Lu Yu had entered this dark alley more than once before, and he was intimately familiar with every corner of the city.
Especially since he had only just come here not long ago!
He knew that monsters only hid in the darkest corners.
To hunt, one must go deep inside.
As he stepped further into the alley, he could already hear the low, heavy breathing echoing from within.
Waves of foul, stench-filled air filled the alley, making the atmosphere suffocating and nauseating.
Through the dim morning sunlight filtering in, he could see two monsters curled up at the farthest end, their bodies covered in thick layers of dried blood.
That was the blood from their human prey, splattered onto them during their feeding.
These were the monsters that had taken over the city.
When they stood, they were nearly three meters tall, their bodies covered in black fur. Their heads were grotesque, a mix of demon and ape, filled with rows of sharp, dagger-like fangs. Their limbs were long, their fingers sharp and lined with tiny barbs.
Their name—Mo Yuan (Demon Apes).
Lu Yu had only ever seen these as the sole monsters in the city.
When Lu Yu first injured a Mo Yuan, the data he obtained had startled him.
Mo Yuan’s stats: Life—230. Attack—170. Constitution—130.
At that time, the Mo Yuan’s attack power, life, and constitution had all been far superior to his.
In such a battle, Lu Yu was at a clear disadvantage.
But sometimes, stats don’t necessarily equate to strength. So, despite the heavy cost, Lu Yu still managed to kill the Mo Yuan.
But now, after obtaining the Blood Shield, his attack and constitution were no longer inferior to the Mo Yuan’s. This was finally an even match.
A slight smirk appeared on Lu Yu’s lips, his excitement growing.
He quietly approached one of the Mo Yuans. The beast lay there snoring loudly, completely unaware of his presence.
Lu Yu extended his right hand, clenching and unclenching it several times to loosen his fingers.
He stood still, waiting for the Mo Yuan to roll over.
It was still some time before nightfall—he had plenty of time.
Minute by minute passed, and finally, the Mo Yuan snorted and rolled over.
The moment its neck was exposed, Lu Yu struck.
His right hand slashed across the Mo Yuan’s throat like a blade.
“Sssshhh!”
At the moment his hand met the creature’s neck, a sound like a knife slicing through muscle echoed.
A faint, eerie sound, and the Mo Yuan awoke.
Thick, red blood spurted from its ruptured windpipe, the pain causing it to try to scream.
But its throat had been cut open, reduced only to a gurgling “gurrr” and a look of agony.
Lu Yu could see the cervical vertebrae behind the wound!
“Attack successful. Mo Yuan’s life reduced by 50 points. Remaining life: 180. Before wound heals, 5 life points lost per second.”
Lu Yu smiled.
The benefit of having attack power exceeding constitution meant he no longer had to painfully chip away at ten points of life at a time.
Now, a single strike could drop fifty points of life—this was real damage!
The Mo Yuan tried to scream, its expression one of intense pain.
But its throat was completely torn, and the only sound it could make was blood bubbling from its windpipe.
The throat, the heart… certain areas, when attacked, could be fatal or directly impact the enemy’s movement.
By severely wounding its throat, Lu Yu ensured the Mo Yuan’s screams wouldn’t attract the other one.
But he had overlooked one thing.
These weren’t humans—they were beasts.
Though called “Yuan,” aside from their four limbs, their heads were monstrous.
The scent of blood had awakened the other sleeping Mo Yuan.
The other beast slightly opened its drowsy eyes.
A pair of crimson eyes blinked awake.
Fighting two against one—Lu Yu wasn’t afraid, but it wasn’t necessarily feasible.
But one was already heavily injured and might not recover quickly.
“What a rare opportunity—how can I let it go?” Lu Yu’s mind raced, and he made his decision in an instant.
“Roar!”
The other Mo Yuan fully awakened, springing up like a cheetah. In a flash, it was behind Lu Yu, its hand slashing across his back like lightning.
Lu Yu’s back was instantly torn open, the claws carving five deep gashes across his back, each over a foot long, down to the bone.
The wounds looked like gaping, blood-red mouths, drenching Lu Yu’s back in crimson.
But in an instant, the bleeding stopped, the wounds quickly sealed, and began to rapidly heal.
This was the effect of having a high life value—when life remained above 100, wounds could heal quickly, with minimal impact on combat.
As long as life remained above the threshold, aside from continuous damage, wounds couldn’t last long.
Lu Yu had long confirmed this. His understanding of stats in this city was unmatched.
“Warning: attacked. Constitution matches enemy’s attack. Life reduced by 10 base points. Remaining life: 290.”
His constitution matched the Mo Yuan’s attack power. In a short time, reducing his life by 300 points—impossible!
The moment the text appeared in Lu Yu’s vision, he suddenly changed direction, twisting sideways to evade the Mo Yuan behind him.
Lu Yu turned around and lunged at the Mo Yuan behind him.
“Buzz!” The Mo Yuan’s arm slashed past Lu Yu’s neck—if he hadn’t quickly leaned his head back, his throat would have been torn open.
But Lu Yu’s counterattack was swift. The strike only grazed his skin, leaving a few thin trails of blood.
His life dropped another ten points.
“All debts from before, I return today!” Lu Yu’s expression was filled with excitement. His palm sliced across the Mo Yuan’s wrist. The beast howled in pain, its wrist dangling, blood gushing from the wound, as if sliced by a blade. Its tendons were severed, and blood spurted from its arteries.
With the Blood Shield and additional enhancements, his attack had reached 170, surpassing the Mo Yuan’s constitution of 130. His attacks were now far more effective against the beast.
“Attack successful. Mo Yuan’s life reduced by 20 points! Remaining life: 210.”
The Mo Yuan’s hand was healing quickly, but the wound still spurted blood, its tendons severed.
A cruel grin flashed across Lu Yu’s face. He charged into the Mo Yuan’s chest, his palm slicing from its wrist up toward its shoulder in a straight line.
Wherever his hand passed, flesh was torn open, bone exposed.
The wound stretched from the wrist to the shoulder, not healing instantly, but instead gushing blood.
When damage was continuous, the enemy’s life would also continuously decrease.
“Attack successful. Mo Yuan’s life reduced by 50 points! Remaining life: 160. Before wound heals, 5 life points lost per second.”
Out of 230 life, two slashes had nearly removed a hundred points, making the damage terrifying.
“Aaaa!” The Mo Yuan howled, glaring at Lu Yu like a madman, swinging its remaining arm toward the human’s head.
Lu Yu shifted his body, dodging the attack with agility, then his hand slashed across the Mo Yuan’s abdomen.
“Sssshhh!”
A two-foot-long gash tore from the right rib to the left, nearly slicing open its belly. Only a thin layer of fat remained to protect its internal organs.
Bang!
The Mo Yuan’s arm swung again, its claws slicing across Lu Yu’s shoulder blades, five wounds nearly tearing open his stomach.
Life reduced by 10 points!
Before the Mo Yuan could retract its hand, Lu Yu grabbed its massive hand with both hands and suddenly drove his knee upward with force.
Crack!
The Mo Yuan howled again as its elbow and wrist bent at a 270-degree angle.
Both arms were now useless. The beast let out a pained cry, trying to retreat.
“No chance.”
Seeing the Mo Yuan trying to flee, Lu Yu suddenly leaped, kicking it hard in the belly, completely tearing open the wound that had not yet split.
“Ugh!”
Its roar turned into a scream of pain as it looked down at its abdomen, where its organs were spilling out onto the ground.
The Mo Yuan looked at Lu Yu in disbelief, then at itself, unable to accept that it had been so severely wounded by a small human.
Bloody, direct, violent.
From the start of the battle to its end, no more than ten seconds had passed.
If Li Ziyang and others had witnessed this, they would have been driven mad.
They had always thought they were dealing with a man. But now, Lu Yu had crippled a three-meter-tall monster with just a few moves—this was simply beyond human capability!
The severely injured Mo Yuan now had little chance of escape. With life below 100, the wounds wouldn’t stop bleeding, and its life would continue to drop.
Lu Yu knew this Mo Yuan was finished. He quickly turned around.
Behind him, the other Mo Yuan, whose throat had been injured, had only healed two-thirds of its wound, blood still seeping from its neck.
At this moment, it lunged at Lu Yu.
“I could kill you before—how could I not be able to now!” A smirk flickered across Lu Yu’s lips. He squatted low, both hands slamming onto the ground, legs swinging into the air, and he delivered a powerful kick to the middle of the Mo Yuan’s body.
Crack!
The Mo Yuan’s knee was shattered sideways.
“Aaaagh!” The beast clutched its broken leg, hopping up on one foot.
But its gaze had only left Lu Yu for a second when it realized the human had vanished.
It sniffed the air hard, its crimson eyes flashing with fury.
It smelled the scent of the human behind it, rich and delicious like fresh blood.
The Mo Yuan went wild, hopping to turn around on one foot.
But then, it felt someone jump onto its back. Immediately, it felt a hand slash violently across its neck.
“Sssshhh!”
“Ugh!”
A half-foot-long jet of blood spurted from the Mo Yuan’s neck.
The wound hadn’t healed yet, and this one was even deeper and wider.
Combined with the previous continuous damage and this new strike, its life had dropped even lower.
Massive blood loss brought its life down to 80.
The Mo Yuan clutched its throat, unable to believe it had been so severely wounded by a weak human.
Lu Yu stood not far away, blood still dripping from his palm.
He looked at the two Mo Yuans, knowing that with wounds this severe, recovery was nearly impossible.
A throat wound meant a ruptured artery, and with life below 100, the healing rate was definitely fatal.
Now, all he needed to do was watch them die slowly.
At this moment, Lu Yu finally allowed himself a relaxed smile, a weight lifted from his chest after days of being overwhelmed by the Mo Yuans.
If he had been able to hunt Mo Yuans even when his strength was weaker, now that his strength was nearly equal, meeting them again was like breaking a piece of rotten wood—effortless.
One of the Mo Yuans swayed and collapsed to the ground.
“Star Spirit Pearl!” Lu Yu’s expression shifted as he saw a point of light emerge from the Mo Yuan’s forehead.
He had killed one yesterday, and now another—both dropping Star Spirit Pearls. His luck had really come.
At the same time, another flash of blue light appeared from the other Mo Yuan’s forehead.
“Another Star Spirit Pearl!” Lu Yu took a deep breath, unable to suppress his smile.
Just as Lu Yu thought it was over, another beam of blue light flickered from the forehead of the fallen Mo Yuan.
“There’s… another one?” Lu Yu was stunned.
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