The Cheerleading Soul completely overturned Chen Guan's understanding of Innate Talents. The quality of "Absolute Secrecy" was also unheard of. If its existence were known to outsiders, it would inevitably provoke jealousy from narrow-minded individuals, posing a significant threat to the safety of himself and his loved ones.
Chen Guan had already made up his mind. Even his closest relatives and friends must never know about the existence of the Cheerleading Soul talent. Moreover, he must never use it carelessly in front of outsiders to avoid unnecessary trouble.
The combat power of this evil cute rabbit far exceeded that of the rare evil cute rabbits Chen Guan had encountered before. Even with the Cheerleading Soul's enhancement, Warring States could only manage to hold its ground against it.
In terms of raw strength and speed, the enhanced Warring States still fell short. The reason it could fight on par with the evil cute rabbit was primarily due to its higher intelligence. The Cheerleading Soul's enhancement not only boosted Warring States' strength and speed but also seemed to improve its intelligence and other abilities.
The clever Warring States used positioning and guerrilla tactics to outmaneuver the evil cute rabbit, which was stronger and faster, leaving it spinning in circles.
The evil cute rabbit's strikes were swift and fierce, its black butcher knife slashing like lightning. However, Warring States continuously circled behind it, making it difficult for the rabbit to unleash its true ferocity.
"Warring States is strong... Warring States is amazing... You're undoubtedly the world's best guard dog..." Chen Guan cheered from the sidelines, but he soon realized that his encouragement wasn't having much effect. It seemed that the power of the Cheerleading Soul didn't rely on the number of words or the volume of the voice, nor did it depend on external enhancements. Instead, it seemed to awaken the latent potential within life itself.
Due to constantly spinning in circles, the not-so-intelligent evil cute rabbit became somewhat disoriented. In a moment of carelessness, Warring States seized the opportunity to bite its paw.
In pain, the evil cute rabbit instinctively released its grip on the butcher knife, and its other paw swiped at Warring States' neck.
Warring States, now incredibly alert and reacting with astonishing speed, seemed to have entered a supercharged state. Seeing the evil cute rabbit's paw coming, it immediately let go and dropped to the ground, dodging the attack while simultaneously slapping the handle of the butcher knife with its paw, sending the knife flying.
The butcher knife flew in the direction of Chen Guan. Seeing the spinning knife coming his way, Chen Guan quickly dodged. With his strength and eyesight, it was unlikely he could catch the handle precisely, and getting cut would be disastrous.
The butcher knife flew past Chen Guan and struck a bone thicker than a thigh, cleanly cutting it in two. However, this also dissipated the knife's momentum, causing it to fall to the ground along with the broken bone, landing in a pile of bones.
Chen Guan was shocked: "That butcher knife is incredibly sharp. It's a good thing Warring States wasn't hit by it earlier, or it might have been cut in half on the spot, leaving no chance to use the Cheerleading Soul."
Taking three steps in two, Chen Guan rushed to the butcher knife, grabbed the handle, and lifted it, immediately feeling its weight.
Although the knife was short, it was extremely heavy. With Chen Guan's strength, lifting it wasn't difficult, but he couldn't wield it as effortlessly as the evil cute rabbit.
The evil bunny wanted to charge over to reclaim its butcher knife, but as soon as it turned around, Warring States pounced from behind and bit its snowball-like tail, actually severing it in one bite. Blood immediately gushed out.
The evil bunny let out a strange cry and turned to grab Warring States, but Warring States had already darted to the other side of the bunny with the severed tail in its mouth.
The evil bunny chased after Warring States in a frenzy, but Warring States skillfully maneuvered around, toying with the bunny. The evil bunny's cunning was clearly insufficient, and it couldn't do anything to Warring States.
Crack!
When the evil bunny was driven to madness by Warring States' taunts, the butcher knife came slashing from behind, cutting diagonally into its neck. The sharp blade only sank halfway, failing to sever the neck completely and instead getting stuck.
Chen Guan, who had successfully ambushed the bunny, gripped the knife handle with both hands, his feet planted on the bunny's back, trying to pull the knife out. But the knife didn't budge.
Seeing the evil bunny's body stiffen and its head slowly turn, its eyes glowing with a blood-red light that seemed about to turn into black flames, Chen Guan immediately abandoned the idea of pulling out the knife. He let go and turned to run.
The evil bunny reached out with its paw, grabbed the knife handle, and yanked it out. With a powerful kick of its hind legs, it leaped over ten meters, blocking Chen Guan's escape path. The fury in its eyes was like a raging fire, ready to burst forth.
Without giving Chen Guan any time to react, the evil bunny swung the butcher knife down toward his head. The speed of the strike was even faster than before its injury, like a black lightning bolt aimed straight at Chen Guan's skull.
Chen Guan saw it coming, but his body couldn't react in time. His mind screamed at him to run, but his limbs were frozen.
Just as the butcher knife was about to strike Chen Guan's head, a red figure lunged from the side with a determined look in its eyes, fearlessly biting the evil bunny's wrist that held the knife. The impact diverted the knife's trajectory.
The cold blade grazed the outer side of Chen Guan's arm, slicing off a large piece of his sleeve and cutting countless hairs on his exposed arm.
Chen Guan was terrified out of his wits and turned to flee.
This time, the evil bunny was bitten even more painfully, but it didn't let go. After shaking off Warring States, it continued to chase Chen Guan with the butcher knife in hand.
Chen Guan scrambled and crawled desperately through the pile of bones, trying to escape. The butcher knife in the evil bunny's hand was like a mountain-splitting axe, cutting through any skeleton in its path, no matter how thick.
If it weren't for Warring States occasionally attacking and slowing down the evil bunny, Chen Guan would have been killed by a single strike.
But before long, the evil bunny's speed began to slow. The wound on its neck was bleeding profusely, and the intense movements caused the blood to gush out like a fountain. It had lost too much blood and was swaying, struggling to stay upright.
Boom!
The evil bunny's body collapsed heavily into the pile of bones. In its final moments, it hurled the butcher knife straight at Chen Guan.
A black flash—Chen Guan barely had time to react as the butcher knife flew past his head.
Chen Guan stood there as if petrified, his face devoid of any color, his body drenched in cold sweat, and his soul seemingly on the verge of ascending to the heavens.
The evil bunny, lying on the ground, saw that its final strike had failed to hit Chen Guan. Its blood-red eyes, now as wide as car headlights, stared fixedly, though it had already ceased breathing, truly dying with unfulfilled resentment.
Chen Guan couldn't be sure if the evil bunny was truly dead and dared not approach. Just then, he noticed red and white particles emanating from the bunny's corpse.
Those red and white particles, resembling countless fireflies, surged toward Chen Guan's body at an incredible speed. Like phantoms, they penetrated his body and seeped into his very being.