Chapter 14: The Beauty of Combat

Thick smoke rises into the sky. The foul smell produced by the burning gunpowder and the burnt smell of fur are mixed together, appearing a strange smell, making Su Xiao frown.

His vision is blocked by the thick smoke, making it impossible for him to judge the specific position of that giant tiger.

"Roar~!!!"

An angry tiger roar comes from within the thick smoke. Hearing the tiger roar, Su Xiao's attention is highly concentrated, but his muscles are in a relaxed state.

Tightening muscles will lead to slow movements, which will cause fatal flaws during combat.

The long blade in his hand hangs naturally, the tip of the blade against the ground.

The giant tiger hasn't appeared yet, hiding in the thick smoke, but Su Xiao can feel that the giant tiger has already discovered him.

A strong wind blows through the jungle, and the thick smoke rising is blown away.

Just at this moment, a huge figure, carrying some blue smoke, rushes out from the thick smoke. It is the giant tiger.

The giant tiger that appears in Su Xiao's line of sight is no longer as majestic as it was originally. Large patches of fur on its body have been scorched, and the burnt fur is tightly attached to the skin with faint sparks flashing.

That huge body is also covered in wounds, and countless iron nails are embedded in the skin and flesh.

The most serious injury is one of the giant tiger's eyes. The area around that eye is full of iron nails, and black-red liquid flows from the eye socket.

After discovering the giant tiger's injuries, Su Xiao smiles. Even if it doesn't die, its combat power has dropped by at least 90%. His trap was very effective.

Sure enough, humans are the most dangerous creatures in the natural world.

The giant tiger carries a whistling wind and pounces toward Su Xiao, rushing in front of Su Xiao in a few steps.

Compared to such a huge beast, Su Xiao is not even as tall as the other party's front leg.

But for some reason, Su Xiao's heartbeat begins to accelerate. This huge opponent makes him somewhat excited.

Before the giant tiger rushes up, Su Xiao kicks the ground fiercely, withered leaves fly, and he rushes in front of the giant tiger in a few steps, slashing the long blade in his hand at the giant tiger's front claw.

"Puff."

Fresh blood splashes, and the giant tiger's front claw is slashed with a wound. 【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan】 is worthy of being a rating 10 weapon; it actually breaks through the giant tiger's outer skin without any effort and slashes deeply into the muscle.

The giant tiger roars in pain. The previous explosion injury caused its movements to be somewhat slow, and its brain is still somewhat dizzy until now.

Just as the giant tiger prepares to counterattack, Su Xiao has already jumped to the side, just in the blind spot on the left side of the giant tiger, which is the blind spot after the giant tiger is blinded.

Two tiger claws the size of millstones continuously scratch forward. The protruding tiger claws actually flash with metallic luster. Once Su Xiao is caught, he will definitely pay a painful price, but the giant tiger didn't hurt him at all.

Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao steps forward, holding the hilt with both hands, and slashes at the tiger claw again.

The reason for choosing to slash the tiger claw is that Su Xiao has no choice. The giant tiger's height is at least four meters, and wanting to attack the giant tiger's throat or head and other vital parts is very difficult.

With the threat of those two tiger claws, Su Xiao doesn't dare to attack the giant tiger's vital parts rashly.

But this doesn't matter. There are still a few hours left until the mission deadline, and Su Xiao has time, but the giant tiger is different.

This is just a short battle, and a large patch of ground has been stained with fresh blood. It won't be long before the giant tiger collapses due to excessive blood loss, and then it can only be slaughtered by him.

The giant tiger also discovers this point, staring at Su Xiao with its only eye while beginning to have the intention to retreat.

Beasts are like this. In extremely harsh situations, most beasts will choose to run away, unless there are cubs behind them that need protection.

Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is not only the nature of humans, but also of beasts, not to mention that the giant tiger's IQ is very high.

The giant tiger is breathing heavily, its sharp claws sinking deep into the soil, ready to run away at any time.

The battle has reached this point, how could Su Xiao let the giant tiger run away? He spent precious time setting up the trap.

Just as the giant tiger has the intention to retreat, the 【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan】 in Su Xiao's hand slashes continuously, leaving several bloody and blurred blade marks on the giant tiger's body.

Looking at the giant tiger's remaining 8% health bar, it will definitely die without any accidents.

In Reincarnation Paradise, there is no situation where the health is lower than 10% and it will go berserk. After the health is lower than 10%, any creature will be very weak.

Not to mention going berserk, the giant tiger is now unable to run, and its attacks are chaotic, with its heart set on running away.

When the giant tiger intends to run away for the sixth time, Su Xiao stabs the long blade into the giant tiger

The sound of a blade slicing through muscle is quite distinct. As Su Xiao gripped the hilt tightly, he could clearly feel the slight vibration transmitted to the blade as the muscle was severed.

The giant tiger let out a mournful howl, and a deep wound appeared on its hind leg. Before blood could fill the wound, Su Xiao saw a severed tendon inside.

With the tendon severed, the giant tiger had lost its chance to escape; it was doomed to die today.

Perhaps the giant tiger realized this too, changing its previous demeanor and constantly letting out threatening roars at Su Xiao.

Su Xiao stood before the giant tiger, his bare upper body stained with a large amount of tiger blood.

The slippery and warm sensation of the blood stimulated Su Xiao's ferocity, making him appear exceptionally fierce at this moment.

Standing before this house-sized beast, Su Xiao was smiling, smiling with unusual gentleness.

The "Master of Mount Colubo" had dominated Mount Colubo for many years and had never feared any creature.

But at this moment, this giant beast felt some fear toward Su Xiao, because this human who was smiling might take its life.

"Roar~!"

A roar filled with a hint of anger and fear spread throughout the entire Mount Colubo.

Su Xiao moved with agile steps toward the giant tiger, changing his position from time to time.

The giant tiger lowered its body, appearing ready to fight Su Xiao to the death.

A tiger claw, carrying a fishy wind, struck toward Su Xiao's face. This strike could be called both fast and urgent; the giant tiger had actually hidden its speed and revealed it at this dying moment, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Su Xiao.

If hit by this claw, even if Su Xiao were lucky enough not to die, he would only be able to choose to flee.

Su Xiao appeared to have the advantage, but in reality, he did not. The gap in strength between him and the giant tiger was too large. Even though he had slashed it a dozen times, the health bar above the giant tiger's head had only decreased by about 1%, which was completely negligible, and this 1% even had to account for the giant tiger's rapid blood loss.

But if he were hit squarely by one of the giant tiger's claws, the battle might be over.

This fatal claw had already reached his face, yet Su Xiao maintained his forward momentum, actually taking the initiative to meet it head-on.

Just as Su Xiao was about to be struck by the tiger claw, he spread his legs, knelt, lowered his center of gravity, and leaned his entire body backward.

The tiger claw, carrying a heavy, bloody scent, grazed past the tip of Su Xiao's nose, the strong wind blowing his messy hair up.

With his knees brushing against the leaves on the ground, Su Xiao dodged the tiger claw by a hair's breadth.

Slapping the ground with one hand, Su Xiao leaped up. He was now positioned exactly below the giant tiger's head, exposing its fragile throat.

Su Xiao certainly wouldn't be polite; he struck with a single slash.

A large amount of blood gushed out, and Su Xiao was bathed in blood.

While Su Xiao was fighting the giant tiger to the death, a thin, small figure was hiding in a bush in the distance; judging by the build, it was a child.

"So, so strong."

The bush rustled, and the child's head poked out from within, with a few green leaves still resting on the straw hat atop his head.