61: What is the black-haired monster?

“Who are you?!”

Jia Gu Yi Yan questioned.

He felt that this monster definitely possessed intelligence.

However, the Black-Haired Monster showed no intention of replying to Jia Gu Yi Yan, charging straight at him like an irrational brute.

Was he mistaken in his deduction?

Did this monster lack intelligence, and was its sneak attack merely a coincidence?

Or did this monster have a reason to conceal its intelligence?

Under what circumstances would a monster want to hide its intelligence?

Did it want to ambush him?

Jia Gu Yi Yan's mind raced, and at that moment, the Black-Haired Monster was already upon him.

It leaped, covered in a layer of bone armor, and slammed its tightly clenched fist towards Jia Gu Yi Yan.

The surrounding ground cracked, and thick tree roots burst through the earth, coiling towards Jia Gu Yi Yan.

How could Jia Gu Yi Yan entangle himself with such an obviously powerful monster? He retracted his blade and activated the Basic Breathing Technique.

Blood infused with power rapidly pumped into his legs, which were instantly wreathed in rising flames.

In a flash, Jia Gu Yi Yan’s body seemed to merge with the flames, piercing through the tree root blockade like a meteor, evading the attack.

“My stamina… it’s getting hard to bear!”

Relying on extreme speed to evade the blockade, Jia Gu Yi Yan felt his body’s exhaustion accumulate as the Basic Breathing Technique operated.

Even with the Mian Yu Technique, he was struggling to hold on.

The monster’s appearance was perfectly timed, arriving precisely when Jia Gu Yi Yan’s stamina was at its lowest point after he had exerted himself fully to deal with the parasitic monster.

As if sensing Jia Gu Yi Yan’s exhaustion, the Black-Haired Monster quickly closed in on him, slamming its fists into the ground.

In an instant, the entire ground cracked.

Countless thick tree roots, dense and intertwined, lashed out at Jia Gu Yi Yan.

“Hmph.”

Having stabilized his stamina slightly, Jia Gu Yi Yan gripped the Que Yan Blade, and flames spiraled around him, enveloping his body.

Whoosh!!

Boom!!

The explosive roar of flames echoed continuously. Jia Gu Yi Yan’s body, like a launched cannonball, tore through the thick canopy of tree roots, carrying burning ash as he slashed towards the Black-Haired Monster.

His speed was so immense that only a fiery afterimage could be seen.

The Black-Haired Monster’s eyes glowed faintly as it stared at the charging Jia Gu Yi Yan, its right hand tightly clutching a black natural card.

‘That’s a natural card!’

Jia Gu Yi Yan, who was charging at extreme speed, was violently impacted in that instant.

How could a card appear here!

How could a natural card appear here!

Who exactly is this monster, and what is the attribute and level of that natural card!

Am I still its opponent!

The moment Jia Gu Yi Yan's chaotic thoughts surged forth, he forcefully suppressed them!

Now was absolutely not the time to think about such messy things.

During a battle, there should only be one thought in one's mind: defeat the opponent!

The blade, burning explosively with flames, never deviated by an inch.

Meanwhile, the monster gripping the card began to glow with an eerie light from its black fur.

Strands of black power continuously emanated from the card, coiling around the Black-Haired Monster’s swinging arm.

In an instant, the strength of that arm surged. The mere gust of wind from its swinging fist caused all the surrounding weeds to bend low.

All the surrounding Gravel and dust was kicked up.

Clang!!

Flames collided with gusts of wind, and the blade clashed with the armored fist.

The ground beneath them collapsed and cracked, and the powerful impact tore apart the surrounding tree roots and weeds.

Dust filled the air.

Even the flames enveloping Jia Gu Yi Yan were scattered by the wind.

The Black-Haired Monster’s movements showed no distortion or retreat.

The card in its hand had almost conjured a layer of black airflow coiling around its body.

Under this immense power, Jia Gu Yi Yan could no longer hold on.

The flames coiling around him completely shattered and dissipated.

And Jia Gu Yi Yan, as if losing his support, was sent flying by the Black-Haired Monster’s immense strength, crashing into the towering unfinished building.

The gray-white walls were shattered to pieces, and the steel bars within the walls were snapped by the impact.

Jia Gu Yi Yan didn’t know how many walls he had crashed through, only feeling as though his lower back was about to break.

The Fire Finch's defensive power was far lower than Light's.

Light could smash through several walls, even crash through a building, and still stand up to continue fighting.

However, the Fire Finch's defensive power couldn't withstand such a violent attack.

Whoosh.

The flames weakly extinguished from Jia Gu Yi Yan’s body, and the armor also dissipated into residual embers.

The Fire Finch Armor card also popped out of the Summoner.

His stamina was completely depleted, and his body was injured.

Jia Gu Yi Yan quickly got up and hid in a corner of the unfinished building.

He pulled out Potion F.

“Potion F.”

Click!

As Potion F was summoned, Jia Gu Yi Yan quickly injected it into a vein in his arm.

With a tube of Potion F injected into his body, the pain in Jia Gu Yi Yan’s body finally stabilized.

The pain in his lower back and the numbness in his lower limbs also receded.

However, Potion F could only heal injuries, not restore stamina consumption.

“Bang!”

With a loud bang, the wall of the unfinished building was smashed again.

It seemed something had jumped in and began to search for Jia Gu Yi Yan’s whereabouts.

“Damn it, I have no stamina left.”

Jia Gu Yi Yan held his breath, constantly searching for cards in his card holder, but unfortunately, he couldn’t find any cards suitable for the current situation!

Moreover, how could the monster in front of him have a natural card?

Does it even have intelligence?

Ambush and sneak attack.

Searching for traces.

Using a card.

At the same time, it had a completely different appearance from other monsters, wearing armor, humanoid.

No matter how he looked at it, this monster seemed to possess intelligence.

Since the opponent possessed intelligence, why would it pretend not to have any in front of him?

Jia Gu Yi Yan wanted to think, but his head grew heavier and heavier.

Should he hide in the Rain Realm E?

However, the Rain Realm E made too much noise, and it took time to open.

Even if Jia Gu Yi Yan entered, he couldn’t actively close the Rain Realm E’s passage.

The opponent could also follow him in.

Damn it, he was at a dead end.

He tried his best not to make a sound, and Lin Ti also used his power to conceal Jia Gu Yi Yan's aura.

No, I must recover my stamina quickly!

Jia Gu Yi Yan thought of the Mian Yu Technique.

The Mian Yu Technique had the effect of accelerating injury recovery, and at the same time, the Mian Yu Technique could increase the upper limit of stamina.

So, could it be used to accelerate stamina recovery?

Jia Gu Yi Yan pulled out Torrential Rain E and held it in his palm.

Then, he began to activate the Mian Yu Technique.

Meanwhile, the Black-Haired Monster searched for Jia Gu Yi Yan’s traces within the unfinished building.

But its powerful perception was currently unable to track Jia Gu Yi Yan’s whereabouts.