Chapter 637 – Enchanted Painting (2/2)
The last piece of equipment, the Disillusionary Combat Knife was ROLLed away to the only Monk that was chosen for this 100 man group, “Devotion to Buddha”. In reality, there was no ROLL, since he was the only person that fit the requirements. It was equivalent to us giving it to him. Devotion to Buddha was a handsome youngster. He was roughly 20 years old, and came from Xinjiang. He was pretty skilled, and was well-liked by the sisters in the guild. I felt that if it was not for people like Li Mu and Wang Jian watching, there would definitely be sisters trying to touch his bald head and flirt with him. After all, a pure and innocent Buddhist monk was something that girls would like.
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After we finished splitting the equipment, I split the remaining items. After that, I looked at the paved pathway in front of me, and the 8th floor was just a hundred meters away. I saw aprecarious winding staircase located on the wall just to the right of us. And so, I sheathed my twin swords, and leapt off my mount. I extended my hand to grab a protruding rock, and said: “Let’s go to the eighth floor. There are still two more floors, let’s do this everyone!”
Wan Er and Dong Cheng followed me, while Li Mu, Wang Jian, Qing Qian, and the others organised themselves into a line to scale the rock wall. Some Mages and Healers felt that it was especially difficult to do it, as their palms were burnt whenever they grabbed onto the protruding rocks. Pangu’s Abyss got hotter and hotter as you went down the floors. It was practically hotter than a steamer basket*. The Healers and Mages had a weaker physique, but fortunately, the players on the team who had these jobs all had high levels, so they could manage.
*TL Note: A type of steamer used to make dimsum
The thick smoke pervaded the surroundings, practically obscuring everyone’s field of vision. I was very slow in moving forward, since I was also paying attention to the other player’s safety. As the guildmaster of this guild, I couldn’t simply let everyone be the cannon fodder for me to ascend to the throne. As a person, I should have a clear conscience. Since we entered Pangu’s Abyss, I had to be responsible for everyone as the guild leader.
“Brother Xiao Yao!”
Wolf gripped his dagger and climbed the rock wall; He resembled a nimble monkey. He called out from the distance, “I just got some news, when [Prague] was grinding the Firestone Canyon, a Demon Harvest Tier helmet dropped, and it’s with Yan Zhao Warrior now…”
“Oh?” I was slightly stunned. I laughed, “Uncle Yan Zhao’s luck is not bad, actually getting a Demon Harvest Equipment so fast…”
Wolf nodded his head and said: “Yup. However, they had to pay an extremely heavy price. Yan Zhao Warrior died twice, and his subordinates died a total of 700+ times. It was a Level 118 Demon Harvest Tier BOSS, and it almost wiped out the thousand man team that Yan Zhao Warrior brought. It was really brutal. The battle recording is already on the forums.”
Me, “Ok.”
General Li Mu was carefully climbing while chatting, “There’s also the situation of Tian Ling City. In the Hero’s Arena in Tian Ling City’s East Plaza, quite a few champions have already been switched out. Just now, a female player called “Enchanted Painting” had been standing in the arena stage since morning until now. She’s consecutively defeated Little Scholar, Jing Ke, Bai Li RuoFeng, Blue Dragon Emperor, Ai Ye, Ji Yuan, and others.”
I was startled, “Enchanted Painting? I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of this person before this. What happened? Even Little Scholar, Jing Ke, and the others lost to her? She’s not simple…”
Wang Jian replied, “Brother Xiao Yao, do you know what combat style Enchanted Painting used?”
“I don’t know, what is it…” I blankly shook my head.
“Pulse Break Style!”
“What?” I was even more stunned.
Wang Jian said, “Enchanted Painting’s current ranking in the Tian Ling City Rankings isn’t that high, and she’s only ranked 1127 on the China’s CBN Battlenet Rankings. She’s not even higher than Little Wolf, One Second Hero, and the others…”
Wolfimmediately protested, “Fxck, don’t use me as a comparison…”
Wang Jian laughed, and continued, “However, I’ve just gotten the first-hand information on Enchanted Painting. Her background isn’t simple at all...she’s one of the four elders of [Legend], and she’s mastered roughly 30% of the essence of the Pulse Break Style. Her success rate in skill interruptions has reached 41% in battle. You must know that in terms of statistics, Q-Sword’s success rate in skill interruptions has only reached 28% during these past few days.”
I clenched my teeth, “Just what is the background of this Enchanted Painting?”
Wang Jian laughed, “It’s not quite clear who she definitely is, but someone leaked some information that she’s Little Demon’s younger cousin.”
“……”
Wang Jian continued speaking: “She’s still in the Tian Ling City’s arena, announcing that she’s going to beat all the experts from Ba Huang City and Fan Shu City. She’s also openly challenging Q-Sword, Jian Feng Han, as well as...cough, as well as Brother Xiao Yao. She said that she’s not going to go offline before 12 o’clock, and that she’s accepting the challenges of any expert. Motherf*cker, this girl is too awesome…”
Wan Er looked towards me and slightly laughed: “Are you gonna take up her challenge?”
I looked towards the ground of the 8th floor, and said, “I’ll still avoid it for now. When I’ve finished clearing Pangu’s Abyss, maybe this Enchanted Painting will have already been defeated by Q-Sword or Jian Feng Han!”
“Yup, let’s just see what happens after we’ve cleared Pangu’s Abyss. Enchanted Painting has [Legend]’s Fang Ge Que as her support, it seems like...after Fang Ge Que lost Little Demon, he had already planned to nurture Enchanted Painting as the number one close combat expert of [Legend]. It seems like Lu Chun Yang and Xuan Yuan Feng are going to lose favour now…”
“Haha!”
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