Seeing no response for a long time, the black-robed figure turned around and was stunned.
Liu Gu and the others were nowhere to be seen.
Isn’t this person an E-Class Adventurer? How could he be scared off by an E-Class Disaster Beast?
Seeing the black-robed figure distracted, the Blood Mantis’s eyes gleamed fiercely, and its remaining intact forelimb suddenly swung out.
Facing the sudden attack, the black-robed figure also snapped back to reality immediately, turning sideways and quickly raising a sword to Parry.
However, the black-robed figure was still a step too slow; the Blood Mantis’s forelimb still tore open the hood on her head.
In an instant, three thousand strands of black hair cascaded down, and under the moonlight, a stunningly beautiful face appeared.
Her skin was as white as snow, her melon-seed face had exquisite and distinct lines, her cool and elegant contours were naturally formed, beneath her high nose bridge, her pink lips were slightly pursed, her willow-like brows were slightly furrowed, and a pair of Apricot were clear, deep, and fixed intently on the Blood Mantis in front of her.
It was a pity that such beauty had no one to appreciate it.
Seeing that its attack failed, the Blood Mantis slowly retreated a few steps. Although the woman in front of it seemed less powerful, the previous attack made it instinctively feel a threat of death.
The Blood Mantis’s antennae twitched, and then a flash of sword light streaked past. It leaped backward, dodging another attack from the woman.
Using that leap, the Blood Mantis spread its wings on its back and quickly ascended, stirring up a cloud of dust.
“Don’t run!”
Su Yanran frowned, instantly understanding what the Blood Mantis intended, then quickly stepped forward and unleashed another sword slash.
However, the Blood Mantis flew nimbly, dodging the attack again, then flew without hesitation in the direction Liu Gu and the others had left.
Su Yanran gritted her silver teeth, sheathed her sword, and followed closely behind.
She didn’t care about Liu Gu and the others’ lives or deaths, but she had a mission and might still need to team up with Liu Gu and the others.
“Damn it, how did a Disaster Beast from Qingcheng appear in the outer L Town Disaster Area?”
On the other side, Liu Gu was running frantically without stopping. As an E-Class Adventurer, his Constitution was naturally far superior to the newcomers, and the two newcomers had already been left a thousand meters behind him.
“Captain, wait for me, don’t leave me behind!”
“Save me, I don’t want to die!”
Seeing Liu Gu getting farther and farther away, the two newcomers couldn’t help but plead loudly.
However, Liu Gu pretended not to hear and continued to flee for his life.
“Damn it! Liu Gu, I’ve got your number! I’ll report you to the guild when I get back!”
“You bastard, just you wait!”
Seeing Liu Gu ignore their pleas, the two newcomers spoke viciously.
“Report? Go ahead and report if you want, as long as I can survive, I’m not afraid of your reports.”
Facing their threats, Liu Gu remained unmoved. No job was more important than his life.
“Ah!”
The curses behind him suddenly stopped abruptly, followed by a scream.
Liu Gu looked back and was immediately scared out of his wits.
The Blood Mantis had appeared behind him at some point, killing another newcomer.
The other newcomer let out a scream, no longer bothering to curse, and continued to flee, scrambling and tumbling.
“Useless! Useless! I thought that person was strong, but he couldn’t even buy me this much time!”
Liu Gu couldn’t help but curse. Earlier, when he saw the black-robed figure could harm the Blood Mantis, he thought he had encountered a hidden expert.
He didn’t expect her to die so quickly.
After easily killing the newcomer, the Blood Mantis leisurely ate. This chase game seemed to bring it immense physical and mental pleasure.
Before long, it took flight again, and the other newcomer also fell.
“Useless! All useless!”
Liu Gu couldn’t stop cursing, and the intense sense of crisis made his eyes bloodshot.
“No! If this continues, I’ll die!”
“I need to find a way! There must be a way!”
“I will survive, I can do it!”
Liu Gu muttered incoherently, and then his perception, which was far superior to the newcomers, suddenly heard the sound of combat coming from the distance to his right.
At this moment, a thought appeared in Liu Gu’s mind, and his face became ferocious.
“I am an E-Class Adventurer; my value to the guild is far more important than five F-Class newcomers!”
“Yes! That’s right, I’m more important!”
Thinking this, Liu Gu decisively ran to the right.
Behind him was the relentlessly pursuing Blood Mantis.
As the Blood Mantis got closer, Liu Gu seemed to smell blood, and his steps quickened considerably.
Before long, Liu Gu passed through a dilapidated alley and finally, before the Blood Mantis caught up, arrived at the place where the sounds of combat had previously come from.
However, the imagined five-person team did not appear; only a single figure stood on the road ahead, with several Mad Rabbit corpses at his feet.
Cheng Xing had just collected the items dropped by the Mad Rabbits when he suddenly heard someone approaching and immediately became vigilant.
He saw a young man dart out of the alley, his eyes bloodshot, his face incredibly ferocious, and his appearance somewhat familiar.
“Who are you… ”
“It’s you?”
Cheng Xing hadn’t finished speaking when the young man recognized him.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xing realized that this person was Liu Gu, who had previously gotten angry when his sales pitch failed.
Seeing this, Cheng Xing’s eyes turned cold. He hadn’t forgotten what Liu Gu had done to him before.
Liu Gu, however, didn’t respond but simply bypassed him and plunged into the alley behind him.
His inexplicable behavior left Cheng Xing puzzled.
Then, in the next moment, he understood.
A Disaster Beast nearly three meters long slowly crawled out of the shadows in the alley, its two long antennae constantly swaying.
One of its forelimbs had a smooth incision.
“Hmm? An F-Class Disaster Beast, a Blood Mantis? Isn’t this a Disaster Beast from Qingcheng? How did it appear here?”
“No, an E-Class Blood Mantis?!”
Cheng Xing couldn’t help but mutter. But he quickly saw the information feedback from the system and his face darkened.
Now he understood why Liu Gu had run without looking back.
He was diverting the trouble to himself.
Thinking this, a rare surge of killing intent appeared in Cheng Xing’s heart.
Repeatedly tricking people, and this time clearly trying to take his life, did he really think Cheng Xing was a living Bodhisattva?
“You’d better not let me meet you again…”
Cheng Xing said coldly, but his hands didn’t stop moving. He gripped the Tang Dao in his hand tightly, his gaze fixed on the Blood Mantis in front of him.
Upon seeing Cheng Xing, the Blood Mantis did not continue to pursue Liu Gu, but stared intently at him.
In its perception, this delicious prey in front of it was a little weaker than the previous one.
Since food was delivered to its doorstep, it naturally wouldn’t let it go.
“Open Panel.”
【Name: Cheng Xing】
【Level: 9 (535/1000)】
【Health: 300】
【Attributes: Strength 22, Agility 30, Constitution 15, Spirit 15, Free Attribute Points 0】
【Talents: SSS-Class Increased Drop Rate, F-Class Sprint】
【Skills: B-Class Four Direction Slash lv.1, E-Class Parry lv.1】
Cheng Xing glanced at his panel, then looked at the Blood Mantis, his heart filled with fighting Spirit.
He could be said to have undergone a complete transformation. After a day of hunting, his level had increased rapidly, and his SSS-Class 100% drop rate allowed Cheng Xing to already equip a set of E-Class armor. As for materials, his backpack was already overflowing.
He wasn’t without a fighting chance against an E-Class Blood Mantis.
“Come, let’s have a practice session.”
Cheng Xing raised his hand and provoked the Blood Mantis.
Seeing this, the Blood Mantis seemed enraged and charged forward at an extremely fast speed…