Chapter 172: Myriad Poison Cave (1/2)
The magic knight’s eyes were harsh. “So what if he’s Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand? Everyone’s equal in death! Old Three, use Vanish and then Ambush once Old Four freezes him. While he’s stunned, Old Four will cast Ice Dragon Howl on his pet! He can’t deal with us all at the same time!”
I calmly rushed toward the assassin and swung my blade toward his neck. He wants to vanish? I’ll grant him his wish and make him vanish permanently!
But to my surprise, the assassin suddenly held his dagger in front of his chest and hid his face within his arms. He looked like an oval egg for a second.
Bang!
The Ghost Ice Soul hit the assassin’s dagger, but he was calm and confident despite suffering what should’ve been a fatal blow. At the same time, a blue glow appeared around his body, a sign that he had successfully defended against my strike!
175!
Fuck, what a blunder. I wasn’t expecting this brat to know a defensive skill!
Beep!
Combat Log: Player “Bridge Above Water” uses “Guard”, reducing damage taken by 80%!
……
Fuck, it’s a defensive skill! In Heavenblessed, defensive skills were unique abilities that could reduce all physical damage taken by 50% to 90%. It was the ultimate life-saving skill. Unfortunately, a player couldn’t draw any aggro when using it, so tanks couldn’t just spam it during boss fights. That being said, it could do wonders in PvP against melee players and archers.
Currently, defensive skill books were very rare, but that should change once Heavenblessed entered the latter stages. Everyone had to get a defensive skill eventually.
After the assassin had defended against my attack perfectly, he said with an arrogant chuckle, “Is this all the legendary Unkillable War God can do? Then die!”
He swung his dagger toward the right side of my body!
At the same time, the enemy magic knight rushed at me from a different direction. The blade of his spear was glowing brightly! It was Flame Thrust!
But what really surprised me was that the mage knew the Ice Arrow Spell. After the Dark Wasp was slowed, he immediately fired an Ice Dragon Howl straight toward my head!
In for a penny, in for a pound. Time to slaughter my enemies!
I suddenly stopped in my tracks and spun around like a whirlwind, hitting the assassin’s head with a basic attack. His defensive skill was still on cooldown, so there was nothing he could do to save his life!
984!
It was an easy one-shot!
Chiang!
At the same time, the magic knight’s Flame Thrust hit my shoulder and shook my armor a bit. However, shock quickly entered his eyes in the next moment. “Ah? This is… Pardon!”
MISS!
2983!
Finally, the angry mage hit me with an Ice Dragon Howl, but it only dealt 298 damage. I was on point when I thought it wouldn’t deal more than 300 damage to my Magic Resist!
The Dark Wasp flew toward the mage after the slow CC affecting it finally wore off. I also activated my own Charge and stunned him!
It took one attack to destroy the mage’s Magic Shield and another to end his life. Aaand done!
The dead players dropped a generous sum of pots and Magic Consumables. The magic knight especially dropped a whopping total of 47 Rank 5 Health Potions, saving me a ton of gold!
I picked up the loot leisurely since I was in no hurry to leave the area. If the trio decided to come back to life, I could always kill them a second time. It was no trouble to me!
After I had picked up everything, I continued on the path, headed toward Violet Camp, the Blood Dance encampment located at the edge of Eternal Song Forest. Both the leader of the Blood Dance Legion, Sophia, and Shadow Dancer Xue Wei were there, and I was a warrior serving directly under their banner. I figured that it was about time I reported in and pledged my loyalty. As for how I would be going about that, who cares? The important thing here was that I could receive some quests, earn some cash and level up quickly!
…...
I left the dark undergrowth of Eternal Song Forest behind and entered a clearing. The last time I was here, the perimeter of Violet Camp was surrounded by wooden fences and abatis. Now, a row of tall stone walls had been built beyond the original fences. Clearly, their technology had improved and they’ve proudly entered the era of the Stone Age!
Princess Sophia had made a wise tactical decision. She had solidified the defenses of her base first before expanding outward. The plan was to occupy Eternal Song Forest and Violet Forest to eventually rebuild the Violet Empire in its place.
Unlike the Great Leap Forward, her plan was a lot more realistic and practical. There was less of a chance of something really bad happening because they didn’t try to aim too far too soon.
I walked into the encampment and found the undead around me carrying themselves in a solemn manner. A group of undead horsemen were just leaving the camp, probably leaving the camp on a scouting mission. Everything seemed to be clear and in good order so far.
I checked my Blood Dance army rank and noted that I was only at the second rank, Skeleton Horseman. I’m going to have to work harder to increase my rank!
It was at this moment an orderly walked up to me and asked, “Undead from the distant lands, may I know why you’ve come to our camp?”
I shot the guy a disdainful look. Hmph, how dare he act aloof around me when he hadn’t even grown a full set of bones.
To prove his mistake, I pulled down my hood and revealed my handsome face and my bloody eyes. Sigh, although I looked a lot cooler since I had leveled up and become an Asura, my eyes still bloody and kinda scary. I even scared He Yi by accident again just yesterday. Man, I’m such a sinful man~~
The orderly immediately saluted me when he saw my true appearance. “What is your business here, my lord?”
I proudly walked deeper into the camp while asking, “Have you seen Shadow Dancer Xue Wei? Where is she?”
“She…”
The orderly suddenly dropped to his knees and said in a trembling voice, “Lord Xue Wei was gravely injured. She’s resting inside her tent right now!”
“What? Gravely injured?”