Add Points to Mental Power

Duke watched as the veteran died before his eyes, blood splattering across his face.

Before he could feel any sorrow at another's death, he sensed a gust of wind behind him, carrying a foul stench.

Without even looking back, Duke stomped his foot and leaped more than ten meters away.

The next moment, a dull crash sounded behind him.

When he turned around, he saw the Two-Headed Ogre charging over at incredible speed. It had tried to stomp Duke to death, but missed.

A chill ran through Duke's heart. If he had reacted any slower, he would have been crushed into pulp by now.

After missing its stomp, the Two-Headed Ogre was clearly angered. It reached out and grabbed the only remaining veteran beside it.

Before the veteran could react, the Two-Headed Ogre seized both his legs and tore him in half, raining blood down from above.

Still not satisfied, the Two-Headed Ogre stared at Duke in the distance and muttered something, swearing to crush this hateful little bug to death.

Seeing the Two-Headed Ogre about to charge at him, Duke took a deep breath. "Skill Tree, add points!"

He had three Free Attribute Points left. He added two to Strength and one to mental power.

[Constitution: 9.9]

[Strength: 11.9]

[Agility: 9.9]

[Mental Power: 9.1]

[Free Attribute Points: 0]

His Strength instantly surged to nearly twelve. Duke could feel seemingly endless power erupting from his bones and spreading through every part of his body.

The overwhelming strength gave Duke the sudden illusion that nothing could stop him now, that he could blow apart anything with a single punch.

But Duke knew very well that it was only an illusion, a sense of disorientation caused by his sudden increase in Strength. He absolutely could not become overconfident.

The reason he had added a point to mental power was to prepare for using the Brass Ring later.

With his previous mental power, activating the Brass Ring would leave him utterly exhausted, almost incapable of fighting.

After adding a point to mental power, he should be able to use the spell on the Brass Ring more easily.

The Two-Headed Ogre had no idea that Duke had undergone such a drastic change in such a short time.

It picked up the wooden club beside it and charged over in great strides, each footfall making the ground around them seem to tremble.

In the blink of an eye, the wooden club was above Duke's head. Both heads of the Two-Headed Ogre wore smiles, as if they could already see the exhilarating sight of flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Gripping his longsword, Duke steadily blocked the blow.

But immediately afterward, he noticed cracks had appeared on the blade. It would likely shatter after fighting for a little longer.

The longsword was only an ordinary iron sword. After the intense battle just now and then taking this heavy blow from the club, it had reached the end of its lifespan.

"Damn it!" Duke had never wanted a good piece of equipment so badly.

When the Two-Headed Ogre saw that its attack had been blocked, it grew even angrier and immediately raised its club to smash down again.

But its hand suddenly found nothing. Looking down, Duke had vanished.

Duke directly discarded the longsword that was about to break and moved to the Ogre's side. He raised his fist, gathered a large amount of Battle Qi within it, and threw a punch directly into the Ogre's waist.

The Two-Headed Ogre stood five meters tall, making it difficult for Duke to strike its vital points. Otherwise, that punch would have landed on its head.

Duke's punch pierced straight through the Ogre's thick skin, blasting a bloody hole into its body.

That punch had drawn upon nearly all of his strength and contained a large amount of Battle Qi, making it incredibly destructive.

The Two-Headed Ogre immediately cried out in pain and swung a hand, trying to fling Duke away. Duke had already withdrawn his hand and dodged aside.

The Two-Headed Ogre had been badly wounded by that attack and sensed a threat. A Lightning Ball rapidly formed between its hands before shooting out.

"Amokoyelensa!"

The moment Duke saw the Two-Headed Ogre's hands move, he recited the incantation on the ring. A layer of pale golden light covered his entire body.

The next moment, the Lightning Ball reached him and struck him squarely in the chest.

Duke now understood how Vivian had felt. The Lightning Ball was too fast; even someone at Knight Level would find it difficult to react in time.

Vivian had already reacted incredibly quickly by adjusting her posture at the last moment, but unexpectedly, the Lightning Ball could lock onto its target.

Duke only felt a numb tingling in his chest, along with a slight stabbing pain, but his body was not injured.

Only the pale golden glow around him had dimmed considerably. One could barely see it without looking closely.

Duke did not know how many more attacks the remaining layer of light could withstand. He could only seize the opportunity to charge forward, leap up, and punch at the Two-Headed Ogre's heads.

There was not much Battle Qi left in his body either. That punch contained nearly all the Battle Qi he had left.

The Two-Headed Ogre was clearly astonished that Duke could still move normally, freezing for a brief moment.

But it reacted quickly as well. Another Lightning Ball formed and struck Duke directly, sending him flying sideways.

Duke had already been fast, but the Lightning Ball was even faster. His fist had not even reached its target before he was blasted away.

After that, the pale golden light around Duke completely vanished. Another Lightning Ball was already about to form.

Duke knew that if he was hit again this time, he would certainly die.

He could only activate the Brass Ring once more. His vision instantly went black, and he collapsed, blood flowing from his nose.

Activating the ring this time had clearly overloaded him. His mental power could not bear the strain.

Fortunately, he successfully activated the Brass Ring. Pale golden light appeared around him once more, blocking this Lightning Ball.

The Two-Headed Ogre began howling in fury, enraged that the human before it still had not died. It strode over, intending to stomp Duke to death.

At that moment, a petite figure silently appeared behind the Two-Headed Ogre, holding a massive axe that had transformed into white light.

The Two-Headed Ogre sensed something and swung its wooden club backward. At the same time, a flash of white light streaked through the air.

The petite figure was instantly swept away by the wooden club, but both heads of the Two-Headed Ogre also flew off. The five-meter-tall Ogre body swayed before crashing down with a dull boom.

Duke forced himself to stand. Stabbing pain kept shooting through his head, and if his willpower had not been strong enough, he would have fainted at any moment.

He knew he still could not collapse. Other enemies were charging in from all around.

If he fell now, he would definitely be hacked into pulp and then devoured by those humanoid creatures.

Relying on the last of his willpower, Duke forced himself to run over. Seeing that the unconscious Vivian was still breathing, he immediately hoisted her onto his back and sprinted away.

Countless Cave Dwellers, Goblins, and other creatures were pursuing them from behind. Under normal circumstances, Duke would not have feared them at all.

But Duke was already at the end of his rope. Even a weak Cave Dweller could kill him now.

He could only keep running forward. His legs seemed to have lost all feeling, retaining only the instinct to run onward, until he reached the edge of a cliff, where raging water surged below.