A ding later, I received a new quest. [Mengchuan's Entrustment (2)] was an SS Rank quest that required me to kill a boss, so it was definitely going to be quite difficult. I didn't know just how strong that Mad Warrior Buffett was, but with He Yi and I, two tanky DPSers, and a super priest, Murong Mingyue, we should be able to kill him without a hitch. Unless the boss was Heaven Rank or Immortal Rank. Of course, that wasn't very likely to happen at this stage of the game. Even Thunder, one of the Nine Sovereigns, was only an Immortal Rank boss. It would already be impressive if his lackeys were Earth Rank.
After accepting the quest, I called out to the two girls, "Eve, Sister Mingyue, let's go. We have a new target!"
"Okay, let's go!"
The two girls followed me with smiles on their faces. Today's leveling progress was simply too blissful, and they still hadn't recovered from it yet.
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On the desolate streets of the city, I gripped the Cyan Netherworld Sword and the Phantom Wolf King as I stepped over the broken bones on the ground. I raised my head to look at the gray sky. This city could have been considered prosperous tens of thousands of years ago, but now, all that was left of it was a wasteland. I couldn't help but sigh.
Since ancient times, there had been countless empires that had flourished for a time. Every empire and dynasty had clamored to be immortalized for generations to come, but in the end, all they left behind was a pile of bones for future generations to talk about. Thousands of years had passed, but the people had changed. Everything had come to an end.
Perhaps, thousands of years later, there would be people who would recall the past. Those praises and those hypocritical benevolence would only be a joke, a joke that would only increase the laughingstock.
A bunch of pitiful people dreaming pitiful dreams.
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When I arrived at the front of the palace, I noticed that the outer walls of the palace were broken in many places. However, I could still see rows of soldiers lined up inside the palace through the cracks. They were all high-level undead, and they were basically the imperial guards of Thunder, one of the Nine Sovereigns. Thunder had built an undead fortress on top of the ruins of Roland, and he was planning to expand his army further. However, he was ambushed by Xinran today, and he had no choice but to flee back to the purgatory with his tail between his legs.
I opened the map and saw that the palace was right in front of me. If I wanted to enter the palace, I would have to kill the imperial guards in front of me.
I carefully walked at the front with the Phantom Wolf King by my side. When I was about 30 yards away from the imperial guards, I stopped. The levels of these mobs were too high, so it was easy to attract their aggro. My eyes glowed with a dark light as the stats of these elite imperial guards appeared in the party channel — [Roland Imperial Guard] (Ancient) Level: 168 Attack: 2590 ~ 3050 Defense: 3200 HP: 250000 Skills: [Heavy Slash], [Dying Blow], [War Frenzy] Introduction: After the fall of the Roland Empire, these brave soldiers were infected by the plague of the undead and became the puppets and accomplices of the undead. These bloodthirsty Undead Roland Soldiers have retained the fighting ability they had when they were alive, but they have also gained the Frenzy of the undead and become extremely terrifying...
Finally, the non-boss monsters also had 3000 Attack. These Undead Roland Soldiers were elites, and their stats were slightly higher than those of the Undead Roland Soldiers. This meant that they would be much more difficult to kill, so we needed a perfect battle plan. Otherwise, just the three of us wouldn't be enough to deal with them.
"Jiejie …"
Not far away from us, a couple of imperial guards wielding double-edged swords could be seen hanging from their horrifying skeletal faces. Their skin was peeled open, revealing the fibers of their muscles that had been weathered into beads that looked like curtains. They swayed as they walked, but their armor hadn't decayed in the slightest. It still glowed with a frightening cold light.
Murong Mingyue gripped her scepter and stuck close to He Yi. She looked at me and said, "Their levels are so high, and their Attack is pretty scary. I'm afraid I won't be able to stop even one of them."
I nodded. "Don't worry, with me and my beloved boss here, we won't let you die!"
She pointed at a wall in the palace and said, "The terrain over there isn't bad, so it can be used as a choke point. Lu Chen, lure the mobs over there, and I'll bring Mingyue over. You and the little wolf just need to make sure you're in position when you come over!"
I looked at the map. It wasn't going to be easy. The mobs were pretty dense, and if I wasn't careful, I'd be surrounded and killed. That being said, I could give it a try. After all, the Stormy Waves War Boots boosted my movement speed by 80%, and it didn't reduce my turn rate either. My control would be perfect.
"Okay, I'll go over and lure the mobs over. Eve, keep an eye on the rightmost imperial guard. I can't aggro it, but you'll definitely attract its aggro when you're in position. You have to pull the aggro, and don't let the mobs surround Sister Mingyue. If our priest dies, neither of us will be able to survive."
"Mn, got it!"
I raised my sword and charged forward. I flew in a straight line without the slightest bit of hesitation. A dozen or so Royal Guards immediately let out low growls and chased after me. The moment I got close to the choke point, I quickly changed direction and increased my speed, leading a group of Royal Guards to the other side.
I glanced at He Yi and Murong Mingyue. The Snow Domain Windchaser let out a long neigh as it firmly held its footing. The Ironwing Dragon stood on the other side of He Yi and took up two spaces. It was a pretty good meatshield, and it was already Level 130. Its stats were high, its attack skills were pretty good, and it could split damage as well. It was one of the main DPS classes.
Under my command, the Phantom Wolf King stood beside the Ironwing Dragon and raised its proud head. Its aura even surpassed that of the Ironwing Dragon, a member of the dragon race. This left Murong Mingyue speechless.
Rustle rustle...
My war boots stomped on the pebbles on the ground as I concentrated. The personal guard perfectly pulled the aggro of a large group of mobs with a few zigzags while I swiftly and accurately dashed back. I abruptly positioned myself between He Yi and the Ironwing Dragon, then turned around and fired a Thousand Ice Slash!
Boom!
Shards of ice flew into the air as the Burning Blade Slash exploded into the air. He Yi followed up with a Green Wave Slash + Barrier Break combo. The lights of both skills intertwined with each other, creating a dazzling sight to behold. Moreover, I kept casting Icy Cyclone Domains all around me, controlling the mobs' attack speed and movement speed while dealing damage to them.
The Firelight Mouse hopped around Murong Mingyue's body as it tossed its tail into the mobs in front of us. With the help of my Icy Cyclone Domain, the Firelight Mouse was able to unleash a storm of ice and fire.
Swhoosh swhoosh...
The Phantom Wolf King waved its sharp claws and swiped at the mobs. The 10% chance to activate the skill was pretty high, so it triggered two Claw of the Storm in a row and wreaked havoc on the mobs. I also took the initiative to activate the skill, Purgatory Storm, causing the ground to shake violently. It was as if countless blood-red trenches had been torn open in the ground, causing dust to fly into the air.
It only took a single round of combo attacks to wipe out an entire group of armored guardsmen. Our DPS was just too OP! My Martial God's 200% buff wasn't just for show. Not only did it boost our Attack, the Phantom Wolf King, the Ironwing Dragon, and the Firelight Mouse's Attack by 200% as well. This ratio was absolutely terrifying. Our mobbing efficiency had definitely increased by more than three times as much as it had been before.
At the current stage of the game, a first-rate expert could deal around 4000 to 9000 damage per hit against an ancient mob that was 20 levels higher than them, and this was the standard of top-tier experts like Li Chengfeng and High Fighting Spirits. Of course, Gui Guzi and Beiming Xue were a different story. However, Martial God's 200% Encourage boosted my party's attack, so I could deal over 20k damage per hit. This kind of insane attack power completely ignored the mobs' Defense, and it was a pretty shameful thing to say.
"Roar roar …"
The Ironwing Dragon brandished its sharp claws and randomly smacked the Imperial Guardsmen in the head. At the same time, it also let out a breath of Dragon Breath. Immediately, all the monsters in its path lost HP, each of them dealing over 15000 damage. It was extremely powerful. When the Ironwing Dragon used physical attacks, it also had a 25% chance of triggering Dragon Breath. It was quite powerful and would definitely be a great helper for leveling. When Murong Mingyue had rolled for the Ironwing Dragon, she had indeed been very fortunate.
In less than two hours, we had lured five mobs in a row and killed all the Ironwing Royal Guards outside the palace. We had even gotten seven Roland metal armor sets. Our luck was pretty good.
"Lu Chen, how many Roland sets do we have in total?" He Yi asked with a smile.
I looked at my bag. "8 sets in total. It's a very auspicious number."
"Hehe, not bad. You can keep all the money you get from selling them at the auction house. Mingyue and I don't want them."
"Why?"
"Because you're the one who brought us to do this quest. It's already very profitable for us to level up and get the equipment. We can't possibly split the money, can we?"
"That's true …" I thought about it for a moment. These two girls didn't seem to be lacking in money. Only a guy like me who liked to hoard gold coins would keep every last penny.
I had reached Level 146 by the time we finished cleaning up the battlefield. He Yi and Murong Mingyue had both reached Level 141, and they had once again entered the Top 10 of Sky City's Heavenly Ranking. We had fallen behind a few days ago, but we had caught up in this awesome quest.
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I raised my head and looked at the solemn palace in front of me. This former imperial palace might be in ruins now, but I could still vaguely see its former glory and prosperity. The stairs were made of giant gold-plated crystals, and the bottom of the crystal was engraved with the image of a dragon that symbolized the dignity and power of royalty.
Four high-level guards wielding golden broadswords stood on both sides of the palace. The words flashed above their heads — Golden Guard LV-170, Earth Rank miniboss. Yep, they were minibosses, but they were Earth Rank. The problem was that there were a lot of them. If there were two of them, He Yi and I could take one each, and with Murong Mingyue healing us, it would be easy to kill them. But if there were four of them, it would be quite difficult!
From afar, I could see a small iron cage hanging in front of the entrance of the great hall. Inside the cage was a decayed head. It was none other than the head of the king of the Roland Empire. A tall and sturdy undead general wielding a battle axe stood right below the head. Goddammit, this was the boss we were supposed to kill — the Mad Warrior Buffett!