Fortunately, Lu Fei discovered it in time, allowing Iron Head to use [Seven-Word Slash] to advance and retreat for defense!
Missing its strike, the bone monster's flying finger bones rapidly grew at a visible speed, regenerating and growing back in just a moment.
The ambushed Iron Head was extremely enraged, fully igniting its fighting spirit. It opened its mouth and roared at the monster, fiercely glaring at the approaching bone monster.
Its head was indeed tough; no matter who the opponent was, or how bizarre and terrifying its appearance, it wouldn't back down.
Lu Fei's mind raced, planning how to defeat the bone monster before him.
"Let's test the waters first and find its weakness!"
"Iron Head, use [Blade]!"
Almost the instant Lu Fei spoke, Iron Head let out a roar. It stomped heavily on the ground, rotating its body 180 degrees like an off-road vehicle at full throttle, charging madly towards the bone monster. Each step propelled it tens of meters, kicking up a gust of wind that swept up large amounts of dead leaves, forming a giant wave trailing behind it.
The broken sword slashed against the bone monster's body, scraping down its body layer by layer, causing sparks to fly.
"Roar~~~~"
The bone monster roared, and small finger bones sprouted from its slender finger bones, reaching out to grab Iron Head!
Caught off guard, Iron Head was flung away heavily, but it landed behind the bone monster. Surprisingly, the bone monster did not press its advantage to deal further damage to Iron Head; its neck was too stiff, and it couldn't turn around for a long time.
Lu Fei's eyes lit up.
"I've found its weakness!"
"Iron Head, use [Thunderous Might], attack its rear!"
[Blade] was a pure physical attack, but judging from its previous performance, the effect was not significant. Therefore, Lu Fei decisively switched to elemental attacks!
Receiving the command, Iron Head maneuvered and moved to the bone monster's rear. The bone monster tried to turn, but it was slow and couldn't turn its head for a while.
This was the detail Lu Fei had observed: although the monster's attack speed was extremely fast, its body was too elongated, making its turning very sluggish!
Carrying rolling thunderous might, Iron Head's [Thunderous Might] smashed relentlessly into the bone monster!
Just as the attack was about to take effect, the bone monster's body suddenly began to spin rapidly in place, frighteningly fast, like a spinning top, making it impossible to get close. The entire ground churned up a whirlwind that wrapped around its body.
Iron Head had to retreat, unable to continue attacking!
Lu Fei gritted his teeth, not expecting this monster to be so troublesome!
"Lao Qiu! Look at that!" Zhao Biao exclaimed, seeing a tall white figure spinning rapidly in the distance.
Qiu Xia looked up. "Let's go quickly! It's definitely not something good!"
The two urged their contracted beasts forward and soon arrived at Lu Fei's location. Just as Zhao Biao was about to rush forward, Qiu Xia stopped him.
Qiu Xia frowned. "Don't you see there are Beast Masters fighting there?"
At Qiu Xia's reminder, Zhao Biao noticed that there were two people standing beside the tall white figure, but they were so small that he had overlooked them.
Zhao Biao looked closely.
"Lao Qiu! It's him!"
Qiu Xia nodded silently. "That's right, it's the young man we met on the grassland last time."
"Then we must help! We at least ate his food and drank his wine!"
Zhao Biao, with his straightforward and uninhibited personality but generous nature, seemed a bit anxious at the moment.
Qiu Xia shook his head. "Let's watch first. What if he's here for training? Wouldn't it be too impolite to interrupt him like this?"
Zhao Biao pondered it carefully and felt that it made sense. So, the two of them began to observe from the side.
In the center of the battlefield, Lu Fei clenched his fists, watching the monster's precise counter-measures.
"Damn it!"
This was the most intelligent contracted beast he had encountered so far.
A moment later, the bone monster stopped, revealing its slender white figure once more.
Finally seeing the full appearance of the white figure, Qiu Xia and Zhao Biao, watching from afar, exclaimed in unison.
"What is this thing?"
The two instinctively took out their Beast Taming Manuals, but no information was displayed in them.
Zhao Biao, who had relatively more experience, murmured, "Could this be some mutated species?" But he quickly dismissed it: "But with this kind of contracted beast, it's impossible to connect the dots!"
After defending, the bone monster roared, but even at its maximum decibel level, its voice was somewhat low.
Its joints made cracking sounds, and pieces of its joints detached and reassembled.
In just a moment, its body underwent a drastic transformation. Its originally tall figure became round and stout, like a barrel of wine.
Lu Fei was dumbfounded.
"Holy crap, it's like LEGOs! It can reassemble itself?"
Suddenly, the reassembled monster began to roll madly on the ground, its entire body forming a dense sphere with no apparent weak points!
Iron Head's toes pushed off the ground, leaping upwards. However, strangely, the round bone monster bounced off the ground like a spring and also shot upwards.
Its speed far surpassed Iron Head's, and Iron Head was immediately slammed and sent flying backward.
But with its combat experience, it quickly steadied itself.
"There's no way to attack or defend against this. I can only use [Dugu Nine Swords] to find an opening!"
Lu Fei immediately commanded, "Iron Head! Use [Dugu Nine Swords]!"
On the ground, Iron Head swayed, its sword techniques flowing endlessly. Facing the rapidly rolling bone monster, its sword edge always managed to parry the attacks accurately.
Thus, the two sides remained in a stalemate, neither able to inflict damage on the other!
But soon, the immense consumption of [Dugu Nine Swords] caused Iron Head to gradually fall into a disadvantage. Iron Head gripped its broken sword tightly, intending to fight to the death!
The broken sword was fiercely inserted into the gaps between the bone monster's bones.
The bone monster let out a wail, but when Iron Head tried to pull the broken sword out, it found that it was stuck.
"Iron Head! Let go quickly!"
However, Iron Head held on tightly and was crushed. The ground churned up dust and stones, obscuring Lu Fei's vision. When the dust settled, a small pit appeared on the ground. Iron Head was trapped underneath. The broken sword was pulled out, but it was clearly badly injured!
"Iron Head!" kuAiδugg
Hearing Lu Fei's call, Iron Head stubbornly stood up. Golden lightning emanated from its entire body, accompanied by red steam, making it look somewhat strange.
"Lao Qiu, what skill is this!"