Scorpion King's Revenge

Wang Wu did not go into the bushes to snatch berries, because he already had enough food.

At that moment, he wolfed down the Grasshopper Bandits while waiting for his Level 4 Self-Healing Talent to restore his Health Points.

The start of the day had gone quite smoothly, and the gains had been good too.

First, he had touched the Scorpion King's butt and still kept his life. That was the biggest gain. His Fire Resistance would surely rise to (5/10).

Second, he had safely farmed up Silver Three Minutes. No more, no less—he had gained exactly 19 points of Spiritual Qi.

Third were these Grasshopper Bandits. Not only were they delicious and nutritious, but they also contributed quite a bit of Spiritual Qi. Don't forget, they had just finished basking in the sun.

Although some Sprites had snatched away a few plump grasshopper legs in the middle, the remaining corpses still yielded decent returns.

Wang Wu smacked his lips and ate every last bit, gaining nearly 600 points of Satiety in total.

Of that, 400 points of Satiety were consumed for Self-Healing.

Then, he gained another 23 points of Spiritual Qi.

Including what he had left before and the Spiritual Qi he had gained from eating the Wandering Mantis Swordsmen, his current total Spiritual Qi was 44.5 points.

Never before had he been so flush.

After thinking it over again and again, Wang Wu decided to prioritize upgrading his Health Points this time.

He spent 40 points of Spiritual Qi to upgrade twice, raising his Health Points from 110 to 130.

There was no helping it. He was afraid of getting one-shot.

Although he believed that he had seized the timing perfectly when he touched the Scorpion King's butt that morning, and the result had been ideal, the more seriously he thought about it, the more lingering fear it left him with.

So, with both his Basic Attributes and Bloodline Talent mostly upgraded already, he should focus on raising his Health Points next.

The sun grew vicious again. Wang Wu lay in the deepest part of the rock crevice, quietly watching his Health Points recover until he successfully gained his fifth point of Fire Resistance.

The Scorpion King above the cliff still showed no sign of movement, nor had it come down for revenge. That morning's Spiritual Qi replenishment had surely restored it to its peak. Even though it was now all alone, without the restraints of favorable timing, those five White-Haired Rats probably would not dare come and cause trouble.

At around ten in the morning, the cry of that Giant Eagle rang out in the sky again. Almost at the same time, Wang Wu sensed a killing intent that made him tremble with terror, yet could not break past his limit and make him collapse.

Mm, he could not understand it, but he was indeed scared enough to want to shake.

The moment he shook, his Level 5 Stealth state would automatically end, which meant the Giant Eagle would immediately discover him.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

A massive gale swept across the cliff. It seemed the Giant Eagle was circling nearby. Could it be that the Flame Scorpion King was about to be snatched away as a snack too?

Wang Wu was deeply worried.

After a long while, the gale dispersed, and that terrifying, omnipresent pressure, like atmospheric pressure, suddenly vanished. The Giant Eagle had left.

But Wang Wu still did not dare move. He even wanted to find somewhere else to live.

This cliff was undoubtedly a landmark of the valley, and it was also the place the Giant Eagle inspected most closely whenever it came. No matter what its purpose was, if he stayed here, sooner or later he would run into bad luck.

For example, if he happened to be fighting another Sprite for three hundred rounds when the Giant Eagle suddenly arrived, it would definitely spot him from far away.

By the time he saw the Giant Eagle and tried to hide, it would already be too late.

Just as he was pondering this, Wang Wu heard a bang. Outside the entrance to the rock crevice, a fiery red figure seemed to flash past. Fuck, the Flame Scorpion King! It hadn't been taken away by the Giant Eagle!

It had actually come down to seek revenge!

At that moment, Wang Wu was genuinely scared stupid. Fortunately, he immediately came to his senses, desperately steadied himself, and remained silent. He was currently in Level 5 Stealth. Even the Giant Eagle could not sense him, so the Flame Scorpion King definitely would not be able to find him either.

Especially since the entrance to this rock crevice was so small. With a body as huge as yours—heh, you can't get in...

Wang Wu had only just thought that when, in the next second, a ball of fire abruptly formed before the Scorpion King. In the blink of an eye, it grew as large as a human head, then shot straight into the rock crevice.

Fuck!

That was playing dirty!

Did it have no martial virtue at all?!

In an instant, the head-sized fireball exploded inside the rock crevice. Perhaps the only stroke of luck was that it did not strike Wang Wu directly, but hit a protruding rock about eighty centimeters away from him instead, effectively blocking this fatal blow for him.

"Boom!"

In an instant, Wang Wu could no longer hear anything, nor could he maintain Level 5 Stealth. That thick protruding rock was blasted to pieces, and the shattered stones were like the nails inside an anti-infantry mine, instantly punching countless bloody holes into him.

The shockwave from the explosion also sent him tumbling several times before smashing him hard against the rock wall.

Roiling flames and terrifying heat instantly sealed off the entire rock crevice, turning it into a fiery coffin—and a sealed one at that.

That Scorpion King was fucking ruthless!

Fortunately, Wang Wu was no longer the same as he had been that morning.

He had actually endured it.

He had not died.

It was even a little better than he had expected.

"You have suffered the Flame Scorpion King's Revenge!"

"You suffered fireball impact damage and took 60 damage. Because your Defense reached 9 points, 27 damage was successfully negated. You ultimately took 33 damage."

"You suffered shattered stone impact damage and took 40 damage. Because your Defense reached 9 points, 27 damage was successfully negated. You ultimately took 13 damage."

"You suffered 50 points of continuous fire burning damage in a sealed space. Because you possess 5 points of Fire Resistance, 15 burning damage was negated. You ultimately took 35 points of continuous burning damage."

...

This had been a fatal strike from the Scorpion King at full strength, yet it had only dealt Wang Wu 81 damage in total.

Of course, a large part of that was because, after struggling twice, he gritted his teeth and endured it. He did not even try to put out the flames on his body, allowing them to burn him as he hurriedly entered Level 5 Stealth.

Because he truly feared that the Scorpion King would worry he was not dead and send another shot his way...

The facts proved that his caution had been extremely useful. The Scorpion King actually waited patiently at the entrance of the rock crevice for more than half an hour. It even sent two little scorpions inside to inspect the place before finally leaving in satisfaction.

Not long after, rumbling fireball explosions also came from the small hill next door where the five White-Haired Rats lived. With enough Spiritual Qi supporting it, the Scorpion King was truly ferocious. It had smashed out nine huge fireballs in one breath.

After hearing that commotion, Wang Wu became even more afraid to move.

Running was useless. The Scorpion King was in full swing now, and Wang Wu had no idea why the Giant Eagle had not taken the Scorpion King away as a snack, but instead had given it the courage to seek revenge.

In any case, he could not stay here. Tonight, he would have to flee as far as he could under cover of darkness.

The valley fell quiet once more, and every Sprite was as silent as a cicada in winter.

Only around dusk did a little vitality finally return.

By then, Wang Wu had finally restored all his lost Health Points. The cost was all 300 points of Satiety, and the only gain was that his Fire Resistance had risen to (6/10).

But that did not give him even the slightest sense of security.

Because he knew too clearly just how lucky he had been today.

First, the Scorpion King did not know Wang Wu's true capabilities and believed that one full-power fireball would be enough to destroy him.

Second, the Scorpion King's main hatred was still directed toward the White-Haired Rats, and it was unwilling to waste another fireball here.

Third, the fireball had happened to hit that protruding rock, which was equivalent to putting a shield on Wang Wu.

Otherwise, he would undoubtedly have died.

That head-sized fireball, in any terrain, so long as it hit him, should have dealt at least around 200 damage from its own critical strike damage alone.

Could Wang Wu possibly endure that?

Time to go, time to go!