Chapter 375: Talent Advancement

Qi Yue was clearly much bolder than Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi had just kited those few ice bears for at least 10 minutes.

Qi Yue, on the other hand, only kited for three minutes.

Qi Yue 【My lord, I'm going in】

Zhao Chi 【You judge for yourself】

Qi Yue 【Good!】

Qi Yue clenched her silver teeth tightly.

She charged straight at the giant bear.

"Roaaar!"

This bear still retained considerable stamina.

It kicked off with its hind legs and stood up directly.

A massive shadow loomed over Qi Yue.

Two furry bear paws, like pot lids, swept in carrying a foul stench.

But Qi Yue narrowed her round eyes and lifted her small foot.

She dodged it with ease.

The tree behind her was snapped in one strike.

"Hmph!"

Qi Yue gave a cold laugh, the iron blade in her hand faintly glowing.

Bang bang bang!

Three slashes were unleashed in an instant.

A chunk of the thick ice armor shattered.

But Qi Yue didn't continue using combat techniques; instead, relying on her own +88% ultra-high attack speed, she continuously struck at the bear's throat.

Psh psh! Psh!

Three fierce slashes in a row.

The giant bear swatted twice in succession, but couldn't touch Qi Yue at all.

Boom!

The giant bear collapsed to the ground, spraying blood.

It thrashed violently.

Soon it stopped moving.

Qi Yue panted slightly, a sense of killing satisfaction welling up inside her.

Qi Yue 【My lord, was my performance this time okay? What needs improvement?】

Zhao Chi 【Quite good, Qi Yue. If it were someone else, I'd say she was too reckless, but your agility is too high. I can only say your timing was excellent, your performance was perfect — I'll give you 100 points】

Qi Yue 【100 points? Haha, that's wonderful!】

Zhao Chi 【Let's go, keep going. Or do you want to keep controlling the body】

Qi Yue 【I'll do my best】

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the forest, a great commotion erupted.

Roars rose one after another.

Trees toppled this way and that, some even snapped clean in half.

Over 50 white giant bears rolled and roared, scrambling to chase after Tang Ruan, all wanting to smash her into meat paste and tear her to shreds.

Tang Ruan looked back.

Gusts of cold wind and a foul stench came rushing.

Bears were never very intelligent to begin with, and easily enraged.

Now further provoked by Tang Ruan's taunts, every single ice bear was furious beyond measure.

These bears were truly extremely angry, all entering combat state, their bodies wrapped in thick layers of ice.

But... while their defense increased, their speed dropped further.

Tang Ruan held up a torch, continuously luring them on.

More trees were snapped apart.

Broken trees toppled haphazardly to the ground, crisscrossing in every direction, making the terrain extremely complex and difficult to traverse.

Tang Ruan circled around right here.

Letting these enraged ice bears be constantly blocked by the broken trees.

Constantly tripping over them.

The bears grew even angrier, seemingly no longer willing to think at all.

Broken trees blocking the way? Then smash the broken trees apart.

Leaves and branches blocking the way? Then tear the leaves and branches apart.

These ice bears kept going berserk, constantly draining their stamina.

On some ice bears the taunt effect expired, and they wanted to attack other people, but Tang Ruan noticed in time and successfully drew their attention back.

Soon, these ice bears suffered severe physical exhaustion.

Tang Ruan slowed her pace.

An exhausted ice bear charged in, roaring as it swiped down with its bear paw.

Tang Ruan hesitated.

She could dodge, but she wanted to try defending.

She could run now, but what if she ran into other enemies she couldn't escape from?

Besides, her defense was already extremely high.

The 5 enhancement points from the level-up and the 9 enhancement points from the upgrade, all added to defense, gave her defense a 112% enhancement.

And she also had the 20% damage reduction from 20 points in Martial Arts.

And the 10% damage reduction from her talent "Masochistic Tendency."

On top of that, her modified gene "Soft Body" could also reduce 20% impact damage—Xiong Zhang's slaps were impact damage, unless she was scratched by claws.

With so many bonuses stacked together, although Tang Ruan's body was very soft, she could still defend against very fierce attacks.

So she wanted to test her own strength against this bear.

The Ice Bear didn't care what she was thinking.

Seeing her not run, it furiously brought its paw down in a slap.

Tang Ruan raised her shield.

Boom!

The sound was very loud.