Maybe it's because of the burst of adrenaline at the critical moment of life and death.
Maybe it's because the horns of ordinary demons and ghosts have a certain degree of strength. Otherwise, humans would have no way to survive.
So there was only a crisp sound, the golden essence was scattered in the air like a cloud of gold powder, the ghost horns snapped in response, and the extremely vicious demon howled in an instant, and its huge red body, as tall and strong as a gorilla, suddenly It seemed like I had lost the strength to support the weight.
But before that, its claws fell down fiercely almost at the same time.
In an instant, Gu Mo felt that half of his life was gone. He didn't know if his chest had been cut open and his heart was exposed. His whole brain was blank. Although he didn't seem to feel anything else, he just felt cold and cold. A feeling of powerlessness surged throughout my body, and my eyes began to turn black...
But all of this happened in an instant. It didn't last for a moment, and he suddenly felt that everything he had just felt was gone, whether it was the darkness in front of his eyes, the coldness of his body, the weakness of his hands and feet, etc., etc., etc. It was as if it were a imaginary hallucination, replaced by a feeling of vitality.
The whole body is full of strength, and there seems to be inexhaustible energy. The heart is also beating surgingly. Every beat can deliver sufficient power to every cell in the limbs, body, and body...
Gu Mo was stunned for a moment, but he immediately reacted. The knife that had just chopped off the ghost's horn was swung viciously in his hand again, and the tip of the knife accurately penetrated into the left eye of the monster that was weak because of the broken horn. , blood spurted out, and the demon ghost that was suddenly as soft as noodles suddenly roared in pain!
It didn't know where the strength came from, and it went crazy in an instant. Its thick arms were waving wildly, and its sharp claws were scratching everywhere. If the human body was scratched, it would probably be torn off a few kilograms of flesh. Now It also left deep ravines and marks in the soil and stones.
Gu Mo crawled and rolled in a bit of embarrassment, narrowing the distance dangerously and dangerously. He turned around and looked at the crazy demon ghost in his original position. After confirming that the opponent was not pursuing him, but was going crazy on the spot, he quickly lowered his head to check. He glanced at his injuries.
It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, he is stunned. It seems that what he just did is not an illusion. The clothes on his chest have indeed been torn to pieces. Under the tattered cloth strips, what is shown is a blur of flesh and blood. You can see the pale color belonging to the bones...
Are you kidding me? ! Can you still move and be alive with such an injury? How is this possible?
Are you having a comeback?
Wait, it seems that he is currently equipped with the only skill... In an instant, his thoughts were spinning like lightning, and he remembered one thing, that is, the golden gift that he didn't know how to sign in. Quality skill badges.
I put the equipment on at the time and did not take it off.
The skill "Life Potential" is passively triggered. The condition is that it can only be activated after losing more than 30% of the health value. It can temporarily increase the upper limit of the health value scale by 100%, and strengthen the vitality and physical endurance to a certain extent. , increase the pain limit, prolong the near-death state, and enhance the life recovery rate...
Normally it was a useless skill with almost no effect. At that time, he was still a little disgusted with it, but at this time, it played a very crucial role.
It seems that as long as he doesn't even have time to trigger the skill and is instantly killed, then when Gu Mo enters the residual health state, the skill effect will take effect...
Temporarily increasing the upper limit of the health meter by 100%, and adding the original residual health, the health will exceed the normal full value. In other words, after activating this skill after being injured, his health bar will be higher than normal. It's going to be longer, this is outrageous...
It can also enhance vitality and physical fitness, increase the pain limit, prolong the near-death state, and so on. When these series of effects are added up, his ability to survive will undoubtedly be greatly improved.
The only disadvantage is that all of this is temporary. If the situation does not improve within a short period of time or continues to worsen, then it can only delay the arrival of death, but cannot truly prevent it.
Gu Mo quickly clarified the current situation, and also felt that his state of recovery was quickly becoming sluggish again. There was a burning and severe pain in his chest, which made him want to gasp. Coolness - Due to the injury, health and vitality are rapidly drained every second, instead of pausing to count.
According to this situation, he might not be able to hold on for a few more minutes. Even if the blood bar is longer than normal, it will only take a few minutes to drain it completely.
Gu Mo quickly took out the small spirit stone from before and decisively chose to use it. The small golden yellow crystal in the shape of a prism broke into pieces, and the essence inside dispersed in the air. Then, under the pull of some invisible force, Essence as light as fireflies surged toward his body, converging on the shocking injuries on his chest.
A cool feeling came, the burning pain eased slightly, and then...
Nothing more.
It is really a small spirit stone. The limit of the health value that can be restored is probably not enough to cope with this level of injury. At least it would have to be a big spirit stone to be effective. The current small spirit stone can only give him a slight blood transfusion. But there was no way to stop his bleeding...
He twitched the corner of his mouth, but he was not too disappointed. First of all, he had expected this. The small spirit stone itself is the most rubbish among all the spirit stones. Even if it can serve as a red and blue medicine bottle here, it is estimated that I won’t say how exaggerated and amazing the effect is.
Secondly, he has another way, which should be the only self-rescue option currently available——
There is no longer any hesitation, because every extra second of delay is getting closer to the second way to escape from the copy. With all the strength of his body, he is like a cheetah sprinting with all his strength, going crazy towards that The demons rushed away.
The demon that had one eye pierced went crazy with pain. After wandering around wildly, it stopped at this moment. The face of the hideous demon, which was already as ugly as a skinned frog, was covered in blood, and the remaining eye was full of resentment. stared at him.
Resentment, hatred...
Most people would probably be frightened when faced with such a monster, and injured and mad demons were undoubtedly more dangerous than normal demons.
However, Gu Mo couldn't think about so much anymore. Maybe it was because of the pressure of survival against the clock, or maybe the fatal injury to his chest was stimulating his nerves every moment. In short, he didn't have time to think too much, and he didn't have the conditions to look forward and backward. His brain It's not a blank, but there is only one purest thought left, which turns into a nerve reflex command to drive the body.
At this moment, he felt strangely like a bystander. There was some kind of separation between spirit and matter. His body seemed to be acting on its own, like a calm and ferocious beast, pounced on without a trace of hesitation. To obviously more dangerous prey!
"Roar--!!"
The demon ghost also roared, like a wild bull charging, and bumped into it.
It must kill this hateful insect and devour his flesh and blood!
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The sharp monkey cry resounded, full of unwilling resentment and despair, and then stopped abruptly at the highest point.
It seemed to foreshadow the fate of the owner of the cry.
Pulling out the blood-stained sword from the body of the monkey ghost, the black-haired girl turned around and rushed out of the ancestral hall. Her white teeth bit her lips tightly, and there seemed to be a trace of pain hidden deep in her eyes, as if she was trying her best. Suppressing something with all her strength, she suppressed the restlessness of the monster's bloodline as the darkness surrounding her faded away.
But that violent instinct is still ready to move unwillingly.
It's just that Hidechiyo couldn't care so much. With an anxious look on her face, she crossed the corpses of demons and ghosts on the ground and rushed out to the mountain road outside the ancestral hall.
This unexpected situation was something she had not expected. Is that person okay now? Could it be that... something unexpected has happened, right?
The next moment, her running footsteps suddenly stopped, and her pupils suddenly shrank——
Not far from the courtyard of the ancestral hall, an area outside the mountain road was in a mess. Many trees as thick as a bowl broke due to the huge force, while the thicker trees did not fall down, but several nearby trees Deep claw marks appeared on the trunks of the trees, penetrating into the wood.
It's as if beasts like bears and tigers have been sharpening their claws on these trees for a long time, but the marks are all new, obviously they have been torn out just now.
The culprit that caused all this is also obvious. It is a burly demon ghost. Its red body is so huge that it is twice as big as a strong man. However, it has lost its voice at this moment and fell on its back on the ground. The ghost horns on its head. It was broken, his face was covered in blood, and one eye only had a bloody hole.
What killed it was the injury to the other eye. A short knife was inserted deeply into it, and it probably came out from the back of the head.
Monsters and ghosts have powerful vitality and extraordinary physiques that cannot be matched by ordinary people, but ordinary monsters and ghosts still have weaknesses.
I won’t mention the weaknesses in a broader sense such as ghost horns. Most of the predecessors of ordinary demons and ghosts are human beings, so parts such as the head and heart are still fatal weaknesses. Naturally, one cannot survive a single blow.
The terrifying characteristic of being able to kill without dying is not something that just any cat or dog can possess.
Next to the corpse of the fallen monster was the strange young man. He was breathing heavily, and half of his body was almost stained red with blood. He didn't know how much of it was his own and how much was on the ground. That monster.
The black-haired girl stood there, quite at a loss. She opened her mouth but no sound came out.
She knew she was still late because the man's injuries were too severe——
The bloody patch on his chest was the fatal wound. It was an extremely lucky thing that his life was not taken away on the spot...
And now he still has many wounds on his body, half of his body is covered in blood...
The entire left arm was hanging down weakly, showing a strange twisted posture...
"Hey, Axiu, you have solved the problem over there..." After hearing the voice, the man raised his head with a smile and said with a laugh, "Fortunately, I have just solved the problem over here, otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing. Obviously only A little monster is still fighting so slowly..."
It was still something she couldn't understand at all.
The girl bit her lower lip. Doesn't this person know how bad her situation is? Or is it really possible to face life and death with such ease? She wanted to say something. After all, it was the first time for her to fail to protect her client. It was inevitable that she felt sad and self-blame.
But she couldn't say anything, which made it even more uncomfortable.
And the other party didn't blame her, not even a harsh word, not even a complaint or a lament... She seemed to be facing her fate calmly and accepting it calmly.
"Um, can you come and give me a hand..." Gu Mo said at this time, reaching out and waving to the girl, "Let's go down the mountain now and go back to the river..."
The temporary health bonus brought by the activation of the skill has now elapsed. He once again felt the faint feeling of weakness, his hands and feet began to feel cold, and his vision also dimmed. Suddenly, I understand that my health bar is endangered.
At the same time, Gu Mo also understood that fortunately he had added two points of physical fitness before, strengthening his basic vitality and physical strength. He was much stronger than ordinary people. Otherwise, he might not even have the conditions to survive in death. Not coming out——
If the value hadn't been increased by two points, his physical strength would have definitely dropped a lot. He probably wouldn't be able to withstand the first round of attacks from the monsters. If he was instantly killed, there would be nothing to do next.
And if his basic vitality had not been improved to a certain extent, the length of the false blood bar that was temporarily increased later might not be enough for him to survive until now.
These details may be the key to success or failure.
But now, he has to take the last step of self-rescue, because the stupid mentally retarded system must see his own drawing and modeling in real time from a third-person perspective before it can trigger the interactive option on the upgrade page. , he didn’t carry a mirror with him, and his cell phone just tested it and it didn’t work... he could only rely on the reflection on the water.
Back to the river?
The black-haired girl didn't quite understand why.
"Yeah, go back to the river. I have to wash my hands. You see, I'm covered in blood and sticky now..." Gu Mo seemed to see Axiu's confusion and explained. He urged her, "Hurry up, hurry up, I can't bear it for even a quarter of an hour..."
Hidechiyo walked forward in a daze, supporting him, feeling that his life breath was getting weaker and weaker.
She still wondered if she had heard wrongly. This man would fall to the ground and die at any time. At this time, she asked her to take him to the river to wash his hands?
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Under Gu Mo's strong request, the black-haired girl took him to the river as quickly as possible.
In the red and black field of vision, he panted hard and looked at his reflection in the water. He reached out to touch the water and opened the upgrade page as quickly as possible.
Just as he expected, his previous experience bar was almost enough. After killing a monster that was more advanced than the little hungry ghost, his experience was enough to raise his life level to LV4... This is him method.
Without any hesitation, decisively press the plus sign behind the physical attribute and confirm.
Although there was no shining beam of light, no sweet music playing, and no dazzling upgrade special effects, Gu Mo did level up instantly! Amid the heat that surged through his body, he closed his eyes slightly, as if he felt that every shriveled cell in his body was rapidly becoming fuller.
"..."
The black-haired girl next to her had a dull expression, her mouth was slightly open under the mask, and her pupils were full of shock.
She noticed that this man's life breath, which was as weak as a candle in the wind, began to rise again at this moment. Not only did it quickly return to its full strength, it was even stronger than before.
But he clearly didn't do anything. He just reached into the water, stirred it, and washed his hands...
