Chapter 69 The Drought Demon's Grievance

Gong Zhen, his neck gripped by the Hanba (drought demon), felt incredibly wronged.

This time, it truly wasn't his fault.

The Hanba's response was to lift Gong Zhen directly, swinging and twirling him wildly, finally smashing him repeatedly against the ground.

Once, twice, three times.

The enraged Hanba's strength increased with each blow, the burly Gong Zhen a mere ragdoll in its hands, subjected to merciless abuse.

Charge-type skills were indeed the most powerful in the Reverse World. Shi Shaorong's fully charged Fury of Frost directly depleted a large chunk of the Hanba's health.

The Hanba, with its remaining health, unleashed all its fury upon Gong Zhen.

"Yu-ge (brother Yu), this Gong Zhen is a true man! Despite being smashed so many times by the Hanba, he only made a sound the first time, then remained silent!" Yang Xiangdi couldn't help but praise.

"Do you think it's possible he's already passed out?" Qiao Yu asked with a strange expression.

He stepped forward and punched the Hanba, forcing it back.

Gong Zhen, still clutched in the Hanba's hand, fell to the ground as a result. The pitiful Gong Zhen had indeed fainted again.

The Hanba, forced back, immediately pounced again.

But this time, Qiao Yu didn't panic. The Hanba's health bar only had eight or nine hundred points left.

Even if he traded blow for blow, he could kill the Hanba. As for kiting?

What good was kiting with only 9 points of agility?

Qiao Yu directly grabbed the Hanba's hair and punched it in the face.

At the same time, the Hanba's claws pierced Qiao Yu's body.

One punch!

Two punches!

Three punches!

The Hanba's aura grew weaker, but its gaze became even more venomous.

Its eyes were fixed on Qiao Yu's face, as if trying to drag him into hell.

"Die!"

Qiao Yu punched the Hanba in the face.

"Young friend! Wait! You can't kill the Hanba, let me do it!" Gu Yuan shouted anxiously from the side.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu's chrysanthemum (butt) tightened immediately. *I* fought for so long, and you, old man, want to steal my peaches? No way!

His punch landed with even greater force, blowing the Hanba's skull off. The Hanba's corpse fell heavily to the ground.

[Detected that player Qiao Yu solved the boss Hanba through hand-to-hand combat, reward 20 free attribute points, experience +200]

[Congratulations to player Qiao Yu for killing the Hanba, successfully clearing the Spirit Mountain dungeon.]

[Assessment complete:

Player Qiao Yu rating: A

Player Yang Xiangdi rating: A

Player Shi Shaorong rating: A

……

Player Shi Yimin rating: E

Player Gu Su rating: F

Player Ma Fei rating: F

The system will distribute rewards based on player ratings.]

[Currently distributing A-level rewards to player Qiao Yu: experience +50, free attribute points 5 points, B-level skill book *Van Helsing's Voice*]

[Congratulations to player Qiao Yu for leveling up, current experience value: 10/1200, reward 10 free attribute points.]

Shi Shaorong and Yang Xiangdi did most of the damage when fighting the Hanba, so Qiao Yu wasn't surprised by this rating.

As for the Hanba's soul core, he didn't touch it, planning to wait for Shi Shaorong and the others to recover first.

After all, this wasn't a boss he had soloed. Being able to kill the Hanba was the result of everyone's efforts.

"Oh dear! Foolish, you're foolish! The person who kills the Hanba will be cursed!" Gu Yuan stamped his feet anxiously.

"Huh? What curse?" Qiao Yu asked, puzzled.

As soon as he spoke, the Hanba, which had already died, suddenly sat up, its eyes fixed on him.

Then, the Hanba withered instantly, and a black mist rushed towards Qiao Yu.

"Careful!"

Zuo You raised her shield to block Qiao Yu, but the black mist passed directly through Zuo You's body, and Zuo You instantly collapsed to the ground.

Qiao Yu tried to punch to block it, but the black mist merged into his body like a drop of water into the ocean.

The black mist lingered on his body, eventually forming a black totem on Qiao Yu's right arm.

Looking closely, it wasn't hard to see that the totem was the Hanba!

[Congratulations to player Qiao Yu for being cursed by the Hanba. In thirty days, player Qiao Yu will die.]

Qiao Yu: "..."

Congratulations your mom!

"Is there any way to solve this curse?" Qiao Yu asked Gu Yuan.

"Eat whatever you want, don't mistreat yourself in your final days." Gu Yuan sighed, "According to historical records, no one who has been cursed by the Hanba has ever survived."

Qiao Yu nodded, not taking it to heart.

If the NPCs in the dungeon can't solve it, it doesn't mean others can't.

It's impossible that a huge Kyoto University can't deal with the curse of a level 20 boss, right?

"Are you okay?" Qiao Yu helped Zuo You up.

"It's nothing serious, I just can't exert any strength." Zuo You's expression suddenly changed, "Qiao Yu! The soul core!"

Qiao Yu turned his head and saw a black figure flashing past, directly snatching the Hanba's soul core into its hand.

"Hehe, thank you, you bunch of fools!"

Shi Yimin, who had been hiding in the shadows, revealed a smug smile. He took out a ring shining with red light from the Hanba's soul core.

It was an A-grade equipment!

Shi Yimin couldn't suppress his elation, and he put the ring directly on his hand.

"Shi Yimin, how could you do such a thing! It's one thing that you didn't help fight the Hanba, but now you're stealing our spoils?" Shen Si said angrily.

"That's right! Qiao Yu just saved you, you're so despicable!" Gong Zhen, who had woken up, couldn't help but speak up.

"Save me? Did I ask him to save me? He insisted on saving me, what could I do?" Shi Yimin said with a sneer.

Faced with the temptation of A-grade equipment, Shi Yimin had already decided to go all the way.

"How can you be like this! It's one thing that you don't pay back the money you borrow, but how have you become like this now?"

Judging from Gong Zhen's anger, he and Shi Yimin must have known each other before.

"Humph! So long-winded!"

Shi Yimin kicked Gong Zhen to the ground and prepared to leave the dungeon with a blurred figure.

"Quicksand mire! Yu-ge, go!" Yang Xiangdi shouted, he secretly saved a little mana just for this villain Shi Yimin.

Shi Yimin felt his feet soften, and half of his body sank into the swamp.

Immediately afterwards, a vigorous and thin figure rushed towards him.

Shi Yimin's face darkened.

"I just don't want to have a conflict with you, you don't think that you group of stragglers can beat me, can you?"

Just as Qiao Yu rushed over, Shi Yimin's figure disappeared from the spot.

"Qiao Yu, be careful, he is a Shadow Assassin like me, very good at hiding!" Shen Si reminded loudly.

"You think he can beat me just by knowing the characteristics of the Shadow Assassin? Naive!"

Shi Yimin's voice came from all directions.

"Since you're looking for death, I'll use you to test my new equipment!"

"Corpse Ancestor Ring!"

A burst of black gas袭来, Qiao Yu instantly felt his already extremely slow speed become even slower.

Little did he know that Shi Yimin, hiding in the shadows, was a little dumbfounded at this time.

"Only stole 4.5 agility? Damn, is this kid a turtle?"