Chapter 312 (1/2)

Chapter 312: Spore Fog

Zhang ZhengXiong saw the pile of wriggling liquid creatures and felt some panic. He had killed countless slimes, but this thing looked too disgusting. It looked like a pool of pus.

“These creatures are immune to fire…” Ye Cang reminded. He reached out and tapped on the drum at his waist, giving everyone the effect of Boosting Beat. SpyingBlade heard the sound of a drum, then received a 5 minute strength and attack buff. Musical Instrument? A Bard?

“Normally, creatures that don’t fear fire also don’t fear light. Try ice…” Little Ye Tian proposed.

Wu Na began casting a spell. Chilling Wind! The damage was very low, but FrozenCloud noticed that the frontmost ones were beginning to freeze. Even the ones who weren’t frozen became sluggish. She performed a Collapsing Palm, shattering one. The system told her she had killed it. “They’re weakness is to freeze them then use physical attacks…”

Wang also began to command his water elemental to use ice spells. Zhang ZhengXiong was like an ice sculptor, and began smashing them. Tens of acid sprays shot over, and he quickly leapt back. He was hit twice, and received a continuous corrosive effect. “Lil’Dino! Be careful, these things spit! The damage is not low!”

Ye Cang watched everyone deal with the liquid demons. A flame appeared in his hand and smashed into the swampwalker’s head. The damage was extremely high. I can’t let him join the fight yet. “A’Xiong, SpyingBlade, you two go hold back the boss. Lele and FrozenCloud, deal with these liquid things with Nana and Wang’s help!”

Zhang ZhengXiong and SpyingBlade jumped a broken wall, and charged towards the swampwalker.

Ye Cang began to use his Light Strike Array, locking onto the boss’s path. The ground began to dry and faintly burn. A hazy red pattern could be seen covering an area 20 meters across. Suddenly, flames emerged, spraying out violently like a fountain. There was a howl of grief. SpyingBlade looked at the range of this flame spell. Last time’s epic skill reward? Not bad. This is an area damage and control skill. He saw that the boss’s eyes were somewhat hazy, it had clearly been stunned. He increased his speed, and his swords were freed from his waist, slashing into the part kneeling knees, head, and chest. His swords dance was complimented by the special effects of various skills. He was like a butterfly fluttering above a burning star. Zhang ZhengXiong raised a brow. He stepped on the faintly burning ground, and his enormous axe left a huge trail as it slashed at its neck and shoulder. Ye Cang summoned the shadow of his heavy crossbow, then pulled out the mini ballista from his bag. The queen bee bolt was launched with a Meteor Shot, followed by the king bee bolt from the shadow weapon. The two heavy bolts hit the swampwalker, instantly dealing a huge amount of damage, however, it seems like the poison only dealt 25% of their usual damage, the rest was resisted by the creature’s anti-poison body. This made Ye Cang extremely regretful as he put away his ballista.

Along with a roar, the swampwalker began to emit fungus that was sort of like spores that grew bigger and bigger. SpyingBlade sensed danger as he dodge an enormous arm, and began to retreat. “Don’t stay there! Move!”

Zhang ZhengXiong also noticed that these spores looked like they were on the verge of bursting. Some had swollen to more than 3 meters. After activating a Thunderclap, he lowered his body and ran out of its range. He heard a few muffled echoes, and the spores behind him exploded, sending green dust blowing everywhere.

SpyingBlade, who was at the edge of the dust, watched as his health continuously fell, and his body gradually became paralyzed… His heart sank. This thing, it has outrageously high health, and doesn’t seem weakened at all after all those heavy injuries. Is it a raid scale boss? He activated a movement skill, rushing out of the dust, and drank a moderate healing potion that Lin Le had made. Ye Cang saw that the boss was headed for the paralysed Zhang ZhengXiong. From his bag, he took out a spare molotov, and threw it between Zhang ZhengXiong and the approaching swampwalker. The raging flames covered them both, and the dust began to be burned by the flame, becoming twinkling stars. SpyingBlade nodded approvingly. It was better than being pounded by a boss while paralysed. Moreover, being burned by the flames might even help remove the paralysis and reduce the amount of airborne dust.

Zhang ZhengXiong sighed in relief. Although he was being burned alive, it wasn’t unpleasant. He was no longer completely paralysed, but continued letting the flames burn him. These flames actually did less damage than the dust, afterall, he had very high fire resistance. He looked at his remaining ⅓ health. While still on fire, he began to run out of the dust’s range. He quickly used the three healing spells saved in his holy text to heal himself up to ½ health. Ye Cang’s healing stream also landed, as well as Little Ye Tian’s healing and shield, followed by pearls of light. A line of light went from Zhang ZhengXiong to the nearby SpyingBlade, replenishing both their healths.

“How is the cleanup on that side?” SpyingBlade said, jumping into the ruins, intending to buy more time.