Chapter 53

The hyena leader was utterly enraged by Xiao Yu’s high attack damage, and it charged at him with a roar, mounting a fierce attack.

Seeing the hyena leader rush over, Xiao Yu quickly retreated, but he did so a bit too slowly.

Bang!!!

His head was struck by the hyena leader, causing him to lose 56% of his health.

“What a powerful attack,” remarked Xiao Yu in astonishment. This hyena leader was stronger than any creature he had encountered before. A dark light landed on Xiao Yu, and it was the healing magic of the dark wizard, helping him to recover the health he had lost.

Thieves had low defense and health. Xiao Yu would have died under the attacks of the hyena leader without the healing support of the dark wizard behind him.

“Evisceration!” Xiao Yu yelled loudly. He concentrated all of his strength into his right arm and thrust the dagger into the heart of the hyena leader. He took advantage of the pause the hyena leader took after successfully striking him, and blood gushed out from the chest of the hyena after Xiao Yu tore it open with the evisceration skill.

System: the success rate of the evisceration skill is 100%, causing 100% skill damage and 3.5 seconds of paralysis.

Two hundred and ten points of damage value popped up over the head of the hyena leader.

The reversed backstabbing skill and the backstabbing skill were both currently cooling down.

Though Xiao Yu had controlled the hyena leader, he could only slash it with his dagger, with damage points emerging from its head one after the other. However, the damage values were low, only about 30 points.

There were only 3.5 seconds left of the paralysis effect, and that meant 3.5 seconds left to attack the hyena leader. Xiao Yu went around behind the beast while constantly attacking it.

Lei Tin, the thunder mage, and Fan Ye, the death knight, had killed one of the hyenas together. Then, he rushed to help An Yu kill the other two hyenas An Yu was fighting against.

Xin Huo couldn’t hold up any longer. As a thief, he had low defenses. But he made use of his fast speed to bring the hyena to where An Yu and his other two teammates were.

Xiao Yu was engaged in a fierce battle with the hyena leader. He kept leaping side to side in an attempt to stay behind the beast and avoid its attacks. As such, he had lessened the number of hits he received, earning enough time for the dark wizard to treat him. He didn’t die because he had been treated three times by the dark wizard.

Xiao Yu prolonged the fight with the hyena leader by knocking out hundreds of its health points, waiting for An Yu and the others to finish their battles. On the other hand, he needed to wait for his own skills to recover before he could mount the second wave of attacks.

Xiao Yu tried to draw the hyena leader to a cluster of trees so that he could use the trees to create obstacles.

The hyena leader pounced at Xiao Yu with a furious roar. Xiao Yu jumped behind a tree.

Puff!!!

The hyena leader scratched a piece of bark off the tree that shielded Xiao Yu.

Time went by second by second and minute by minute.

The cool-down of the backstabbing skill was over, followed by the evisceration and reversed backstabbing skills.

“Finally, I can fight back now.” The hyena leader had about 1500 health left. He had no way to kill the beast even if he completed the three skills with a 100% success rate.

“One person’s strength is limited, after all.” He realized that he couldn’t use all of these skills, and he wouldn’t be able to use any of them at a crucial moment. He tried his best to stall the fight and wait for An Yu and the others to come to his rescue.

The hyena leader found an opportunity and leaped onto Xiao Yu, showing the sharp incisors in its jaws.

The white incisors in the hyena’s mouth emitted a greenish glow.

“No!!! They’re poisonous.” Xiao Yu dodged to the side and dexterously turned the dagger in his right hand in a different direction. He thrust toward the chest of the hyena leader with all his might.

Evisceration!

The incisors brushed past Xiao Yu’s shoulder, from which fresh blood came out. Xiao Yu used the dagger in his right hand to tear the chest of the hyena leader open, deepening the wound the hyena leader had sustained earlier.

The evisceration skill was completed with a 100% success rate. The hyena leader pounced at Xiao Yu again. He had no choice but to retreat nonstop.

His health sat at 32%, with many 10-point damage values drifting up from his head.

“This is erosion damage rather than poison damage.” Being injured with the erosion damage caused the effectiveness of Xiao Yu’s armor to reduce. If he were struck again, his life would be in danger.

Xiao Yu ran around behind the trees as fast as he could to evade the attacks of the hyena leader. A dark light landed on Xiao Yu’s head, bringing his health back to full.

Though 30 seconds passed by soon enough, that was a very long time for Xiao Yu at the moment. Even though he had gotten into a dire situation a few times during the fight, it was fortunate that the dark wizard was nearby. As a result, his life was not threatened by the hyena leader. As Xiao Yu was killing time in the battle with the hyena leader, he had gained precious time for An Yu and the others.

An Yu and the others had killed two hyenas, and the remaining two were about to be dealt with.

“My magic is almost gone.” Bad news came from the dark wizard. Without the healing support of the dark wizard, Xiao Yu had no way to resist the hyena leader.

“I can’t fight it head-on.” Xiao Yu zigzagged through the trees, making use of the environment to mitigate the effectiveness of the hyena leader’s attacks.

Xiao Yu was as slippery as an eel. The hyena leader was chasing him while roaring. Though the hyena leader could run faster than Xiao Yu, he made use of the trees to effectively evade the pursuit of the hyena leader.

As time passed, An Yu and the others had almost finished their fights. Xiao Yu felt a bit relieved. As long as they could finish their fights, then they would be able to help him.

The cool-down of the evisceration skill, as well as the other skills, had ended, making his skills ready-to-use again.

“Come back here. I can’t treat you over there,” the dark wizard yelled. But it was too late. Xiao Yu had hidden himself in the woodland nearby.

“Feng Ge, give me some health quickly,” An Yu bellowed. These regular hyenas also had powerful attacks, and they could consume twice as much health as other level-7 monsters. As such, An Yu and the others had a hard time fighting against them.

Feng Ge quickly gave healing support to An Yu and brought him back from destruction.

Feng Ge glanced at the woodland anxiously. Xiao Yu had been chased by the hyena leader into it, and both of them vanished into the lush woods.

Xiao Yu was distancing himself from An Yu and his teammates, but there was nothing he could do about it. The hyena leader was following closely on his heels, not letting up to give him a chance to rest.

As soon as Xiao Yu entered a low bush, the hyena leader leaped up into the air and hurled itself at Xiao Yu.

Checking his health, he found it was still full after being treated by Feng Ge, and he hadn’t been struck since.

He could only withstand one strike when he had full health, one hit at most.

The hyena leader leaped very high into the air this time. Xiao Yu bent down to dodge the pounce. As he looked up, he saw the white stomach of the hyena leader, which happened to be its most vulnerable spot.

“I can’t miss this opportunity. I’ll give it everything I’ve got!” he said to himself.

He thrust the dagger into the stomach of the hyena leader with all his strength and then sliced it down forcefully. The hyena leader jumped forward at high speed, which added more force to the evisceration attack.

Xiao Yu cut a gash of six or seven inches long into the hyena leader’s stomach with his dagger, and fresh blood spilled over. A pool of blood was seen coming from the hyena leader, and it let out a horrific cry after Xiao Yu tore its stomach apart.

System: the success rate of evisceration is 100%, causing 100% skill damage and 3.5 seconds of paralysis.

The hyena leader dropped onto the ground, paralyzed.