Under the attack range bonus of the Po Jun Blade, these melee enemies were like lambs to the slaughter in front of Qin Jie. The villagers of Shuisheng Village on the periphery could only throw useless stones at Qin Jie, which caused him no damage whatsoever.
Slash!
Qin Jie gripped the han sword with both hands, the blade resting on his shoulder, and swung forward forcefully. The crimson Po Jun Bladeimmediately split the enemy in front of him in two. Due to the suction, the devouring abyss was enveloped in a layer of blood mist, originating from the slain enemies.
The ground beneath his feet was already stained red with blood, and more than half of the surrounding villagers had been cut down by Qin Jie. Although his muscles were aching faintly, at this rate, Qin Jie should be able to deal with the enemies in front of him.
But for some unknown reason, the surrounding villagers suddenly stopped advancing. All at once, they scattered.
It was very strange. These villagers should have been fearless of death. This behavior didn't seem like fear; rather, it was as if they were making way.
Qin Jie clutched the han sword hilt, breathing slightly heavily.
Indeed, the greatsword was quite stamina-consuming. Even he found it a bit much.
Then, a giant, mountain-of-flesh-like black shadow emerged from the distance, moving through the crowd and slowly approaching Qin Jie.
It was a figure like a mountain of flesh, resembling a fish in appearance but also possessing four legs. Its eyes glowed with Red Eyes light, and the scales on its body writhed like living things. The whiskers beside its fish lips stood stiffly, like sharp spikes.
[Eye of Insight]
Name: Red-Eyed Treasure Carp
HP: 98%
MP: 50 / 50
Strength: 23
Agility: 12
Stamina: 28
Intelligence: 5
Charm: 0
Luck: 3
Skill 1, Scale Spawn: The scales on this creature's body have parasitic abilities.
Skill 2, Flying Scales: Summons a large number of scales to attack enemies, each dealing 18 damage and applying bleeding and parasitic effects.
Skill 3, Red Eyes: This creature enters a berserk state, gaining an additional 15% attack power and greatly increasing pain tolerance, but losing rationality.
Skill 4, Pierce: The Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's whiskers have a strong piercing effect (capable of penetrating lesser invincibility shields and normal shields).
Skill 5, Lesser devouring abyss Derivative: ????
---The massive Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's gaze immediately locked onto Qin Jie. Clearly, Qin Jie's commotion had alarmed it, and now the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp intended to tear Qin Jie to shreds.
This was not good.
Qin Jie looked at the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp in front of him with a solemn expression. According to its skills, Qin Jie's shield was very likely to be pierced by its whiskers, so Qin Jie had to find a way to avoid it.
The Red-Eyed Treasure Carp didn't even wait for the surrounding Shuisheng Village villagers to scatter. The next moment, its whiskers, like sabers, extended horizontally on both sides of its lips. With a forceful push from its two hind legs, it charged directly at Qin Jie.
The dark, sharp whiskers directly cut a nearby villager in half at the waist, demonstrating their formidable sharpness.
"So, I really hate those dump trucks."
Qin Jie murmured, his gaze grave. This charging attack had an extremely wide range. If he dodged left or right, his fate would likely be no better than these villagers. Qin Jie would probably be minced on the spot.
Qin Jie immediately switched the devouring abyss to its han swordform, then jumped straight up, preparing to dodge this attack. However, he hadn't expected the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's whiskers to be incredibly flexible. After Qin Jie jumped, they immediately changed direction and stabbed upwards, targeting Qin Jie, who was suspended in the air with nowhere to hide.
This immediately activated the passive effect of the Eye of Insight. In an instant, everything around him slowed down. The devouring abyss in Qin Jie's hand transformed back into its greatsword form, and the devouring abyss in his hand suddenly became heavy. Then, Qin Jieswung to the side, and with the momentum of gravity, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's whiskers were instantly drawn towards it.
"Clang!"
The whiskers struck the han sword's edge, producing a metallic clang. But the two whiskers were instantly severed by Qin Jie, and the greatsword in Qin Jie's hand didn't lose momentum, continuing its strike towards the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's head.
With its whiskers severed, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp immediately cried out in angry pain. It seemed that having its whiskers cut off was extremely painful, even the Red Eyes, which reduced pain perception, couldn't block the agony of its severed whiskers.
"Pfft."
Qin Jie's han sword immediately struck the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's neck, penetrating three fen into the flesh, but was blocked by hard fish bone, jarring Qin Jie's hand and almost causing his tiger's mouth to bleed.
So incredibly hard?
Qin Jie secretly marveled, then pulled back his han sword and retreated. The scales on the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's body began to writhe, then immediately shot towards Qin Jie, as if to riddle him with holes.
But this kind of attack clearly couldn't harm Qin Jie. Qin Jie merely swung his greatsword, and all the carp scales flew towards the devouring abyss. Then, Qin Jie gave a sharp flick, actually shooting these scales at the surrounding Shuisheng Village villagers who were watching.
These scales were incredibly sharp, instantly piercing through many villagers. This made the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp even angrier. Its whiskers began to grow back, but for some reason, the whiskers that grew out this time hung limply by its mouth, no longer sharp.
Qin Jie discovered that whenever he encountered an enemy with the [Lesser devouring abyss Derivative] characteristic, the devouring abyss could always eliminate the vitality of the injured part of the opponent. This was the case with the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp now.
Discovering that its whiskers couldn't be used normally, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp immediately became enraged again. This time, it charged directly at Qin Jie without hesitation, while the scales on its body stood erect, looking like it was wearing a layer of spiked armor. It seemed that even a graze would cause Qin Jie considerable injury.
However, looking at the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp charging towards him, an interesting idea suddenly popped into Qin Jie's mind.
Let's play bullfighting.
The next moment, facing the charging Red-Eyed Treasure Carp, Qin Jiesuddenly swung his han sword to the side. The Red-Eyed Treasure Carp, which almost attacked Qin Jie, immediately deflected its attack direction due to gravity and scraped against the han sword's edge.
The devouring abyss left a long bloody gash on the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's body. Qin Jie's arm felt slightly numb. He could only say it was a good thing he didn't directly confront it with the devouring abyss, otherwise his weapon might have been knocked away just now.
But it was fine, everything went smoothly. He had made a huge profit from that move just now.
"Thud."
The next moment, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's body went limp and it immediately fell to the ground. It roared in anger and confusion, seemingly unaware of what had happened.
In the recent clash, Qin Jie had cut a wound in the opponent's hock, severing its leg muscle groups. Coupled with the devouring abyss's ability to nullify the opponent's recovery, one of the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp's legs was effectively disabled.
The Red-Eyed Treasure Carp struggled to support itself on three legs, then its Red Eyes gaze fixed intently on Qin Jie. The next moment, it turned its head away.
Just as Qin Jie thought the opponent was going to try some new trick, the Red-Eyed Treasure Carp actually started to flee.