There's a tactic called Hit-and-Run. With the Knife Demon's strong desire to win, Su Tao just had to maintain a distance instead of facing him head-on. This way, the Knife Demon's advantage would be weakened. Thus, the Knife Demon was on the verge of vomiting blood from the anger. Every time he got close to Su Tao, the latter would pull out a silver needle and shoot it in his way. It was fine if he was throwing it without an aim, but those needles seemed like they had eyes, since they were directed at his vital acupoints. If he was stuck by one needle, even the Knife Demon have no idea how would his outcome would be.
Yan Wujin gently nodded his head. Although Su Tao's running route seemed to be in disorder, it was actually brilliant. The Knife Demon's fighting style had always been charging forth, so Su Tao had chosen to run in an S shape, causing the Knife Demon to feel uncomfortable to pursue. However, there was a trace of graveness in Yan Wujin's eyes as this situation was still unfavorable to Su Tao.
Yan Sha whispered, "But Su Tao can't just keep running, right?"
Yan Sha could tell that the Knife Demon was slowly trying to grasp Su Tao's movements, in search for an opportunity to let Su Tao walk right into a trap.
Five minutes later, the Knife Demon had started to crumble with rage. It wasn't the problem of fighting, but Su Tao had no intention of facing him head-on.
Waving the dagger in his hand, the Knife Demon hollered, "This is the technique that the Old Goat Yan has taught you? What a joke."
Su Tao turned around and cast a glance at the Knife Demon before showing a cheap smile. "It's called tactics. Watch how I deal with you later."
Seeing how arrogant Su Tao still was, the Knife Demon's nose had practically turned crooked from the anger and he took two steps forth. According to his estimation, Su Tao would inevitably move towards the west. Thus, he had made a fake movement to block the path and catch Su Tao by surprise.
However, the Knife Demon suddenly felt that something was amiss when he saw that not only did Su Tao not run, the latter even charged at him.
Laughing inwardly, the Knife Demon roared, "Good!"
At the same time, he tightened his grip on his dagger in preparation to get rid of Su Tao in one go.
But in the end, Su Tao still had no intention of facing the Knife Demon head-on. He swiftly came to a stop and started to run in circles two meters away from the Knife Demon.
When Yan Wujin saw this, he nodded his head in satisfaction. That brat Su Tao was cunning enough. He reminded Su Tao of his silver needles not to get Su Tao to run and dodge blindly, but to remind Su Tao of his advantage.
Even Yan Wujin was puzzled when Su Tao started to run at the beginning. He thought that Su Tao was afraid of facing the Knife Demon head-on. However, that was just a tactic of Su Tao's; he wanted to wear down the Knife Demon's patience before running in a circle and unleas.h.i.+ng ranged attacks.
The Knife Demon couldn't unleash his attacks due to the distance, and Su Tao was a ranger. It's like a game, where the Knife Demon was a warrior, and with a certain distance between them, the Knife Demon could only fight blindly and be continuously worn down.
Su Tao had displayed an astonis.h.i.+ng level of hand speed, firing three to four needles every second. It was even more potent than a crossbow, which the Knife Demon had to focus his attention, or the silver needles might hit him.
Crisp sounds of metallic clashes echoed out, which made the Knife Demon's heart sink even further. He knew that if this continued, he would be the one to fall deeper into a disadvantage.
With a deep roar, the Knife Demon took two steps forth without regard for the storm of needles.
Su Tao's gaze turned sharp. He knew that the crucial time had come. Without any hesitation, he threw ten-odd silver needles out, all aimed at the Knife Demon's important acupoints.