Chapter 459 (2/2)
A successful stun later, the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf and I both comboed it with the most damaging skills we had in store. It had lost nearly half its HP in just the blink of an eye.
However, as soon as the Fire Lizard broke out of the stun, it stared at me with its gray eyes, my body suddenly immobilized. It had applied the Petrified status!
Thankfully, the petrification only lasted for a second, and it could only be performed in close range. Otherwise, it would be practically impossible to defeat this mob!
I hacked away at the Fire Lizard until it was finally dead. A second later, I inhaled deeply because the generous mob had dropped a blood-red s.h.i.+eld! What a pleasant surprise! Judging from the color of the glow of the s.h.i.+eld, it should be a Dark Gold–grade equipment.
I strode up to the drop and tried to pick it up, but my senses suddenly alerted me to danger. I immediately backed away and held my sword in front of me!
The ambusher came from underground. The scarlet ground suddenly swelled like pimples, and the next moment a couple of spikes suddenly pierced my Purgatory Legguards. It hurts!
3894!
WTF is this mob? How did it hit me for so much damage?!
I couldn't see the ambusher because it was still concealed, so I ran forward until I found a red dot on the mini map. I immediately used War Crush on it!
Boom boom boom!
A powerful shockwave rippled across the ground and caused three damage numbers to rise from a seemingly empty spot on the ground. At the same time, a huge six-legged creature that looked like a giant c.o.c.kroach crawled out of the ground. It had two bladed forelimbs that spun like spinning drills, and I bet that it was the thing that allowed it to come and go underground as it pleased!
The Earth Spike Beast, because this was its name, was a Level 144 shadow-rank mob with 1820~1900 Attack, so it was no wonder that it managed to hit me for so much damage. Moreover, I was certain that its Attack ignored part of my Defense, because if it wasn't the case it shouldn't be able to hit me for over 3000 damage. It was just a mob. It could have hidden stats, but it could never equip powerful equipment to boost their Attack and buff themselves with terrifying skills like Martial G.o.d.
In PvE, a player should have higher Attack and at least equal Defense compared to the mob. That was the key to beating a mob whose HP was way higher than the player's. In fact, the bigger the Attack gap, the better!
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I met the Earth Spike Beast with a smile and annihilated it with the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf in no time. The mob was Level 144 and shadow-rank, but it was no problem for me. It gave a generous amount of experience when it died.
However, the Earth Spike Beast's appearance had thrown a wrench into my original plan. I was planning to AoE down the Fire Lizards, but there was no way I could handle the Earth Spike Beasts attacking me from range at the same time. Therefore, I had to clean the Earth Spike Beasts first before I tackled the Fire Lizards.
I pondered for a moment before sending the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf away to bait out the Earth Spike Beasts. The Earth Spike Beasts were far, far slower than the Fire Lizards, so that gave me an opportunity to exploit their weakness.
”Go, little wolf!”
My pet bounced forward at my order and entered the sea of mobs. It wasn't long before a horde of Fire Lizards started chasing after it with everything they got.
Its tongue lolling beside its mouth, the little wolf ran like its life depended on it until a strange noise suddenly came from beneath the ground. As expected, it had successfully baited out its first Earth Spike Beast. It was soon followed by the second, the third, the fourth… by the time the little wolf had aggroed almost 500 Fire Lizards, seven or eight Earth Spike Beasts were chasing after it as well. I stuck to the plan since it wasn't an impossible amount of mobs.
Once the little wolf had lured the Fire Lizards a sufficient distance away, I recalled it back into my pet s.p.a.ce!
Swhoos.h.!.+
The little wolf disappeared, and with it, the mobs' aggro. At the same time, I charged into the middle Earth Spike Beasts and stomped the ground with War Crus.h.!.+ After the skill had finished casting, seven or eight Earth Spikes immediately jutted my way in retaliation!
I chuckled and a.s.sumed a Guard stance. I already figured out that the Earth Spike had a cooldown of around 2 minutes or so. It was the only skill that could threaten me, so I could slaughter them with impunity after they used it.
Chiang chiang chiang...
Sparks flew everywhere as the rock spikes. .h.i.t the Heaven-stealing Sword in succession and shook my body greatly. At the same time, a series of damage numbers floated above my head—
673!
231!
1!
46!
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The amount of damage done depended on how well the player guarded an attack, and a perfect Guard could reduce the amount of damage taken to just 1 damage. That very rarely happened, however.
Despite the focus fire, the Earth Spike Beasts failed to delete more than 5000 HP from my health bar. Not even bothering to heal myself, I zigzagged toward a nearby Earth Spike Beast and positioned myself so that its gigantic size would block its brethren from getting to me, minimizing contact and the amount of damage I would take. Everything else after this was easy!
Swhoos.h.!.+
I resummoned the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf and restarted the slaughterfest!
……
Suddenly, I received a message from Beiming Xue: ”Big bro, can I talk to you about something?”
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