Zhao Kai saw his face change drastically and couldn’t help but want to turn his head.
Liang Yuan yelled sharply: "Don’t look, row!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Kai immediately lowered his head and rowed vigorously.
Their speed was extremely fast, but the water waves behind them broke the air, and the thing underwater turned out to be even faster!
It was only a matter of seconds before a huge wave rolled in with a crash.
The thing had already caught up!
The paddle board was instantly flown and tilted by the water waves.
Liang Yuan’s Spiritual Power suddenly erupted, like an invisible hand, firmly stabilizing the paddle board.
At the same time, he suddenly turned around and slammed the paddle hard against the water’s surface!
It was as if a depth charge had exploded; the water surface directly blasted, splashing waves several feet high.
A sharp high-frequency scream rang out from underwater.
The sound was extremely eerie, like a night owl, accompanying its wailing.
A visible sound wave burst forth, shattering a large swath of water and sweeping towards the paddle board.
Zhao Kai couldn’t care about rowing anymore, quickly turned his head to look behind.
One look and his eyes widened in shock: "What the hell is that!"
In the midst of the water waves, a creature covered in green and yellow vertical stripes appeared, shaped like a human with four limbs.
Its head was flat, its mouth wide, and its eyes were big and round, with enormous swollen eyelids that looked like a large pouch growing on its eyeballs!
Its face had no nose, only two nostrils, and its eyes emitted a ruby-like scarlet light.
Zhao Kai was stunned; it was the first time he had seen such a creature.
The key was that this creature looked somewhat similar to humans, not only having four limbs but also facial features—except for missing a nose, ears, and hair—were basically similar.
Moreover, its body size was almost as big as a human.
At this moment, it manipulated the water flow, moving swiftly within the crest of the waves.
Sound waves rippled from its open mouth, oscillating the air and sweeping through the waves.
Liang Yuan, using Spiritual Telekinesis, firmly stabilized the paddle board to prevent it from being overturned by the waves.
Zhao Kai quickly regained his senses and pushed his hands forward.
From his palms, a massive amount of ice mist sprayed out.
Instantly, the water waves behind the paddle board began to freeze.
The waves that were rolling up rapidly transformed into an Ice Wall.
The monster in the wave crest was startled and quickly leaped out, jumping out of the water spray.
With a thud, it landed back on the ice surface.
It wasn’t standing but lying prone on the water’s surface.
Its muscles bulged, even showing noticeable abs.
Zhao Kai sweated on his forehead, not from exhaustion but from fear.
This creature was exceedingly eerie.
As everyone knows, the more a monster resembles a human, the more it induces human fear.
Scientifically, this is called the uncanny valley effect.
Liang Yuan quickly rowed, controlling the paddle board to swiftly slide toward building 75.
Zhao Kai rowed hurriedly as well, quickly saying: "Brother Liang, what the hell is that? Why does it look so much like a human?"
Liang Yuan was about to speak when a piercing sound suddenly came from behind.
He was shocked and quickly pulled Zhao Kai down; they both almost laid flat simultaneously.
Following a dull sound, the paddle board instantly shattered into pieces, as if hit by something.
Unprepared, they were about to fall into the water.
Liang Yuan yelled sharply: "Zhao Kai!"
Zhao Kai understood immediately and pressed both hands onto the water’s surface.
Splash, a large area of water waves froze, rapidly forming a layer of ice about two meters long and over ten centimeters thick.
They quickly flipped and jumped onto the ice layer.
At the same time, Liang Yuan shouted: "Keep going, I’ll hold it off!"
He spread out his Spiritual Power, forming a Telekinesis Wall behind them.
Only then did he notice what had smashed their paddle board.
He saw the monster open its mouth and quickly retract a pink tongue.
Like a tape measure, it rapidly curled back.
Seeing this, Liang Yuan’s heart jumped; he immediately realized what this thing was.
Zhao Kai’s scalp tingled as he quickly manufactured ice layers while shouting: "What? A frog? How did it get so big? And it’s so disgusting!"
Liang Yuan’s face sank; without a word, a Glock appeared in his hand.
He aimed at the frog-man and fired rapidly!
Three shots fired, only one hit the frog-man.
However, the bullet didn’t penetrate its yellow-green skin, instead bouncing away like it had hit a rubber tire.
Liang Yuan’s scalp tingled and wanted to keep shooting.
But the Glock was out of bullets.
Liang Yuan followed closely behind Zhao Kai, stepping back on the ice layer while quickly taking out dumbbell plates from the inventory.
These dumbbell plates were found in the homes of fitness enthusiasts while searching for supplies.
Not knowing how to use them then, later they turned some into an anchor for the raft.
The remaining ones had been lying unused in the inventory.
Taking them out now, Liang Yuan threw them like frisbees, fiercely hurling them away!
With a burst of power at 6.9 strength, the 5kg dumbbell plate shot out instantly.
The air whistled as the frog-man opened its mouth and quickly launched its tongue.
They collided with a dull sound.
The huge impact force directly deflected the frog-man’s tongue.
Without hesitation, Liang Yuan threw another 10kg dumbbell plate!
This time, his accuracy was high; the plate shot out directly into the frog-man’s ugly mouth!
The frog-man was caught off guard, its sharp teeth shattered as its head sank, and it was dragged underwater by the plate!
Water splashed up; Liang Yuan didn’t hesitate, quickly taking out a wooden plank from the inventory again.
With a strong throw, he hurled it several meters away.
He then grabbed Zhao Kai, who was freezing the water surface, and shouted: "Go!"
With his legs bursting with muscle, the Muscle Burst skill activated.
His leg muscles instantly bulged, unleashing strong power.
With a slight knee bend, he lifted Zhao Kai, who weighed over 150 pounds, and almost instantly leaped several meters onto the plank!
They just leapt when the ice layer beneath them exploded with a boom.
The frog-man, with its bloody mouth, burst out of the water again!
Liang Yuan didn’t stop; he continuously threw planks, gripping Zhao Kai as they jumped from one plank to another.
Finally, after throwing five or six planks, he leapt into the corridor of building 75!