37 The Dark Ghost

The dark ghost landed on the ground steadily after it hit Xiao Yu and charged at him again.

Xiao Yu could only judge the attacking direction of the dark ghost by vaguely sensing its movements. Sensing the dark ghost leaping at him, Xiao Yu knew he had no chance of dodging it in time. He turned his body sideways and jabbed the dagger in his right hand toward the eye of the dark ghost with all his strength. He was ready to fight against the dark ghost with all he had.

It seemed that the dark ghost had sensed Xiao Yu's determined stance to fight to the end, so it suddenly tilted its head to the side to dodge Xiao Yu's attack. The dark ghost brushed past his dagger and landed on the ground. The creature leaped up again as soon as it landed on the ground, throwing itself at Xiao Yu.

The dark ghost moved very fast. Sensing it coming at him again, Xiao Yu retreated a few paces as a cold flash struck at his chest.

"I don't think I can evade this one!" Xiao Yu was determined to withstand this attack from the dark ghost. He forcefully jabbed the dagger in his right hand toward the eye of the dark ghost.

The dark ghost tilted its head again in an effort to dodge Xiao Yu's dagger.

With a cold intent in his eyes, Xiao Yu suddenly sped up the thrusting dagger in his hand. The snake-tooth dagger flashed in the darkness and squarely hit the eye of the dark ghost with a whoosh sound.

Evisceration!

As Xiao Yu used the evisceration skill, his chest was struck by a claw of the dark ghost, and he was sent flying in the air. As a result, the evisceration skill he was using was interrupted midway.

System: the success rate of the evisceration skill is 69%, causing 69% skill damage.

More than 30 points of damage drifted up from the head of the dark ghost.

First-stage dark ghost: level-5 special monster.

A dark ghost had 1500 health points, which was not too much. However, its attack was truly horrific, and they could move very fast. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yu lost 63% of his health. If the situation persisted, he would soon be killed.

The dark ghost roared fiercely after it was struck by Xiao Yu. It stalked around him, looking for an opportunity to attack him.

Xiao Yu felt a bit nervous at the moment because he only had 37% health left, and he couldn't withstand two more attacks from the dark ghost.

After finding an opportunity, the dark ghost drew near to Xiao Yu and then leaped up all of a sudden to fling itself at him.

Seeing the claws of the dark ghost in front of him, Xiao Yu could do nothing but flee. It was more important to save his life than do anything else at the moment.

Guessing the direction of the dark ghost's pounce, Xiao Yu turned his body sideways and launched a reversed backstab. The dagger brushed past the back of the dark ghost and didn't cause any tangible damage to the creature.

But the purpose of this attack was not to strike the dark ghost but to evade the attack of the dark ghost.

Hiding skill!

Xiao Yu made use of the hiding skill to enter the stealth travel state and fled toward the outside. He was in a very dire situation because he couldn't travel fast enough.

He hated that dark ghosts could detect stealth travel so well. He swept his gaze around the vicinity and found a bush not far from where he was. He traveled stealthily toward the place.

The dark ghost struck an empty space and found his target had suddenly disappeared from thin air, so he roared angrily. The creature paced back and forth in the same spot for a while but still couldn't find any trace of Xiao Yu.

Dark ghosts couldn't smell as well as other creatures could. Moreover, it was night, and Xiao Yu's hiding skill had also reinforced the effect of stealth travel. As such, the dark ghost had a hard time finding Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu moved with great effort, gradually distancing himself from the dark ghost. As he was near the bush, he leaped into it to hide, and the effect of the stealth travel ended.

There was no other object that was more appropriate for hiding, and so he could do nothing but hide in the bush. Xiao Yu sat down and ate bread to recuperate his health.

The dark ghost was roaring in a deep voice in the distance, still looking for any traces of Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu controlled his breath as much as he could because lost spirits and ghost monsters in general had a high sensitivity to breathing.

His health was gradually recovering. He was aware that he didn't have enough time to recover fully, but the more health he could recover, the better his chances of escaping would be.

After searching for a while, the dark ghost still couldn't smell anything. The creature left its spot and headed to where Xiao Yu was hiding.

Seeing the dark ghost approaching him, Xiao Yu couldn't help but tighten the grip on the dagger in his hand. He was well aware that a fierce fight would begin soon. He quickly smeared some poison on his dagger.

"Sixty-five percent health." Xiao Yu checked his health and found he could withstand two more attacks. Of course, he could do so only if the dark ghost didn't launch any burst attacks.

The dark ghost roared at the bush in a low voice, its dark and gloomy eyes fixing to the spot where Xiao Yu was.

"I've been discovered." Xiao Yu stopped recovering his health and stood up. He faced the dark ghost while taking a fighting pose.

Roar!!!

The dark ghost pounced at Xiao Yu.

Bang!!!

A thick shrub in front of Xiao Yu was crushed and got sent flying. The dark ghost landed on the ground, crouched slightly and then leaped at Xiao Yu again.

The sharp claws of the dark ghost emitted cold flashes. Seeing the powerful strength of the dark ghost, Xiao Yu was terrified.

Xiao Yu looked around and retreated swiftly. He came to an open area that could offer him an opportunity to use his skills. Seeing the dark ghost about to pounce at him, Xiao Yu backed up a few steps and then launched a reversed backstab.

Xiao Yu had no way to see the dark ghost clearly in the dark. Relying on the dim moonlight, he had to mostly guess where the dark ghost was. With a flash, Xiao Yu hit the dark ghost forcefully with his dagger.

System: the success rate of reversed backstabbing is 90%, causing 150% skill damage.

It was too dark, so he couldn't use the reversed backstabbing skill successfully. As a result, he had merely completed it with a 90% success rate.

More than 120 damage points popped up over the head of the dark ghost. In addition, five points of poison damage popped up one after the other. Though it was not much, the damage value was still something nonetheless. Checking the remaining health of the dark ghost, Xiao Yu felt delighted. The dark ghost recovered its health slowly and had only half of its health back after the damage caused by Xiao Yu's evisceration.

The best way to deal with creatures that recovered their health slowly was to gradually drain their health.

Xiao Yu rotated sideways and used a backstabbing skill on the dark ghost while retreating continuously. He used the dagger in his right hand to jab at the dark ghost's eye with all his might.

Evisceration!

Halfway through executing the skill, Xiao Yu felt a powerful blow land on his shoulder. With a grunt, Xiao Yu was knocked away. When he landed on the ground, he found his health stood at 33%.

Two sets of damage points popped up from the head of the dark ghost. The success rates of both the backstabbing and evisceration skills were not high enough, causing merely 100 points of damage. The dark ghost still had close to 1000 health points left.

"This monster has too much health. I have no way to beat this thing." Though he felt frustrated, Xiao Yu had no intention of actually giving up. Giving up would mean throwing away the last chance he had to survive.