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Chapter 107: Chapter 107: New Developments in Biological Research

Lance decisively dropped the Short Bow in his hands.

With a reverse grip, he drew the Short Sword from his waist and quickly strapped the Kite-shaped Steel Shield to his left arm.

Facing the enraged Big Goblin, Lance launched a direct counter-charge.

Along the way, a reckless Goblin suddenly darted out, trying to stop Lance’s advance.

Before Lance could even swing his sword, a Magic Whip whistled through the air from behind him.

Cecilia’s [Thorny Whip] wrapped with incredible precision around the ambusher’s neck. With a sharp tug, she sent the monster flying far into the distance.

The Big Goblin let out a terrifying roar.

This sound was completely different from the shrill shrieks of Ordinary Goblins. It gripped the heavy Warhammer tightly with both hands.

Its stout legs strode forward, and it brought the massive Warhammer down vertically on Lance, generating a rush of wind pressure.

Lance remained perfectly calm. He pushed off hard with his right foot, his body nimbly dodging to the left.

BOOM! With a tremendous crash, the Warhammer smashed into the spot where Lance had been standing, sending damp earth and broken stones flying in all directions.

This was a perfect opening.

Lance seized the opportunity as the creature lifted its heavy hammer. Gripping his Short Sword, he thrust it toward the brightly glowing red spot—a weak point—on the Big Goblin’s neck.

But the monster possessed extremely sharp combat Intuition.

The Big Goblin jerked its head aside to dodge. The sharp blade only managed to slice through the rough beast hide on its shoulder, leaving a long, bloody gash.

The intense pain ignited the monster’s ferocity.

Using the pulling force from yanking its Warhammer free, the Big Goblin powerfully twisted its thick torso.

The Warhammer broke free from the mud and, carried by strong centrifugal force, swung out horizontally.

At that moment, Lance had just completed his thrust and didn’t have time to pull back and retreat.

In that split second, Lance could only curl his body and meet the wooden handle of the Warhammer with the Iris Shield on his left arm, avoiding the heaviest part—the metal head.

Even so, as the handle struck the lower part of the Shield, an immense, unstoppable impact force shot through it.

’Damn it!’

He instantly estimated that this Big Goblin’s Strength Attribute was at least sixteen. Combined with the Warhammer, the force completely surpassed his Shield’s limit.

The leather handle on the back of the Iris Shield made a strained, cracking sound.

With the sorrowful screech of twisting metal, the entire Shield was torn apart by the tremendous force and sent flying.

The heavy hammerhead barely grazed past Lance’s ribs.

Cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

Using the force of the blow, Lance rolled ungracefully through the mud to create some distance.

"Lance!"

Cecilia, hiding in the bushes far away, saw this and cried out in alarm.

The young woman’s voice was particularly conspicuous in the noisy camp, instantly revealing her hiding spot.

Not far away, the few remaining Ordinary Goblins immediately changed direction and charged toward her, brandishing their tattered weapons.

"I’m fine! Deal with the Goblins first!"

Lance shouted, his voice steady.

He regained his footing and glanced down at the Short Sword still in his hand.

The essence of Castro Swordsmanship lay in defense and counter-attack; it required a Shield for proper coordination.

Now that he had lost the defense of the Iris Shield, this style of Swordsmanship was useless. It stood no chance going head-to-head against that kind of heavy weapon with just a Short Sword.

’After I get back,’ he thought, ’I need to update my combat system immediately.’

When facing a pure tank with high Power and high Constitution, the newly upgraded Azure Dragon Extreme Intent Style, enhanced by its stacked Specialties, was far more suitable for this kind of high-intensity close-quarters combat than a one-handed sword.

Lance opened his hand and dropped the Short Sword onto the muddy ground.

His chest heaved violently as he exhaled puffs of scalding white steam.

He pushed the Dragon Hunting Breathing Combat Technique to its absolute limit.

In his Weakness Insight vision, the red spots all over the Big Goblin’s body flared with a blinding light.

Seeing its prey drop his weapon, the Big Goblin let out a cruel, vicious laugh and charged again, raising its Warhammer.

Lance didn’t retreat. Instead, the second before the Warhammer was about to fall, he pushed off the ground and dashed forward.

His burst of speed completely outpaced the falling Warhammer. He deftly turned his body, slipping past the Big Goblin.

Reaching the monster’s rear flank, Lance didn’t hesitate. He kicked out hard with his right foot, striking the vulnerable joint behind the Big Goblin’s knee and causing its massive body to lose balance and pitch forward.

A cold glint flashed in Lance’s eyes as he curved the fingers of his right hand into a claw.

[Azure Dragon Extreme Intent Style - Flame-Splitting Claw]

The Piercing Attributes from the two Specialties, Azure Dragon Armament and Trench Rat’s Bite, stacked perfectly at this moment.

Lance’s fingers, glowing faintly red from air friction, dug directly into the red spot under the Big Goblin’s right armpit.

PSHHHT!

The blow landed with stacked Critical Damage!

Even with a Constitution as high as seventeen, its entire arm was nearly torn off by this devastating strike.

Green blood sprayed out like it was shot from a high-pressure water gun.

The Big Goblin let out a bloodcurdling wail. The nerves in its right arm were damaged, and its hand went limp, dropping the newly raised Warhammer heavily into the mud.

Enraged, the monster could only clench its good left hand into a fist and swing it wildly at Lance’s head with a whistling force.

Just then, a deep Blue Magic Beam precisely struck the Big Goblin’s left shoulder.

Ice crystals instantly formed and spread across its dark-red skin.

The swinging motion of the Big Goblin’s left arm froze for a split second.

Cecilia had completed her task. She had cleared away all the pesky Ordinary Goblins in the area and could now fully support Lance!

Lance ducked under the slowed fist, his left foot planting firmly in the slippery mud.

Using his left leg as a solid axis, he twisted his body abruptly.

He pressed his upper body down low as his right leg, like a spring compressed to its limit, swung upward in a sharp semicircle through the air.

[Azure Dragon Extreme Intent Style: Dragon Leaping Tail]

[Effect: Burst Power +4 to the attacked area, Knockback +2]

BANG!

The top of Lance’s right foot solidly struck the red spot on the Big Goblin’s left jawbone.

The sickening sound of bone cracking and caving in set one’s teeth on edge.

Sharp teeth mixed with green blood flew from the Big Goblin’s twisted mouth.

Because [Dragon Leaping Tail] had a knockback bonus, the heavily injured Big Goblin’s head snapped back. Its massive body lost its center of gravity, and it staggered backward several steps.

A One Ring Spell: [Seven-Color Spray].

Immediately after, a fan-shaped burst of colorful, intense light exploded in the monster’s face.

The Big Goblin squeezed its eyes shut in pain. It instinctively covered its blinded face with its hands and let out a desperate howl.

Lance landed steadily on his right foot, then immediately stomped down hard with his left. He shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.

He held the fingers of his right hand together, ramrod straight. The edge of his hand seemed to be shrouded in an invisible, sharp current of air, like the tip of a deadly spear.

[Azure Dragon Extreme Intent Style: Dragon-Slaying Spear]

[Effect: Physical Penetration +4, Critical Damage +20%]

With unstoppable, ferocious momentum, Lance’s right hand plunged precisely into the wound on the Big Goblin’s shattered jawbone.

His straightened fingers passed through the fragile throat cartilage without any resistance, finally emerging from the back of the monster’s neck in a spray of blood.

Lance expressionlessly pulled his arm, now soaked in green blood, back out and flicked off the debris from his hand.

The vicious light in the Big Goblin’s eyes completely faded. Its massive body fell backward, crashing heavily onto the muddy ground, and then there was only silence.

[Killed specific race Mutated elite... Initiating check... Weakness Insight mutation (Action Prediction)]

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