179: Chapter 179 No Stunning State

Xiao Niao stared intently at the Mutated White Wild Boar's health bar. He had the illusion that fine tick marks had appeared on the bar, allowing him to clearly and precisely judge exactly how much health remained.

Perhaps he had been staring for too long and his eyes were playing tricks on him.

Xiao Niao rubbed his eyes quickly, then continued to stare nervously and carefully at the Mutated White Wild Boar's health bar. After a while, he clenched his fists and shouted nervously, "It's at ten percent! Watch out!"

With previous experience, Tang Yao didn't wait for Hu Gualing's reminder this time and consciously retreated to the back, leaving Hu Gualing alone to tangle with the Mutated White Wild Boar.

Seeing that the Mutated White Wild Boar had only ten percent of its health left, Hu Gualing was extremely excited. He squeezed out the last bit of strength in his body, his movements and punches full of vigor, not at all worried about what trump card Move the Mutated White Wild Boar might pull out.

Hu Gualing took a step back to dodge the Mutated White Wild Boar's sweeping kick, then immediately took two steps forward to get in front of the beast. He landed two punches, "-13 (Piercing Damage)" and "-6." Seeing these two decent damage numbers pop up over the Mutated White Wild Boar's head, Hu Gualing's confidence grew. At the same time, he focused his attention on the Mutated White Wild Boar's chest. This was because any physical movement involved muscles; even before the Move was executed, the corresponding muscle groups would react as soon as force was applied. Although Hu Gualing couldn't explain the principle, he had gradually noticed this phenomenon. As long as there was significant movement in the Mutated White Wild Boar's chest muscles, it meant it was about to swing its pig-hand to strike in the next second.

Under his close observation, he saw the Mutated White Wild Boar's right chest twitch upward, and sure enough, it immediately raised its right pig-hand high.

Hu Gualing had long since mastered dealing with these "two axes" of the Mutated White Wild Boar. Just as the pig-hand locked onto the direction of the strike and came down heavily, he had already sidestepped to the back. Taking advantage of the Mutated White Wild Boar being in the stiffness state after a missed attack, Hu Gualing raised his fists and landed two more punches on the beast's flank.

-6. -5.

Watching the Mutated White Wild Boar's health bar drop a little more, Hu Gualing was too excited to care about the swelling and pain in his hands, but a sliver of doubt arose in his heart.

Ever since this Mutated White Wild Boar unlocked the "Using Hands and Feet Simultaneously" form at half health, it hadn't shown any other forms. Although it had caught them off guard at the time, once they were familiar with the Mutated White Wild Boar's attack rhythm, it wasn't particularly difficult to deal with. Hu Gualing had originally thought it would unleash its strongest combat power when its health dropped to ten percent, but now that the Mutated White Wild Boar's health was below ten percent, it was still no different from before, with no sign of entering a third phase to unleash hidden strength.

Was it really going to be killed off so uneventfully?

Being able to secure the kill was, of course, a good thing. Hu Gualing had long been fantasizing about what good loot this Mutated White Wild Boar would drop. However, if the Mutated White Wild Boar didn't pull off some special effects at the final moment, Hu Gualing felt it wouldn't live up to its identity as a BOSS, and he feared the loot wouldn't be very surprising…

Thinking with mixed feelings, Hu Gualing withdrew his fists according to the previous combat rhythm. While recovering his Qi, he focused his attention on the Mutated White Wild Boar's waist. As long as there was obvious movement near this area, it meant the Mutated White Wild Boar was about to kick. This was a habit of the Mutated White Wild Boar that Hu Gualing had figured out after fighting it for so long. At first, he had been flustered when dealing with it, but now, while the Mutated White Wild Boar was still in its stiffness state, he was already predicting its next Move. Perhaps this was what a combat Genius was!

Taking advantage of the gap while the Mutated White Wild Boar was in its stiffness state after missing a pig-hand strike, Hu Gualing glanced at the health bar above its head and found that its remaining health seemed to be less than ten percent. Just as he was thinking about whether to call Tang Yao over to quickly finish off this Mutated White Wild Boar to avoid any complications, his eyelid twitched, and he hurriedly leaped backward, narrowly dodging the pig-leg that swept past his body. He was shocked: "Why is it suddenly so fast!?"

He had been paying attention to the Mutated White Wild Boar's movements, and the moment he saw the Mutated White Wild Boar's waist lift, he had prepared to dodge. But just as this thought appeared, he felt the Mutated White Wild Boar's pig-leg kick up dust and sweep over. Fortunately, he had dodged it many times before, and his body subconsciously performed a backward step, allowing him to barely escape.

Before Hu Gualing could catch his breath after steadying himself, he saw the Mutated White Wild Boar, as if equipped with acceleration gears, immediately raise its hand after the missed kick and deliver a fierce overhead smash. Hu Gualing had no other Moves left, so he had to use the Lazy Donkey Roll to roll underneath the Mutated White Wild Boar's body.

Ending the roll, Hu Gualing stood up, panting heavily.

The Mutated White Wild Boar's sudden Moves had completely disrupted his attack rhythm, causing his stamina consumption to spike. He was already struggling, and having been forced to use the energy-draining Lazy Donkey Roll skill, he was now gasping for air.

However, as his brain whirred, he had already roughly figured out why the Mutated White Wild Boar had suddenly seemed to have acceleration gears installed. It was because the Mutated White Wild Boar's "Pig-Hand Swing" and "Pig-Leg Sweep" Moves had relatively obvious stiffness times. If the two Moves were used in succession, the stiffness was even more severe. But suddenly, this stiffness time had been shortened countless times, to the point where Hu Gualing couldn't grasp it, making its movements appear as if they had suddenly accelerated. In reality, the speed of the Mutated White Wild Boar's swings and sweeps hadn't changed much; otherwise, if such powerful Moves were further accelerated, no matter how much of a combat Genius Hu Gualing was, he wouldn't have been able to dodge them at all.

As for why the Mutated White Wild Boar had suddenly gone berserk, it was likely the third form revealed when its health dropped below ten percent. Hu Gualing decided to call it the "No Stiffness State."

Having figured this out, a heavy stone in Hu Gualing's heart basically dropped.

Because what he had been most worried about wasn't the Mutated White Wild Boar suddenly unleashing astonishing strength, but rather that it would just die quietly until its health bar was emptied. In that case, it would mean this BOSS lacked presence, and the items it dropped certainly wouldn't be very rare.

On the contrary, with the Mutated White Wild Boar suddenly powering up like this, Hu Gualing felt even more invigorated!

As his thoughts raced, Hu Gualing gathered his spirits and landed two punches on the lower back of the Mutated White Wild Boar, which was still facing away from him.

-6. -5.

As the two damage numbers popped up, Xiao Niao waved his fists and said nervously and excitedly, "Eight percent! Only eight percent left! Go, Gualing!"