First Death

According to the skill’s description, after activating [Enhance: Claw (Left)], for the next 60 seconds, Chen Zixuan could not only transform his left hand into a claw with attack power comparable to that of his main weapon.

At the same time, he would also gain a minor skill called [Eviscerate].

Although this minor skill didn’t deal much damage—only 4 times attack power as magic damage—its effect was very strong, extremely powerful in fact.

Not only could it greatly reduce the target’s physical and magical defenses for an extended period, it could also weaken the enemy’s attack, Agility, and life regeneration.

In *Legend of Kaloran*, these were all very important attributes, and the price of getting them weakened was self-evident.

A 30% armor reduction—if it could also trigger the [Abuse] effect of the [Blood Moon Slayer’s Dagger], the two combined would result in a whopping 60% armor reduction.

On top of that, with the weapon’s base property granting 18 points of fixed defense penetration, the amount of physical defense he could strip from his enemies was truly staggering.

Even the mutated Sawtooth Crocodile, with over 200 points of physical defense, might not be able to withstand Chen Zixuan’s attacks any longer.

Finally, by finishing with [Silverflash Pierce], 60 seconds should be enough to grind down a Sawtooth Crocodile with 4,500 HP.

Even though this minor skill was powerful, it could only be used once every 240 seconds—something Chen Zixuan felt was a real shame.

If not for this limitation, no matter how many mutated Sawtooth Crocodiles were here, he might have been able to kill them all by himself.

After a brief standoff, one mutated Sawtooth Crocodile was the first to succumb to temptation; digging into the ground with its four thick claws, it lunged at the nearby silver-haired girl!

A cruel smile flickered at the corner of the girl’s mouth. Her HP instantly dropped by 10% as [Enhance: Claw (Left)] was fully activated!

With the magic within her taking effect, Chen Zixuan suddenly felt an excruciating pain in his entire left hand, from fingertip to wrist, as if the muscles and bones were all being torn apart!

The sudden wave of agony caused him to convulse, almost biting through his own tongue in the process.

Fortunately, the pain came quickly and faded even quicker.

Once she recovered, she lifted her left hand and took a look. The silver-haired girl’s pale blue pupils tightened slightly.

Her originally fair, tender little hand now had a different appearance.

The fingers were slender and the skin smooth as crystal; what used to be milky white flesh had started to take on the texture of jade.

Additionally, her fingernails had grown almost five centimeters long, their tips razor sharp like the claws of witches in fairy tales—slender and menacing.

She didn’t have time to dwell; the distance of over ten meters vanished in an instant, and the huge mutated Sawtooth Crocodile was now bearing down like a heavy tank!

Without hesitation, Chen Zixuan lifted his now “clawed” left hand and stabbed at the mutant’s side neck, while his reverse-gripped, pitch-black dagger in his right hand was, at the same moment, covered in a dull blood-red glow.

“Zeng——!”

With a screech so sharp it sounded like metal grinding, the girl’s left hand actually tore through the Sawtooth Crocodile’s thick hide and plunged deep into its body.

[Eviscerate], activated!

-492!

Buffed by the 4-times-attack boost, the magic damage of this blow was not massive, but still considerable.

He took this chance to drive the reverse-grip dagger in his right hand hard into the Sawtooth Crocodile’s head.

However, perhaps due to hard bone underneath, the blade only pierced a few centimeters into the hide before it got stuck.

-223!

The [Wound Tear] effect activated as well, making a small bloom of blood burst on the croc’s head.

Badly injured, the Sawtooth Crocodile opened its massive jaws, packed with sharp teeth, and let out a roar of extreme fury.

The weakening effect of [Eviscerate] had already triggered, instantly dropping its physical defense by 66 points, reducing its attack by 54, and slashing its agility and recovery by a full 50%.

“Two more blades and Abuse should trigger…”

Chen Zixuan muttered to himself, with no awareness of just how dangerous the situation was.

Only when the Sawtooth Crocodile ripped downward did Chen Zixuan suddenly realize that his left hand was still firmly wedged in the beast’s thick right neck.

Too focused on attacking, he hadn’t thought about how to back out.

This monster was called a Sawtooth Crocodile precisely because of its densely packed, saw-like rows of hundreds—if not thousands—of sharp teeth.

Once it bit down, those barbed fangs would lock in like a trap, refusing to let go until tearing its prey into pieces.

By the time Chen Zixuan realized this, the crocodile’s gaping maw had already clamped down on her shoulder!

It felt like her body was being split in half, torn and shredded by hundreds of teeth at the same time. The pain was so intense that the silver-haired girl’s eyes rolled up—she whimpered, barely managing not to pass out from the agony.

Because its attack had already been reduced, this bite didn’t deal nearly as much damage as that previous [Fierce Dragon Tail Whip], causing only 200 points of physical harm to Chen Zixuan.

However, this torture, akin to being cut by a thousand blades, was the real agony.

It hurt even more than being struck head-on by the croc’s tail.

With a single bite, Chen Zixuan’s HP dropped to about half.

Worse still, no matter how she struggled, the Sawtooth Crocodile refused to let go—its grip only tightening.

Meanwhile, another nearby Sawtooth Crocodile, watching intently, saw its companion latch onto the girl and started to crawl over, swinging its massive, spiked tail.

Faced with the prospect of being trapped between both monsters, Chen Zixuan’s mind spun rapidly, immediately coming up with an escape plan.

His other skill [Night Raid] allowed him to instantly teleport to any location within two meters.

As the skill triggered, the Sawtooth Crocodile’s jaws snapped shut with a muffled “bang”, demonstrating its incredible bite force.

The silver-haired girl’s figure disappeared for a moment, reappearing at the beast’s side, where she fiercely drove her blade into its lower belly twice!

Roaring in pain, the Sawtooth Crocodile swung its spiked tail, using [Fierce Dragon Tail Whip].

Chen Zixuan, having witnessed the power of this move before, immediately rolled aside, jumping up to put distance between himself and the monsters.

Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, a violent gust howled from behind!

It was the other Sawtooth Crocodile… Shit!

Chen Zixuan’s heart clenched. She realized that, in her haste to dodge, she had left her back exposed to another fully-healthy Sawtooth Crocodile!

In the next instant, an overwhelming force struck the girl’s back with the weight of a mountain!

-397!

Her eyes widened as she coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood, her HP bar plummeting to zero.

As her vision blurred, Chen Zixuan’s world was swallowed up by muddled darkness.

In her ears, she seemed to hear the flat, emotionless voice of the system girl.

“System notification: You have died…”

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