Chapter 75: Battling the Enchanted Forest Tiger King

After briefing Wu Ziyin, Wu Shaochen turned around and addressed the group of people following him, saying, "I will go in and slay the Enchanted Forest Tiger King for you. Once that's done, you can seal the passage without worries. However, I don't want anyone going there to interfere with my battle against the tiger king. Your responsibility is to stop those who attempt to disrupt me. Can you do it?"

"Yes!" the soldiers in the rear responded in unison. Although a few of the sealing masters looked down on Wu Shaochen, the soldiers were different. It was the duty of soldiers to obey orders, and since the person in front of them was sent by the lord of the city, his commands were the lord's commands and had to be obeyed.

"Good," Wu Shaochen nodded with a smile. He then entered the depths of the Tiger Roar Forest with the Silver Wolf by his side. Initially, he was not strong enough to deal with the tiger king, but with the awakened Silver Wolf fighting alongside him, he knew they could handle it after seeing the wolf's abilities.

"What did he just say? Did he say he's going to kill the tiger king?" the old man who had mocked Wu Shaochen earlier spoke again.

"He's just bragging. How could he possibly defeat the tiger king with his strength?" another old man said.

"Is he planning to leave us here and run away?" the most suspicious old man exclaimed.

"You guys are the ones running away. My brother said he can kill it, so just wait and see," Wu Ziyin became unhappy upon hearing these people badmouthing her brother.

"Hmph, what does a little girl like you know? That's a level 30 Golden Tiger King. How can he, a mere level 23 Silver-ranked warrior, defeat it? At first, I thought he had some way to hold off the tiger king for 10 minutes, but I never expected him to shamelessly claim that he would kill it. It's simply a big joke," the old man mocked.

"Hmph, my brother said he can kill it, and I will wait here obediently. If you dare to run around, I'll have my brother tell the lord that you fled," Wu Ziyin also became indignant. It was fine if they mocked her, but mocking her brother was unacceptable.

"You!" The old man was left speechless by Wu Ziyin's retort.

"Alright, stop arguing, just wait," the leader of the elders said.

Wu Shaochen cautiously proceeded forward with the Silver Wolf by his side. The Tiger King was a cunning one; it had even ambushed him last time, so he had to be careful. He still couldn't withstand the Tiger King's full combo.

Suddenly, the Silver Wolf walking ahead stopped and stared intently at the bushes to the right. Seeing this, Wu Shaochen knew that it was definitely the cunning Tiger King trying to ambush them again. Following the Silver Wolf's gaze, Wu Shaochen looked towards the bushes. Although he didn't see anything, he still trusted the Silver Wolf and prepared for battle, taking out his dagger.

Soon, a figure suddenly rushed out and pounced towards Wu Shaochen. Prepared in advance, Wu Shaochen swiftly dodged to the side and then charged forward.

A hint of confusion flashed in the Tiger King's eyes. "Isn't this human supposed to flee every time they see me? How come they have the courage to charge at me today?" However, the Tiger King reacted quickly. As the human approached, its tail lashed out.

"Miss."

Wu Shaochen had anticipated this move and activated his evasive skill from his shoes, successfully dodging the strike. The evasive skill was somewhat similar to the ethereal skill, but it could only avoid the next attack, while ethereal could evade all attacks within the next second and also remove control effects. Thus, evasive skills were not as powerful as ethereal skills.

After evading the crucial control skills, Wu Shaochen swiftly approached the Tiger King and stunned it with a powerful strike. Then, he unleashed a series of skills, including a heavy blow followed by silence, inflicting four layers of poison. Afterward, he turned and ran, while directing the attacking Silver Wolf to run in another direction.

With the current 1,100 poison damage, four layers of poison could take away over 260,000 health in one minute. Under normal circumstances, a Tiger King with two million health would be defeated in less than ten minutes.

Not long after, a tiger roar came from behind. Wu Shaochen decisively activated his ethereal skill, evading the attack. Luckily, the Silver Wolf had split off and ran in a different direction, so it didn't suffer any damage.

After the tiger roar, the Tiger King had almost no way to deal with Wu Shaochen. Its speed was not enough, so it could only keep circling behind him. Soon, a minute had passed and all three of the Tiger King's skills had cooled down. Wu Shaochen didn't dare to approach easily and instructed the Silver Wolf King to go and bait the skills. With its 100,000 health, the Silver Wolf King could handle a set of attacks without much problem.

As expected, as soon as the Silver Wolf King charged forward, the Tiger King struck it with its tail, then pounced and knocked it down, followed by a bite that instantly took away over 20,000 health from the Silver Wolf King. If it were Wu Shaochen in that position, he would have been done for.

Wu Shaochen quickly rushed over, stunning the Tiger King with a powerful strike, and then unleashed a set of skills on it. Both he and the wolf retreated again.

With the help of the Silver Wolf King, Wu Shaochen found it much easier to kill the Tiger King. The Tiger King's health was rapidly decreasing at a rate of 4,400 per second. However, at that moment, Wu Ziyin sent him a private message.

Feng Yinger: "Brother, someone's coming."

Chen Feng: "Are there many people?"

Feng Yinger: "More than ten people, but it seems like they're calling for reinforcements."

Chen Feng: "Keep them busy. I'll be done soon."

Wu Shaochen didn't pay much attention to it. When it came to snatching bosses from others, no one could take a boss away from him.

The battle continued, and just as the Tiger King's health was about to reach its limit, a group of people suddenly rushed in. There were about six or seven hundred of them, and the leader, upon seeing Wu Shaochen alone fighting the boss, was initially stunned. But when he saw that the boss's health was already low, an excited look appeared on his face. "Ten people, go kill him, the rest of you, take the boss."

Soon, the group of several hundred people split into two batches, with more than ten people attacking Wu Shaochen and the others surrounding the boss.

Wu Shaochen was taken aback. Were they really this audacious? Directly trying to snatch the boss? He glanced at the Tiger King, which still had about 20% of its health remaining, roughly over four hundred thousand. Wu Shaochen then left the battle circle. "Come on, today I'll see how you guys fight!"

Seeing Wu Shaochen retreat, the middle-aged man leading the group, who was the guild leader of Blood Sea, Blood Sea Boundless, sneered. "Hmph, you know your place."

He then commanded his team members to attack the Tiger King. However, the battle quickly turned into a one-sided massacre. Even though the Tiger King's tiger roar had not yet cooled down, its attacks, which reached up to 4,200, were devastating, even with regular attacks. With its physical defense of 2,400 and magical defense of 2,200, it was impossible for players at their current stage to break through.

"Boss... something seems off. This isn't a level 21 boss," one of the men finally noticed something was wrong.

"Damn, boss, this is a level 30 golden boss. We can't defeat it."

Blood Sea Boundless quickly used an insight skill, and his entire face turned dark. He had thought it was at most a level 21 bronze or silver boss, as he had seen it already at low health when he arrived. He didn't think it would be this tough. Now it wasn't just a matter of defeating the boss, but he also had to speculate about the identity of the person who had brought it to low health.

Initially, he had heard from his subordinates that a boss had appeared here, but there were NPCs guarding the entrance, so he brought his elite members from the nearby area. The NPCs didn't dare to stop their entry, and when they arrived, they saw someone fighting the boss, whose health was already low. That's why they straightforwardly tried to snatch it. But now, he felt like he had done something foolish.

Meanwhile, Wu Shaochen leisurely leaned against a tree with his arms crossed, a wicked smile on his face. "Dare to steal my boss? Here you go. Do you have what it takes to kill it?"