Chapter 888: Chapter 888 - 407: The Last Gasp of a Spent Crossbow (Part 2)
It seems that my previous attack heavily wounded the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon]?
It’s just that this guy, covered in silver skin, didn’t let the wounds erupt and managed to hold on until now.
No!
Perhaps when it burrowed underground to escape, it had already started losing strength and couldn’t hold on any longer. After getting hit twice by Ling Huxiang, it completely couldn’t hold on.
At this moment, the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] also realized, and with a change in its thoughts, its expression shifted from fear to a fierce do-or-die look. With a loud croak, it launched a long tongue attack.
However...
Fang Yu sidestepped.
Swish!
The long tongue brushed past Fang Yu.
It wasn’t an illusion, the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon’s] long tongue attack was visibly much slower.
With a thought, Fang Yu charged forward, delivering a flurry of slashes!
The previously oppressive sensation was now completely gone, as if the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] hadn’t used its ability at all.
-801!
-139!
-855!
-199!
-935!
-187!
-1076!
As Fang Yu continued his furious slashing, a blood-draining buff also appeared over the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon’s] head, causing its health bar to plummet wildly.
Originally boasting four thousand health points, the Great Demon now demonstrated combat capabilities not even matching a Great Demon in full health with two thousand, leaving it completely powerless.
So when Ling Huxiang arrived, what she saw was a figure clad in white armor, spinning like a white whirlwind around the giant frog.
As the sword danced, new wounds constantly appeared on the giant frog, spraying blood, visibly weakening it.
This scene left Ling Huxiang momentarily stunned.
From the time she caught her breath, took medication, and caught up to Fang Yu, not much time had passed, yet she arrived to see Fang Yu overwhelmingly suppressing the scene, leaving her quite baffled.
Momentarily forgetting to go and help.
This Great Demon had weakened to such an extent?
"Croak——"
With a different pitched cry from the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon], its health bar had dropped below five digits.
A few hundred meters underground, unnoticed by Fang Yu and Ling Huxiang, the [Large-Eyed Swamp Frogs] that were originally rushing over, hurriedly retreated.
"Ha!!"
With a shout, Ling Huxiang joined the ’battlefield.’
Ling Huxiang was already dealing high damage, and with her joining in, the battle quickly reached its conclusion.
Looking at the unmoving [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] on the ground, Fang Yu’s expression was a bit strange.
He noticed that the health bar of the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] after being critically wounded was almost entirely illusory.
In such a physical state, although it was still alive, its combat strength was greatly reduced, nowhere near matching its four thousand health points worth.
"If... at that time, the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] had taken a direct hit from my Yuan Demon Body instead of choosing to escape, would its injuries have been less severe?"
This thought flashed through Fang Yu’s mind.
During its attempt to escape, the protection of the silver skin shielded its condition, but subsequent developments shown its injuries were severe and nearly fatal.
If it had retreated for recovery, that would have been it, but being caught by Ling Huxiang, it stood no chance of survival.
[Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon:0/40102.]
[System Prompt: Congratulations to the player for participating in the kill of the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon], earning 18,500 experience points.]
[System Prompt: Experience points exceeded 100, converted into a total of 185 attribute points.]
Fang Yu clicked his tongue, killing a Great Demon with four thousand health reaped less benefits than a group of Blood Demons.
After all the hard work, it was not as lucrative as chasing down Blood Demons.
However, if those [Large-Eyed Swamp Frogs] truly burrowed underground, Fang Yu would be out of ideas.
Therefore, hunting them was rather troublesome.
Fang Yu glanced at his attribute points, this wave of haul was immensely rewarding, truly a bountiful harvest!
In the wilderness, while it may be full of danger to others, to a skilled player, it was a paradise for grinding.
"Where’s Flower?"
Ling Huxiang wiped the blood from her face and asked, panting.
She was genuinely exhausted.
Even in its weakened state, this Great Demon took her a considerable amount of time to cut down, in its prime, she surely wouldn’t have been a match.
"Here you go."
Fang Yu handed over the Little Golden Flower.
But just as Ling Huxiang was about to take it, she paused.
"This Frog Demon, it’s you who dealt the heavy blow, right?"
Fang Yu was taken aback, raising his head to look at Ling Huxiang, only to find her calm demeanor.
After some thought, Fang Yu slowly nodded.
No one is a fool.
In the desolate wilderness, with the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] inexplicably severely injured and only one’s self around, could there possibly be a mysterious master spun from thin air?
"You keep the Flower stored. You take four petals, I take two, if we make it back to Tianyuan Town alive."
Ling Huxiang suddenly adjusted the division of loot.
Fang Yu was somewhat surprised, but didn’t say much, just nodded slightly.
"Everyone has secrets, I won’t ask you, and you don’t probe me. Your demonization degree must be extremely high to wound such a Great Demon. If one day you lose control and become a demon, I’ll be the one to slay you, as an acquaintance."
After cutting some small parts from the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] corpse and stowing them, Ling Huxiang sheathed her sword and continued: "Let’s leave quickly, we’ll leave the rest of the body. Our battle made quite the commotion, the Little Demons may flee, but the Great Demons might come attracted by the sound. In our current state, if a slightly stronger Great Demon comes, we’ll be done for."
The Foolish Underworld captain sounds prestigious.
But in the wilderness, they’re just a slightly better martial artist, if several Great Demons come sieging, there wouldn’t even be a chance to escape.
Ling Huxiang was well aware of her weakness, and humanity’s weakness, and thus remained vigilant.
Fang Yu also snapped out of his exhilaration of killing the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon], nodded, and followed Ling Huxiang away.
Fang Yu realized his thinking was a bit optimistic earlier.
Sweeping through minor demons was satisfying, but this was the wilderness, while grinding you could suddenly be crushed by a Great Demon with several thousand health points.
The smell of blood and sounds of battle in the wilderness was like a beacon, everyone wants to come take a look.
"By the way, what about your horse?"
Fang Yu asked.
Ling Huxiang gave him a look, said nothing, just shook her head slightly.
Fang Yu asked no more.
Earlier, after sending the horse away, Fang Yu was busy fighting, who knows where the horse ran off to.
Going back to find it now would be courting death, in a place freshly after an erupt fight, every extra second spent was an extra second in danger.
Not long after Fang Yu and Ling Huxiang left, the [Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon], sniffing intently, suddenly emerged from the grass.
Upon seeing the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] carcass, it showed an expression of joy, rushed over, grabbed the heart of the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] in one hand, and started chewing.
But soon, as if something didn’t taste right, the [Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon] spat it out repeatedly.
"Disgusting..."
"Don’t like..."
The [Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon] muttered, and recalling some instruction, with a face full of reluctance, picked up the spat-out remains, put it back into its mouth, swallowing it like a child forced to take medicine, eyes closed.
"I must behave..."
It self-consoled, and then looking at the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] remains, it showed no interest like staring at a heap of dung, but still reached out to pluck some internal organs, preparing to eat.
But at this moment, as if sensing something, the [Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon] suddenly changed its expression, flung away the remains in its hand, laid its eight arms flat on the ground, dashed like the wind, slipping into the grass, vanishing.
And almost seconds later...
Boom!!!
The position where the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] lay sank sharply.
As if a giant footprint stomped heavily on the [Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon] carcass, smashing it into mush.
But in the air, no traces of anything could be seen.
Only on the ground, inexplicably, a round, indented footprint appeared.
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