The Druid Grand Elder.
"Oh!
I've lived for so long that I've almost forgotten the taste of human flesh! "
The wild bear clapped its paws and grinned fiendishly at us. It was a strange feeling to see a bear grinning at us.
I was shocked. Ling Xue licked her red lips and returned the favor with an invincible "grin". "I've lived for twenty years, but I've never tasted bear meat. Finally, my chance has come!"
Ling Yue was speechless. "Xiao Xue, didn't dad take you to eat bear paw last time?"
"I forgot what it tasted like..."
"OMG!"
I coughed. "Enough with the nonsense. Follow me. Ling Xue, don't deal too much damage, or you'll have no one to blame if you die!"
"Oh oh, it's fine. You go!"
I raised my sword and shot out a Corrosive Arrow + Stun Arrow combo. Then, I activated Wild Charge!
Whoosh!
I reached the boss in the blink of an eye. The wild bear roared angrily and buffed itself with a skill. Then, it swung its paw at me!
"Bang!"
My armor shook violently and my HP dropped like crazy.
“242374！”
Fuck, this boss's attack power was much higher than the last one!
Total Annihilation!
Shield Breaker Slash!
Following the principle of "Random Slash", Ling Xue landed next to the boss. Snowflakes dropped from her Snow Domain Blade, but she didn't manage to freeze the boss.
Chrysanthemum Daohana's Sealing Spell also missed. Ling Yue's Waning Moon Arrow didn't do anything either. The skills of a Level 255 max level player were useless in front of this Level 259 Demon Domain boss. They didn't even have a 5% chance of success!
I opened my hand and used Dragon Bind. As expected, a half-baked Holy Domain player like me was also immune to the skill.
This round of attacks didn't stun me. Instead, it enraged the Giant Bear!
"Roar roar!"
The wild bear roared angrily as purple flames appeared all over its body. It had entered the Demon Domain Transformation state. Damn, even high-level bosses are so cool. I can't live!
"Wind Splitting Claw!"
His entire body was in pain. He had been struck by the bear's paw!
“580374！”
It had even been a critical strike! Damn it!
I grumbled and hurriedly cast a Holy Heal on myself. I took three steps back and suddenly counterattacked with Wild Charge!
The strategy of going back and forth worked. Finally, a stun mark appeared on the Boss's forehead!
"Clang clang clang …"
The flames of the Scarlet Cloud Sword whistled, leaving streaks of blood on the Boss' body. It could even cut sparks. It seemed that this Elder Druid's armor had reached the supreme realm of copper skin and iron bones.
My attack speed was fast, and I finished two rounds of attacks in the blink of an eye. In total, I had taken out over 1.2 million HP, but the boss wasn't much slower. It easily slapped me three times, and each slap took out around 250,000 HP. After two rounds of attacks, I discovered that my HP had sadly hit rock bottom!
No matter how hard Qin Yun tried, she couldn't get her HP back up. She could only shout, "Scholar, if you can't get your HP back up, prepare for the next strategy.
I nodded. "Ling Xue, get ready to block!"
"Oh!"
As I spoke, I withdrew my sword and retreated. I was as fast as lightning, and the boss couldn't catch up at all.
Ling Xue's movement speed wasn't fast, but it was very precise. She just happened to block the boss's path and swiftly drew a few overlapping Z-lines, perfectly blocking the boss for a few seconds.
The Wild Bear was enraged, and its aggro shifted to Ling Xue in an instant. The wind whistled as the Wild Bear's Wind Splitting Claw landed on Ling Xue's back. The little beauty's entire body trembled as cold sweat dripped down her forehead. The Wild Bear's attack had instantly wiped out all of Ling Xue's HP.
Ling Xue's body dissipated into white light and reappeared.
I felt a chill in my heart. This boss was going to be a tough one!
I quickly used Ling Xue to block the boss's path while Qin Yun desperately healed me. However, good times didn't last long. Ling Xue's HP was also empty after two slaps. This boss's aggro was very difficult to control. It was like a scale that could tip over at any moment. If I didn't attack it for two seconds, it would definitely "shift its attention".
It was at this moment a crescent moon appeared above the boss's head. Finally, Chrysanthemum Daohana's Sealing Spell was a success!
"Quick, Soul Shatter!"
"Mn!"
The success of the Sealing Spell meant that Soul Shackles's hit rate was 100%. The boss's HP started dropping rapidly, and coupled with my Cruel and Poison debuffs, it looked very satisfying.
I used a Holy Healing Spell and busied myself for a while. Finally, Qin Yun's HP was full!
We started over again. This time, Ling Xue was very careful to block the boss's path. She didn't dare to use Zigzag anymore. Instead, she moved in a zigzag pattern and blocked the boss's path. I had never seen this kind of footwork before. The little beauty was so smart that she actually learned to innovate on her own.
After a while, the entire party died once. I was hit twice by the wild bear and died once. He didn't care if I transformed or not. Qin Yun and Ling Yue were one-shot. Chrysanthemum Daohana barely survived the second hit. When the party was about to be wiped, Ling Xue used Wrath of the Sword and Shield to escape. It was only after everyone had revived that we decided to fight again.
After fighting for half an hour, the Wild Bear's HP finally hit rock bottom.
I didn't dare to ask to transfer the experience anymore. If I did, the girls would die immediately. This boss didn't give us any room for negotiation.
Therefore, I suggested, "Ling Xue, Ling Yue, you two use Affection to steal this experience?"
The two beauties looked at each other and finally nodded in agreement.
I pulled the Boss' aggro. Very soon, I used Overwhelming Icefire. Endless Heavenly Fire and Mystic Ice crisscrossed and pierced the Boss' body. I used a large-scale Affection skill on one person. This Druid could finally rest in peace.
“372632！”
“342048！”
“321387！”
A string of damage numbers flew up. The wild bear finally whimpered and fell to the ground!
It dropped a pile of gold and some equipment. The results were gratifying.
I took the initiative to walk forward and inspect the equipment the boss had dropped for us. The dull equipment's stats appeared in front of my eyes one by one —
[Helmet of the Roaring Storm (Bundle)]: Level 255 Demon-grade metal armor. Increases hit rate by 40% and Defense by more than 3000. Ling Xue and I didn't need it, so we could only sell it for 124784 gold. It was a relatively expensive set of equipment to be sold, but it was a bit of a waste to sell such good equipment to a shop. Still, we had no other choice. We couldn't sell it after it was bound.
[Emissary's Gauntlet of Faith (Bundle)]: Level 255, Sub-Immortal-grade leather armor. Increases Agility by 37%, Defense is pretty good, and it also increases the user's max limit by 20,000. This is an authentic high-grade leather armor, a treasure that mid-tier leather armor players dream of. However, in our opinion, this item is only worth 5257 gold.
[Outland Walker's Leather Boots]: Level 255 Gold-grade metal armor. This one wasn't bound, but it was actually Gold-grade. We ignored it and couldn't sell it even if we set up a stall.
[Spirit Fire Staff]: Level 255 Dark Gold – grade staff. The stats were so bad that none of the girls wanted it. In the end, they gave it to Ling Yue to sell for some gold to feed her family.
… …
Okay, the trash equipment was appraised. They were trash indeed.
Next up was a cloth armor gauntlet. It glowed with silver light. It looked a bit familiar —
[Black Tortoise Gloves] (High-grade Immortal-grade — Cloth Armor)
Defense: 4200
Magic Resist: 2800
Intelligence: + 2250
Stamina: + 2100
Agility: + 2250
Passive: Increases user's Magic Attack by 27%
Passive: Increases user's Defense by 5000
Passive: Increases user's Max HP by 7%
Passive: Cannot be dropped, cannot be traded
Slots: 12
Level Requirement: 255
Title Requirement: Apocalypse's Descent
Reputation Requirement: 2850000
(Unappraised)
… …
"Heh, it's actually an S3 series cloth armor set. My luck isn't bad ~"
I smiled and raised the cloth gauntlet in my hand. "Ling Yue, Xiang Xiang, who wants this?"
Chrysanthemum Daohana shook her head. "My gauntlet increases hit rate, so it's more suitable for me. I don't want it. Sister Ling Yue can have it?"
Ling Yue thanked me profusely and accepted the gauntlet.
Then, the last piece of equipment was another silver gauntlet. It was just a set of metal armor!
As expected, the Black Tortoise Gauntlet was another piece of the S4 series armor set. It added 27% Defense, 15% max HP, 220% Ice and Fire Resistance, 16% chance to reflect damage, and a chance to deal 1.5 times damage. This piece of equipment added so many stats that it could be said to be a king tier equipment at the current stage of the game.
No one competed for it, so this Black Tortoise Gauntlet naturally went to Ling Xue. The little beauty accepted the gauntlet happily. In the future, when she collected a complete set, she would be able to replace the Ice Bones set.
… …
Looking at the time, it was already 6 in the morning. It looked like it would be at least 9 in the morning after killing the last boss. If we were slightly slower, we might be able to eat lunch.
"Above us is the seventh floor of the Nine Heavens Tower. Let's go!" Ling Yue held her staff and took the lead to step onto the stairs.
I said, "Let me go first?"
"No need. At most, you can use Polar Freeze to escape. Hehe ~ ~"
The beautiful boss impulsively went up. Ling Xue and I hurriedly followed to protect her. Qin Yun and Chrysanthemum Daohana smiled and followed with their staffs.
The cold wind howled and the Yin energy blew.
In the darkness, Ling Yue exclaimed and then there was no more movement. A white light flew up as if she had been reborn.
When I arrived, I shouted and countless blue flames flew out of my body. My Scarlet Cloud Sword also shone brightly. Many cyclones gave off a bright light that illuminated the surroundings!
Immediately, all of us were scared out of our wits!
Pairs of blood-red eyes stared at us and hissed. The seventh floor of the Nine Heavens Tower was actually the territory of a bunch of venomous pythons!
"Ah?"
Ling Xue was a bit dazed. Before she could react, she was insta-killed. The venomous snakes that were dozens of feet long spat out their long tongues. Venom sprayed everywhere and had very high magic damage. Ling Xue couldn't block them at all.
Following that, there were two more screams. Qin Yun and Daohua Xiang also died. It wasn't that they died miserably, but they were scared out of their wits by the surrounding poisonous snakes. After all, girls were more afraid of these poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts.
I raised my shield and counterattacked. Ice Wall suddenly shook. Shield Strike!
"Bang!"
Ling Xue had only managed to stun one of them, but the other two Pythons had managed to sneak up on her. A bone-piercing pain radiated from her back, and she had lost over 200,000 HP in an instant. It was no wonder why Ling Xue had been instantly killed by two Pythons.
The girls resurrected, but there was no way out. They were instantly killed!
I was a bit dazed. Fuck, we got wiped!
Just let me lie on the ground. Come on, grandsons, eat me!
The pythons didn't hold back at all. Venom sprayed out of their mouths as they bit into my Icy Barrier. The high-level shield let out a roar, but my HP continued to drop in the end. In less than half a minute, my body relaxed and I was dead.
The resurrection prophecy had brought me back from the gates of hell. I didn't even condense my cyclone and calmly accepted the slaughter.
Swhoosh!
I lost a third of my experience and resurrected in a human village not far away from the Lifestone. After the system update, I didn't need to resurrect in a main city. Instead, I could resurrect in a nearby village. This way, players could save some travel time, and Eternal Moon Corporation could save some saliva.
The girls were all there, and they looked very excited.
"Did we get wiped?" Ling Xue said with a smile.
I nodded. "Yes, it's so embarrassing. We can't even kill two bosses, but we were one-shot by the mobs on the seventh floor. Embarrassing, embarrassing …"
Ling Yue said, "Strange, why are the mobs of the seventh floor gathered at the entrance?
And there are so many of them … "
"This is clearly an ambush for the players. They want us to step in and die," Qin Yun said angrily.
Ling Yue said with a smile, "Even our party was one-shot in less than a minute. I don't know if the other players can survive it."
"Unless all five of us go in together and use our ultimate skill, there's no way," Qin Yun said.
Ling Xue glared and said with a smile, "I don't think so. Think about it, don't Scholar and Fragrance have a affection skill called 'Blazing Prison'?
It should be a skill that can lock a large number of targets. Why don't we try it this time? I'll use Wrath of the Sword and Shield to attract the attention of the mobs. Then, Scholar and Fragrance will use the affection skill. If it works, we can conquer the seventh floor of the Nine Heavens Tower. "
I clapped and smiled. "Xiao Xue's plan is great. Let's do this. We can also test the effects of Blazing Prison!"
"Yes!"
The plan was decided, and we began to run into the dungeon. At the same time, we were filled with anticipation.
After passing through the ice cave, we directly charged into the Nine Heavens Mystic Tower. In the distance, we could see the ancient tower standing tall in the ruins. We had already cleared the first to the sixth floor. Now, only the top three floors had not been cleared.
There were no monsters along the way, and we easily reached the sixth floor. In front of us, a dim light flashed. The stench from the seventh floor made people shiver. We could even hear the hissing of pythons.
"Are you ready?
Scholar and Fragrance, fill up your mana. I'm going up. Wrath of the Sword and Shield is invincible for 30 seconds. Hurry up! "
Ling Xue raised her sword and smiled confidently. "I'll summon all the mobs and try to kill them in one hit. Scholar will transform, and with the help of the cyclone, his affection skill's attack power should increase by quite a bit."
"Okay, get ready!"
Ling Xue jumped into the seventh floor. At the same time, she shouted and covered her body with a shadow shield. Her sharp sword also came out.
"Xiangxiang, now is the time!"
I stepped into the seventh floor and shouted. My body was covered in a layer of blue flames. Chrysanthemum Daohana also flashed to my side. The two of us pressed the affection skill button together: Blazing Prison!
Streaks of red light shot into the sky from the Scarlet Heaven Sword. Chrysanthemum Daohana had a calm expression. A layer of dark purple light wrapped around her staff. That was the starting position for Soul Seal!
Whoosh!
A purple-colored prison with a diameter of 100 meters opened up. Strands of purple light rained down from the sky and sealed the Level 259 Warsong Pythons one after another!
Following that, raging fire dragons descended from the sky, smashing into the ground and devouring these venomous pythons!
"Ah!"
Ling Yue and Qin Yun were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths when they saw the Python's HP plummet and it died a few seconds later.