Chapter 247 – Yao-Tier Pet Egg (1/2)
Strictly speaking, the Crystal Crab King wasn’t a Yao boss, so this pearl was still not a complete inner core.
However, it still contained a great amount of water energy. Fatty originally wanted to feed the pearl to the Elemental Skill Book, but he changed his mind. His Elemental Equipment set and Elemental Sword were only Silver-tier and fell short of his current level. Those gears needed elemental inner cores to rank up.
After the party cleaned up the battlefield, only a piece of Gold equipment was good enough to be kept while the rest went to the Elemental Skill Book.
Ever since Memory was upgraded to Replica, Fatty had recorded several dozens of spells of all attributes in the book.
The party wandered around the tunnels and slew several bosses, yet were still unable to figure out the right path.
“Weird, how does this place have so many bosses?” Han Shen found it very strange.
“The more bosses there are, the more OP the Celestial item hidden here will be,” Xiao Jian said.
“I wonder what it is!” Everyone held high hopes for the Celestial item.
The roads inside the Crystal Maze were tangled and complex. Taking a tunnel, they would be met with forking tunnels shortly after to choose from. Fortunately, Fatty had the X-Ray Mirror that allowed them to see the vicinity, otherwise, they’d have to spend forever just turning left and right.
However, the Mirror’s ten use limit severely restricted their progress.
“How far have we walked?” asked Xiao Jian after killing another boss.
“Not very far,” Fatty replied after calculating a little.
Sallip’s map had become useless the moment they entered this maze. No one knew how big this place was or where the Celestial item was hidden.
“ROAAAAH!”
A thunderous roar echoed from upfront. The floor violently quaked and crystals fell like rain.
Fatty picked up all the crystals that fell and placed them in his inventory. Along the way, he had occasionally cast Harvest and accumulated several thousand pieces of the colorful crystals.
The group moved forth, following the direction of the roar. After a corner, they discovered that it was a dead end. And at the end of this dead end was a huge scorpion-type monster.
Crystal Yao Scorpion
Yao boss
Level: 60
Attack: 155 – 180
Defense: 135
HP: 12000
Notes: A huge scorpion who got lost in the Crystal Maze. Undergoing mutation due to the unique environment of the maze, it gained great power and evolved into a Yao monster.
This boss was roughly eight meters tall, over twenty meters long, and its pincers were at least ten meters long. At the end of the scorpion’s curved tail, a cold metal gleam flashed.
Like the crystal crabs, this Crystal Yao Scorpion was entirely transparent as if made of glass, making its body of packs look somewhat artistic instead of frightening like normal scorpions.
“Yao boss!” Everyone was excited, not a trace of fear was seen.
“Watch out for this one,” Fatty reminded in a low voice. This Yao boss was only one level above the level 59 Gold boss Crystal Crab King, but this one level was like the gap between heaven and earth.
Moreover, this one was obviously much more powerful than that Yao-tier Holy Unicorn King back in the Ice Rose Alliance base siege. Back then, to handle that unicorn, Fatty had to spend several scrolls of great value.
It certainly wouldn’t work to let Liu Lan tank at the front now, because a Yao boss could definitely insta-kill her without giving the priest a chance to heal.
Boom! Fatty unleashed the Earth Dragon. Also, he summoned Inky and made it fly by the dragon's side as a healer.
“Your mount is such a BUG! It can be a mount and a pet, all in one,” Cheng Xiong praised with both envy and admiration.
However, Fatty’s idea was a bit too simple. The Crystal Yao Scorpion charged forth, its dancing pincers tore at the Earth Dragon’s body and effortlessly wiped off more than half of the latter’s health.
Under Fatty's order, Inky cast Heal with all its might and barely maintained the dragon's HP above the midpoint.
Liu Lan clicked her tongue. If it had been her, that certainly would have been a one-hit KO.
Whoosh. Liu Lan summoned the Lightning Bird. The pet rammed head-first at the boss’s crystalline body and was struck dizzy upon collision. Sparky flailed its wings, wobbling around in the air when the scorpion lashed a pincer and cut it in half. Bird feathers fluttered all over.
“Wuwuu, my poor Sparky!” Liu Lan grieved as she re-summoned the Lightning Bird that had just lost a level.
“Lightning Birds only have this one offensive skill?” Fatty couldn’t help but re-confirm.
“Mhm.” Liu Lan nodded.
Lightning Birds were extreme creatures. Aside from strong defense and magic attribute, they only maintained a super quick speed and powerful physical attack. Any normal monster would be pierced through with their lightning speed dive.
“This scorpion is just as nasty as those crabs.” Liu Lan gritted her teeth in fury. When they fought the Crystal Crabs, her Lightning Bird had to stand aside as well because the crabs’ exoskeleton was too solid.
“Attack the belly, that part is softer,” Fatty reminded.
A trait that set apart a Yao boss from a Gold boss of the same level was its clearly much higher AI. After exchanging a few blows, the scorpion’s tail suddenly shot out. A cold gleam flashed, and a bloody hole appeared on the Earth Dragon’s head.
“Rarrghh!” The Earth Dragon howled as a green light flashed above its head. No matter how hard Inky healed the dragon, it couldn’t outmatch the blood outflow. Very soon, the Earth Dragon fell and returned to Fatty’s mount inventory in a white light.
Rumble…