Chapter 136: Deterrence (2/2)
Not one of the attacks managed to deal over 20 damage, but this was a 3D space, and the spears were literally raining on me from nearly every direction. It only took a moment for me to lose over hundreds of HP.
Swhoosh!
The beautiful NPC priest behind my back finally started healing me. Although the numbers weren’t exactly impressive, I had potions to heal myself if necessary and Regeneration of the Undead. It wasn’t an impossible battle of attrition.
Thousand Mirage Slash was an OP skill, but not because it had incredible range and power, but because its cooldown was only 15 seconds. 15 seconds later, I unleashed Thousand Mirage Slash again and sent an entire horde of Flying Shadows plunging to the ground. Hell, it felt I was wielding a goddamned flamethrower. A ton of EXP started flying my way and filling up my experience bar at a visible rate!
I was overjoyed. It was like farming free EXP. Although the Flying Shadows didn’t drop anything impressive—it was mostly Big Magic Stones that weren’t worth a lot these days—it was incredibly exhilarating to watch my experience climb upward like a rocket. Plus, I had a High-grade Army Pouch now. I might as well make good use of my new item space.
The attacking Flying Shadows numbered around 1500, and it took me over an hour to finally kill all of them. The intense battle caused all of my equipment to drop below 50% durability, especially the Ghost Ice Soul. Thousand Mirage Slash was an extremely costly skill both in terms of MP and durability, and after the battle my weapon was down to 27% durability, and I had almost run out of high-rank Magic Consumables!
Damn. I wasn’t expecting 10 stacks of high-level Magic Consumables to be insufficient. Normally, I didn’t carry any Magic Consumables on my person at all. There was still one hour left before the quest was complete, and I prayed that the third and hopefully final wave wouldn’t be another horde of enemies like the Flying Shadows. Even if I somehow managed to make my potions last until the end of the battle, my weapon was definitely not going to last the whole fight.
In Heavenblessed, weapons lost their Attack once their durability dropped to zero. It would be as if I was fighting bare-handed. I would be more useful watching the Dark Wasp fighting on its own if that happened.
After nearly two hours of intense battle, I had reached Level 63, 98% full. Moreover, I had finally surpassed Lin Yixin.
NameLevelClass
Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand
63
Undead Swordsman
Wind Fantasy
63
Light Wanderer
Dominating Heaven Blade
62
Warrior
Purple Marquis
61
Warrior
Gui Guzi
60
Undead Knight
Beiming Xue
60
Dark Archer
Clear Perfume
60
Archer
Dominating Warrior God
60
Warrior
Shadow Chanel
60
Mage
Light Cloudmoon
59
Mage
……
Lin Yixin was the same level as me, but her experience percentage was lower than mine. This ranking had never looked so beautiful to me as in this moment!
I needed to work hard so that Lin Yixin wouldn’t have a chance to snatch the throne from me again. At the very least, I didn’t want the same disaster to happen again, climbing to the top only to be kicked down before I managed to warm the seat with my butt.
I suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves galloping our way. Behind me, the archer Weiss exclaimed in shock and terror again, “Oh no! Are… are these the Violet Knights? Heavens, I can’t believe that the elite warriors of the Violet Empire had all been turned into the puppets of the undead…”
I squinted at the horizon and saw a group of horsemen galloping our way. There were about a hundred of them, and they were all Level 70 or so. This wasn’t the first time I encountered this type of mob. They had average attack but good Defense and HP, meaning that they were tanky enough to be annoying to kill. Thankfully, their numbers were still manageable.
“What should we do?” the archer NPC asked dumbly. “These horsemen were all former elites of the Violet Empire, but now they have been transformed into the vanguard of the evil undead. This is terrible!”
But I ignored his lamentations and focused on absorbing all the undead soul sparks on the ground. There were Flying Shadows all over the place, and I could feel the spark inside of me growing stronger and stronger. I could deal with the undead knights after I absorbed everything!
Suddenly, I felt a warmth spreading from inside my heart. My energy started howling, and my muscles started twitching like crazy. In that moment, I felt a powerful aura building inside of me. I think… I think I’m about to undergo an evolution!
Swhoosh!
A red light burst into the sky, and I was overflowing with energy. The ground was shaking from the commotion!
Ding~!