Chapter 36: Human-Faced Black Panther

After finalizing the tasks, Chu Danqing planned to head outside the city first to deal with the beast infestation in the mine.

1000 contribution points could directly complete the trial task and obtain return qualification.

It was equivalent to having a means of saving one's life; if one really encountered any irresistible danger, one could run away directly.

No matter how many rewards there are, the premise is that one must survive.

If the speed is fast, it could be solved in the morning, he could visit the Ji residence at noon to discuss grain, and he could go to maintain the porridge distribution order in the afternoon.

"Mr. Guest Retainer, this is the mine." The steward lifted the carriage curtain for Chu Danqing.

"Since there is a beast infestation? Why not stop work?" Chu Danqing got out of the carriage and saw miners working in full swing.

On the way here, Chu Danqing read the intelligence; more than a dozen people had been carried away and eaten.

The one who did it was a panther-type exotic beast, extremely secretive in action and immensely powerful.

"It cannot be stopped; the business in this mine belongs to the government." The steward explained hurriedly: "If the deadline is missed, the Lu clan will suffer."

"The government doesn't care what happens in your mine; they only want enough ore."

Chu Danqing could not agree; he did not believe that the Lu clan would not have enough ore reserves; it was nothing more than human life being worthless during a great disaster.

There were plenty of people willing to come to this mine to dig for a bite to eat.

"What about that panther? Any clues?" Chu Danqing did not intend to continue chatting on this topic, but turned to business.

"It's unclear; it comes and goes without a trace. It has carried away more than a dozen people, but it has only been seen once or twice."

"Two guest retainers have come here to look, but they returned empty-handed." The steward said.

Hearing this, Chu Danqing understood in his heart that these 1000 contribution points were not so easy to get.

"Dabao, what do you think?" Chu Danqing looked at Dabao, hoping for Dabao's keen perception.

Dabao's gaze scanned the area, then he shook his head: "First, look, traces."

He did not find any clues.

"Take us to the scene of the incident for a turn." Chu Danqing got off the carriage and said to the steward.

The steward also responded repeatedly, and after having people watch the carriage, he took Chu Danqing and Dabao to go.

Along the way, he also introduced the situation of the mine and roughly explained the descriptions of previous witnesses.

"A black panther, the hair on the top of its head looks a bit like a human face." Chu Danqing muttered.

A panther that carries people is indeed rare.

There were no other problems.

After walking around a large circle, Chu Danqing did not find any clues, but Dabao did.

He pulled Chu Danqing's clothes, then pointed in one direction and said: "Have, things."

Chu Danqing's figure paused, his gaze falling on the position Dabao pointed to; looking from afar, there was nothing wrong.

He casually picked up a stone and threw it over.

When the stone landed, ripples similar to water appeared.

"Mimicry?!" Chu Danqing retreated decisively, and Dabao stepped up directly.

The mimicry full of ripples slowly stood up, and the color corresponding to the environment began to reverse, turning into a black panther.

The panther's size was not small, comparable to a tiger, and the most eye-catching thing was the human face on the top of its head, vivid and lifelike.

After estimating the distance between the two sides, Chu Danqing did not hesitate at all, directly throwing out five energy links, and while summoning the repeating crossbowman, he used scouting art.

【Human-Faced Black Panther】

【Attributes】

【HP: 100%】

【Mana: 1】

【Strength:???】

【Agility:???】

【Constitution: 6】

【Spirit: 3】

【Perception: 5】

【Talent】

【???】

【Skills】

【???】

The Human-Faced Black Panther couldn't help but stagger, and a human-like strange color appeared on its face.

Chu Danqing cut off two energy links for the first time, then added two more energy links, causing the Human-Faced Black Panther's energy value to return to zero on the spot.

It was because the Human-Faced Black Panther bore a series of Chu Danqing's energy consumption, so the energy value in the digitized data only had 1 point left.

The energy value flowed away in an instant, which made the Human-Faced Black Panther stagger after standing up.

Now that it returned to zero, it caused a secondary impact.

The repeating crossbowman adjusted the magazine behind him, and in an instant, all the crossbow bolts in the magazine were fired consecutively.

Dabao followed the crossbow bolts closely, and the tearing claws were activated.

"Strength and agility must have at least 8 points." Chu Danqing muttered, and then he saw the crossbow bolts hit the Human-Faced Black Panther, and Dabao's claws also arrived.

The Human-Faced Black Panther was shot into a sieve while Dabao tore a huge wound on its vital spot.

Causing it to die on the spot.

The repeating crossbowman began to reload, and Dabao was preparing to reach out to take the treasure chest.

Five seconds passed, but the treasure chest did not appear.

"More than this one?" Chu Danqing looked at the Human-Faced Black Panther's appearance; it was definitely dead.

If the treasure chest did not drop, it meant it was not killed yet.

But the black panther is a solitary animal, and it is a male panther; there are no cubs to speak of.

Abruptly, Dabao retreated, his eyes fixed on the black panther's corpse; he felt some abnormal aura from it.

The next instant, the human face on the top of the black panther's head actually stretched out and bit into empty air.

If Dabao hadn't retreated just now, it would have been too late for him to dodge.

After the human face bit into empty air, it quickly fused back into the black panther's corpse and slowly spread out.

The dead black panther shook its head, the crossbow bolts were squeezed out, and it stood on two legs.

The fur constantly squirmed, finally turning into a brand new monster with a panther head and human body, but the injuries still existed.

Chu Danqing cut off the energy link for the first time, but unfortunately, because the one-minute cooldown of the scouting art had not ended, he could not see what this resurrected panther-human monster was.

Dabao did not pause, but approached and launched an attack for the first time.

【Cruel Beast · Son of the Cave deals 20 points of physical damage + 9 points of tearing damage + 9 points of bleeding damage to the target, and restores 3.8% HP.】

The repeating crossbowman's bolts were half-filled, and he also began to point-shoot.

【Repeating crossbowman deals 10 points of physical damage to the target.】

The damage was not high, and the fatal damage description that originally appeared when hitting vital spots also turned into physical damage.

The panther-human monster extremely stiffly stretched out its right claw and launched its first attack on Dabao.

【Target deals 17 points of physical damage to Cruel Beast · Son of the Cave.】

When seeing this battle record, Chu Danqing understood the strength and constitution of this panther-human monster; it was probably 9 or 10.

It was almost reaching half of Dabao's damage data.

And with the battle, the originally stiff body began to gradually become flexible.

Making the attack speed faster and faster; fortunately, Dabao had a blood-sucking effect on his body, so he carried it hard.

Once the cooldown of the scouting art ended, Chu Danqing did not hesitate at all and used the scouting art again.

However, the result of the scouting was beyond his expectation.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 37 =====