Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, north of the Ancient Battlefield.
"One, two, three... Petrification."
At Zhou Xiao's shout, a layer of black substance rapidly coated his body. The Blood Corpse's sharp claws struck at that very moment, slamming into his shoulder and making him sink under the force, but causing no actual damage.
Taking advantage of the gap between the Blood Corpse's attacks, Zhou Xiao decisively deactivated his Petrification trait, sidestepped its close-range lunge and bite, then turned and twisted his hips to drive a heavy punch into its neck.
Crack!
A crisp sound of shattering bone rang out, and the Blood Corpse crashed to the ground.
"It worked!"
The Blood Corpse was not completely dead yet. Its broken neck had merely cut off the Corrosion Core in its brain from controlling its lower body. He immediately seized the opportunity to unleash a storm of punches on its head.
Several minutes later, Zhou Xiao stopped and slumped to the ground, panting.
At that moment, the fallen Blood Corpse's flesh-and-blood energy was extracted, turning into black mist that merged with his body.
[Challenger notice: Killed the evil spirit life-form Blood Corpse. Gained 118 Evolution Points. Sacrificial Power reward: 23 points.]
Just half a day earlier, while browsing the Forum, he had seen a strategy post mentioning a technique unique to the Gargoyle Life Soul: timing damage windows.
The video was footage the poster had recorded of another player fighting.
In it, a player who had chosen Gargoyle as their starting form used the ability to activate and deactivate their skill at will to deal damage between the Blood Corpse's attacks, successfully killing one four levels above them.
The video had left Zhou Xiao deeply astonished.
They had both chosen Gargoyle, but compared to the player in the video, he hardly