Chapter 107: Thunder General (2/2)
HP: ???
Skills: Thousand Mirage Slash, Icy Crystal Armor, Thunderous Hell
Introduction: Dio was the ultimate commander of the Violet Empire. After losing the battle against the Night Creatures, he was cruelly murdered and strung at the top of the Ancient Thunder Temple by his executioners. His undying spirit was eventually resurrected in an unholy manner, and he was transformed into a violent and murderous devil as a result.
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The exact Attack and Defense eluded us even with Lin Yixin’s level, but the description of the boss was more than enough to make me gasp in shock. Judging from the fact that he was Level 68, it was entirely possible for his Attack to reach the realm of four digits. He could probably one-shot Lin Yixin and me with a basic attack, and that wasn’t even considering his three skills!
Still staring at the boss, Lin Yixin asked me in a soft voice, “So, should we teleport back or give it a try?”
A grin spread across my mouth. “Are you afraid, Beauty Yi?”
“Tch! Of course not!” Lin Yixin’s eyes turned serious. “Let’s do it then. Worse comes to worst, we die and lose a level!”
I nodded and replied just as seriously, “It’s not my style to run away when a boss appears in front of me. Kill or be killed! It’s the boss’s misfortune to have run into us, not the other way around!”
“Yeah!”
Her resolve rekindled, Lin Yixin gripped her Snow Shadow Sword and asked, “How should we go about this though?”
I observed the terrain for a moment before saying, “There’s no way we can fight it head-on, we would be lucky not to get one-shot immediately. Therefore, the only way for us to beat this boss is to use the terrain!”
“The terrain?” Eyes sparkling with intelligence, Lin Yixin giggled and replied, “You mean the lightning formation?”
“That’s right!” I nodded seriously. On the way to the fifth floor, we ran into a lightning formation that was unlike any other lightning zone we had braved through thus far. The lightning strikes were much more frequent and condensed, and we actually utilized this to our advantage by luring mobs into it along with my Dark Wasp. Since my pet was fast and had high HP, I didn’t have to worry about a random attack one-shotting it, though the same tactic would’ve failed miserably if the bait was a player.
“But who should be the one to draw aggro?”
Both Lin Yixin and I fell silent for a moment. It was because there was no way for the bait to survive this boss battle. The Level 68 boss was a lot stronger than we were, so much so that even a simple bump could potentially end our lives.
In the end, we arrived at a wise decision. Our pets would bait the boss to its death while we sat at the sidelines, mourning them and their gallant sacrifice.
Lin Yixin calculated the boss’s position in her head while saying, “My Fire Blade might be one-shot by the boss, so the Dark Wasp needs to hold its aggro once it dies. While the boss is distracted, we’ll lure it into the lightning formation and hasten the boss’s death as much as possible!”
“Okay!”
I nodded, and our pets flew toward the boss immediately. The Dark Wasp buzzed arrogantly, and the burning blade that was Lin Yixin’s Fire Blade slashed fearlessly across the boss’s torso!
Thud!
The Thunder General immediately awakened from its slumber and rose to its feet, roaring. “Ah! The light of daybreak is about to appear from the horizon. Damned traditionalists, I will soak the flag of the Night Creatures with your blood!”
No one expected lightning to shoot down from the sky all of a sudden. My Dark Wasp took two hits and died before it even managed to land an attack.
1509!
1473!
The Fire Blade fared even worse than the Dark Wasp. It was zapped into literal dust before a damage number even appeared above its head!
Stunned, Lin Yixin gritted her teeth and said, “OMG, this boss is cheating! Run, Lu Chen…”
I didn’t need her to tell me that; I was already on the run the second our plan went awry. Gripping its thunderous sword, the Thunder General chased after us and roared. “Tiny humans, your stench is disgusting and your blood is moist. Ah, I will feast on your flesh and blood until only the bones are left!”
Suddenly, Lin Yixin said with shocked eyes, “Lu Chen, we’re dead…”
“What? Why do you say that?”
“We forgot to memorize the pattern of the lightning strikes…”
“...”
It was too late for regrets at this point, and the Thunder General’s broadsword was literal seconds from electrocuting our asses. Lin Yixin and I threw all caution to the wind and charged straight into the 100x100 yard lightning formation. Countless lightning bolts rained around us, seemingly at random!
Crack!
I skidded to a stop before a bolt of lightning could hit me. I dodged the second and third lightning bolt too. That was my limit however, because eight bolts of lightning struck me squarely in the head while I was still in midair!
“Ah?”
A flash of white light later, the lightning formation claimed its first victim!
Swhoosh!
My soul reappeared inside a desolate graveyard. Three seconds later, Lin Yixin’s soul appeared next to me as well.
“So, what should we do, leader?” I asked.
“We try again!”
“Alright!”
The two of us floated all the way to the fifth floor and saw the Thunder General standing at the edge of the lightning formation. Unfortunately, the boss had enough sense to not follow us to our deaths.
“How should we kill him?” Lin Yixin asked with a smile. “If we don’t deal any damage to him, we won’t be rewarded with any experience.”
“I’ll do it!”
“Oh?”