Undying Warlord

Dilan twisted his body, and successfully evaded the Bear's slash.

The Crimson Claws easily cut through the tree behind Dilan, and he could only frown while waving his arm to the right.

He was still holding the Blazing Serpentine Blade. Using his opponent's attack as a means to counterattack was the easiest way for Dilan to inflict injuries on his opponent.

The Blazing Serpentine Blade was special, and Dilan was adept at using this specialty.

"Your Health exceeds 100 as well…not bad little bear!" Dilan shouted the moment he figured that the Crimson Claw Bear's health was extremely high.

He had no idea what level the monster in front of him was. However, what Dilan could tell was that its Health exceeded the norms of a Tier-1 existence.

This was exciting and it motivated Dilan even more. He moved faster while wildly wielding the Blazing Serpentine Blade.

Yet, instead of whizzing wildly through the surroundings, the Blazing Serpentine Blade was just like an extension of his arm.

The wild manner in which Dilan wielded his weapon was merely a means to distract his opponents and to infuse his attack with additional momentum.

It was near-impossible for the razor-sharp blades of his weapon to pierce into the Crimson Claw Bear. This made things much more difficult, and it told Dilan that he would have to get a new weapon soon.

'Old Jeff will kill me…but whatever, I guess…' Dilan thought for a moment before he leaned forward, nearly touching the wet ground, and rushed ahead while simultaneously evading another attack of the Crimson Claw Bear.

He appeared right in front of the beast, jumped upward, and inflicted more than 20 cuts in a single strike.

The monster's fur began to burn around the areas he had inflicted injuries, but the fire was quickly extinguished.

Roaring out, the Crimson Claw Bear opened its wide maw before it would close on Dilan and munch on his bones.

He was right in front of the Crimson Claw Bear's face, and perfect prey for the beast. However, with Dilan's higher Agility, it was possible for him to twist his leg a bit to push his body away from the bear.

To achieve this, he pushed his left foot against the bear's nose.

This was definitely not something the Crimson Claw Bear liked because it went on a rampage the moment its nose was touched.

Its Crimson Claws slashed into Dilan's back as he catapulted himself backward.

In an instant, blood began to gush out of the injuries and he swayed a bit before crashing to the ground. However, he used his hands to himself up a moment later.

'Even my Health of 115 enhanced by the Stone Skin trait is not able to block its claws in the slightest.' Dilan realized with a deep frown on his face.

He would be lying if he were to say that he was not bothered about this fact.

Ordinary and even Bronze Tier-1 monsters were not able to hurt him anymore. This made things much easier for him because he could recklessly fight against those monsters, and farm their Essence crystals in bulk.

Even Silver Tier-1 monsters couldn't actually hurt him much anymore. Only Gold Tier-1 monsters were capable of inflicting some damage to him, but not all of them!

Dilan was pretty sure that once his Origin ability would be upgraded a few more times, he would be near-invincible amongst Tier-1 existences.

However, upgrading [Regeneration] was easier said than done. This fight, against the Crimson Claw Bear, was likely to be an opportunity to upgrade the Origin ability, or at least, to increase the chances of survival after being lethally injured.

It was nothing to be happy about because he would have to be severely injured to survive the said attack, but Dilan still smiled.

His entire expression revealed his crazed excitement.

Facing the Crimson Claw Bear felt eerily similar to the time when he had faced the War Krendel for the first time.

Twisting his body to evade the next batch of attacks, Dilan kept inflicting shallow injuries on the Crimson Claw Bear. It was seemingly unaffected by his tactic and the bleeding always stopped under a few seconds.

Under normal circumstances, any Ascender would be afraid of fighting against a monster, whose strength was definitely higher than their own.

Only with his Agility boost was Dilan faster than the Crimson Claw Bear.

If he were to gauge the average stats of his opponent, they were definitely close to 75; the Peak of the Peak of Tier-1 existences.

The only advantage Dilan had was the fact that he had numerous abilities to boost his Agility and other stats. The Crimson Claw Bear didn't seem to have an ability other than the crimson beam slashes.

This was probably the only reason for Dilan to be still alive. Yet, Dilan was not actually sure how long he would stay alive if he were to face the onslaught of the attacks for long.

While attacking and inflicting hundreds of tiny injuries, it was impossible for Dilan to evade every attack.

Blocking each attack was also not feasible because the Blazing Serpentine Blade was not supposed to endure the onslaught of a monster, whose Strength was definitely at, or possibly even above 75, while its attacks were even more frightening than that of the Minotaur leader's, whose strength had exceeded 100 when Dilan fought it!

If that was not frightening enough already, Dilan noticed that the Crimson Claw Bear was eerily calm despite being provoked by the numerous cuts it had sustained.

'It is trying to figure out my next move. Why the hell am I facing such a monster in the Mountain Ring of the Elements. Is that the Overlord of the entire dimension, or what?!' Dilan was still excited to fight and his blood was boiling.

But even then, he couldn't help but feel that Oliver and the rest were too lucky not to encounter such a terrifying existence.

What Dilan didn't know was that the Crimson Claw Bear was entirely unfazed by the other existences, under normal circumstances.

Even humans were of no use to it anymore, at least, not if they were at the low level and quality Oliver and his group had been when they had entered the permanent Gate.

On the other hand, Dilan might be at a lower level, but even then, the Crimson Claw Bear had been able to sense him the moment he had entered the Gate to the Mountain Ring of the Elements.

Only some monsters could detect the scent and the presence of existences, whose Essence crystal was useful for something.

The Crimson Claw Bear belonged to these kinds of monsters. It was able to detect the presence of a treasure, and the danger radiating from others as well.

And in Dilan's case, the Crimson Claw Bear could tell that Dilan was both frighteningly powerful and a treasure one could only find once in a lifetime!

Afraid of never being able to find a treasure like Dilan ever again, the Crimson Claw Bear ignored the danger it sensed from him, and attacked him.

Thus, when its greed overwhelmed its fear, the Crimson Claw Bear felt exhilarated with every single injury it inflicted upon its opponent, while the minor cuts caused by Dilan were simply ignored.

It was due to the anomaly in its behavior that it was able to accurately predict Dilan's movement just once.

But this 'one time' was already more than enough. It allowed the Crimson Claw Bear's claw to pierce into the abdomen of the young man in front of it.

A satisfied expression appeared on the Bear's face, as its claws dug deep into the flesh of the young man. Dilan coughed blood, and his sight blurred the moment the razor-sharp Crimson claws dug into his abdomen.

It hurt like hell, but Dilan endured it easily.

'My acting is really bad. Why am I even trying to please this bastard? Well whatever, no major organ was injured as intended.

But I really have to admit… these claws are really sharp! Perfect to inflict lethal injuries on myself!' He thought as a faint smile emerged on his face as he lifted his head to look straight into the eyes of the satisfied Crimson Claw Bear.

"Man, I wanted you to lethally injure me, not to treat me like a juicy piece of meat," Dilan mumbled, his sky blue eyes turning ice-cold before he grinned,

"Playtime is over. It's my turn now!"

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