The Max-Level Boss Just Wants to Be a Slacker [Apocalypse] – CH35

Chapter 35: Battle

After finishing everything, Mo Xiu picked up his backpack and walked out of the pharmacy.

Just as he had expected, none of the people from the team had searched this area. They were probably still near where the car had stopped, slowly scavenging supplies around that place. It would take them quite a while to reach this edge of the district.

Because of the formation inside the backpack, even though it was filled with so many medicines, it was still very light. Thinking about how all of this had been prepared for him by Mo Qi, Mo Xiu felt a warmth in his heart.

But now wasn’t the time to dwell on such thoughts. He had something more important to do.

He looked around at the surroundings, quickly recalling where he had previously seen the mutated gray wolf, and then ran toward the forest.

With the assistance of his wind-type ability, he was much faster than an ordinary person.

This was actually something he had learned during the many years he had spent fleeing in his previous life. At first, like most wind-type ability users, he only used wind to move objects or to launch wind blades.

It wasn’t until a desperate escape that he suddenly discovered that wind abilities could also be used on himself to increase his speed.

So Mo Xiu reached the edge of the forest in almost no time.

Although it was still broad daylight, the dense trees made the forest look dim. The woods were extremely quiet.

Mo Xiu walked in quickly, carefully observing any movement around him.

Still, he felt a little worried. In his previous life, he hadn’t encountered that mutated gray wolf at this time. It had appeared more than half a year later.

If the wolf had only started roaming this area later on, then today’s trip might end up being pointless.

Fortunately, fate seemed to favor him. Since his rebirth, Mo Xiu felt his luck had been quite good, because with his sharp eyesight he soon spotted several gray wolf hairs on the ground.

At the very least, this proved that gray wolves were active in this area, which greatly raised his hopes.

Thinking of this, Mo Xiu quickened his pace.

Back then, the mutated gray wolf had appeared because it was the strongest creature in this forest.

It had probably eaten most of the animals in the forest, so it had come out to hunt for food—and that was how it intercepted Mo Xiu’s team at the time.

So while moving through the forest now, Mo Xiu wasn’t worried about making noise.

He knew very well that to the mutated gray wolf, humans were simply prey.

If the wolf discovered his presence, it might even come out on its own to attack him, saving him the trouble of searching for it.

Following the traces of the wolf—observing its fur and paw prints—Mo Xiu felt that he was getting closer to the creature’s main territory.

Then, while he once again bent down to examine whether the footprint belonged to a canine animal, he suddenly heard movement behind him.

Without hesitation, Mo Xiu immediately crouched down.

A dark shadow leapt from behind him, flying over the space where he had just been standing.

Turning around, Mo Xiu focused his gaze—and sure enough, it was the mutated gray wolf he had been searching for.

The mutated wolf was several times larger than a normal wolf, nearly the size of an adult tiger. Its claws and fangs were sharper, and its eyes were blood-red, making it look extremely ferocious.

It bared its teeth and stared at him viciously, clearly treating the human in front of it as prey.

Seeing this, Mo Xiu’s heart tightened.

If he hadn’t noticed the movement behind him just now and had remained standing, he would definitely have been knocked to the ground by that attack.

However, after years of combat experience, Mo Xiu was far calmer facing the wolf this time.

He quickly threw several lightning balls at it.

As expected, the wolf dodged them. Mo Xiu immediately followed up with wind blades, coordinating them with his lightning ability and aiming for the wolf’s neck.

But the mutated wolf was of a high level and extremely agile. Once it realized the human in front of it had strange abilities it had never seen before, it instantly became more cautious.

Although it couldn’t completely avoid Mo Xiu’s attacks, it still managed to dodge the vital areas.

One lightning ball struck its lower back, but the wolf’s hide was thick and tough.

Its fur was as hard as armor. Even lightning that could burn zombies to ashes barely affected it, only scorching a bit of its skin.

Mo Xiu frowned. His current level clearly wasn’t high enough, and this opponent was truly difficult to deal with.

Realizing this, he quickly adjusted his strategy.

He began compressing his lightning balls so that all the lightning energy was concentrated into something about the size of a ping-pong ball. Then, assisted by his wind ability, he fired them rapidly at the wolf.

This time, the smaller lightning balls had a much stronger penetrating power.

When one hit the wolf again, it instantly pierced through its skin, causing the wolf to let out a painful howl.

But that wasn’t Mo Xiu’s true goal.

Every time he fired a lightning ball, he locked onto the same target—the wolf’s neck.

Even if only one out of ten hits succeeded, that was enough.

He relentlessly attacked that area while doing everything he could to avoid the wolf’s assaults.

The pain from its wounds made the mutated wolf even more frenzied.

Even with the speed boost from his wind ability, Mo Xiu felt that dodging was becoming increasingly difficult.

The wounds on the wolf’s neck grew more numerous. Gray fur was stained red with blood.

The wolf howled in fury and lunged toward Mo Xiu.

Mo Xiu failed to dodge in time.

Just as the wolf’s claw was about to strike his shoulder, a powerful dark light suddenly burst out from his body, enveloping him and instantly blasting the attacking wolf away.

A burning sensation came from his pocket as a talisman turned to ash.

Mo Xiu immediately realized—it was the protective talisman Mo Qi had made for him.

Even though Mo Qi wasn’t beside him, he was still protecting him in this way.

Warmth surged through Mo Xiu’s chest. His eyes shone brightly.

He stared at the wolf, which had struggled to stand again and was rushing toward him with another furious roar.

Lightning and wind abilities slowly gathered in his hands.

He compressed both abilities together, and just before the wolf reached him, he hurled the attack at its neck.

The wound on the wolf’s neck burst open instantly.

Hot blood sprayed out, and combined with the wolf’s terrifying expression and sharp teeth, the scene was gruesome.

Yet the wolf didn’t stop.

Knowing the wound was fatal, it gathered its remaining strength and charged at Mo Xiu in a desperate attempt to drag him down with it.

Mo Qi had actually given Mo Xiu more than one protective talisman.

However, only one had been drawn with blood—the one that had just saved him.

Mo Qi had wanted to make more, but Mo Xiu had refused. He couldn’t stand the idea of Mo Qi harming himself to draw them.

So the remaining talismans had been drawn with ordinary ink instead, making them far less effective.

Seeing the wolf’s attack coming again, Mo Xiu knew he might not be able to dodge it this time.

Yet his mind remained calm.

At least he hadn’t been seriously injured yet. Even if he couldn’t avoid it, the remaining talismans would block some of the damage.

That was already far better than his previous life, when he had been half-dead and nearly perished together with the beast.

But just as he was bracing himself for the pain of claws piercing his shoulder—

A figure suddenly appeared out of thin air before him.

The same dark light erupted again, blasting the attacking wolf far away.

This time the wolf was hurled even farther than before, crashing into a thick tree before collapsing to the ground, completely lifeless.

Mo Xiu quickly stepped forward, grabbing the person by the shoulders and pulling him around.

As soon as he saw the face, he confirmed it—it was Mo Qi.

“Why are you here? How did you suddenly appear? Do you know how dangerous that was?”

Then Mo Xiu noticed the claw marks on the man’s shoulder. Blood was slowly dripping down.

“You’re hurt!” he said anxiously.

Mo Qi blinked.

Ever since Mo Xiu left earlier, he had been secretly observing him with his spiritual sense, watching for any danger around him.

So he naturally knew that Mo Xiu had come alone into this forest.

At first, when the wolf appeared, Mo Qi wasn’t worried.

He knew Mo Xiu’s strength, and with wind abilities plus the talismans he had given him, escaping would have been easy.

He never expected Mo Xiu to stay and fight the wolf head-on.

When Mo Qi saw the blood-drawn talisman activate and Mo Xiu still refuse to retreat, his heart nearly jumped into his throat.

And when he sensed the beast preparing a desperate attack, he immediately used the teleportation talisman he had just developed and rushed to Mo Xiu’s side.

Unfortunately, this body of his was still somewhat slow.

Before he could release an attack talisman at the wolf, the creature had already struck his shoulder.

Fortunately, he had shifted slightly, so although the claw hit him, it was only a superficial wound.

Mo Qi originally intended to reassure Mo Xiu that he was fine.

But when he noticed Mo Xiu seemed to be angry, he instantly changed his tone and put on a pitiful expression.

“Mo Xiu… it hurts.”

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