Bald Monk in the City - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Since Ancient Times Spearman Had Bad Luck

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

A burst of power surged from Yi Qiu’s body but along with it came a stabbing pain.

　　Yi Qiu could take the pain that opening the Gate of Opening brought him. After all, he knew that his senses met the lowest requirement of Eight Gates.

　　Integrated Network wouldn’t be so strict on its restrictions but the lowest requirement it suggested was not without reason.

　　Although Yi Qiu didn’t really care much…

　　He might die if he forcefully opened it, but if he didn’t open it and lost the fight he would still die, so why not just open it and try…

　　”Kong!” The Elite difficulty Brown Toothed Boar’s roar was much quieter than that of the Easy and Hard difficulty.

　　Yi Qiu clenched his fists and just stood there without moving. The environment was really bad. The swamp-like environment made him very uncomfortable.

　　Fighting experience was really important. As they said, if one’s intelligence is insufficient, one’s experience will make up for it.

　　For example, when you are doing those things with a girl, by smacking her butt she would know to change styles. But if you hit the butt of a young girl, she might only ask, “What?”

　　So that was the importance of fighting experience, it was the same no matter which battlefield…

　　As an average Chinese person, Yi Qiu naturally didn’t have much fighting experience. Thus, as it was his first time fighting in such an environment, Yi Qiu was stunned.

　　Thanks to the Monk’s Stillness of Mind, Yi Qiu didn’t panic. Instead, he was actually really calm.

　　So, some class skills might seem average but in reality they might come in handy.

　　For example, a Wizard’s Stop Time, while it may seem strong, in reality… it was even stronger! Not only was it strong, but it was very practical, even creating a new era…

　　The Brown Toothed Boar got closer and closer to Yi Qiu. Yi Qiu prepared to block as he was unsure whether the pepper spray would be useful. After all, if it was an illusion, the pepper spray definitely wouldn’t do anything. 

　　Hence, Yi Qiu prepped the Fist of Awe. He was Monk Level 4 and each level up would allow him to use it once. Thus, he could use it 4 times a day.

　　But it was different from DND where he could use it all at once. Based on his sensing, each time he used it, he would need to wait another 3 hours to use it again.

　　This time had something to do with his senses. The higher it was, the shorter the cooldown time.

　　Of course, this was the same as the lowest requirement of Eight Gates, he could forcefully use it, however, he would just need to bear with the negative effects.

　　In the case of Fist of Awe, as long as his senses were high enough, he could use Flurry of Blows to instantly use 2 Fist of Awes. However, if his senses weren’t enough, even before the enemy was stunned, he might just stun himself.

　　Yi Qiu felt that if he could depend on Reflex Dodge to avoid, he would backstab the Brown Toothed Boar. If he didn’t dodge, then he would use Fist of Awe. Even if he flew backward, he would still have slowed it down.

　　100 meters…

　　90 meters…

　　80 meters…

　　…

　　30 meters!

　　20 meters!

　　10 meters!

　　There was no wind and no sound at all! Like a real 3D projection, the Brown Toothed Boar charged right at Yi Qiu at a very fast speed!

　　”Yiku!” Based on what a martial artist master once said, when he attacked he should shout to give himself an attack buff. The most common ones were “Hasaki”, “Yiku” and “Yamatei”.

　　When the Brown Toothed Boar struck him, Yi Qiu felt like he couldn’t dodge it!

　　So he hollered and smacked its head with his right hand!

　　”Pu!” Yi Qiu’s fist struck the Brown Tooth Boar!

　　Fist of Awe!

　　Yi Qiu felt that his fists didn’t hit a physical body.

It was like he had smacked a ball of jelly!

　　He felt like he couldn’t use strength. However, Yi Qiu’s right hand’s original pale white light became really thick!

　　Level 1 Douqi Strike!

　　”Peng!” The jelly feeling instantly became much fuller! Yi Qiu’s right hand smacked the head of the Brown Toothed Boar!

　　But the Brown Tooth Boar just halted momentarily before continuing to charge!

　　Right as it was about to hit Yi Qiu, it passed through! Like it was just an illusion!

　　”Si!” He felt a hard to describe feeling as the Brown Tooth Boar passed through him. It was like a low-temperature current passed through, sucking away the heat in his body and his soul, leaving him powerlessness and cold. 

　　He couldn’t see any visible injuries but when he looked at his life value, it dropped by 30%, almost the same as the damage done by the Sadistic Dog-Head Man’s Fireball Technique!

　　The Brown Toothed Boar wasn’t injured at all, the area that Yi Qiu had hit seemed to be undamaged!

　　Yi Qiu didn’t expect Fist of Awe to be useless. This was because when Yi Qiu flipped open the Newbie Manual, he remembered that many places mentioned that Fist of Awe had priority.

　　Especially since he had 12 points in senses, he should have crushed the Brown Toothed Boar.

　　There was only one explanation which was that the Brown Tooth Boar was immune to control attacks like Fist of Awe!

　　Yi Qiu squinted. He noticed a key point: Brown Tooth Boar became a little blurrier, yes blurry. It was like a picture’s visibility level dropping. 

　　Yi Qiu naturally didn’t rely on his 10 points of intelligence but his senses.

　　Of course if you want to say that he guessed, actually.. that was right too!

　　Senses were just so unreasonable. It was the lucky star of students who weren’t smart enough, especially when the questions were all multi-choice ones.

　　So having more senses was good too. Then you could be the person who… died the fastest in horror films.

　　Yi Qiu didn’t know whether that meant that the Brown Tooth Boar was injured, but he was sure that his attacks were effective!

　　After the Brown Toothed Boar brushed past, his body felt stiff and he didn’t dare to move randomly.

　　He didn’t experience swamp combat before and had never fought with illusions. The ineffectiveness of Fist of Awe and the weird attacks of the Brown Toothed Boar also made him suffer. But so what?

　　Yi Qiu squinted his eyes, the Hard difficulty was slain by him in 3 hits. Although one of them was a critical hit, it was enough to show that his damage was really explosive.

　　The Elite difficulty Brown Toothed Boar became an illusion, the illusionary body was enough to raise the difficulty of the dungeon by 1-2 levels. 

　　Which meant that the stats of the Brown Toothed Boar were the same as the Hard difficulty one, even lower!

　　This meant he needed at least 4 hits!

　　Thinking about it, Yi Qiu tossed the javelin by his waist. Since ancient times spearmen had bad luck. He hoped that he would be a bit luckier!

　　”Kong!” The Brown Toothed Boar made a huge turn, roaring with rage as it charged toward Yi Qiu once more!