Chapter 39: Swift Wind Thrust

Xu Feng gritted his teeth and rushed in. He swung his longsword hard and slashed at the Crab Monster. At this moment, the Crab Monster seemed to have lost all its strength. It weakly waved its two large claws to block, but soon, it could no longer move and floated motionless in the lake.

First, he dug out the Two Star Peak Insect Crystal. Then, he casually used Gathering Art.

A crab claw as thick as an arm slowly floated up. After that, a purplish-red Treasure Chest appeared.

It seemed these were the only two items. Xu Feng grabbed them and began to surface toward the lake.

That crab claw turned out to be a Silver-grade Forging material. Unfortunately, Xu Feng couldn’t use it. However, the purplish-red chest made him happy for a long time. Such a chest dropped from a monster’s body was called a Biological Treasure Chest by Earth’s Chosen.

In theory, every monster could drop such a chest, but unfortunately, the drop rate was extremely low. Xu Feng had killed countless monsters but never obtained one before.

But whenever such a chest dropped, it always contained something good. High-level Insect Crystals, attribute crystals, profession certificates, high-quality items, and even Skill Cards could be found inside.

This was Xu Feng’s first Biological Treasure Chest in this life. By now, he had no interest in hunting Fish Monsters. Carrying his loot, he went ashore, rubbed his hands together, and prepared to open the chest.

“Heaven, Earth, please give me a usable Skill Card,” Xu Feng muttered softly, clasping his hands together.

The Cleave he bought could only be used three times, and he had already used up all the charges. He originally hoped to master it through repeated use, but against today’s monster, not using a skill would take too long. To avoid complications, Xu Feng had to use his only active skill. However, this meant he lost the chance to permanently master it.

After praying for a while, Xu Feng slowly opened the purplish-red chest. Perhaps his prayers worked—inside lay a Skill Card.

Ignoring everything else, Xu Feng grabbed the Skill Card and looked at it for a long time before bursting into laughter.

Skill Name: Swift Wind Thrust

Skill Attribute: Active Skill, Permanent Mastery

Skill Category: Combat (Sword Technique)

Skill Effect: Attacks the target three times in succession. The first attack deals 80% of the user’s physical damage, the second attack deals 70% of the attacker’s physical damage with a 50% increase in attack speed, and the third attack deals 55% of the attacker’s physical damage with a 100% increase in attack speed. If all three attacks hit the target, an explosion occurs after the third attack, dealing 100% of the attacker’s mental damage.

Skill Cost: 30 points of Energy Value

Learning Condition: Two Stars

“Haha, it’s a Two Stars sword technique skill, and it’s permanently mastered! This is amazing!” Xu Feng laughed heartily and quickly used the Skill Card.

The Skill Card turned into a white light and entered Xu Feng’s forehead. At the same time, the skill Swift Wind Thrust appeared in his skill bar.

Just as Xu Feng was thrilled to obtain a usable active skill, a domestic SUV was driving on the road next to the Resort.

“Whew, we finally escaped. It was like a nightmare!” Ma Wei said, glancing fearfully at the rearview mirror.

“The city is like hell now. There are too many monsters; we can’t kill them all. Staying there meant waiting to die. Luckily, we got out,” said a girl in the passenger seat, patting her chest to calm her excitement.

“Thank goodness, we escaped. That’s all that matters.”

“Where do we go now? We need a destination.”

“Escaping is good enough. Even sleeping on the street is better than staying in the city.”

“Exactly, the farther from the city, the safer.”

Three boys sat in the back, all looking like they had narrowly escaped death.

Screech~

Just as they were relieved to have escaped, Ma Wei suddenly slammed on the brakes and swerved the steering wheel to the right.

The vehicle wobbled to a stop. The two in the front were fine, having worn seatbelts, but the three in the back slammed hard into the front seats.

Before they could get angry, Ma Wei screamed in terror, “Monster! There’s a monster ahead!” He frantically tried to unbuckle his seatbelt.

“What? We already escaped! How can there be a monster here?” Sun Liang in the back seat looked terrified, pushing up his glasses to peer outside.

Not far from the car, a petite monster covered in black armor, with a tail covered in fine scales, stood in the middle of the road.

“It… it just jumped down from that tree over there and almost landed on the car,” Ma Wei said fearfully.

“What do we do? We’re going to die, we’re going to die! Waa~” Li Min in the passenger seat was too scared to move and began sobbing quietly.

“Why be afraid? There are five of us and only one monster. Grab your weapons, let’s get out and kill it,” shouted a burly man in the back, pulling a foot-long machete from under the seat.

“Zhang Qiang, stop showing off! Did you see the crystal on its forehead? Monsters with crystals are powerful. We’re no match for it. Ordinary weapons won’t even leave a scratch,” Guo Yu, another boy in the back, tugged at the burly boy’s sleeve and whispered.

“Then what should we do? Just wait here to die?” Zhang Qiang’s eyes flickered, as if he wanted to go down, but after hearing Guo Yu’s words, he threw his machete down angrily.

“Ma Wei, drive over it! If we kill it, great. If not, we can escape faster. Better than waiting here to die,” Sun Liang suddenly suggested from the back.

“Hey, good idea! Ma Wei, do it. Our lives are in your hands,” Zhang Qiang’s eyes lit up, and he patted Ma Wei’s shoulder.

“Alright, let’s do it. Life or death depends on this one move,” Ma Wei thought for a moment, his eyes turning determined as he gritted his teeth.

The monster seemed unfamiliar with such a large “creature.” It stood in the middle of the road, not attacking immediately, but cautiously stepped forward to test the opponent’s strength.