Take a Gamble

As a seasoned gamer, Li Miao naturally had a strong ability to learn and adapt.

After stumbling into a few pitfalls at the start, he wised up. His reactions improved, and he also learned to stay alert to his surroundings.

More importantly, Li Miao quickly began to exercise the initiative unique to players.

Whoosh! Smack!

"Roar!"

The Mudflat Merman struck by the stone quickly turned toward the culprit and lunged at Li Miao in rage.

Li Miao chuckled. After a roll, he swiftly got back on his feet and cleanly decapitated it with a single slash.

"This stone is actually pretty good for pulling monsters."

After collecting the loot, Li Miao weighed the stone in his hand.

"Even without an item description, it can still have an effect like this... This game is seriously way too realistic!"

He could not help sighing in admiration.

The scattered stones on the ground did not display any item information. In an ordinary game, they definitely would not have had any effect.

But in this game, Li Miao could use them to pull monsters, keeping himself out of danger. It was incredibly convenient and useful.

"...I've been playing for so long without even realizing it..."

After checking the time, Li Miao felt that he should log off.

Although the seller had said that using this virtual reality helmet while gaming could perfectly replace sleep, this was his first time using it. It was best to head out and check for himself, and grab some breakfast while he was at it.

"Hm?"

However, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed some unusual activity on the shore where the Mudflat Mermen spawned.

Splash!

A huge wave suddenly crashed up from the spot where ordinary Mudflat Mermen should have reappeared.

When the spray subsided, a massive, powerfully built Mudflat Merman holding a Bone Fork entered Li Miao's field of vision.

[Mudflat Fishman Leader]

[Rank: Cinder]

[Level: 8]

[Talent: Sticky Fish Scales]

[Skills: Bone Fork Throw, Slime Spit]

[Description: With Fishman blood covering your hands, you should know why it has appeared.]

[Sticky Fish Scales: Fish-scale skin covered in thick slime, slightly reducing damage received.]

"Roar..."

The Fishman Leader let out a low growl. Its muscular arm swung the Bone Fork in its hand as its fish eyes swept across the surroundings, and it began pacing back and forth.

"A boss spawned?"

Seeing this, Li Miao's first reaction was not fear. Instead, his eyes lit up.

If he could kill the boss, it would definitely drop good stuff!

At that thought, Li Miao could not help looking down at himself.

His upper body was completely bare, and he wore nothing but a pair of tattered briefs below. He looked even more destitute than a beggar...

Although this Fishman Leader looked extremely strong, compared to danger, Li Miao found his current shabby appearance even harder to endure.

He was the first player in the server, damn it. Wearing briefs into the game was one thing, but logging out with only a pair of briefs would be way too humiliating!

Besides, who knew when this Fishman Leader would disappear, or when it would show up again...

"Fuck it, I'm doing this!"

Li Miao steeled himself, rolled up his nonexistent sleeves, and decided to skip breakfast. He was determined to cut down this Fishman Leader!

He did not have class this morning anyway!

Take a gamble, turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!

"I'm going in!"

Li Miao weighed the stone in his hand, then gritted his teeth and hurled it fiercely at the Fishman Leader.

The stone soon struck the Fishman Leader squarely on the head.

His aim was good, but the problem was...

Plop.

With the slime's effect, the stone slid right off the Fishman Leader's head and landed on the beach.

"Roar..."

The Fishman Leader scratched its head and scanned the area with a dangerous look. When it failed to spot an enemy, it turned around and resumed pacing.

"..."

Li Miao was dumbfounded.

But he soon decided to pull the monster himself.

The ordinary Fishmen had not spawned yet, but it would be bad if he ended up surrounded.

Having made up his mind, Li Miao crouched down and quietly snuck over.

The Fishman Leader looked intimidating, but its eyesight seemed pretty bad. Li Miao easily made it behind the creature.

"Eat this!"

Seeing that the time was right, Li Miao narrowed his eyes and thrust his blade viciously into the Fishman Leader's ass!

The Fishman Leader's slime clearly could not negate such a direct stab.

Then, with a wet squelch—

"ROAR!!!"

A tremendous roar echoed across the entire shore.

Bang!

Immediately after, a black figure flew backward like a cannonball, carving a long trail across the beach before finally stopping when it slammed into a reef.

"The damage reduction failed... What rotten luck..."

Even though the pain sensation had been greatly reduced, Li Miao still felt a wave of discomfort and grimaced in pain.

The Fishman Leader was incredibly fast. Unable to widen the distance in time, Li Miao could only gamble on the roll chance.

Unfortunately, he had hit that fifty percent failure chance...

If he had not accumulated some wax oil earlier, leveled up twice, and added points to his constitution, he figured he might already be dead...

Whoosh—

Before he could get up, Li Miao suddenly sensed something slicing through the air toward him.

Focusing his eyes, he saw the pale Bone Fork growing larger and larger in his vision!

Li Miao's heart jolted. He quickly tilted his head aside, followed by an explosive bang.

The reef he had been leaning against was shattered outright!

"Fuck..."

Li Miao's scalp went numb. If that had stabbed into him, would he not have been bruised black and blue all over?

"ROAR!!!"

But before the first crisis had passed, another arose. Li Miao saw the Fishman Leader on the other side directly pouncing toward him.

He hurriedly rolled away to create distance, preparing to counterattack when the chance came, only to suddenly realize that the blade in his hand was gone.

Looking closer, he discovered that his blade was still lodged in the Fishman Leader's ass!

"Fuck, I'm screwed, screwed, screwed..."

Li Miao's heart instantly turned ice-cold. He was not stupid enough to pull out the blade from the tiger's ass at a time like this. That would be suicide.

But without his blade, how was he supposed to kill this Fishman Chief?

A real man's one-on-one bare-knuckle brawl?

Looking at the other's arms, which were nearly as thick as his waist, Li Miao decided he had better not entertain that idea...

"I'm out of here! I'll reset its aggro first!"

Li Miao decisively headed for the Reef Cave and chose to run.

As for the blade, there was no need to worry. He had tested it before: even if weapons and equipment bound to his body were lost during battle, as long as he returned alive to the Spirit Candle, they would reappear in his hands.

But that was only if he could survive. Otherwise, he would have to figure out how to loot his own corpse...

Li Miao sprinted toward the Reef Cave.

But unlike ordinary Fishmen, which would give up after pursuing him for a certain distance, the Fishman Leader chased him relentlessly.

After Li Miao entered the Reef Cave, he figured the monster's aggro should have reset, so he turned back for a look.

It would have been better if he had not looked. The moment he did, he nearly jumped out of his skin.

Fuck, the Fishman Leader was still chasing him!

It was about to enter the Reef Cave!

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