176: Chapter 176 Worried Fangs

Tang Yao had decided to hide for a moment, hoping to wait for Hu Gualing to come over and re-draw the Mutated White Wild Boar's Aggro before she resumed her attacks, but the Mutated White Wild Boar didn't give her that chance.

Although the Mutated White Wild Boar's movements seemed a bit sluggish and it had mostly stood in place without moving much during the previous fight, Tang Yao, after all, hadn't practiced any Movement Techniques. Her long-term labor of cutting Pig Grass and cooking pig feed had mostly developed her Endurance and strength attributes, while her Agility attribute, which governed movement speed, hadn't increased much. Thus, her running speed was not particularly fast.

Furthermore, because the Mutated White Wild Boar was massive, after missing one strike, it only had to take two steps in the direction Tang Yao was fleeing and lean down to close the distance. It raised its pig hand and swung another heavy slap.

-4, -4.

Xiao Niao shot two more arrows at the Mutated White Wild Boar, taking away a total of 8 health points with a 100% hit rate. Unfortunately, the arrows failed to pierce the Mutated White Wild Boar's hide and fell to the ground, causing no substantial damage. The Mutated White Wild Boar didn't even spare Xiao Niao a glance, letting him shoot as much as he wanted.

As for Hu Gualing, he had already stood up from the ground by leaning on the dark chair that the Mutated White Wild Boar usually sat on. However, the kick the Mutated White Wild Boar had delivered to his buttocks earlier was so powerful that his bones felt like they were about to fall apart. It was only because of his passive skill, [Unyielding], which increased stamina recovery speed as stamina decreased, that he managed to recover enough to stand. But he was unable to go over and block the Mutated White Wild Boar's attacks for Tang Yao. He could only shout to her, "If you die, don't rush to use Resurrection! Wait until I've drawn the Aggro before you resurrect!"

Hu Gualing was worried that if Tang Yao was slapped to death by the Mutated White Wild Boar and immediately used a revival coin out of spite, she might be slapped down again before she could even find her footing. Not only would that be a waste of a revival coin, but she would also have to experience death once more. Thus, he kindly reminded her.

But when Tang Yao heard this, her focus was entirely on the word "Resurrection."

"That's right, I can use Resurrection anyway, what the meow am I afraid of!"

Tang Yao caught a glimpse of the large pig hand swinging rapidly toward her. It was clear she couldn't dodge it, and relying on Gualing to hurry over and lure the Mutated White Wild Boar away was also unrealistic. Since she couldn't escape anyway, she might as well stop running and try to shave off more of the Mutated White Wild Boar's health!

With that thought, Tang Yao stopped in her tracks. The longsword she had stored in her backpack reappeared in her right hand. She swung the sword at the large pig hand coming from the upper right, which she could see in her peripheral vision. She slashed backward quite stylishly across the Mutated White Wild Boar's hand, dealing 15 damage.

But her coolness didn't last even a second. Having stopped, Tang Yao was struck on her right shoulder by the Mutated White Wild Boar's slap. A massive force sent her body spinning and stumbling away until she finally fell onto her buttocks on the yellow earth.

-36.

A damage number popped up above Tang Yao's head; having taken only two hits from the Mutated White Wild Boar, her entire health bar was already down to half.

Even worse, of the Mutated White Wild Boar's two attacks, the first had caused a minor fracture in her left shoulder, and the second—this one—had directly broken her right shoulder. Now, Tang Yao sat on the ground with both shoulders slumped, completely robbed of any ability to resist. Fortunately, she had put the longsword back into her backpack immediately after damaging the Mutated White Wild Boar; otherwise, she surely wouldn't have been able to hold onto it and it would have been slapped away.

Meanwhile, the Sharp-toothed Piglet, who was peeking from behind a dirt wall, saw its master's miserable state and immediately wanted to rush out to help. However, just as it moved, its Taming Rope was stepped on by the Bald Ugly Bird next to it. The Sharp-toothed Piglet tried to break free several times but failed, so it turned and glared furiously at the ugly bird.

The Ostrich, controlled by a sliver of Chen Mo's consciousness, turned its head away disdainfully, refusing to even look at the foolish pig. However, the claw stepping on the Taming Rope didn't budge an inch.

To Chen Mo, this place was truly strange. He didn't know if it had been automatically generated when he created the Wilderness Map or where it came from, nor did he know where this Mutated White Wild Boar, which was twice as tall as Hu Gualing, had originated.