Chapter 42

Cheng Yang was anxious, but the speed of the magic missiles was one per second, and his current attack speed bonus was negligible. Therefore, he could only suppress his anxiety and fire another magic missile.

The wolf leader paid no attention to the magic missile heading straight for it, focusing solely on biting through the tree. As a result, Cheng Yang's attack hit the target without any doubt.

Cheng Yang currently had no detection skills, so he couldn't clearly see how much health the wolf leader had left. He could only make a rough estimate. Given its late-stage first-tier strength, it could withstand at most four of his attacks. In other words, if he could hit it twice more, the wolf leader would be finished.

However, Cheng Yang no longer had the time for two more attacks. The tree he was on could no longer withstand the wolves' bites and began to break from the bottom. The surrounding trees were not large, so when it fell, it landed directly on the ground.

During the fall, Cheng Yang tightly gripped the tree trunk with one hand and swung his bone staff with the other, firing another magic missile.

With Cheng Yang's combat awareness, he didn't need to turn around to know that his magic missile had hit the wolf leader. As he landed, he didn't turn to run away but instead leaped upward, landing on a branch of the fallen tree. At the same time, five bloodthirsty wolves quickly surrounded him.

If the branch broke during the fall, Cheng Yang would have no room to maneuver and would fall directly into the wolves' encirclement.

Why did Cheng Yang make such a decision? He wasn't crazy; he had carefully weighed his options.

The wolf leader's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery. In its view, the opponent was simply courting death. Although it could only withstand one more attack, it didn't need to personally deal with a weak magician who had fallen into the encirclement. Its four subordinates could easily take care of the opponent.

Seeing the wolf leader hanging thirty meters away and the four wolf subordinates almost breaking the branch, Cheng Yang's face showed a determined expression. It seemed it was time to take a gamble.

Cheng Yang immediately fired a magic missile at one of the wolf subordinates, and the branch he was standing on broke off, causing him to fall to the ground instantly.

The four wolf subordinates didn't know what it meant to be polite and immediately pounced on Cheng Yang, biting at his body.

Cheng Yang immediately fired a magic missile, and the injured wolf subordinate fell to the ground, dead.

The other three wolf subordinates had already rushed to Cheng Yang's side, their sharp fangs aiming for his neck.

Cheng Yang was startled. Although he knew that in this gamified world, being hit in the throat wouldn't cause more damage, the visual impact was too strong. Even though he had experienced a year of the end times in his previous life, he couldn't completely ignore the feeling of his throat being pierced.

Cheng Yang's movements were not slow, but the three wolves were not much slower either. He dodged the attack on his throat, but their sharp fangs still bit into his thighs.

Cheng Yang's health instantly dropped by 24 points. Although the world had been gamified, there were still significant real-world factors, such as pain. Despite his enhanced physical strength reducing the pain, the three wolves' fangs piercing his flesh still felt excruciating.

Cheng Yang, who had experienced life and death in his previous life, was not affected by the pain. He quickly calculated the current situation. The wolf subordinates' attacks definitely reached 12 points, making them very powerful among their peers.

Cheng Yang had no chance to escape. If he turned to run, the three wolves would have another attack opportunity, and they would not let him escape.

Fortunately, Cheng Yang had never intended to run. He instantly took a bottle of potion he had prepared, drinking it. The 24 points of health he had lost were immediately restored.

A medium health potion!

A medium health potion initially restores 30 points of health, and with Cheng Yang's innate double effect, one gulp could bring him back from near death. His current health was only a little over sixty points, so using a medium health potion was somewhat wasteful.

However, Cheng Yang didn't think it was a waste. How many spirit points was a bottle of health potion worth? Compared to his life, even spending more spirit points was worth it. If he could buy a large health potion, he wouldn't use this medium one.

After his health was fully restored, Cheng Yang fired another magic missile from his bone staff, hitting one of the wolf subordinates without aiming.

The wolf subordinate's large mouth instantly bit into Cheng Yang, taking away another 24 points of health. This time, Cheng Yang didn't rush to drink the potion but fired another magic missile, finishing off the wounded wolf subordinate.

Cheng Yang's first health potion's recovery effect was interrupted by the attack. After two rounds of attacks, his health dropped by 40 points. Visually, he was only injured in his legs, which were bloody but not life-threatening. However, Cheng Yang knew that if his remaining health points were depleted, even if his body was intact, he would be dead.

The wolf leader seemed confused about why Cheng Yang hadn't died after two attacks but didn't come to check. Cheng Yang, who had already held a bottle of mana potion, drank it. His critical health was immediately restored.

This time, Cheng Yang didn't take another potion but endured the wolf subordinates' attacks, finishing off the last two. Afterward, his health was down to half.

The wolf leader realized the situation was dire. Its subordinates were being killed one by one, while the opponent seemed unharmed, which was completely illogical.

Cheng Yang didn't give it time to hesitate and instantly pounced on the wolf leader. With his speed, he closed the thirty-meter gap in a blink and swung his bone staff, firing a magic missile.

The wolf leader didn't have time to react, and the magic missile hit its head, killing it. It never even had a chance to engage in a fierce battle with its opponent.

Looking at the fallen wolf corpses around him, Cheng Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead. The battle had been extremely dangerous. If he had been a bit more nervous or missed the timing of a potion, he might be lying on the ground now.

Fortunately, his mental fortitude was good. Despite facing a strong enemy, he could still control the rhythm of the battle.

However, Cheng Yang didn't have much time to reflect on his experience, as there were still over a thousand ordinary wolves waiting for him to exterminate. For him, killing high-level mutated beasts wasn't very profitable; the most beneficial was to harvest low-level mutated beasts to earn more spirit points.

Cheng Yang took a medium health potion and headed in the opposite direction to meet the wolf pack.

The ordinary wolves, unaware that their leaders had been killed, followed their leaders' scent.

Their speed was much slower than Cheng Yang's, and they encountered him halfway. With Cheng Yang's speed and the ability to instantly kill ordinary wolves, the battle became a one-sided slaughter.

Cheng Yang continuously led the group of monsters around the enclosed area. Although some occasionally broke away, Cheng Yang didn't care. One or two wolves had no impact on him.

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