Chapter 247 – Yao-Tier Pet Egg (2/2)
The Crystal Yao Scorpion shuddered, the lumps on its back suddenly burst apart. From the torn lumps, several hundred basin-sized scorpions crawled out.
These scorpions were crystalline and varied in color. There were red scorpions, black scorpions, etc.
Crystal Scorpion
Level: 55
Attack: 115 – 125
Defense: 115
HP: 6000
Whoosh whoosh whoosh. The scorpion mobs crawled over, baring fangs and claws. Everyone instantly moved back.
Several hundred level 55 monsters wasn’t something that they could confront head-on, so retreat was the only option.
After they retreated several dozens of meters, however, the scorpions still refused to let them off and kept chasing them.
“Damn it! Must we really give up on this Yao boss?!” Cheng Xiong yelled.
“What a pity. We should have brought a mage along, any attribute would do.” Xiao Jian’s face was full of pity. He didn’t want to let the benefit right before their eyes slip away either.
Fatty was expressionless. A light flashed as the Elemental Skill Book appeared in his hand.
Whoosh. A layer of ice suddenly covered the ground. The crystal scorpions were slowed down by half. Compared to their momentum earlier, they now crawled like turtles.
“You… How can you use magic?!” Cheng Xiong’s jaw dropped.
“Why can’t he?” Liu Lan looked at Fatty with proud eyes.
“Cut the crap and attack!” Xiao Jian let out a battle cry and slashed his sword, hitting several scorpions at once.
The players and their pets cast every skill in their possession. At the side, Fatty unleashed all sorts of magic attacks.
Lightning Chain, Water Screen, Fire Dragon Break, Wind Cape of Confusion, Earth Spike, and even an ice magic, Frozen.
While they were all low-level AoEs, they worked just perfect in this situation. Especially Frozen, the skill slowed the Crystal Scorpion’s movement and attack speed, creating a chance for the party to slowly whittle down their numbers.
A while ago, Fatty had recorded several dozens of magic spells in the Elemental Skill Book, all of which were low-level spells of all attributes. However, each spell could only be used thrice. After the third time, they disappeared, so Fatty stowed away the Elemental Skill Book and began attacking with his Elemental Sword.
“Whew…”
Over an hour later, the last Crystal Scorpion kicked the bucket. Fatty let out a long sigh, utterly exhausted. Liu Lan’s condition was even worse as she directly leaned on him, having no strength left to stand on her own.
Killing several hundred monsters in just over an hour, everyone found this kind of high tempo activity intolerable.
“Sooo f*cking exhausted! But the gain is awesome!” Cheng Xiong was so excited that his bald head seemed to shine.
Hundreds of level 55 monsters amounted to quite a huge sum of experience. During the battle, Xiao Jian and Cheng Xiong all leveled up to 44.
“Ahh, we definitely have to bring some mages next time. Warriors’ AoE ability can’t compare to Mages.” Barely standing with the support of his sword, Xiao Jian leaned on the wall and gasped for breath.
Fatty forced himself up and started to clean the battlefield. Others would ignore the trashy equipment as they were worthless and space-consuming, but it was different in Fatty’s case. His Elemental Skill Book was no picky eater.
Level 55 normal monsters’ drops didn’t meet the party’s standard, so everything was tossed to the Elemental Skill Book except for a few rare gears.
Ever since the tournament when Memory was upgraded to Replica, the skill book had devoured a great deal of equipment, but still showed no sign of change at all.
Fatty understood that the book would require more and more energy in the later stage. Consuming equipment alone wouldn’t get it too far; it was best to seek more God-tier power to feed it.
“Let’s go! Time for the big one.” After resting for a bit, everyone got back on their feet and headed towards the Crystal Yao Scorpion.
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“Ahhh! A Yao boss is indeed a Yao boss. I’m drained!” Watching the boss fall with a rumble, Cheng Xiong’s butt also fell on the ground and rooted there.
The five were all experts in addition to being assisted by their high-ranked pets, yet it took them over three hours to grind this Crystal Yao Scorpion to death. Many crises occurred during the battle. The party could have been annihilated if it weren’t for Cheng Xiong, the nanny healer.
“Geez, they’re both level 60 Yao bosses, but this one is far superior to the Holy Unicorn.” Liu Lan sighed.
“Maybe it’s the effect of the Celestial item?” Han Shen suddenly raised a doubt.
Everyone was stunned at this idea. Theoretically, both were level 60 Yao bosses, the Holy Unicorn should be much more powerful than this mutated scorpion as a born Yao of Light attribute.
“Celestial item!” Han Shen’s eyes sparkled.
“Huh? A pet egg?” Fatty picked up an object the size of a duck egg under the boss’s body.
“A Yao boss pet egg must be worth a lot of money right?” Everyone flocked over.
“Should be around 200,000 gold coins in the market,” Xiao Jian estimated.
“Anyone wants it?” Fatty asked. Everyone else shook their heads. They all had pets that were just as good and trained to high levels to boot, so it wasn’t worth it to switch to another.
“Okay, I’ll take it then. I’ll give you guys your share of money later.” Fatty placed the Crystal Yao Scorpion Egg in his inventory.