Chapter 174: Chapter 174

Unsure whether the giant beast had a high resistance to the Enchantment Potion or if it was due to some other reason, Du You was taken aback by the sudden burst of speed from the chicken.

As the chicken’s beak pecked towards him, Du You instinctively released the Shield Spell.

The sharp yellow glow clashed with the purple light of the shield and instantly ignited a flurry of energy particles.

"No way, this can’t be," Du You found, to his astonishment, that his nearly invincible shield had collapsed under the chicken’s beak attack. Fortunately, the shield bought him enough time to escape.

The chicken’s beak pecked the ground, leaving a deep hole that seemed bottomless.

"This isn’t something a simple attack can achieve. It’s the yellow glow; this chicken’s attack has a special ability. Is it Armor Piercing or Magic Breaking?" Du You quickly pondered.

Indeed, not a single skill is truly invincible; there are always counteracting circumstances.

Logically, his Shield Spell’s defense was nearly invincible. Even a level 10 giant beast shouldn’t have been able to break it so easily, only a special ability could achieve this.

However, Du You had no time to think about it as the chicken was in hot pursuit. Each time, Du You had to release a Shield Spell, to buy himself some time to dodge. His speed was significantly inferior.

Luckily, Xiaozi reacted in time, sending a series of Thunder Light Orbs hurling towards the chicken giant beast, causing it to stumble and giving Du You a chance to retreat.

Simultaneously, he unleashed seven Mucus Swamps, enveloping the chicken giant beast. However, due to its enormous size, the mucus, although somewhat hindering, had limited effect on the chicken giant beast.

"Damn, I don’t have any powerful spells against giant beasts." Du You regretted not being fully prepared.

The mucus’ toxicity had a smaller effect on the giant beast, and with its high magic resistance, lighting fire wouldn’t help much either—it was more effective to hinder the chicken giant beast’s movements. At least, it could reduce it a bit.

Fearing that the Thunder Light Orbs would ignite the mucus, Du You instructed Xiaozi to cease using thunder and lightning attacks.

With the curse of the Cursed Crow King aiding him, Du You continued to launch Disintegration Spells, primarily targeting the legs of the chicken giant beast. While attacking, Du You led the beast in circles nearby.

After countless attacks, Du You began to feel exhausted when finally one of the beast’s legs broke.

With one leg missing, the chicken giant beast flapped its wings in place. As the effects of the Enchantment potion grew stronger, the beast struggled a few times, then was unable to continue the pursuit.

Du You retreated to a safe distance from the chicken giant beast before sitting down to rest.

"These giant beasts are so huge and their stamina is excellent. It’s tiring me out!" The rıghtful source is 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝙣𝙚𝙩

Du You was catching his breath. His magic power wasn’t exhausted, but a good portion of his physical strength was gone. Despite his dual-classed professions giving him significantly greater physical stamina than the average Magic-class Professional, he was still falling far short. Without melee class skills, he could only rely on his speed to run away, which was no small drain on his stamina.

Luckily, the chicken giant beast no longer had any means of attacking and was struggling heavily causing its blood to flow faster. One must say, the effect of the Giant Beast Hunter was terrifyingly potent.

At this bleeding rate, if it hit a person, they would probably be drained of all their blood within a dozen or so seconds.

Of course, if this really hit a person, it would either be ineffective or pass straight through, there wouldn’t be a chance for it to manifest its effect. After all, the Giant Beast Hunter was designed to hunt giant beasts.

Unable to stop the bleeding and continuously losing blood, finally, when it had almost bled out, the chicken giant beast stopped moving. "What a pity, there aren’t any rewards."

After all that effort of killing the giant beast, the only thing he had to show for it was what seemed like a useless pile of meat.

Having rested enough, Du You moved forward to recover the Giant Beast Hunter’s Javelin. As soon as he held it in his hand, he realized the Giant Beast Hunter was no longer useful.

Or to put it another way, it could be used as a javelin, but the sharp and blood-draining effects bestowed upon it were gone. The special effects of this item were one-time use only, it couldn’t be used a second time.

Although he had anticipated this, he still felt disappointed. He had four javelins left in his hand; he hoped that would be enough.

On the contrary, he had plenty of the Enchantment Potion left. "Have you rested enough? If you have, let’s continue," Du You looked back at Xiaozi, who indicated that she had no problems.

Du You smiled and continued onward with Xiaozi. Since there wouldn’t be any gains, they might as well move on.

Crossing the hill, behind them Du You found a canyon. In front of the canyon was a large pool. If it was any other time, Du You would definitely go over to drink some water and clean himself.

But this was the dangerous world of giant beasts, and he was in the midst of a dangerous mission, so he didn’t dare to let his guard down. Immediately after arriving, he had Xiaozi observe from the air.

"Strange, why aren’t there any giant beasts? There are no traces of other animals around. There should be a powerful giant beast inside the pool. But why isn’t there? Has it hidden itself?"

Du You found that there were no traces in the pool. If there had been a giant beast, it couldn’t have left no trace.

While Xiaozi continued to observe the surroundings, Du You found the environment here extremely strange.

He did not dare to advance recklessly. To enter the canyon, he had to go around the pool. "Huh, what’s that, a corpse?" Suddenly, Du You noticed numerous human-like shapes near the pool; no, they were humans.

But they were all dried up, looking like skins covering bones. Evidently they were mummies. He was unsure when they were left here, but judging by the degree of decay of their clothing, it must have been a long time ago.

However, these mummies were not rotten, even though the environment here was very humid. Could it be because of some other reason? Du You felt a bit strange and was more cautious against entering rashly.

You have to know, Shaking Stone City, only those who reached level 10 were allowed to become official soldiers or members of an official adventurer group. Those who dared to venture so far in must have been at least level 10 during their lives.

Yet they all died here. If Du You was to charge in recklessly, it would be suicide. The pool was becoming eerier. "Xiaozi, try attacking them."