Chapter 177, Evenly Matched (Plus 1)
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The brown bear pulled out the tree, and Ding Xiu distanced himself from it, and after it lost the tree, Ding Xiu took it around the tree again.
After several times, the mutant brown bear was tired enough, and it kept sticking out its tongue and panting, and was led by Ding Xiu like a dog by the nose and teased.
It was furious and agitated, but there was nothing it could do, and the trees around it were falling one by one, and its strength was about to be exhausted.
The multi-barreled machine gun on Ding Xiu's back once again spewed tongues of fire into its face, and the brown bear raised its hand to protect its face, but its movements had slowed down significantly.
The bullet hit it in the face, and it screamed in pain, and it rolled on the ground.
Ding Xiu rushed in front of it, and the muzzle of the gun fired at its relatively soft belly, and the bullets continued to hit there, finally causing its flesh to burst open.
"Whew!!" The brown bear screamed, as if calling for help to its companion, but its companion was caught in a bitter battle with Chen Jianing, and had no time to come over to help.
The fur on the belly of this mutant brown bear was scorched black by Ding Xiu's multi-barreled machine gun, and blood seeped out from the place where it bloomed on its skin.
The brown bear's physical strength was exhausted, and Ding Xiu seemed to be more comfortable in the engagement.
The exoskeleton individual armor comes with a power assist system, and it draws on the lever technique of "four or two thousand pounds", which is particularly labor-saving for the user when fighting.
At this moment, anyone can see that the mutant brown bear in front of him is already at the end of the tree, and Ding Xiu does not entangle with it more, and he is more ruthless than one knife when he starts.
The brown bear's leg was scarred, with more cracks on it than on its back, and it was bleeding a lot, and the monster collapsed to the ground after a moment of pursuit.
Ding Xiu saw that it was lying on the ground and didn't move much, and it only snorted weakly in its mouth, so he walked over.
Instead of approaching the brown bear, he stayed at a relatively safe distance and continued to fire with the multi-barrel machine gun on his back.
There is still the possibility of a mutant brown bear to break out, and Ding Xiu will not be careless enough to take this risk, this time the muzzle of the gun is aimed at its head.
Tongues of fire erupted from bullets, just as Ding Xiu had done when he had killed the mutant boar before, and they slammed into the brown bear's forehead without mercy.
The brown bear raised its paws to protect its forehead, but as soon as it was halfway up, it hung down weakly, exhausted and covered in bruises, and could no longer complete this most basic protective action.
"I won't be your opponent with my bare hands, but we humans have intelligence, tools, and weapons, so any creature will be defeated." This is not the first behemoth that Ding Xiu has personally killed, at first when he killed the mutant mole cricket, he only had the happiness of the rest of his life in his heart, and as he defeated more powerful monsters one by one, the confidence in his heart gradually accumulated, and to this day, it can be said that he has grown to a new height in terms of ability and mentality.
Ding Xiu's voice fell, and after confirming that the mutant brown bear had no power to resist, the figure had already rushed over. He grasped the handle of the metal knife with both hands, jumped into the air, pointed the blade down, and stabbed the monster in the bloody forehead.
With a "poof", blood splashed, mixed with a little gray and white stuff fell on the grass next to it.
"That's it!" Ding Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and was ready to withdraw to help Chen Jianing.
"Yay~ That's it!" Almost at the same time, Chen Jianing on the other side was already standing on the opponent's corpse, and she also inserted the blade into the body of the brown bear, but unlike Ding Xiu, her blade pierced the brown bear's mouth.
The battle between the girl and the brown bear was much more dangerous than Ding Xiu's, but she was able to dodge and attack just right. It's talent, and it's an instinctive reaction that has been honed through countless exercises.
The muscles remember all the movements, one step faster than the brain can react.
"Jia Ning, amazing!" Ding Xiu was slightly surprised when he saw that Chen Jianing had also killed the mutant brown bear, and gave her a thumbs up.
"You're pretty good, too." The girl said with a smile, and was praised by Ding Xiu, she was very happy in her heart.
"Are there any other monsters here?" Ding Xiu looked around.
"It should be gone, they are all randomly assigned, and it is rare for three to appear nearby at a time, so we can only say that our luck is a little bad."
"That's good." Ding Xiu nodded, relieved.
"Okay, the test has just begun." Chen Jia stared at him and said, "Are you ready, Ding Xiu?" ”
"Testing? Oh, the two of us still have to fight, right? The girl's words made him stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses after a moment.
"Do you need a break?" Chen Jianing saw that the sweat on his face was stained with some mud, and asked with concern.
"I don't, what about you?" Ding Xiu shook his head.
"I don't need to, so let's get started, and hurry up and try to test more data." Chen Jianing raised the alloy knife in front of him and gestured towards Ding Xiu, "Be careful, Ding Xiu, I won't release water." ”
"I ...... Neither will I. When Ding Xiu said this, there was still some struggle in his heart, although the two practiced against each other, he couldn't do it in his heart.
Chen Jianing's attack method was the multi-barreled machine gun on her back, and she was separated from Ding Xiu by some distance, so she used long-range weapons to take the lead.
Ding Xiu didn't have an alloy shield, he could only dodge in the face of flying bullets, and his war paint was activated, so he could see the trajectory of the bullet clearly.
His body was now much faster than before, and as long as he wasn't in a sneak attack, he could easily avoid the bullets.
"Huh?!" Chen Jianing was a little surprised, her impression of Ding Xiu's combat ability was still stuck in the time when she fought with the sandmen, and at this moment, she was surprised and happy to see him easily avoid the bullets.
"Ding Xiu is much more powerful than before!" The girl's heart was overjoyed, even happier than she had improved.
Her joy was as bright as the tongue of fire in the muzzle of a multi-barreled machine gun.
The trajectory of the bullet can only lock on to Ding Xiu's position a moment ago, Ding Xiu dodged, always only dodged, and the alloy knife in his hand was raised several times, this is all the instinct in the face of battle, but as long as he thought that the opponent was Chen Jianing, his hand holding the knife was put down again.
"Ding Xiu, what's the matter with you?" Chen Jianing shouted at him, and the person had already rushed forward, the shield was raised diagonally, and the blade poked out from the side, directly taking Ding Xiu's vital point.
"This is the battlefield!"
The next moment, Chen Jianing's voice continued to reach his ears.
"Battlefield?!" Ding Xiu's eyes lit up, and he finally made a decision in his heart, "Okay, I can't live up to your expectations." ”
He dodged Chen Jianing's alloy knife sideways, then took a sharp step back, dodging her alloy shield, and the multi-barreled machine gun behind him also stretched out.
The muzzle fired.
Chen Jianing raised his shield to protect his upper body, blocking all the bullets flying out of Ding Xiu's muzzle, and the two began to meet each other after getting close, supplemented by the firepower of thermal weapons to suppress the opponent's dodge space.
Because Ding Xiu has the increase of war paint, his reflexes are better than Chen Jianing's, but he lacks protective gear, and after he has no shield, he can only dodge and not block in the face of attacks.
Chen Jianing, who was not wearing armor, might not even be able to beat Ding Xiu's hand, but when she was wearing the armor she designed, it was like a different person.
The armor made up for Chen Jianing's lack of physique, coupled with her excellent proficiency and talent that ordinary people could hardly match, which made her often stand out in the competitive competitions in the academy, and even won the honor of MVP in the finals at last year's brilliant simulation competition.
Ding Xiu and Chen Jianing fought for a few rounds, the two attacked and defended each other, although he didn't do his best, but he couldn't gain the upper hand against the girl.
Ding Xiu never thought that he needed to fight Chen Jianing, even if it was just sparring, he never thought that he might need to do his best to suppress her.
"It's a shame to lose." He thought to himself, unconsciously pushed to the point where he had to give it his all.
All the bullets fired by Ding Xiu were defended by Chen Jianing with an alloy shield, and his alloy knife was always a little bit closer to hurting the girl.
Chen Jianing still does every attack and dodge to the extreme, she is like a dancer on the tip of a knife, using superb skills to perform the dance to perfection.
Ding Xiu had an increase in war paints, and Chen Jianing suppressed him a little when he didn't do his best, but at this moment Ding Xiu had gone all out, so the balance of victory and defeat in the duel tended to be balanced, and neither of them had the upper hand for a while.
"Jia Ning, I didn't expect you to be so powerful!" Ding Xiu was also pleasantly surprised, and was full of praise for Chen Jianing's many unexpected attacks and dodges.
According to common sense, Ding Xiu's strength, speed, and reflexes far surpassed Chen Jianing, but the improvement brought by the armor to the two brought them almost to the same level.
For example, Ding Xiu's strength, speed and other abilities may be 10 points, and the upper limit of the increase that armor brings to them is 15 points; And Chen Jianing's strength and speed and other abilities may only be 2 points, but the armor also raised them to the upper limit of 15 points.
On the level of the same physique, Ding Xiu's advantage is reflexes, and Chen Jianing's advantage is talent and proficiency, so the two can be said to be equal.
"If you had gone out with this armor, I probably wouldn't have had anything to do." The weapons in Ding Xiu and Chen Jianing's hands collided together, and the two were frozen into a wrestling posture, he looked at the girl's resolute face with some emotion.
"At the beginning? I sneaked out of the door. At that time, these armors could not be taken out of the institute, and even now, they still have a certain level of secrecy. Chen Jianing said, as soon as her words fell, she clenched her teeth again, and secretly added some strength to her arms.
The two were in a stalemate, Chen Jianing pointed the multi-barreled machine gun on her back at Ding Xiu's head, what she bullied was that Ding Xiu had no shield, and at such a close distance at the moment, Ding Xiu couldn't spare his hand, and the girl felt that the victory seemed to be in hand.
"I knew you'd shoot." The corners of Ding Xiu's mouth rose slightly as he spoke, and as soon as the strength in his hand was loosened, the person had already leaned back.
This time, he was not an iron bridge, but when Chen Jianing's arms were pressing him with all his strength, he suddenly tightened coldly.
The girl was caught off guard and lost her balance, and rushed forward, the muzzle of the gun was missed, and the person crashed into Ding Xiu's arms.