Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

70: Chapter 70: Please Choose Your Mentor 70: Chapter 70: Please Choose Your Mentor Silver moonlight shone down, and the long whip danced in the air like a flipping silver ribbonfish.

Yang Yu frantically dodged with his shield raised and beat the wooden drum with his right hand frenetically.

Every minute felt like an eternity for him.

If he lost focus for even a moment, the ‘perfect’ would turn into ‘great.’

Asuna’s attacks showed no signs of stopping; on the contrary, they became increasingly fierce.

She had no intention of giving Yang Yu any chance to counterattack.

Glancing at his rapidly depleting health bar, Yang Yu clenched his teeth, wishing desperately that the elf in his bag would suddenly awaken and heal him.

But that was just wishful thinking; the elf was still in a deep sleep, sleeping like a dead pig, and was not going to wake up so easily.

To maintain a full combo, Yang Yu had no choice but to further minimize his margin for error.

His moves became smaller and smaller, with the whip barely grazing his skin each time.

Witnessing these heart-stopping moments, Bai Jin clenched her fists, opened the bottle of resurrection medicine, and guzzled the golden liquid.

Asuna had already proven with her actions that the resurrection medicine had no side effects.

She had nothing to worry about now; as long as it restored her combat abilities, she could certainly help Yang Yu instead of standing idly by.

After drinking the resurrection medicine, Bai Jin felt light as a feather, as if she had grown wings and visited heaven.

The fatigue from continuous exertion vanished in an instant; her back was no longer sore, her legs no longer ached, and she felt revitalized.

Bai Jin stretched out her hand to form the “Frost Ice Arrow.” Asuna was concentrating on dealing with Yang Yu, providing Bai Jin with a perfect opportunity to attack.

Although the magic she produced was not much more powerful than before, Bai Jin believed that if the Frost Ice Arrow hit, it would surely inflict considerable damage on Asuna.

The Frost Ice Arrow shot forward, striking Asuna’s chest.

Asuna glanced, retracted her long whip, and with a pull upward, shattered the Frost Ice Arrow.

“It’s useless!

Don’t waste your energy.

Once I’m done with this guy, you’re next!”

Bai Jin did not respond, just weaved new magic and cast “Ice Cone Skill.” The cold wind swept close to the ground, freezing the grass within a three-meter radius of Asuna.

With each step Asuna took, the frozen grass brushed against her ankles like steel needles, leaving behind red marks.

“All you do is play tricks!”

Asuna lifted her long whip and swept across the frozen grass, drawing a circle around herself, severing all the icy blades of grass.

“This isn’t playing tricks,” Bai Jin said firmly.

“It’s called buying time.”

“What?”

That retort made Asuna suddenly realize that all these actions were part of Bai Jin’s plan.

She was merely buying time for Yang Yu, even if it was just a few seconds.

Asuna’s gaze shifted back from Bai Jin to Yang Yu in panic.

Yang Yu slowly lowered his shield, his face beaming with confidence and triumph.

For Asuna, it might have already been too late.

[FULL COMBO, perfect 2352, great 215, good 0, bad 0, miss 0.

Evaluation: Unbelievable.

Perfect rate 90%, congratulations on achieving the achievement: [Wooden Drum Master] – Increase damage from Sound system skills by 10%, and receive an additional 10% enhancement when blessed by Sound system.]

Having completed the full combo without a hitch, Yang Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Had it not been for Bai Jin’s last-minute attack diverting Asuna’s attention, he would likely have hit several ‘goods.’

The mini-game ended, and the reward Yang Yu had worked hard for appeared from the candy machine.

[Plant Clan Level Limit Upgrade Sugar (Top Grade), use to increase the level cap by 20 and expect some interesting events.]

After popping some medicine to replenish his stamina, Yang Yu clicked ‘use.’

A vigorous Power of Life surged through his body.

At this moment, his long-stagnant level finally broke its bounds, climbing from level 20 to 21.

Not only that, but his panel also popped up new choices.

[After a tiring search, you have finally discovered the Racial Essence and refined the highest grade of Level Limit Upgrade Sugar.

By consuming the candy, you have surpassed the Civilian level limit and have also sensed the aura of the Plant Clan elites.

It seems you might inherit some of their powers.

“Choose a Plant Race big shot to be your Plant Race mentor and acquire their racial abilities.

Beautiful yet thorny red roses (Success rate 85.7%)

Quirky Pumpkin Monster (Success rate 72.9%)

Thick-skinned Old Crooked Neck Tree (Success rate 92%)

Majestic Uncle Big Head Mushroom (Success rate 89.2%)

Gentle and elegant Lily Demon (50%)

Everlasting Long-legged Leeks (Success rate 72.3%)

Choice duration: one minute.

Seems like something weird snuck into the options.

Mushrooms, can mushrooms even be considered plants?

Forget about the details, if the system says so, then so be it!

With only one minute to choose, Yang Yu had no time to consider carefully.

He could only quickly review the options in his mind, guessing roughly what each option entailed.

Unfortunately, every option was quite vague, and Yang Yu couldn’t judge accurately.

After fretting for a few seconds, Yang Yu finally settled on the thick-skinned Old Crooked Neck Tree as his mentor, not just because its thick skin implied strong defense but also because it had the highest success rate.

With such a high success rate, it can’t fail, right!

[Mentor selection failed.

You ultimately failed to grasp the essence of the big shot from the candy and inherit his abilities.]

emmm…

Yang Yu now just wants to curse.

A 92% success rate and you still let me fail, how are we supposed to have fun together?

You provide the options and then add a success rate at the end, don’t you know I’m unlucky?

Yang Yu felt extremely helpless but could do nothing about it.

Luck is so hard to explain.

Just as Yang Yu was about to exit the interface and vigorously carry out the source suppression task, suddenly, a new message popped up on the window.

[Because you used the highest grade candy, after failing to choose a mentor, you can randomly acquire one rare Plant Clan ability.]

There’s a safety net!

After seeing this message, the tears in Yang Yu’s eyes suddenly stopped.

The safety net is the most Africa-friendly setting, giving Africans hope too.

A box appeared on the interface and started spinning automatically.

With a gentle tap from Yang Yu, the box stopped.

[Congratulations, player has obtained the [Plant Clan.

Thorns] (Rare) ability —[Thorns], reflecting 3% of close-range attack damage.]

This draw is perfect since it matches well with Yang Yu’s profession.

Yang Yu didn’t know whether to consider this a blessing in disguise, and just as he thought that was it, a new message popped up on the interface again.

[Congratulations, the player has learned a new skill [Thorny Binding]]