Chapter Forty-Four: Endurance

  "If they haven't left, they must still be around here somewhere." Xiao Yu navigated through the pile of rocks, searching for any signs of Huo and Druid.

  Xiao Yu was extremely cautious when he moved, and after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find any traces of the Druid or the Fire Elementalist. As he walked to the edge of a rock, he suddenly heard some very faint sounds, and Xiao Yu held his breath to listen carefully.

  "Do you think he will show up?"

  "It's unlikely he'd leave a cub worth thirty gold coins unattended, just like we wouldn't."

  Xiao Yu discovered Huo Fa and Druid hiding in the pile of rocks, these two guys didn't leave after all, what a close call, fortunately he was quick-witted, otherwise someone else would have taken advantage of him from behind.

  "Sly guys." Xiao Yu hid behind a pile of rocks, closely watching the movements of these two guys. At this time, it was a test of who had better patience. Xiao Yu quietly waited for an opportunity.

  The surroundings were quiet and still, with time passing slowly.

  Xiao Yu Xian was extremely bored and took out the equipment that Pastor had exploded earlier to take a look.

  Spiritual Headgear: Quality, Green Equipment. Spirit +7, Treatment Effect +10, Requirement Level 5.

  Not a bad item, it should be able to sell for some money. The equipment of these three guys is pretty good too. The three of them together have at least five or six pieces of green gear. Xiao Yu collected the spirit headgear and observed the Druid and Fire Mage, continuing to wait.

  "He still hasn't shown up," Drew said with some annoyance.

  "How could this be? Did he really leave?" Huo Fa was also somewhat perplexed, as it didn't make sense for the other party to leave without taking the mountain cat cub, which was worth thirty gold coins.

  "Big brother, is it possible that he was too weak after killing the moth just now and escaped in fear of my pursuit?" Druid asked.

  "It's possible that he did," Huo Fa said, at the time Xiao Yu didn't have much blood left and their side had a druid who was good at tracking, it wouldn't make sense for Xiao Yu not to run away, so he might have already escaped far away by then. Feeling that an ambush was hopeless, they decided to retreat.

  "Wait a bit longer," Huo Fa said, and the two of them quietly stayed amidst the pile of rocks.

  One minute, two minutes... Xiao Yu showed extraordinary patience, although the opponent had not made a move, Xiao Yu remained calm and waited quietly.

  Just wait and see, they will definitely be unable to hold back before themselves, at that time their own opportunity will come, Xiao Yu adjusted his breathing, standing still without any movement.

  For twenty whole minutes, those mages and druids were more patient than I had imagined.

  "Never mind, that guy shouldn't show up anymore," Huo Fa said, guessing that Xiao Yu had already left and couldn't have stayed in the same place for so long.

  "How humiliating." Drew slammed his fist on the nearby rock, their side had lost one person and another was chased away by the enemy, nothing could be more embarrassing than this.

  Huǒ Fǎ sighed, this was their biggest failure since entering the game.

  "Are we going to keep that little mountain cat cub or not?" Druid asked Flame.

  Huǒ Fǎ looked towards the open space in the pile of rocks, where only a giant mountain cat was guarding its cub. The cub was worth thirty gold coins! Few people could resist such temptation.

  Huofa sank into thought for a moment, the pastor's death was irreversible, and it seemed that only the mountain cat cub could make up for their loss.

  "Take action, get rid of that giant mountain cat, and do it quickly. If that thief comes back, we'll be in danger." Huo Fa said with gritted teeth, high returns often come with high risks, at this moment he was like a gambler, knowing the dangers of gambling but still doing it without hesitation for the sake of high returns.

  Druid shape-shifted into a cheetah and approached the giant mountain cat in the distance, with Huo following closely behind.

  "An opportunity has arrived." Seeing Druid and Flame approach the giant mountain cat, Xiao Yu used a pile of rocks as cover and followed them.

  Huofa kept scanning the nearby pile of rocks, looking very vigilant. Xiao Yu was also very cautious and didn't reveal any weaknesses. The battle of wits between the two clearly had Xiao Yu in the upper hand.

  Roar!

  The Druid charged towards the remaining giant mountain cat, with fireballs constantly shooting out of his hands. They tacitly unleashed their strongest combat power, wanting to quickly take down the cat and minimize the risk.

  If they were allowed to easily take down the giant mountain cat, then he would have no chance. The opportunity was not to be missed, Xiao Yu entered stealth mode and slowly crept towards Huo Fa.

  Druid was just about to clash with the giant mountain cat when a bad feeling suddenly arose, and that aura appeared again! The druid retreated non-stop, shouting: "Brother be careful, it's that thief!"

  Hearing Druid's words, Huo Fa was shocked and was about to escape when a dagger's cold light rushed towards the back of his head.

  Huofa dodged to the side in an attempt to evade, but the dagger followed closely, as if it had a life of its own.

  Ambush!

  Xiao Yu's dagger accurately hit the back of Huo Fa's head, and the double-handed daggers burst out with the highest damage value.

  Backstab!

  Xiao Yu made a backstabbing move with his hand, earning him a combo point. The Bone Picking skill in his hand was released once again.

  Seeing the damage numbers floating above Huo Fa's head, Druid was anxious and jumped up to avoid the attack of the giant mountain cat, and rushed towards Xiao Yu's direction.

  Roar!

  The druid wanted to get rid of the giant mountain cat's attack, but the giant mountain cat was not ready to let him go, pounced on him, and the powerful impact sent the druid flying out.

  3 seconds later, Huo Fa woke up and saw that his blood volume was still at 22%. He quickly took out a bottle of low-level instant recovery potion and drank it. A bottle of low-level instant recovery potion can restore 300 points of blood volume, allowing Huo Fa's blood volume to instantly recover to full value.

  Huǒ Fǎ retreated continuously, dodging Xiao Yu's pursuit.

  "These guys are too rich." Xiao Yu saw that these two guys had already used two bottles of low-grade instant recovery potions, and Xiao Yu really suspected whether they were from some guild.

  Xiao Yu pursued the Fire Law with his right hand, continuously stabbing forward with his dagger, attacking the Fire Law.

  Fire mages are far inferior to rogues in terms of movement speed.