Chương 237: Reborn as the Dragon — Chapter 237 - Pioneering Players (4)

Watching the elite Blaze Rabbit charge in with ferocious momentum, Player A had already finished a whole mental feast of braised rabbit head, spicy rabbit head, and pickled pepper rabbit meat. Even with freakish growth, a Blaze Rabbit should never have grown to this size. Just look at those basketball-sized pecs. Who knew how it trained them, and it was even wearing overalls. Player A felt that if he stuck his head out, it might get crushed between that elite Blaze Rabbit's massive pecs.

No sooner had that thought flashed through his mind than the giant axe came crashing down over his head. But no big deal. He was a high-level ARPG veteran who'd mastered all kinds of soul-crushing games. Dodging an attack this telegraphed was too easy. Player A activated the soul-series divine technique, the rolling skill known as, "I don't know why, but as long as you roll fast enough, you won't take damage." The two-meter giant axe carried a mountain-splitting force.

The corridor floor had already been plowed into ruin. Relying on his divine rolling skill, Player A really did evade the axe unscathed. What he never expected was that the elite Blaze Rabbit's strike was a freaking combo. After smashing a huge stretch of floor tiles to pieces, the giant axe showed no recovery lag at all. As if it possessed endless strength, the elite Blaze Rabbit forcibly reversed the release of gravitational potential energy, turning the axe from a downward chop into a horizontal sweep. Swish.

A cold flash streaked past. The bangs hanging over Player A's forehead were cut clean in two, making his receding hairline look even more standard. But he still dodged the sweep. And the instant the elite Blaze Rabbit twisted its body, he lunged like a hyena, slashing his sword hard into the Blaze Rabbit's belly. That was the only place he could hit. He wasn't tall enough. The next second, he rolled away without a second thought.

Sure enough, the giant axe came down almost brushing his leg, exactly where he'd just been standing. Then the elite Blaze Rabbit launched straight into a dense chain of downward chops and horizontal sweeps. On the surface, Player A looked completely miserable. In reality, the elite Blaze Rabbit hadn't even touched the hem of his clothes. With him pinning down the strongest elite Blaze Rabbit, the pressure on the other Seumida Players dropped to the minimum.

They relied on control spells to keep these Blaze Rabbits in check, while priests threw up shields and healed them to extend their stamina. The Blaze Rabbits were fierce, sure, but they had no healing at all. The scales of victory slowly began to tilt toward the players. Little by little, one ordinary Blaze Rabbit after another died in battle, dropping materials that turned into Invasion Points and experience. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.

In the end, the whole corridor was left with only Captain Player A, dodging and weaving like a monkey, and the berserk elite Blaze Rabbit that was tearing the place apart like a demolition crew.

"Captain, we're here to help!" The Seumida Players all stepped forward to help their captain restrain the elite Blaze Rabbit, and Player A finally got a little breathing room amid the storm of attacks. This elite Blaze Rabbit was way too fierce. Its terrifying destructive power forced him to stay focused at one hundred percent. Even a casual graze from it might make him lose the ability to keep fighting, and that could drag the whole team into danger. Luckily, he'd held on.

Under the players' assault, the wounds on the elite Blaze Rabbit kept multiplying, its HP kept dropping lower and lower, and the light of victory was already shining behind the players. Then, with its HP down to 20%, the elite Blaze Rabbit lowered its rabbit head and, with a clunk, dropped the axe in its hand to the ground.

"What, what is it doing? It even threw away its weapon. Is it planning to surrender?"

"Heh. We wouldn't accept a monster's surrender anyway. We can only keep getting stronger if we kill it." Some players were confused. Some sneered. Only Player A's face turned serious, because this elite Blaze Rabbit now looked exactly like a Boss entering a berserk phase. But this was just a gatekeeping elite monster. No matter what, it shouldn't be entering a berserk state like a Boss, right? He watched closely and held his ground. The Blaze Rabbit in front of him didn't change in any obvious way.

It just bent its knees slightly, raised both thick forepaws with a faint curl, and pointed its elbows toward the players. A textbook Muay Thai stance. In the ARPGs Player A had played, plenty of unarmed characters and monsters used similar fighting techniques. It was one of the most destructive fighting styles around, so its inclusion in games was inevitable. What he didn't understand was why this elite monster in an otherworldly dungeon seemed to know it too.

Of course, it was also possible the elite Blaze Rabbit was just bluffing. Then, in the next instant, the Blaze Rabbit moved. It turned into a blur and charged in on all fours, zigzagging forward. Dust was kicked up along the way. Stones were crushed under its feet. Deep, cracked footprints were left on the walls and floor. Player A could barely catch its movements. All he could see was the red light in the elite Blaze Rabbit's eyes streaking into a line.

It seemed that after throwing away its weapon, the Blaze Rabbit had shed a burden. Its agility had increased dramatically. A fierce gust hit his face. Player A instinctively dodged. BOOM-CRACK! The wall beside his ear was punched through by the elite Blaze Rabbit's iron fist, sinking in past the elbow. The sound of rock exploding made his ears ring uncomfortably. The elite Blaze Rabbit lowered its head slightly and slowly pulled its fist out of the hole it had made.

At the same time, it snapped its knee up and, with lightning speed, without the slightest warning, rammed it toward the Player A beside it. But Player A had already started rolling the instant the elite Blaze Rabbit pulled its fist free, and only barely managed to avoid that vicious knee strike. BOOM! Another hole was blasted into the wall. The elite Blaze Rabbit's terrifying aggression sent chills through the surrounding players.

But at this moment, they were actually still safe, because the elite Blaze Rabbit's aggro was still locked firmly on their captain. Among players, Player A's reaction speed was already top-tier. But the elite Blaze Rabbit was even faster. As Player A rolled, it rolled on the spot too. Using the force of its waist, it pushed itself up, flipping its whole body into an upside-down pose. Its two thick legs rotated halfway through the roll with the momentum of its waist, and its right leg came down like a battle axe.

The landing point was exactly where Player A was getting back up. It was so precise it looked deliberate. Player A had just stood up, not even understanding what was happening yet, and had already brought his face right up to the incoming battle axe. CRACK! That was the sound of his skull shattering. BOOM— That was the sound of Player A, fully armored, being smashed bodily into the wall. A bright red [-6973] critical hit floated up from Player A's corpse. He only had a little over three thousand HP total.

The Seumida Players around him were stunned. They stared with their mouths open, as if they still hadn't processed the fact that their captain had just been one-shot by the elite Blaze Rabbit. But the elite Blaze Rabbit wouldn't give them time to react. It turned around. Under the light, its tall body cast a huge, pitch-black shadow, with only a pair of scarlet eyes flickering in the darkness. Ptooey~ The elite Blaze Rabbit spat out a mouthful of bloody froth.

Then it lifted one knee, tucked its elbows beside its head, and took up the Muay Thai opening stance. One rabbit paw propped forward, and it lightly hooked a finger at the humans in front of it. ➤ Next: The Dungeon Rewards Are Too Good