Pretending To Be A Boss

It was quite common to see humans in the mining area, and encountering a hellhound so large it could be considered mutated wasn\'t unacceptable, after all... even a calamity-class boss like the nine-tailed fox had appeared.

However, the picture composed of these three was truly unimaginable to everyone.

The weakest humans were riding the strongest creatures of the continent, hunting down an oversized hellhound; for this elite team, the scene was simply too shocking.

For a hellhound, a few hundred meters was a distance it could cover in the blink of an eye; its colossal size did not slow down its speed.

In the eyes of the crossbow-wielder and the captain, this hellhound\'s speed far exceeded that of ordinary hellhounds.

The captain, as the most talented person in the team, could see five kinds of data, including speed.

"Is this really a hellhound? Its health, speed, and attack power are all far beyond normal values!"

They finally understood why the reward price for this hellhound was so high.

The team chose to give up at that moment, some even regretting venturing too deep.

This hellhound had already become an extremely dangerous creature, its stats were well beyond the elite level.

But what was truly terrifying was the pursuer behind it.

Eye\'s talent was rare, only one kind, and he did not hold a high position in the team. The only talent he could see was health.

He did not know how fast the hellhound was.

He only knew that the nine-tailed fox\'s health was up to seven digits.

As for speed, even without data, everyone could feel how terrifying the speed of the nine-tailed fox was—the hellhound was being relentlessly closed in on!

"Get down!" Eyes shouted loudly.

At this moment, the team did not hesitate and all lay down.

The huge hellhound swiftly swept over their heads.

The next second, a horrific column of fire shot across!

Though the hellhound was fast, it couldn\'t outpace the fox fire; it had incredible defensive power, but one of its legs was instantly engulfed in flames.

Creatures of the fire type had a certain resistance to fire, yet the fox fire of the nine-tailed fox could immediately burn everything to ashes.

Emitting a painful howl from its mouth, the hellhound\'s massive body could no longer stand on its one missing leg and crashed to the ground.

It was merely grazed, but in just an exchange, the hellhound\'s health was nearly halved.

Seeing the numbers in their eyes, everyone\'s mouths gaped open in shock.

The scent of scorching filled their nostrils, and they could still hear the hellhound\'s pained howling.

"It can\'t run anymore, can it?"

The voice was human, speaking in Huaxia. The few did not get a clear look at Tang Xian\'s face, but Tang Xian saw these humans.

"Should we burn another leg? Just to be safe."

"I wasn\'t talking to you. Shut up, you dead dog."

"Forget it, this dog is mutated; I won\'t keep the body, just leave me the head."

"Of course it\'s useful."

Tang Xian was talking to himself; the hunters lying in the pit had no idea who he was talking to.

Everything just made them feel more terrified.

What kind of person could ride a calamity-class boss?

Though he seemed like a lunatic talking to himself, he was not someone they could afford to provoke at the moment.

Tang Xian was obviously not talking to himself.

He was conversing with Qing JiuYu and the hellhound whose leg had been burned off.

In the midst of the conversation, Qing JiuYu swung her claws, breaking off the hellhound\'s other three legs. Without struggling for long, the Soul Crystal lost its glow. While it was not exposed, the eyes no longer held the unique color of boss-tier creatures.

Even if these boss-tier creatures revealed their true forms, Tang seemed to be able to converse with them, further convincing Qing JiuYu that Tang was a creature of this world.

Unlike those humans who could escape at any moment.

"What about these humans? Shall we kill them? They look so stupid playing dead," Qing JiuYu said, not in a hurry to revert to her human form.

She rarely transformed in front of humans. Tang Xian didn\'t hope for this scene to happen either.

He wasn\'t someone who liked to monopolize knowledge, but the fact that a calamity-level boss could take human form was, for the moment, a secret he needed to keep to himself.

"Forget it, just a few ants. We should play along with their act, we can\'t simply ignore them. Sometimes, you have to try to understand humans so you can be more like one," he said.

"You\'re really tolerant of humans. By the way, what happened to that girl from last time?"

"She\'s locked up." If he could see his current level of sincerity, Tang Xian believed he would probably receive an \'easy to read\' assessment.

Qing JiuYu asked no further.

Tang Xian jumped down from Qing JiuYu\'s back. He paid no attention to the several humans lying on the ground, playing dead.

He also hoped inside that these humans would have the sense to not trouble him at this moment, for even Akasi might not be able to save them if they did.

Luckily, his team was also quite experienced.

In terms of playing dead, Tang Xian felt they deserved a score of seventy. If there had been some blood, they would have passed.

He ignored them.

As he checked the Cerberus, he furrowed his brows.

"Could you help me cut off this head?"

The kitchen knife in his prop bag was not capable of chopping off the meat around the Cerberus\'s neck.

Qing JiuYu was somewhat puzzled; wouldn\'t it just be easier to snap it off with a twist?

Humph, this man was really lazy. Not only did he not exert any effort while riding on her back, but even when it came to dealing with corpses, he expected her to handle it.

Despite her internal complaints, her actions were quick and neat.

With a swipe of her fox claw, the three heads of the Cerberus were severed cleanly.

Tang Xian asked, "Do you want the Soul Crystal?"

"Its grade is too low. The Soul Crystal is of no benefit to me. I figure it\'s of no use to you either," Qing JiuYu expressed no interest in the Cerberus\'s Soul Crystal.

"It\'s useful to me, you don\'t want it but I do," Tang Xian said calmly.

"You are of the same rank as me; if you want to get stronger, it would be better to hunt the Nvwa Snake with me."

"Next time, who said it was about getting stronger? Be good, help me get the Soul Crystal out. I just like collecting pretty stones."

"..."

Qing JiuYu maintained her fox form, her 24k fox eyes widened as she stared at Tang Xian.

She had long heard from the older generation in her clan that the more a being resembled humans, the more perverted their actions were.

Tang Xian probably didn\'t understand what it meant for a creature from the mining area to treat Soul Crystals as collectibles.

But after a brief pause, he caught on.

It was like carrying a necklace made of human bones around in human society.

Fortunately, Qing JiuYu didn\'t dwell on it.

"What exactly are you?" she asked.

Tang Xian was taken aback.

The question came quite out of the blue; he would have to come up with a good story to get through this.

"Why are you suddenly asking me this?" he asked.

"I just want to know."

"Can I not say?"

"Why?"

"I\'m very rare. I want to maintain a sense of mystery in front of a lovely lady."

"Pfft, you\'re quite the talker. But you should also know that while mystery attracts women, it also repels them. You need an appropriate level of honesty."

Tang Xian had to admit, Qing JiuYu\'s words sounded like those of an elegant and intelligent woman.

Fortunately, at that moment, he thought of an answer that suited his image and said:

"Taotie."