Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 1)

Chapter 100 - Adapting to Unforeseen Circumstances

Nie Yan scanned his surroundings. Eventually, his eyes came across a nearby area that was flourishing with shrubbery, a place most suitable for facing the King Manticore. As such, he ordered the members of his team to set up their formation over there.

"Everyone ready? If so, then I'm going to pull," asked Nie Yan as he turned to face his team.

"We're good to go."

Nie Yan raised his Crossbow of Blood and took aim at the King Manticore.「Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! 」Three bolts flew through the air and directly struck the boss.

The King Manticore discovered Nie Yan nigh instantly and pounced toward him with incredible speed.

Seeing this, Nie Yan hastily dashed toward the location of his team, continuously firing off his crossbow as he fled.

The King Manticore increased its speed, steadily closing the gap between it and Nie Yan.

Nie Yan only needed to take a single glance at the fearsome beast pursuing him from behind to understand that whoever was unlucky enough to suffer one of its attacks would undoubtedly die. Even Violent Waves wouldn't be able to endure repeated strikes from the King Manticore. If it could build up enough momentum during its charge, then even a Fighter with five hundred health and a hundred and fifty defense would be easily dispatched with a single swipe of its paw.

Violent Waves hadn't the slightest idea of just how dangerous the King Manticore was right now. He raised his shield and came forward with the intent of intercepting the beast after Nie Yan passed by.

When it was just thirty meters away, Nie Yan brought out a Sheep Transformation Scroll and bit his thumb, then used the blood to activate the magic dwelling inside.

A strange magical energy spilled out of the scroll and into the surrounding area.

By now, the distance between the King Manticore and Nie Yan had shortened to just twenty meters.

Once the Sheep Transformation Scroll's channeling time of two seconds was up, the scroll suddenly emitted a dazzling radiance as countless magical runes flew out into the sky and began revolving in midair. Then...「Poof!」The scroll exploded and vanished without a trace.

As the scroll disappeared, a bright light fell down upon the King Manticore, enshrouding it. Then, all of a sudden, the gigantic beast began to shrink until it was reduced to the size of a small sheep. Realizing that the situation had changed, the King Manticore attempted to halt its charge, but the sudden change in body mass, coupled with the momentum that it had built up from its earlier charge, made it difficult. It placed its newly acquired hooves firmly on the ground and awkwardly slid forward until... 「Poof!」The King Manticore transformed, regaining its original appearance just two fleeting seconds after becoming a sheep.

The Sheep Transformation magic inside the scroll could transform ordinary monsters into sheep for ten seconds. During this time, if the player were to attack the transformed monster, then the spell would be cancelled prematurely. However, since the King Manticore had a high resistance against transformation magic, the spell's effects would last for no more than two seconds.

By the time the King Manticore had returned to its original form, its charging speed had been drastically reduced.

And Nie Yan didn't plan on giving it the opportunity to build its momentum back up either as he pulled out another scroll.

Web Scroll!

Suddenly, a gigantic cobweb appeared out of nowhere and fell on top of the King Manticore, trapping it.

The massive beast roared angrily as it thrashed about underneath the web. Though the web was quite strong, the King Manticore was even stronger, and it broke free just a moment later.