174: Chapter 174 The Truly Hidden Method

Hundreds of massive figures suddenly appeared on the field. Under Tang Mo's command, hundreds of Highly Poisonous Skeletons began to launch a siege against the Flying Shadow Leopard.

"Roar!" The Flying Shadow Leopard let out an angry roar, saying, "Do you really think I'm afraid of you just because I can't use my skills? Die!"

As soon as the words left its mouth, the Flying Shadow Leopard raised its hand and swung its sword. A massive sword aura instantly sliced the Venomous Touch and Highly Poisonous Skeletons in two. In an instant, all the Venomous Touch and Highly Poisonous Skeletons perished.

Seeing this strike, even Tang Mo couldn't help but click his tongue in secret. "This guy is ridiculously strong. To be able to unleash such a powerful sword aura with only pure physical attacks is truly inconceivable!"

Thinking of this, Tang Mo quickly took out a pile of replication scrolls. He had obtained quite a few of these from the Bone Abyss anyway, so even if he used them all here, he wouldn't feel it was a loss.

Dozens of replication scrolls were activated by Tang Mo. The rain in the sky grew heavier, and the surrounding Poison Barrier became even thicker.

Countless Venomous Touch appeared on the field once again, followed by hundreds of Highly Poisonous Skeletons.

"It's useless! Even if a thousand or ten thousand of these things come, they won't be able to hurt me!"

"Die!" After saying this, the Flying Shadow Leopard slashed out another sword aura. Hundreds of Venomous Touch and Highly Poisonous Skeletons were routed once again.

Just then, a slender spider darted out from the Corrosive Poison Barrier and charged straight at the Flying Shadow Leopard.

"Hm? Only one?" The Flying Shadow Leopard didn't pay it any mind and raised its sword, striking the spider.

"Boom!" An explosion rang out, and the venom contained within the spider splattered everywhere. The Flying Shadow Leopard didn't take this venom to heart; in its view, this venom posed no threat to it at all. The only thing it cared about was that its clean fur had been completely ruined.

Intense killing intent flashed in the Flying Shadow Leopard's eyes, but before it could move forward, the figures of Venomous Touch and Highly Poisonous Skeletons appeared before its eyes once more.

"Annoying bugs! Get out of my way!" Another terrifying sword aura was slashed out, and the Venomous Touch and Highly Poisonous Skeletons on the field were, without suspense, instantly killed and perished once again.

The concentration of toxic mist in the air grew thicker, yet the Flying Shadow Leopard was now only thinking about how to quickly kill Tang Mo to end this boring battle.

The gap in level and strength was too large, and the opponent was a mage who couldn't even cast skills. Although he was relying on items, the Flying Shadow Leopard felt that those things would eventually run out. Therefore, it believed that it would definitely be the final victor of this battle, and the rewards would surely belong to it.

Thus, it began to rapidly close in on Tang Mo.

"Found you!" Even while inside the Poison Barrier, the Flying Shadow Leopard could clearly sense Tang Mo's location. At this moment, it clearly sensed that Tang Mo was right in front of it, just over a dozen meters away.

The Flying Shadow Leopard took a vigorous step forward and swept out with the demon-breaking sword in its hand.

"Clang!" A sound of metal clashing rang out in the air, and Tang Mo's figure retreated a dozen steps.

"Good, that's more like it. Take out your weapon and duel with me; perhaps I can give you a quick end!" After saying this, the Flying Shadow Leopard's figure appeared before Tang Mo again, and the demon-breaking sword in its hand slashed down fiercely toward Tang Mo.

Tang Mo did not dodge, instead raising his sword to meet it directly. "Clang!" The demon-breaking sword and the holy sword collided again, sparking a shower of flames. Tang Mo's figure retreated ten steps again.

"Hahaha... Good! How satisfying. I promise to give you a quick end in a moment; I definitely won't let you die an ugly death, so you won't be left with any psychological trauma." The Flying Shadow Leopard, holding the demon-breaking sword, attacked Tang Mo again.

Tang Mo raised his sword to counterattack and was knocked back again, but he stabilized his footing after just a few steps. The Flying Shadow Leopard quickly discovered the discrepancy: it was using full force with every attack, so why were the number of steps this guy retreated getting fewer and fewer?

"No! This guy is strange. I can't let this go on; I must end this quickly." Tang Mo's series of actions had already made the Flying Shadow Leopard wary, so it wanted to resolve the situation with Tang Mo as soon as possible.

But just as it was preparing to strike, the Flying Shadow Leopard caught a glimpse of its health bar out of the corner of its eye, and it had actually depleted by nearly one-fifth. The Flying Shadow Leopard was immediately shocked. "What is going on? Why is my health dropping? This guy clearly hasn't hit me."

It observed its surroundings vigilantly. "When exactly did this happen?" Suddenly, the pain in its body reminded it that Tang Mo's attacks had been there all along; it had simply overlooked them.

The Flying Shadow Leopard looked up at the falling rain and couldn't help but exclaim internally, "So that's it. This rain and this mist are his truly hidden means!"

The Flying Shadow Leopard carefully sensed its own body and discovered that the toxins within it had reached an astonishing level. Because it had been constantly inside the Corrosive Poison Barrier and the Corrosive Rain, the toxins in the Flying Shadow Leopard's body were continuously accumulating and stacking.

Coupled with the poisonous gas formed by the Highly Poisonous Skeletons it had just slaughtered, which it had inhaled quite a bit of, the toxins in the Flying Shadow Leopard's body had already accumulated to over a hundred stacks. This not only caused the Flying Shadow Leopard's health to plummet but also significantly impacted its strength.

This was also why Tang Mo was able to withstand the Flying Shadow Leopard's attacks without being knocked away. Upon learning the reason, the Flying Shadow Leopard felt even more helpless. It was in a magic-prohibition domain, unable to release skills, and its items had been used up while climbing the tower. Facing such a predicament, it had no choice but to bite the bullet and press on.

"As long as I kill him, the poison inside me, as well as these poison mists and Poison Rains around me, will disappear."

"I will still be the final victor!" Thinking of this, the Flying Shadow Leopard's eyes became even more frantic.

It could be seen that the veins on its hand holding the sword were bulging. It twisted its waist slightly, then took a step forward, and instantly swung its blade. In an instant, a blade aura even more massive than the previous one flew toward Tang Mo.

Tang Mo's lips curled up, revealing a knowing smile. "No matter how powerful this sword aura is, to me, it's just an ordinary physical attack; it can't hurt me at all."

"With this guy's strength, it wouldn't have failed to notice this."

"Therefore, this strike looks imposing, but it's actually just a feint to draw my attention. I guess the real attack must be behind this sword aura."

"Since that's the case, let's make a bet."

Tang Mo took out another replication scroll and activated it the moment the sword aura struck. The instant the sword aura sliced through Tang Mo's body, the Flying Shadow Leopard's figure arrived as expected.

Seeing that Tang Mo was blinded by the sword aura, the Flying Shadow Leopard accelerated even further, and the demon-breaking sword, under its control, fiercely pierced "Tang Mo's" stomach. "Tang Mo" fell to the ground, heavily injured, and stopped moving.

"Hahaha... Victory is mine! The rewards are mine too!" As soon as the words left its mouth, a strong sense of crisis suddenly surged in the Flying Shadow Leopard's heart.

The muscles all over the Flying Shadow Leopard's body immediately tensed up, and with a kip-up, it flipped and instantly leaped over a dozen meters away. Just as the Flying Shadow Leopard turned around to see what was happening, arrows covering the sky were already right before its eyes.

Piercing Poison Arrow, an epic-level skill. After being promoted to an epic-level skill, Piercing Poison Arrow changed from the original few dozen arrows to over a hundred, and the piercing ability and damage were further enhanced. The sky-covering poison arrows magnified infinitely in the Flying Shadow Leopard's eyes, eventually piercing through its body.