"Keng keng!"
The stone giant's huge body looked very bloated, but its sharp edges were all made of ice and stone. It looked like a stone man covered in muscles. Its blood-red eyes looked around like red pearls embedded in the cracks of stone. Its thick stone arms were covered in a layer of frost, and when it swung, it created a gust of wind. Clearly, if this fist came down, even if it didn't kill you, it would at least make you dizzy!
The stone giant's body was too big, and Ling Yue was slightly nervous. She unconsciously took two steps back and walked to my side, saying, "Scholar, look at this monster's stats, it looks very strong …"
The beautiful Swordswoman Ling Xue held her Thunderous Sword, her beautiful eyes staring at the stone giant, her mouth slightly open in fear.
I reached out and held Ling Xue's cold hand, and whispered, "I'll go first!"
The shock on Ling Xue's face was swept away, and she smiled sweetly. "No, I'll go with you."
I nodded, and used Eyes of the Star — —
【Hurricane Stone Giant】 (Silver Rank Miniboss)
Level: 90
Attack: 1350-1550
Defense: 950
Health: 120000
Skills: 【Fierce Wind Strike】, 【Summon Wind Blade】
Passive: This stone giant contains extremely strong wind energy, and can use wind-type battle skills.
… …
It was actually a Silver Rank Miniboss!
In other words, it had surpassed the strength of an Elite Boss, but it had not reached the standard of a True Boss. However, the Hurricane Rock Giant's Attack Power was an eye-opener. A Level 90 Quasi-Boss could have up to 1,550 Attack Power. In fact, it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a True Boss. However, this Rock Giant's Health Points were much lower, only 120,000.
Also, as expected, this stone giant's Defense was very high. 950 Defense, this was the highest Defense monster we had encountered so far. Its body of stone was not just for show!
I raised my spear and said, "I'll attract the aggro!
Qin Yun, use your curse, Ling Yue and Silent Rain, use your ice skills to slow it down! "
"Alright!"
By the time the girls responded in unison, I had already rushed forward. Unfortunately, I was only a quarter of the stone giant's height. My Blaze Spear swept down with an [Ice Wind Spike], but it only managed to freeze one of the stone giant's legs. Moreover, the stone giant itself was an ice type, so the speed reduction effect was greatly reduced.
Fortunately, my attack power was enough to break through its Defense, so I successfully aggroed the Hurricane Stone Giant.
"Bang!"
The Hurricane Stone Giant was enraged by the little human in front of it. It immediately raised its gigantic fist and smashed into my shoulder, almost forcing me to my knees. I had to use my super high Strength to grit my teeth and endure it. It would be shameful to be smashed to the ground by a monster in front of so many girls.
“1674！”
Four digits appeared above my head. As expected, 1550 Attack was enough to break through my Defense. In the next moment, the Hurricane Stone Giant waved its hand and actually brought out a biting cold wind blade. I had no way to dodge, and the wind blade cut through my body. I lost 1789 HP, and my 5160 HP was instantly reduced to less than 2000!
Fortunately, Qin Yun's [Heal] and Ling Xue also rushed forward. Her beautiful figure spun in a semicircle around the Hurricane Stone Giant, and her Thunderclap Sword hit the stone giant's ankle!
Clang!
“2347！”
Ling Xue was slightly shocked. "Such high Defense. Water Moon Slash only dealt so little damage …"
I said, "Ling Xue, be careful. The monster also has a skill called [Gale Smash], don't be careless!"
"Mn!"
The moment I finished speaking, the Hurricane Stone Giant turned around, aggroed by Ling Xue's [Water Moon Slash]. It raised its gigantic fist and landed a milky white blow on Ling Xue's Shield of Heavenly Fire!
Bang!
The flames on the Shield of Heavenly Fire flickered, and Ling Xue suffered a short period of dizziness after receiving this attack.
Ding ~!
Combat Log: Player "Windy Snow" was hit by Hurricane Stone Giant's [Gale Smash] and lost 2574 HP!
She was also stunned for 2 seconds.
… …
Ling Xue lost more than half of her HP in an instant. Anxious, I immediately used Shield Breaking Slash. The Shield Breaking Slash ignored the monster's Defense and dealt over 3000 damage. This successfully attracted the monster's aggro. Two seconds was extremely short, and when Ling Xue woke up, I immediately said, "Let's use our own health potions, or else Qin Yun won't be able to handle it alone!"
"Mn!"
After Ling Xue healed herself with a health potion and was healed back to full by Qin Yun's healing, she regained her arrogance and immediately began to provoke the monsters. Her Thunderclap Sword shone brightly and suddenly, a purple glow appeared around her body. The next moment, the little beauty used her special skill — — Sword Tempest Flurry!
Thud thud thud thud thud!
Five sounds rang out in a row. The Thunderous Sword in Ling Xue's hand flashed several times like lightning, attacking everywhere around her. The Hurricane Stone Giant wasn't spared either. Under the attack of Sword Tempest Flurry, the stone giant's giant body suddenly shook, and five super high damage numbers appeared above its head — "4569!"
“4782！”
“4479！”
“4748！”
“4942！”
I was stunned for a moment. Wasn't this Sword Tempest Flurry a little too powerful?
Earth-grade equipment really was Earth-grade. Even with a special skill, it was still this powerful. It dealt 22000 damage in an instant. This was far beyond the limits of current players!
If Ling Xue knew this skill during the Return of the King tournament, Hellfire would've been dead by now...
It wasn't just me. Even Ling Yue and Qin Yun's mouths fell open in shock. "Xiao Xue, your Sword Tempest Flurry … isn't it a little too overpowered …"
Ling Xue smiled sweetly and said in high spirits, "It's alright. After I use it, I need an hour to accumulate special skill points. However, this skill doesn't have a level, so there's no way to level it up. Its damage is just there. Once I level it up, it'll be useless …"
I blocked the Hurricane Stone Giant's attack with my spear and used Total Annihilation at the same time. Then, I said, "Of course we can't carry an Earth-grade weapon forever. We need to target higher level Heaven-grade, Ghost-grade, and even Divine Armaments!"
Sword Tempest Flurry was definitely a killer move, especially in group PvP. Imagine if Ling Xue entered an encirclement of the enemy's ace players. They thought that victory was in their grasp, but Ling Xue suddenly used Sword Tempest Flurry to one-shot all the experts around her. The enemy would probably cry. With Sword Tempest Flurry's current attack power, it could absolutely one-shot any player, even Hellfire and I!
Fortunately, every skill had a flaw. Sword Tempest Flurry's initial movement was a bit slow, and the whole process took about three seconds. In this spare time, I had enough time to activate my own [Flame Wall] to escape. Hellfire also had a temporary invincibility skill.
After the destruction of Sword Tempest Flurry, the Hurricane Stone Giant's health rapidly dropped. Under everyone's attacks, this quasi-BOSS quickly couldn't hold on. After Ling Yue used a [Fire Dragon Spell], the Hurricane Stone Giant collapsed, dropping a pile of gold and a piece of equipment!
Ling Xue smiled as she picked up the items. There was a total of 350 gold, and a Silver-grade battle boot — —
[Ice Battle Boots] (Silver-grade – Armor)
Defense: 60
Strength: + 15
Stamina: + 12
Passive: Increases the user's ice-type skills' attack power by 5%
Level Requirement: 55
(Unappraised)
… …
Finally, a set of armor!
I smiled and said, "Ling Xue, let me take care of this?"
"Yes!"
After Ling Xue threw the Ice Battle Boots to me, she smiled at everyone insincerely and said, "I'm entrusting the equipment to him. Does anyone have any objections?"
Qin Yun smiled and said, "Ling Xue acted first and reported later, what objections can we have?"
Ling Yue smiled and said, "It's good to let Scholar sell it. Every time I set up a stall, I feel like I'm a giant panda. People only look at me and don't buy …"
I smiled and said, "That's because people only look at the person and forget to look at the equipment. Next time, if you hang a sign on your chest and say it's for sale for 1 million RMB, I can guarantee that you'll sell a dozen in ten minutes!"
Ling Yue couldn't help but smile and said, "Scholar, are you asking for a beating?
I'm not that cheap. At least … at least I can sell it for 2 million RMB … "
I couldn't help but smile. To be honest, Ling Yue and Ling Xue were beautiful twins. Forget 1 million, even if it was 10 million or 100 million, there would be people willing to pay this price. After all, there weren't many beautiful little girls like them in the world.
At this time, I looked ahead and found that there was another Silver Rank Hurricane Stone Giant not far away!
Ling Xue blinked and said in shock, "Could it be … the normal monsters of this third floor are this kind of Hurricane Stone Giant?
Isn't this … too good for us? "
I nodded seriously. "Beauty Xue, you guessed right. This third floor is full of Silver Rank Hurricane Stone Giants!"
Ling Yue exclaimed in surprise, "Xue 'er, Shusheng, did you notice that after we killed the Hurricane Stone Giant, 500 sin points were directly removed!
Not only that, he even gave 200 Reputation Points! "
I immediately opened my stats window. As expected, 500 Sin points were removed and my Reputation began to rise again. It went from 1930 to 2130!
Last time, I spent 50,000 Reputation to buy the shop. Now, I could finally make up for it. There were at least 20 Stone Giants on this third floor. All of them were Reputation and experience!
Ling Yue and Ling Xue were extremely happy. Their bright eyes curved into crescent moons. Their beautiful smiles were like sweet dew that seeped into the heart. If you looked at them, all your worries would disappear.
Ling Xue waved her Thunderclap Sword and said with a smile, "Great!
We must kill all the monsters here tonight. Otherwise, I won't go offline to sleep! "
Bing Cha nodded. "Yes!
That's right, I don't know where to find such a good leveling spot in the future. Since we've found it, we can't miss it, hehe! "
Since everyone agreed, we continued to delay the night. In any case, the girls could hold on, and I could. Also, Spirit of Grief's helmet had a system that detected the user's stamina and mental state. Once I reached my limit, there would be a red light. If I was in danger, it would automatically cut off the power, so I didn't have to worry about my body. Also, since I was in a workshop, I had to work hard. Otherwise, I would be a disgrace to my profession.
Of course, in Xue Yue Studio, the other girls had no professional ethics to speak of. In fact, they pestered me every day to go shopping, but I refused.
We continued to push forward and push down the Hurricane Stone Giants one after another. These stone giants had both physical and magic attacks. For a time, stone fists and tornadoes flew all over the third floor of the ice cave. The good news was that the main players in our party were all wearing top-tier equipment, and their mechanics were passable. As a result, we were able to kill the Hurricane Stone Giants as we continued to grind them down.
Boom!
Another Hurricane Stone Giant fell. Other than a pile of gold, another pair of metal armor legguards also dropped —
[Frost Legguards] (Silver-grade — Metal Armor)
Defense: 65
Strength: + 12
Stamina: + 10
Passive: Increases user's ice-type skills' attack power by 5%
Level Requirement: 55
(Unappraised)
… …
Just as I expected, the equipment dropped here was a set. However, there was no notification of the set's effect. I didn't know if it would show up after appraising.
Anyway, high-level Silver-grade metal armor was a hot item. If I sold it, I would definitely make a fortune!
We walked more than half a circle around the ice cave. After killing 19 Hurricane Stone Giants, I had risen to Lv 69 with 25% experience. Ling Yue was Lv 66 with 92% experience. Ling Xue had risen to Lv 65. The other girls had also increased their levels. As the saying goes, misfortune can be a blessing in disguise. Today, all of us had become red names and were forced to grind in this small corner. But who would have thought that tonight would be enough for the members of Xue Yue Studio to level up so many times!
Moreover, after killing so many minibosses, all of our red names had been cleared. Ling Xue's name had also become pure white. Although everyone was exhausted, they were very happy. The girls had never tried this crazy leveling method before. Today, they all had a great time.
I, on the other hand, gained half of my bag. There were as many as 40 pieces of various high-grade Silver-grade equipment. When I returned, I would be able to properly replenish my shop!
"Puchi!"
The Blaze Spear flashed and directly pierced the thigh of the 20th Hurricane Stone Giant. It took all of its strength to pull it out. Ling Xue raised her Thunderclap Sword and used a Profound Ice Sword Energy. Under the powerful sword energy, the last Hurricane Stone Giant collapsed with a loud bang. It dropped a lot of gold and a Frost Helmet, a Silver-grade armor.
Ling Xue put away the gold, and I also threw the Frost Helmet into my bag.
Ling Yue looked at the time in reality and said with a smile, "It's already past 8 in the morning, but I'm not tired at all today. Ah, when did I become so energetic?"
I said, "If you only leveled up one level in a night, I'm sure you wouldn't say that …"
"Haha, true."
I led everyone down the third floor. On the fourth floor, we were greeted by a scattering of stone giants, and they were all ice blue. They were all pacing on the ice path.
Looking down, we had unknowingly reached the bottom of the Arctic Ice Cave. The last floor, the fifth floor, was actually a hall!