Chapter 564: Fierce Battle, A Joyful Jier

The cold Mao Mao acting as the leader did not move; instead, it flicked its tail behind it, like a general waving an arm or a standard-bearer waving a military flag, and with that forward flick, the fifteen Mao Mao Warriors on the field moved in unison.

They split into left, middle, and right paths, five in each, and in a pattern of one high, two middle, and two low, they simultaneously and rapidly assaulted Jier's head, abdomen, and legs.

Every Mao Mao Warrior carried an Iron Dagger used by humans for self-defense, using these metal daggers, which they had sharpened themselves, as weapons to stab viciously.

If it were not Jier, the mere sight of fifteen enemies attacking all at once in a single instant would have been enough to terrify anyone else into a stupor, after which the Mao Maos would have poked a dozen holes in their body, causing them to die immediately.

But by this time, the Red-eye Mushroom Sugar Pill that Jier had swallowed in advance had already taken effect, and coupled with the fact that his reaction speed and mental activity had quickened significantly after entering a combat state, Jier was finally able to react in this extremely critical situation.

He pushed off the ground with his right foot, his whole body leaping violently toward the upper left, his left hand reaching out to accurately grab the dagger in the hand of the Mao Mao that was originally attacking his head; after gripping it tight, he pulled the opponent to bypass the four Mao Mao Warriors attacking his chest, abdomen, and legs below, and landed with a beautiful spin.

"Eh?"

Although so much was just said, it was actually a matter of an instant; the Mao Maos had stabbed at empty air and were now looking left and right, searching for Jier's figure. The Mao Mao leader standing in the back shook its head, its gaze fixed tightly on Jier, feeling dissatisfied with its subordinates for attacking all at once just now.

How could they all attack a single target at once? If it were an enemy with no ability, there would be no need for fifteen Mao Maos to attack together, and the fact that fifteen Mao Maos could be made to launch an attack on a target simultaneously proved that the enemy was no weakling.

Therefore, the correct approach should have been to let only half of the Mao Maos attack, with the remaining half watching for the right moment to strike later, blocking the enemy's possibilities of fleeing, dodging, or parrying. After the second wave of Mao Maos attacked, the first wave would then take over, using their numerical advantage to launch a continuous stream of attacks, searching for the enemy's weaknesses and forcing them to reveal openings while parrying and dodging!

At that point, it, the Mao Mao leader, would charge forward to deliver a fatal blow and end the battle!

It should have been like that, but clearly, the Mao Mao Warriors had still underestimated this young Human.

As a veteran Mao Mao Warrior, this Mao Mao with variegated markings smelled a hint of danger in Jier's movements. And this feeling was gradually rising as time passed.

Jier used his left hand to shake the captured Mao Mao Warrior vigorously up and down, shaking the Iron Dagger out of its hand and shaking the strength out of its entire body with the massive force of the movement.

Jier casually tapped the furry head of this captured Mao Mao Warrior with his right hand, knocking the little guy unconscious.

He threw it gently behind him toward the side near the Human Villagers, not giving the other Mao Maos a chance to rescue it. Then, he beckoned to the fourteen stunned Mao Mao Warriors: "Interesting, come again!"

Instead of dodging, he advanced, kicking the Iron Dagger that had just fallen on the ground with full force toward the Mao Maos.

The Mao Maos scattered to dodge, and those who could not dodge used the daggers in their hands to parry with all their might.

Bang! The Mao Mao Warrior that parried was sent flying by the force of the dagger, rolling on the ground several times like a rolling gourd, crying "Ouch, ouch" as it climbed back up.

When it climbed up and looked, the Human Jier in front was already locked in a rapid entanglement with thirteen Mao Mao Warriors.

Jier dodged continuously with agility, either sprinting in small steps to avoid the combined siege of several Mao Maos, or leaping with the strength of his legs, jumping over two meters high to clear the combat range of the short Mao Maos, vaulting over the heads of the many Mao Maos.

"Haha, you can't hit me!"

Jier laughed out loud, and upon landing, he delivered a whip kick, sending an unready Mao Mao Warrior flying. But this was still the result of Jier holding back his strength; otherwise, this kick would have shattered the Mao Mao Warrior directly.

He casually picked up two pieces of shimmering Mineral Ore from the ground, knocked them against each other, and then threw them randomly toward the area where there were many Mao Maos.

If Jier had aimed before throwing, the Mao Maos could have dodged in advance by estimating based on the direction of Jier's body force and the direction of his arm swing. But Jier threw them randomly; he himself did not know who the small pieces of ore in his hand would hit, so these Mao Maos could tell even less who the target was.

Therefore, in this instant, more than ten Mao Mao Warriors all dropped to the ground simultaneously to dodge the ore Jier had thrown.

"Do you know one of the weaknesses of you long-haired lynx Beasts?"

Jier was still able to speak during the battle, addressing the Mao Mao leader who had not yet entered the fray.

"Speak."

This Mao Mao leader was still a creature of few words.

Jier hopped back slightly, avoiding the subsequent waves of stabs from the Mao Mao Warriors and the tails whipped toward him.

"You are agile, small, and are assassins, Thieves, and hunters of the mountain forests!"

Jier suddenly began to run in a large circle, instantly leaving the ten Mao Mao Warriors who were chasing him closely behind, and headed straight for the Mao Mao Warrior that had parried the dagger head-on earlier and had suffered minor injuries from rolling.

This Mao Mao Warrior was not afraid at all; after opening its mouth wide to let out a "Meow—" hiss, it dropped the Iron Dagger in its hand, extended its primitive sharp claws, and pounced back at Jier.

But Jier performed a front flip, avoiding the opponent's counter-pounce, and while upside down, he instead caught the pouncing Mao Mao Warrior.

Knocking it unconscious in mid-air, Jier stood firm and threw it onto the ground near the Human Villagers as before. Jier used a clever force; although it was thrown far, the unconscious Mao Mao did not suffer much landing damage.

"You are born for this line of work. But you are too weak; your bodies are agile, but fragile."

Jier shook his head with a smug expression.

Facing the twelve Mao Mao Warriors now divided into two groups, front and back, Jier picked up two Iron Daggers from the ground, held them in a reverse grip, and charged forward head-on.

The contrast in strength between him and the Mao Mao Warriors was worlds apart; even though the Mao Mao Warriors were charging fiercely to deliver a stab, Jier easily parried and repelled them with his reverse-held daggers.

The repelled Mao Mao Warriors even had trembling hands, barely able to hold onto the Human daggers in their grips.

Jier did not move a single step, standing right there and blocking all the attacks of the twelve Mao Mao Warriors head-on.

But after this wave of combat, he looked down at the Iron Daggers in his hands and discovered that the parrying and defending just now had left the blades of the daggers full of dents from the collisions. The Iron Daggers were still too soft; such forceful collisions easily damaged the edges of the daggers, making them unable to perform cutting effectively.

But Jier had no use for the cutting functions of these daggers anyway; with two quick motions, he threw the two daggers in his hands toward the Mao Maos on the front right.

The Mao Mao Warriors naturally dodged left and right, but that was exactly what Jier wanted them to do.

The Mao Mao Warriors fighting him in a fan shape were lured by his attack into dodging, which just happened to isolate the two Mao Mao Warriors on the far right.

Jier saw his chance, chuckled, and rushed up with quick steps.

But at this moment, the Mao Mao leader, which had not moved the whole time, acted; it had long since seen through Jier's intentions from his plan to throw the daggers.

Therefore, it ran into position in advance and, at the perfect moment, used its tail, which was ringed with metal, to spin and build up force for a whip strike.

Whoosh—Snap!

Jier dodged this strike by a hair's breadth, and the tip of the tail that missed its mark hit the floor of the Mine, shattering the Mineral Ore on the ground and bursting out sparks and scattered ore fragments.

But immediately following that was a close-range stab from the Steel Dagger in the Mao Mao leader's hand.

This strike came secretly and suddenly; earlier, when the Mao Mao leader used its spin and tail whip, it had used its own body to block the path of the Steel Dagger's strike, which was why this attack was so fierce and vicious.

"Good!"

Jier, on the contrary, let out a joyful cry, his right hand reaching into his chest to pull out a Steel Dagger he had prepared on his person, and it collided fiercely with the Mao Mao leader's dagger in front of him.

Clang—

Under the collision of the daggers, tiny metal shavings turned into sparks and flew in all directions.

This Mao Mao leader had no small amount of strength; it simply did not seem like the strength of a long-haired lynx Beast less than a meter tall, but fortunately, Jier was not bad either, and his strength even far exceeded the opponent's.

Far exceeded.

The strength of an ordinary Human was several times that of a typical Mao Mao, and Jier, who had undergone combat and training, had strength greater than the average person even before his Knight Training. And after he underwent Knight Training, with Life Energy accumulating in his body and nourishing it, his strength had doubled on top of his original foundation.

Not long ago, the reckless Dwarf God of Strength had forcibly tripled Jier's physical strength, regardless of whether Jier wanted it or not.

But these already terrifying strength boosts were nothing compared to the increase in power Jier gained after circulating his Life Energy.

If Jier were to unleash his full strength at this moment, he could likely throw a one-meter-square Stone weighing over ten tons with his bare hands.

This was already a terrifying level of strength, yet Jier's power still had room to grow, and it continued to rise over time as his Life Energy accumulated.

Simply put, with this single move, Jier had knocked the Mao Mao leader back several meters without even utilizing the Life Energy within his body.

The Mao Mao leader first stumbled, then stabilized its footing, slowing down as its paws rubbed steadily against the ground; it revealed a slightly surprised expression, then flicked its tail behind it to maintain its balance.

Although it had been knocked back by a single blow, it had still succeeded in its task of intercepting Jier halfway, causing Jier's plan to ambush the two isolated Mao Mao Warriors to fail.

"Hmph, you've got some skill. But if that's all you've got, it won't be enough—"

Jier wiggled the fingers of his left hand and, without even looking behind him, spun around and delivered a high roundhouse kick, fiercely kicking away a Mao Mao Warrior that had been launched toward him with the help of its companion's tail.

This Mao Mao Warrior had intended to fly straight toward Jier's head and neck after being launched by several companions using their tails, hoping to pierce Jier's throat and kill this Human with a silent, footstep-free ambush.

But the sound of its body cutting through the air, as well as the noise from when it had borrowed force to fly, had all been heard by Jier.

Not to mention Jier's Warrior intuition; without even looking, he spun and kicked, sending it flying directly into the wall of the Mine, where it fell, its tail broken from the impact, groaning and spitting blood.

"Eleven Mao Mao Warriors left, plus one Mao Mao leader."

Jier spoke in a relaxed tone, sheathing his Steel Dagger back into the scabbard on his chest, while his feet paced slowly, adjusting his position and distance from the group of Mao Mao.

"Great!"

"Jier, you're so amazing!"

"That's it! Defeat them!"

At the entrance of the Mine tunnel, the numerous Human Villagers finally recovered from the continuous combat they had just witnessed.

Many of them couldn't clearly see the rapid exchange between the two sides, but from the way Jier kept knocking away and tossing the unconscious Mao Mao Warriors, and Jier's effortless performance in battle, everyone could easily see that this strange young man, Jier, had the upper hand!!!

They cheered and shouted, and Jier waved his hand at the crowd behind him, enjoying their cheers.

The more he was the center of attention, the more excited Jier became, and the better he could display his own abilities.

"Come on! Come on! Long-haired Lynx Beast, don't you pride yourselves on being fierce mountain hunters? Why, when facing me alone, do you not dare to attack?"

Jier spoke mocking words, but his feet adjusted position simultaneously as the Mao Mao moved slowly.

Seemingly arrogant, he was actually still vigilant.

The main reason was that he wasn't wearing the various armor he usually wore; without armor to protect his body, many of Jier's usual combat methods were unusable. Previously, when fighting twenty Mao Mao Warriors out hunting in the mountains outside the Jiedian, Jier had been wearing armor, so he had used a simpler, more convenient, and faster way to crush the Mao Mao group.

But now he was only wearing last year's old clothes, with almost zero defensive capability, so his combat style was primarily based on dodging and parrying.

"Attack together!"

The mottled Mao Mao leader crouched low, flicked its tail, and led the remaining eleven Mao Mao in a charge.

The Mao Mao Warriors used it as the core of their formation, taking advantage of the fact that its skills were a cut above the others, with the Mao Mao leader engaging Jier in close-quarters combat on the front line while the other Mao Mao launched distractions and attacks from around Jier.

"Now this is interesting!"

Jier shouted excitedly, his hands empty, constantly dodging the Mao Mao leader's tail, which swung like a Meteor hammer, and its stabbing Dagger. At the same time, he had to dodge the other Mao Mao Warriors randomly attacking from other directions.

His body twisted and dodged constantly in the air, his legs kicking out with force to push back Mao Mao Warriors from one direction, or his fists striking with stored power to force back the Mao Mao in front of him.

Jier's pair of fists looked even more terrifying than his kicks; being kicked away only meant hitting the Mine wall and getting injured, not death, as the Mao Mao possessed agile balance and could forcibly twist their bodies in mid-air after being kicked, allowing their tails and limbs to make contact with the wall first.

With that buffer, they would only be injured and not die from hitting the wall head-first.

In fact, the Mao Mao Warriors didn't know that this was already the result of Jier holding back his strength; how could the consequence of being kicked—with leg strength several times that of his arms—be less severe than being hit by a fist?

If Jier had truly used his full strength to kick a Mao Mao, the Mao Mao's body would have been kicked to pieces instantly; the body made of flesh and blood would have exploded, and it wouldn't have been able to remain conscious and adjust its posture in one piece.

As for his fists, Jier swung them to make a whistling sound on purpose; he did this so the fists would look more terrifying, ensuring that his more agile fists could instantly force back Mao Mao Warriors from two directions at close range.

But Jier hadn't expected that the battle would be much harder with the addition of the Mao Mao leader than with just the Mao Mao Warriors. He had to divert more energy to dodge the tail that the Mao Mao leader swung with stored power; the tip of this long, powerful tail was fitted with one or two metal rings. The long-haired Lynx Beast's tail was already very tough, and with the protection and added weight of the metal rings, its power was even more formidable.

Every strike, after being dodged by Jier, would cause Suishi to fly everywhere on the ground.

It was easy to see that one must never be hit head-on by this thing.

If hit even once, a Human's limbs would be broken; if hit in the chest or abdomen, a Human's ribs would easily be shattered, damaging the Viscera.

If hit in the head, and without a Helmet, it would be fatal in a single blow.

"Use your tails!"

The Mao Mao leader gave the order, and then, including its own, twelve long and powerful tails were swung, whipped, and used to grab Jier's body in sequence, especially his legs, to restrict Jier's movement and speed.

"Ha!"

Jier chuckled, jumped with one foot, and actually used his strength to charge straight to the top of the six or seven-meter-high Mine, using the recoil to crouch on the ceiling.

"Ah?" The many watching Mao Mao and Human Villagers were stunned; could a Human use one foot to jump six or seven meters high?

Was this even human?

Jier used the recoil from the ceiling to launch himself downward, rushing toward the Mao Mao leader at high speed; under the other's surprised gaze, with speed and an angle the opponent couldn't react to, he grabbed the opponent's head and the base of its tail from above.

Jier then spun and rolled on the ground twice, and when he stood up, he had already grabbed the tip of the Mao Mao leader's tail, swinging it around his head like a toy.

"Meow————meow!!"

This Mao Mao leader could no longer remain calm; it was being swung around Jier's head like a shot put, letting out dizzy, shrill screams.

The surrounding Mao Mao Warriors were even more furious when they saw this and rushed up one after another.

The other watching Mao Mao also felt insulted and stood up, but were stopped by the other four Mao Mao leaders before they could act.

"########, @@@@@@@@@!" (The agreed-upon battle is sacred; no one can intervene halfway.)

The Human Villagers burst into laughter, and many even let out strange cries.

"Jier! Use it as a weapon and throw it!"

"Smash it out!"

Jier laughed out loud, followed the Villagers' suggestion, and swung the Mao Mao leader, smashing it into the other rushing Mao Mao Warriors.

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