The Goblin Warrior raised his weapon in advance, and the wolf fang club faintly emitted a weak glow.
Upon seeing this, Hang Yu immediately halted his steps and rolled to the left to dodge.
Dong!
At the moment the wolf fang club hit the ground,
it unexpectedly unleashed a shockwave.
This intense energy surged five meters, crushing all the stones within range.
This was the Goblin Warrior's skill "Shock Strike," incredibly dangerous and difficult to avoid. However, Hang Yu knew the goblin's abilities inside out, making precise predictions before the attack fully formed, thus avoiding being instantly killed.
This skill causes a brief stiffening.
Hang Yu seized the opportunity and thrust his dagger fiercely into the left knee.
-1!
Damn, only knocked out 1 point of life.
This guy's skin and bones are really tough!
The Goblin Warrior has 50 life points, and his recovery is fast, so this damage means little. However, attacking this part somewhat impacts his movement.
The two sides are not in the same weight class.
If forced to a head-on clash, the outcome would be unthinkable.
It would only turn into a situation like Tyson beating up Guo Si.
Too risky, too risky indeed.
Hang Yu didn't dare linger, withdrawing immediately; there's too little room for error in such a fight, and any mistake could be fatal unless absolutely confident.
The Goblin Warrior howled wildly.
Like a lustful wild boar.
He launched into a frenzied assault on Hang Yu.
The wolf fang club packed a mighty punch, creating large pits wherever it struck.
Due to its bulk and weight, the attack rhythm was slower; just dodging without retaliation made it barely possible to stay in the game momentarily.
Hang Yu had to consider the physical strength issue.
The Goblin Warrior had far superior stamina compared to Hang Yu.
Hence, if the standoff lasted too long, Hang Yu's stamina would start to diminish, leading to vulnerability, so they couldn't just wait passively.
Boom!
As the Goblin Warrior pursued eagerly,
a fireball flew from who knows where and exploded on its back, creating a deep, bone-revealing wound despite the goblin's tough hide, setting half its body on fire as well.
The fireball blast caused 8 points of damage.
The burning effect would continue to drain 2 life points.
Zhang Xiaoqiang's sneak attack with a fireball ultimately managed to inflict a total of 10 points of damage.
This fully proved the correctness of Hang Yu's strategy; dealing with an Elite Monster like a Goblin Warrior at this stage, rushing in carelessly to slash back and forth meant inevitable failure. Only strong enough magic attacks could bring it down!
The Goblin Warrior, caught off guard by such a heavy hit, immediately lost his balance and couldn't even stand steadily.
An opportunity had arisen!
Hang Yu seized the chance, charging up and slicing across the goblin's face.
The blade precisely cut across the eyes, creating a wound; although it still only caused one damage point, it would blind the Goblin Warrior temporarily, greatly reducing Hang Yu's pressure.
The Goblin Warrior swung the wolf fang club in rage.
This time Hang Yu failed to completely evade, getting brushed across the chest slightly.
The wolf fang club created a violent gust that flipped Hang Yu onto the ground.
Instantly losing 4 life points.
Damn, just a slight brush, huh.
A direct hit, and I'd be a meat patty by now!
Zhang Xiaoqiang's attack did considerable damage to the monster, and Hang Yu took the opportunity to blind it; others felt reinvigorated, but were worried as Hang Yu was also knocked down, and with the goblin blinded, its random club-swings posed a significant threat to Hang Yu.
Hang Yu had led everyone to kill up to this point.
Everyone has realized Hang Yu's importance.
The team could miss anyone but not Hang Yu.
Jiang Nan was busy chasing the runaway Goblin Warlock and couldn't support, Zhang Xiaoqiang's skill was on cooldown, and Zhao Ming had recovered the life points loss by consuming fruits after disengaging from combat. Seizing the chance when the monster's eyes couldn't see, he dashed to its back, shield first, and struck the creature on its back with a stick.
-1!
Also resulted in one point of damage!
The Goblin Warrior swung back with a club.
Zhao Ming's defense shattered like glass, and he was thrown violently, crashing into the goblin's shabby grass hut, with his life points nearly reaching the bottom, barely avoiding death.
This beast's attack power is terrifying!
Indeed an Elite Monster, no wonder Hang Yu was so wary!
Though Zhao Ming's sneak hadn't succeeded, he bought Hang Yu a breather. Hang Yu quickly stood up to engage the Goblin Warrior, who, with a recovering vision, could only swing his club randomly based on sounds, posing limited risk to an experienced Hang Yu.
Second fireball, third fireball!
When the Goblin Warrior was struck by the fourth fireball,
everyone could clearly sense the tough guy was about to falter.
The creature seemed weakening and sluggish, and though the eye injuries had healed, its movements and attacks clearly declined, as if nearing exhaustion.
Meanwhile,
Jiang Nan finally shot down the runaway Goblin Warlock.
Zhao Ming left combat and resumed with red berries.
Hang Yu shouted: "Be careful, once the Goblin Warrior's life falls below ten percent, it will frenzied, with speed and strength significantly escalating, don't give it a frenzy chance, take it down in one shot!"
The goblin would frenzy when its life left was five points.
If it went into frenzy, Hang Yu wouldn't stand a chance.
It would swiftly kill Hang Yu, without his restraining, Zhang Xiaoqiang's fireball would miss, the goblin would smash Zhang Xiaoqiang into a pancake, then finish off Zhao Ming and Jiang Nan, turning the tables decisively.
Hence no chance for frenzy!
Now, with seven life points left for the goblin, Hang Yu had to halt any attack, await a fireball to skip the frenzy threshold, and finish the monster directly!
Zhang Xiaoqiang's skill had finished cooling down.
He swiftly conjured up a fireball.
After the course of this battle, even the greenest rookie should have adjusted to the rhythm by now.
But surprisingly, this time the Goblin Warrior had its sight back, saw the fireball's arc, and dodged in a crucial moment, resulting in the fireball hitting only the left arm.
The Goblin Warrior's left arm exploded!
However, dodging the key spots, the damage was lessened.
The Goblin Warrior lost only 5 life points, immediately roaring in angry bloodlust, and his green skin turned rapidly red, visibly growing stronger from head to toe.
"Not good!"
"It's frenzied!"
Zhao Ming and Zhang Xiaoqiang's expressions changed drastically.
They hadn't expected this turn.
A single fireball failed to finish it off, induced a frenzy!
At the critical moment.
Jiang Nan quickly shot an arrow at the Goblin Warrior's neck, barely causing 1 point of damage. Simultaneously, Hang Yu charged recklessly, reverse-gripping the dagger and piercing it into the goblin's chest.
Not long after the frenzy completed, it took another damage point.
The Goblin Warrior's life hit zero!
The Goblin Warrior, initially like a stimulant-fueled beast, suddenly seemed overdosed, howling in agony and dropping to the ground, the red skin turning back to green.
It dropped several light spheres.
A tremendous burst of Spiritual Qi emerged, almost half falling onto Zhang Xiaoqiang, a small portion into Hang Yu who delivered the final blow, while Jiang Nan and Zhao Ming got only a minuscule share.
At the moment the Spiritual Qi flowed into the body.
A certain threshold was breached.
Hang Yu felt a surge of power erupting from within, enhancing all attributes significantly.
Leveled up!
Hang Yu hurriedly checked the details.
Combat Professional level 2
Life Energy: 15
Spiritual Power: 12
Spiritual Qi: 0/150
[Memory of the Great Sage], an exclusive Innate Skill, possessing the wisdom and blessing of the Great Sage, significantly accelerating skill Cultivation.
Hang Yu gathered considerable Spiritual Qi by hunting goblins and gained a small portion from the Elite Goblin kill process, finally accomplishing a level-up.
From the changes in personal Attributes, life energy's maximum increased by 5 points, and Spiritual Power's maximum by 2 points.
These were the visible explicit attributes, yet everyone has hidden attributes.
Such as Strength, Agility, Constitution, Spirit, Will, Spiritual Sense, Resistance, etc.
As levels ascend, these attributes will also increase.
So Hang Yu has become stronger in every way.
"Great God, Great God, look quickly!" Jiang Nan exclaimed with joy: "This monster has dropped so many things!"
The Goblin exploded several items, yet everyone held back from touching them.
They were waiting for Hang Yu to come and assess.