The muscular man held his face and keep breathing in and out, as though he was deep in pain. This hit was hard and it caused his vision to blur. However, he was still not knocked out. Although he felt dizzy, but consciously he knew that he was in danger.

His brain was as useful as the limbs of his body. With one hand holding his face, the other hand held the plank to support himself. He shoke his head a few times, and lifted his head to see the youngster trying to lift himself up. The youngster was not far away from him. The man gritted his teeth and lifted the plank in his hands. He hated the youngster so much that he wanted to end his life in an instant.

As the man was approaching, he felt a strong rush banged against him. He nearly fell from it. Luckily his plank supported him again and allowed him to stand up. At this moment, he realized that there was someone behind his back!

The youngster stared at what he saw in disbelief. He saw the man coming for him and as he felt fear crippling into him, he then saw the young again. And she ran and jumped at his back in an instant, with both her legs hugging his hips!

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her back. Xia Mo saw the muscular man was violently hitting her with the plank. As she was at his back, the plank just beat on her mercilessly. His strength is strong even though he was already left with not much stamina. But the hit to her back nearly made her bled internally.

She endured the pain and saw the plank going for her again.

She could not allow it to continue!

At this rate, she would be killed by that man!

Although, the current strength of the man was insufficient to end her life, but with these number of hitting, even though she would not bleed, her bones would also be broken. However, she had no weapon left as it was broken. Initially, she wanted to strangle her opponent, but she did not expect him to come up with such a strategy.

Should I give up?

Hold on.

Xia Mo thought of something. She reached into her bag and grabbed some spikes and quickly spread them in both of her hands. As the plank hit her for the third time, she lifted the spikes in her hands and attacked the sides of his throat without hesitation.

The muscular man is indeed in a world of pain, and such pain had make his last attack more brutal and Xia Mo's back nearly broke. She screamed from the pain and the spikes from her hands were pulled out at the same time. Warm blood started streaming out and Xia Mo was not able to avoid it in time. Xia Mo's whole face was filled with blood.

And her fingers could not stop. She held the spikes tightly and continuously poked the neck of the man.

The neck is one of the weak points of a human body. Even the muscular man would not be able to endure such attacks, and eventually started to weaken. However, the man still continued to hit Xia Mo in her back. And she could only feel her organs starting to shatter. She could only stab his neck more violently.

Finally, the plank fell. And the muscular man dropped to the ground with a loud thud. Xia Mo was being squashed underneath by the man and also the stone on the ground. She let go a loud groan

"Congratulations for killing your opponent Heng Miao."

"This is your first kill in DUST. You will receive half of the opponent's attributes. Endurance +4, Stamina +3, Strength +6, Agility +0, Wisdom +0."

Xia Mo heard the announcement in the system. Because of the sudden increase in her endurance, her life bar also grew. Although it was little, but now her life was in no danger. But her stamina was near to 0 now. Stamina could only be recovered through resting, and could not be increased due to her increase in her Stamina attributes. Therefore, Xia Mo could only let the man lie on top of her as she had no energy to move him away.

This man's attributes were indeed high. His initial strength was actually at 12! If he was not exhausted and lost most of his capabilities, she would definitely be unable to overpower him.

In Xia Mo's memory, she had never been this tired for a long, long time. With the weight of the man on top of her, she even had problem breathing. She laid on the ground motionlessly. She looked at the sky above her, the tall forest nearly blocked away most of the sunlight. This was the edge of the forest, but she still felt that the sunlight was so far away from her.

Could I do anything about it now? Other players would come here soon, and she had almost lost all her combat abilities. Maybe death is what awaits me

I could only stop my progress here even though I am someone who led a second life?

"Are you still alive?" Xia Mo heard a gentle voice as she was staring into space.