Chapter 56: An Unexpected Discovery
The loud roar was intermittent, and the Earth Dragons attacked again and again, violently, creating patches of muddy stumps and broken trees.
But the panda was able to find a gap in this fierce attack like a landslide and crack, and every time he was able to escape.
Although he couldn't escape the mud splashed by the dragon's attack, he was often knocked over by the soft mud, and coughed up blood many times, but no matter what, he at least persevered.
Little by little, he had been holding on for more than half an hour.
Now he could be sure that this huge Earth Walking Dragon was really not good at fighting.
Despite its incredible strength, physique, and stamina, it was never able to grasp the right pace of combat.
Fighting is rhythmic, when to attack, when to defend, when to retreat? How to arrange forces, how to turn breathing, how to grasp the center of gravity? How to feel the enemy's movements, how to grasp the distance of attack, how to control the strength of the attack?
And so on and so forth.
This kind of thing is difficult to explain in words, and it is something that can only be truly mastered through hard practice.
Although the traversers of the "Reckless Piercing the Earth" guild are assisted by various passive skills, among them, so far, only Panda himself has really mastered the rhythm of battle. And he himself, after learning martial arts for more than ten years, gradually achieved this and was recognized by his master.
Panda is not a genius, in his senior brother's martial arts hall, there are those who can master the rhythm of battle after practicing martial arts for less than two years, and that is a real genius.
In a one-on-one competition, the side that can master the rhythm of the battle has an absolute advantage. Opponents often feel as if they are tied up, and the attacks are always not really in place, and they have enough power but can't use them well.
It's like in reality, many martial artists who are not physically strong can easily knock down strong laymen.
This is the difference between professional and amateur.
Of course, no matter how amateur he is, as long as his physical fitness is strong enough, he can also crush any martial arts master.
For example, the dragon in front of you.
As long as it has one percent of its physical fitness, maybe a little less, I believe it can say to the top 100 masters of empty-handed combat on the planet: "You guys go together, I'm in a hurry." β
Now it can also say the same to the panda, as long as the panda dares to face it, it doesn't need more, one move, it can send the panda back to the castle to resurrect.
Of course, the panda is trying not to give it this chance as much as possible.
Although he knew he would not win, he wanted to do everything in his power to test the beast's abilities.
He had already determined that this guy was not good at fighting, but this "not good at fighting" also had a degree, how bad was it? Is it a poor sense of fighting? Or is it a slow reaction? Or is its body not conducive to an instant burst of power?
These are things that need to be carefully observed, and in order to observe them, you have to get the behemoth into action, and even fight.
He had rushed out before seeing the behemoth crawl on his back so easily by the bounty hunter, and he had a moment of inspiration.
Wild animals in nature are actually very sensitive, and even if they look stupid, they are very wary of the wind and grass around them. No matter how sluggish this giant beast is, it can't be so sluggish that it doesn't react when someone crawls on its back - not to mention the big difference in size between each other, the bison will use its tail to drive away the mosquitoes behind it, and this earth dragon can't be as good as a bison.
So at that moment, he suddenly subconsciously had a hazy conjecture and rushed out without thinking.
Facts have proved that he really got it right.
After another half hour or so, he finally ran out of health from the mud and hung back to the castle.
After resurrecting at the castle's guild crystal, the first thing the panda said when he opened his eyes was, "There's something wrong with that earth-walking dragon!
This news surprised Sanyu and several others who were guarding the side, and the bounty hunter who was resting on the soft cushion in the hall couldn't help but turn over and sit up, and asked, "Are you sure about the panda?"
"I'm sure! This guy's combat movements are rather sluggish, and he can see that he has no combat experience. The panda said, "If it were a beast, even if it was huge and invincible now, it would have fought with other animals when I was a child, and it would not have been inexperienced." β
Everyone nodded again and again, and Sanyu hurriedly said this in the chat channel and asked the people in the strategy group to discuss it.
[Sleepless Night: How sure are you, panda?]
[Panda: 100 percent! Its behavior pattern is definitely not what a beast should have!]
[Harmony: In other words, although it is huge, it is actually a herbivore? Just like those huge herbivorous dinosaurs in the dinosaurs?]
[Panda: It could also be eating rocks and mud, or using traps...... But it's certainly not a hunting type. γ
Next, with the help of his fellow traversers who came to use the "Source of Magic" buff for him, he introduced in detail in the chat channel how he and the giant ** hand - or the process of entanglement and evasion.
This giant beast is as big as a small mountain, and its behavior pattern is quite monotonous, almost like a simple AI program in the game, which is nothing more than looking for a target, and then stepping on it, or bumping it, or pumping it with its tail. No matter what kind of action, the move is slow, and you can see a very clear prelude. If this is some kind of action game, and you don't have to worry about the blood damage caused by the mud it splashes, maybe the panda can really dodge all of its attacks by constantly dodging, and finally swipe it alone.
Not only that, but it doesn't seem to mean "continuous attack" at all. After each attack, they would stop and look for the panda's traces before striking again.
On one occasion, the panda was smashed into a small quagmire, and he was so excited that he lay down in the muddy water, but the beast really couldn't find him, and walked back and forth in a daze, without attacking again.
If he hadn't been able to hold his breath and get out of his head, he might have really been able to escape by this method.
Moreover, he deliberately tried it again, and it was still the same.
The beast's brain didn't seem to be easy, or rather, it didn't realize that the enemy was hiding in muddy water.
γPanda:...... Based on the above information, I am fully sure that this Earth Walking Dragon is definitely not the kind of beast with sufficient combat experience. It's most likely just a giant herbivore, slightly short-tempered at best, and that's it. γ