14: [Intermediate Mutant] and the new skill [Assault]

The next day.

Bai Xuan, fully recovered, continued his hunt.

"Bang!!!"

As glass shattered, a figure appeared, causing Bai Xuan's pupils to contract.

Mid-Level Mutant

All the monsters Bai Xuan had encountered before largely retained their basic human structure.

But this one had its right arm completely mutated; skin, flesh, and bones were mixed together, forming a deformed long-handled weapon, like a blade and a spear.

With a wave of its hand, it easily shattered the glass, then leaped down from the third floor.

Reacting instantly, Bai Xuan didn't hesitate to use his ultimate move, going all out.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"

Five whistling sounds suddenly erupted, and five arrows covered a distance of seventy meters within a second, about to hit the monster.

However, the monster quickly swung its right arm; though the deformed weapon didn't block all the arrows, it did cut down three of them.

As for the remaining two, one struck the monster's left eye, and the other hit its neck.

Seeing this, Bai Xuan's right hand was still trembling slightly, but a hint of killing intent had already appeared in his eyes.

"It can be killed!"

Just as Bai Xuan raised his bow to aim, the monster's reaction made his eyes narrow.

It bent its knees, gathering strength.

Then, it charged forward fiercely!

One second, covering a distance of fifty meters.

What terrifying speed that was; its body seemed to have transformed into a grey blur.

In the blink of an eye, the monster appeared in front of Bai Xuan, less than twenty meters separating them.

His heart pounded, but Bai Xuan didn't panic; instead, he was unusually calm.

The monster's speed was indeed very fast, and its deformed right hand possessed powerful lethality.

However, its defensive power was almost the same as an Intermediate Infected, perhaps even slightly weaker.

Therefore, he still had a great chance to kill it.

A full-burst shot of five arrows in two seconds was definitely impossible.

But a slightly slower pace, four arrows in two seconds, was still achievable.

As long as three arrows hit vital points, he could kill this monster.

Holding his breath, concentrating...

Fire!!!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two seconds, four arrows!

As Bai Xuan fired, the monster naturally didn't stay still.

Its previous speed was very fast, but it wasn't its regular speed; it was a burst of speed.

Facing Bai Xuan's shots, it didn't run at full speed but approached while swinging its right arm to fend off the arrows.

However, Bai Xuan's angles for these four arrows were extremely tricky.

And its intelligence was insufficient; when it tried to block the first arrow, the other three arrows unobstructed hit its vital points: its right eye, its right eye, and its right forehead.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

Greyish-white blood splattered, and this one fell less than thirty centimeters in front of Bai Xuan.

"Phew----"

Seeing this, Bai Xuan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Phew~~"

"I knew my calculations were correct."

The increase in perception ability, coupled with a Spirit attribute of five points, had already given Bai Xuan some extraordinary abilities.

His right hand trembled even more severely, and the soreness became more intense.

However, Bai Xuan's Physique was now five points, so this small injury would be enough to recover from after five or six hours of rest.

As for now,

It was time for harvest, of course.

A grayish-white orb, a bit larger than a fist, appeared. Bai Xuan reached out and touched it, and a prompt appeared.

"Obtained skill 'Assault'"

"Skill: Assault LV1 (0/100)"

"Effect: Active skill, consumes 30% of stamina, gains +50% movement speed for one second, and can launch an attack with +50% burst power."

As he acquired the skill, Bai Xuan suddenly felt a strange, instinctive memory surge into his mind.

This also let Bai Xuan know how to activate the Assault skill.

"What a feeling, truly wonderful!"

After muttering softly to himself, Bai Xuan looked at the description of the Assault skill and understood its power.

At the same time, a sense of relief arose in his heart; the monster's intelligence was too low, as it activated Assault when it was still over seventy meters away.

If it had gotten closer before activating this skill, he might have been caught off guard.

However, this also gave Bai Xuan a warning: if Mid-Level Mutants had low intelligence, what about Advanced Mutants?

In the absence of information, he needed to be even more careful.

After all, with his current understanding of the game world, whether in the game world or the real world, his body was his body, and his state would remain consistent.

In other words, if he was injured in the game world, exiting the game would not immediately restore him in the real world; he would have to recover naturally.

So, if he died in the game world, it was highly probable that he would truly die.

But the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

Currently, all his four-dimensional attributes had reached the human limit, and as long as he collected forty portions of blood of evolution, he could even break past the human limit.

Besides this, he now possessed five skills.

Archery, Agility, Violence, Tough Body, and the newly acquired Assault.

Since his right hand was injured, after glancing at the Assault skill's effect, Bai Xuan naturally chose to exit the game immediately.

Back in his familiar room, Bai Xuan began to ponder the Assault skill.

"Assault is undoubtedly a very powerful active skill, but its lethality is strong, and its consumption is also very high."

"A 30% stamina consumption to activate means that even in my optimal state, I can only use Assault three times consecutively."

"This also means that I will find it difficult to gain proficiency for Assault through continuous practice to level it up."

"Since that's the case, it's time to use skill points."

There's no need to overthink it; skill points might be precious, but he had an entire game world at his disposal, which contained abundant resources, so he should use them when needed.

Improving his combat power as quickly as possible would also increase his hunting efficiency, thereby acquiring spoils of war faster.

"Skill Points: 8"

Use one first.

"Proficiency +100"

"Assault LV1 → LV2"

"The effect of the 'Assault' skill has been comprehensively enhanced, and the player can choose one of the following three enhancement options:"

"Energy-Saving: Stamina consumption reduced by 2%"

"Swiftness: Movement speed increased by 10%"

"Critical Strike: Attack burst power increased by 10%"

Seeing these three options, Bai Xuan fell into deep thought.

"If I choose Energy-Saving for every upgrade, then I'll be able to use Assault frequently in combat."

"If I want to use Assault to kill more powerful monsters, choosing Violence for every upgrade would be a good option."

"However, this game world isn't a real game... Life-saving ability is the most important, so I have to choose Swiftness."