"Just wait for me to get some food and drinks! I need to rest myself up!" Indomitable_Panda was not in a hurry, he need some time to recover from his last battle.
"Panda senpai, here's some freshly cooked meat!"
"Panda senpai, here's your drink!
"Panda senpai, let me give you a shoulder massage!"
Each player provided Indomitable_Panda with their best services.
After resting up, Indomitable_Panda didn't say any more nonsense and went down the mountain.
A crowd of players including He Yi Ming followed behind him.
"I spot one over there!" A sharp-sighted player cries out after seeing the figure of the graphorn out in the distance.
"Hmm, the terrain here is nice! Alright, let's do it!" Indomitable_Panda first observed the surrounding terrain and then started to warm up his body, after a few stretches, he charged at the graphorn barehanded.
"Go, Panda Senpai we're counting on you!" The players silently cheer Indomitable_Panda on.
"Indomitable_Panda, go and show me how it's done!" He Yi Ming eyes also fixed onto Indomitable_Panda observing his every move.
The Battle Start!
"Gagaga!" The graphorn quickly spot Indomitable_Panda and let out a battle cry before initiating the fight with an earthshatter.
Indomitable_Panda predicted this moved and was easily able to jump up to avoid the skill.
"GAGAGA!"
Seeing that Indomitable_Panda easily dodge its earthshatter, the graphorn was enraged, the beast accelerated and charge toward Indomitable_Panda at full speed.
Watching the graphorn charge toward him, Indomitable_Panda leisurely started to move in a zig-zag pattern causing the graphorn straight charge to miss by a mile.
Next, while the graphorn was still recovering from its charge, Indomitable_Panda turn back and suddenly knelt on one knee, assuming a very strange posture, it was similar to the posture for focus kick yet different.
With his fists clenched and his elbow raised, Indomitable_Panda eyes locked onto the graphorn movement.
"What sort of posture is that?"
"What is Panda senpai planning to do?"
"Shh, be quiet, we don't want to affect Panda senpai's performance!"
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Although the other players were all bewildered by Indomitable_Panda's actions, they soon calmed down.
"Gagaga!" Recovered from its charge, the graphorn roared and kick off the ground, pouncing toward Indomitable_Panda.
Only for Indomitable_Panda to roll under the graphorn!
"Focus Kick!" While rolling under the graphorn pounce, Indomitable_Panda suddenly let out a low growl!
Indomitable_Panda grasped the short moment of the roll when his body was suspended in mid-air to deliver a violent kick to the graphorn underbelly, pushing him away from the beast in the process.
All of this is happening within a blink of an eye!
Indomitable_Panda kick causes the graphorn to scream in pain and the landing of the beast causes the earth to rumble!
Hearing the beast scream, He Yi Ming knew that the graphorn has been injury!
Theoretically, a Body Refinement Realm Rank 1 with a full power Focus Kick aimed at the graphorn underbelly could damage the beast and with enough focus kicks, you can theoretically kill it.
But that is just a theory, a cultivation theory!
In reality, the damage dealt to the graphorn is very minor, to kill a graphorn using this method will require you to kick the graphorn underbelly over a hundred more times! Under normal circumstances that is almost impossible!
Wait a minute, don't tell me...
The surrounding players watch in awe as Indomitable_Panda perform sidestep after sidestep, predicting the graphorn every move, and then successfully dodging the beast attacks.
"GAGAGA!!!" Whenever the graphorn earthshatter the ground in rage, Indomitable_Panda was always one step ahead, jumping up at the perfect time to avoid being knocked down!
There was even one time when Indomitable_Panda stumble onto the ground and the graphorn took advantage of this opportunity to unleash another earthshatter, aiming to knock Indomitable_Panda down for good!
At that moment, the other players including He Yi Ming thought that Indomitable_Panda was done for!
However, Indomitable_Panda was able to perform a somersault by pushing off the ground with his hand avoiding the earthshatter in the process, and then rolling over mid-air to land back on his feet!
The graphorn followed up its earthshatter with another stomp, targeted toward Indomitable_Panda who has just landed, but Indomitable_Panda was able to narrowly escape it with a clutch roll!
The Battle Continues!
After Indomitable_Panda landed over a dozen kicks onto the graphorn underbelly, the graphorn finally snap and went berserk. The graphorn speed and strength experience a huge boost as the beast started to throw everything it had toward Indomitable_Panda!
The onslaught of attacks from the graphorn left Indomitable_Panda with no time to breathe and force him to give up on attacking the graphorn underbelly, the only thing Indomitable_Panda can do now is to continuously dodge the graphorn bombardment of attacks. However, this was all part of Indomitable_Panda plan!
Indomitable_Panda was as slippery as an eel, no matter how many attacks the graphorn throw at him, Indomitable_Panda was always able to narrowly escape it unscathed.
The spectating players were holding their breath as they watch as each of the graphorn attacks miss Indomitable_Panda by a hair!
After a few minutes, the graphorn berserk state finally wears off and its movement started to become more sluggish. Going berserk exhausted up most of the graphorn remaining stamina and now it's probably too tired to even run, but the same can be said for Indomitable_Panda.
When the graphorn went berserk, Indomitable_Panda also went into full alert, observing the graphorn's every move, predicting the beast every attack, and then dodging every single one of them, this drained him both physically and mentally!
The victor of this battle will be decided upon whoever recover their stamina the fastest!
But unfortunate for the graphorn, human has one of the highest stamina recovery rates on earth, while the graphorn could only pant to cool itself down, humans can not only pant to cool themself down but they can also sweat!
While the graphorn was still trying to recover its stamina, Indomitable_Panda already recover enough stamina to move around and started to harass the beast to slow down its stamina recovery.
The other players watch in astonishment as Indomitable_Panda started to bully the once-mighty graphorn. Indomitable_Panda delivered focus kicks after focus kicks onto the graphorn underbelly causing it to scream out in pain and retaliate back, but due to its sluggish movement, Indomitable_Panda easily dodges all of the beast attacks and counter back again with another focus kick to its underbelly!
The graphorn could only scream in pain and terror as whenever it tries to escape, Indomitable_Panda will rush up to it to deliver another focus kick to the graphorn underbelly slowing the beast down due to the pain!
After taking over a hundred focus kicks from Indomitable_Panda, the graphorn succumbs to its injury and collapses onto the ground, passing away.
"Mission accomplished!" Indomitable_Panda slowly stood up top the corpse of the defeated graphorn and let out a shout of victory before collapsing onto the ground!
"POG!"
"Holy shit, that was pogger Panda senpai!"
"OH MY F***ING GOD, I have never seen a fight like this! It was a feast for the eyes!"
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The players were so excited, that they gathered around the collapsed Indomitable_Panda and lift him up before tossing him into the air.
"A Body Refinement Realm Rank 1...."
"Actually manage to kill an Early Stage of Spirit Realm beasts?"
He Yi Ming was the most shocked of them all.
"Who is he?" He Yi Ming couldn't contain his shock.
"Disciples, who is this talented disciple and where did he come from? Can anyone of you tell me?" He Yi Ming suppressed his shock and immediately asked the players around him.
"Master, Indomitable_Panda is a famous speedrunner! He is the world record holder for Sekiro 3 any% speedrun for three continuous years!"
"Not only that, Indomitable_Panda holds the honor of being the first person to clear Dark Soul VR without being hit a single time!"
"F***, what are you guys saying to an NPC, there is no way for an NPC to understand what you guys are talking about!"
.....
After listening to the players blattering, He Yi Ming begin to slowly piece it together.
"So it turns out that Indomitable_Panda is not only a speedrunner god but he was also a pro action game player! No wonder..." He Yi Ming nodded.
Although his cultivation is only at Body Refinement Rank 1!
But Indomitable_Panda has clearly played a lot of souls-like games, he is probably used to being the weaker side in a fight. Most of the souls' games BOSSes has stats that make the player stats look like a baby in comparison.
However, in the end, they're all defeated by those same players with weaker stats!
Although the graphorns are very powerful, they were ultimately still low intelligence beasts. Once the players found their attacks pattern, players like Indomitable_Panda taking them on seem not so unreasonable anymore.
Indomitable_Panda method will probably only work against the graphorns, if it was not for the graphorn having berserk, any other beast will probably just run away after seeing that they can't hit Indomitable_Panda.
"Congratulation Indomitable_Panda! As a reward for getting the first blood on the graphorns, you'll receive one Body Refining Pill!" He Yi Ming loudly announce.
Before promptly raising his hand and tossing out a sparkling pill to Indomitable_Panda.
Body Refining Pill, are pills mainly used by cultivators in the Body Refinement Realm. They are inexpensive and can increase the consumer's physical strength and cultivation!
"Thank you, Sect Master!" Indomitable_Panda was delighted, after receiving the pill he immediately swallowed it.
"Boom!" Suddenly, an aura erupted out of Indomitable_Panda's body as he breakthrough and stepped into Body Refinement Realm Rank 2!
The effect of the pill did not end there as the remaining energy continue to flow through Indomitable_Panda's body causing him to have another breakthrough in cultivation!
In less than one minute, Indomitable_Panda cultivation went from Body Refinement Realm Rank 1 to Body Refinement Realm Rank 3!
"Is that a...level up?" Many players were startled by this change.
"Unbelievable! My speed, reaction time, and strength have all been improved?" Indomitable_Panda felt the power he gain from the cultivation breakthrough and was overjoyed.
This was not just a number change, Indomitable_Panda can tangibly feel the increase in power!
To He Yi Ming this was nothing surprising.
That was a top-grade Body Refining Pill.
He Yi Ming's original plan was to save that pill until he can't find a Spirit Ascension Pill to forcefully breakthrough into the Spirit Realm.
After saving every penny for four years in Heaven Academy, He Yi Ming still only has 3 of those pills.
However, after consuming the Supreme Spirit Ascension Pill rewarded by the system and breaking into the Spirit Realm, He Yi Ming has no need for those pills! He might as well give them away as a reward to motivate the other players!
"Holy shit, there was a first blood reward? F***!"
"OMG, he levels up more than once? I'm so jealous!"
"It can't be helped, Panda senpai got it with his own skill, he has proven his worth, while we were just eating hot pot at the sect!"
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The other players were envious of the reward but that quickly turn into excitement.
Now that we have watched a guide on how to beat the graphorn, shouldn't we give it a try?
P.S. Indomitable_Panda is based on a Chinese Dark Souls speedrunner, 百折不挠熊坚强.