Updated: 2014-02-14
“Damn it! Another top-tier item, your luck is too heaven-defying!” Yang Qi said, looking at the attributes of the Flying Swallow, but then she pouted, “What’s the use of just having a Sword Blade Bow? Do you have arrows? If you don’t have arrows, what are you going to shoot the boss with?”
“…” Lin Zheng fell silent. Yes, as a Swordfighter, Lin Zheng was very unqualified! A Sword Blade Bow, he didn’t use it, well, he still had one in his bag, but as for arrows, he had never even thought of buying them! After all, a Swordfighter was still an Archer class. It would be too outrageous not to prepare the essential consumables for an Archer! But suddenly, Lin Zheng’s eyes lit up, and he smiled proudly, “It’s fine, I have this!” With that, Lin Zheng raised his dagger.
Yang Qi looked at it and immediately had black lines all over her forehead. She said angrily, “You’ve watched too many Wuxia novels, haven’t you! This is a game world, not a real one. Try shooting something that isn’t an arrow!”
“Whoosh—” Lin Zheng directly showed Yang Qi the answer with his actions. The golden energy bowstring vibrated slightly, and the dagger had already turned into a golden light, shooting towards a mutated Ice Element not far away. “Bang!” The mutated Ice Element was hit, and a damage number of -1277 floated up. Not to mention the others, even Lin Zheng was startled by this damage! How was it possible? The Flying Swallow only had a 160 attack limit. Even with the bonuses from “Arrow Mastery” and “String Blade,” the attack power would only increase by 20%. This alone absolutely could not cause such high damage!
“Damn it! How did you manage to shoot the dagger? And what’s with this outrageous damage!?” Yang Qi asked, dumbfounded.
“I have a skill called Arrow Mastery, which allows me to shoot anything and adds a 10% attack effect, but this damage…” Lin Zheng said, looking at the dagger that had returned to his hand. Could it be… “Wait, let me test it!” With that, Lin Zheng put the dagger back into his bag and casually took out a bronze sword. Looking at the mutated Ice Element that had been pulled over by the previous attack, Lin Zheng drew the energy bowstring and shot the sword out as an arrow. “Bang!” It hit again, and a damage number of -825 floated above the mutated Ice Element’s head. Now Lin Zheng understood!
“I understand now, when attacking with Arrow Mastery, the attributes of the equipped arrow are also stacked!” Lin Zheng said excitedly.
“Doesn’t that mean you’re essentially equipping an extra weapon compared to others!? Damn it! This skill is too awesome!” Yang Qi had an incredulous expression, then she paused and said, “No, this skill is actually reasonable, hmm! After all, no one would be extravagant enough to constantly use equipment as arrows for shooting. However, combined with your dagger, this skill becomes completely awesome! A weapon that can be automatically recovered! I bet the person who designed this skill never thought of such a situation!”
“So, this isn’t a bug, right?” Lin Zheng asked with some concern. Yang Qi shook her head, “Of course not. The arrows aren’t gone after being shot. You can still go and retrieve them yourself, provided the arrows are still there and haven’t been picked up by someone else. Your dagger merely skips this retrieval process, which reduces the risk of losing equipment and doesn’t harm the interests of others. According to Phantom Spirit’s rules, this isn’t a bug!”
“That’s great then!” Lin Zheng cheered up again, holding out his dagger proudly, “Hehe! From now on, I’ll be a powerful ranged damage dealer too!”
“Indeed, very powerful!” Yang Qi didn’t pour cold water on him this time and affirmed Lin Zheng’s words! The Flying Swallow, which already had a decent attack limit, coupled with a monstrous beginner’s dagger, damn! Even the most powerful Archer in Tianshuang City wouldn’t have higher ranged damage than Lin Zheng!
“Wuwuwu~~~ What are you talking about? I don’t understand at all!” Xiao Meng, who couldn’t get a word in, cried out in frustration, “You guys should pay a little attention to us too, we’re almost becoming mere extras!”
“Aren’t you?!” Lin Zheng asked, looking at Xiao Meng with a surprised expression!
“Ah! Stinky brother! Bad brother! You only know how to bully me!” Xiao Meng immediately went crazy, punching and kicking Lin Zheng, making the others laugh heartily.
“Haha! Alright, jokes aside, Liu Mang, what’s the battle plan?” Lin Zheng said after teasing Xiao Meng.
“You’ll kite the boss to hold its aggro, hmm! To be safe, Youxi, you’d best continuously use Ice Orb to control the boss’s movement speed. The boss is ice-attributed, so its slowdown resistance might be relatively high. Try to manage it as best as you can! Xiao Meng and I will attack from behind the boss. If the boss ever misses aggro on Shengun, Xiao Meng, you run away immediately, and then I’ll hold it off for a while before Shengun pulls the boss’s aggro again! At that point, my life will depend entirely on you, Lilith!”
“No problem! As long as I, Lilith, don’t die, I guarantee a continuous supply of healing!” Lilith patted her chest, guaranteeing, and her magnificent chest trembled, making Yang Qi a little dizzy. She originally thought her own was big enough, but compared to Lilith’s, it still wasn’t enough! Yang Qi somewhat conflictedly averted her gaze and continued, “The boss’s size is not small, so kiting will require a lot of space. Therefore, before fighting the boss, the small monsters in this cave must be cleared out!”
“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s quickly kill the small monsters and fight the boss!”
“Mm!” The few of them nodded, and the doom of the mutated Ice Elements arrived.
…
Because the mutated Ice Elementals had high attack, large-scale AoE attacks were no longer possible, so the efficiency of fighting them was much slower than before. However, these monsters gave a lot of experience, so everyone was still happy to kill them.
Nearly two hours later, the third layer's mutated Ice Elementals were completely cleared, and everyone's levels increased again! Yang Qi reached level 32, Lilith 29, Youxi 30, Xiao Meng 28, and Lin Zheng rose to level 27.
All the small monsters were cleared, it was time to start attacking the boss!
"Everyone focus! This boss's attack is too high, one careless mistake and someone will die!" For safety's sake, Yang Qi had to emphasize the boss's danger again!
Seeing that everyone understood and nodded, Yang Qi took a deep breath, "Charge!" With a shout, Yang Qi, Lin Zheng, and Xiao Meng rushed forward.
"Low Kick!" *Thwack!* Lin Zheng kicked the boss's leg. As his foot landed, "Stomp!" *Boom!* -723, -697. Two damage numbers floated up consecutively.
"Roar!" The boss was enraged! "Despicable intruders! You will pay the price of your lives for your foolishness!" After speaking, the boss's greatsword swung down at Lin Zheng's head. Blue light flickered on the sword; it looked like a very dangerous attack!
Lin Zheng, who had already hit the boss twice, was prepared to dodge. Just a few steps into his run, the boss's greatsword whistled down. *"Boom—"* The greatsword narrowly missed Lin Zheng's back, striking the ground. Lin Zheng, thinking he had escaped, had just let out a sigh of relief when, *"Boom!"* from behind, a huge force sent him flying, instantly dropping eighty percent of his full health!
Battle Report: Frost Crystal Sword Soul used Icy Sword Qi on you, dealing 2550 damage!
"Hiss—" Lin Zheng, who landed on the ground, took a sharp breath. This move was too vicious; he was almost instantly killed! Lilith's healing light fell continuously, and Lin Zheng was quickly back to full health.
Watching the boss, in its Shattered Bone state, slowly approach, Lin Zheng quickly got up and took out his Swift Swallow to kite it! *"Thwack!"* An arrow shot out, and -827 damage floated above the boss. At this point, Yang Qi and Xiao Meng also went up. The boss's aggro was already locked onto Lin Zheng.
The two, whose output was not as high as Lin Zheng's, found it difficult to attract the boss's aggro and were quite safely hacking away happily behind the boss.
The 10-second Shattered Bone state was over, and the boss's movement speed suddenly increased, even faster than Lin Zheng's! This was not good. Yang Qi was anxious and was about to speak when Youxi's Ice Bullet *"Thwack!"* landed on the boss, slowing it down again.
Seeing this, Yang Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued to mercilessly hack at the boss with Xiao Meng. Everything was going smoothly. Lin Zheng's positioning and Youxi's Ice Bullet kept the boss firmly under control.
The boss's health slowly decreased, seemingly destined to be killed, to be slowly worn down like this. Unfortunately, plans don't always go as expected; an accident, or rather, something that was bound to happen.
Lin Zheng's shot missed; his agility wasn't high, so missing was normal! The boss dodged the arrow, and Yang Qi and the other person, who were still dealing damage, instantly attracted the boss's aggro.
"Roar—Shameless sneak attackers, take my sword!" The boss roared, turned around, and swung its sword down. Seeing the blue light on the sword, Yang Qi knew how powerful it was. Lin Zheng, with so much health, was almost instantly killed; if she was unlucky enough to get a critical hit, she would be finished here!
Xiao Meng had already obediently dodged the moment the boss turned around. Yang Qi unleashed a Furious Slash, attracting a significant amount of the boss's aggro to prevent it from attacking Xiao Meng. Xiao Meng didn't have as much health as she and Lin Zheng; one hit would surely be an instant kill!
After unleashing Furious Slash, Yang Qi also quickly dodged out of the greatsword's attack range. She estimated that Icy Sword Qi was definitely a two-stage attack skill, and the damage from the sword hit itself would be extremely high! So, she couldn't let the greatsword hit her, otherwise, she would definitely be instantly killed! As for the sword qi, taking it was still no problem!
As a result, Yang Qi was hit by the Icy Sword Qi, but to her horror, she wasn't knocked back but was frozen! The Icy Sword Qi actually had a freezing effect!
Everyone's expressions changed instantly!
"Damn it! Liu Mang, hold on!" Lin Zheng shouted, rushing towards the boss. Lilith quickly cast a heal, bringing Yang Qi's greatly reduced health back up. Unfortunately, at this moment, the boss stepped forward and swung another sword at Yang Qi.
-890. Damn it, thankfully it was just a normal attack, but even so, Yang Qi's health was even lower, and she definitely couldn't withstand the boss's second attack.
In a critical moment, Xiao Meng rushed forward, "Blazing Slash!" Xiao Meng charmingly shouted, striking the boss with her sword. Immediately, *"Boom!"* a cluster of flames erupted, and a huge critical damage number appeared above the boss's head, -1580!
Such massive damage instantly drew the boss's aggro, and Yang Qi's crisis was finally resolved!
"Good job, Xiao Meng!" Lin Zheng praised Xiao Meng while running. By this time, he was close to the boss, and his weapon had changed from Swift Swallow to a dagger. He leaped up, "Explosion!" His flame-ignited foot kicked the boss hard in the back.
*"Boom!"* The boss flew away, -7450, a critical hit, such massive damage appeared! The boss *thumped* heavily against the cave wall, losing another 1400 health.
At the same time, Yang Qi also unfroze, with a look of lingering fear on her face!
"Damn it! I almost capsized in the gutter; I didn't expect Icy Sword Qi to have a freezing effect!" Yang Qi said with a gloomy expression!
"Hehe! Thank me! I saved you by attracting the boss's aggro!" Xiao Meng said proudly, trying to take credit. Yang Qi immediately felt depressed; she tried to save someone but ended up being saved herself. But never mind, it's just a thank you!
"Thanks, Xiao Meng!"