Chapter 55

Chu Ge stood behind the snap trap formation as he placed an arrow on the bow. After he pulled the bowstring to its fullest, the three-headed arrow was covered with a green light. Chu Ge thought that putting poison onto the arrow was the right choice as he shot the arrow towards the tiger. After going through many battles, his archery skills had become very accurate. The arrow he just shot was from a distance of 40 meters, but it had still hit the tiger’s buttocks. The tiger roared and jumped up. A wild beast was full of vitality as this arrow had only made the tiger lose seven percent of its health. However, it had successfully poisoned the tiger. Below the health bar located above the tiger was a green poisoned sign. Next to it was a countdown.

Chu Ge thought that fighting real battles had indeed helped him gain actual knowledge. Back when he had practiced the arrow and bow for one year, the progress was not as good as what he had learned through real battles in the past month.

“Brother Zhao, I am ready. I will start the fight,” as Chu Ge spoke, he drew out a second arrow.

In reality, there was no need for him to remind Zhao Beifeng as he was already ready for battle.

Hu Yiba had also reacted.

“Who dares to break into my Fierce Tiger Villa?!” After saying the opening remark before the battle, Hu Yiba suddenly saw two people, “Boy, you killed your way up the mountain to here. It seems you have some skills. Come on, let me, Hu Yiba, test out the two of you.”

While Hu Yiba was saying his lines, the tiger next to him had already started to rush towards Chu Ge.

It was running at a breakneck speed. While looking at the rapidly approaching tiger, Chu Ge began to panic. He hurriedly shot another arrow and did not bother to see if the arrow hit the tiger or not, as he quickly took out his sword and shield while controlling the zombie to help block next to him at the same time. Dealing with tigers was not quite the same as dealing with human-shaped beasts. Compared with the beginner’s skill Floating Cloud Sword Technique, he trusted more in his fighting skills by using the sword and shield.

Hu Yiba also rushed towards Chu Ge. However, because his speed was not as fast as the tiger, and he was saying his line, he had lagged behind.

As soon as Zhao Beifeng saw that the tiger had run far away from Hu Yiba, he immediately headed toward Hu Yiba. Zhao Beifeng slashed with his saber, while Hu Yiba also slashed towards Zhao Beifeng.

The two of them fought each other, with one displaying the viciousness of a tiger through the Five Tigers Duan Sect Saber Dance, while the other showed the close to perfection Wild Wind Saber Technique. The two sabers continuously collided with each other.

As for Chu Ge, the tiger had rushed up towards him. At a faraway spot, it suddenly jumped up and over the snap trap. Chu Ge swore inside, as he thought this beast was pretty smart.

Chu Ge quickly raised his anti-explosive shield while retreating backward. In his head, he still remembered Wei Xinming’s teachings. Chu Ge hid his entire body behind the shield, while the tiger pounced onto the zombie that was blocking in front of Chu Ge, making it fall to the ground. Then, the tiger’s claws grabbed at Chu Ge.

Shield block! The tiger’s claws grasped the shield as a shrill sound from the friction was heard. Chu Ge felt a strong force coming from the shield as the shield in his hand was almost taken from him.

So much strength! Chu Ge secretly rejoiced that he had smeared the Seras’ venom onto the arrow beforehand, reducing the power of the tiger. Otherwise, this pounce tiger might have hit away the shied in his hand.

For now, he was able to hold on.

As he backed away, he went around the snap trap formation.

The tiger kept waving its claws and biting at the same time. However, after being weakened by ten points, the lethality of the tiger had been significantly reduced. Under the tight defense from Chu Ge, the tiger was not able to gain the upper hand. Chu Ge even cut it a few times with his sword as the tiger’s health was further reduced by 15%.

Chu Ge retreated again and again. In the blink of an eye, he had withdrawn next to the snap trap formation. He walked around the formation, but the tiger was very smart. It also went around the formation, not stepping on the snap traps.

Chu Ge looked and realized that the situation was bad. The effect of the poison on the tiger was coming to an end. He directly walked towards the middle of the formation. There was a big gap between these snap traps, so he just had to be careful not to step on them.

The tiger hesitated for a moment as if it was afraid of those snap traps. Chu Ge, on the other hand, immediately fired a fireball at the tiger’s face. The tiger suddenly became furious and roared and pounced forward, while being consciously aware of the snap traps, trying to avoid them. However, it was not easy for the tiger to avoid the snap traps. On the one hand, the tiger was not extremely smart; it only thought that these traps were not good things. However, it did not know precisely how these traps worked. On the other hand, the tiger had four legs. The two front legs avoided the traps, but one hind leg had stepped on a trap. With a sudden clicking sound, the trap firmly clamped together.

“Haha, let’s see if you could stay alive now,” Chu Ge thought.

Chu Ge instantly felt relieved, as he fired one fireball after another at the tiger’s face. The tiger became furious as it no longer looked at its legs. Instead, it crazily went after Chu Ge to kill him. Because of this, it stepped onto two more snap traps, making it unable to move. Chu Ge thought that it was indeed an animal. He pulled away from the tiger, then shot a few arrows at it, ultimately killing it.

While Chu Ge had taken care of the tiger, the battle between Zhao Beifeng and Hu Yiba was gradually coming to an end as well.

In the beginning, Zhao Beifeng was dodging the attack. After all, the Five Tigers Duan Sect Saber was famous for its lethality. Hu Yiba was also a powerful character with rough skin and thick flesh. If the two of them fought with their sabers, Zhao Beifeng would suffer even if he was exchanging two slashes for one. However, after Zhao Beifeng had successfully hit Hu Yiba, he was suddenly unable to become ferocious. Hu Yiba’s strength was lowered by 10 points. In an instant, he changed from a fierce and strong man to someone who was not much stronger than an ordinary person. The Nine-ringed Saber in his hand had become heavy, and the viciousness of the sword technique disappeared. The lethal heavy weapon turned into something that dragged Hu Yiba behind.

Zhao Beifeng became overjoyed when he saw this. He took advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack and swung his saber a few times. Hu Yiba’s health immediately decreased; he was close to death.

Chu Ge breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this from a distance. However, he still walked towards the two of them.

Right at that moment, there was a sudden change. Hu Yiba was the final Boss indeed, and he wouldn’t let things end this easily. Right when his health had dropped to 25%, a red light flashed on his body, “Kid, withstand my attack. Five Tigers Fierce Slash!”

On Hu Yiba’s body, a massive shadow of a tiger suddenly appeared. He held the Nine-ringed Saber up high as the shadow became clearer and clearer. His aura had also become terrifying. When Zhao Beifeng saw this, the color on his face suddenly changed.

Was this the ultimate profound skill? Zhao Beifeng quickly built up his strength as there was a flash of white light on his body. It was the Rolling Winds and Scattered Clouds!

The shadow of a fierce tiger swooped out with the swing of Hu Yiba’s saber, while Zhao Beifeng rotated his body and released layers of his saber’s force.

Boom! The saber’s force and the tiger’s shadow collided. The blade of Zhao Beifeng’s saber cut the shadow into pieces, while Zhao Beifeng was also caught by the shadow’s claws and was flung out.

Both were hit and had incurred injuries. Looking at the health, Zhao Beifeng only had one-third of his health left, while Hu Yiba only had a trace of blood left. Below Zhao Beifeng’s health bar was an icon of a frightened face. He was hit by the Five Tigers Fierce Slash, which had a shocking effect. Zhao Beifeng laid on the ground, his body bouncing frantically.

On the other hand, Hu Yiba’s health had reached so low that the red light on his body was flashing even brighter. With a roar, the effect of the Seras’ Poison on his body seemed to have disappeared as he pounced toward Zhao Beifeng.

When Chu Ge saw this on the side, he subconsciously wanted to make a move. However, he froze for a moment, and he had changed his mind. How could he save Zhao Beifeng?

If he had encountered such a situation in the game, he would probably have watched Hu Yiba cut Zhao Beifeng to death, then go and kill Hu Yiba so that the kill would be his. This way, he could take Hu Yiba’s loot and get some benefits from Zhao Beifeng’s corpse at the same time. After all, this was the last Boss. Zhao Beifeng’s use was coming to an end. Doing this was the best choice for Chu Ge to gain the most benefits.

However, right now was not a game, and Zhao Beifeng was not an NPC. At least, from when they walked from the bottom of the mountain to here, Zhao Beifeng felt like a living human being.

Should Chu Ge sit back and watch his teammate get killed, then enjoy the benefit? Or…

Seeing the saber heading towards him, a look of despair suddenly showed in Zhao Beifeng’s eyes. His body was so stiff that it was even difficult for him to take medicine to regain his health. Moreover, judging from the imposing manner of the opponent’s saber, even if he had full health, he might be killed in seconds. What’s more, he only had less than one-third of his health left. Zhao Beifeng closed his eyes and thought that his life was over.

Suddenly, a gunshot sounded. Zhao Beifeng did not feel the pain he was expecting. He quickly opened his eyes and saw Hu Yiba’s body tremble before he fell to the ground. Zhao Beifeng also recovered from the state of shock and awe, then immediately took out a pill from his pocket and threw it into his mouth.

As the health bar was gradually restored, the nervous and frightened expression on Zhao Beifeng’s face eventually faded. He looked back at Chu Ge with a pair of complicated yet grateful eyes.

“Thank you, Brother Chu.”

“No need. I told you that I would cover for you,” Chu Ge said with a smile. However, he secretly exhaled a breath. He felt a bit of regret yet was also rejoicing inside.