Update Time: 2014-02-24
A sudden chill assailed Xiao Mo, making her shiver uncontrollably before she opened her eyes. When Xiao Mo opened her eyes and saw the scene before her, she gasped in astonishment! A mouth full of fangs was already above her head, just about to bite down! However, that large mouth was covered in frost and completely motionless! Upon closer inspection, she realized that the entire Hellhound had been frozen solid!
"Don't just stand there! Attack quickly!" Lin Zheng's voice suddenly rang out, and Xiao Mo snapped back to reality. Right, now was not the time to ponder how the boss had been frozen! Xiao Mo immediately raised her sword and launched a deadly Chain Strike!
The Hellhound's frozen state was, without a doubt, caused by Lin Zheng's Frozen Aura! Seeing Xiao Mo on the verge of death, Lin Zheng didn't hesitate. He immediately stomped the ground, activating Frozen Aura, and managed to save Xiao Mo at the last moment! The 10-second freeze time passed in a flash. The boss was about to unfreeze, but it still had nearly half its health left! At this moment, Lin Zheng couldn't help but feel jealous of Yang Qi! If he had the Jiaotu Sword, the boss's remaining half health could be burned to ashes with a single Golden Crow Slash! What a tragedy! Now, without Golden Crow Slash, Lin Zheng could only think of other ways to deal with this boss!
Suddenly, Lin Zheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately said to Xiao Mo, "Xiao Mo, attack the boss's neck. I'll go under its belly!" The boss was enormous, and these two spots were its blind spots for attacks! As long as they could avoid the boss's fatal attacks, slowly wearing it down wouldn't be a problem!
Xiao Mo heard Lin Zheng's words and, without hesitation, leaped gracefully, stepping lightly on the boss's head to land on its neck. At the same time, Lin Zheng "whooshed" and slid under the boss. Almost instantly, the boss's frozen state ended! "Roar—Roar—Roar—" The boss roared madly, constantly shaking its head, trying to throw Xiao Mo off its neck, but Xiao Mo held onto the collar on the boss's neck and wasn't so easily shaken off! Unable to shake her off, the boss's two side heads tried to turn back and attack Xiao Mo. Unfortunately, the side heads' necks were too short. Although they bared their teeth viciously in front of Xiao Mo, they were just a bit too short to attack her! Instead, Xiao Mo's rapier left wounds all over their faces!
Lin Zheng, under the boss's belly, wasn't idle either. He gripped the boss's fur tightly with one hand and stabbed the boss mercilessly with a dagger in the other! Now the boss was truly caught between a rock and a hard place! Its health was dropping dangerously fast! The boss, unable to attack its enemies, ran wildly, constantly crashing into the walls of the Remains Chamber. Each impact took a significant amount of its own health! But it must be said, the boss's actions were effective. The intense vibrations finally threw both Lin Zheng and Xiao Mo violently away!
Finally shaking off its two arch-enemies, the boss let out a furious bark, its six eyes glowing fiercely. It pounced, biting down directly on Lin Zheng, who had crashed into the wall! Lin Zheng's head had hit the wall from the fall, leaving him a bit dizzy! When he collected himself, he found the boss's massive body already pouncing on him! Lin Zheng jumped up in fright, his legs a bit unsteady as he stomped the ground! "Ice Pierce!"
"Whoosh—" A huge ice spike instantly shot up in front of Lin Zheng. The boss's massive body was completely unable to adjust its posture in mid-air, and it could only, with eyes full of fear, crash its middle head into the sharp ice spike! "Pfft—" With a sound, the ice spike directly pierced into the boss's mouth, passing through its neck. At the same time, a very fatal damage number floated above the boss's head: -86800! Accompanied by two whimpers, the boss's two side heads slumped limply to the ground, and a pile of treasures burst forth, scattering everywhere! Whoosh—! A golden light emanated from Lin Zheng's body. Lin Zheng had leveled up to 48!
"Damn it! You scared me to death!" Looking at the huge dog head lying in front of him, Lin Zheng still felt some lingering fear! If he had been a moment slower to recover his senses, he would have been inside the boss's belly by now! At this moment, Xiao Mo also walked over, rubbing her forehead, clearly having taken a hard fall when she was thrown off!
"This guy, he was too hard to kill!" Xiao Mo said, kicking the boss with a dissatisfied expression.
"Of course it was hard to kill. You have to understand, this is a level 60 elite dungeon, originally meant for level 60 players to challenge. We came in at such a low level. It would be a ghost if there was no difficulty!"
"So what do we do now!?" Xiao Mo opened her quest log and said, "According to the quest requirements, besides that damned Undead Mage Ouna, we also have to kill a Gargoyle Leader and a Black Warrior Commander. Those guys will definitely be even harder to kill. Do we still want to continue!?"
"Damn it, in this situation, it would be great if that scoundrel Liu Mang and Lilith were here!" Lin Zheng said helplessly!
"Where are so many 'if only' and 'what if' in reality!? Tell me, continue or leave? You decide!" Xiao Mo pointed to the already appearing teleporter.
Lin Zheng thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Continue! We still have about an hour and a half. At worst, I'll just wait for Ghost God's cooldown. I refuse to believe there's a boss in this dungeon that Ghost God can't take down!"
"What if there really is!?" Xiao Mo asked, blinking her big eyes. Lin Zheng paused at her words, then said helplessly, "If there really is a boss like that, then we can only consider ourselves unlucky. We'll just treat it as paying a level's tuition to clear the dungeon!"
"Oh—" Xiao Mo didn't say anything more but raised her foot, intending to step into the teleporter. "Wait! What's the hurry!" Lin Zheng grabbed Xiao Mo's hand. Xiao Mo suddenly trembled all over and cried out, blushing with anger, "Let go!"
"Hehe—sorry!" Lin Zheng said with an embarrassed smile, letting go of her hand!
"Phew—" Xiao Mo let out a breath, but her small face was still somewhat flushed, looking very alluring! "Tell me, what else? If you don't say something serious, I'll chop off your hand!"
"We haven't picked up the items the boss dropped yet. Are we just going to leave like this!" Lin Zheng said, pointing to the scattered treasures on the ground. Xiao Mo was stunned. She had actually forgotten about that! Lin Zheng looked at her helplessly, then walked forward to loot the corpse. The first item he found was a sword, and to Lin Zheng's surprise, it was actually a Gold-grade item. It was quite rare for a Silver-grade boss to drop a Gold-grade item!
Paladin's Sword: Level Requirement 55, Gold-grade
Physical Attack 1032-1326, Magic Attack 836-924
Strength: Strength +42
Stamina: Stamina +43
Quick Hand: Attack Speed +10%
Light Feather: Equipment Level Requirement -10
Attached Skill: Holy Light
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Lin Zheng blinked. What a fierce Gold-grade sword! Level 55 requirement, effectively level 45. For first-tier players, this was truly formidable! Lin Zheng really wanted this sword. He had the Forced Assembly skill, so using a sword was not a problem! As long as he found another sword, his attack power would increase significantly! However, Lin Zheng looked at the sword at Xiao Mo's waist. From the luster of the equipment, it was actually only a Bronze-grade item, and it didn't seem to be a high level either, yet even so, Xiao Mo still possessed astonishing burst damage, which made Lin Zheng sigh inwardly!
"Here, it's for you! You're exactly level 45, right? Equip it, and it'll be easier to fight monsters later!" Lin Zheng handed the sword to Xiao Mo. Xiao Mo accepted it unceremoniously. She had wanted to replace her sword for a long time, but unfortunately, she could only buy a Bronze-grade one on the market. No matter how much money she had, she couldn't buy a better quality one. Now, getting a Gold-grade sword that she could use perfectly made her very happy! What was even better was that this sword was a rapier, practically custom-made for her!
Besides the sword, the boss also dropped a pair of bracers, also part of the Shadow set. Lin Zheng didn't bother to look at them and just threw them to Xiao Mo. The equipment went to Xiao Mo, and he unceremoniously took all the money, pocketing it! After confirming that the last copper coin had been collected into his bag, Lin Zheng was the first to walk into the teleporter, appearing on a spiral staircase...