After Su Xiao slashed out with this nearly fatal strike, the giant tiger's body began to collapse, its massive form pressing towards him.
Under the giant tiger, Su Xiao felt a shadow looming over his head and quickly realized something was wrong, rolling to the side.
"Boom."
Dust surged up as the giant tiger collapsed to the ground, seemingly dead.
Covered in blood, Su Xiao stood up, cautiously eyeing the fallen giant tiger. He didn't move closer because the blood bar above the giant tiger's head still had 5% of its life value remaining.
The master of Mount Corvo wasn't dead. This clever giant tiger actually knew how to play dead to paralyze Su Xiao.
"What a clever beast."
With a flick of his long knife, the blood staining the blade was flung away, forming a semicircular splatter on the ground.
"Huff~."
Heavy panting could be heard. Although they had exchanged only a few blows, it was filled with peril, causing Su Xiao to expend a lot of stamina.
His physique is 5 points, which means his endurance isn't strong, just on par with an average person.
In the real world, improving by even 1 attribute point is extremely difficult. Su Xiao's rigorous training over three years only allowed him to increase by 1 point in strength and 2 points in agility.
With just these 3 points above the average person, Su Xiao already had the power to crush ordinary people, demonstrating the significant change brought by each attribute point increase.
One minute, two minutes, human and tiger began to stalemate. The master of Mount Corvo continued to play dead, and Su Xiao didn't attack either. He needed to recover some stamina now.
The giant tiger lying in the pool of blood suddenly opened its single eye, showing some despair and unwillingness.
It's hard to imagine that a wild beast would express such complex emotions, but it's not surprising since animals in the Pirate World tend to have higher intelligence.
In a desert nation within the Pirate World, there is even a lecherous camel that only carries women.
The master of Mount Corvo struggled to stand, its single eye fixed on Su Xiao, blackish-red blood trickling from its mouth.
Having recovered some stamina, Su Xiao slowly approached the master of Mount Corvo.
"Roar~."
A threatening low growl echoed, and simultaneously, a tiger claw tentatively swiped at Su Xiao.
Su Xiao immediately retreated, but approached again after a few seconds.
He chose not to fight head-to-head with the giant tiger in front of him. Su Xiao knew clearly that even in its current state, the giant tiger still had the power to kill him.
The tier position of the Pirate World was too high, so Su Xiao could only proceed cautiously.
Seeing Su Xiao stalling for time, the master of Mount Corvo felt complete despair; it had encountered an experienced hunter.
Shaking its limbs, the master of Mount Corvo struggled to stand straight, then let out an earth-shattering roar. This might be its final roar in the forest.
After roaring, the master of Mount Corvo dragged its wrecked body and lunged directly at Su Xiao, caring neither for the sharp blade in his hand nor for its shattered internal organs.
"Boom, boom."
With the charging of Mount Corvo's master, the ground within several hundred meters lightly trembled.
It's coming, the beast in front of him was making a desperate counterattack.
The momentum of Mount Corvo's master was indeed dazzling, but its battered body rendered its strength insufficient.
The attack it chose was simple—just to bite, opening its maw wide to bite Su Xiao head-on.
But due to the injured tendon in its hind leg, the master of Mount Corvo couldn't run far before tumbling to the ground, its pouncing motion transforming from an attack into a sacrifice.
The gaping tiger mouth reached in front of Su Xiao, surprising him, but his hands moved swiftly, thrusting the knife forward.
"Zhan Long Flash" first pierced through the soft oral cavity of the giant tiger, then passed through a layer of bone, embedding deeply into the giant tiger's brain.
"Zhan Long Flash," as a rating 10 piece of White Equipment, was among the finest of White Equipment, surpassing even some Green Equipment. Its sharpness was absolutely reliable.
From such a grievous injury, the giant tiger's eyes finally began to dim, the blood bar above its head rapidly dropping to the lowest point, on the verge of emptying.
Sustaining such injuries, the giant tiger still wasn't dead; its life energy was astonishing.
What happened next was completely unexpected.
The giant tiger he had pierced through the brain instead actively pushed its body forward, causing the blade to stab deeper into the brain. However, Su Xiao's face turned grim.
As the giant tiger moved forward, his arm entered the range of the tiger's bite.
The tiger's jaws snapped shut, and Su Xiao's right arm was caught in the bite of the giant tiger.
He immediately felt his knife-wielding right arm pierced by sharp fangs, first a feeling of numbness, then piercing pain.
Even though his entire arm began to numb, Su Xiao didn't let go of the "Zhan Long Flash" in his hand.
Cold sweat dripped down his temple as Su Xiao's free left hand reached for a flintlock gun.
Pressing the flintlock gun against the giant tiger's single eye, Su Xiao pulled the trigger.
"Bang."
The single eye exploded, bodily fluids splattering everywhere.
This shot was the final straw, the giant tiger's blood bar emptied, and the bloodthirsty mouth around Su Xiao's arm loosened, allowing him to pull his arm out.
The spot on his upper right arm was a bloody mess; he tried moving the arm, and thankfully, the bone wasn't hurt. Painful, but no bone damage.
Despite appearing severe, the bite from the giant tiger wasn't overly damaging in reality.
"You have killed the (Elite Creature) master of Mount Corvo."
"The master of Mount Corvo is an elite creature, obtaining 3.2% of World Source, now having a total of 8.9% of World Source."
"Your talent, 'Soul Eater,' has activated, permanently increasing 15 mana value, currently at 91 mana value."
The prompt from Reincarnation Paradise relaxed Su Xiao a bit; the master of Mount Corvo was completely dead.
Blood loss and fatigue left Su Xiao weak, slumping to the ground.
Taking a cigarette from the storage space, he lit it with a snap, a wisp of smoke floating upward.
"Heh~, hehe~."
Su Xiao, covered in blood, sat on the grass, shoulders trembling as he bowed his head. He had become addicted to the life-and-death feeling in battle.
The victor lives, the defeated dies, cruel yet simple.
Exhaling a puff of smoke, Su Xiao looked at the giant tiger's corpse.
Above the giant tiger's corpse floated a light green treasure chest, its alluring green glow flashing.
Covered in blood, Su Xiao stood up with difficulty; this was his first time seeing a Green Treasure Chest.
Opening a White treasure chest granted him such a miraculous piece of equipment as the Dead Wife's Pendant. What could be gained from a treasure chest more precious than a White one?
Su Xiao felt a burning excitement, but now was not the time.
In this forest filled with unknowns, other dangers could appear at any time. Blood had tainted a large area near the ground, and the scent could attract other wild beasts.
Su Xiao put away the Green Treasure Chest, knocked out all the tiger teeth with the knife hilt, and prepared to wash up in a nearby water source.
But at this moment, there was a subtle sound from a bush more than ten meters away from him.
Su Xiao's gaze became sharp instantly, gripping the "Zhan Long Flash" tightly as he looked toward the bush.
"Who's there, come out!"
Su Xiao shouted firmly. If there were wild beasts in the bushes, there would definitely be a reaction.
But contrary to expectations, the bushes remained silent, making him more alert.
There might be someone in those bushes.