Chapter 74 Life and Death
Two to one, the battle begins again!
The Shadow Moon Leopard charged first and fought with the Monkey King again.
It still used a fast-forward and fast-out style of play, trying to avoid direct confrontation and attract the Monkey King's attention.
On the other hand, Yu Ke did not rashly approach the Monkey King, because he knew his melee ability very well.
Among humans, Yu Ke's strength can be called strong, but in the depths of the Mirror Lake Forest, it is not enough.
Moreover, the size difference between the two is too big, and the strength is even more different. If there is no guarantee of causing serious damage or even a fatal blow to the Monkey King, it will not only be a waste of effort to approach, but also put oneself in danger.
You must know that the Shadow Moon Leopard, with its extraordinary ability of Shadow Surprise Attack, was almost imprisoned and killed by the Monkey King using a water prison!
Yu Ke's current small body would become disabled if he was hit by a mace made of spine.
If they want to hunt successfully, Yu Ke and the Shadow Moon Leopard must play to their own advantages.
The huge size of the Monkey King meant that if you wanted to inflict heavy damage to it, you had to find the fatal point, otherwise it would be difficult to effectively kill it.
Eyes, ears, back of the head and even the heart.
These three places were the first targets for the sharp-toothed bow and arrow in Yu Ke's hand.
Another point was that Yu Ke had just noticed the Monkey King's brief loss of composure, and it seemed that it could no longer suppress the infection in its body.
The figure leaped up to the top of the jungle, constantly adjusting its position, and its eyes wandered around the upper body of the Monkey King, looking for an opportunity to inflict heavy damage to the Monkey King.
At this moment, the Shadow Moon Leopard rushed towards the Monkey King again with the shadow. Yu Ke quickly bent the bow and arrow, aiming at the Monkey King's eyes, and released the bowstring at the moment when the former was about to approach the Monkey King, launching an offensive from a high position.
This was to test the Monkey King's reaction ability, whether he could respond to attacks from two directions.
Facts have proved that the fierce beasts that can become the overlord of a region are definitely not fake.
First, he predicted the movement trajectory of the Shadow Moon Leopard in advance, and directly swung his mace to create waves to block it, obscuring the Shadow Moon Leopard's vision. Then he turned his head to let the arrow pass through his left eye socket, opened his mouth to bite the middle of his spine, and locked his blue-gray eyes on Yu Ke in the high branches.
The Monkey King admitted that he underestimated this insect that came out of nowhere, so that the carefully designed water prison was destroyed.
Now, it wants to make the other party pay the price!
Glancing at the Shadow Moon Leopard that was temporarily stopped by the waves, the Monkey King raised his free arms, grabbed the branches on both sides, kicked his legs, and his huge body rose at a very fast speed.
After all, it is a monkey. While it is very good at swimming, this towering dense forest is also the environment it is most familiar with.
The general gigantism of trees in the depths of the Mirror Lake Forest makes it feel like a fish in water. Its three-meter-tall body jumps and moves between the thick tree trunks, just like an adult coming to a playground where children play.
At least in the hot spring forest area, the Monkey King can get whatever he wants!
Standing on a high place, Yu Ke sensed the danger at the first time and began to retreat to distance himself.
However, his speed of moving between tree branches could not be compared with that of the Monkey King. The distance between the two sides was constantly shortened until more than 20 meters, when Yu Ke could even feel the trembling of the trees behind him and the smelly wind blowing.
Stopping and looking back, Yu Ke did not dare to save arrows at this time, and turned around and fired three shots in a row.
Two armor-piercing arrows were aimed at the Monkey King's eyes, and an explosive arrow was shot at the branch that he wanted to hold with his left hand.
Yu Ke tried to delay the Monkey King's actions in this way, but he still overlooked one point.
For monkeys, hands and feet can play the same role in many cases.
Facing the oncoming attack, the Monkey King chose to hold the tree trunk with his feet, lie back, hang upside down in the air to dodge three arrows, and then use this momentum to flip in the air, and then grab the branch with both hands to continue moving forward.
A series of smooth attacks did not slow down the Monkey King, but closed the distance again. He held the mace with his free feet and smashed it towards Yu Ke, which shocked the latter.
Even though Yu Ke was caught off guard for a while, he hurriedly jumped away from the branches where he was staying, but he failed to completely dodge the impact. He flew out and hit a nearby tree trunk.
The strong shock made Yu Ke feel chest tightness and dry cough. He slid down the tree trunk and barely grabbed half of the branch to stabilize his body.
There was a blood mark on his left cheek. Yu Ke spit out a mouthful of blood and began to move without waiting for his body to stabilize. He knew that now was definitely not the time to stop. Once the Monkey King got close to him, he would immediately fall into a disadvantage. At least he had to hold on until the Shadow Moon Leopard came to support him.
The problem was that the previous impact had given the Monkey King time. Yu Ke flew in the air and turned back to check the Monkey King's position. What entered his field of vision was the fierce face that was already seven or eight meters away!
The monkey king hooked his left arm around the tree trunk, supported himself with his legs, held the mace in his right hand high, and swung it at Yu Ke.
Yu Ke was thinking about how to dodge, but he found that the monkey king's originally stable body suddenly trembled and slid down a long distance, and his raised right arm also slid down. Upon closer inspection, he found that blood was spraying out of the tumors on both sides of his neck.
The blood-stained petals drilled out of the gap between the tumors, and there were gray-white bone armor with muscles protruding from it.
Irreversible distortion is happening. Yu Ke, who noticed this scene, did not panic, but showed a little surprise.
Fierce beasts infected by Pandora generally undergo alienation, gradually losing their sanity and becoming more powerful. However, the process of mutation is undoubtedly extremely painful for ferocious beasts that still retain a certain degree of intelligence.
Especially the monkey king, a tribe leader whose intelligence is not low.
Previously, it soaked its whole body in the hot spring, most likely to use the high temperature to remove the infection.
As a result, it could not even delay the infection. If Pandora was not removed, it could only passively endure the mutation and fall into madness.
At this time, the shadow moon leopard rushed from below, leaving several blood marks on the back of the monkey king, causing it to shake its body, roaring and slapping back to drive away the shadow moon leopard.
Yu Ke, who was still thinking about how to avoid the monkey king, quickly realized that this was a great opportunity to attack.
No wonder Shadow Moon Leopard was eager to ask him to help hunt the Monkey King. The former was very experienced in choosing the right time to hunt!
In normal state, the Monkey King possessed rare combat wisdom among fierce beasts, and his body was extremely flexible. In addition to mastering the extraordinary ability to control water, he was also good at using weapons and calling for reinforcements from the monkey group.
After the mutation was completed, the distorted Monkey King might lose his mind, but what followed was an extremely strong physique, deformed limbs, crazy killing desire and virus infection all over his body.
If they came too early or too late, it would be extremely difficult for them to win.
It just so happened that at this time point, the Monkey King still had his mind, but was tortured by the infection, sometimes chaotic and crazy, and his body was still flexible, but he often became dull and painful due to the continuous mutation.
Yu Ke stopped his retreat, turned around and greeted the Monkey King, firing arrows in his hand.
At this point in the hunt, there was nothing left to hide. Yu Ke used all his means, and each arrow was accompanied by a frosty aura. Even if he could not hit the fatal part, he would try his best to hit the arm joints of the Monkey King to continue to delay its movements.
The Shadow Moon Leopard seemed to have sensed Yu Ke's determination and began to burst out with all his strength.
The Monkey King wanted to fight back, but was limited by the pain in his body and the chaos of his mind. He barely relied on his legs to stabilize his body, and waved his mace randomly with his arms, trying to knock down Yu Ke and the Shadow Moon Leopard who were constantly attacking him.
However, the disordered movements and stiff body made it difficult for his counterattack to achieve results.
The Monkey King who could dodge and move at a height of dozens of meters and launch an attack while hanging upside down was going away, replaced by the deformed beast who was struggling in the infection and was about to die.
This opportunity must be seized!
While the Monkey King was in a state of confusion, Yu Ke took the initiative to close the distance and threw out all the remaining explosive arrows in the quiver, bombarding the Monkey King's shoulders, waist and abdomen continuously.
These two places are the most seriously infected areas, and the high temperature and fire generated by the explosion can temporarily devitalize the chaotic colors.
Originally, this would allow the Monkey King to recover to normal for a short time, but now the complex flowers are rooted in the flesh and blood, eroding the nerves and tendons. Their dullness means that the Monkey King will lose control of his body and become more passive.
Admittedly, doing so is somewhat suspected of taking advantage of the monkey's misfortune.
This is hunting. They are facing a terrifying monster that is about to be transformed into a deformed beast and destroy the forest environment. Talking about fairness with such an existence is irresponsible to their own lives and the forest environment.
The most important thing is to kill it by any means!
The Monkey King, who suffered heavy injuries one after another, finally could no longer maintain his body shape and fell from a high place. His eyes have been completely eroded by the chaotic colors, and the flesh and blood of his neck, chest and abdomen can't stop breaking, and dark red blood is hanging between his mouth and nose.
The breath of natural creatures disappeared visibly, its limbs began to tremble irregularly, its mouth full of white fangs protruded, its spine bulged, and bone armor was emerging on its body surface. The mutation had reached a critical point.
If it was allowed to cross that boundary, a dominant-level deformed beast would appear in this hot spring forest area.
By then, the ecological environment in this area would probably suffer a devastating blow.
Yu Ke and the Shadow Moon Leopard were more than 20 meters apart, and their sights crossed in the air. No extra signals were needed. The hunter's intuition made them realize that the final killing moment had come.
The Shadow Moon Leopard roared and ran wildly, its agile figure shuttled between the shadows cast by the branches and treetops, like a gray-purple lightning, and every time it flew past, it would leave deep scars on the latter's body.
The quiver was almost empty, Yu Ke hung up the longbow, picked up the Leviathan Axe, locked his sight on the Monkey King's head, and fell straight down from a high place.
The monkey king fell into the water, half of his body submerged in the hot spring.
He held onto the roots of the giant tree with his left hand to support his shaky body, and raised his head to roar at the gray sky. His roar was filled with resentment and anger, as if he was questioning the heaven and earth why he had to endure such pain.
But after just a few seconds, the roar changed its tone.
A crazy and hoarse voice burst out from its squirming throat, and chaotic colors spread among the blood, flesh and flowers.
Just as the mutation was about to be completed, the deformed monkey king appeared in the world.
A seemingly tiny figure leaped over the head of the Monkey King. The shadow cast by the giant tree could not cover the fierce momentum that burst out from his body. At this moment, the wind and snow swept over, wrapping around the giant axe in his hand, forming spiritual energy of deep blue and frosty white.
The axe blade flew into the air and cut into the flesh between the Monkey King's eyebrows. The wind and frost energy driven by full force surged and poured into the wound.
A short delay.
Frost covered the Monkey King's forehead, and cracks appeared in the flesh and blood.
At this moment, the Monkey King's arms stopped shaking, and the changes in his shoulders and chest and abdomen seemed to have pressed the pause button.
The animal eyes filled with chaotic colors suddenly moved up, and the sight locked on Yu Ke.
Turbid tears slid from the corners of his eyes.