Chapter 693: Killing Bears (1/2)
I spurred the Armored Ice Qilin Horse, and it dashed right into the magic formation after responding with a neigh. The next moment, I had passed through the curtain of darkness and arrived at a whole new area—the map of Dragonlight Canyon.
The first thing I noticed about the scenery in front of me was how gray it was. I could see trees swaying lightly on the ground and a pair of mountain ranges hugging a wide canyon at the center. From a bird’s eye view, it looked like the gap between two dragons that were crawling side by side to each other. There was also a stream at the center of the canyon stretching toward the distant horizon. It was the lifeline of Dragonlight Canyon and the entire reason this forest could survive this place.
An animalistic roar suddenly broke out from somewhere far away. It sounded so sharp and violent that I couldn’t help a shiver. I had no doubt that this canyon was crawling with high-level monsters that might pose a good challenge for our party.
Swhoosh swhoosh swhoosh...
Light flashed behind me, and the girls appeared. He Yi rode up to me with her Blade of the Earthen Soul unsheathed and said smilingly, ”Hoho, this map is pretty big! No wonder it has a 72-hour limit. Assuming that this whole map is crawling with mobs, it’ll definitely take us three days or so to clear completely.”
I smiled back. ”Yes. Anyway, let’s not waste any more time. You, sis and Moonlight Stone are all and just a bit away from hitting Level 150, so let’s try to get you all to Level 152 or so so you can get sixth promotion the moment you get out. We can’t fall behind our competitors too much.”
”Mn. Let’s go!”
”Go!”
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The Armored Ice Qilin Horse raised its hooves and dashed forward, the Phantom Wolf King following right behind it. On top of that, I summoned my apparition to double my firepower. There shouldn’t be any mob I couldn’t deal with now.
Our first mob didn’t take long to appear. It was a Level 170 black bear covered in armored spikes called “Spiked Ironback Bear”. Its Attack and Defense were so powerful that it would basically murder the shit out of everyone except Level 150 sixth-promotion players if it were to spawn in a plaza of Sky City.
”Let’s go!”
He Yi charged the mob but failed to stun it. She immediately followed up with a fiery Barrier Break that penetrated its body and dealt 16820 damage. Thanks to the effects of Royal Road, she did pretty good damage despite the level discrepancy.
I used my own Charge after He Yi, and—maybe because I had entered the Earthfire Realm, and He Yi hadn’t—I was able to stun it immediately. While the Spiked Ironback Bear was paralyzed by lightning, I hit it with Universe Break and Burning Blade Slash. The outpour of sword energy rocked the mob’s body and dealt a ton of damage—
25893!
13829!
19233!
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He Yi couldn’t help but pout a little when she saw the damage numbers. ”OMG, your Burning Blade Slash is way too OP. This is a Level 170 mob, and your last hit dealt almost 30k damage…”
I smiled. ”Do you want me to be the party leader before we run into a boss, Eve? You can do over 20k damage per hit as well if I activate Martial God!”
Behind me, Beiming Xue voiced her agreement, ”Yeah, yeah! Let’s do it! Big bro’s Martial God is better for grinding mobs, and it’ll also make my attacks stronger!”
Moonlight Stone nodded as well. Martial God was the best PvE Famous General Skill bar none because it boosted everyone’s attack power by 200% and made grinding mobs way easier than it should be. That being said, poverty-stricken players might prefer Chaos Moon’s Famous General Skill, Plunder, over Martial God. 100% increased attack power and 200% increased drop rate were absolutely nothing to scoff at!
After I turned on Martial God, everyone’s attack power, including the Phantom Wolf King’s and the Ironwing Dragon’s, was increased drastically. It was nice that the Famous General Skill affected both players and pets.
The Ironback Bear let out a dying scream and collapsed after the Cyan Netherworld Sword and Blade of the Earthen Soul tore its body apart. It dropped a Phantasmal Magic Stone that rolled a long, long distance away.
Moonlight Stone walked over to the Phantasmal Magic Stone and picked it up. She exclaimed in pleasant surprise, ”Wow, it’s a 84 Quality Phantasmal Magic Stone! That’s 84 gold or 84 RMB! Does anyone want this?”
I shook my head and said, ”Finders keepers. You can keep it…”
Moonlight Stone did just that before declaring smilingly, ”Next!”
We moved on. There was no way a Level 170 Ironback Bear could stop us.
We stayed close to the river as we traversed the meandering canyon. Looking at the big map, the darkening red signaled that the mobs would grow stronger the deeper we ventured. Of course, we didn’t know when we would get there, only that we would go in after we had cleared out all the outside mobs first.
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”Ah, there’s a rich ore vein over here!”
Moonlight Stone cheered in excitement from the front. Her secondary profession was a miner, so she immediately pulled out her mining tools and started digging away the vein of Thorium. Thorium was a Rank 9 mineral and very popular because it was an essential material when forging Rank 9 and 10 metal armors. The unusually high number of master weaponsmiths and armorsmiths in Sky City also ensured that the demand was high. A stack of Rank 9 mineral could be sold for 500 RMB, and a stack of Rank 10 mineral, a ridiculous price of 2000 RMB. It was why a large number of players ventured deep into the mountains in search of minerals every day, turning even a gigantic map like Dragonbone Mountain Range upside down. Of course, countless players died to the mobs as a result. Without sufficient strength, it was practically suicide to invade one’s home and rob them of their ores.