366 The Giant Beetle that got Tipped Over—Uninvited Guests (1/2)

The original reason why Qin Ruo redeemed the Tier 5 Miniboss Sealed Mana Core was indeed as what Slayer's Heart and Brother Da had mentioned. It was because Subjugator suggested that he could reach Tier 5 easily with the Miniboss's help that tempted him to purchase the final Boss Sealed Mana Core from the Lost Merchant.

But he did not get it for himself. He initially planned to let either Xiaoxiao or Brother Da use it when it was their turn to advance to the next tier. Nevertheless, he changed his mind during his one-day hiatus from the game.

'Lending them temporary power will not help them develop in a positive way…'

Now that the Pet System had been launched, if one could not advance to Tier 5 without external assistance, then it could only mean that the player was not ready to move on just yet. Under such circumstances, rushing at Tier upgrade with the help of an external force would only backfire. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. If they were killed by any Tier 4 Champion as a premature Tier 5 player in the future, it would only bring them neverending embarrassment.

So, it was better for him not to intervene and let Xiaoxiao and Brother Da advance naturally.

He never thought that this trump card that he planned to use during an emergency was being forced out the first time he went online after his hiatus. Qin Ruo was forced to summon the Amethyst Orc right now in order to keep his party alive.

Life is truly unpredictable.

***

While Amethyst Orc was drawing close to the Spider Lord, the Overlord immediately stopped moving. Its body first trembled slightly, then the few hundred pairs of eyes on its back opened wide at the same time as if they were stimulated.

The numerous opened eyes released bands of grayish light, which quickly accumulated between the Spider Lord and the Amethyst Orc.

A powerful magical fluctuation!

Explode!

The giant light ball suddenly exploded downward.

”Be careful!” Amethyst Orc had safely dashed out of the explosion zone under Qin Ruo's command the moment Slayer's Heart shouted the warning.

Unfortunately, the spell was apparently not a single-target type of attack. Just as the Amethyst Orc dashed away and attempted to avoid being locked on by the spell at the moment of explosion, the light ball charged by the Spider Lord turned into an AoE light sheet that directly covered a large area including where Amethyst Orc stood.

Amethyst Orc is under attack, received 1020 damage.

Amethyst Orc is affected by Shadow Psystrike, inflicted by Status Effect: Confusion, lasts for 3 seconds.

Feedback on Amethyst Orc's status was delivered the first time through the system notification.

”Purify!” Violetmoon Devilite chanted softly to help Amethyst Orc remove the debuff. A holy light pillar soon dropped from the ceiling and fell timely on the wobbling Amethyst Orc. This instantly removed the Confusion Status inflicted on Amethyst Orc by the Spider Lord.

At the same time, a warm radiance also fell on the purple creature.

Healing.

The Amethyst Orc's HP was instantaneously recovered by 300.

”Nice one!” Qin Ruo yelled while swiftly pushing out eight Aquaramparts and six Frostramparts toward the Lord.

Simultaneously, the Amethyst Orc, aided by two competent Radiant Priests, recovered from the attack instantly and quickly shortened its distance from the Spider Lord once again to less than ten meters. Their vertical distance (Amethyst Orc was on the ground while Spider Lord was up at the ceiling) was also below ten meters now, which meant that the Spider Lord was well within the Amethyst Orc's attack range.

As long as the Amethyst Orc and Poochie could manage to drag the Spider Lord down from the ceiling and then force it to enter the Twelve Frostramparts Formation, the Spider Lord would have zero chance at survival. This was exactly how Qin Ruo had finished off the Tier 5 Megaboss Skelewing Dragon.

But nobody could have expected what would happen next.

***

Boom!

A loud bang suddenly rocked the entire Aricus Underground Ruins. The impact was like a derailed asteroid had just hit the Earth's surface.

The aftermath was an endless soundwave that buzzed ceaselessly throughout the entire underground corridor.

***

The Spider Lord had indeed dropped from the ceiling, but it was neither the Amethyst Orc or Poochie's doing.

The Spider Lord came crashing down to the ground eagerly way before Amethyst Orc and Poochie launched their attack. The whole process was clearly captured by Qin Ruo and the others. The monster first shut all its ugly eyes and suddenly covered its gigantic body with a metal gloss outer layer. After that, the metal-fortress-like body detached from the ceiling and crashed to the ground like a meteor before the Amethyst Orc and Poochie could hit it with their physical attack.

Nobody foresaw that the Spider Lord would act this way. Caught by surprise, Amethyst Orc could only cross its arms out of desperation and made a last attempt to activate the Amethyst Shield. Unfortunately, his shield was still shattered easily by the shockwave and the Tier 5 Miniboss was sent stumbling on its feet backward.

On the other hand, Poochie's usually effective headbutt was deflected too. Though the little creature hit its target precisely at lightning speed, the attack did not affect the giant Spider Lord atall. With a bang, Poochie bounced off the hardened monster and flew back like a deflated balloon.

What's more were the ”fragile” Frostramparts sent out by Qin Ruo. The terrifying shockwave resulted from the downward crash directly destroyed the six Frostramparts cast by Xiaoxiao. Only eight Aquaramparts remained, but even those were continuously pierced and shattered by rocks sent flying everywhere due to the crash.