The second round of the fight began with Finn making the first move. When he saw the Demon Leopard blink because of the strong wind, he quickly moved to the side and in an instant, he was on the right side of the Demon Leopard. Then, with his left hand shaped like an eagle's claw, he used a common thief's attack move and quickly reached for the Demon Leopard's throat.
This backhand attack is one of the attack skills that thieves often use in the early stages. Although it doesn't increase the damage to the target by much, it's very fast. At this time, Finn had no weapon, and he used the backhand attack because he wanted to take advantage of its speed to grab the Demon Leopard's throat.
The throat is one of the weaker parts of the Ghost Mist Ridge Demon Leopard. If Finn could grab the leopard's throat, he had a good chance of subduing it directly. However, this Ghost Mist Ridge Silver - maned Demon Leopard was very clever. Finn's plan failed as the leopard also moved to the side to avoid his attack and then swung its front paws backward, attacking Finn in return!
Sweep Kick!
Finn saw the leopard's claws quickly sweeping towards his face. Because of inertia, he couldn't back away in time. But he didn't panic. He used a sweep kick, using the forward momentum to lunge to the side and avoid the leopard's attack. Then, he used his right leg to support himself on the ground and quickly kicked his left leg towards one of the leopard's back legs that was supporting its body.
Bang!
This time, the leopard's front paw was off the ground, making it less mobile, and Finn kicked it. One of its back legs was displaced by Finn's kick, and the leopard lost its balance and fell to the ground at once.
Opportunity!
Finn saw the leopard fall with his peripheral vision, and his eyes lit up. But he himself had also lost his balance from the forward lunge. At this point, it was already unlikely for him to get up and jump on the leopard to attack. However, he didn't want to let this good chance go. After falling, he used his left hand to support himself on the ground, rolled his body backward with that force, and quickly reached with his right hand towards the leopard's more - than - a - meter - long tail.
Finn has a great ability to react. But he's fast, and the silver - maned Demon Leopard is even faster. The leopard rolled six or seven meters away. Finn's grab missed, and he only got a handful of snow water and a few dead leaves.
"Oh... oh... oh!" The Demon Leopard got up from the ground, shook the snow off its fur, and barked happily a few times. It was like it was saying that Finn couldn't compete with it in speed.
"Hmph! Don't be so smug, you little thing. If I had learned Level 2 Body Enhancement, I would have subdued you long ago!" Finn grumbled unhappily. But he knew in his heart that it was impossible. If he could learn Level 2 Body Enhancement, he wouldn't have needed to come to this tough place like Ghost Mist Ridge.
Pounce!
Although the Demon Leopard couldn't understand what Finn was saying, it was very perceptive. Seeing Finn grit his teeth, it could guess that Finn wasn't saying anything nice. As a mutant beast leader, the leopard was enraged by this weak human and pounced at Finn. Its two rows of barbed, sharp fangs shone like many small knives!
Emergency Dodge!
Seeing the leopard pounce, Finn dodged to the right as fast as he could, using his life - saving skill. Although he wanted to catch the Demon Leopard, it wasn't in this way. If the leopard caught him with this pounce, Finn believed that its sharp teeth would be able to tear his throat open before he could use Body Enhancement.
Deep Stab!
Finn managed to dodge the Demon Leopard's attack with great difficulty. But he didn't miss any chance to attack. When the leopard's head brushed past him, he saw his chance. He put his right hand's five fingers together and stabbed hard like a cone towards the back of the leopard's neck.
The Deep Stab skill doubles the user's damage and has a certain armor - breaking effect. It's a very powerful attacking skill in the Ability Stage. However, thieves are relatively weak in strength, and most of their skills rely on weapon attacks to cause damage. Finn had no weapon now. As a result, although this stab hit the leopard's neck, it only caused a few dozen points of damage and didn't kill the leopard in one hit. Instead, Finn's fingers were hurt by the recoil from the leopard's body. What's worse, when he paused, the leopard took the opportunity to kick Finn's waist with its hind legs. Although the kick didn't break Finn's ribs because it was in a hurry, its sharp claws still scratched Finn's armpit until it was a bloody mess.
"That's a terrible attack. If I were a warrior, that move might have worked!" Finn dodged a few meters away, covering his ribs and cursing under his breath.
Weak attack power has always been a big problem for thieves. Thieves are good at speed, dodging, sneaking attacks, control, and accurately attacking the target's vital parts to cause fatal damage, not strong attack power. This means that weapons are very important to thieves. But because of the mission conditions, Finn doesn't dare to randomly stab the leopard with his weapon, so this fight makes him feel really frustrated.
Finn is a guy with a violent streak in him. When he used to play virtual games, he chose professions like warrior or barbarian that could directly approach the target and cause a lot of damage. But when he came to this strange world, by chance, he chose the profession of thief, which he doesn't like much.
Thieves mainly focus on increasing agility. Finn wasn't stupid enough to choose to be a thief and still focus on increasing strength. So he added all the attribute points he got from leveling up and the ones he exchanged with his soul power to agility. The advantage of this is that Finn's movement speed and attack speed are now faster than those of thieves of the same level, and even faster than most supers. But the downside is that his attack power is really poor.
Finn is now a level 10 Controller. If he were a strength - enhanced warrior, even with his bare hands, he could easily deal three - digit damage to a mutant beast like the Ghost Mist Ridge Demon Leopard with such poor defense. But without a weapon, as a thief who focuses entirely on agility, Finn has a hard time even dealing two - digit damage to the Ghost Mist Ridge Demon Leopard. And this kind of damage is almost like just scratching an itch for a mutant beast general with tens of thousands of health points.