"Both its speed and strength were greater than Thunderclap's. Even if I activated hardening and went all out, it would hit me before I could land a blow." After only two exchanges, Yu Xiao had already judged the monster's terrifying strength. "It's almost impossible to gain the upper hand in a direct close-quarters fight. A powerful long-range attack might work better."
After knocking Xingtian back dozens of meters, the monster didn't rush into another attack.
The two sides entered a brief standoff.
"Is it because of the black armor?" Yu Xiao quickly found the answer. He'd seen the monster pull back the right claw it had just used to attack him.
Unfortunately, Yu Xiao couldn't use this method to win.
Xingtian was still in its hardened state, but judging from the strength of the first two attacks, once hardening wore off, every one of the monster's attacks would severely damage Xingtian's armor.
In other words, before the monster could be reflected to death, Xingtian would be torn to pieces.
What troubled Yu Xiao even more was that the Dragon-Riding Guerrilla Turret Group on Xingtian had run out of ammunition, eliminating any possibility of a ranged attack!
This all-around suppression had backed Yu Xiao into a corner!
To contend with the monster in close combat, Xingtian could only activate Overload Mode and Soul Synchronization again, briefly raising its performance to match the opponent's.
But doing that now was too risky.
Yu Xiao hadn't even fully grasped all the information about the monster. Activating Overload Mode meant Xingtian would have to kill it before the mode's duration ran out.
Otherwise, once Overload Mode and Soul Synchronization both ended, Xingtian's performance would immediately drop below even its normal output.
This was a combination of skills he could use only once per battle. He