Judgment

Lu Chen was in a miserable state, yet he could withstand it with his physique, while on the other side, the Fire Bull wasn't having an easy time either.

Lu Chen, attacking with all his might, first activated Blood Boiling, increasing his strength by three points, reaching thirty-two.

Then, wielding his longsword, he activated Fatal Blow, a technique that unified the strength of Lu Chen's entire body, allowing him to unleash a strike with 64 times the power of an ordinary person.

Under that terrifying blow, the rapidly charging Fire Bull's front legs buckled instantly, unable to withstand the impact, and cracks appeared on its skull.

However, they were just cracks; a Barbarian Beast's body is even tougher than a Barbarian Blood Warrior.

At this moment, the Fire Bull was still struggling to get up, but Lu Chen knew he had already won.

"You're relying on your body to endure, but I'm using an Iron Rod. Even if I don't know how to use penetrating force, being hit by an Iron Rod will definitely give your brain a severe concussion."

It could be said that Lu Chen's strength might not be very effective against Evil Spirits, but against Barbarian Beasts, it could work wonders.

Not to mention, the Fire Bull in front of him was using its head to directly clash with the Iron Rod in Lu Chen's hand.

In the explosive impact of the collision, even with Lu Chen's 44 points of physique and the Iron Rod as a barrier, the tiger's mouths of his hands still split open, and blood flowed out.

How could the Fire Bull, which directly took such a blow to the head, remain conscious?

The reality was indeed as Lu Chen had expected. Although the Fire Bull kept trying to stand up, the severe concussion and nerve damage had caused it to lose control of its body.

After several attempts to rise, it only managed to lift half its body before collapsing to the ground.

Just like that, Lu Chen watched the Fire Bull struggle while recovering his strength for a while. When he had regained some stamina, he pulled his legs out of the mud and walked towards the Fire Bull.

And at this time, the Fire Bull was still not doing well.

No, it should be said that unless it had some healing ability, being hit on the head with that Iron Rod, especially with Fatal Blow activated, it would never be able to get up for the rest of its life.

Now, it was merely struggling with its strong Barbarian Beast vitality.

"In terms of strength and physique, I'm still stronger, and I also have an Iron Rod. This time, I've won."

Saying so, Lu Chen's Iron Sword directly slashed at the Fire Bull's neck.

In this final moment, the Fire Bull also sensed the danger approaching.

Boom! Fierce flames suddenly erupted from its entire body, and the intense flames directly ignited the surrounding leaves.

However, such flames could not stop Lu Chen at all.

Enduring the scorching flames, Lu Chen slammed the Iron Rod onto the Fire Bull's neck.

At the moment of impact, Lu Chen felt like he had hit a piece of slippery cloth, and the Iron Rod slid uncontrollably to the side.

This scene made Lu Chen narrow his eyes.

"This skin has such strong defense, and it can also deflect attacks. Against such a Barbarian Beast, the arrows and spears shot by ordinary Barbarians, or even attacks with stone axes, would be useless."

"At the same time, its powerful strength makes it impossible for anyone to stop it from escaping."

"No wonder the village knew of its existence but didn't hunt it; they couldn't deal with it!"

Thinking in his heart, Lu Chen's movements did not slow down, and he struck the Fire Bull's neck three times in a row.

After three strikes, even though the Fire Bull's hide was tough and slippery, it was not broken through by Lu Chen.

But the vertebrae in its neck were still broken by Lu Chen's brute force.

[System Notification: Host has killed Barbarian Beast - Fire Bull, gaining 500 Experience Points]

"Five hundred, about the same as a Black Coffin Level Evil Soul. But that's right, although the Black Coffin Level Evil Soul was strange last night, the Fire Bull is not weak either. Although it's easy for me to deal with it, if it were ordinary people, even a team of a hundred would find it difficult to break through its defenses."

After the system notified that the Fire Bull had completely died, Lu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief, and then he looked at the tiger's mouths of his hands that were bleeding.

"Physique is still too low!"

The current Lu Chen had completely understood that in this world, physique was very important.

Just now, when he directly clashed with the Fire Bull, it seemed that strength played a role, but Lu Chen understood that if he didn't have physique as a foundation, even if his strength was great, the reaction force of the collision would have broken Lu Chen's arms.

And the shockwave of the collision, transmitted into his body, would have caused Lu Chen's internal organs to bleed. At that time, even if he won, he would have died miserably.

But his strong physique allowed Lu Chen to clash without any worries.

However, using the special force exertion method to condense the strength of his whole body, Fatal Blow, allowed Lu Chen to exert a strength value as high as 64 points, which exceeded his 44 points of physique. Therefore, although Lu Chen did not die, he was injured.

"I still need to increase my stamina!"

"If my stamina were strong enough, I wouldn't suffer from recoil damage."

While pondering, Lu Chen directly lay on the Fire Bull and began drinking its blood.

"Can't waste it, gotta drink all the blood that's flowing out."

With this thought, Lu Chen heartily drank the blood.

As the bull's blood entered his mouth, Lu Chen felt a surge of heat spreading from his stomach throughout his body. At the same time, Lu Chen's cells, which had been somewhat starved, were constantly absorbing the energy from the Fire Bull's blood.

However, after several large gulps, Lu Chen actually felt his body heating up, and a strange sense of fullness arose.

"This Fire Bull blood is on par with a century-old wild ginseng, so much energy."

After ten or so gulps, Lu Chen actually burped, something he wouldn't have dared to imagine before.

"Before, nearly twenty portions of wild boar meat would only barely fill me, but now, ten or so gulps of fresh blood are enough to satisfy me."

"Indeed, having reached the Barbarian Blood Warrior level, if I want to improve myself, I shouldn't eat ordinary food, but rather consume Barbarian Beast blood and meat, or consume specially prepared Medicinal Soups, that's the best way to improve my strength."

Of course, only the wealthy or those with a 'mine' at home could sustain such a practice for long.

"My family doesn't have a mine, and the village isn't wealthy, but I have enough strength. From now on, my food will also be Barbarian Beasts."

Feeling full of energy, Lu Chen looked at the blood flowing from the Barbarian Bull and, after thinking for a moment, decided not to waste it. Instead, he opened his stats page and proceeded to level up.

"System, increase Swordsman level."

Last night, Lu Chen had continuously leveled up his Swordsman level twice, bringing it to level 4, for which he had spent seven hundred Experience Points.

However, after hunting the Black Coffin Level Evil Soul Black Umbrella last night, and now hunting the Barbarian Bull, Lu Chen's Experience Points had reached 1009 again.

And the Experience Points required for each Swordsman level increase is one hundred more than the previous level, so Lu Chen could level up again.

System prompt: Host has consumed five hundred Experience Points, Swordsman level increased to level 5.

Ding, System prompt: Host has reached level 5, gaining one skill draw qualification, drawing...

Ding, System prompt: Host has drawn the skill Judgment.

Detecting that the host possesses Spirit Crystals, would you like to spend five Spirit Crystals to redraw?

Without responding immediately, Lu Chen looked at the description of the skill Judgment.

[Judgment (Bronze): Rapidly spin the greatsword, dealing physical damage to surrounding enemies during the duration. The host can approach enemies while wielding the longsword.]

"This is Garen, the Might of Demacia's E skill."