Chapter 136
Chapter 136 The Simp Keeps Simping, But Values His Life
The silhouette wielding the sword seemed filled with heroic spirit, stirring the fat guy’s inner sense of heroism at this moment.
He took a deep breath, propped the flashlight on his shoulder, and with the chainsaw in hand, charged at the undead: “Alright! Watch me blow this thing to bits!”
At the same time, the bounty hunter swung his sword again at the row of steel pipes. The fierce sword energy finally broke the ghostly power attached to the pipes, slicing through the entire row as easily as cutting tofu.
He kicked away the half-pipe still stuck in the ground and marched towards the fat guy.
But halfway there, he was blocked by Ling Mo, who uttered not a word and swung his sword at him.
In that instant, the bounty hunter locked his target onto Ling Mo and quickly raised his shield to parry the blow. The clash of forces caused Ling Mo’s hands to go numb.
Yet, the bounty hunter’s shield didn’t even shake a bit, standing firm and stable.
This only deepened Ling Mo’s concerns.
This bounty hunter was stronger than the previous Taoist—at least in terms of threat.
The Taoist’s main attack methods were talismans and exorcism techniques, which could be deadly against Xia Xinyan, but didn’t work on him, the undead. Nevertheless, taking down that non-physical attacking Taoist left him drained and battered. Now, this bounty hunter was clearly in the same league of brute force, and with a shield and armor for defense, he couldn’t find any opportunity to strike.
For a moment, the battle between the two descended into a stalemate.
On the other side, Xia Xinyan once again took control of all the steel pipes, even forcibly dismantling all surrounding shelves. Any hard objects capable of piercing flesh were turned into floating spears, ready to shoot, including the cut steel pipes, which doubled as weapons.
In this respect, her ability was somewhat shameless, allowing her to exert ghostly power over most objects for her use. Those steel pipes couldn’t be completely obliterated, but as long as one segment remained, she could convert them into her spears.
The more she cut, the more weapons she had.
She didn’t believe that even with a sky full of spears, this guy could defend against all directions of attack.
Even if she couldn’t break through his defense, at least she could still create an impact on him.
Xia Xinyan had always accurately assessed her own role; right now, her ability couldn’t serve as the main fighting force—she could at most be a support.
So she would just do what a support should do.
With her sporadic interruptions from a steel pipe here and there, the bounty hunter’s movements were significantly affected, giving Ling Mo a temporary edge, but the guy still didn’t suffer much harm.
The bounty hunter’s armor and shield boasted incredible defense, and with Ling Mo’s current strength, he couldn’t breach the opponent’s defense. The few areas of his body uncovered by the armor could be considered weaknesses, but Ling Mo had no chance to target those spots.
This left him feeling somewhat conflicted.
He had thought that after learning that fighting skill, he would have the upper hand in such battles, but looking at the situation now… he was far from it.
His lack of combat experience against a battle-hardened bounty hunter meant that he was only managing to hold his ground thanks to Xia Xinyan’s assistance.
He simply wasn’t strong enough…
His thoughts grew somber as Ling Mo’s attacks became increasingly ferocious.
Xia Xinyan hadn’t noticed the change in Ling Mo’s attack pattern.
Because she was currently multitasking.
The battle between the fat guy and the undead was far less direct and passionate than Ling Mo’s encounter, since the fat guy had no melee capabilities, and while the undead possibly did, the fat guy hadn’t let it get close at all—
“Ahhh, it’s getting closer! Help me!!”
“Holy crap, it’s chasing me! Save me, save me!!”
“Damn, I was almost caught! Quick, hold it back!!”
“Son of a gun, it almost grabbed my little brother, damn it!!”
“Hey, immobilized, huh? Taste my chainsaw… holy crap, it broke free again! Help, help!!”
…
The undead’s movements were much faster than the doppelgänger they had previously encountered, even exceeding normal human reaction speeds, and its attack style was direct—charging in and tearing apart.
At first, the fat guy planned to clash with it using the chainsaw, until he witnessed the creature tear a steel pipe in half right before his eyes.
That’s when he decided to kite it.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t outrun the thing, so all those calls for help were directed toward Xia Xinyan.
Perhaps the undead’s biggest weakness was its entire skeletal structure; a few steel pipes could significantly impede its movements. Then while it was busy clearing out the messy bits inside itself, the fat guy would rush in for a chainsaw strike, only to have it break free and run away.
This battle cycle continued for ten minutes.
By the end, Xia Xinyan was tempted to just give the fat guy a steel pipe to shut him up.
She felt that he hadn’t even contributed as much damage to the undead as she had.
And continuing this way was no solution.
Ling Mo was still locked in a seesaw battle. After thinking for a moment, Xia Xinyan seemed to come up with an idea and suddenly pulled out the Cupid Bow and Arrow from her spatial watch, quickly nocking an arrow and aiming at the bounty hunter.
In fact, after her first time using this thing, she had lost hope in it, but it still had some potential for disrupting the enemy.
Finding a gap where the bounty hunter had his back turned, Xia Xinyan let the arrow fly, hitting him squarely, and suddenly a 100% affection meter appeared above his head.
Xia Xinyan immediately shouted, “Stand at attention! Don’t move!”
The affection meter dropped by 20% after she said that, but the bounty hunter lowered his weapon and assumed a standing position.
Ling Mo: “…”
He didn’t get it.
“Mo Mo! Quickly chop his neck!” Xia Xinyan didn’t bother to see if he understood.
Time waits for no one, and this was the best opportunity; the guy’s neck had no armor, so surely one slash wouldn’t fail to sever his head.
Ling Mo quickly snapped back to reality, nodded, raised his sword, and gathered strength for a moment, then swung down fiercely.
Then the bounty hunter suddenly crouched down.
The sword skimmed right over his head, creating a gust of sword energy that sliced through several nearby steel pipes.
And in that instant, the bounty hunter broke free from the affection control.
Xia Xinyan: “…”
Why did he crouch?!
【The host didn’t say he couldn’t crouch.】
“…”
Xia Xinyan gritted her teeth, raising the bow again, and shot another arrow before the bounty hunter could react.
“Stand at attention! No crouching, no dodging! Mo Mo, chop him!”
This time, the affection dropped by 50%, but he still complied.
Ling Mo’s mouth twitched as he took a deep breath, lifted his sword, and then swung it down with force.
And then the bounty hunter suddenly raised his shield—
The sword and shield clashed violently, sending both combatants stumbling back several steps.
Xia Xinyan: “…”
Why!! He can still defend!!
Wasn’t it agreed he would listen to her?!
【…The host didn’t say he couldn’t defend. Also, the host must understand that the attribute granted by Cupid’s Bow is essentially a simp attribute, not a hypnotic one. Even a simp will value their life.】
“…”
She wanted to smash this junk.
