Chapter 135: Target, Monster

If it were usual, someone said to Ma Er “you are going to die” like this, Ma Er would likely have turned hostile immediately. He would probably draw his sword and clarify things face to face.

However, at this moment, under these circumstances, even if Ma Er had a thousand or ten thousand guts, he dared not turn hostile against Xiao Fen. On the contrary, hearing Xiao Fen say repeatedly “you are going to die,” his heart kept beating a drum. His legs went soft, and he knelt down, saying repeatedly: “Immortal save me, Immortal save me.”

Xiao Fen didn’t want to explain too much at this time. He only said: “If you want me to save you, it’s not very difficult. See those monsters? Use all your strength to chop one, let me see, and then I will make a plan.”

Ma Er didn’t dare to question the intention of the teenager before him. Matters of life were much more important than courage. He turned his head to look at those monsters, made up his mind, and prepared to strike.

As the saying goes, anger rises from the heart, and wickedness grows from the guts. Ma Er felt that his life was in danger because of these monsters, so he forgot all his fear. He raised his sword with both hands and slashed fiercely at a monster beside him.

These monsters seemed to have soft skin and brittle bones in front of Xiao Fen, easily broken with a single hand. But for Ma Er, they were like steel and iron. Such a forceful slash only sounded like it hit metal, creating a metallic clashing sound. Looking at the monster, not even a bit of its fur was damaged.

Seeing this, Ma Er finally realized how powerful the young man beside him was. He remained so calm in the Buddha Hall, killing monsters left and right. Such a person was many times stronger than those Taoist priests.

At the same time, Xiao Fen’s eyelid twitched again. Just as he expected, after the item transfer occurred with this person who claimed to be from the Eastern Depot, the World Tree recognized him as a teammate.

Therefore, the damage caused by this person was also counted as team damage, and the death of that monster just now was also counted as Xiao Fen’s mission.

However, the damage from that slash was really too low. Although it was loud, there was only one entry in the records.

“Your teammate dealt 6 points of damage to the Blood Sea Soul.”

Xiao Fen smiled bitterly in his heart. Clearly, the person before him was not high enough in level, and the gap with a Level 3 monster was too large, resulting in very low damage. Continuing like this was not a solution. Once this person exhausted his stamina, Xiao Fen would still have to figure something out himself.

But then again, 6 points was still damage. As long as damage was dealt, it could be calculated into the mission. That was enough.

Xiao Fen did not think too much and signaled Ma Er to hand over the Embroidered Spring Knife. His stamina had recovered slightly at this point. Holding this malevolent blade, his whole body shook, and he suddenly attacked.

Just as two bolts of lightning crisscrossed each other, shielding each other, Xiao Fen’s slash was truly as powerful as thunder. With a “cha” sound, he forcefully chopped off a monster’s head.

That monster’s head rolled to Ma Er’s feet. Its hair and beard were spread out, and it opened its mouth wide to bite Ma Er’s foot.

Ma Er was terrified by all this. Seeing this strange sight with the head, his legs just trembled, and he completely forgot how to react. Just as he was about to be bitten by the monster, a white flash appeared above his head, and a rope suddenly nailed down, crushing the head into dregs.

Xiao Fen thought for a moment, then gently slashed another monster. Sure enough, this slash showed no display at all. This meant that not every damage constituted effective damage, and not every attack could deal minimum damage to these monsters.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fen threw the knife to Ma Er and said, “Your strength is too low, but let it be. Just like before, strike at these monsters with all your might. The harder you slash and the more you slash, the more the sin on your body will scatter. These are filthy things. Kill more of them, and your good fortune will increase. Whether you can survive depends on your performance today.”

Hearing this, something called “hope” suddenly grew in Ma Er’s heart. Those monsters in front of him no longer looked ferocious; instead, they became like targets for redemption in Ma Er’s eyes. He wished he could rush in with a chaotic wind-blade style and slash every one of those monsters to free himself from this suffering sooner.

He raised the knife high, shouted loudly, jumped up high, and slashed down hard at another monster. This slash used all his strength, far beyond what Ma Er himself expected. With a “dang” sound, the knife made a thumb-sized gash in the monster’s head, but at the same time, the Embroidered Spring Knife suddenly snapped into two pieces.

“Your teammate dealt 15 points of damage to the Blood Sea Soul.”

The data in the corner of Xiao Fen’s eye changed again. Clearly, if this man really went all out, dealing with a Level 3 monster was not entirely impossible.

Xiao Fen nodded slightly, just about to speak, but saw Ma Er with eyes wide open, looking like a fierce Zhang Fei. Without saying a word, he turned and rushed out the door. After a while, he ran back, holding a large bundle of Embroidered Spring Knives, which he clattered onto the ground. He casually picked up a knife and slashed fiercely at a monster slowly appearing in front of him.

“Your teammate dealt 3 points of damage to the Blood Sea Soul.”

This was obviously because Ma Er used too much strength in the previous two strikes, so now he had no strength left, and the damage caused was much smaller.

Xiao Fen smiled but did not expose him. He said to Ma Er, “Not bad. I see that in those two slashes just now, you turned the hostility in your heart into the blade and transferred it to these monsters. The aura of death on you has obviously dissipated a lot. Keep working hard, and there will be results.”

Ma Er’s spirit was already close to madness after the great ups and downs. Apart from Xiao Fen’s voice, he could hear nothing else.

Hearing Xiao Fen say that the hostility in his heart had dissipated a lot, he secretly felt that indeed, after such wild slashing, he felt much more relieved in his heart. Naturally, he was overjoyed. Although the webbing between his thumb and forefinger was cracked by the shock, he refused to back down. He raised the knife in his hand and slashed at another monster.

This time, there was no display in front of Xiao Fen, and the mission quota did not change. This was because Ma Er’s strength could not keep up; this time, even the minimum damage was not dealt.

Xiao Fen sighed secretly, thinking repeatedly in his heart to see if there was any other way to solve the trouble before him.

Leaving Ma Er aside, let’s talk about the people from the Eastern Depot who had arrived. Seeing Ma Er alone in the Buddha Hall fighting like a mad tiger, they did not know what had happened. Vaguely hearing Xiao Fen’s words to Ma Er, they all suddenly understood.

It turned out that the more filth one slashed, the less hostility in one’s heart, and the smaller the aura of death on one’s body. At this moment, they all turned to look at the Head File Keeper to see what he had to say.

The Head File Keeper already had a plan in mind. He looked at the two Head File Keepers he brought and said sharply, “This Buddha Hall is a bit strange. You few, take your weapons and come with me. As the saying goes, you can’t catch a tiger’s cub without entering the tiger’s den.”

The two Head File Keepers naturally knew that the Head File Keeper was sharing the credit with them. They were pleasantly surprised and saluted together, saying, “How dare we disobey.”

The three agreed, holding their precious swords, and walked towards the Buddha Hall with big strides. Under the flickering lightning, they looked exceptionally majestic.