Life or Death battle

"what?!"Bill hurriedly retreated from that position distancing himself from the fox while holding the spear tightly in his hands "my plan has failed is it due to it's high sensitivity?" e was now considering the retreat option

the fox inspected Bill first but when it found that he isn't a rank 1 magician it lowered it's guard a little and stood up from the ground lazily while stretching it's body even yawning as if ridiculing Bill for his weakness

but Bill didn't focus or consider these ridiculing movements as he stood there in his place in caution

but then the fox while stretching it's body suddenly attacked with it's claws towards Bill that dodged in time to the side but then found a cut on his shirt "how did it still reach me?" he was now on full alert as he knew that he dodged in time before the fox has even attacked

he activated his mana and revolved it in his body then channeled it to his legs

the fox clawed forward from a distance of 10 meters between them but suddenly as Bill was finding the fox attacks are unreasonable a big green claw phantom appeared in the air heading towards Bill at astonishing speed

"that is definitely not good!"Bill said while rapidly retreating backward as his movement speed increased after channeling a small amount of mana to it while using a movement technique to increase the agility as well

the fox did another claw phantom that was dodged again by Bill, when the fox saw that it's attacks are being blocked it increased the number of claw phantoms to three claws at one time

so Bill was suffering little injuries while dodging all these phantoms "i think it's attacks are mainly long distanced attacks so i need to close the distance and attack it" he then circulated the mana to it's limit through his legs then towards his arms as he dodges a claw after claw while charging towards the fox

as the fox saw that Bill was closing the distance, it suddenly opened it's mouth and roared"awooo!" it produced a devastating sound attack that made dust and rocks fly everywhere and when it reached Bill it struck him bad making him fly all the way to hit the other wall of the cave while spitting large amounts of blood

" cough cough" Bill was coughing crazily while large amounts of blood coming from his mouth but then he didn't rest as he dodged quickly a paw attack that struck the wall behind him leaving deep mark on the wall

he stood up while coughing "i think this attack *cough* might have ended my life!" he then sprinted towards the fox again but this time he approached quickly but carefully , he went from side to side until reaching the fox

"now!" after he was at a suitable distance from the fox he thrusted his spear forward but his attack was deflected by the fox's paws easily

he thrusted again but the attack was still deflected, the fox then raised it's paw and clawed towards Bill but he predicted this attack so he dodged to the side before it could reach him

the fox used it's tail that was as hard as still to fling Bill to the side and the attack was successful as Bill made a small depression on the ground from the impact of the attack

"arGHhh!" he was wincing in agony from the pain as he was on the ground

"W...why am i always so weak e..even after training so hard to reach the maximum level!" he didn't know that the difference in strength between a rank 1 beast and and a rank 1 cultivator is too wide!

not mentioning a rank 1 beast and a cultivator who didn't even form his core also he didn't study his opponent moves or attacks carefully but hastily wanted to attack and advance to a higher level

so that was the result from his carelessness and lack of preparations , but then stood up again as he drank two bottles of green soup to give him some energy

"now my chance of retreat is long gone" he stared at the eyes of the fox that was standing there ridiculing him with it's gaze as if telling him 'don't even think of escaping this cave human'

"then i will play with you!" Bill charged at the fox one more time as he kept dodging it's attacks and at the end when he dodged the tail he couldn't dodge the paw that cut into his thigh "Aaargh!!" he screamed in pain as he held his thigh while retreating

the fox seemed to be bored as it began to advance towards him as it opened it's mouth and was about to bite him, Bill threw himself forward with all his strength then bent quickly and circulated his mana to the limit as he used his core to make a spear spell that made his spear glow in white light before thrusting it upwards penetrating the thick fur on the neck of the fox

the fox was in pain as it's neck that was it's weak point was pierced by that powerful spear that contained all Bill's strength

the fox grew furious before dashing out of the cave when it saw that Bill still has a breath in him

Bill couldn't believe that his attack actually delivered such a deadly attack to the fox "woah! that was amazing but still i can't chase it nor do anything with my injured thigh and depleted mana so my best choice is to retreat for now!" he drank many bottles of the green soup and sprinkled a bottle on his thigh and back injuries to stabilize the wounds before being contaminated

"that fox will surely hate me to the core and will want to kill me and drink my blood for that attack" Bill pretended to be weak at the end of the fight so that the fox let it's guard completely even letting his thigh being injured before delivering that last attack in a moment of carelessness from the fox

"that was really dangerous if that fox was more careful he would have dodged the attack and killed me instantly!" said Bill while hurrying to the safe area

"i will hunt it later after making careful preparations "and it is not a good idea to hunt in the forest for the next few days as it most likely will search for my tracks and follow me, also i can't use an attack like that again for the next week to heal the cracks on the core" he sensed that after making that spear spell his incomplete mana core was damaged slightly