Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 195 – Escape? Why should we escape?

Facing hundreds of beasts, Fang Qingzhu silently cursed her luck. She hadn't expected these exotic beasts to have such a trick up their sleeves.

Fortunately, despite their numbers, these beasts were all minor demons, generally only at the mid Foundation Establishment to early Crystal Formation stages.

For a Golden Core Realm cultivator like Fang Qingzhu, these beasts posed no real threat.

However, her real challenge wasn't just these minor demons; it was the Hell Boar God.

If she had to deal with both the minor demons and the Hell Boar God, they could wear her down to death.

"Daoist Lin, can you help me fend off these minor demons? I'll handle the Hell Boar God as quickly as possible," Fang Qingzhu asked, hoping Lin Jichen would lend a hand.

But Lin Jichen shook his head and refused.

Fang Qingzhu thought he lacked the confidence to deal with the minor demons and smiled bitterly, "Then we should probably escape. I'll hold them off for a bit; you go first, and I'll follow."

Lin Jichen, however, asked curiously, "Escape? Why should we escape?"

Fang Qingzhu was speechless. Did he expect her to handle both the Hell Boar God and all these minor demons by herself?

He was overestimating her abilities as a healer. Attack skills were not her forte.

Lin Jichen smiled faintly and said, "I mean, I'll handle the Hell Boar God. You just deal with these minor demons. I'll come back to help you as soon as I'm done."

"????"

Fang Qingzhu thought Lin Jichen had lost his mind. A Foundation Establishment cultivator boasting about dealing with a mid-Golden Core exotic beast?

This was absurd!

Just as she was about to speak, she saw Lin Jichen's figure darting out, heading straight for the Hell Boar God.

"How could he be so impulsive and naive? He didn't seem like such a boastful and reckless person when we chatted last night," Fang Qingzhu felt a pang of disappointment towards Lin Jichen, thinking he was overconfident and arrogant.

But it was too late to call him back.

With beasts attacking from all directions, Fang Qingzhu had no choice but to focus on herself and deal with these beasts first.

On the other side, Lin Jichen, holding a black longsword, leaped forward like a long-dormant tiger.

As he approached, his sword struck out!

"Frost Moon Slash!"

A flash of frost cut through the air, striking the Hell Boar God's head.

The Hell Boar God hadn't taken Lin Jichen seriously. It had been focused on Fang Qingzhu, not noticing Lin Jichen's approach until it was too late.

[Critical Hit! -1610! Slowed! Frozen!]

[Slow Status: Reduces target's speed by 30%, lasts for 10 seconds.]

[Frozen Status: Freezes target for 3 seconds!]

Lin Jichen's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected to trigger the 10% chance of freezing.

The Hell Boar God's entire body was encased in ice, unable to move.

Lin Jichen quickly readied his sword, preparing for a Dizzying Sword Qi.

At the same time, he observed the Hell Boar God's attributes, which were far superior to the Kai Ming Beast.

[Great Beast: Hell Boar God]

[Level: BOSS]

[Strength: Mid-Golden Core]

[Health:46400/52000]

[Attack: 400]

[Defense: 350]

[Speed: 340]

[Critical: 60]

[Heartguard: 50]

[Physical Resistance: 15]

[Magic Resistance: 20]

[Skills: Triple True Form, Beast Summoning Horn, Rake's Might, Butcher's Blood Hand, Blood Rain Prison Hand]

The Hell Boar God's defense alone far exceeded Lin Jichen's strength of 317.

Normally, his skills wouldn't cause any damage.

But the Hell Boar God had underestimated Lin Jichen, allowing him to hit its head, thus enabling the Frost Moon Slash to deal damage.

A perfect Frost Moon Slash could deal 800 points of skill damage, with a critical hit doubling it to 1600.

Due to the Hell Boar God's high Heartguard, there was no additional critical damage.

Moreover, Lin Jichen had the Beast Slayer Achievement Medal, which increased damage to wild beasts by 10%, making it 1760.

However, the Hell Boar God also had physical resistance, so the final damage was precisely 1610 points.

Despite landing a hit, Lin Jichen remained fully focused on the charging time.

Three seconds passed in a flash, and the ice on the Hell Boar God quickly melted away.

Just as it broke free from the ice, Lin Jichen unleashed the charged Dizzying Sword Qi!

Again, aiming for the head!

This small combo could effectively control the opponent.

Once frozen, the subsequent combo was almost guaranteed to hit.

Unless facing a beast with extremely high tenacity, which could quickly break free.

But for now, Lin Jichen's small combo was effective.

[Dizzying Sword Qi!]

[Critical Hit! -1610! Stunned!]

[Stun Status: Causes the target to be stunned for three seconds, attacks will not interrupt.]

The Hell Boar God had just broken free from the ice, only to be stunned again.

It must have been furious.

Lin Jichen didn't care. Instead of using the three seconds to attack with normal strikes, he chose to unleash skills! Skill after skill!

[Wind Thunder Sword!]

[Critical Hit! -2490!]

...

[Phoenix Feather!]

[Critical Hit! -5000!]

Lin Jichen unleashed his skills as if they cost nothing, all aimed at the Hell Boar God's head.

He was using his skills now to quickly stack the passive effect of Autumn's Lament Slash.

The stun duration would soon end, and once the Hell Boar God regained its senses, it wouldn't easily let him hit its weak points again.

Without hitting the weak points, his damage would be ineffective.

So Lin Jichen needed to quickly stack the passive effect of Autumn's Lament Slash and use elixirs to temporarily boost his strength for subsequent damage.

Three seconds were only enough for Lin Jichen to unleash a few skills.

The Hell Boar God roared in anger as it woke up, its body transforming again, shrinking into a greasy-faced, grotesque man.

His eyes gleamed with ferocity, holding a rake that glowed with a bloody light.

The Hell Boar God left a trail of afterimages as it moved, swinging the rake with the force of a mountain, aiming at Lin Jichen!

The sharp spikes on the rake seemed poised to tear Lin Jichen's organs apart!

"Phantom Step!"

Lin Jichen didn't dare to take the hit head-on and dodged.

The rake missed, smashing into the ground.

The ground cracked like a spider web where the rake hit.

Then, with a loud crash, the surrounding ground collapsed as if the sky had fallen!

Though Lin Jichen dodged the fatal blow, he couldn't avoid the rake's shockwave and was thrown into the pit created by the rake.

[-6800!]

Damn!

Momentarily careless, Lin Jichen quickly flew out of the pit.

But as soon as he emerged, the Hell Boar God, like a ghost, was already waiting above him.

Seeing Lin Jichen, the Hell Boar God turned into a blood shadow, spinning the rake to create a whirlwind!

The whirlwind lifted sand and stones, forming a barrier to trap Lin Jichen inside!

Lin Jichen frowned, and the Dark Night Sword suddenly flew out of his hand, circling around him before lifting him into the sky!