Chapter 575 (1/2)
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The success of my attacks were greatly boosted by the perception granted by Dark Pupils. In fact, I reckoned that my successful attacks would practically double under the effects of this new skill of mine. Of course, it wouldn't be so simple in PvP. After all, monsters weren't mindful of their movements and positioning but players were, so attacking their weak points would naturally be a lot more difficult.
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”Roaaaaar!”
The moment Blood Skull shook free from the binding of G.o.d Binding Art. He let out a howl of fury as he bounded toward me. His sword flashed through the air as a shocking explosion of b.l.o.o.d.y energy crashed into my right shoulder. I wasn't able to dodge the attack and a bone-piercing pain shot through my right arm and chest. Blood Skull's Blade of Blood attack had taken out a huge chunk of my HP at one go.
9784!
d.a.m.n, Blood Skull's attacks hurt like h.e.l.l!
I swiftly danced backward as I summoned the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf. My movement speed was faster than Blood Skull's and I could also use my Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf to obstruct his movements, so I would probably be able to wear him down this way. If not, the asura warrior would eventually catch up to me and kill me in this empty map without any terrain that I could exploit.
The Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf wagged its tail vigorously as it kept darting in front of the asura warrior. I used my pet's delaying tactics to widen the gap between the asura warrior and I before I used a Dragon Slaying Slash to kite him. So I used this method to slowly shave away the boss's health. Even though this would take an extremely long amount of time, I could still see Blood Skull's HP bar visibly dropping lower and lower. I would definitely be able to kill him.
A Level 165 Earth Rank boss was still an extremely powerful being. So even though I had the Cyan Netherworld Sword and three pieces of Earth-grade defensive items, I still wasn't able to go head to head with him. However, if I had Murong Mingyue and Moon Dew with me right now, I was fairly confident that I could match this boss blow for blow given my current Level and defensive power.
Whooosh…
Ice Cyclone Domains continued to appear as I formed a ”ping” character on the ground with them. I was kiting in a circle through these three Ice Cyclone Domains as I used my Dragon Slaying Slash to constantly keep the boss's aggro on me. I made my Greedy Wolf run the zigzag maneuver to slow down Blood Skull as my Ice Cyclone Domain continued to rain icicles down on him. The huge amount of magic-based damage was really working the asura warrior over, the heavy impacts of these icicles causing Blood Skull to roar in misery.
I waved my left hand and my G.o.d Binding Art successfully restrained the boss for a third time! I was extremely appreciative of the nearly 100% success rate I was enjoying right now. If this continued, it was almost guaranteed that I could kill this boss. Moreover, the boss's defensive skill was practically being ignored due to the effects of my Dark Pupils, so my damage wasn't really being affected either!
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A ”beep” sounded in my ears as Beiming Xue sent me a message: ”Big bro, how come you still haven't come offline to eat?”
”Oh, I'm killing a quest boss. I'll go offline and eat my food once I finish killing it. What are you doing right now, Beiming?”
”I brought a squad of archers with me to grind levels!”
”Oh! Good hunting!”
”You too!”
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As I slowly whittled the boss's health away, I messaged Gui Guzi to get an update on how the sealing of the tiger mounts were going. He told me that it was going about as good as we could expect. More than 2000 of the main players from Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had entered the Cyan Tiger Forest and we had seized control of the entire map. At the very least, there was no one else who could enter this map, which was still a secret to the rest of the world, at this current stage in the game.
These Cyan Tiger mounts were rare shadow rank monsters and they were considered Purple Gold–grade mounts as well. They were extremely valuable and once we sealed all the rare mounts that we could find in the area, they probably wouldn't sp.a.w.n again for another one to two months. This was different from the usual pattern of elite monsters sp.a.w.ning again after twenty-four hours, so we definitely needed to sweep this map clean. Once we finished our ”quest”, we would create a unique Cyan Tiger cavalry that no other guild would have!
Time slowed to a crawl as I continued to kite the boss. My poor Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf had already died to Blood Skull three times, and even I was dancing on a knife's edge as the asura warrior's attack power was simply too absurd! This was especially true for his Soul Cleave attack. It was way too OP! It was an attack that covered a wide area and this greatly increased my difficulty in killing him.
However, there was a silver lining here. Blood Skull's stats were a fair bit lower than the Earth Rank dragon bosses we encountered in the Nine Lost Dragon Domains and he didn't have any huge AoE attacks like they did. This was how I could even solo an Earth Rank boss in the first place. If Blood Skull possessed an AoE attack that exceeded his Soul Cleave, he would have blown me and the Greedy Wolf to bits a long time ago.
After two hours pa.s.sed, the boss's HP bar was finally reduced to a sliver. As I dashed forward and unleashed a Universe Break + Burning Blade Slash against the weary asura warrior, he let out a howl of rage as he threw his head back and dropped to his knees. He snarled, ”Oh endless darkness, when are you finally going to swallow up all the light!? You d.a.m.nable adventurer, Lord Coldblade will surely avenge me!”
”Yeah, go to your daddy Coldblade. That dog b.a.s.t.a.r.d…”
My blade whistled through the air as I cleanly sliced off Blood Skull's head. The head landed on the ground with a thump before it rolled a fair distance away. Alright, this was the quest item!
I walked over to pick up the head and throw it into my inventory before a satisfied smile appeared on my face. I could now go back and hand in my quest.
When I turned around to pick up the head, two golden beams of light descended on my body consecutively with a whoos.h.i.+ng sound. I was now Level 142! Hot d.a.m.n!
I looked over at Blood Skull's corpse to see what he had dropped. A grin appeared on my face as I swiftly scanned his body. It looked like he had dropped quite a few high-grade items and there was also a small mountain of magic stones beside his body. These were all my own spoils of war, so I wasn't required to share them with anyone else. There was a pair of blood-colored war boots, a blood-colored chestplate, a blood-colored helmet, and a staff that was crackling with electricity. When I checked their stats, my grin grew even wider.
Earth Fiend War Boots (Spirit-grade, Outstanding★★★): Defense 550, Magic Resist 475, Strength +135, Stamina +130. Increases user's movement speed by 35%. Outstanding Property: Increases user's physical evasion rate by 20%. Level Requirement: 130.