Chapter 88 of 100

Chapter 88

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"Mr. Cat has already fought with Xinglong, so how can I not defeat this giant bird?" Catherine thought to herself.

While Catherine was thinking, the giant bird did not stop its attack but instead raised its head again and spat out a fireball toward Catherine!

Because it was already in a state of anger, this time the giant bird spat out four fireballs in quick succession, like a string of cannonballs. The four fireballs continuously fell around Catherine, and Catherine, who had just been knocked to the ground by the bird's tail, quickly got up and tried to escape, attempting to avoid the attack of the four fireballs!

Catherine dodged the first fireball, and she also dodged the second one, but the third and fourth fireballs landed directly on either side of her, causing her to be hit by one of them as she was about to move sideways.

"Boom!"

The exploding fireball once again knocked Catherine to the ground. The high temperature from the fireball also ignited the fur part of her Wild Boar King set, emitting a strong smell of burning.

"Girl! Hurry, roll! Meow!" Seeing this, even Wenlong couldn't help but shout.

The Wild Boar King set was not very resistant to fire, being mainly leather armor with fur decorations. In this situation, it was easy to ignite when attacked by fire. However, Catherine did not panic. After hearing Wenlong's instructions, she immediately took action, rolling to the left. The burning parts of her equipment were quickly extinguished by the damp soil!

However, even so, Catherine still had several burn marks on her body, and her face was also covered with soot, making her look quite disheveled.

"Girl, if you can't hold on, just say so. Don't force yourself, meow." Wenlong, seeing that Catherine had been hit by the giant bird's skills twice in a row, was also worried.

"No, it's fine, Mr. Cat. I want to try again. After all, things don't go wrong three times. I believe the third time won't be like this." Ignoring her wounds, Catherine once again assumed a fighting stance.

Because she had been hit by the giant bird's tail, Catherine's right shoulder was injured, and she had several burns of various sizes on her body. If she had taken the G recovery potion, most of these injuries could have been healed. However, the main reason Catherine didn't do this was that the giant bird was continuously attacking her in a frenzy, giving her no chance to take the potion.

For example, right now, after using the fireball attack, the giant bird flapped its wings and jumped over, using its large and hard beak to peck at Catherine.

"Again with this move..."

The pecking attack had been used by the giant bird before, but this time, Catherine's reaction was completely different!

The first time, Catherine had used her greatsword to block the pecking attack. Although she managed to block all the pecks due to her physical strength, it put her in a passive position where she was being pressed by the bird.

This time, Catherine changed her strategy and rolled to the side of the giant bird, preparing to attack from the side.

"Hmm, good. When the giant bird uses the pecking attack, it can't turn its neck at a large angle, so as long as you move to the side, you can avoid it. But... what do you do next? Meow?"

However, Wenlong knew that just moving to the side was not enough, as the giant bird, in its state of anger, would quickly react and change its attack method.

And this time, history seemed to repeat itself.

Catherine, who had moved to the side of the giant bird, used a horizontal slash, and at the same moment, the giant bird stopped pecking and immediately used the tail sweep it had used before!

Just like before, Catherine and the giant bird almost used their moves simultaneously, but in terms of speed, the tail sweep of the giant bird in its state of anger was still faster! This meant that the giant bird's tail would hit Catherine first this time as well!

"Is she going to repeat the same mistake... No, that's not right... Catherine's horizontal slash stance is not standard... Her center of gravity is clearly lower than it was during the previous horizontal slash!"

Just as Wenlong was worried about Catherine, he suddenly noticed a smile on her lips.

This was a situation he had never seen before. In the midst of a life-and-death struggle with a monster, Catherine suddenly smiled!

"This girl, has she finally experienced the joy of hunting? Hmph, it's getting more and more interesting, meow." At the moment Catherine smiled, Wenlong suddenly understood something.

As the giant bird's tail swept over, Catherine suddenly bent her knees and crouched down. However, while crouching, she did not stop the rotation of her body, which still carried the momentum of the greatsword, sweeping toward the giant bird!

At this moment, the giant bird's tail sweep was indeed faster, but due to the height difference, what should have hit Catherine's shoulder instead swept just above her head due to her sudden crouching position!

Catherine, who had bent her knees and crouched, managed to dodge, but the giant bird's tail still hit her helmet, sending it flying. With the helmet flying off, Catherine's silver-white hair cascaded down, creating a silver-white waterfall in the air.

"Absolutely beautiful..." Seeing this scene, Wenlong felt as if he had seen a valkyrie from mythology, and he couldn't help but admire her in his heart.

The next moment, it was Catherine's turn to attack.

Having dodged the giant bird's tail, Catherine's greatsword immediately struck the bird's scaly legs. In an instant, Wenlong saw one of the giant bird's legs being cut off, and the other leg was left with a deep wound!

With a massive attack to its legs, the giant bird was about to fall, and its angry roar turned into a painful cry. However, at this moment, the giant bird, using its remaining leg to barely support itself, suddenly flapped its wings forcefully, causing its body to float up.

"Is it trying to escape..."

This time, Catherine immediately stood up and swung her greatsword at the sky, but it was still a step too late.

The giant bird flew away, without hesitation, and with a cry of fear, it continuously flapped its wings to gain height. Once it was high enough to clear the treetops, the giant bird changed its wing flapping method and flew away into the distance.

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