Entering the Game Himself

Wang Wu did not dare slack off in the slightest. He lunged to one side and rolled away at top speed.

He had already guessed what was waiting for him next.

In fact, almost at the same moment, a fist-sized fireball shot out from a crack in the rocks and landed with pinpoint accuracy where Wang Wu had been standing.

"Boom!"

With a deafening blast, flames sprayed in every direction. The wild grass on the ground was blown clean away, exposing blackened soil.

The flying flames covered an area with a radius of five meters.

Wang Wu had reacted quickly and dealt with it in time, yet he still could not escape that range. More than a dozen scattered sparks landed on him and swiftly began to burn.

However, Wang Wu was rolling, so in the next second, he crushed them out beneath his body.

All told, they had only inflicted 3 points of burning damage on him.

Now that's more like it!

Wang Wu scrambled to his feet. Not only did he not flee, he accelerated instead, veering toward the cliff. The enemy hidden in the rock crevice could wait at ease for an exhausted foe, but its field of attack was also severely restricted. Of course, that was assuming there were no Flame Scorpions above the cliff.

If this had been yesterday, Wang Wu would not have had the resolve to meet them head-on. But with a torrential storm on the way, if he did not seize this rock crevice back, where could he shelter?

Soon, Wang Wu pressed himself against the cliff face. At the same time, the rock crevice fell silent again, and for the moment, he could not see any other Flame Scorpions above him.

So he began to inch closer. His Level 3 Danger Sense kept issuing warnings. The nearer he got, the less room for error this talent allowed.

Just as he was about to reach the entrance to the rock crevice, Wang Wu suddenly accelerated and dashed past the opening—but he did not enter. He merely wanted to bait the enemy inside into firing a fireball.

His feint succeeded, yet the rock crevice remained silent. Damn, what composure. Even a feint could not fool it!

Wang Wu was somewhat impressed. Putting everything else aside, these Sprites had some real tactical discipline.

Then there was no other way. He would have to charge in.

With a low growl, Wang Wu flashed to the entrance of the rock crevice and made as if to pounce inside. But in the next second, he immediately curled into a rolling gourd and tumbled away.

Fine, another feint. He thought his performance had been convincing, but the Fire Scorpions in the crevice still did not budge.

Fucking impressive!

With a silent sigh, Wang Wu crawled back. In a flash, he poked his head out again and charged straight inside.

He had taken fewer than two steps when his scalp suddenly prickled and a freezing chill surged through him. The sensation of danger was stronger than ever before.

Yet Wang Wu accelerated instead. At that moment, he could clearly see the two Fire Scorpion Priests less than two meters ahead, rapidly condensing two fireballs.

It seemed he had nowhere left to dodge.

But a cold smile rose in Wang Wu's heart.

He had never intended to dodge!

He did not even slow down, continuing to rush forward until he was struck head-on by two fist-sized fireballs.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two explosions erupted in that cramped space. He had almost no room to evade, nor did he make any defensive move. He had truly taken the blows squarely.

In that instant, he was blasted senseless and knocked unconscious. The fiercely burning flames swallowed him whole, turning him into a blazing fire bear once more.

But that was not the point at all.

The point was that the explosive impact and splash radius of those fireballs extended five meters in every direction.

Especially since there were two fireballs.

What kind of effect would they have when they exploded in a narrow space less than thirty centimeters wide at its widest point?

Wang Wu could not calculate it, but this was the reverse trap he had devised after probing them again and again!

It could also be considered a near-open scheme of throwing himself into the game.

Because his Satiety was still maintained at 300 points, and because he had Level 2 Self-Healing, a talent that could rapidly restore 50 Health Points within an hour after he was injured.

On top of that, several days ago, he had suffered such an explosion in an equally cramped space. Two fireballs, one before and one behind, had dealt roughly 70 points of damage to him altogether.

There was data to back that up.

But what about the two Fire Scorpion Priests hiding in the rock crevice?

Could their tiny bodies withstand such a terrifying explosion?

That was why Wang Wu had accelerated forward even though he knew the fireballs were about to be fired.

No one understood the conditions inside this rock crevice better than he did.

From end to end, it was only three meters long. And considering that the two Fire Scorpion Priests needed a clear firing line, the result was self-evident.

The fire resistance of these Fire Scorpion Priests was surely maxed out, but what about the physical impact from the fireball explosions?

In truth, that impact damage was the lion's share.

Taking Wang Wu's previous experience as an example, 20 points had been blast damage, 15 points impact damage, and the burning damage had only been 15 points.

So, by conservative estimates, those two Fire Scorpion Priests would have to endure at least 30 points and at most 70 points of explosive flame impact damage.

At that moment, Wang Wu quickly woke from his concussion. His entire body was still burning wildly, the pain unbearable. He could not even see clearly anymore—he did not know whether his eyes were bloodshot or burned blind.

But he was alive. That was enough.

Two messages silently flashed through his mind. Sure enough, just as he had expected, the injuries this time were more severe. But because he now possessed a small amount of Fire Resistance, the total damage had not exceeded 80 points.

And his Level 2 Self-Healing Talent had activated. His Satiety was being consumed frantically, while his Health Points were recovering.

After rolling twice on the spot to crush out the flames, Wang Wu relied on his familiarity with the terrain and felt his way deeper inside. He easily found one Fire Scorpion Priest, dead or alive he could not tell, and then the second.

That was right. This was as certain as it got.

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Wu opened his jaws and began to gorge himself. Mm, delicious. The meat was fragrant and springy. After entering his stomach, it even produced streams of warmth that flowed through his entire body. It was indescribably comfortable.

After he ate one Fire Scorpion Priest, his previously blurred vision began to improve, followed by all kinds of good news.

First came a full 32 points of spiritual energy.

Too cool.

Wang Wu immediately upgraded his Level 2 Self-Healing Talent to Level 3 Self-Healing. The effect exploded at once. His original Satiety was completely drained, and even the Satiety gained from eating that Fire Scorpion Priest was being rapidly consumed.

His Health Points visibly shot upward, rising with a whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

But the greater benefit was the streams of warmth formed inside his body after eating the Fire Scorpion Priest.

"Because you consumed high-quality fire-element food, and because you currently possess a Level 3 Self-Healing Talent, your body has gained a certain degree of resistance to fire toxin. Your resistance to ordinary flames has increased by one point, currently 2/10."

"Your Growth Rate has increased by 0.5%. Your current total Growth Rate is 15.2%!"

Excellent!

Wang Wu wanted to laugh heartily. At that moment, a thunderclap suddenly exploded in the world outside. Wild winds swept across the ground, followed by a torrential downpour.

However, as Wang Wu looked at the vast curtain of white rain outside, he seemed to think of something else. He immediately began searching the cracks throughout the rock crevice. Sure enough, he found the corpses of five Scorpion Sentinels. There might have been some that were not dead yet, but they had likely fled long ago.

So these Flame Scorpions had not been lying in ambush here for him. They had crawled into this rock crevice to take shelter from the rain?

They truly had not died unjustly!