414 Running to Survive—Surrounded and Seized (1/2)
Fresh blood dripped upon the ring. At that moment, Qin Ruo sensed what appeared to be a soft tremor from the Ring of Honor. Then, as if lightning, the blood was absorbed and vanished without a trace while a faint drop of blood promptly materialized on the surface of the ring, seemingly alive.
Just as Qin Ruo was quietly startled, a clear system notification rang in his ear.
Ring of Honor quest activated!
Time limit: One hour. Countdown started…
Weird ring. Qin Ruo frowned at it for another few seconds—a ring actually has its own quest, could it be that all Legendary tier rings were so complicated? Or perhaps this particular ring was an alternative aid?
”Never mind, then. All will be well when I get rid of the Stone Golem!” Qin Ruo said quietly, keeping the ring in his pouch while collecting his mind to turn his eyes upon the Stone Golem beneath him.
”Let's get started!”
With a diagonal point of the Water Dragon's staff, water elements in the air quickly answered the call of Qin Ruo's faint chant, gathering before him without resistance…
Three water element spheres wolfed down other water elements that cascaded toward them across all directions, incessantly and rapidly gathering, compressing before gathering and compressing again!
”Ice!”
With a soft chant, cold, freezing air began to rise before Qin Ruo. Then, with a flap of his wings, he dived below, firing three Compressed Frost Bullets in rapid succession—it was an offensive technique Qin Ruo learned from Majestic Hero. (Long-ranged lock and attack could still work even if both sides are more than thirty meters away from each other, as long as you can ensure your speed and control your spell so that it doesn't fly off thirty meters away, earning you an offensive advantage)
After trying it many times in the Buried City, Qin Ruo had already grasped the technique and used it masterfully on the Stone Golem! Virtually in the very moment Qin Ruo was within thirty meters to the monster, the first 'Compressed Frost Bullets' struck the Stone Golem's body directly…
A very normal attack, but used by Qin Ruo as he was now, it was imbued with many offensive skills and had a compelling edge—not only would the multiple and rhythmic blows would extend the offensive effect, it would also increase frozen and penetration damage, pushing the destructive capacity of that self-made magic to its very limits!
Nonetheless, it remained that the Stone Golem was a Tier 5 Mega Boss. In the split-second that Qin Ruo attacked, it viciously raised its wolf fang club, and a silver-gray circle of light burst out from its body, swiftly covering its bloated body with a layer of silver-gray luster that had a metallic sensation!
Tier 5 Earth-element skill—Metal Armor!
Still, it was regretful that such a defensive skill did not buff much in terms of frost magic resistance. The powerful stream of frost struck.
Bang!
Target hit!
The Compressed Frost Bullets secured the early advantage, and struck forcefully upon the sturdy Stone Golem's outer shell—
Thud!
A dull collision and a dent thus appeared over the silver-gray metallic surface. Then, just like an ice wall that had been struck powerfully, lines of fractures began to crack upon it as well.
Rapid Rupture!
Boom!
The Stone Golem was thus severely injured—a huge cluster of snowflakes compounded with a terrible shockwave of chilly air detonated in its face! A second wave of Compressed Frost Bullets and Rapid Rupture soon followed, as well as a third wave of the same!
The Stone Golem's Metal Armor was unable to fully withstand even Qin Ruo's first wave of willful assault. It thus crumbled with a bang as the second wave of rapid assault struck, dealing severe explosive and rupture damage upon the physical body of the monster during the second and third waves!
As he received a steady stream swift combat status updates as the battle unfolded, the corners of Qin Ruo's lips curled up in a satisfied smile.
The damage values were quite high.
Before the Boss's skill Metal Armor was broken, the damage value had already exceeded 700, proving that his choice was right and that Earth-element magic could not stop the erosion of frost. Then, right after its defense crumbled, the damage values leaped to four figures, and the total damage thus exceeded fifty-six hundred points!
'Heh.'
With the three rounds of offensive finished, a blue vein of light rose over the Stone Golem's body in the three seconds remaining of the Chilled duration.
It was Mana Drain.
Unhurriedly, Qin Ruo flapped his Angelic Wings and soared a circle in the air as if a huge bird, and then dived downwards at breakneck speeds from the sky!
”Lycan Barrage!”
Unleashing a second Tier 4 spell charged swiftly mid-flight, the Lycan Barrage darted at a triangular formation in the very second the Stone Golem was about to be free from its Chilled state, striking simultaneously on its feet and head.
Roar!
As the golem bellowed in fury and humiliation, its gigantic body fell headfast and suffered another three thousand plus damage. But even as it climbed up from the ground, Qin Ruo had already rise forty meters in the air, deliberately leaving the Boss's attack zone and leaving the monster utterly helpless.
Through it all, Qin Ruo ignored all the Stone Golem's raging howls—whether it stomped holes into the ground and flattened the giant trees over Monster Mountains, there was nothing to do with him. Since there was a shortcut to completing that mission, he was thus unwilling to risk his body to engage the monster in a melee fight. Who would know what kind of armament that damned wolf fang club was, and what if there was a sudden penetration or a Tier 5 AoE spell that fell him, would it not be over for him?
Qin Ruo would never do something so foolish! In his point of view, his best solution was to do what he was doing: relying on multiple Compressed Frost Bullets and Lycan Barrages to ”gradually” tire the Stone Golem and complete the Ring of Honor's quest…
However, just as the skill cooldown for Compressed Frost Bullet was almost over, a powerful magical fluctuation and astonishing presence suddenly emanated from below!
Something was coming?