The City of Terror
chapter-175

Chapter 175 – What is a Zhua Guai?

Huang Kun was currently attempting to pull out the fire axe with all his might. This was because the fire axe had been bound due to a moment carelessness.

With the sappling’s toughness, it would have been better if Huang Kun borrowed Zhu Xin Yi’s machete than pulling it out directly.

However, Huang Kun had a bit of pride. Asking for help from Zhu Xin Yi would make him lose face.

He didn’t expect that the sapling would suddenly be cut. He blinked and pulled out the fire axe. As for what happened, his mind could not process it.

However, he still took the chance to raise his fire axe and chop the sapling to death.

This was done by Wei Xiao Bei, but this kind of assistance was not something he could often do. After all, the distance between them was quite far.

Being able to throw wood shavings around ten meters was already the limit.

Throwing it for more than 20-30 meters like chopsticks was ultimately impossible.

Although Wei Xiao Bei had witnessed the changes to the Cheng Clan Dojo, he still felt that everything had been smooth this time he entered the Dust World.

Just when Wei Xiao Bei tripped over another Wooden Training Dummy, he noticed that every Wooden Training Dummy inside the outer practice grounds suddenly stood up. Even the saplings on the wall all pulled out their roots.

What? What is happening?

Whether it was Wei Xiao Bei or the others there, they all felt bewildered.

However, Wei Xiao Bei was immediately able to understand why the training dummies and the saplings did this!

The wooden double doors between the outer practice field and the inner practice field were originally shut tight. There was even a line that prevented the Wooden Training Dummies from entering.

However, the wooden door was now letting out a creaking sound as it slowly opened.

With Wei Xiao Bei’s current hearing ability, he could tell that there was no problem with the door when it opened.

One cut, two cuts, three cuts!

Wei Xiao Bei kept his gaze on the slowly opening doors, but his hands did not stop moving as he used the White Mist Knife to cut the Wooden Training Dummy, trying to kill them before something bad happened.

Wei Xiao Bei already had a premonition that the door opening would bring great danger or even a great opportunity!

Whoosh!

With the last cut, blue liquid sprayed out from the back of the Wooden Training Dummy, hitting the knife, and became transparent. Then a Wood Man Heart floated up from the liquid.

Wei Xiao Bei grabbed the Wood Man Heart and stuffed it into his backpack, keeping his gaze on the door that was already half open.

At this time, a single weapon was already walking out from the inside. Its appearance was very strange. It was around 4 meters long with a stick body. Its head was a large clenched fist and its entire body was glowing with black luster.

As a martial artist, Wei Xiao Bei had interest in various weapons.

The weapon was called a zhua. Another meaning would be ‘to grab’. It was a weapon used in ancient times. In the Cheng Clan Dojo in the real world, there was no such weapon, or at the very least, Wei Xiao Bei had never seen it inside the inner practice ground.

In any case, the weapon looked the same as the monster that was entering the inner practice grounds. It had two arms and two legs, while the hand had a single eye.

When the zhua appeared, its only eye locked onto Wei Xiao Bei.

Wei Xiao Bei did not treat it politely anymore as he used status appraisal on it.

Afterwards, the weapon’s status appeared in his mind.

Name: Zhua Guai

Race: Monster Tool

Gender: None

Age: ???

Creature Rank: 2 Star Terror

Status: (The average monster tool’s status value is ???)

Strangth: ? (Muscle: ?, Sturdiness ?)

Agility: ? (Hand-eye Coordination: ?, Flexibility: ?, Reflex: ?, Balance: ?)

Vitality: ? (Health: ?, Endurance: ?)

Intelligence: ? (Learning: ?, Reasoning: ?)

Awareness: ? (Willpower: ?, Judgement: ?, Perception: ?, Intuition: ?)

Charm: ? (Courage: ?, Persuasiveness: ?, Character: ?, Leadership: ?, Appearance: ?)

Skill: Heavy Strike (Every attack will use full power, attack speed decreases by half), Iron Heart (Immune to illusions, hinders appraisal, immune to mental negative effects), ???

Evolution Points: X (Unable to accumulate evolution points)

Items on Hand: ???

……

Zhua Guai?

Wei Xiao Bei frowned.

This so-called Zhua Guai is actually a 2-Star Terror Creature. Just the creature rank is enough to explain how strong it is.

Moreover, its Iron Heart was somewhat similar to his Iron Will, but its ability had negated most of his status appraisal, making him unable to see the enemy’s status. This had made Wei Xiao Bei lose the advantage of using his enemy’s information to form a plan.

What kind of race is a monster tool?

Wei Xiao Bei felt that he only understood the Dust World less and less.

He had already experienced so much in the Dust World, so he felt a certain degree of familiarity with it that he could roughly guess how the Dust World worked.

But now that he took another look, this monster tool appeared. The Dust World that he thought he understood had suddenly became mysterious again.

In any case, Wei Xiao Bei still had enough confidence to beat it.

Both he and the monster were 2-Star Terror Creatures. Moreover, he had a lot of skills and even inner force. He calculated that his chances of winning was not low. The only problem was that he did not know if the Zhua Guai had anymore strange skills.

After all, there were question marks at the end of the skills row.

While Wei Xiao Bei was thinking, the wooden doors had fully opened. The Zhua Guai tottered out using its short legs.

Seeing this, Wei Xiao Bei was also worried that it would trip down the stairs due to carelessness.

However, this was just Wei Xiao Bei thinking too much.

When the Zhua Guai exited the door, it did not fall at all and just stood there.

Afterwards, there was a group of small Zhua Guai’s that also came out from the door. They were 30 centimeters long. Other than their bodies, they looked the same as the Zhua Guai at the front.

Altogether, there were more than 20 small Zhua Guais. When they all came out, they formed two rows and followed along the line, moving towards Huang Kun and Zhu Xin Yi.

Seeing this, Wei Xiao Bei was alarmed. He immediately checked their status.

First, it was because he wanted to check the small Zhua Guai’s status to make an estimate of the big one’s status. Second, it was to attract a few of them to decrease the pressure on Huang Kun and Zhu Xin Yi.

After all, the small ones were a lot smaller than the big one. However, they were still monster tools, so Wei Xiao Bei was worried for Huang Kun and Zhu Xin Yi.

After using status appraisal, the small one’s status appeared in his mind.

Name: Young Zhua Guai

Race: Monster Tool

Gender: None

Age: ???

Creature Rank: 1 Star Elite

Status: (The average monster tool’s status value is ???)

Strangth: ? (Muscle: ?, Sturdiness ?)

Agility: ? (Hand-eye Coordination: ?, Flexibility: ?, Reflex: ?, Balance: ?)

Vitality: ? (Health: ?, Endurance: ?)

Intelligence: ? (Learning: ?, Reasoning: ?)

Awareness: ? (Willpower: ?, Judgement: ?, Perception: ?, Intuition: ?)

Charm: ? (Courage: ?, Persuasiveness: ?, Character: ?, Leadership: ?, Appearance: ?)

Skill: Iron Heart (Immune to illusions, hinders appraisal, immune to mental negative effects), ???

Evolution Points: X (Unable to accumulate evolution points)

Items on Hand: ???

……

After seeing the Young Zhua Guai’s status, Wei Xiao Bei frowned. The Young Zhua Guais’ status’ were also blocked like the big one. Along with their ranks being lower, they also did not have the Heavy Strike skill.

After being appraised by Wei Xiao Bei, the Zhua Guai did not move from its position as it stood there like a flagpole. On the other hand, the Young Zhua Guais could not help but charge towards Wei Xiao Bei.

Wei Xiao Bei’s gaze landed on the line, but the Young Zhua Guais were able to cross it easily.

Could it be that the line has lost its effect?

Wei Xiao Bei retreated a few steps and used his right hand to press backwards. He could feel a soft sensation, meaning that the invisible wall was still there.

This also meant that the invisible wall only affected outsiders, but had no effect on the monsters living within.

Thinking about this, Wei Xiao Bei’s frown sunk deeper.

As the Young Zhua Guais ran over, the Wooden Training Dummies along the way all kneeled down like servants paying respect to their master.

It must be known that the Young Zhua Guais were only 1-Star Elite Creatures, while the Wooden Training Dummies were 2-Star Elite Creatures. The difference in their strengths were quite big.

Wei Xiao Bei guessed their relationship while spreading apart his legs in position, appearing like a tiger preparing to come down from its mountain.

Although the outer practice ground was wide, the space was still limited. Even if the Young Zhua Guais were slow, they had already almost reached Wei Xiao Bei.

Wei Xiao Bei did not take the initiative to attack and instead, just waited. He inspected around the Young Zhua Guais, but luckily, the Wooden Training Dummies did not leave their position as they continued to display their respect. When the Young Zhua Guais were once again distanced from them, they stood back up as if nothing had happened.

When the Young Zhua Guais reached five meters away from Wei Xiao Bei, they planted their feet on the ground and leapt up as if there were springs on their feet, reaching a height above Wei Xiao Bei’s shoulders. With their hands in front, they jumped towards him.