It was only a possibility, not an absolute. However, if he could make the monster mutate, the mutated monster's strength would greatly increase, and it would also drop rare items that the monster would not drop under normal circumstances!
Regardless of whether it was true or not, Chen Mo felt that he had to give it a try. A monster like the Black Goblin that did not respawn was not easy to find.
After reducing the last two Black Goblins' HP to below 10%, Chen Mo deliberately killed one of them and left the last one alive.
Chen Mo did not attack the last Black Goblin.
When a monster was not attacked by a player for a period of time, its HP recovery speed would greatly increase. Not long after, the Black Goblin's HP was restored to full.
The moment the Black Goblin's HP was restored to full, Chen Mo immediately began attacking the Black Goblin again.
After a short while, the Black Goblin's HP fell to below 10% again. Chen Mo stopped attacking and waited for the Black Goblin to recover its HP.
This continued for 13 times. When Chen Mo once again reduced the Black Goblin's HP to below 10%, the Black Goblin suddenly let out an angry roar!
In the next moment, the Black Goblin's body suddenly doubled in size. Its black skin was covered with a metallic luster, and its black eyes were bloodshot. Its movement speed had significantly increased!
Good heavens!
It really mutated!
Chen Mo could not help but be shocked!
After mutating, the Black Goblin's attributes increased visibly. If he had not been hiding on the large rock, he would not have been able to solo the Black Goblin!
However, he was currently on the large rock. No matter how strong the Black Goblin was, he was not afraid.
Seeing the Black Goblin anxiously circling around the rock, Chen Mo happily placed traps on top of the rock.
"Mutated Black Goblin, HP 3,000. Its defense is clearly higher than the Black Goblin's."
The trap only managed to reduce the Black Goblin's HP by 50 points. Chen Mo calculated that he would have to blast the Black Goblin at least 50 times before he could kill it.
Fifty times was not a small number. Even if Chen Mo hid on top of a rock and continuously attacked, it would still take him eight or nine minutes to kill the Mutant Black Goblin. If he was chased by the Mutant Black Goblin on the ground, it would take him at least twenty minutes to kill it.
Luckily, I'm smart enough to think of such a way to kill this monster. Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to kill this guy!
Chen Mo couldn't help but feel proud of himself. With the Variant Black Goblin's astonishing movement speed, dealing with it for 20 minutes wasn't easy at all. This guy's attack was definitely not low. If he was careless and was hit once or twice, it wouldn't be strange for him to be instantly killed.
In the blink of an eye, three minutes had passed, and the Mutant Black Goblin's HP had dropped by 30%.
At this rate, the Mutant Black Goblin would be dead in another six or seven minutes.
However, Chen Mo's expression gradually became serious.
He had a bad feeling.
From the beginning, when he used this method to kill the Black Goblin, he felt that there was something wrong with the Black Goblin. However, since the Black Goblin died quickly, he didn't care too much.
The Mutant Black Goblin in front of him was in the same situation.
The originally irascible Mutant Black Goblin became even more anxious and angry. From time to time, it fiercely looked up at Chen Mo who was on top of the rock. The wooden club in its hand began to fiercely hit the rock from time to time, as if it wanted to break the rock into pieces!
Not good!
The Mutant Black Goblin's legs began to bend. It was preparing to jump and attack!
At this point, how could Chen Mo not understand?
If he could think of using long-range attacks on the rock, then the game designers must have thought of it as well. However, the game designers didn't crudely make this method impossible. Instead, they made various restrictions!
Players could attack monsters from high up to make the game more interesting. However, using this method to attack monsters would attract special monsters' aggro, so it couldn't be used continuously!
Previously, Chen Mo hadn't encountered any accidents because every time he killed two Black Goblins, he would drop a rock to attract them.
Chen Mo understood that he couldn't continue to attack the Mutant Black Goblin from the rock. He had to leave the rock to reduce the Mutant Black Goblin's special aggro. Otherwise, when the special aggro accumulated to a peak, he would be the one at a disadvantage!
Thinking of this, Chen Mo didn't hesitate to jump from the rock to the opposite side of the Mutant Black Goblin.
"Roar!"
The Mutant Black Goblin roared loudly and rushed around the rock.
"What a fast speed!"
Looking from above, Chen Mo didn't feel that way. However, when he was on the ground, Chen Mo realized how strong the Mutant Black Goblin was!
With a distance of a few meters, the Mutant Black Goblin caught up to Chen Mo in a few seconds!
Bang!
Then, it stepped on a basic trap that Chen Mo had already set up on the rock!
However, at this crucial moment, the crippling effect didn't appear.
As expected, relying on the unreliable 10% chance was too unrealistic!
The Mutant Black Goblin rushed forward and was very close to Chen Mo. Chen Mo calmly placed a Shock Trap on the rock in his hand.
However, he didn't immediately drop the Shock Trap and continued to run.
Whoosh!
After running for a few steps, the Mutant Black Goblin caught up to Chen Mo.
Even though it was running around the rock, the Mutant Black Goblin's speed wasn't hindered much.
Seeing that the Mutant Black Goblin's wooden club was about to hit Chen Mo, Chen Mo moved his hand and dropped the Shock Trap.
Boom!
The Shock Trap exploded and a damage value of more than ten floated above the Mutant Black Goblin's head. However, the Mutant Black Goblin and Chen Mo were both pushed back by two meters.
Chen Mo was already prepared. The moment he was pushed back, he immediately ran to increase the distance between them.
The Mutant Black Goblin wasn't as nimble as Chen Mo. It paused for a moment before continuing to chase after Chen Mo.
However, the Mutant Black Goblin's speed was too fast. The distance that Chen Mo opened with the Shock Trap was quickly closed again.
"Basic Trap Technique!"
The Basic Trap Technique's cooldown was over. As Chen Mo ran, he quickly set up a Basic Trap.
"F * ck!
The crippling effect still didn't appear! "
The crippling effect still didn't appear. Even though the Mutant Black Goblin had lost more than fifty HP from the Basic Trap, it had already caught up to Chen Mo. Its wooden club ruthlessly swung at Chen Mo.
Chen Mo's figure flashed and dodged the Mutant Black Goblin's attack. However, the Mutant Black Goblin's attack speed was too fast. After one attack, another followed.
Chen Mo couldn't avoid it. He could only raise his crossbow and block the wooden club ruthlessly swinging down. As he raised his hand to block, he also kicked hard with his heel.
The game "Founding Era" was very realistic, especially when it came to combat. It was very close to reality. When a player attacked a monster or was attacked by a monster, they would receive additional damage.
Bang!
-88!
The Mutant Black Goblin's wooden club ruthlessly struck Chen Mo's crossbow. The crossbow didn't reduce the damage that Chen Mo received by much. In an instant, Chen Mo's HP was reduced by more than half.
However, with the help of the Mutant Black Goblin's club attack and the force of Chen Mo's heel, Chen Mo's body instantly retreated more than two meters.
In the instant that he retreated, Chen Mo fiercely turned around and sped up to escape. At the same time, he cast a low-level healing spell on himself, bringing his HP back to 120 points.
If it were any other player, they would have been at the mercy of the Mutant Black Goblin's attacks. However, Chen Mo was able to borrow the Mutant Black Goblin's attacks to temporarily escape the battle.
However, Chen Mo was able to do so largely because the Mutant Black Goblin's attacks were too powerful. If it had been a normal Black Goblin attacking, it definitely wouldn't have worked.
Once again, he pulled a few meters away from the Mutant Black Goblin. However, these few meters were nothing to the Mutant Black Goblin. In less than three seconds, the Mutant Black Goblin had caught up to Chen Mo.
All of his skills were still on cooldown. Faced with the Mutant Black Goblin's club swinging down, Chen Mo once again rolled and dodged the attack.
The Mutant Black Goblin's second attack followed. Chen Mo was already prepared. Just like before, he raised his crossbow to block and kicked hard with his heel.
Bang!
-79!
Another huge damage floated up. Chen Mo's remaining HP was less than 60 points. He could no longer endure another attack from the Mutant Black Goblin.
However, after enduring this attack, he once again opened up the distance between him and the Mutant Black Goblin.
Of course, the Mutant Black Goblin was relentless in its pursuit of Chen Mo. It seemed that Chen Mo had nowhere to run.
No!
Basic Trap's cooldown was over!
Chen Mo quickly set up a Basic Trap and threw it in front of the Mutant Black Goblin that was about to catch up to him.
Boom!
-47!
The Basic Trap exploded, but the Mutant Black Goblin's speed was still the same. The crippling effect still didn't appear.
However, Chen Mo wasn't afraid. He used his final trump card and quickly climbed back to the rock before the Mutant Black Goblin could catch up.
"Meeting such a powerful player like me, you should just accept your fate."
Looking at the furious Mutant Black Goblin below, Chen Mo sighed.
Its attributes were powerful, but unfortunately, it was still a monster. There were still loopholes in its design. He went down and tangled with the Mutant Black Goblin for a while. The Mutant Black Goblin's special aggro had obviously been greatly reduced. He could once again bombard this guy on the rock.
Although he couldn't always stay on the rock and kill the Mutant Black Goblin, the Mutant Black Goblin was no longer a threat to Chen Mo. Killing it was only a matter of time.
After bombarding the rock for a while, he went down again to pull the Mutant Black Goblin's aggro. He repeated this several times. After fifteen minutes, the Mutant Black Goblin's HP finally reached zero.