After a dozen or so minutes, all of the Dryads surrounding White Cloud City had been killed. Countless gold coins and equipment piled up like a small mountain. However, no one was willing to leave the city because there was a large swarm of Iron Spike Beetles charging towards them from afar. This was the ninth wave of monsters, the second to last wave!
I couldn't help but suck in a deep breath as I stared at the Iron Spike Beetles in the distance. "Level 150 elite, 3400 ~ 3800 Attack, 100% bonus damage to city walls, and 100 HP regeneration per second!"
Ling Yue's mouth fell open. "Ah?
Doesn't that mean we can't let the Iron Spike Beetles near the city walls?
Otherwise, these cockroach-like insects will eat away at White Cloud City's foundation? "
I nodded. "Yes, that's right!"
Ling Xue blinked. "Then what should we do?
Should we send people to jump down and act as meat shields to attract the monsters' aggro? "
"Yes, that's the best way. We'll minimize the sacrifices!"
Dragon Soul immediately raised his voice. "Alright, I'll immediately find a bunch of high-defense knights and throw them down!"
I immediately shook my head. "No!
If we do that, we'll just die for nothing. Each side of the city walls can be taken care of with two players. Mages and archers on the city walls can deal damage together. Find a bunch of high-damage priests to focus on healing the two people below! "
Uncle Solitary Grave was a bit surprised. "Then, what should we do?"
I lowered my body and said, "Ling Xue and I will go down to the east gate. As for the other positions, you guys can decide for yourselves. Xue Yue can only defend one side of the city wall. This is the best we can do."
Hellfire rubbed his palms together. "Alright!
Solitary Grave and I will go to the south gate. Leave that side to us! "
At this time, in Snow Moon's guild, Tearless said sincerely, "Guild leader, I'm about to summon the Earth Rank boss Green Python. Please give me a slot. Green Python's tankiness is enough to take charge!"
I couldn't help but smile. "Alright!
Tearless, go help defend the north side of White Cloud City. Leave the rest to Blooddrinker. "
Solitary Grave replied: "I've already contacted Seven-star Lamp, he promised to leave the city and guard the west gate"
"OK, then there's no problem. Everyone, get ready to fight!"
"Alright!"
I turned around to look at Ling Xue and said with a smile, "Don't worry. I'll have Ling Er follow you. The two of you should be able to defend the northern section of the eastern wall, right?"
Ling Xue raised her Flying Star Sword and smiled in high spirits. "Of course, don't worry. After this wave, just have Ling Er send me up."
"En!"
And so, I opened my hand and summoned a new mount!
A rainbow-colored magic light flashed and lit up half of White Cloud City's night sky. A majestic Hell Warhorse appeared in the middle of the magic light. It let out a neigh and landed on the city wall. Scorching flames rose from its body and it looked like a king. This was my new mount — Blaze Warhorse!
Instantly, all the players on the East Gate were stunned.
Dragon Soul: "Fuck!
Is this even a mount?
It's … too cool, isn't it? "
Melancholy: "Guild leader is awesome!
What an OP mount! So cool! "
Xiaoyue Sword Flame: "Uuuu, Scholar is so cool. If only I had such an amazing boyfriend."
Zi Yue's eyes were also misty. "What a cool horse …"
… …
Ling Yue's mouth fell open for a moment before she said, "Scholar … where did you get this warhorse? Why didn't you tell me?"
I turned around and smiled. "Let's talk about this on the sofa after we finish defending the city. It's too long to talk about it …"
"Mn mn!"
I patted the Blaze Warhorse's long face and said with a smile, "How about I call you Little Fire from now on?"
"Neigh neigh …"
The Blaze Warhorse raised its front hooves and neighed. Clearly, it was satisfied with the name. And so, the Blaze Warhorse's name was changed to Little Fire in the pet window.
I turned around to look at Ling Xue and stretched out a hand. "Come, let me take you to the bottom of the city."
"Mn."
Ling Xue happily moved forward. I exerted a bit of strength on the warhorse and pulled Ling Xue into my arms. After I gave the order, the Blaze Warhorse turned into a streak of fire and crashed down the city like a meteor!
"Bang!"
Sparks flew in all directions, and the ground beneath the city was split apart. This Immortal Ranked Mount was indeed different. Both its entrance and landing stance were extremely cool!
With a sweet smile, Ling Xue replied, "He's too handsome!
Bring me along when you go leveling in the future! "
I smiled back. "No problem. But first, you need to go with Ling Er and attract the aggro of the Iron Spike Beetles. Otherwise, this wall of White Cloud City will collapse."
"Okay!"
Ling Xue nimbly jumped off the horse and ran side by side with Ling Er toward the other side of the city wall.
Only then did I have the time to look at my mount's stats. Riding on a Celestial Rank Mount, my stats jumped so much that even I couldn't believe it. Attack and Defense increased to a terrifying level--
Frivolous Scholar (Dragon Speaker)
Level: 120
HP: 44750
Attack: 4550 ~ 5000 (Swordsman) 3890 ~ 4140 (Archer)
Defense: 9275
Magic Resist: 2520
Reputation: 722700
Luck: 1
… …
md！
The Blazing Warhorse's stats were just too overbearing. 1250 Strength. With my Strength growth rate, that was 1500 Attack!
1250 Stamina was equivalent to 12500 HP. Not to mention, the Blaze Warhorse also gave me 17500 HP and 5000 Defense. This meant that my sword-type attack power was a terrifying 5000, and my total HP was 44750. My Defense was also over 9000. I was starting to wonder if I would be able to break through the Defense of a Heaven Rank boss the next time I solo it again.
In the next moment, I made a wise and decisive decision — from now on, I would never get off the Blaze Warhorse, not even if I had to go to the toilet!
Who the hell would be willing to get off such a cool and powerful mount?
Hmph hmph, that bastard Seven-star Lamp thinks he's so great just because he's riding a skeleton horse. If he sees the stats of my Blaze Warhorse, Seven-star Lamp will probably want to commit seppuku!
"Hehehe, let's laugh proudly!"
I felt invincible on the warhorse. I couldn't help but wave my sword at the Iron Spike Beetles in front of me and say, "Cockroach!
Come quickly, I'm waiting for you! "
On the city wall, Bing Cha said, "Ling Yue, what is your Scholar talking about?"
Ling Yue was speechless. "That guy … he's probably babbling nonsense. Bing Cha, why did he say that Scholar is mine?"
Iced Tea covered her mouth and smiled. "Stop pretending!
Hmph hmph, your relationship with Scholar is probably more than just sister-in-law, isn't it? "
Ling Yue blushed. "Nonsense, Scholar and I …"
"You're innocent?"
"Yes!"
"Hmph hmph, do you think I'll believe you?"
The beautiful shop owner's face turned red. She had long since lost her usual composure and calmness. She immediately raised her little fist and said, "Stupid Bing Cha, if you … if you say another word, I'll beat you up!"
Bing Cha smiled and begged for mercy. "Please don't, boss. I still want to make a living in this industry. I won't say another word, alright?"
"Hmph!"
… …
It didn't take long for the Iron Spike Beetles to surround us. They were waving their front claws like praying mantis blades, but the Blaze Warhorse was too tall for them to reach at all!
After pulling the aggro of the monsters, I immediately took out my Ice Fire Bow and fired in all directions. The Thousand Piercing Arrows immediately attracted the attention of a large group of beetles. My Immortal Rank warhorse also gave me a 100% attack speed buff. After my attack speed was doubled, the Thousand Piercing Arrows became much more frequent. Arrow Meteors wreaked havoc in all directions. Right now, I was standing on top of White Cloud City and watching this battle with my sword energy. On the left, Ling Xue's sword energy was flying everywhere, and on the right, my Arrow Meteors were sweeping in all directions!
Inside the party channel —
Dragon Soul exclaimed in shock, "Fuck!
Their DPS is probably on par with everyone on the city right now … "
Gui Zhi burst into tears. "That's awesome. When can I be so perverted?"
Judging Sky laughed. "When did you become a transvestite? You're completely OP!"
Dragon Soul + Gui Zhi pointed his middle finger at me. "Fuck you!"
… …
In reality, when Ling Xue and I were surrounded by the mobs, our DPS was invincible. Of course, these Level 150 elite mobs were pretty painful to deal with because I could see Ling Xue's HP bar dropping rapidly in the party channel.
I, on the other hand, was so strong that I was able to ignore the monsters' attacks. My 9000 Defense was at least three times the damage of a 3000 Attack monster. Even though I wouldn't lose 1 HP due to the level disadvantage, the damage the Iron Spike Beetles dealt to me was limited to a few dozen points. A series of delightful damage numbers appeared above my head —
“27！”
“38！”
“41！”
“32！”
… …
The players on the city walls were astonished. "Are these really Level 150 elite mobs?
They can't even break a Level 120 player's Defense? "
I laughed and shouted at the city walls, "Sister Qin Yun, go help Ling Xue. I'll drink a health potion myself!"
"Mn, okay!"
Qin Yun had moved to the left of the city wall. As for me, I didn't even need to drink a health potion. I swapped out my Soul Demise Sword and used Divine Dragon Slash to recover several thousand HP. I could completely ignore the Iron Spike Beetles' attacks!
The players on the city walls also started attacking me. Arrows and Ice Rain rained down on me, and it wasn't long before I noticed that my HP was starting to drop. Damage numbers of around 500 appeared above my head. Furious, I turned around and cursed, "Who's attacking me with everyone? I got hit too!"
The Snow Moon mages immediately panicked. "We're sorry, guild leader, we made a mistake …"
Damn. Thank goodness I had enough HP, or I would've been one-shot by these noobs.
However, this also reflected a fatal weakness of mine. My physical defense was high enough, but magic damage was definitely a fatal weakness. Even if an ordinary mage were to attack me, it would still hurt quite a bit. This weakness was unsolvable, and it was a common weakness of the warrior job class.
The eastern gate of White Cloud City was singing a song of victory, but the other gates weren't doing so well. Dragon Soul and Judging Sky couldn't tank the Iron Spike Beetles' attacks at all after they jumped down. Their HP plummeted, and even though a large number of priests were healing them, their equipment would be completely destroyed in less than half an hour.
The northern gate lacked a powerful attacker, so the Iron Spike Beetles surrounded Dragon Soul, Judging Sky, and Tearless' Green Python like a tidal wave. It was only a matter of time before they died.
On the other side, in the party channel, Uncle Solitary Grave complained, "Fuck!
These beetles have high Attack, and they even have a weak point attack effect. It hurts like hell. Hellfire, what about you? "
Hellfire shouted, "Rock Thrust!"
Countless Iron Spike Beetles were tossed into the air, but in the next moment, they surrounded the Hellfire. In a few bites, the Hellfire was badly battered. As a result, the Hellfire shouted again, "You motherf * cker!"
Clearly, Solitary Grave and Hellfire couldn't hold on for much longer.
I looked into the distance. The number of Iron Spike Beetles at the eastern gate of White Cloud City was decreasing. Almost all the mobs on the plains were gathered together for us to slaughter, and our DPS was maximized. Ling Xue's sword energy was so sharp that even the blue sword wind was blowing toward me!
We could kill these beetles in about 20 minutes, so I said in the party channel, "Uncle Solitary Grave, Dragon Soul, hold on for a bit longer. If possible, Ling Xue and I will come back to help you!"
Dragon Soul said, "Mn. You'd better hurry, or I'll have to use my Affection skill!"
I exclaimed in shock, "Fuck!
You have a Affection skill?
Who did you use it with? "
Dragon Soul's face turned red. "With Gui Zhi …"
"..."
It wasn't long before there were almost no Iron Spike Beetles left at the eastern gate of White Cloud City. Even if Summer's Frost Slime King tanked them, it wouldn't be a problem. Therefore, I urged my mount toward the north. In the distance, I saw Dragon Soul and Xing Tian fighting fiercely. Bing Cha, Ling Yue, and the other girls had come over to watch the show.
Bing Cha giggled. "Hey hey!
Dragon Soul, hurry up and use your Affection skill! We're all waiting to see it! The Affection skill of two men will definitely be something new! "
Dragon Soul didn't even blush. He immediately raised his sword and said, "Gui Zhi, jump down and show us what an OP Affection skill is!"
Gui Zhi fearlessly jumped down the city wall with an imposing aura. However, the super high jump caused the dark mage to fall to the ground and die!
Dragon Soul suddenly appeared and ran next to Gui Zhi. The two of them immediately swung their weapons and started using their Affection skills!
Swhoosh swhoosh!
Two rays of light flashed. Dragon Soul's sword glowed white, and a giant black dragon rose from Gui Zhi's sword!
In the next moment, both of them swung their weapons in unison. "Hah!
Black Dragon Breaks the Ranks! "
"Roar!"
With a roar, the black dragon pierced through the air and burrowed into the ground. When it emerged again, hundreds of Iron Spike Beetles were tossed into the air, and damage numbers appeared above their heads.
“120042！”
“114301！”
“138206！”
“116523！”
… …
It turned out that this skill dealt damage to all targets within a 20x20 yard radius and took half of their HP!
However, this Affection skill was clearly too weak. It only dealt so little damage!
That being said, Dragon Soul and Gui Zhi were clearly very pleased with the damage numbers. They put their hands on their waists and laughed arrogantly at the city wall. "How is it? Scared?"
"Puchi!"
The Snow Moon girls on the city wall all laughed. After seeing Ling Yue and my Ice Rain Break, and Bing Cha and my One Sword Leaves the Dust, this Affection skill of Black Dragon Breaks the Ranks was too weak!
I immediately shouted, "Bing Cha, come down and show these two what a real Affection skill is!"
"Okay!"
Bing Cha jumped down, her snow-white cape fluttering in the wind. She landed in an extremely handsome pose!