Chapter 1415 - 37: Formidable Foe

Chapter 1415: Chapter 37: Formidable Foe

In the room, only Su Xiao and Buck remained. Su Xiao had just enhanced his Blue Steel Shadow ability, but he had no time to inspect it, though he could personally feel the change in the shadow energy within him.

Su Xiao and Buck looked at each other. Although they had not yet exchanged blows, he could already feel the pressure the enemy brought.

The Eye of the Apostle floated into the air and began to detect Buck’s information.

[Comparing the intelligence attributes of both parties... Comparison complete, our intelligence attribute is 2.4 times that of the enemy, acquiring 100% of the enemy’s data.]

Data as follows

Name: Buck

Category: Half-human/Divine Arts transformation.

Life Value: 100%

Mana Value: 1760 points

Power: 98 (True Attributes)

Agility: 90

Stamina: 95 (True Attributes)

Intelligence: 37

Charm: 14

Skill 1, Divine Punishment Physique (Passive LV.55): Life Value +8000 points, Physical Defense +60 points, damage taken reduced by 25%, pain perception reduced by 60%, immune to Charm, Mind Induction, and other Spiritual Control abilities (can only be immune to control effects derived from True Intelligence Attribute below 99 points).

Skill 2, Axe Mastery (Passive Lv.49): Increases axe-type weapon attack power by 252%, greatly improves the skills of using axe-type weapons, and comes with shock and strong knockback effect. If the power attribute is higher than the opponent, there’s a 30% chance to break through the block. After breaking the enemy’s block, the damage dealt in this attack is increased by 50%, and 270 points of internal shock damage is added.

Skill 3, Woodcutter (Active Lv.40): Unleashes three full-bore split attacks, each attack accompanies true damage equal to Power Attribute × 0.8.

Skill 4, Bite (Active Lv.40): While Buck is in close-quarters combat with the enemy, he will seize the opportunity to bite towards the enemy’s face with his patterned steel sharp teeth. If bitten, a judgment of power and stamina attributes is made, if judged successful, the enemy receives a facial bite injury. If judged unsuccessful, Buck will shatter the skull, triggering an instant death judgment (if life value is above 30%, the instant death judgment is exempted).

Skill 5, Chew Wood (Active Lv.39): After Buck eats wood, he restores 2% life value per second. This skill can be used once every half hour, and a single use can restore a maximum of 75% life value.

Skill 6, Spin Ax Chop (Exclusive Ability Lv.21): Buck throws his woodcutter axe, performing two stages of attack with throw and spin. If the thrown woodcutter axe hits, the enemy is stunned for 0.2~1.5 seconds. If the spinning axe hits the back, the enemy enters a state of continuous bleeding, losing 80 life value per second. The bleeding effect lasts 30 seconds, and bleeding damage and duration will be greatly reduced if the enemy performs bandaging, healing, etc.

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Quickly reviewing Buck’s attributes, Su Xiao’s eyes narrowed. Although this guy’s abilities weren’t many, they were exceptionally powerful. That Axe Mastery (Passive Lv.49) alone was enough to demonstrate the strength of this stout man.

More importantly, this guy’s power attribute was a staggering 98 points. Although Su Xiao had the Demon Hunting Suit bonus, making his power attribute 94 points, the four-point difference in power attribute would be very noticeable if combat experience and skills were similar.

Buck took a puff of his cigar, the spark on the butt of the cigar lit up, and it burned down to ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye. His round belly bulged up like a balloon.

"Tsk!"

Buck spat out the cigar in his mouth, and a large puff of smoke spewed forth, like the exhaust seen from tractors in the countryside.

With a whooshing sound, the five-centimeter-long remaining part of the cigar shot towards Su Xiao’s face. He turned his head to dodge it, and the cigar embedded itself in the rear wall, leaving a finger-thick round hole.

Just dodging the cigar, a thick smoke rolled towards Su Xiao. At the same time, Buck’s legs bent, and the ground beneath him cracked apart bit by bit.

Boom!

Buck shot out like a cannonball straight towards Su Xiao. Although he leaped, he was only about half a meter above the ground, with his feet readily touching down. This guy was very experienced in combat and knew not to lose his balance against an enemy.

Su Xiao swung his long knife forward, the wind pressure dispelled the smoke. As soon as the smoke cleared, a bright sharp axe came slashing down.

An energy shield appeared in front of Su Xiao, and he shifted his body sideways.

With a crisp crack, the 200-strength energy shield was shattered by Buck’s chop, and his sharp axe sliced past Su Xiao’s shoulder.

Just as the short axe was slashing down, Su Xiao, whose body was bent, swung a diagonal slash aimed at Buck’s side neck.

With a clang, sparks flew. Buck’s other short axe blocked the Dragon Slash, causing a notch to appear on the axe blade.

Seeing his beloved axe notch, a rage surged in Buck’s heart, but his face remained calm, unaffected by the fury within.

A tremendous force came from the Dragon Slash, and the ground beneath Su Xiao’s feet crumbled, sending several pebbles flying.

Buck’s peripheral vision caught these few stones. The hand that missed the chop swung backwards with an axe, aimed at Su Xiao’s head.

At this moment, the Dragon Slash in Su Xiao’s hand was pressed against Buck’s other short axe. He kicked out with his right foot, precisely at Buck’s wrist.

Bang!

A wave of air dispersed, and the wine bottle on the nearby wooden shelf fell, shattering into pieces of glass.

After taking a kick to the wrist, Buck stepped back. Just as he retreated, the foot in brown leather boots hooked upwards, kicking at the previously launched stone.

The stone raced toward Su Xiao’s chin, so fast it created ripples in the air.

Su Xiao leaned back while tilting his head, feeling a stab of pain on the side of his cheek. The stone flew past, and with a boom on the ceiling, the fingernail-sized stone created almost a two-meter hole.

As Su Xiao leaned back, Buck tilted his head, biting towards the Dragon Slash that was locked with the short axe.

Just as Buck was about to clasp the Dragon Slash with his mouth, Su Xiao tilted the long knife, ready to slash upward and cleave his head if he dared to bite down.

However, at this moment, Buck’s foot was already kicking towards Su Xiao’s abdomen.

Bang!

Su Xiao flew backward swiftly, with his abdomen wrapped in an energy shield layer like a crystal.

Blood sprayed in the air, large chunks of yellow hair fell, Buck’s left side of his face was bloody and mangled, the skin on his face neatly sliced open.

Blue Steel Shadow energy penetrated into Buck’s body. He just moved his neck, utterly indifferent to the pain inside his body.

Debris flew, and Su Xiao directly slammed into the wall, his abdomen burning with pain. Before he could catch his breath, a short axe swung at his head.

Boom, boom, boom...

A series of slashes appeared on the wall, Buck alternating swings, his two short axes creating numerous afterimages. Debris and smoke billowed up.

Su Xiao executed a series of jumps to the right. Even a 0.1-second pause would result in the short axe landing on his head.

Buzz~

After a slight engine sound, Su Xiao stopped after the continuous jumps, executing a side kick aimed at Buck’s head.

Buck’s eyes widened furiously, and with a force, his legs sunk directly into the ground.

With a whoosh, Su Xiao’s side kick swept over Buck’s head, the powerful impact causing a ringing in Buck’s ears, and his left ear went temporarily deaf.

This wasn’t the deadliest part yet. After Su Xiao’s side kick, his long knife in hand was already thrusting at Buck’s chin.

Buck had just dodged a foot from Su Xiao, and now with the thrusting knife, there was no more room to evade, as Su Xiao was evidently superior in speed.

Knowing he couldn’t dodge, Buck decided not to, raising his two short axes, chopping from top down towards Su Xiao’s head.

As the short axes descended, Su Xiao suddenly vanished from in front of Buck, a sharp pain emanating from Buck’s back.

Thud!

The long knife pierced through the chest, its tip stained with blood, directly penetrating Buck’s heart. Originally Su Xiao intended to sever the enemy’s head, but since the opponent’s short axes were raised above the head, there was a high chance of being blocked in beheading the neck.

With his heart pierced through, Buck laughed, revealing those metal teeth, feeling that he hadn’t had such an exhilarating battle with an enemy in a long time.

"You’re definitely not a White Ghost."

Buck stabbed the Dragon Slash with the two short axes in his hands, preventing the long knife from wreaking further havoc inside him.