erupted with a ring-shaped shockwave on Taishan, tearing open large swathes of pink flesh once again.

And almost simultaneously, the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, freed from the tempered bottles' constraints, mixed together, ignited by the explosion's high temperature, and unleashed their energy instantly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The successive explosive bursts splattered the hydrogen-oxygen mixture everywhere.

Roaring flames burst forth, and in an instant, completely engulfed Taishan's massive body.

"Aargh...!"

The excruciating pain of its burning body caused Taishan to howl involuntarily... though it was unclear what part of it was actually producing the sound.

It rolled in the flames, its enormous body kicking up thick clouds of dust.

"The amount of liquid hydrogen was quite sufficient."

Watching Taishan rolling in the smoke and ashes, Yun You nodded in satisfaction.

"Naturally."

Jack smiled and explained, "There's a full 5 kilograms of liquid hydrogen in there. Although the liquid oxygen will accelerate the burning process, it should last about 5 minutes."

"Pretty good..."

Yun You crossed her arms, inhaling the burnt smell wafting over, and said leisurely, "Once it's done burning, we should be able to see its organ locations."

"Speaking of which, this big guy is quite hollow. Despite having such a massive body and consuming so many people, it only knows a few types of attacks."

"According to the standards in Nest City, it's probably just around the [One Flower] level, similar to the 'Headless Monster' we encountered in the bar earlier."

The little girl pondered silently.

But just then, she suddenly felt that the scorching heat wave coming at her seemed... to weaken somewhat.

"...?"

She looked up in confusion, and through the smoke, saw that the flames burning on Taishan, which should have lasted 5 minutes, suddenly went out...

No, they were not extinguished.

But rather "absorbed."

Taishan opened up its waist, revealing a large, round mouth about a meter in diameter, sucking in all the orange flames!

But those flames didn't vanish; instead, they were stored inside its mouth, gradually brewing... and emitted a disturbing blue light.

As time passed, the brightness of this blue light increased, and it emitted a heat that distorted the air...

Yun You was slightly stunned...

She had never seen such a scene.

But Master Zero realized something, his breath catching...

[It's an energy attack! Yun Cub! It's a damn energy attack!]

[Get out...seek cover quickly!]

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