EFB Chapter 15 Kill Rewards
Chapter 15 Kill Rewards
Chen Yuan leaped lightly onto a high point of a collapsed ruin, then turned to wait for the arrival of the Lion Mastiff leader.
Soon, the ground rumbled, and the massive lion mastiff leader came running through the dust and immediately spotted Chen Yuan.
Without much thought, the lion mastiff leader continued charging forward. Its massive size made it like an indestructible tank, smashing through all obstacles in its path and carving a path through the ruins of collapsed high-rise buildings.
However, Chen Yuan had anticipated this. He lightly stepped forward and leaped backward, gracefully avoiding the charge of the lion-mastiff leader, and landed steadily on another dilapidated high wall.
After smashing through the rubble, the leader of the lion mastiffs was forced to stop, its body, which had been accelerating to its limit, turned around and continued to crash into Chen Yuan.
In this way, Chen Yuan skillfully jumped and changed positions among the ruins, leading the lion mastiff leader step by step into the depths of the ruins. Unbeknownst to them, the lion mastiff leader was surrounded by countless rubble, concrete and steel bars, as if trapped in a natural cage.
Chen Yuan stood steadily on the high wall, his gaze calmly watching the lion mastiff leader, whose movements were gradually slowing down.
Just as he had predicted, speed was the most obvious weakness of these enormous monsters.
Admittedly, a lion mastiff isn't too slow when running at full speed; at its peak, it's only 30 meters per second slower than a human martial artist of the same level. However, this speed requires a long run and gradual acceleration to achieve.
In terms of burst speed, the gap between it and humans becomes even more pronounced.
For this reason, Chen Yuan deliberately led the Lion Mastiff leader into this ruined building complex, using the complex terrain to hinder the Lion Mastiff's run.
Initially, the lion mastiff leader charged wildly with the immense power brought by its speed, even smashing through the ruins. However, as its movements gradually slowed down and it could no longer muster the strength to charge, it could no longer reproduce its previous destructive power.
On the contrary, because its massive body was blocked by the ruins, the lion mastiff leader was forced to walk on the uneven pile of rubble, which greatly affected its running speed and made it impossible for it to sprint.
Chen Yuan, however, was able to take advantage of his small size to leap and move around the ruins. Although his speed was not as fast as it was at its peak, it was still much faster than the lion-mastiff leader whose movements were hindered.
By this time, the lion mastiff leader had gradually calmed down, its body pacing restlessly back and forth in the ruins. It sensed something was wrong; in this environment, its body was restricted in every way, while that hateful human remained incredibly agile.
"This human did this on purpose. He wants to use these stones to restrict my body and prevent me from running, but what is his purpose?" The lion mastiff leader pondered for a moment with its not-so-bright brain and finally came to a shocking conclusion: "He wouldn't be trying to kill me, would he!"
Thinking of this, the lion-mastiff leader's eyes showed disbelief. In its view, the human in front of it was only fast enough and did not have much strength. He was only equivalent to a high-level beast soldier. How dare the other party kill it?
Keep in mind that with a two-level difference in rank, the difference in strength between the two sides is more than four times, and the opponent's weapon is almost unable to penetrate one's defenses!
In this situation, the Mastiff leader never imagined that this human might turn the tables and kill him.
However, based on the current situation, this possibility does not seem to be nonexistent. Although it still believes that the other party cannot cause it any real harm, the unease deep in its heart is growing stronger, driving it to leave this dangerous ruin as soon as possible.
Just as the lion mastiff leader turned to leave, Chen Yuan, who had been watching everything, narrowed his eyes slightly: "Trying to run? It's too late."
"You've been chasing me for so long, now it's my turn."
"Face the storm!"
Chen Yuan stomped his foot and rushed out like lightning, quickly closing in on the leader of the lion mastiffs. At the same time, he thrust out his long sword and used twice the force that he had been hiding for a long time!
That's right. When fighting the beast pack, Chen Yuan deliberately concealed his strength and did not use the double-strength technique. His purpose was to show weakness to the enemy and cover up his true intention to hunt down the lion-mastiff leader.
At this point, the tactic had been perfectly executed and there was no need to conceal it anymore.
Next comes the hunt!
"call out--"
The Flowing Light Sword, like a bolt of lightning, silently approached the lion-mastiff leader's body. Before the dog could even react, the sword, with twice the force applied, pierced deep into its body.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Yuan pushed off the lion-mastiff leader with both feet, used the momentum to draw his sword, and flew backward. After a few light leaps, he landed steadily dozens of meters away.
"Awooo—!"
The lion mastiff leader let out a deafening roar, its voice filled with pain and rage. It never expected that this human would actually dare to attack, and even successfully injure it!
On its back, a bloody hole was clearly visible, from which blood was gushing out, the result of the sword strike just now.
The lion mastiff leader suddenly turned around, his eyes bloodshot, staring intently at the humans in the distance, burning with rage.
It was completely enraged and charged at Chen Yuan without regard for anything else.
However, Chen Yuan continued to employ the "walking the dog" tactic, nimbly dodging among the ruins and keeping the lion mastiff leader completely at bay. He would also occasionally strike out with his sword, and before long, the lion mastiff leader had several more bloody holes in his body.
The loss of blood caused the lion mastiff leader's strength to drop rapidly, his movements became increasingly sluggish, and he began to feel weak.
"Am I going to die here?" The thought suddenly popped into its mind.
"No, I can't die! I must kill this human!"
Blood blurred its vision. The lion mastiff leader roared in grief and anger, and with its last strength, charged at Chen Yuan.
Unfortunately, its movements were no longer what they used to be, and in Chen Yuan's eyes, they were so slow they seemed like slow motion.
"It's time to end this." The thought flashed through Chen Yuan's mind. He then leaped into the air, his feet slamming heavily against the wall of the tall building behind him, using the momentum to fly towards the leader of the Lion Mastiffs.
Gripping his longsword tightly, Chen Yuan used all his strength to plunge it into the head of the lion-dog leader.
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The battle is over.
The lion mastiff leader, whose head had been pierced, could no longer hold on, and his massive body slowly collapsed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Chen Yuan drew his longsword and approached the lion-mastiff leader. Looking at the massive corpse before him, he breathed a slight sigh of relief: "It's finally over."
If it doesn't end soon, he'll run out of energy.
After all, he had just fought a pack of beasts, led the lion-mastiff leader across the entire city, and finally fought with him. Each of these events was extremely exhausting.
So Chen Yuan ignored everything else, and after confirming that the lion mastiff leader was completely dead, he leaned against its body and entered a deep sleep to recuperate.
An hour later, Chen Yuan opened his eyes, his strength fully restored.
He looked at the corpse of the lion mastiff leader, took out his tools, and carefully removed its fangs—the most valuable part of its body.
After collecting the fangs, Chen Yuan put them into his backpack and then headed to the lion mastiff's lair, hoping to find some more valuable finds.
Half an hour later, Chen Yuan returned to the ranch. The surviving mastiffs were still there, seemingly convinced that with their leader's intervention, the human was doomed.
Unfortunately, Chen Yuan was still alive, so it was the mastiffs' turn to die.
It didn't take much effort for Chen Yuan to kill all the remaining lion-mastiffs, completely annihilating the monster pack.
He then strolled across the ranch's lawn, his eyes darting around, carefully searching for any potential treasures.
Of course, he didn't actually have any expectations; he was just following the principle that a thief shouldn't leave empty-handed and didn't want to miss any suspicious areas.
He followed the direction the lion mastiff leader had come from and soon arrived at a grove of trees, which were dense and lush.
Just then, a whip-like attack suddenly came from behind him. Fortunately, Chen Yuan had keen senses and dodged the attack in a flash.
He initially thought he had been ambushed by a human martial artist, so he turned around warily, only to find that the attacker was not a human martial artist wielding a whip, but a thick willow tree.
This willow tree is over twenty meters tall, with a trunk nearly a meter thick, and thousands of slender branches hanging down from the top, swaying in the wind.
He was whipped by the willow branches because he accidentally got too close to them.
"A willow tree spirit? No, no." Chen Yuan rubbed his eyes, his gaze revealing a hint of disbelief. The image of the willow tree in front of him was extremely similar to a certain record in the original work.
"This is... the spirit of plants and trees!"