Chapter 124: Chaos Ice Cave (1/2)
I gasped involuntarily when I saw the Green Giant’s amazing stats. Not only were his Attack, Defense and HP all much stronger than the usual mob’s, he had three skills in total. It was no wonder that he was considered an elite. I had personally tasted the terrifying power that was Desperate Gambit myself, and this Green Giant probably had a Flurry at Rank 6, meaning that he had a chance of triggering 2 to 4 consecutive attacks in one attack.
Mn, there is definitely a chance of me being one-shot!
A timer appeared in my HUD, counting down seconds to the battle.
“3!”
“2!”
“1!”
I waved my hand and summoned the Dark Wasp. I might not have been able to beat the Green Giant alone, but with the support of my pet the only outcome there could be was certain victory!
“Go, my Dark Wasp!”
The cannon fodder flew straight toward the enemy while I followed behind it like a shadow. The Green Giant only has 12000 total HP, so it should definitely be possible to end this fight quickly!
Swhoosh swhoosh swhoosh!
The Dark Wasp triggered Flurry, but it only procced 3 attacks. Still, it was enough to shave over a thousand HP from the Green Giant’s health pool and poison him with the Wasp King Poison, turning his already green skin even greener than before. Considering how powerful it was as an attacker, it was definitely worth going through all that trouble to capture it back then!
The Green Giant shouted angrily, “You lowly creature!”
A green glow appeared around his battle axe as he swung the weapon at the Dark Wasp’s head!
447!
His attack power was definitely impressive. My pet had almost 500 Defense, but the attack still took a big chunk of its HP.
Anyway, it was my turn now!
The Ghost Ice Soul turned into a dazzling icicle before plunging into the Green Giant’s chest. Then, as my blade was enveloped in green light, I returned the Slayer Slash he had attacked my Dark Wasp with right back!
789!
914!
My Undead Energy gave me quite the boost in the attack department, and the Silver-grade Bone-shatter Legguards I had gotten from Lin Yixin added 50 damage to attacks of the dark element. Right now, my Attack was definitely higher than my pet’s!
Swhoosh!
The Green Giant changed targets swiftly as his axe flashed gold. It was the visual cue for Flurry!
I was ready for this, and my brain delay was hardly crippling these days. I was already backing off by the time the Green Giant raised his battle axe high.
The Green Giant swung his axe four times in a row, but I was able to dodge them all perfectly with some quick feet shuffling. As I thought, Rank 6 Flurry can proc four attacks at a time!
If the attack had hit me, I might’ve been one-shot, even with 1680 HP!
Pardon!
Desperate Gambit!
The Green Giant shuddered as two damage numbers appeared above his head—
MISS!
1985!
Haha, I love how much damage I’m doing!
But the Green Giant was already swinging its axe toward me before I was done enjoying my own handiwork. The reddish glow surrounding the axe made it clear that he was using Desperate Gambit!
Bang!
My chest erupted in pain as the battle axe struck flesh. However, a dark glow appeared and negated much of the damage I just received. Ghost Deity Armor was a godsend at Rank 5.
746!
Yep, it was as I had suspected. The fact that a Rank 6 Desperate Gambit had only dealt this little damage to me was a clear sign of improvement. In fact, after putting on the Bone-crush Legguards, my base Defense was now a whopping 395 points. Combined with Ghost Deity Armor, my ability to tank damage was at least as good as my Dark Wasp’s, if not higher!
In other words, my survivability had completely exceeded the Dark Wasp’s at this point. Regeneration of the Undead regenerated my HP, Energy Amplification increased my Magic Resist, and Enhanced Bones increased my Defense. At the current stage, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call me a walking fortress.
This was especially true considering the high demand for good items right now. Most first-rate pros only had a single piece of Silver-grade equipment, and those who possessed two could do whatever they wanted in Floating Ice City. I, however, had a Gold-grade sword and three pieces of Silver-grade equipment. There was literally no one in the entire city who had better equipment than me. It was the main reason why I had been able to take on a dozen or so top-rate Domination Clan players and come out victorious. When indoors, you rely on your brothers to take care of you. But when outdoors, equipment is what makes the world answer to your beck and call!
I drank an HP pot and returned to full health immediately. Meanwhile, the Green Giant only had half his HP left after the Dark Wasp and I worked together to deal over 5000 damage.
The latter half of the battle was incredibly simple. After dodging the enemy’s Flurry again and ravaging him repeatedly with the Ghost Ice Soul and Dark Wasp, the Green Giant lost all its HP and collapsed to the ground with a scream. He then looked at me proudly and declared, “Boy, you passed the test only because I didn’t get a good night’s sleep. Anyway, come and claim your Proof of Trial!”
Ding~!
System Notice: You have obtained “Proof of Trial (Chaos Ice Cave: 6 hours)”!
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