The Clever Use of Seasonings!

The Clever Use of Seasonings!

It really was him!

The target confirmed, Ye Weiming immediately called out a reminder. "There's a wound beneath his left ribs. Focus your attacks there!" Sanyue looked over and indeed spotted a bandaged wound beneath Chou Ba's left ribs.

At that moment, Ye Weiming struck first, thrusting his sword straight at Chou Ba's brow!

"You sneaky little brat, die!" Chou Ba roared as he swung a palm backward. Even from a distance, Ye Weiming could feel the howling force of the palm strike pressing down on him so hard he could barely breathe.

Even while injured, a casual blow could carry such terrifying force!

A level 25 expert was truly this frightening!

Facing a palm strike empowered by Chou Ba's inner strength, how could Ye Weiming dare meet it head-on?

However, as his swordsmanship level had risen, his agility and reflexes had also improved tremendously. He was no longer comparable to his former self.

With a flick of the Green Peak Sword, Ye Weiming executed Sheep Nibbling Peony from the Moon Maiden Swordplay. Sword shadows crisscrossed before him, preventing Chou Ba from giving chase recklessly. At the same time, he pushed off the ground with his toes and retreated diagonally, calmly defusing Chou Ba's fearsome palm strike.

As he retreated, Ye Weiming did not forget to remind Miss Sanyue, who was also preparing to rush in for close combat. "Don't fight him head-on. Use hidden weapons!"

As soon as he spoke, he raised his hand and sent a Flying Knife shooting toward Chou Ba.

Whoosh!

The Flying Knife became a streak of cold light the instant it left his hand. To increase its power, Ye Weiming had infused this attack with a thread of inner strength, causing the blade to emit a piercing screech as it flew.

Then, the Flying Knife shot straight past a point roughly half a foot from Chou Ba's left shoulder and embedded itself in the wall beside the mine tunnel, sinking all the way to the hilt!

Without having learned any hidden weapon skills, the accuracy of thrown objects was truly abysmal.

Ye Weiming's hidden weapon skills were unimpressive, but Sanyue performed far better. The little girl raised her hand and fired a Flying Locust Stone directly at the wound beneath Chou Ba's ribs. Her accuracy was so good that Ye Weiming, a full-grown man, felt thoroughly ashamed.

Although Sanyue's hidden weapon skill far surpassed Ye Weiming's, it still did not warrant the attention of a level 25 expert like Chou Ba. With a casual wave of his hand, he sent the Flying Locust Stone flying away with his palm force before it could touch his body.

"Keep going!"

At Ye Weiming's command, he sent another Flying Knife flying. Together with Sanyue's Flying Locust Stones, they continuously launched ranged attacks at Chou Ba. Though his aim was poor, with the luck of a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse and the short distance between them, one or two out of every ten knives still found their mark, forcing Chou Ba to block with his palms.

The two of them took advantage of Chou Ba's restricted movement to kite him without restraint. Yet after a full five minutes, they had only barely worn down around 300 of his health. Most of their attacks had been blocked by his nimble movements.

Without the Beast Trap restricting his movement, Ye Weiming and Sanyue would probably have already been sent back to the respawn point.

"Damn it, why is this guy so strong?" Sanyue complained while continuing to hurl hidden weapons. "The quest I accepted was clearly only three-star difficulty, yet it has us fighting such a powerful BOSS. This is outrageous!"

"Don't worry. The system won't assign us an impossible quest. Since he's here, it means he still has weaknesses. We can win." As he spoke, Ye Weiming threw another Flying Knife, which flew half a foot over Chou Ba's head.

Perhaps he had realized that their attacks were not particularly threatening, or perhaps his inner strength had been drained too severely. After fighting for a while, Chou Ba no longer infused his blocks with inner strength. Yet the two of them still could not pose much of a threat with their amateurish Hidden Weapon Technique.

Having noticed this, Chou Ba gritted his teeth. Relying on his high defense and abundant health, he simply ignored their hidden weapon attacks. Instead, he bent down, grabbed the serrated ends of the Beast Trap with both hands, and pulled them apart with all his strength...

Not good!

Ye Weiming knew that once Chou Ba forced open the Beast Trap, even if he could not fully regain his mobility, they would no longer be able to kite him as easily as they were now.

With their strength, facing Chou Ba head-on would mean certain instant death!

They had to stop him!

In a flash of thought, Ye Weiming put away his hidden weapons, drew the Green Peak Sword, and thrust it at the Baihui Acupoint in the center of Chou Ba's bald head.

The Baihui Acupoint was a Vital Point of the human body. Even though Ye Weiming was far weaker than Chou Ba, the latter did not dare ignore such an attack. After all, the Green Peak Sword in Ye Weiming's hand was clearly no ordinary weapon, while Chou Ba had never trained in the Iron Head Skill.

In his urgency, Chou Ba could no longer concern himself with the Beast Trap. He hurriedly gathered all his inner strength and threw out a palm strike with full force, driving Ye Weiming back.

But the moment he let go, the Beast Trap, which he had only just pried halfway open, snapped shut once more.

Crack!

Aah!

That alone took a full 500 health from Chou Ba, an even more significant result than the two had achieved after struggling for so long. After being loosened and clamped again, Chou Ba's entire leg had gone completely numb. Even if he managed to remove the Beast Trap, he would not be able to move freely anytime soon!

At the same time, Sanyue had already closed in. Taking advantage of Chou Ba driving Ye Weiming back with his palm and the second wave of pain from the Beast Trap leaving him seeing stars, she raised a hand and struck Chou Ba's left temple with her palm.

Bang!

The solid palm strike, empowered by inner strength, landed a critical hit. It took 300 health from Chou Ba and knocked him directly to the ground.

However, Chou Ba finally displayed the ferocity expected of a River-Lake Bandit. Though he had suffered heavy injuries in quick succession, as he fell backward, he kicked out with his only still-agile right leg and struck Sanyue squarely in the chest.

Bang! The solid kick to the chest sent Sanyue flying backward. After landing, she rolled several times before finally coming to a stop.

If Chou Ba's opponent had been Sanyue alone, he might even have been able to turn the Battle Situation around with that counterattack.

However, he had another, even more terrifying opponent: Ye Weiming!

As Chou Ba and Sanyue injured each other, Ye Weiming once again moved with his sword. The Green Peak Sword radiated a chilling killing intent as it shot like lightning toward Chou Ba's heart, using the killing move Xi Shi Holding Heart from the Moon Maiden Swordplay.

Chou Ba had just been struck by Sanyue and his mind was spinning. The kick he used to counterattack Sanyue had also spent all of his gathered breath. His old strength had been exhausted, while new strength had yet to arise. Naturally, he was powerless to block Ye Weiming's killing move. He hurriedly rolled across the ground, avoiding the vital point at his heart, but the Green Peak Sword still carved a bone-deep wound into his right shoulder.

At once, Chou Ba felt his entire right arm go numb.

With two of his limbs disabled, Chou Ba still relied on his tenacious vitality to rise from the ground once more.

A BOSS truly was not so easy to kill!

By then, Sanyue had climbed back to her feet. As she stuffed a pill that restored health into her mouth, she said with lingering fear, "This guy's attacks are too fierce. That hit just now took away two-thirds of my health. If he hits me again, I'll die on the spot."

Ye Weiming nodded. "The overall situation is settled. Keep kiting him!"

With that, the two began another round of hidden weapon attacks.

Flying Knives, Flying Locust Stones... mixed among them was a paper packet. When Chou Ba smashed it apart with a palm, white granules scattered everywhere. He quickly shut his eyes, but when the white granules landed on his wounds, the pain made him let out another heart-wrenching scream.

As Sanyue continued attacking with Flying Locust Stones, she asked, "What hidden weapon did you use?"

"It's salt."