Before the White Bear could attack, Ye Yuan directly fired a shot.
The compressed air bullet, capable of shattering a skull, precisely struck the half-fist-sized eye socket of the White Bear, destroying one of its eyeballs.
The White Bear immediately half-collapsed onto the ground, making a human-like motion of covering its face with its front paws, letting out a miserable roar.
Unlike the sound of a Fierce Ghost, the Giant Bear’s roar was more vigorous and domineering, shaking eardrums painfully and instilling a sense of awe.
Luo Huang had never seen such a scene and instinctively took half a step back.
Having experienced the sound of Tang Shifu’s attack robot, she felt it wasn’t as bad.
However, although the Giant Bear had only taken one shot from Ye Yuan, losing one eye, everyone’s expressions turned slightly more serious.
Logically, this shot should have bypassed the skull and directly pierced the brain, yet the Giant Bear only seemed injured and in pain.
‘Looks like we’re likely in for a tough battle.’
Luo Huang was still here, so it wasn’t easy to bring out the sniper rifle.
The M110’s existence was incredibly overpowered for a place like Kill Bamboo Station from last time; it was best not to reveal it.
If she didn’t use the sniper rifle…
“Tang Shifu, can you handle it?”
Mu Bai asked while the Giant Bear was briefly stunned.
“No…”
Tang Shifu quickly shook her head.
She had broken through her Strength limit, but she had only just stepped beyond human bounds; she still wasn’t at the level of being invulnerable.
After all, she couldn’t withstand gunfire, but the Giant Bear could.
Given the Giant Bear’s physical toughness, she wouldn’t be able to breach its defense for a while, but getting touched by it would probably mean the end for her.
“What if we use potions?”
Mu Bai asked again.
Along the way, aside from the two initial Strength Potions, they had also obtained two Agility Potions.
Both could temporarily boost the corresponding stat by 10 points.
10 points of stats was incredibly exaggerated.
Applied to Strength, it was enough to elevate someone from the average adult level to the point of smashing walls with a single punch.
And Tang Shifu wasn’t just beyond the initial limit of 20 points in Strength; her Agility and Constitution were also already close to 20 points.
Agility close to 30 points should be enough to engage with the Giant Bear.
Adding the Strength boost from the Beef Jerky, that’s 35 points of Strength.
If that’s still not enough to break through its defense, what about adding the ‘Blessing of the Death God’?
After all, ‘Fragility’ wasn’t only applicable to inanimate objects.
With the ‘Protection’ buff, she wouldn’t have to worry about real danger either…
Right!
Protection!
Mu Bai’s purple eyes glinted.
If she added the other two layers to Tang Shifu as well, that would be a total of 30% boost to all four basic stats.
Although it wasn’t an independent multiplier, combined together, that was over 40 points!
A Silver-grade Bloodline Potion required a 50-point stat to use; judging from that angle, a Strength stat of over 40 was clearly quite outrageous.
“…I can try.”
Tang Shifu thought it over briefly and decided it didn’t seem like a big problem.
At the same time, a familiar feeling of enhancement spread through her body.
It was a sensation she had experienced just a few hours ago…
It was Mu Bai’s Talent effect; she had stacked all of her ‘Protection’ on her!
Opening her Personal Panel, the usual Strength stat of just over 30 points caused Tang Shifu to fall into deep thought.
Luo Huang, standing a few steps behind Tang Shifu, caught a glimpse of it and was instantly stunned on the spot.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but was choked back by a stifled feeling in her chest.
‘Wait, is this even human?!’
The Giant Bear seemed to recover from the pain, rising to its feet and roaring at Mu Bai and the others.
Tang Shifu immediately stopped hesitating, gulping down the two potions quickly.
Mu Bai waited behind the group for Tang Shifu’s performance, quietly observing.
Actually, the existence of ‘Portable Space’ wasn’t something absolutely necessary to hide.
After all, Players had all sorts of bizarre Talents, and it wasn’t an ability with a ‘First Encounter Kill’ information gap.
So far, she hadn’t revealed any other Talents.
She just needed to make sure Luo Huang didn’t discover the secret that she possessed multiple Talents.
But not using the M110 and insisting on using potions instead—Mu Bai also had her own considerations.
Among the consumable potions, aside from the Metal Agent, they were all valuable, but not to the point of deciding the outcome of a battle.
Mu Bai wanted to see just how strong Tang Shifu’s close-combat abilities really were.
When facing Players, due to the existence of firearms, Tang Shifu found it hard to showcase her true strength.
But with the Metal Agent added, it was a different story. Under the current weapon strength of Players, it was equivalent to an invincibility buff.
Therefore, the best way to utilize the Metal Agent was when it was needed to turn the tide, to chug all types of potions together, creating an artificial boss that ordinary firearms couldn’t pierce.
In such a scenario, the higher the body’s stats, the stronger the boss.
There was only one bottle of Metal Agent left.
She had to be prepared not to enter any Trading Stations before reaching the Killing Station.
If she could witness Tang Shifu’s close-combat upper limit firsthand, the next time she used the Metal Agent, it could be applied to the most critical and suitable place.
Conveniently, after using one Strength Potion and one Agility Potion this time, there was one of each left.
Adding the Metal Agent, that meant only one chance for an “invincible rampage.”
Ye Yuan had the M110, so in critical moments, she could use the Assault Rifle, plus the two Pistols she always carried—the advantage of ‘Weapon Master’ was already being used to its fullest.
Mo Cha’s ‘Lurker’ was suitable for sneaky attacks.
There wasn’t any mandatory weapon or item to pair with it.
This was fine, and it also served as a scout.
Only Tang Shifu…
Mu Bai felt it would be such a waste to only use her as a tool for destroying terrain.
If, ignoring the existence of firearms, Tang Shifu’s martial arts foundation and physical qualities could play an undeniable role, then the artificial boss could serve as a trump card for the team.
Ye Yuan, the sharpshooter, was certainly a trump card, but she couldn’t always perform fixed-point sniping without needing to move.
In those situations, Tang Shifu could take the lead as the main DPS.
At least until she had an unlimited supply of Metal Agent, or no longer needed such potions.
With two to three times the physical stats of an ordinary person, Tang Shifu felt quite relaxed.
An unprecedented sense of power…
A formidable energy was surging within her body.
She had the illusion that she was already invincible.
However, having practiced martial arts since childhood, Tang Shifu wouldn’t make a serious misjudgment in combat.
At the very least, in this situation of a sudden surge in all physical stats, she wouldn’t lose control of her own movements.
On the contrary, her control over her own strength and speed was very precise.
Her Strength and Agility had greatly increased, but her Constitution was still at the level of just breaking its limit.
She couldn’t afford to tank a hit from the Giant Bear.
She needed to find her own rhythm of offense and defense like she did with the robot earlier, dodging at the right moment…
The Giant Bear charged over.
Tang Shifu distanced herself from her teammates, taking up a position that seemed directly in front of the bear but was actually slightly shifted to the side.
This positioning could prevent her from being forced into a head-on confrontation.
If the Giant Bear ignored her and went for her teammates, she could launch a flanking attack to intercept it.
And if the Giant Bear charged directly at her, it meant she had aggroed the monster, allowing her to continue dodging and kiting it.
Ye Yuan had her gun raised, constantly on alert, but she didn’t continue firing.
She was also worried that if she blinded both of the Giant Bear’s eyes, the monster would attack wildly, relying purely on luck to injure someone without any strategy.
In less than a second, the white Giant Bear crossed a distance of ten meters in the snow.
For a creature of this size to have such an initial burst of speed shocked everyone.
Ye Yuan was already ready to pull Mu Bai aside and dodge at any moment.
However, the Giant Bear’s lunge was aimed at the nearest Tang Shifu…
Luo Huang, standing to the side, wasn’t scared into dodging by this momentum, nor did she say a word.
Her deep blue eyes were like a lake, rippling with subtle currents, emitting a faint glow.
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