Constantly Grinding the Combat Skills

Looking at the countdown timer that had already turned into an infinite symbol, Lin Xiu's expression was somewhat helpless.

All he did was take some jade, right? Was there a need to wake up the Hidden Boss? Was there a need to wake up such a heavyweight monster?

Sensing that the wound on his ankle had already begun to heal, the nervousness in Lin Xiu's heart also dissipated a little.

If his legs were damaged, his movement speed would be greatly reduced. When he faced the Hidden Boss again, he would probably die here.

Lin Xiu heaved a sigh of relief. He gripped the battle axe in his hand tightly, and killing intent began to brew in his eyes.

Although this Hidden Boss's attack power and speed were higher than the Sludge Monster Boss's, it was not as powerful.

However, the opponent's physical resistance was relatively low, and he only had 600 HP.

The interface data did not pose a high threat to Lin Xiu.

"It seems that this guy is only so-so."

Looking at the Plague Mantis crouching a few meters away, waiting for an opportunity to move, Lin Xiu smiled slightly, his desire to fight gradually growing stronger.

"Mana Siphon!"

He quickly stretched out his right hand and cast the Mana Siphon skill on the Hidden Boss.

A white light surged in his palm. The next moment, the huge Boss's body shook slightly, as if it had lost its mind for a moment.

[Hint: Mana Siphon has been successfully casted. Proficiency +1. 13 points of mana have been extracted from the opponent.]

After doing all this, Lin Xiu did not wait for the System to send out a notification and immediately picked up his axe and rushed towards the Plague Mantis.

The latter's momentary absent-mindedness caused it to not discover Lin Xiu's movement trajectory immediately.

By the time the Boss reacted, Lin Xiu had already charged forward and slashed at the other party's head like he was about to split a mountain!

At the critical moment, the Hidden Boss relied on its high agility to immediately raise its sickle-like front claws and block Lin Xiu's attack.

The attack was blocked, only dealing 20 percent damage. However, Lin Xiu was not discouraged. Instead, he fired off like a cannon, releasing all the skills he had mastered.

Critical Strike, reduces the target's defense by 30 percent and causes a 100 percent critical hit.

Lin Xiu was like a swimming dragon as he dodged the Boss's multiple stabs. He then swung his axe at the gap in the Boss's back armor.

-44!

A red damage number floated up. The intense pain made the Boss shake its body violently, throwing Lin Xiu away.

With a Quick Recover, he rolled and removed the strength in his entire body. When Lin Xiu stood up again, a mocking smile appeared on his face.

"As expected, once the monster's speed is fast enough, its HP and defense will definitely decrease. A single physical attack can cause such high damage, it will only take ten minutes to deal with you."

Patting off the dust on his body, Lin Xiu's eyes lit up slightly.

In his eyes, the current Hidden Boss was just a moving gold coin machine. As long as he defeated it, he would definitely have a lot of materials and equipment.

The pressure and nervousness from the attack had disappeared without a trace.

Chirp chirp!

Not only did the prey in front of it not panic and tremble, but it even laughed. The Plague Mantis felt insulted. It immediately rubbed its wings and let out a series of sharp cries!

This was to intimidate the other party.

However, Lin Xiu did not even look at it and immediately condensed a Fireball Spell in response.

The flames soared into the sky, and the shockwave from the explosion sent the surrounding dust flying. The Hidden Boss had speed, so it still could not dodge. Lin Xiu controlled the fireball with his mind.

Backstab, Leap Strole, and continuous slashes. Lin Xiu relied on his high speed to dodge every attack of the Boss before it landed. He also used his basic skills many times to deal high-frequency damage to the Boss.

In addition to the various passive skills that increased damage, bright red critical hits appeared frequently.

Under Lin Xiu's stormy attacks, the Plague Mantis had no ability to resist.

He could only occasionally use area-of-effect skills to avoid his opponent.

"Try this!"

Avoiding the two scythes that attacked, Lin Xiu immediately executed a double jump, his figure coming onto the mantis's back like a ghost!

When the Hidden Boss realized that its prey had actually run to its back, it instantly became flustered and exasperated.

It violently shook its body, wanting to use the same trick to throw Lin Xiu off.

However, this time, Lin Xiu had already learned his lesson. After climbing onto the other party's back, he firmly grabbed onto the other party's tentacles to prevent himself from falling down.

When he realized that the Boss was shaking less and was panting heavily, Lin Xiu immediately took advantage of the opportunity to swing the battle axe in his hand and slash at its soft abdomen!

Pfft!

A huge wound was torn open in his abdomen by Lin Xiu's sharp axe blade. Fresh blood instantly splattered, dyeing the ground below red like a small waterfall.

The Plague Mantis trembled in pain, and its legs almost fell to the ground. At the same time, it let out a sharp cry!

Seeing that the Boss was about to go crazy, Lin Xiu immediately jumped down from the back of the big mantis.

As soon as he landed, Lin Xiu saw a blood-red number floating above the Plague Mantis's head.

-96!

"Hiss… This should be a critical hit!"

Looking at the health bar that had disappeared from the Boss's head, Lin Xiu could not help but gasp.

Although Backstab could deal double the physical attack damage to the target, it was definitely not enough to deal three-digit damage.

It was very likely that the Archer's passive skill, Cold Arrow, had already taken effect. In addition to the Assassin's passive skill, Armor Penetration, which reduced the target's defense by 18 percent. With the combination of several skills, he managed to deal nearly a hundred damage.

Looking at the Backstab skill that had already entered a cooldown countdown state, Lin Xiu could not help but sigh in his heart.

Most of the early Assassin's main means of damage should be the Backstab skill.

It dealt double the basic damage of the physical attack. Even if the attack power was lower, it should still be able to cause good damage to the enemy.

Unfortunately, the Backstab skill could only be used behind the enemy and had a cooldown of about 15 seconds, which was not good for fighting.

Clearing away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Lin Xiu shook off the blood on his axe and continued to observe the Boss not far away.

The wound on the opponent's abdomen was bleeding profusely, and the HP on the top of his head was also dropping quickly.

Even if Lin Xiu did not attack, as long as the opponent was bleeding, it would only take ten minutes at most for the Boss to die.

However, the Hidden Boss obviously had more tricks up its sleeve.

The Plague Mantis's mouthpart kept squirming, and in the next second, it secreted some transparent mucus.

It used its front claws to collect the slime, and then the Boss immediately applied it to the wound.

The bloody wound on the abdomen of the Plague Mantis recovered quickly after being covered by the mucus. In a short while, the wound disappeared and was replaced by new flesh that was slightly pale.