Chapter 149
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
There were two touch spells among the close-quarter low-grade spells .
One was Vampiric Touch, which could reduce the enemy’s HP and transfer it to one’s own body . The other was Ghoul Touch; If the other party could not pass the Test of Toughness, then it would be paralyzed instantly .
After absorbing more than 30 HP, Soran had recovered from his injuries, and the frostbite on his arm was almost immediately eliminated . Necromancy spells were very useful in actual combat . The Ice Quetzalcoatlus that Soran was on slowed down because of the injury .
“Shadowstrike!”
Soran’s Rogue had a Profession Level of 9 . He could launch 9 Shadowstrikes per day . As long as there was contact with the opponent, Shadowstrike would cause 9 points of Corrosive Damage . Perhaps this damaging effect was nothing compared to Soran’s curved sword attacks . However, the Corrosive Damage ignored defenses and would directly affect the vitality of the organism itself .
“Shadowstrike!”
Both attacks were made on the skin of the Ice Quetzalcoatlus, but the skin around it had become somewhat dark blue, and the blood vessels were markedly atrophied . Shadow Energy was very corrosive . Not only could it cause great harm to enemies, but it also caused harm to the user . So . many Shadowcasters had to transform themselves into Half-Shadow creatures after some mistakes in some experiments . In this aspect, Rogues were safer because they grew up assimilating Shadow Energy .
Screaming echoed!
After Soran dodged, he rolled over to a rock; the action wasn’t very flashy and it was called “Rolling Donkey” in martial arts maneuver . People who liked to act cool would hardly use it, but Soran did not pay any attention to this; he paid more attention to combat effectiveness . Soran didn’t care about the manner of fighting at all and didn’t care whether he was cool or ugly . Anyone who had a lot of combat experience knew that the rolling dodge was better than the average dodge .
Combat was a serious manner .
It was silly to lose your life for the sake of gracefulness; life and death was not something cool at all .
Soran took a deep breath and began to increase the amount of oxygen inhaled to improve his explosive capacity . Epinephrine secretion could be accelerated through some special technique, which was key in their everyday training . His pupils were slightly bloodshot, the size of his pupils was 1 . 5 times larger . There were also other subtle features in his body, which were not supernatural abilities, but characteristics formed after countless battles .
Soran was still not in Berserk mode . If it were a Fury Warrior, they would be able to double the size of their pupils in a moment and increase the secretion of epinephrine several times over . The most notable class was Barbarian; After a legendary Barbarian activates Berserk, their eyeballs would become almost one color . Their pupils and the whites of their eyes were almost fused . All these characteristics were not caused by the ability but were only the external manifestation of the explosive state . During this period, the profession would have exceptional dynamic capturing .
The heart began to beat faster, like a thundering drum .
At the moment Soran rushed out, his heart rate almost doubled . This explosive technique needed a strong Constitution to support it . The consequence of not having a strong Constitution was that it would cause blood vessels to burst . That was why so many Fury Warrior’s had short life spans . Their Constitution could not keep up with energy consumption . They overused the Berserk ability so much that it killed their vitality . This was similar to the professional out-fighters, most of which did not live as long as the average person .
That was why Soran allocated a lot of points into his Constitution; to deal with situations like this!
“Beheading!”
He leaped out and landed directly on the back of the Ice Quetzalcoatlus . Then he twisted his waist and stepped into a twisting slice attack . By relying on his fantastic balance, he leveraged his step on the back of the Ice Quetzalcoatlus and then used [Sword Form- Heavy Hack] again!
A list of data appeared in his vision suddenly:
“Activated Shadowstrike!”
“Activated [Sword Form- Heavy Hack]!”
“You have dealt 72 Chop Damage (Critical hit)!… Armor Piercing effects!… Sharpness!… Successfully activated Beheading!… Beheading failed!… Target’s Test of Fortitude failed!… Target entered a state of heavy bleeding!”
“Tang!”
Soran’s curved sword had cut into the neck of the Ice Quetzalcoatlus . This time, it failed to cut through between the bones . Instead, it cut directly into the bones, which made his palms feel a little numb . The Ice Quetzalcoatlus’s neck bone was cut ten centimeters deep and halved . Without the support of great Strength, Soran still could not cut through Dragon Bone with a rare grade weapon; he did, however, cause serious damage to the target . A large amount of blood poured out in a frenzied manner . The Ice Quetzalcoatlus gave out a desperate howl as its whole body began to shake violently to shake off Soran .
“Pa!”
Soran’s Stoneskin was hit; He was swept by the dragon’s wing and felt his ribs brake . A mouthful of blood came up his throat, but he forced himself to swallow it back down . The Ice Quetzalcoatlus whose neck was cut in half seemed to have also injured its blood vessels; blood sprayed out like a large tap and the vicinity became a bloody scene . With the rapid depletion of blood, the Ice Quetzalcoatlus’s breathing also became weaker and weaker .
“Just one more!”
Soran didn’t look back . He immediately went into the shadows and then activated “Evade Sight” to go into Sneak . A dragon’s claw passed by Soran was and broke apart the cold rock, leaving claw marks of more than ten centimeters long . These Ice Quetzalcoatlus had sharper and stronger claws than metal, and Soran’s leather armor simply couldn’t stop them; only his protective Stoneskin could resist their attack .
Once the attack failed, the Ice Quetzalcoatlus had a claw retracting action .
Soran came out from the side and hit the enemy’s neck with his sword; maybe it was because their necks were too long or because Soran liked the pleasure of the beheading attack . He hit the enemy’s neck several times in the next few moves . Unfortunately, there was no opportunity to exert force . Ordinary slashing could only break the dragon’s skin at most; if he was unlucky, his sword might even get stuck in between the neck bones . However, the effect of the attacks was undoubtedly good . The enemy bled faster and faster and its head could not rotate conveniently .
Right then, a moment arose .
The Ice Quetzalcoatlus retracted its wings; Soran seized the opportunity . He turned over and sat on the neck of the Ice Quetzalcoatlus . Then, he pressed its head down as hard as he could . Continuous injuries and bloodshed had reduced the Ice Quetzalcoatlus’s strength . Then for a brief moment, its head sank . In the next second, a cold light flashed through, and Soran launched another beheading attack .
This time, however, the data which appeared were different!
“Activated Shadowstrike!”
“Activated [Sword Form- Heavy Hack]!”
“You have dealt 78 Chop Damage(Critical hit)!… Armor Piercing effects!… Sharpness!… Successfully activated Beheading!… Beheading successful!… Target’s Test of Death failed!… Target instant death!”
“Battle ended . ”
“After this battle, you have gained a new understanding of [Sword Form- Heavy Hack]!”
Data regarding a battle ability had appeared .
Soran threw himself on his knees, gasped slightly for air, and then struggled to get up . Instead of rushing to clean up the battlefield, he took off his clothes . There was a notable dent in his chest where the ribs were broken by the Ice Quetzalcoatlus . Fortunately, most of the damage had been blocked by his Stoneskin . The degree of rib fracture was not serious and had not punctured his lungs . If his ribs had punctured his lungs, it would have reduced his explosive power by 30% in an instant .
“Ah!”
Soran grunted, gritted his teeth and fixed his broken ribs . He then sat there for some time to rest .
Sometimes blunt injuries were more serious than puncture injuries; especially blunt injuries to the head, which may directly knock someone out . He previously liked to use blunt attacks against heavily armored Fighters, as he could put an enemy with low Fortitude into temporary dizziness . To deal with those heavily armored Fighters, the effect of cutting and puncturing alone was insufficient and could not cause fatal damage to them . Soran’s chest, for example, had sustained a blunt attack, which was the easiest way to break bones . [Fracture, paralysis, shock, unconsciousness, dizziness . ]
Soran read the battle ability data that had appeared, then went on to check on his loot .
Firstly, he had to skin the Ice Quetzalcoatlus, as Dragon Skin was an important material in rare grade armor making and sold for a good price!
Quetzalcoatlus meat could not be eaten directly . Even with Soran’s extraordinary Constitution, he could barely consume it . Ordinary people may be poisoned if they ate it . The most toxic dragon subspecies were the Wyverns . Their meat was extremely poisonous . Ice Quetzalcoatlus meat was cooling in nature . Soran even remembers that there was a talented person in Traditional Chinese Medicine who recorded the medicinal properties of dragon flesh and blood .
For example, the Ice Quetzalcoatlus, cooling food (Great Cooling), cold toxicity, enters the liver, lung, kidney meridians, and invigorates the body . Strengthen muscles and bones while warming and invigorating the kidney’s Yang energy . It calms the liver and clears the eyes . People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it . Consuming it would cause their chest and abdomen to be depressed . It could detoxify, but it should not be consumed excessively or be eaten for a long time . Women on their period should not consume it as it would cause severe bleeding and threaten life .
There was a man was worshiped by many .
He was the only person in Soran’s memory who had trained his Heal ability to more than 600 points; almost using his Heal ability to become a real profession . It was said that his Heal ability could stimulate natural energies and produce a therapeutic effect similar to that of divine healing . This person was also a very famous gourmet at that time . He had almost traveled to all the planes and even counted the medicinal properties of more than hundreds of organisms .
He was even popular among the gourmets .
Legend has it his Constitution even fell from 18 to 12 because he had been constantly eating random things; even divine powers could not recover the lost Constitution .
In the end, he died .
Soran couldn’t remember how exactly he died, but it was sure he must have eaten something he shouldn’t have eaten and was finally poisoned .
At least he died doing what he loved .
Soran picked the right spot and started the skinning; he even cut off some dragon meat parts . The intestines of the dragon subspecies could be used as materials . Dragon blood was suitable for low-level Alchemy and Scribe Scroll . The most valuable part, however, was the Dragon Bone Whip, which could be sold for thousands of Gold Derahls . All these parts added together was roughly ten thousand Gold Derahls .
Overall, it could be said that Soran had enough material for his Alchemy and Scribe Scroll studies .
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