Chapter 38: Fierce Fight
Xiao Yu panted heavily, and his entire body was drenched in sweat. His limbs felt numb, and he experienced a slight hint of weariness. His eyes were burning as if chili pepper water had been poured into them, while two clear blood lines trickled down from his eye sockets.
When he used “bullet time” earlier, the strain it generated was as intense as the skill itself, and as a result, he had to expend a lot of physical energy to uphold it. Xiao Yu almost passed out, even when he used the skill while being in his best condition. Nevertheless, he braved through the fatigue, flung aside the opponent’s machete with all his power and swung the long blade with one hand hacking toward the goblin leader.
The monster was very confident in its abilities, so after it had its attack blocked by that bone blade, it was greatly shocked and outraged, and then it easily parried the blade and counterattacked. Xiao Yu dodged hurriedly before a ball of flame almost instantly ignited in his left hand and blasted toward the opponent. The goblin leader slammed its machete against the projectile to repel it, and the fireball exploded violently as the flames scattered everywhere, causing the monster’s sparse hair and chest to ignite in fire while a piece was blown out of its leather armor, making it scream in pain.
Taking advantage of the small victory, Xiao Yu pursued and fought it off several times in a row like lightning. Sparks flew from the collision of the blades, and the dull sound of iron against iron slamming into one another echoed out in the forest. The goblin leader suddenly sprang up in the air, and a sharp blue light streak fell on top of his head. Xiao Yu didn’t dare to receive it head-on and dodged to the side. All of the dead leaves and sticks below were blown aside, leaving a deep, several-foot-long sword mark on the ground.
After the goblin’s last attack failed, it immediately turned around and jumped more than ten meters away, slapping off the lingering flames on its head and chest as they dissipated.
The two sides fought one another in a split second, and everything happened too quickly.
Han Kexin came to his side, put her hand on his hair before she wiped off his sweat, and said helplessly, “Once again, I owe you my life.”
Xiao Yu was panting hard, holding the blade in one hand and covering his aching eyes with the other, and said with some difficulty: “I can’t keep this up for long. When we fight later on, I won’t have time to care about other people, so protect everyone and watch out for yourself.”
“What’s wrong with your eyes? Why are they bleeding?”