Chapter 105: Bloody Purgatory Cloak (1/2)
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Two streams of experience flew toward me and Lin Yixin. A flash of golden light later, I leveled up to 55, and Lin Yixin leveled up to 58. Just like before, we lead in the Heavenly Ranking of Floating Ice City, but our advantage only widened!
”So?” I asked while staring at the loot on the ground.
Lin Yixin sent a Thunder Blade Guard flying before answering, ”You can keep them for now. We'll talk about distribution after we enter the fourth floor!”
”Okay!”
I quickly tossed all the Phantasmal Magic Stones and equipment into my bag before rus.h.i.+ng to Lin Yixin's side. Clicking my tongue at the sea of monsters all around us, I asked, ”So, how are you planning to get me out of here?”
Lin Yixin blinked once at me before replying, ”I'm going to Knockback Slash to cut a path through the enemies. Just stay close to me!”
”How fast is the traveling speed of your 'Knockback Slash'?”
”Just be quick on your feet…”
”...”
I had a bad feeling that I couldn't quite put a finger on. For some reason, Lin Yixin was staring at me like she was mourning a dead man's portrait on an altar.
”You ready? Here I go!”
Lin Yixin turned around as a shower of light burst from the Snow Shadow Sword. She swung at a row of Thunder Blade Guards and knocked them backward, and at the same time she glided through the temporary hole she created in the encirclement like a beautiful meteor. The speed at which she was traveling clearly wasn't normal. She was using a skill!
”What about me? Don't leave me alone!”
Panicking, I ran out of the encirclement too while waving madly at Lin Yixin. ”Save me, Beauty Yi…”
However, Lin Yixin herself was busy running for her life with a long, long tail of monsters behind her. I could only rely on myself this time!
I shouted, ”Earth Escape!”
My body transformed into several rays of b.l.o.o.d.y light and entered the ground. Now that I was Level 55, monsters could no longer detect me as easily as they had done before. I cautiously made my way to the staircase leading to the fourth floor while sticking to the edges of the walls.
By now, the orange dot that represented Lin Yixin had already disappeared from my map. There were two possibilities. One, she was killed by the monsters. Two, she had entered the fourth floor. Since the chances that she got killed were incredibly tiny, it must have been the latter.
Unfortunately for me, a group of Thunder Blade Guards was surrounding the entrance to the staircase. It took me a while before I finally found a way to get through. If I wanted to, I could've touched the monsters as I moved beneath their feet. To say that I was nervous would be an understatement.
Thankfully, the Thunder Blade Guards never detected me. I let out a sigh of relief when I arrived at the staircase!
Swhoos.h.!.+ A white cloak suddenly flew out of the entrance to the fourth floor. It was Lin Yixin. She was only at half health, and her Fire Blade had disappeared as well.
She turned around to stare at the empty staircase. After sniffing the air once, she smiled and said, ”Come out! I know you're here!”
Swhoos.h.!.+
I burst out of the ground and regained my human form. I asked, ”How did you know I was here?”
”Because you stink, that's why!”
”...”
I glanced at the entrance to the fourth floor and Lin Yixin's HP, grinning. ”Heh. What happened to you? Are there a lot of monsters on the fourth floor?”
”What? No!”
Lin Yixin stuck her tongue at me. ”A lightning strike caught me by surprise, that's all. You know, I came back down on purpose to rescue you. Don't you think your comment is a little too heartless?”
”There are no monsters at the entrance to the fourth floor?”
”Nope. I'm a puppy if I lied to you!”
”Okay!”
However, the moment I stepped on cold, hard granite, gooseb.u.mps immediately crawled all over my body! A dozen or so spear wielding, eyeless monsters were guarding the entrance, and their empty eye sockets were terrifying to say the least. The undead creatures raised their spears and attacked me the second they noticed me!
”You liar! What the h.e.l.l are these things?” I berated Lin Yixin in the party channel, and she replied. ”Arf arf arf arf arf arf…”
In that moment, I felt like taking my own life to cleanse the shame of having fallen for such an easy trick. After summoning the Dark Wasp to tank some hits and still getting hit 4 times in succession, I finally escaped back to the staircase.
Lin Yixin stared at my HP—I only had one-third left—and giggled happily. ”You did well to survive, Lu Chen!”
I glared at her for a moment before asking, ”Be serious. What should we do? The way up is chock-full of monsters.”
”Easy!” Lin Yixin puffed up her chest proudly. ”We send our pets up first to tank a few hits while we focus fire on a mob or two. The we rinse and repeat until a way is clear. We should do it within 3 tries. Our pets will probably die a couple of times in the process, but it doesn't matter. They level up pretty quickly after all!”
”Alright, I'll take the lead!”
”Okay!”
Thanks to the Ghost Deity Armor, I was without a doubt the better tank between the two of us.
The Dark Wasp entered the fourth floor and sped past the monsters' heads using its flight advantage. While they were distracted, I attacked a Thunder Blade Guard and drew its attention to me while Lin Yixin charged it from behind. Moonlight glowing from her purple pupils, she unleashed Extreme Break on the enemy after switching to a dagger!
1904!
While the Level 62 Thunder Blade Guard was staggered by the ma.s.sive blow, I leaped forward and unleashed my own killer combo!
Pardon!
MISS!
Desperate Gambit!
Desperate Gambit had reached Rank 5, so its attack damage was boosted by 50%. It was much stronger than Slayer Slas.h.!.+
Crack!
The reddened Ghost Ice Soul slid across the mob's neck with a soft noise. The damage it dealt however, was absolutely stunning—3827!
”Roar…”
Two skills and one basic attack later, the Level 62 monster shamefully perished under our combined might!