Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 223: Solo Showdown with the Black Scale Lion
Suddenly, Xu Yi heard a sound and immediately turned his head to take a look.
An animal he had never seen before was approaching, already closing in within ten meters of them.
It was covered in scale armor, similar to a lion, but slightly larger than a lion.
There was only one, so Xu Yi wasn’t too panicked. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
He stuffed a strawberry into his mouth and then said to Lu Ke, "Be careful, don’t let it trample the strawberries."
Then, Xu Yi rushed forward.
As Xu Yi dashed out, Lu Ke immediately raised her short crossbow and aimed at the Black Scale Lion.
Danger, truly omnipresent!
Just while picking strawberries, they almost got attacked by a fierce beast.
"Xu Yi, be careful." Lu Ke thought this kind of fierce beast was extremely frightening and couldn’t help but remind him.
Xu Yi gripped a machete in one hand and a dagger in the other, directly confronting it.
The Black Scale Lion didn’t expect Xu Yi would attack proactively.
As he was about to get close, Xu Yi suddenly leapt up, jumping over the top of the Black Scale Lion.
The Black Scale Lion reacted quickly, also jumping up and tried to bite Xu Yi.
However, Xu Yi had already landed and swung his machete, targeting the hindquarters of the Black Scale Lion.
Xu Yi’s blade felt a resistance, lacking its usual impact of cutting through easily.
Nevertheless, his knife still cut into it, probably about three to four centimeters deep.
When the Black Scale Lion lunged at him, Xu Yi had already turned and ran away.
The Black Scale Lion let out a painful howl, the blow to the flesh was quite painful.
Yet, this also enraged the Black Scale Lion, provoking it to pounce at Xu Yi, attempting to tear him apart and devour him.
This was exactly what Xu Yi wanted; if it targeted Lu Ke, it would be quite troublesome.
"Xu Yi, watch out." When Xu Yi cut the Black Scale Lion, Lu Ke decisively shot an arrow, but it bounced off the Black Scale Lion’s scale armor without causing any harm.
Thus, she was very worried about Xu Yi.
"Xu Yi’s knife is really impressive; so many teams encountering the Black Scale Lion, yet none of their weapons could break through the Black Scale Lion’s scale armor defense, and Xu Yi shattered it with one slash."
"Xu Yi’s jumping ability is astounding; that leap was incredibly high."
"Not only is his jumping ability strong, but also his reactions. The Black Scale Lion pounced several times, yet Xu Yi dodged them all, almost slashing its mouth."
"The Black Scale Lion is indeed strong, but its stamina is limited. If Xu Yi can extend the fight for twenty minutes, he can freely hack it."
"This is also a flaw of its. If it didn’t have this weakness, it would probably dominate this forest. After all, its defense power is only second to the Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat, right?"
"Killing a Black Scale Lion and using its skin together with the Iron-Scaled Giant Forest Rat skin to make armor, Xu Yi could become invincible."
"Being invincible is excessive; some animals have a bite force of several thousand pounds. Even if they can’t break your skin, they can break your bones."
"No matter what, having armor would definitely be a lot more powerful. Facing wolves and leopards, one could definitely start a fight."
After several rounds, Xu Yi had inflicted several knife wounds on the Black Scale Lion’s body.
Lu Ke was initially very worried, trying every means to aim for the Black Scale Lion’s eyes.
But seeing Xu Yi becoming increasingly adept, she was a bit more assured.
Xu Yi’s improvement was indeed considerable.
She felt that when dealing with a wolf pack before, Xu Yi wasn’t as nimble.
Xu Yi rushed in front of a tree, then kicked a few times before flipping backward, jumping behind the Black Scale Lion and slashing down.
This time, he unleashed all his strength.
Upon hitting, Xu Yi felt his arm tremble.
The Black Scale Lion let out a tragic cry and lunged at Xu Yi.
Xu Yi punched forward, striking the Black Scale Lion’s eye.
Because his knife was stuck and couldn’t be pulled out immediately.
This punch was quite powerful.
Xu Yi directly knocked the Black Scale Lion’s head slightly askew, causing it to scream even more miserably.
Then, Xu Yi took the opportunity to retrieve his machete, and blood gushed from the wound, with a very large amount of bleeding.
Xu Yi grinned, then leapt to the side.
The Black Scale Lion lunged at Xu Yi again but missed.
It still tried to attack Xu Yi, but soon it collapsed.
The wound on its rear severely affected its mobility, making it unable to stand anymore.
"It’s done." Xu Yi glanced at it, happy to say these words.
He didn’t expect that he now possessed such strength, able to single-handedly take on such a fierce beast.
The Black Scale Lion certainly counts as a fierce beast.
Xu Yi thought, if a black bear encountered it, it probably wouldn’t survive either.
After all, the Black Scale Lion’s defense capability is too strong.
For other beasts to get at it, it’s not so easy.
Since besides having strong defense, its attack power is not weak at all either. Xu Yi felt it’s at least more powerful than a lion.
However, now it was being handled by him.
Of course, it’s not dead yet, still growling, still staring at Xu Yi, wanting to tear him apart.
But it no longer has the chance.
"Xu Yi, you’re truly getting more powerful now, such a beast and you settled it. And it only took...17 minutes. How did you do it?" Lu Ke looked at Xu Yi, feeling he suddenly appeared taller.
"Well, it’s alright, you’re really strong too. We’re all becoming stronger, maybe this planet has some magic power that is captivating." As he spoke, Xu Yi couldn’t help but clench his fists.
"Indeed, it certainly has magic power." Lu Ke admitted this point, as she was also growing stronger.
"Let’s go pick some strawberries first, harvest all the ripe ones and bring them back." Xu Yi said, the Black Scale Lion wouldn’t take much longer to bleed to death.
Approaching it now to attack it would be somewhat unwise.
After all, it would eventually die, no need to add more risk to himself.
Lu Ke nodded and then joined Xu Yi to pick strawberries.
These strawberries were plentiful, and beside being immediately edible, could be made into strawberry jam, or sliced to dry.
After twenty minutes or so, Xu Yi heard a notification sound.
"Killed a Black Scale Lion, earning 12 points."
"Turns out that thing is called a Black Scale Lion, and there’s 12 points, not bad." Xu Yi said this, naturally speaking to Lu Ke, because she didn’t participate in the hunt and wouldn’t hear the notification sound.
"It truly resembles a lion, its scale armor’s defense power is quite strong, possibly rivaling that of the Forest Rat. Once the hide is stripped, I’ll make you a set of armor, how about it?" Lu Ke said this, glancing at Xu Yi.
"I think you need it more." Xu Yi shook his head, thinking Lu Ke needed protection more.
(Too tired, five updates tomorrow, not rushing today.)
