Locke noticed that the moonlight wolf was staring at them motionlessly. Could it be that the major monster was also scared of them?
Seeing that the moonlight wolf didn't move for a long time, Locke relaxed a little. He secretly looked at the wolf and discovered quite a few things.
This moonlight wolf looked eighty to ninety percent similar to the brown wolf he saw a few days ago, except for its larger size and a different color of fur. This moonlight wolf was simply a replica of the brown wolf.
A few days ago, Locke had yet to recover from his injuries and his strength, so he could only hide from the brown wolf. Now that he hadn't seen it for a few days, the wolf was giving him even more pressure. Could it have advanced in the past few days? Locke thought.
The moonlight wolf's eyes were green and dark. Locke saw that one of its eyes was darker than the other, and there were a few obvious scars around its eye socket. This moonlight wolf should be a one-eyed wolf, which made Locke even more certain that it was the one he met a few days ago.
He hadn't seen it for a few days and it had advanced. Locke's mouth was full of bitterness. What had he encountered recently?
Although he wasn't as strong as it, Locke wasn't afraid. When it came to beasts, the more you were afraid of them, the more they would bully you.
The old wolf quietly looked at Locke and Angelina. Seeing that Locke didn't show any signs of fear, it hesitated for a moment and took a step back, as if it didn't intend to bite these two hard bones.
Locke saw that the moonlight wolf was retreating and stared closely at its steps. After seeing that the moonlight wolf had retreated more than ten steps, it finally relaxed and lowered its head to let out a long sigh of relief.
"Be careful!" Angelina, who was next to him, suddenly reminded him.
Locke suddenly looked up and saw that the moonlight wolf had already pounced on him. This beast actually tricked him!
In a hurry, Locke swung the wooden stick in his hand to block. The wooden stick was as thick as an arm, but the moonlight wolf bit down and broke it in one bite. It didn't lose any momentum and went for Locke's neck.
It was too fast for Locke to dodge. He could only desperately turn his head to the side, stretch out his left hand, and send his arm shield into the moonlight wolf's mouth.
Locke's arm shield didn't disappoint him. Under the moonlight wolf's huge bite force, the black arm shield was only slightly deformed, making creaking sounds in the wolf's mouth.
After blocking the moonlight wolf's bite with his arm shield, Locke broke out in a cold sweat. Then, he flew into a rage out of humiliation. He hadn't been so irritated in a long time. He raised his right fist high and smashed it hard at the wolf's eyeball.
The moonlight wolf was in a lot of pain after being smashed by Locke. Locke was very smart and specifically targeted the blind eye. The moonlight wolf's light mana had just alleviated the pain in its eye when Locke released it again. The old wound was even more unbearable, and a lot of blood was already flowing out of its eye.
The moonlight wolf swung its head and flung Locke away. Locke did a beautiful backflip and landed neatly. He then stretched out his left hand and pointed at the moonlight wolf.
The moonlight wolf was enraged by Locke's counterattack and provocation. Originally, it had planned to leave after one failed attack, but now, it would be a fight to the death. Having just advanced, the old wolf was now full of confidence in its state. It felt that it was now a king in the Bering Mountains.
After a roar, the moonlight wolf pounced on Locke. Locke didn't retreat. Instead, he activated his impetus and rushed forward. There were very few techniques to speak of on the battlefield. It was all about risking one's life. The moonlight wolf was faster and more agile than Locke. In terms of flexibility, the moonlight wolf, which had lived in the mountains all year round, was much stronger than Locke, so Locke chose to fight with brute force.
He moved the arm shield on his left hand slightly forward to protect his left fist. Using the arm shield as a glove, he faced the moonlight wolf head-on.
The moonlight wolf bit at Locke, and Locke smashed his arm shield fiercely at the wolf's head. Because the two were too close, there was no room for them to dodge. It was a matter of who would be the first to give in.
At this time, Angelina also hurriedly cast Lighten on Locke. Locke's body became light. Although he was not as fast as the moonlight wolf, he could at least keep up with it. You bite, I punch. The moonlight wolf and Locke were like two hooligans fighting, rolling into a ball.
Angelina, who only had the strength of a Lehrling, couldn't help much at this time. She could only hide far away, ready to use Flash to interfere with the moonlight wolf at any time.
One of the reasons why Locke and the moonlight wolf fought head-on was that Angelina didn't have the ability to protect herself. If he couldn't hold the moonlight wolf back, with its speed, Angelina would definitely be torn apart without any resistance.
Compared to the body of a major monster, even with the enhancement of impetus, Locke's physique was not as tyrannical as the moonlight wolf's. After a few exchanges, Locke's shoulder had been bitten by the moonlight wolf, and his back had also been scratched by the wolf's sharp claws, leaving a few bloody marks.
In exchange for such a serious injury, half of the moonlight wolf's face was flattened by Locke. The most vulnerable part of any creature was the skull. Locke's attacks might not be very effective on the body protected by fur, but when he hit the moonlight wolf's head, even the strong body of a major monster like the moonlight wolf was a little overwhelmed and dizzy.
Locke's expression still didn't change even after suffering such a serious injury. After a few days of recovery and improvement, his impetus level had made great progress. A beginner-rank Knecht couldn't use too much impetus, but it didn't hinder the automatic recovery function of impetus. The injury on his left shoulder might have caused an ordinary soldier to faint from the pain, but Locke only felt a numbing sensation. This was the impetus stimulating his cells and speeding up his recovery.
Waving his arm shield, Locke roared and rushed forward again, grabbing the head of the moonlight wolf and hammering it again.
After all, the moonlight wolf was an old wolf, and now it relied entirely on its physical fitness to resist. Fortunately, it was a light major monster, so its recovery ability could keep up. Although it didn't have mana to cast spells, the light mana scattered throughout its body was like Locke's impetus, helping the moonlight wolf to increase its endurance in combat.
Bang! Bang! The smashing sound was made when Locke smashed the moonlight wolf's head with his arm shield. "Roar! Crack! " The moonlight wolf also retaliated by biting Locke's shoulder hard. Locke's shoulder blade actually made a cracking sound. It seemed that the moonlight wolf wanted to bite Locke's shoulder to pieces.
"Ah!" Locke screamed in pain, which also stimulated his bloodlust. The movement of his left hand didn't stop at all. Instead, it became more and more intense, smashing the moonlight wolf's head fiercely.
Finally. Pfft! The moonlight wolf's blind eye was smashed by Locke. Blood and soft tissue burst out of the blind eye socket. The moonlight wolf also released Locke's shoulder in pain and howled at the sky.
Angelina, who was already far away, also released the long-prepared Flash spell and pointed it directly at the undamaged eye of the moonlight wolf. The only bloodshot eye of the moonlight wolf was completely blinded by the strong light. With one eye broken and the other blind, the moonlight wolf suddenly became even more manic.
Although it couldn't see where Locke and Angelina were, the moonlight wolf had a rough idea of where they were. It rushed straight towards Angelina, who had ambushed it. Perhaps it was because of the leopard from last night. The old wolf hated ambushers the most. It wanted to swallow them whole, including their bones.
The moonlight wolf slammed into Angelina aggressively. Angelina, who was not agile enough, was stunned in place. Angelina, who was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person, would be crippled even if she did not die from the impact.
At the critical moment, Locke stepped forward and rushed in front of Angelina. He held his arm shield in front of him and withstood the moonlight wolf's attack.
Pfft! The moonlight wolf hit Locke's body solidly. Locke's arm shield was directly dented inwardly. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and together with Angelina behind him, the two were pushed far away.
The moonlight wolf was still blind at this time. After pushing Locke and Angelina away, it continued to go berserk, brutally crashing into the surrounding trees. The surroundings were a mess.
Locke coughed up blood and looked at the crazy moonlight wolf not far away. Angelina had already fainted from the impact. Locke was in a very bad state at this time. When the moonlight wolf recovered, it would be time for them to die.
Struggling to stand up, Locke found that one of the wolf's hind legs seemed to be unable to move. With a strong will, Locke endured the severe pain in his body and secretly touched the moonlight wolf.
In a frenzy, the moonlight wolf's perception had obviously decreased a lot. It didn't even know that Locke was close to it. Locke seized the opportunity and tightly hugged the injured hind leg of the moonlight wolf. He quickly pulled out his dagger from his boot with his right hand and stabbed it into the injured hind leg.
Locke believed in taking advantage of the enemy's weakness. From the beginning to the end, he had hit the weak spot of the moonlight wolf, and the effect was very obvious. The moonlight wolf, whose strength was one rank higher than Locke's, was beaten up badly by Locke. However, it was only in a sorry state. Apart from the second injury of the blind eye, there was no other substantial damage.
Locke, however, was different. The injury on his shoulder blade was even more serious than the injury he suffered when he fell off the cliff. He had persisted until now and hadn't fallen because of his willpower.
Locke stabbed a dagger into the injured hind leg of the moonlight wolf. It became even more violent and hit everywhere, but Locke didn't care. He held the dagger tightly and hung on the hind leg of the moonlight wolf.
The more the moonlight wolf struggled, the greater the wound caused by the dagger. Locke was also lucky. The place where the dagger was stabbed was where the shadow leopard's teeth had bitten. The moonlight wolf had only used light magic to repair the wound for one night, so it wasn't completely repaired. The quality of Locke's dagger was average, but it was enough to cut open the injured muscle of the moonlight wolf.
Normally, the intelligent old wolf would definitely stop its stupid behavior, but now it had been blinded by pain and anger. The more intense its performance, the greater the wound on its hind leg. The more blood it lost, the closer it was to death.
The blood of the moonlight wolf dyed the surrounding grass red. The old wolf calmed down a little as it lost more and more blood. Its one eye, which had been blinded by the light, gradually regained its light. Its newly advanced physique was not enough for it to squander its body.
Gathering the remaining magic in its body, the old wolf cast the light magic it had learned last night when it was at the Moongazer Serpent — flash bomb. A white light condensed in its mouth and aimed at Locke, who was at its hind leg. Light magic would not harm its fur.