Chapter 358 (1/2)
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My war boots crunched against the ice as I slowly walked through the hall while examining my surroundings. Considering that this map was hidden deep beneath the ground, the mobs here could be way beyond our ability to fight. For example, a Level 180 common mob would easily wipe the floor with us. At any rate, we wouldn't know until we actually encountered one.
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Lin Yixin was also watching her surroundings with wary eyes. Some time later, she ran up to me and said, ”Lu Chen…”
”Hmm?”
”You'd better protect me if a high-level mob pops out...”
”I will, don't worry!”
I swung the Purgatory Sword to emphasize my point before turning toward the front again. The Arctic Temple wasn't far away now, and the entrance was a dark, icy cave mostly covered up by wind and snow. When we got close, we saw flights of stairs leading toward the bottom.
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The moment I planted my foot on the stairs, I immediately received the system notice—
Ding~!
System Notice: You have entered the map of evil spirits—Arctic Temple!
Map Detail: When Dragonbone Mountain Range took form, the crustal movement caused unusually deep ravines and valleys to appear around it, which were later filled with freezing air currents. Tens of thousands of years after its formation, evil spirits and devilish beasts that don't fear the cold appeared in this natural barrier, occupied it and built the Arctic Temple. Since then, countless adventurers had perished in this place.
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Here comes the map info. Looks like it'll be quite challenging to clear this map!
According to the map info, there were two floors to this Arctic Temple. Right now we were at the first floor. Our vision broadened as we walked down the stairs, and we could hear some weird ”kekeke” noises from below. When Lin Yixin and I finally reached the bottom, we were shocked by the scene in front of us.
At least a dozen or so giant dogs covered in icy armor were patrolling the wide halls of the temple. They looked as big as my Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf, and both their levels and stats were frighteningly powerful.
Ice Hound (Shadow)
Level: 125
Attack: 1320~1500
Defense: 1200
HP: 65000
Skills: Flurry X, Slayer Slash X, Angry Roar X
Introduction: The guardians of this frozen valley, these Ice Hounds possess incredible attack and defense. After guarding the valley for countless years, they've become an incredibly violent creature who only cares about tearing apart any adventurers who came their way.
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I couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. ”f.u.c.k, this is bad. A Level 125 shadow-rank mob with a max attack of 1500? These stats are practically the same as a boss…”
Lin Yixin nodded. ”Well, it is 26 levels higher than you, and it's a shadow-rank monster, so this is just normal. Let's fight them one by one. We'll only die if we try to repeat our earlier tactic.”
”Okay!”
Well, we are here, so we might as well fight them. A Level 125 shadow-rank mob should yield a lot of experience and good equipment, right? Also, we were fighting a mob that was 26 levels above us, so logically speaking the drop rate of a top-tier equipment should increase. For example, the base drop rate of Dark Gold–grade equipment was 0.000001%, but here it should be a lot higher. Right now Dark Gold–grade equipment was worth a lot of money, and Outstanding Dark Gold–grade equipment even more so!
My left hand shone with the light of magic as I took aim at the nearest Ice Hound. I cried out quietly, ”Dragon Slaying Slas.h.!.+”
Swhoos.h.!.+
A huge cyan clump of energy that was shaped like a sword hit the mob squarely in the head for a huge amount of damage—
3874!
Nice. I'm glad that my Dragon Slaying Slash is as powerful as ever even if the enemy is a Level 125 shadow-rank mob!
The Ice Hound turned berserk and ran toward me like a mad dog. Its speed was incredible!
I hastily retreated a couple of steps until it was exactly 5 yards between me and my target. Then, I activated Thunderous Charge!
Swhoos.h.!.+
I left behind a trail of lightning energy and successfully stunned the Ice Hound. Thunderous Charge was now Rank 5, and its stun chance was over 60%, so this was just the natural result.
Lin Yixin had acted even faster than I had. When I stunned the Ice Hound, she was already hitting its head with Moon Gaze and Extreme Break, drastically lowering its Defense with her fruit knife!
When a man's down, you kick him in the nuts, so I raised my sword and unleashed Pardon and Desperate Gambit!
MISS!
8794!
Heavens, this is awesome. Killing things was so much easier when Lin Yixin was around to supply her defense reduction!
I summoned the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf again to add to the Ice Hound's misery. One Flurry Dance later, the poor animal took 5 hits in a row and lost a total of 20k HP! What an insane amount of damage!