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He had been away for less than a week, and upon his return, had the steel-fortified city already been breached by beasts?

As if responding to the guesses in his heart, a Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture suddenly swooped down from the sky, its sharp talons aiming straight for Ma Lu's chest!

Without the enhancement of Blessings, Ma Lu was now just an ordinary person, but having been a hunter for over a month, he still managed to detect the danger from above in time.

With a roll, he narrowly avoided the attack of the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture.

Ma Lu then hurriedly pushed open the door of the bedroom, ready to rush inside.

However, as he stepped forward, before his foot could touch the ground, he quickly retracted it.

At that moment, the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture launched another attack.

Holding onto the doorknob, Ma Lu swung his body to the right, narrowly dodging the vulture's second onslaught.

And because the vulture couldn't stop in time, it charged straight into the door.

Afterward, it felt the ground disappear from under its feet and began to fall.

The bedroom on the other side had also disappeared without a trace.

Of course, having wings meant the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture wouldn't die from the fall, at most it would be a bit disheveled, while Ma Lu quickly closed the door once more.

He knew it wouldn't be long before the vulture would return to attack again, and the door was merely buying him some extra time.

Boggy's apartment was small in itself, and with two-thirds of it gone, there was nowhere left for him to hide.

Ma Lu had no choice but to find another way to save himself, and he opened the Traveler's Bracelet as quickly as possible.

He didn't even have time to check his last point tally.

First activating the effect of Wonder Webbing - Revised, his gaze then locked onto the Golden Blessing he had obtained last time.

The effect of [Super Mimicry Show] was no doubt the most exceptional, and he had found it the easiest to use previously.

However, to utilize this Golden Blessing, he first needed to find a sufficiently strong target from whom to copy abilities.

Right now, Ma Lu, stuck in a perilous situation, could only copy the abilities of the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture, his opponent.

Putting aside what abilities the creature might have, considering the difference in base Attributes and the innate flying advantage of bird creatures,

Ma Lu didn't think that possessing the vulture's abilities would enable him to defeat the opponent.

So his gaze continued downward.

The blessings from the Corpse Puppetry Blessing series were very useful as well, but they were equally unhelpful in resolving his current predicament.

Because you first had to kill a sufficiently powerful beast and then hope for a 33% chance to trigger the effect to possess a Corpse Puppet.

So he quickly ruled out the blessings from this series as well.

This sifting left only two Golden Blessings, and Ma Lu's eyes swept over them.

Eventually, he chose the second one, which was the same Golden Blessing he had received after killing the Six-armed Ancient Ape,

— [Blood of Longevity: There is a 50% chance that every attack made by a team member will convert the damage dealt into an equivalent healing for themselves.]

After obtaining the Golden Blessing, Ma Lu immediately activated the Sticky Web to retrieve a Purple Blessing.

"[My companions are few: The fewer the team members, the higher the base attribute bonuses for each individual, increasing strength, speed, stamina, and reaction by 50%. Each additional person reduces the effect by 10%, and the blessing is ineffective with more than five people.]

This Purple Blessing was an old friend of Ma Lu's, the first Purple Blessing he had obtained after arriving in this plane.

Originally, he and Boggy had relied on this blessing to go on a killing spree in the novice village.

However, as the number of people in the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group increased, Ma Lu stopped choosing this blessing.

It wasn't until the last time he returned to town that he saw this blessing again, whereas the other three options presented at the same time were all Blue Blessings.

Considering that the Purple Blessing was more valuable at settlement, he ultimately still casually chose it.

This decision played an important role in this journey through the plane.

Even though he had an effect similar to that of vampirism with [Blood of Immortality], it was useless if he couldn't deal damage.

[My companions are few] could provide Ma Lu with the base attribute enhancement he urgently needed, and in a one-person situation, he could take full advantage of the 50% bonus.

He had gone from an ordinary person to a hunter with certain training in an instant.

Ma Lu could feel power continuously surging from within his body.

After choosing his blessings, he saw the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture return, now attacking from the half-destroyed living room again!

It seemed the previous two misses had hurt its pride, and this time, it clearly accelerated its speed.

But Ma Lu's reaction speed was also enhanced, allowing him to dodge the oncoming talons once more, and this time he didn't retreat too far.

He took the opportunity to pull out his Chef's Knife and counterattack!

His strike landed on the right wing of the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture, and with the Chef's Knife's ability to slice through any ingredient, it easily tore through the target's feather.

However, the force of inertia still made the wing hit him solidly, flinging him against the wall.

This hit was quite severe; Ma Lu's chest was bruised, accompanied by a continuous pain, leaving him unsure whether his ribs were broken.

But evidently, the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture was faring even worse.

With that one strike, Ma Lu had nearly severed half of its wing, directly causing it to lose its ability to fly.

It turned from an aerial unit into a ground-walking chicken.

The next part should theoretically be much easier to handle... right?

As Ma Lu thought this, the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture was already charging towards him again, its sharp, hook-like beak pecking wildly at Ma Lu's body.

If he were to be struck by it, there was no doubt he would be gutted open.

Ma Lu quickly scrambled up from the ground and started playing King of Qin Circling Pillars with the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture inside the house.

The bird was larger than Ma Lu, nearly two meters tall, but it had mediocre intelligence. Ma Lu managed to lead it on, and the enormous body often collided with the furniture in the living room. At those moments, a certain sly human would suddenly turn back to deliver another slice, continuing to bleed it.

By the time it realized the situation was bad, the tide of battle had already reversed, and it was Ma Lu telling the folks not to leave anymore.

Moreover, with the effect of [Blood of Immortality], Ma Lu grew more vigorous as the fight went on; his waist and back didn't ache, and his chest didn't hurt anymore.

After he killed the Flesh-Crested Hook-Beaked Vulture and took off his clothes, he found that even the bruising on his chest had disappeared under the healing.

This made Ma Lu quickly fall in love with this way of fighting, chopping and healing at the same time.