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Wardens are tall and extremely dangerous hostile creatures that determine the location of living beings based on vibrations and breath.
Their dark blue bodies are adorned with some white patterns, and their chests are quite similar to those of mutated Skin Stealers, except that their chests are not large mouths, but rather exposed ribs and a heart encased within them.
A blue, constantly beating heart.
If you hear this sound in the Deep Dark, then congratulations, you have been targeted by a Warden.
Yang Tao, who was watching the show, suddenly found his vision plunged into darkness.
Darkness 0:13
The thirteen-second Darkness buff plunged Yang Tao's vision into extreme low light, making it impossible to see anything beyond two meters.
'Truly indiscriminate!'
He immediately took out milk and drank it, dispelling the Darkness buff, but he didn't speak, because Jerry was currently calling out joyfully.
All the Wardens' attention was drawn over, and the Sculk Shrieker was still continuously summoning new Wardens.
"Damn it, you monsters!"
Blue light emanated from Jerry's body, and these lights possessed extremely strong damaging capabilities, causing the health bars above all the Wardens' heads to drop by one-third, one-third.
However, the Wardens that were attacked before dying also released their sound wave attacks, and a series of visible sound waves precisely hit Jerry.
The health bar above its head only dropped by a tiny bit; after all, its 60,000 health was not just for show.
More than ten Wardens fell to the ground.
Jerry excitedly shouted, "Yang Tao, you don't think this is enough to defeat me, do you?"
"Even if you plunder my authority, as long as I defeat you, everything of yours will be mine."
Yang Tao still sat on the Sculk Catalyst without making any sound, but instead extended a finger and pointed at the dead Wardens lying on the ground.
A large number of experience orbs burst forth from the Wardens' bodies, then were absorbed by the sculk below, all in an instant.
More sculk infected and assimilated the original floor, walls, and even the ceiling of Jerry Hall.
'Who says Wardens can't drop experience after death?'
"You... You really deserve to die!!!"
Jerry's voice caused more Sculk Shriekers in the vicinity to react.
Accompanied by vibrations, more Wardens crawled out from underground.
Yang Tao made a gesture inviting it to begin its performance, which enraged Jerry, causing it to flap its wings and rush over to fight Yang Tao to the death.
However, the Wardens that crawled out from underground interrupted its plan.
'Wardens running are still so amusing...'
Yang Tao looked at the running Wardens, feeling as if he was watching the village idiots, except these 'idiots' could be deadly.
Even if Jerry possessed extremely high health, it couldn't withstand this continuous onslaught of Wardens, as their attacks completely ignored defense.
"Yang Tao, I'll remember you."
After the entire Jerry Hall was completely devoured by the sculk, Jerry's maximum health decreased from 60,000 to 10,000.
This sudden change brought some realization to Yang Tao.
'This bird has lost control of this sub-level...'
After releasing blue light to clear out another wave of Wardens, Jerry gave Yang Tao a deep look. This time, it didn't even utter a threat before disappearing from Jerry Hall, no, it should now be called Whispering Hall.
Yang Tao: "..."
'It's abandoning its home base??'
He extended his hand and summoned a wooden door. With the sound of the door opening, the target-less Wardens immediately turned their bodies towards Yang Tao's location.
Yang Tao felt a chill run down his spine. He had clearly seen Jerry's fate just now. If it were him, he would have been long gone by now.
'Time to escape...'
He jumped into the wooden door, and countless sound wave attacks passed through the disappearing wooden door, hitting the sculk behind it.
Returning to the Main World, Yang Tao breathed a sigh of relief.
"That was terrifying. A group of Wardens, even if ten of their sound wave attacks hit, it would take over 400 health to survive the first round."
"After the Wardens burrow back underground, I'll enchant a pickaxe with Silk Touch and go back to dig up a Sculk Catalyst..."
He looked around but didn't see Jerry.
Yang Tao wondered if that kid hadn't returned from Level 2.
He walked to the side and opened the wooden door leading to Level 2, only to see Jerry holding a dark gray riot shield, happily engaging in a 1v1 battle with a Smiler.
The blue door on the wall had disappeared, clearly indicating that Jerry losing control of Whispering Hall had a significant impact on certain things.
"2, 8, 16..."
"Even numbers?!!"
Yang Tao instantly felt that the Smiler in front of him, with only its teeth and eyes exposed, looked quite appealing at that moment.
"Jerry, get out of the way!!"
Upon hearing Yang Tao's voice, Jerry immediately moved aside. Yang Tao took out the white Building Staff and lightly tapped it towards the Smiler that was about to pounce.
An obsidian cage immediately enveloped it.
"Go back and call the Frowner that's lying by the Operating Room door over for me, right now!"
Seeing Yang Tao's face filled with anxiety and excitement, Jerry immediately ran back to the Main World through the wooden door without a word, heading towards the Frowner's location.
"Boss is looking for you."
The bored Frowner heard Jerry's voice and scanned him with its glowing eyes.
"Boss?"
"Yang Tao!"
Hearing Yang Tao's name, Frowner stood up and asked, "Where?"
Jerry extended his hand, pointing towards the wooden door, and at the same time said, "Boss, he's locked up a Smiler..."
Frowner immediately understood what was going on upon hearing this. The sad expression on its face clearly froze, turning into a wry smile.
It didn't pay attention to what Jerry would say next and immediately scurried towards the open wooden door.
Passing through the wooden door and arriving at Level 2, it immediately saw the familiar obsidian cage. It remembered having experienced such treatment itself back then.
"Wait, Smiley, what's with that expression??"
Yang Tao looked at Frowner's wry smile, momentarily unsure of Frowner's intentions.
'Is it going to turn back into a Smiler?'
This wasn't impossible, after all, this guy had a history of changing from a Smiler to a Frowner.
Upon hearing Yang Tao's voice, Frowner's wry smile immediately vanished, revealing a sad expression, even sadder than before.
It didn't know that even if it turned back into a Smiler, as long as the health bar above its head didn't turn red, Yang Tao wouldn't act against it; at most, he would just study it thoroughly.
"Alright, stop changing your expression. Come over and smell it quickly, see if this is a female Smiler..."
Yang Tao took out his pickaxe and chipped a gap in the obsidian.
Frowner, seeing the glowing Smiler inside, immediately perked up and said, "Yes, it's a female Smiler..."
"Alright then, it's yours. However, it's still hostile towards me and can't enter the Main World yet. For now, you'll have to train it well in Level 2. When the time comes, you can take it to settle down underground in the Main World; the environment there is quite suitable for you."
Yang Tao said, stroking the obsidian, "If you can't train it well, then I'll truly look down on you..."
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