The Tyrant roared, its massive body charging towards Mu Bei with immense pressure, simultaneously activating the active effect of its Devouring ability, entering a berserk state.
The Tyrant's muscles rapidly swelled, its Strength, defense, and tentacle swing speed significantly increased. Each step caused the ground to shake, sending dust flying. It swung its fist, striking directly at Mu Bei with a whooshing sound.
However, while the Tyrant's movements looked imposing, in Mu Bei's eyes, they seemed a bit stiff.
Mu Bei's figure flickered like a ghost, easily evading Zhongli Yi's attacks.
The fierce wind from the punch brushed past his cheek, rustling his hair.
Mu Bei put away the dagger in his hand and pulled out the tank bone club from his storage space.
This tank bone club had accompanied Mu Bei in killing tens of thousands of Zombies, so its durability had decreased severely.
The spikes on it had become quite blunt, and the damage it could inflict was naturally lower.
He hadn't planned to use this weapon anymore, but this Tyrant just didn't look suitable to fight with a dagger.
Mu Bei's action of taking items from his storage space was naturally seen by the Tyrant.
'Hmm?! It's a space-type ability! And, his physical Constitution is also very strong. Could he be a dual-ability user?!'
'Heh, this person is truly overconfident. To expose his ability effect right in front of me, doesn't he know that information disparity is very important in battles between ability users?'
'If it were me, I would definitely make good use of this information disparity and let the space-type ability be the decisive trump card.'
'Even a lion hunting a rabbit needs to use its full strength. Today, I will make You pay with Your life for Your arrogance!'
After knowing that Mu Bei was a dual-ability user, the Tyrant immediately felt its chances of winning increased slightly.
If Mu Bei had mind-reading ability, after knowing Zhongli Yi's thoughts at this moment, he would probably think of the idiom about the frog in the well.
But this is also normal; people cannot predict things outside of their cognition.
If Mu Bei were Zhongli Yi, he would probably also mistake a Contractor's storage space for a space-type ability.
On the other side, Mu Bei quickly swung the tank bone club in his hand, smashing it fiercely towards Zhongli Yi. The wind brought by the bone club was like a sharp scream, as if it would tear the air apart.
Zhongli Yi's tentacles quickly swung, and the hard scales collided with the bone club, emitting a harsh metallic clanging sound.
The next moment, scales and black blood splashed, and the bone club was entangled by a tentacle.
The Tyrant roared, and its tentacle pulled harder, giving a fierce tug, intending to disrupt Mu Bei's balance or disarm him.
But a greater pulling force came from the other direction, causing the Tyrant to be pulled towards Mu Bei instead.
In a Strength contest, it was no match for Mu Bei.
So, the Tyrant used the situation to its advantage, pushing off the ground with its legs, using Mu Bei's Strength to approach Mu Bei faster;
At the same time, its other fist also swung fiercely towards Mu Bei.
Mu Bei used his elbow to collide fiercely with this incoming fist.
Subsequently, two cracking sounds were heard, and a part of the exoskeleton on Zhongli Yi's right hand fingers cracked;
Mu Bei, however, was shaken back several steps, and the elbow pad he wore on his right elbow was smashed into pieces on the spot.
Although Mu Bei's Strength was superior to Zhongli Yi's, his weight was at an absolute disadvantage compared to Zhongli Yi;
Coupled with the fact that the armor Mu Bei wore was not as hard as the exoskeleton on the latter, in a head-on clash, it was Mu Bei who suffered.
After the collision, Mu Bei immediately understood this point.
Thus, Mu Bei dodged nimbly, easily avoiding Zhongli Yi's subsequent attacks, and quickly pulled away a distance.
Because Zhongli Yi's 29 Agility attribute was far lower than its 50 Strength attribute, it could not control its Strength very well right now.
The external manifestation of this was stiff movements, lack of flexibility, and noticeable wind-up and recovery animations for each attack.
Mu Bei had already thought of a good way to deal with Zhongli Yi.
After Zhongli Yi threw another punch, Mu Bei chose not to clash head-on this time, but quickly sidestepped to evade, seizing the recovery animation after Zhongli Yi's punch. He took the opportunity to swing the tank bone club, hitting the exoskeleton on the latter's right rib area.
The exoskeleton in that area was shattered on the spot, and several ribs inside were also broken. Some broken bones even pierced into its lungs.
Zhongli Yi, who was hit, suppressed the urge to cough, protected its vital points with its tentacles, and violently swung its right arm, attempting to trade injuries with Mu Bei.
If Mu Bei chose to be greedy for damage at this moment, he would definitely successfully trade injuries with Zhongli Yi.
Although Mu Bei's Constitution attribute was 14.5 higher than Tyrant Zhongli Yi's, trading injuries was still a very unwise choice for Mu Bei.
Tyrant Zhongli Yi had 1000 extra health points, 20 extra physical defense, 10% physical damage reduction, and exoskeleton damage blocking; while Mu Bei only had a few pieces of green quality armor.
The difference between the two in terms of toughness was far from being compensated by a mere 14.5 Constitution attribute.
Therefore, Mu Bei did not choose to be greedy for damage, but instead leaped back to avoid Zhongli Yi's counterattack.
Then, seizing the Tyrant's counterattack recovery, he stepped forward and gave the Tyrant another hit with the club.
At this time, the disadvantage of being large and heavy became apparent; the Tyrant simply couldn't dodge Mu Bei's attack.
Although it protected its vital points, its health dropped by another chunk.
The Tyrant suddenly swung its tentacles, Mu Bei avoided again, and then swung the tank bone club heavily, striking Zhongli Yi's shoulder. The exoskeleton made a crisp cracking sound.
The Tyrant let out a painful roar, its body staggering.
Mu Bei did not miss any opportunity, seizing the opponent's stun, and delivered a heavy blow to its chest.
"Pfft wah—"
The Tyrant, hit heavily in the chest, immediately spat out a large mouthful of black blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs, and then uncontrollably fell backward.
Mu Bei did not choose to retreat after one hit this time, but seized the opportunity to aim at the Tyrant's knee joint, shattering it with one blow into a comminuted fracture, causing its body to completely lose balance and fall to the ground.
Reality is not a soul-like game; there is no invincibility protection after falling down.
Mu Bei seized the Tyrant's fall, brought the club down with force, ready to completely end the opponent whose health was already at rock bottom.
But just then, the Tyrant's tentacles wrapped around Mu Bei's calf.
"Getting hit three times in a row by You is really deadly, but my blood wasn't shed for nothing. It's all over."
The Tyrant sneered in its heart, even starting to think about how it would abuse Mu Bei's corpse later to vent its anger.
The moment victory is about to arrive is also the easiest time to fail. There is some truth to this statement.
Because when victory is imminent, people may make mistakes due to complacency, lowering their guard, or overconfidence, thus leading to failure.
At this moment, Mu Bei was like a player playing a soul-like game fighting a boss, who couldn't resist being greedy for damage because the boss's health was low, and as a result, was caught by the boss's opening.
【Contractor affected by the skill 'Tyrant's Touch', Strength and Constitution attribute check is about to be performed.】
【Checking...】
【Check passed, You have been exempted from all effects of 'Tyrant's Touch'.】
"Ha, cough cough, become my... Hmm? No!!!"
At this moment, Mu Bei was like a player playing a soul-like game fighting a boss, who couldn't resist being greedy for damage because the boss's health was low, and as a result, was caught by the boss's opening, but had activated a cheat.
Attribute monster, kid!
The large club still fell swiftly, completely beyond Zhongli Yi's expectation. It tried to block with its hand, but all that resulted was its head and hand being smashed together by Mu Bei.
Zhongli Yi's headless body twitched unconsciously on the ground, its spike-covered exoskeleton scratching white marks on the floor tiles.
But soon, Zhongli Yi, whose health had completely reached zero, stopped twitching.
At this time, the kill notification came.
【Contractor killed World Child Zhong Li Yi (Overlord unit), gained 27.98 ounces of world source.】
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