Chapter 176: Poison Beautifly (1/2)
“Watch out!” Murong Mingyue shouted as she healed me back to full health.
He Yi watched the sandworm king with an enigmatic smile on her face. Her beautiful pupils looked as deep as a starry night. “The boss’s shell is almost impervious, so we need to find its weak point and attack it!”
He Yi’s words made my eyes light up. She must be right!
The sandworm king raised its head and attacked me again with its twin blades. Its face was covered in tiny pores and wriggling hair, and at the center of its savage countenance was a bloody, gaping maw that looked like it was used to shred a person into pieces before feeding on them!
I ran away from the boss while shouting, “Lil Beiming, trying shooting the boss in its mouth!”
Beiming Xue fired a Penetrating Arrow right as I was finished speaking!
Bang!
This time, the attack dealt a whopping 1289 damage! It was as He Yi said, we needed to target the boss’s weak points specifically to kill it!
…...
Murong Mingyue said, “Lu Chen, draw aggro and try to tank as much damage as you can. While the boss is busy beating the shit out of you, Beiming Xue and Moonlight Stone will attack its mouth!”
I exclaimed in shock, “Fuck, why do I suddenly feel like I was born under an unlucky star?!”
Murong Mingyue nodded affirmatively. “All baits are like that…”
I retreated until I saw a chance to go on the offensive myself. Attack, attack, attack! If I had to be a bait, then I’m going to be one who made life a living hell for the boss!
The Ghost Ice Soul glowed with undead energy as I executed Pardon and Desperate Gambit in succession!
Puchi!
I struck the sandworm king perfectly in the mouth and caused more green blood to spill out of its mouth. The Ghost Ice Soul was an incredibly sharp weapon to begin with, and Desperate Gambit cut through its tough shell like a hot knife through butter!
MISS!
4762!
Shit, I even got a critical hit? Woo!
Behind me, the girls fell quiet for a moment before Beiming Xue finally complained with a pout, “Will boss die if he doesn’t show off one time?”
The Dark Wasp also flew toward the sandworm king and unleashed a deadly Flurry on its mouth, deleting almost 3000 HP in four hits. To say that it was powerful would be an understatement here!
The sandworm king had around 60k HP, but it didn’t have a level advantage over me because we were only two levels apart. Without the stat penalty that a level advantage imposed, the sandworm king was strong, but not strong enough to one-shot me, especially with Murong Mingyue keeping me healthy at all times. We absolutely could take down this boss without losing a single person!
I smiled when I saw the sandworm king’s remaining HP. “Get ready, everyone. Let’s hope that the boss would drop something good!”
The girls were incredibly excited. A Level 70 Silver Rank boss had a chance of dropping even a Gold-grade item!
Clang!
My sword cut through the sandworm king’s mandible one last time before it collapsed. It actually looked a bit like a shrimp the way its tough shell lay disorderly on the ground.
Pop...
A bunch of items lay scattered across the ground. There were a dozen or so Phantasmal Magic Stones alone. High-level bosses are such a generous bunch!
Besides that, the boss also dropped a shiny metal armor wristguard and dark-blue cloth armor legguards. They both looked pretty good!
I picked them up and brought up their stat screens.
Azure Wolf Wristguards (Silver-grade)
Defense: 115
Magic Resist: 50
Strength: +24
Stamina: +20
Passive: Increases user’s Defense by 40
Level Requirement: 60
…...
It was incredibly good for a metal armor equipment. It was rare to find wristguards with 115 Defense, let alone ones that added 40 Defense on top of that. With a total of 155 Defense, in terms of Defense alone, they were superior to my Dark Gold–grade Flame Dragon Gauntlets!
I tossed it straight into He Yi’s arms and smiled at her. “I have Dark Gold–grade wristguards already, so these are yours, boss. You should be around Level 60 by the time we’re done with Myriad Poison Cave, and you’ll be able to do your third class promotion!”
He Yi’s eyes lit up with joy. “Really? You’re giving top-tier Silver-grade wristguards to me?”
Everyone nodded while Murong Mingyue said, “Lu Chen already has better ones and the rest of us can’t equip metal armor. Just take them!”
He Yi accepted the gift gratefully and nodded. “Thank you, everyone. Let’s keep up the good work!”
The second equipment, the cloth armor legguards were a Level 60 Dark Steel–grade item that boosted its user’s magical attacks by 5%. Again, it unquestionably belonged to the only mage in our party, Moonlight Stone.
We counted 15 Phantasmal Magic Stones after we picked up everything, so we split it among ourselves and got three each. These magic stones were still worth a lot of gold, and since gold equaled money, no player could say no to them.
We continued forward and killed a Myriad Poison Sandworm or two on the way. Finally, we reached a deep, dark hole with a bit of light peeking out of it. It was the entrance leading to Myriad Poison Cave’s second floor!
He Yi looked at the hole and asked in puzzlement, “Are we heading to the second floor underground?”
I nodded.
“Does this mean that Myriad Poison Cave is a duplex?”
“...”
I had no idea how to respond to the inane question, so I said, “Wait for me here for a bit while I head downstairs. Who knows what kind of monsters might be waiting for us at the second floor?”
“Oh, okay. Go do your thing!”
I crouched a little and leaped into the hole, wind roaring against my ears. It didn’t take long before my feet hit solid ground, and I progressed deeper into the cave. The light grew brighter and brighter, and soon the world in front of me opened up to reveal a whole new zone. The system dinged once to notify me that I had arrived at the second floor of Myriad Poison Cave.
But I didn’t respond to it. It was because I was too busy staring at the sight in front of me.
Flap flap flap...
About ten yards away from me was a beautiful girl floating in midair. She had a beautiful face, a curvaceous body, and she was almost fully naked besides the key areas being covered up by a leaf. She held a sword that looked like it was made out of a pine tree branch in her hand, and she had a pair of colorful butterfly wings behind her back. As she flew across the air, all I could think of was how beautiful she looked!
“What the fuck is this…” I murmured to myself.