Chapter 12 .，!

Fang Senyan's body, sprawled in the mud, suddenly stiffened. The next second, a small section of crimson ice spike emerged from his back.

It turned out that Drogba had been ruthless enough to summon an ice spike directly beneath Fang Senyan. When Fang Senyan fell, it was as if he was directly impaling himself on the ice spike with his stomach. The incomparably sharp ice spike pierced through his stomach and even penetrated Fang Senyan's body.

This kind of injury would be fatal to an ordinary person, and even a critical hit for a Contractor.

Fang Senyan groaned in pain, but even in this situation, he managed to launch a counterattack, severing the transparent water hand that was grabbing his ankle. Unfortunately, he encountered the 33% chance of immunity to physical damage from the elemental body.

In this situation, Fang Senyan clutched his stomach, blood gushing happily from between his fingers. Yet, he still staggered and fled in a sorry state. Just then, he saw a dark mountain dong (cave) hidden behind a nearby rock and immediately escaped into it.

Fang Senyan was still within the Mist Cage, which had not yet triggered its special effect. Drogba had to see Fang Senyan with his eyes to attack him. For Drogba, who was constantly consuming MP, every moment of delay was a step closer to failure. Therefore, Drogba unhesitatingly chased after Fang Senyan, not worrying about a potential ambush. In fact, with his elemental body and close combat abilities, he wasn't afraid of close combat at all—especially against a mere reserve colonizer.

The mountain dong (cave) sloped slightly upwards, making the environment inside relatively dry. If Drogba were to use elemental hands in such an environment, the mana consumption would inevitably increase.

Some unique algae from the Lord of the Rings world grew inside the dong (cave). These reddish-brown, tenacious life forms would slowly evaporate after dying, emitting a faint phosphorescence in the process. Therefore, it wasn't completely dark; the light was weak, but enough to see.

The air inside the dong (cave) was somewhat stuffy, with a heavy, fishy, and foul smell. Unfortunately, Drogba couldn't distinguish it—a drawback of transforming into an elemental body, losing the sense of taste and smell. So, just as Drogba was about to turn a corner, a huge, shadowy figure with bared fangs and brandished claws rushed towards him like Mount Tai pressing down. It was a massive dire bear.

Drogba's face, composed of blue crystals, didn't reveal any emotions. But his years of combat experience told him that he had to be extra careful at this time, because enemies forced into desperate situations often launched a desperate counterattack, even resorting to mutual destruction, unleashing terrifying power.

Therefore, Drogba immediately raised his left hand, which melted and formed a mirror-like ice shield. When the huge dire bear collided with the ice shield, at least hundreds of dense, sharp, long ice spikes grew out of the shield's surface in a bizarre manner. They frantically pierced into the dire bear's body, and then, with a whooshing sound, the ice spikes tore the dire bear into countless pieces of miserable blood and flesh.

At the same time, Drogba knew that the enemy would most likely follow up with a sneak attack. His right hand instantly transformed into an ice spear, aimed forward, and thrust out violently. If anyone dared to follow the dire bear's surprise attack at this time, they would surely be pierced through the heart.

However, all of Drogba's plans failed. Apart from killing a dire bear unique to the Lord of the Rings world, the enemy's expected frantic counterattack didn't come at all.

Drogba's facial muscles twitched a few times. The whole person was already panting slightly. The MP consumption was huge every second. Maintaining the Mist Cage required continuous MP consumption, as did maintaining the elemental body… Using water elemental gathering skills in such a dry mountain dong (cave) would consume an additional 10% of MP.

At this moment, Drogba couldn't help but feel an ominous premonition in his heart:

"Could this all be planned by this guy? Deliberately trying to consume my MP. But it's impossible. He's clearly a defeated dog, and his Honor Potion has already been used. The ability to continuously restore HP, which he used as a trump card, has also been exhausted. What other way can he counterattack? It's more than enough for me to crush him."

After turning the corner, Drogba saw Fang Senyan, twenty meters away in the rocky hall, grimacing and bandaging his wounds.

The dongxue (cave) ended here. The latter had no way to retreat, leaning against a stone pillar in the dire bear's nest xue (cave), panting heavily. He had too many wounds on his body, blood was overflowing, dripping like rain. So, after staying in one place for a little longer, clear bloodstains would appear on the ground.

At this time, after hearing the sound, Fang Senyan turned his head and looked at Drogba with a weak smile:

"I knew that beast couldn't stop you for long… You're here, huh?"

Fang Senyan said this as if it were a light breeze and a floating cloud, not treating Drogba as a death god come to hunt his life, but rather as someone coming to rescue him.

Seeing Fang Senyan's performance at this time, Drogba couldn't help but feel a strange feeling. He originally had 100% confidence in hunting Fang Senyan, but at this time, he couldn't help but feel inexplicably out of control and uneasy. He couldn't help but respond to Fang Senyan:

"That's right. Where else can you escape now?"

Fang Senyan sighed, listlessly saying:

"Is it okay if I agree to the conditions you proposed earlier now? I'll let you choose three of the most valuable things on me? And then you spare my dog life?"

Drogba really didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing Fang Senyan's words. He was about to attack Fang Senyan immediately, but at this time, Fang Senyan actually began to display his attributes. Moreover, the first attribute he displayed was the ninth-tier mutated hidden ability, Virus Monarch.

As a Contractor, Drogba would inevitably be attracted by the keywords "mutated," "hidden," and "ninth tier," just like many keywords such as "big breasts and plump hips," "encounter," "fullness," "obscene," and "school beauty" have higher click rates... So, he inevitably had to take a look, and this look immediately made him exclaim in surprise.

Just as he hesitated, Fang Senyan had already jumped high, waved his +7 West, and then slashed down at Drogba with unparalleled ferocity.

This really caught Drogba off guard, but the latter immediately sneered and said:

"Overestimating yourself."

He immediately raised his left hand, which turned into an ice shield, to block Fang Senyan, while the ice spear in his right hand was ready to strike. However, Fang Senyan, upon reaching the shield with terrifying ice spikes growing on its surface, actually turned his body sideways and slammed his shoulder hard against it.

At least seven or eight ice spikes pierced into his shoulder, blood spurting out, but Fang Senyan also successfully knocked away the ice shield. His body rotated in the air, and the long knife swept out horizontally, blocking the incoming ice spear. With the +7 West and the Swift Beast ji (adrenaline) injection, even Drogba, with his elemental body, was slashed three times in a row, and several deep cracks immediately appeared on the surface of his ice crystal body.

The two men then engaged in close combat.

Two minutes later, Drogba, panting heavily, looked at the battered Fang Senyan as if he had seen a ghost. His once crystal-clear elemental body now looked like porcelain that had been slammed hard but not completely broken, covered with terrifying cracks. He couldn't help but shout:

"You… what kind of monster are you?"

Fang Senyan looked like he was about to fall to the ground and breathe his last in the next second, but he just wouldn't fall and could barely hang on. At this time, after hearing Drogba's question, a cunning look suddenly appeared in his eyes. He gasped and said:

"Guess."

Drogba was about to speak, but the faint mist that permeated the surroundings dissipated. It was the sign that the Mist Cage had ended, as it had not received a continuous supply of mental power. Drogba's face changed drastically, but before he could make any moves, a huge giant leech appeared beside him, wagging its head and tail, already spraying mucus onto his body and launching an attack. By the time Drogba finally escaped the clutches of the leech, he found that Fang Senyan had somehow taken the initiative and was blocking the dong (cave) entrance, the only exit.

Looking at the scarred Fang Senyan in front of him and the terrifying giant leech wriggling closer behind him, Drogba couldn't help but take a deep breath, gnashing his teeth and saying:

"You planned all this, didn't you?"

Fang Senyan didn't answer his words, but said lightly:

"If you have a prop to directly return to the space, then please use it. If you don't, then please think about your last words."

Drogba roared, and his whole body underwent another strange change. He transformed back into a human form, but his body surface had a layer of azure liquid armor. Then, he charged towards Fang Senyan with an indescribable speed, like a train derailing at full speed.

It could be clearly seen that as he charged, the liquid armor on his body ignited, and the burning flames instantly blasted Fang Senyan away, allowing Drogba to successfully escape. By the time he ended this charging state, the azure liquid armor on his body had been completely burned away, but he had also created a distance of at least two hundred meters from Fang Senyan.

To be continued.