Do You Want Man Bull Root Too?

Do You Want Man Bull Root Too?

Two hours into the game, Yang Shan finally arrived at his destination.

Before him stretched an endless plain, where many herbivorous magical beasts quietly grazed with their heads lowered.

A small stream flowed from north to south, cutting through the entire grassland.

As the breeze swept past, Yang Shan could not help taking a deep breath.

Refreshing!

Tian Yao Company's immersion technology truly ranked among the best in the world. It was impossible to tell real from fake.

In real life, he would probably have to go to Inner Mongolia to see scenery like this.

However, the magnificent view was soon shattered by a burst of wailing and howling.

"Motherfucker! I only wanted to cut off your root, and you stabbed me in the ass? That's so unethical!"

Watching Chao Bafang flee blindly from the Man Bull chasing him, Yang Shan raised an eyebrow. "Oh, what a small world."

The Man Bull was no slow beast. Though Chao Bafang dodged left and right, it still rammed him in the rear again.

"Ah!"

The sight was so beautiful that Yang Shan instinctively closed his eyes.

The Man Bull's attack power was extremely high.

That single ram broke through Chao Bafang's defense and instantly knocked 300 off his health!

The Man Bull's attack should not have been this strong, but it had struck his ass. Weakness Strike!

A threefold or fivefold multiplier was perfectly reasonable.

Chao Bafang happened to fall nearby. Seeing Yang Shan, he clutched his backside and cried, "Great God, lend me a hand! I'll repay you generously!"

"Sure thing!"

Even if Chao Bafang had not called out, Yang Shan would have saved him.

After all, in his previous life, Yang Shan and Chao Bafang had been on fairly good terms.

Maybe it was because they were both solo players, and heroes recognized heroes.

Yang Shan still remembered that in his previous life, Chao Bafang had helped a major guild president raid a boss to repay a favor. He died repeatedly, dropping from a Two-Star Dou Emperor all the way back to a Nine-Star Dou Wang.

He was absolutely a good man who valued loyalty and righteousness.

Having Chao Bafang owe him a few favors would bring nothing but benefits.

The Refined Cold Blade left its sheath, and Yang Shan charged at the Man Bull like the wind.

The Refined Cold Blade was exceptionally sharp. After cultivating the Thunderclap Skill and receiving Meridians attribute rewards from two consecutive Global Announcements, Yang Shan's Dou Qi Intensity had reached 28 points.

After activating his dou qi, Yang Shan could deal 116 damage!

The Man Bull's defense was only 26 points, lower even than the first-tier King of Beasts, the Green Bamboo Python.

With a tearing sound, the Refined Cold Blade cut a three-foot-long gash across the Man Bull's waist.

-110!

Battle Through the Heavens used a fairly complex damage calculation system. After subtracting the opponent's defense from the attack, it also calculated the actual effect of the blow.

Yang Shan's slash had cut through the Man Bull's hide and caused considerable damage to its flesh, so it dealt an additional 20 damage on top of the base amount.

One slash had made the Man Bull bleed. Even Chao Bafang could not help muttering at Yang Shan's dashing blade work, "Damn. That's fucking cool!"

When playing games, especially immersive games, what people sought was the experience.

What Player did not want to look cool?

Pain shooting through it, the Man Bull abandoned Chao Bafang. It turned and tried to gouge two holes into Yang Shan with its horns.

But Yang Shan merely slid to the side, easily avoiding the charge. At the same time, he switched to a reverse grip on his blade and, without even looking back, thrust behind him.

The blade tip sank precisely into the wound his first slash had left on the Man Bull's waist.

More than half the blade plunged in, piercing straight through the Man Bull's kidney.

Weakness Strike.

The Man Bull only had a little over 2,000 health in total. That thrust alone dealt 506 damage.

The Man Bull still tried to struggle, but Yang Shan activated his dou qi again.

He spent ten dou qi points at once, sending Thunderclap dou qi straight through the blade and into the wound, where it ran rampant within the Man Bull's body.

-102!

-117!

-115!

-101!

Yang Shan's combat experience was simply too extensive.

Especially when fighting low-tier magical beasts, whose defensive measures mostly consisted of nothing more than their own hide and fur. Once their flesh was cut open, he could exploit the wounds to strike their weaknesses.

In just a few seconds, the Man Bull's health dropped by more than half.

But the Man Bull's counterattack came quickly as well.

The Man Bull had more than just horns.

Its hooves and tail were also weapons.

The Man Bull was incredibly strong. Yang Shan was only a Four-Star Fighter, so competing with it in brute strength would be asking for trouble.

The Man Bull forcibly twisted its body, intending to throw Yang Shan away before using its hoof to crush his chest.

But Yang Shan seemed to have anticipated it and let go in advance.

Chao Bafang was puzzled. I thought he was something special. Turns out he's a three-second man! He had to ditch his blade after just a few moves. How's he supposed to keep fighting?

Chao Bafang was about to tell Yang Shan to run first, since survival mattered most.

But Yang Shan dodged the Man Bull's backward kick with a backbend, then sprang into the air and performed a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree spinning flying kick, striking the blade hilt precisely.

The hilt had already been deeply embedded in the Man Bull's kidney.

With Yang Shan's kick, the entire blade was driven all the way in.

And he was not done yet! His focus on Attack and Agility made his Qi and Blood somewhat lacking, but Yang Shan's speed was absolutely far beyond that of others at his level.

After landing, Yang Shan did not pause for even a moment. He sent dou qi into his right leg to enhance the power of his kick, then raised his leg high and kicked the hilt again.

Rip!

Driven by the force from its hilt, the Refined Cold Blade's sharp edge tore completely through the Man Bull's abdomen.

-782!

The Man Bull had less than 300 health remaining, and with more than half its abdomen sliced open, it was losing health automatically every second.

Before it could even prepare its next attack, its health had already been depleted.

It crashed to the ground with a thud.

"Holy shit, what kind of move was that? Battle Through the Heavens can be played like this?"

Chao Bafang was completely dumbfounded.

He had started playing immersive online games in middle school, continued through university, then spent another three years getting beaten down by society after graduating.

Over his more than ten-year gaming career, Chao Bafang had played over twenty immersive online games.

But those games had mostly involved standing still and hacking away, using skills, activating shields, chugging potions to heal, and so on.

Or they were shooter games, where you could at least pull off some fancy movement.

But Chao Bafang had truly never seen anything like Battle Through the Heavens.

Slash-and-thrust combos, kicking blade hilts—moves like that were actually possible!

It was like a martial arts blockbuster with the stunts turned all the way up! With that level of freedom, how was it any different from reality? While Chao Bafang stood there in a daze, Yang Shan had already walked over and returned the Refined Cold Blade to its Blade Sheath. "Hey, buddy, is your ass feeling better?"

Chao Bafang: "..."

After quite a while, Chao Bafang finally protested, "I was just careless, that's all. Careless."

Yang Shan said, "You said you'd repay me generously. Shouldn't you make good on that?"

Chao Bafang froze. He had just been about to send Yang Shan a red packet as thanks when he saw Black and Hard lying quietly on the ground after the Man Bull's corpse refreshed. "WTF! Man Bull Root! What a huge Man Bull Root!"

Chao Bafang said excitedly:

"Great God, can you sell me this Man Bull Root? I'll pay five hundred—no, eight hundred! Eight hundred RMB!"

Yang Shan paused. "You want Man Bull Root too?"