The Joy of Finishing Off Enemies

The battle came fiercely and directly.

The moment the White Wolf showed its head.

The Mountain Monster let out a furious roar and charged.

The Gray Wolves around it also attacked the Mountain Monster at the first opportunity.

They opened their bloody maws and condensed Wind Blades.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Wind Blades instantly slashed against the stone armor covering the Mountain Monster.

Although they stopped the Mountain Monster from charging at the White Wolf, they dealt very limited damage.

The seven Wind Blades only carved several cracks into the Mountain Monster's stone armor.

The yellow patterns on the Mountain Monster's body flashed several times, and all the cracks in its stone armor vanished.

"Roar!"

The White Wolf let out a howl.

The seven Gray Wolves charged at the Mountain Monster without the slightest hesitation.

They abandoned their Wind Blades and intended to deal with the powerful enemy before them using their sharp claws and fangs.

Boom!

The Mountain Monster hammered the ground with one fist, creating a crater.

A moment later, a dense wave of earth-elemental energy spread outward.

The hard ground suddenly turned into a swamp.

Two Gray Wolves were caught off guard and sank into it.

But the other Gray Wolves seemed to have been prepared. They leaped into the air and pounced on the Mountain Monster.

A humanlike, crafty glint appeared in the Mountain Monster's eyes.

It hammered the ground beneath its feet again. The trembling earth was like a flower bud about to bloom, instantly blossoming into countless rocky spikes.

The Gray Wolves flying through the air were caught completely off guard by the Mountain Monster.

Three Gray Wolves were directly impaled through the abdomen. They hung from the rocky spikes and struggled ceaselessly, looking close to death.

Although the remaining two had survived by luck, they were injured as well.

In an instant, the giant wolves had lost more than half their number!

"Awoo!"

The White Wolf let out a horrifying howl.

A large number of crescent-shaped Wind Blades condensed before it, carrying shrill whistling sounds as they shot toward the Mountain Monster.

Bang, bang, bang...

The White Wolf's Wind Blades were clearly far stronger than those of the other Gray Wolves.

One Wind Blade after another shattered the stone armor covering the Mountain Monster.

They also raked the Mountain Monster's body until it was covered in blood.

But the Mountain Monster truly deserved to be the darling of the forest.

Dense earth-elemental energy surged into the Mountain Monster's body from the ground.

Then the wounds covering the Mountain Monster's body began healing again.

It could attack, endure damage, and control the battlefield.

A wild monster like this was simply too difficult to deal with!

Clang!

A soft ringing sound echoed.

A pale-blue slash struck the ground beneath the Mountain Monster's feet.

Huang Yu, who had been waiting nearby all this time, finally made his move.

A thin layer of ice rapidly spread out, covering the ground and cutting off the Mountain Monster's absorption of earth-elemental energy.

Awo!

The White Wolf seized the opportunity and spat a huge Wind Blade at the Mountain Monster.

The Wind Blade howled as it sliced through the bushes along its path. Before the Mountain Monster's stone armor could recover, it cleaved into the Mountain Monster's body.

A spray of purple blood burst out, and the Mountain Monster fell onto the ice with a howl.

The White Wolf turned its head and glanced at Huang Yu and the others, only to see Huang Yu draw the Thousand Silk Bow.

"What are you looking at?"

"You think I'm helping you?"

Huang Yu drew the bow and fired.

The arrow did not fly toward the White Wolf or the Mountain Monster. Instead, it was aimed at the three giant wolves hanging from the rocky spikes and struggling on the verge of death.

Whoosh!

The arrow skimmed past the giant wolves' heads and flew deep into the forest.

Huang Yu froze for a moment.

Then, embarrassed, he handed the bow to Dilios.

Wasn't this supposed to be a beginner-friendly bow?

Why couldn't I feel the effect of Archer's Focus at all?

Blushing, Huang Yu drew Frost Wave, infused it with energy, and swung it hard.

Countless ice crystals shot out.

They turned the three Gray Wolves hanging from the rocky spikes into sieves.

The lord gained 378 experience points and 37 Soul Crystals!

The lord gained 425 experience points and 40 Soul Crystals!

The lord gained 289 experience points and 30 Soul Crystals!

Congratulations, Lord! You obtained a Skill Book. Please remember to collect it!

Although Huang Yu had finished off the Gray Wolves.

The experience he gained was still less than what Dilios had received from killing the Demonized Giant Lizard.

But Huang Yu was satisfied.

Because he had obtained a Skill Book.

Wind Blade

Grade: Excellent

Description: Gather energy to form a Wind Blade. The Wind Blade possesses powerful cutting ability.

Note: Illegal professions cannot learn this Skill Book. The lord is not subject to this restriction.

Huang Yu did not dislike the Excellent Grade of Wind Blade.

He chose to learn it.

After all, the lord had no limit on the number of skills he could possess.

The more he could learn, the more he would learn.

It never hurt to have more skills.

Awooo—

Seeing Huang Yu kill its subordinates.

The White Wolf let out an enraged roar.

It spat a series of Wind Blades at Huang Yu, but every one of them was blocked by the protective barrier.

"Hey, hey, pay attention to the enemy in front of you!"

"It took me a lot of effort to control it for you!"

Huang Yu complained to the White Wolf while casually using the Wind Blade he had just learned to hunt down the two Gray Wolves trapped in the swamp.

The lord gained 734 experience points and 72 Soul Crystals!

The lord gained 667 experience points and 65 Soul Crystals!

So, it seemed that the experience and Soul Crystals obtained from killing wild monsters were awarded according to one's contribution to the kill?

Huang Yu roughly understood.

The Mountain Monster's limbs had been frozen stiff by the cold poison released by Frost Wave.

It stomped the ground, intending to break through the ice and continue absorbing earth-elemental energy.

Although the stomp cracked the ice, the cold poison invaded its foot again. It immediately began howling in pain and staggered toward an area untouched by the ice.

As an Excellent Grade weapon, Frost Wave's most disgusting—crossed out... powerful—ability was its cold poison.

Once the cold poison invaded a target's body, its flesh would gradually necrose, while the target continued to endure tremendous pain throughout the process.

Awooo—

The White Wolf howled, and the only two remaining Gray Wolves returned to its side.

Its scarlet eyes glanced at Huang Yu. Then it turned around, apparently intending to abandon the Mountain Monster and leave.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

Just then, a wild boar as large as a hill suddenly burst from the forest.

Its body was smooth as rock, with only a ring of red bristles around its neck. It looked extremely imposing.

The wild boar let out an ugly screech and charged at the White Wolf with heavy steps.

The White Wolf nimbly dodged the wild boar's attack.

Before it could even howl.

It suddenly felt as though the earth itself were shaking.

It turned its head.

Then it saw the shadowy forms of wild monsters throughout the forest.

The true Beast Tide had finally reached Huanyu Territory!

"Spartan Warriors, don't be stingy with the short spears and bows in your hands. First, kill the wild monsters that have lost their ability to move and those on the verge of death!"

"See that Mountain Monster? Dilios, it's yours. It's almost dead!"

"That White Wolf is something else. It's still alive even now!"

"Damn, that Steel-maned Boar is practically a walking troublemaker!"

"What a waste. We're going to lose all the materials on these wild monsters."

The forest outside Huanyu Territory had become a chaotic battlefield.

As the only high ground nearby, the firelight on the mountain attracted the attention of many wild monsters.

After discovering that they could not enter Huanyu Territory, these wild monsters vented their violent battle lust on the other wild monsters that had been drawn there as well.

Meanwhile, Huang Yu stood inside the territory, wantonly reaping the lives of the wild monsters.

The lord gained 245 experience points and 27 Soul Crystals!

The lord gained 432 experience points and 42 Soul Crystals!

Congratulations, Lord! You obtained a Skill Book. Please remember to collect it!

Golden Light from level-ups flashed again and again.

Huang Yu and the others, standing inside the territory, finally experienced the joy of finishing off enemies.