How to truncate sprite without changing the scale of the sprite?

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1

For now, I use transform.localScale to design a HP bar that will keep decreasing HP when player get hit
but because of localScale issue I get the undesired result as image below. I dun want tat portion
also changing.
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You will ask why dun just put a complete rectangle to do that but the UI layout is semi-transparent as image
below. So, I need a way to truncate the sprite without modifying the scale of sprite.

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My desired output is decrease the HP bar without changing the frame layout of the HP UI as the sample image below.
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Here is my code for modifying scale of the sprite:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class HPBar : MonoBehaviour 
{
    public float hp = 1800;
    public float damage = 510;

    float totalhp;
    float healthPercent = 100;
    SpriteRenderer hpBar;
    Vector3 hpScale;

    void Start()
    {
        hpBar = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        hpScale = hpBar.transform.localScale;
        totalhp = hp;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        // Mouse left click 
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            hp -= damage;
            if (hp > 0)
                healthPercent = hp / totalhp;
            else
                healthPercent = 0;
            hpBar.transform.localScale = new Vector3(hpScale.x * healthPercent, 1, 1);
        }
    }
}
2

Write a custom shader capable of truncating alpha by mask and supplied scaling factor(as float)