Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Nine Burly Men and One Wild Boar
The massive hindquarters of the Blood-toothed Wild Boar trembled.
Then its huge body began to twist, attempting to free itself from the rubble burying its upper half.
Zong Shen raised the Royal Guard Battle Sword and delivered a Two-Stage Slash.
With the "Blessing of the Elf’s Wraith," his attack and defense were increased by an extra 10%. Combined with the skill bonus of the Two-Stage Slash and the "Holy Light Blessing," he inflicted two considerable damage hits.
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Two deep gashes appeared on the hindquarters of the Blood-toothed Wild Boar.
At this moment, Lensa Shuizhao also arrived.
Two sharp claws viciously tore into its back.
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An unpleasant tearing sound of leather was heard.
At this time, the Blood-toothed Wild Boar still had as much as 860 blood volume.
At this moment, three nearby Wolf Riders arrived and delivered three Sabre Slashes to its big rear!
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Inflicting three deep scars and three damage values.
In the rear, four more Wolf Riders were about to arrive.
Perhaps due to the pain, or the continuous decrease in blood volume.
The Blood-toothed Wild Boar began to struggle vigorously, and before Zong Shen could launch a second round of attacks, it had already pushed aside the rubble on its body.
A yellowish glow began to flow over its body, the effect of the "Thick Hide" skill.
This boosted the armor value of the Blood-toothed Wild Boar to 60 points, and magic resistance increased to 24 points.
Defense greatly enhanced!
Zong Shen raised his sword to strike again.
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A mere 22 points of damage inflicted.
By this time, the Blood-toothed Wild Boar had turned its body and fiercely rammed Zong Shen’s side with its sharp tusk.
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Zong Shen felt a sharp pain in his flank, and his entire body was sent flying.
Fortunately, Zong Shen’s lower body had decent armor value, equipped with both "Emerald Green Leg Armor" and "Swift Leather Short Boots," both of which were Refined Level equipment.
Especially the "Emerald Green Leg Armor," which was an ancient equipment of the Elf Race.
Enhanced by the defense bonus of the Holy Light Blessing.
This protected his backside from the piercing pain, and the damage sustained wasn’t too high.
Seeing Zong Shen under attack, everyone quickly rushed over to offer rescue.
Only to see him wave a hand.
"I’m fine, keep your eyes on the big guy."
His tactics and philosophy were simple: never meet such a large creature head-on.
Flexible output is the key.
At this point, the Blood-toothed Wild Boar was in a sorry state, not only did it have a sharp arrow embedded in one eye, but its upper body was covered in gray and white dust.
Its backside was full of cuts and gashes.
After toppling Zong Shen, it glared at him viciously.
Ultimately, it didn’t pursue its advantage but instead moved all four limbs, attempting to escape toward the mine.
Despite its large size, this creature was by no means slow.
Its life value was visibly recovering quickly.
Zong Shen’s face showed a confident smile, as he was well prepared for this.
Just as the Blood-toothed Wild Boar reached halfway, Luna intercepted from the side and threw the Moon Blade.
Unfortunately, it only inflicted a miserably single-digit damage.
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Although Luna was now level 12 and had used two green Soldier Enhancement Pearls, increasing her throwing damage by 63 points.
Unfortunately, due to skill reasons, Luna’s Moon Blade had no damage bonus.
Faced with the Thick Hide state and the 60 armor value of the Blood-toothed Wild Boar, it could only inflict a pitiful 3 points of damage.
The Blood-toothed Wild Boar rushed forward recklessly, its head tilting, using brute force to knock Luna and her Black Panther away.
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Damage numbers of 30 and 31 appeared above Luna and the Black Panther’s heads, respectively.
"Throw the net!"
"Apart from the mages and ranged soldiers, everyone else, suppress this big guy."
Zong Shen stood up and issued a command.
This big guy was smart; it wanted to escape after suffering losses.
Thus, Zong Shen needed to decisively change tactics and strategies.
When the opponent is tough, he refrains.
When the opponent backs down, he advances.
If this big guy gets away, with its recovery ability, it wouldn’t take long for its blood volume to recover.
Then everything that had been done before would be in vain!
A Wolf Rider heard the order and directly threw out a Capture Net, once again enveloping the Blood-toothed Wild Boar.
Then, seven Wolf Riders and the Sharp Claw Druid charged forward.
Eight figures surrounded the Blood-toothed Wild Boar, launching an assault together, dishing out relentless damage.
Unfortunately, the boar’s skin was too thick, and this wave caused little damage.
"Dismount, all of you, hold its limbs tightly!"
Zong Shen immediately issued a new command.
Four boar hooves, each held by two men each with over 20 points of strength.
The giant wolves weren’t idle either, fiercely biting the body of the Blood-toothed Wild Boar.
With the restraints of the net disappearing, the Blood-toothed Wild Boar began to struggle violently.
However, there were too many strong men, and just as it began to move, it was held down firmly.
Zong Shen had brought along ten hemp ropes, and since meeting the Dwarf Uncle, he took a keen interest in hemp ropes.
Give him a hemp rope and he could bind the whole world.
Each hemp rope was about four meters long.
As a commonly used building material.
These ropes were exceptionally solid, requiring Zong Shen’s full strength to snap them.
If you were tied with these on all four limbs, you’d need at least a hundred or more strength points to break free.
As a successful lord, how could he not be skilled in the art of rope?
In the ruins, there were many fallen stone pillars and partially collapsed low walls.
Zong Shen tied one end of the hemp rope to the boar hooves, and the other end to nearby building remnants.
The Blood-toothed Wild Boar thrashed more violently upon seeing Zong Shen, nearly overwhelming the eight men struggling to hold it down.
Being five meters long, twice to three times an ordinary wild boar, not to mention its robust build, this creature weighed at least over two tons.
Ordinary human strength values start between 5 to 7 points, and with so many strong men, it equated to the power of thirty or forty ordinary people.
Just barely enough to suppress it.
Zong Shen tied down the Blood-toothed Wild Boar’s four limbs to ease the pressure on the warriors.
People couldn’t quite grasp Zong Shen’s intentions; he seemed to have a different idea and did not plan to kill the beast.
"Heh heh."
Zong Shen rubbed his hands together, smiling mischievously at the Blood-toothed Wild Boar.
He held the Royal Guard Battle Sword and called Madeleine to draw her Short Sword to assist.
The two of them hacked away at the head of the Blood-toothed Wild Boar.
Not seeking to inflict too much damage, just keeping it from restoring its life value.
The Blood-toothed Wild Boar’s Thick Hide state lasted five minutes; without the Holy Light Blessing, Zong Shen’s normal attacks only dealt 22 points of damage.
As for Madeleine, her Short Sword could only deal 1 point of forced damage.
Zong Shen controlled the rhythm, slashing the Blood-toothed Wild Boar occasionally.
When this creature’s Thick Hide state ended, it had barely 200 life value remaining!