Chapter 274: Mantlescramble Battle (IX)
Chapter 274: Mantlescramble Battle (IX)
Feng Bu Jue had no intention of testing this monster's techniques or common attacks, so he swiftly drew out his 【Endless Grenade Magazine】 and hurled both grenades at the Stone Golem before quickly retreating to avoid shrapnel.
The explosion's direction was clearly calculated—it struck both the Blood Golem and Zhao Ying Wang simultaneously.
Boom! Boom!
The attack succeeded beyond expectations. Half of the Blood Golem's body was reduced to pulp, while Zhao Ying Wang himself bore severe injuries from the shrapnel.
"Not bad—37% damage", Zhao Ying Wang remarked calmly. "Pity... this damage will disappear soon."
Before the smoke cleared, Feng Bu Jue noticed the Blood Golem's body rapidly regenerating, its wounds sealing as new flesh expelled embedded shrapnel. Zhao Ying Wang's injuries were healing just as swiftly.
"Not only sharing vitality value but regeneration capabilities too", Feng Bu Jue muttered. "In other words... to kill this thing, I need to inflict massive damage in a short time."
"Precisely", Zhao Ying Wang confirmed. "That's why I said no one outside the combat power leaderboard's top ten can defeat me." He shook his head. "You lot simply lack the destructive power to kill this Stone Golem." As he spoke, the Blood Golem swung its massive arm in Feng Bu Jue's direction.
Feng Bu Jue pivoted and leapt, executing a perfect ten-point straight-body backflip to evade. As the arm's air blast grazed his back, he felt a powerful gust of wind propel him upward slightly.
This single exchange shattered Feng Bu Jue's fantasy of confronting the enemy head-on. He estimated even his 【here comes a move】 technique couldn't match the Stone Golem's raw destructive force (unless he randomly triggered the Purgatory Unparalleled Thermal Wave Cannon). How could he fight this?
"Unbelievable... its attack range and strength being high makes sense given its size, but this speed is absurd!" Feng Bu Jue grumbled. Though surprised, he had no intention of activating his 【spirit sense body technique】 yet—his current speed sufficed, didn't it? He'd dodged just fine.
Zhao Ying Wang remained unfazed as the strike missed. Holding his dagger, he calmly advanced alongside the Stone Golem, closing in on his opponent.
Retreating, Feng Bu Jue raised his Death Poker and seized the opening to unleash another "Straight Flush."
His target was still Zhao Ying Wang, but this time, the enemy didn't even bother using the Stone Golem to block. The five cards shredded Zhao Ying Wang's left cheek, yet he grinned menacingly through the mangled flesh.
"Heh... you're making the same mistake as those who fell before me—misinterpreting 'shared vitality value,'" Zhao Ying Wang taunted. He paused, then continued, "Perhaps you think attacking me directly inflicts more damage than targeting the Stone Golem." Spreading his fingers, he revealed, "But regretfully, my body accounts for only 5% of the total vitality value. Even if you reduce me to ashes, only 5% damage remains... Then, as long as the Stone Golem sheds 5% of its blood, a new me will be reborn. That 5% vitality value regenerates instantly."
"Oh?" Feng Bu Jue countered, immediately deducing another possibility through reverse logic. "So to eliminate you, I must not only obliterate the Stone Golem to slag in a short time but also kill you personally. Otherwise... your 5% existence lets the Stone Golem regenerate from a mere puddle of blood."
"Your reaction is indeed quick", Zhao Ying Wang rumbled. "Many have fallen precisely because of this misunderstanding."
"Hmph... this gets interesting", Feng Bu Jue replied. "Then why not separate from the Stone Golem? With your excellent long-range tracking ability, hiding somewhere tens of thousands of miles away and remotely controlling it to kill would be better, wouldn't it? Even if destroyed, it could infinitely regenerate." He sneered. "Unless..."
Zhao Ying Wang's expression shifted slightly. "You really are something..."
Feng Bu Jue's gaze sharpened, piercing as if to stab through the soul. "I knew it... you and the Stone Golem share more than vitality value."
In that instant, the Stone Golem lunged forward, stomping downward.
With no choice, Feng Bu Jue retreated repeatedly, dodging without counterattacking.
"When that arm emerged from the blood to block me, I wondered—this summoning beast received no commands, not even raising its head, yet reacted instinctively", Feng Bu Jue observed calmly despite his disadvantage. "And when the grenades exploded, the Stone Golem's large body couldn't dodge, which was understandable... but you didn't evade either, which was anomalous. What if my grenades could instantly kill both of you?" He licked his lips. "The truth is... you cannot distance yourself from this monster."
He pointed at the Blood Golem's head. "It's like your shadow—a physical, enlarged version. Thus, you don't need words to command it; mere willpower suffices." As he spoke, he dashed sideways, flipped backward, and narrowly evaded another colossal fist smashing diagonally into the ground.
"I must admit admiration", Zhao Ying Wang chuckled. "You deduced this quickly." Shrugging, he added, "But you're not entirely correct. You overestimate this summoning's AI. I can't control its every move through willpower—I only issue simple commands within a certain range, like 'kill this person here.' It then executes the mission using its own combat methods."
Feng Bu Jue interjected, "So you can't use this summoning at long range..."
"Hmph... and what of it?" Zhao Ying Wang scoffed. "Does this limitation become your reliance for defeating me? This Blood Golem is a summoning skill attainable only with B-Rank summoning proficiency. Theoretically, you'd need at least one B-Rank proficiency for combat to match it. You, at twenty Level 8s... do you possess such ability, Mad Bu Jue?"
"Ha! Hahahahaha!" Feng Bu Jue's face bore no mirth, his laughter sounding more like a roar. "I don't!" He shamelessly bellowed back.
The next moment, Feng Bu Jue turned and fled into the Northern Pure Land Factory Workshop, shouting, "Help! Murder! Professor Frees, come out and assist me!"
(End of Chapter)
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