"Mom, where are you? Big bro, where are you?"
The girl with shoulder-length hair was walking leisurely on the hillside with an orange-red lantern in her hand. She mumbled something to herself all the time, and from the side, her figure was slender. Her red and black cape hugged the curve of her buttocks, and the golden-outlined mage robe collar in front of her chest exposed a lot of her fair skin. It was a mesmerizing sight.
"Gulp..."
I gulped and forced myself to calm down. "Monsters these days are so cute. You're about the same age as Beiming and Lian Xin, but your figure is a little better …"
Beiming Xue immediately puffed out her chest and said angrily, "Big bro, are you saying that my figure is bad?!"
I clenched my fists. "It's good. Beiming Xue has both front and back. She might not be as good as this monster at the beginning, but she'll definitely beat her later …"
Murong Mingyue giggled. "Of course. Our Beiming Xue is famous for her perky butt. Come here and let big sis touch it …"
Beiming Xue blushed. Lin Yixin said, "Alright, stop teasing Lil Beiming, you unscrupulous bastards. Lu Chen, use Dark Pupils to check out this monster's stats. Don't scare yourself half to death like Dragon Girl. It'll be so embarrassing …"
I nodded and threw Dark Pupils at the monster. I couldn't help but suck in a breath. Tsk tsk, this monster's stats are amazing, and it's a mage-type monster too. I can't afford to hurt it —
[Lampholder Girl] (Demon Spirit)
Level: 300
Magic Attack: 37000 ~ 48500
Defense: 39500
HP: 2950000
Skills: [Flame Blast], [Icicle], [Divine and Demon Break]
Property: Indestructible, Magic Shield durability increased by 100%
Introduction: In ancient times, at the borders of the Vanished God Empire, the four great dukes lived a corrupt and licentious life. They captured beautiful women from the common folk to satisfy their own desires and perverted desires. Moreover, these old fellows, who were almost a hundred years old, loved young girls. They captured countless girls between the ages of 14 to 19 and trained them into talented dancers who could sing, dance, and kill. After the invasion of the devils, these young maids regained their freedom, but they lost their souls and became powerful, beautiful undead puppets.
…
I took a closer look and said, "Their maximum Magic Attack is almost 50k, so it's going to hurt like hell if we get hit. Moreover, these are Level 300 Demon Spirit mobs, so their overall level is much higher than ours. Their intelligence is definitely not low either. If they use Divine Demon Break on us, we'll be in a lot of trouble. But we have to kill our way through. These lantern-bearing girls are blocking our way, so …"
Lin Yixin unsheathed Dragonfrost and chuckled. "Let's kill them one by one, then. Don't aggro too many of them. Level 300 Demon rank monsters aren't to be trifled with. Little Cheat, you go first. Sister Eve and I will cover the rear!"
"En!"
In the distance, I raised my sword and summoned Dragon Slaying Slash. A cyan blade cut through the darkness and smashed into the girl's head, dealing over 55k damage. As expected, mages' Defense was just too low!
Abruptly turning around, the girl's round and fair face looked a little sexy under the light, but also a little twisted. Glaring at me, she said, "Damned humans, how dare you set foot on this land. Offer your lives to the Bloodthirsty Messenger!"
A golden Magic Shield appeared in front of me. The lantern-bearing girl had summoned it the moment she was attacked, and its durability bar was incredibly long. Tsk tsk, this is going to be fun to kill!
Coldness of the Nine States permeated the air as I dashed forward like lightning. My Burning Blade Slash smashed into the Magic Shield, causing it to hum and distort continuously. However, it didn't break in the slightest and only lost 47% of its durability. Fuck, the Magic Shield didn't break even after three hits of my Burning Blade Slash! This Magic Shield's Mana is way too OP! In the entire China server, only Luo River God of the Capital, Lian Xin and Stranger of Three Lifetimes had a Magic Shield as tough as this.
Swhoosh!
My Universe Break penetrated the Magic Shield and dealt over 600k damage. At the same time, it reduced the Magic Shield's durability by a huge chunk. It was at this moment that the lantern-bearing girl flew into a rage. She raised her lantern and unleashed a Flame Blast at my Azure Dragon Shield. I hadn't activated my Battle Energy Astral Wind yet, so I immediately felt like I was being burned by fire. My entire body felt like it was boiling hot, and my HP plummeted!
“309182！”
Behind me, Lin Yixin exclaimed in shock, "OMG, a Big Fireball can deal so much damage to Little Cheat? Does this monster have to be this strong?"
The lantern-bearing girl's Magic Shield shattered almost instantly under the Fruit Knife Goddess' Dragon Frost, and He Yi's attack also added another 2.95k HP to the equation. However, the beautiful undead girl frowned deeply and stopped casting icicles to freeze me. Instead, she raised her lantern and used Divine Demon Break. Three damage numbers rose above our heads —
“229640！”
“368520！”
“391240！”
Whoever had higher Intelligence would take less damage. My current equipment — Chill of the Nine States, Azure Dragon Shield, Dragon Suppressing Armor, Sun Chaser Cloak, Nine Heavens Li Fire Bracelet, Ghastly War Boots, and Dark Lava Leg Guards — all of them added Intelligence. Equipment that added four stats was the way to go in the later stages of the game. My high Intelligence allowed me to resist Divine and Demon Break to a level far higher than Lin Yixin and He Yi's.
In fact, the mages of Candle Dragon and Warsky Alliance didn't even need to use Divine Demon Break on me in the last territory war because many high-level mages had lower Intelligence than me. Divine Demon Break could only deal 1000 damage to me, which was even worse than Galaxy Storm.
… …
Kacha!
The Dragon Frost glided over and left a trail of blood on the girl's chest. Finally, she lost her last bit of Blood Qi. The girl who was slowly falling to the ground was very unwilling. She said softly, "Sir Bloodthirsty Emissary will peel off your skin and hang it on the flagpole of Bloodthirsty Castle. Wait for your punishment, ignorant human!"
I picked up the kneepads the lantern-bearing girl dropped. They were called "Lantern-Bearing Girl's Miniskirt". Mn, it was a Cloth-grade item that added 44% MP and 7% durability to Magic Shield. It was a great piece of lifesaving equipment for mages. If it was sold, it would sell for at least 1000 RMB. It was a good item, so I rolled for it. Luckily, Beiming Xue got it. Thank goodness Luck didn't work when rolling, or it would've been me. Fuck, I shamefully rolled a 3 just now!
He Yi giggled. "Look, Lantern-Bearing Girl's Miniskirt. It's a set with five pieces: hat, bra, kneepads, boots, and gauntlets. Once you gather all of them, you'll get the Lantern-Bearing Girl set. Then you'll get a lot of Magic Attack, HP, and Defense. Let's grind on this hill and try to get a Lantern-Bearing Girl set. Then, we can sell it at the auction house. If we sell it as a set, it'll go for at least 100k. How about it? We can do quests and earn gold at the same time..."
Lin Yixin giggled. "Yeah, I'll lead the way. After we kill all the lantern-bearing girls on this hill, we'll go after the Bloodthirsty Emissary. It's an SSS Rank main quest boss anyway, so whoever wants to kill the Bloodthirsty Emissary can do it. We're not in a hurry anyway. Since we have the lantern-bearing girls to kill, we can't waste this heaven-sent opportunity..."
Lin Yixin snickered. "I despise you, gold lover!"
I shrugged. "Can't help it. Buying a house, a car, and a wife, which of these things doesn't cost money? It's never wrong to make more money. Plus, there's a lot of experience to be gained. This map is pretty good. Let's continue!"
"Okay!"
… …
We continued to sweep forward. There was not a trace of moonlight on the dark wasteland. We could only see the light of the lanterns of the lantern-bearing girls. Fortunately, there were no other players around, so we could grind this map. The Lantern-Bearing Girl set was a Level 220 equipment, and it was just in time to meet the needs of the current players. It would definitely be very popular.
Then, when we killed 50 mobs in a row and no more pieces of the Lantern-Bearing Girl set dropped, I couldn't help but feel a little disheartened. Could it be that this place didn't drop this equipment? Or was the drop rate really so low that even with my Luck, it couldn't drop?
"It looks like the drop rate of the set is less than one in ten thousand..." He Yi sighed.
Lin Yixin held her Dragon Frost. "Ugh, Little Cheat's Luck isn't good today..."
"Didn't you donate 11 points to the guild..."
"What a waste!!"
"For a Holy Mage, everything is worth it!"
"Alright, you're right..."
At this time, Cold of the Nine States shone brightly. Universe Break dealt 7x damage and instantly killed the nearest Lantern-Bearing Girl. Immediately, a reddish-black robe fell to the ground with a thud. Just from the luster, I could tell that it was part of the set. I picked it up and saw that it was the Lantern-Bearing Girl's Bra, one of the five pieces of the set. Immediately, my morale was boosted again. Holding the chest armor, I said, "Okay, the set can still be pieced together. There are still a lot of mobs here, let's continue!"
… …
Hope always made people full of energy. In the blink of an eye, more than 5 hours passed. We wandered around the vast wasteland, and our luck was pretty good. 19 pieces of the Lantern-Bearing Girl set dropped, so we had collected three complete sets. They were all in my bag because my survivability was the highest, so it was safest to keep the equipment on me.
Looking at the wasteland that was almost completely cleared by us, He Yi clapped her hands and looked into the distance with the Fire Suppressing Sword in her hand. She said, "We're almost done. All we can do now is wait for the mobs to respawn. The mobs here respawn pretty quickly. It's only been 4 hours. Should we continue or change our path to Bloodthirsty Castle?"
I thought for a moment. "Let's go to Bloodthirsty Castle. When we reach the outskirts of the castle, we'll log off and sleep. When it's daytime, we'll come back online and continue."
"Mn!"
At this time, Beiming Xue pointed to a lush forest to the right. "Big bro, there's a valley that leads to Bloodthirsty Castle. Should we go there?"
"Okay!"
… …
I carried Cold of the Nine States and walked at the front with my apparition and the Phantom Wolf King. The girls followed behind me and entered the valley. It didn't take long before we saw Lantern-Bearing Girls spawning in the valley, and there were many of them. Compared to the wasteland outside, there were more of them. It looked like this was the nest of the Lantern-Bearing Girls!
"Little one, there's someone in front of us!"
Lin Yixin jumped up and pressed her hand on my shoulder. Both of us hid in the bushes. As expected, there were a lot of players standing close to the side of the mountain. Their skills were flashing, and they were fighting. There were at least a thousand of them, and every one of them had a dragon tattoo on their shoulder. That was the emblem of Candle Dragon!
(To be continued)