235: Chapter 235 -50, +30

Seeing that the 'Spirit Shield' skill worked so well after being used, Tang Yao felt a small surprise in her heart, 'It really is worthy of being a dark blue skill book!'

Thinking this to herself, Tang Yao did not delay the battle. Since the seemingly thin and unreliable Spirit Shield had such a good actual effect, and this Irritable Red Wild Boar could not harm her in the short term, she simply used another skill right in front of the Irritable Red Wild Boar—[Sword Heart]. She actively activated this skill to enter the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' state. With a flick of the longsword in her hand, she immediately entered an incomparably focused state. Her entire Aura changed significantly, becoming so calm and composed that it seemed as if she would be completely unafraid of the Irritable Red Wild Boar in front of her even without the Spirit Shield around her body—of course, that was just how it seemed.

Tang Yao tilted the longsword in her hand slightly, pointing the tip downward, and thrust it forward. The Sharpness of the sword tip reached the pointed, small, red-furred pig face of the Irritable Red Wild Boar.

After the Irritable Red Wild Boar collided with the transparent protective shield and was bounced off, it was both shocked and suspicious. In its field of vision, there was only one female player holding a longsword, and there was clearly nothing between it and this female player. How could it feel like it had hit a stone when it bumped into her? What on earth was it?

The Irritable Red Wild Boar might have possessed a bit of intelligence, but only a bit, because its cranial capacity did not seem like it could hold much. Therefore, for a moment, it did not know what had happened to it. While it was still standing there, dazed and not yet fully reacting after being bounced off, it saw a gleaming, sharp tip thrust before its eyes. The Irritable Red Wild Boar immediately felt its scalp tingle and sensed a very dangerous Aura. However, it was too late to realize it now. Before even its body's instincts could react, a piercing pain came from its left eye. Everything in front of it turned red and blurry. When it was finally able to see clearly, only half of the world in its eyes remained.

-50!

As a jet of blood sprayed out, a weak point damage number jumped up from the Irritable Red Wild Boar's head.

It was Tang Yao, who had calmly delivered a strike that pierced with pinpoint accuracy into the Irritable Red Wild Boar's left eye, instantly bursting it and dealing a massive 50 points of weak point damage.

The Irritable Red Wild Boar was not known for its size; never mind Hu Gualing, even Tang Yao had to lower her head slightly and look down to see its full appearance. When attacking, she also had to tilt the tip of her longsword downward to hit the Irritable Red Wild Boar. Moreover, its pig face was long and narrow, and its two eyes were like two small black beans. Once it started moving, it was almost impossible to hit its eyes; even if it stood still, it was not easy to pierce them.

It was precisely because this Irritable Red Wild Boar was in a dazed state, standing foolishly in place without any other movements, and because Tang Yao had activated the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' state, allowing her to thrust at its left eye without panic or trembling, that she was able to deal 50 points of weak point damage with one strike. As a jet of blood sprayed from its eye socket, the Irritable Red Wild Boar's blood-stained pig face twisted in extreme pain, looking terrifyingly hideous. It let out a miserable, sharp, heart-wrenching howl, causing even Hu Gualing, who was maneuvering against four ordinary wild boars, to glance over in secret shock.

If it were Tang Yao in her normal state, seeing such a scene would more or less make her panic. But fortunately, she was currently in the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' state. Even witnessing the Irritable Red Wild Boar's terrifying, blood-blurred face at such close range, she remained completely unaffected, delivering another strike without panic or trembling. The direction of this strike was naturally the Irritable Red Wild Boar's remaining intact right eye, because its left eye was already gone. If she could also blind its right eye, this Irritable Red Wild Boar would be completely blind and unable to see anything, which would certainly make it much easier to deal with later. Furthermore, even without considering that, Tang Yao would undoubtedly have chosen the Irritable Red Wild Boar's right eye as the target for this attack simply to deal higher damage.

The Irritable Red Wild Boar, under the intense sensation of pain, saw the longsword in front of it flick and shift, aiming once more at its only remaining eye. It was immediately shocked and furious to the extreme. At such close range, it was too late to dodge, so it had no choice but to close its eyes, lower its head, and Charge blindly at the ruthless female player in front of it.

-29.

Because the Irritable Red Wild Boar reacted in time to protect its only remaining intact right eye with its eyelid, and was still in motion, even though Tang Yao was in a focused state, this strike failed to pierce the Irritable Red Wild Boar's eye as intended, only managing to inflict a thin wound on its long, narrow pig face.

The Irritable Red Wild Boar's close-range Charge collided without suspense into the transparent protective shield that Tang Yao had around her body. With a "clang," the Irritable Red Wild Boar was bounced back a little, just as if it had hit a wall.

However, after being bounced off this time, it was no longer stunned and immobile, frightened by this inexplicable thing. Of course, this did not mean it had figured out the principle of this transparent protective shield in such a short time. Rather, the intense pain and fury caused by the loss of one eye drove it to have no time to think about other things; it only wanted to ram this hateful female player to death.

After being bounced off this time, the Irritable Red Wild Boar stabilized its body in a very short time. Ignoring the thin wound that had just been inflicted on its face, it kicked the hard stone ground twice with its hind hooves and then lowered its head to Charge at Tang Yao in front of it again.

-28.

As if replaying the scene, Tang Yao promptly pulled back her longsword and thrust it again, piercing the Irritable Red Wild Boar's cheek, once again dealing 28 points of damage to the Irritable Red Wild Boar. The Irritable Red Wild Boar's body slammed violently against the transparent protective shield like a cannonball. Although it was blocked again this time and could not hit Tang Yao's body, a faint, almost inaudible sound like an eggshell cracking was heard in the area, and the transparent protective shield Tang Yao had around her body reached its damage limit and shattered, disappearing instantly.

Tang Yao's expression did not change, but she understood clearly in her heart. The transparent protective shield generated by Mental Energy after using the 'Spirit Shield' skill had not looked very sturdy to begin with. It had wobbled upon receiving the first attack, appearing precarious and on the verge of failing at any moment. Being able to withstand until this third attack actually already satisfied Tang Yao very much.

However, after this Spirit Shield was broken, she did not have enough Mental Energy to cast the 'Spirit Shield' skill again in the short term. The Irritable Red Wild Boar in front of her clearly held a deep grudge against her, and there was no possibility of it losing aggro for the time being. With Tang Yao's current strength and without the support of external items, she had no way to deal with this Irritable Red Wild Boar which was already in a berserk state. While in the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' state, Tang Yao did not feel any intention to retreat upon thinking of this; instead, she thrust her longsword out again. -28. The sword tip pierced the cheek of the Irritable Red Wild Boar as it charged up again in anger, and the Irritable Red Wild Boar's HP dropped another chunk. However, in contrast, Tang Yao, having lost the protection of the Spirit Shield, had no defense whatsoever against the Irritable Red Wild Boar's Charge this time. -30!

A bright red and conspicuous damage number jumped up from Tang Yao; she had actually lost over a quarter of her HP from a single close-range Charge by the Irritable Red Wild Boar that had no buildup or acceleration. This level of attack was not much different from the two real bosses she had encountered in the Dungeon, the Mutated White Wild Boar and the Millennium Tree Demon!

It seems that although this Irritable Red Wild Boar's size and HP were not particularly remarkable, its attack power was not to be underestimated.

Knocked backward and falling after the Irritable Red Wild Boar's Charge, Tang Yao was forced to exit the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' state. She braced her hands against the corridor wall behind her to barely steady herself. Immediately, she felt a stabbing pain in her brain, frowned, and a look of both pain and confusion appeared on her face. After thinking for a few blinks, she vaguely guessed that this must be the aftereffect of excessive Mental Energy consumption. After all, her 'Spirit Shield' skill and 'Sword Heart' skill both required Mental Energy to activate. One converted a large chunk of Mental Energy into a Spirit Shield upon use, while the other continuously consumed Mental Energy after activation. She had been very focused in the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' state just now, so she had ignored this adverse reaction. But now, after being forced out of the focused state when the Irritable Red Wild Boar broke her Spirit Shield, she could immediately feel the weakness caused by overusing Mental Energy. In her current state, let alone attacking the Irritable Red Wild Boar's weak points, she couldn't even match her combat state from before activating 'Sword Heart Enlightenment'. It seems that although it was indeed as Xiao Niao said, using the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' state and 'Spirit Shield' skill together could produce a 1+1>2 effect, there was a drawback to using them together. Just like now, using them would result in entering a weakened state. It seems that this point would probably only improve when her Mental Energy became higher in the future.

After Tang Yao exited the focused state, her mind was a bit chaotic and she was thinking wildly. The Irritable Red Wild Boar did not give her a chance to recover and charged at her again. Tang Yao naturally wanted to dodge, but being in a weakened state and at such close range, she naturally could not dodge in time and was hit solidly by the Irritable Red Wild Boar. -37! Because there was a hard stone wall right behind Tang Yao this time, the force of the Irritable Red Wild Boar's Charge could not be dissipated at all and hit Tang Yao completely, resulting in a damage number even higher than the previous Charge.

Fortunately, Tang Yao was not fighting alone. In the corridor, there was still Xiao Niao, who had been staring outside without a chance to play a role!

Staying in the corridor, he naturally didn't need to worry about his own safety. He was focused on the outside, hoping to play a role. So, when Tang Yao was hit by the Irritable Red Wild Boar last time, he waved the staff in his hand, and a green light brushed over Tang Yao. With just a single 'Recovery Spell', he healed 30 HP for her.

Xiao Niao saw a green +30 number pop up from Tang Yao's head and immediately saw that the 30 HP Tang Yao had just lost from the Irritable Red Wild Boar's Charge was instantly replenished. He couldn't help but be very surprised, because he had only learned this 'Recovery Spell' not long ago. With his current proficiency, it was naturally impossible to increase the skill level or anything like that. So why did the healing amount, which was originally 19 points, suddenly become 30 points? This increase was quite frightening!

Xiao Niao looked at the green wood staff in his hand. This dark blue quality staff did add 3 points of Mental Energy. But these 3 points of Mental Energy converted into HP healing amount would only be 3×1.4 = 4.2, which is far from increasing the healing amount to as high as 30 points, right? Oh, right, the characteristic of this staff was to increase the healing effect of healing Spells. 14 plus 3, then multiplied by 1.4... Calculating it this way, this staff had about a 30% increase in healing effect!? Xiao Niao quickly calculated the characteristic effect of this green wood staff in his heart and couldn't help but look at the green wood staff in his hand with some surprise. When he first got this staff in the Dungeon, he had looked at its attributes and knew it had a certain increase in healing effects, but he didn't expect this increase to reach 30%. This really gave him quite a surprise.

Xiao Niao raised his hand, waved the staff, and another green light brushed out. Tang Yao, who had just suffered the Irritable Red Wild Boar's second attack, had her HP instantly restored by 30 points again. Looking at the HP and damage of both sides, it seemed that even if Tang Yao just stood there without dodging and engaged in turn-based combat with the Irritable Red Wild Boar, she could easily win against this Irritable Red Wild Boar.

Moreover, at this time, Hu Gualing's situation did not seem to need his worry, because without the participation of the Irritable Red Wild Boar, the four ordinary wild boars were relatively easy for him to deal with. He only needed to rely on his own physical fitness and reaction speed to dodge, and when he really couldn't dodge, he would use the 'Lazy Donkey Roll' skill. Dealing with these four ordinary wild boars was still not a big problem.

Seeing the scales of victory steadily tilting towards them, Xiao Niao felt a wave of relaxation in his heart and couldn't help but think that the green wood staff in his hand seemed to also have a 'Magic Attack 3-5' attribute. What did this mean?

According to general weapon attributes, did this mean that when he attacked with this staff, he could deal an extra 3 to 5 points of magic damage?

Xiao Niao thought this but felt something was wrong. How could he attack while holding this staff? It couldn't be like holding a fire poker to hit someone's head, right?

Just as he was thinking, Xiao Niao noticed the shimmering green light flowing restlessly on the green wood staff in his hand, and suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, he picked up the staff and held it vertically in front of him.