180: Chapter 180 Battle Gear Change

Seeing this, Tang Yao said eagerly, "Is it ready? Can I come over now?"

Hu Gualing immediately refused, "Don't come over, watch my performance!"

Tang Yao was stunned for a moment, then she sheathed her longsword and applauded, saying, "Alright, alright, alright, go Gualing!"

Hu Gualing certainly didn't want to play the hero just to kill this Mutated White Wild Boar in single combat. Rather, the pumped-up state of the Mutated White Wild Boar was generally persistent and would likely only end upon its complete termination. Therefore, Hu Gualing did not want Tang Yao, who had already died once and lacked the ability to dodge or block, to come over and take risks.

Anyway, this Mutated White Wild Boar didn't have much health left; even if it were just him, he could slowly grind it to death.

Thinking this, Hu Gualing also seemed to be pumped up. After landing two punches on the lower back of the Mutated White Wild Boar, he didn't stop, instead following up with a right straight punch followed by a left straight punch, -5, -5.

"Seven percent!" Xiao Niao screamed.

After its "pig foot sweep" missed, the Mutated White Wild Boar immediately retracted its leg and stood firm. Seemingly feeling that it had taken four consecutive punches to its lower back, specifically the kidney area, it coldly twisted its pig head to look back. Seeing Hu Gualing, who was raising his fist to strike its waist again, it immediately raised its pig hoof and kicked backward.

Hu Gualing noticed the Mutated White Wild Boar's movement, his eyes hardening.

He knew that his own stamina was already low; if he dodged again, he wouldn't have the strength to attack. So he thought it might be better to trade injury for injury. He still had over 110 health points, so even if he were hit by the Mutated White Wild Boar once or twice, he wouldn't necessarily die. On the contrary, if he was fast enough and lucky enough to take the opportunity to hit the Mutated White Wild Boar a few more times—ideally triggering a few more piercing damage hits—he would have a complete chance to kill the Mutated White Wild Boar!

Even if his luck wasn't good enough, at most he would just die once. Consuming one revival coin to stand back up would surely allow him to take down this Mutated White Wild Boar!

Thinking this, Hu Gualing saw the Mutated White Wild Boar lift its hind leg, yet he still had no intention of dodging, his eyes firm as he threw another two punches!

-6, -6.

"Five percent!!" Xiao Niao screamed.

However, in the next blink, the screaming came to an abrupt halt, because the hoof of the Mutated White Wild Boar had already kicked into Hu Gualing's chest. Hu Gualing's chest immediately caved in, and his body was sent flying by the force unleashed from the kick of this Mutated White Wild Boar, which weighed at least a thousand catties. Finally, he landed on his buttocks, fell flat on his back onto the solid loess ground, and slid for a distance before stopping.

-40! Perhaps because this kick from the Mutated White Wild Boar struck a vital area of his chest, it dealt a massive forty points of damage, causing Hu Gualing's formerly healthy health bar to instantly drop to half.

Hu Gualing lay on the ground, clutching his chest as he spat out a mouthful of blood; he had clearly sustained very serious injuries. And when he tried to sit up from the ground using a sit-up motion, he discovered that the pain radiating from his chest made it impossible for him to exert any force.

Conversely, after landing the kick, the Mutated White Wild Boar still had a cold expression on its pig face as it turned around and strode toward Hu Gualing, who was sprawled on the ground.

Seeing the Mutated White Wild Boar approaching with its legs, its health bar with only five percent remaining held an allure in Hu Gualing's eyes no less than a steaming, fragrant, greasy large pork knuckle when one was starving. He only needed to land a few more sets of Farmers Three Punches, and this huge, long-named [Vibrant Mutant White Boar] would surely crash to the ground, then burst into a pile of colorful light orbs...

Hu Gualing was almost drooling at the thought, but his current physical state could not support him in continuing the fight. Although he had gained the [Bronze Skin] passive skill—which increased surface body defense—when he leveled Farmers Three Punches to level 5, his chest had clearly caved in after being kicked by that Mutated White Wild Boar. Hu Gualing did not doubt for a second that his sternum had been compromised. In this situation, whether you had Bronze Skin or iron skin, no amount of surface body defense was going to be useful!

The Mutated White Wild Boar was getting closer and closer to Hu Gualing, who was slumped on the ground.

Tang Yao and Xiao Niao looked worried, shouting anxiously and nervously:

"Gualing, get up quickly!"

"Gualing, take it down, it only has five percent health left!"

Hearing the calls of his two teammates, Hu Gualing clutched his chest and said, "Damn it, I want to get up, hiss—"

He had only said half a sentence when the pain from his chest wound, triggered by his muscle movement, made him wince.

Seeing Hu Gualing in such pain, unable to exert any force, Xiao Niao suddenly remembered something and had a flash of inspiration, saying, "Gualing, try the fearless tusk!"

The fearless tusk!?

Hu Gualing looked into his backpack and saw the [fearless tusk] that had dropped from the [Fearless Black Wild Boar] lying quietly in a slot.

Although this thing was called a tusk, and in appearance and essence was indeed a large tusk taken from the lower jaw of that Black Wild Boar, this fearless tusk was completely different from the dozen or so Wild Dog teeth in Hu Gualing's backpack that were too trashy even for crafting gear and could only be sold to NPCs. This was because the fearless tusk was not only a green-quality weapon, but also a weapon that came with an active skill!

That is to say, as soon as one equipped this weapon, they immediately gained an active skill.

Thinking of this, Hu Gualing had an idea. The steel knuckle duster on his hands instantly vanished into his backpack, and instead, he gripped a large, thick white tusk that was as long as his forearm in both hands.

Although this Fantasy Jianghu was realistic in every aspect and tortured people in many places, it was quite considerate of players when it came to changing gear. There was no such thing as being unable to switch equipment during combat; as long as his hands touched an item, with a thought, he could put the item into his backpack, and with another thought, he could take an item from his backpack into his hands.

In other words, as long as one's thoughts were fast enough, switching the weapon held in hand during combat wasn't difficult. Of course, this only applied to weapons held in hand; if it were switching clothes or pants or other armor worn on the body, it probably wouldn't be so simple.

Regardless, in a flash of thought, Hu Gualing swapped the steel knuckle duster in his hand for the fearless tusk, then decisively used the active skill attached to the fearless tusk.

[Fearless]: After active use, gain the Fearless status for 60 seconds. Remaining uses: 3/3.

After using it, Hu Gualing couldn't describe the feeling, only knowing that the pain from the wound on his chest instantly disappeared. The physical fatigue caused by the long, high-intensity battle was no longer felt, and even his red and swollen palms felt no discomfort. It was as if all negative statuses were severed from him after using the [Fearless] skill.

After pausing slightly to experience the changes in his body, Hu Gualing grinned, "This Fearless skill is truly awesome. With this status, what do I have to fear from a Mutated White Wild Boar?"