Su Yu led the Howling Moon Wolf King toward the cliff.
But pulling monsters was not as simple as "turn around, cast a spell, then run." Pulling a boss with a certain degree of intelligence was a highly technical task.
When Su Yu had entered the Howling Moon Wolf King's aggro range earlier, he had noticed that the Wolf King had not attacked him. Instead, it had revealed a faintly humanlike expression of "confusion."
From that expression, Su Yu had judged that the Wolf King was quite intelligent.
And once an intelligent boss believed it had no hope of catching its enemy, or that its own health was too low and its enemy could defeat it, it would leave without hesitation.
So, while luring the Wolf King toward the cliff, Su Yu had to display enough "acting skill."
He had to make the Wolf King feel utterly humiliated, giving it the motivation to pursue him;
And he had to create the illusion that it was "just a little short, just a little short of killing this hateful human," so that the Wolf King would continue chasing him without giving up.
This was entirely a test of courage and acting.
And so, a heart-pounding chase unfolded in Wolf King Valley!
Su Yu's acting was superb.
The Wolf King's massive claws brushed past his body more than a dozen times. Once, they had even torn open the leather armor on his chest.
But Su Yu always survived "by a hair" and "by luck."
The Howling Moon Wolf King was furious beyond measure.
This despicable human before it was as slippery as a loach.
It had clearly had many chances to tear this human to pieces, but this human's luck was simply too good, and he always managed to evade it by chance.
Moreover, with its health still at a healthy 85%, the Wolf King stopped considering anything else and focused wholeheartedly on pursuing Su Yu, doing everything it could to kill this human.
As for the ordinary Howling Moon Wolf mobs along the way, they could not keep up with the speed of these two and were easily left behind.
One man and one wolf chased each other up the slope behind the cliff, drawing closer and closer to its edge.
On the surface, Su Yu looked frantic, his face filled with despair as though he were about to collapse. Even his running had become unsteady and stumbling.
But in reality, he was calm as could be.
Every time, he precisely avoided the Wolf King's attacks, and even found time to throw out a few spells and scrolls.
Gradually, the Wolf King's health fell below 60%.
The clever beast had already sensed that something was wrong.
Why were its injuries growing worse as it ran, while the human in front of it simply refused to die?
And this human was leading it toward the mountaintop. It did not know there was a cliff ahead, but any wolf knew that the top of a mountain offered little room to dodge, and climbing uphill consumed stamina, making escape more difficult. How could this human make such a basic mistake?
Thus, the Howling Moon Wolf King stopped chasing Su Yu and slowly came to a halt.
It lowered its head and panted heavily, recovering its stamina on one hand while considering whether it should retreat on the other.
It had received the Wolf God's calling. In half an hour, it still had to destroy the human Novice Village!
But just then.
Like a camel crushed by the final straw, Su Yu suddenly collapsed to the ground. His eyes shut tight, as if he had fainted dead away.
But at this point, Su Yu was only six or seven meters from the cliff.
The Wolf King was overjoyed. This hateful human had finally run out of strength!
It immediately activated its Pounce skill and leaped toward Su Yu, who lay on the ground, at top speed.
This time, it would surely kill this human, right?!
But at the very instant the Wolf King launched its pounce, Su Yu's eyes flew open.
And he revealed the satisfied smile of Jiang Taigong.
The fish had taken the bait!
Su Yu cast Blink toward the cliff.
A flash of white light appeared, and his body emerged in midair more than ten meters beyond the cliff.
Unable to control its body during the pounce, the Howling Moon Wolf King lunged toward the position Su Yu had blinked to, its huge body sailing over the cliff.
Hahahaha!
Awoo—
Amid Su Yu's laughter and the Wolf King's heart-rending howl, man and wolf fell from the sky together.
What Su Yu had done was actually exploiting the game's rule calculations.
Pounce and Charge were the same type of skill.
When a Warrior used Charge on a mage, if the mage activated Blink during the first half of the Warrior's Charge, then the Warrior would charge to the mage's post-Blink position;
If the mage activated Blink during the latter half of the Warrior's Charge, then the Warrior would charge to the mage's pre-Blink position;
This calculation was mainly intended to weaken mage players.
If a mage player panicked and used Blink the moment he saw a Warrior use Charge, that mage player would still be hit by Charge.
Only by accurately using Blink during the latter half of the Warrior's Charge could he create distance from the Warrior.
But now, Su Yu had perfectly exploited this game calculation. He used Blink the instant the Wolf King pounced, successfully leading the Wolf King off the cliff.
This could only be called a complete crushing of a newbie—the Wolf King—by a seasoned game veteran!
Of course, after using Blink, Su Yu could not simply do nothing.
Because of the Wolf King's pounce, it was now very close to him. As long as it stretched out a claw before dying, it could instantly kill him first!
Naturally, he knew this very well.
So, once the Wolf King drew close, Su Yu first tore open a Summon Rock Elemental scroll, placing the sturdy Rock Elemental between himself and the Wolf King to prevent it from attacking him directly.
Then he cast Ice Nova.
During the Wolf King's pursuit earlier, he had never used Ice Nova, because the control effects of strong crowd-control skills diminished against monsters.
He had held onto Ice Nova until now, and it finally came in handy!
A massive ring of ice exploded outward from Su Yu, freezing the Wolf King and the Rock Elemental together.
The Wolf King stared fixedly at Su Yu, who was right before its eyes, but it was trapped by the ice ring and could not raise its claws at all.
After freezing the Wolf King, Su Yu quickly took an oversized leather bag from his backpack, spread it open against the roaring updraft, and pointed its opening downward.
The rising air instantly filled the leather bag. It was as though Su Yu had gained a Goblin Glider Pack, and his falling speed immediately slowed.
The Wolf King had no means of slowing itself and could only fall with the Rock Elemental toward the forest below, dragged down by gravity.
Awoo—
The Wolf King's howl echoed through the valley once more.
The Wolf Cubs in the valley seemed to sense the misfortune their leader was about to face and began howling as well.
The cliff was roughly five hundred meters high.
It would take the Wolf King around ten seconds to fall from the top.
Its Pounce cooldown was fifteen seconds, which meant it could not pounce on another nearby animal just before hitting the ground to escape death.
And the fall damage was extremely high. The Wolf King's defense was far too weak, so even at full health, it would certainly die from a fall of five hundred meters!
And so.
The Wolf King's body gave the earth a solid kiss, and its health bar instantly emptied.
Bang!
Blue and green items burst from its body and flew into the air, forming a beautiful "rain of equipment."
Among them was even a streak of golden light, especially eye-catching!
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Thanks to Jinmu Xiaoyanlong for the 1,500 reward!
Thanks to Murong Sixue for the 233 reward!
Thanks to Hao|Hao for the 100 reward!
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