Chapter 179: Abyssal Ring (2/2)
Level: 69
HP: 2640
Attack: 452~720
Defense: 542
Magic Resist: 319
Reputation: 29850
Luck: 3
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At Level 69, I had 2640 HP, 720 Attack and 542 Defense. This was incredible for a warrior, and I was sure that there was no one in the entire city who had a higher Attack than me. Undead Swordsman had great strength scaling, and I’ve decided to specialize in offense rather than defense!
I checked the quest details before walking to the front of the party. “I need the Heavenly Poison Snow Lotus to cure Shadow Dancer Xue Wei’s ailment, and this herb is said to reside at the bottom of Myriad Poison Cave, or namely its third floor. This means that all we need to do is find the herb on the third floor, we don’t have to fight the final boss of this zone.”
He Yi nodded. “Yes, Myriad Poison Cave only has three floors. Also, it’s standard practice to encounter a boss on the third floor of a dungeon, and I’m sure that this one is going to be even stronger than that scorpion king we just killed!”
Murong Mingyue pouted and complained a little, “We should’ve brought more people with us, to be honest. This would be so much easier if we had a 20-man party with us.”
I shook my head. “It’s unnecessary. It’s harder to command a lot of people, and they’d all die anyway if the third boss also has an AoE skill like this scorpion king.”
“Okay, okay. Now can we get to the third floor already? I’m so sleepy I could die…” Murong Mingyue said.
We exchanged a smile with each other before departing to the third floor!
After we passed through the only passage leading to the third floor, we entered a completely new zone.
Ding~!
System Notice: you have entered an evil zone—Ghost King Palace!
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Huh? Judging from the name of the zone alone, it looked like it was on a different level from the previous two zones. This should be the final map of Myriad Poison Cave!
The Ghost King Palace wasn’t as desolate as the previous two floors, but it was filled with poisonous gas, and the floor was covered in poisonous purple moss. Our war boots felt as unsteady as ice skates as we walked on top of them.
Thud...
Murong Mingyue slipped and fell on the ground immediately after she took the first step. As I walked up to her and pulled her back up to her feet, she complained, “OMG, this zone truly is as evil as it says…”
That was one way of putting it. As I turned around, He Yi almost slipped as well, but she plunged her sword into the ground just in time to catch herself. Considering her usual performance, she had some surprisingly good reflexes...
It didn’t take too much walking before we encountered a hooded person holding up a stone lantern. A solemn atmosphere loomed over them like a shadow.
“Hey, it’s a person! Do you think it’s an NPC?” Murong Mingyue chirped excitedly.
But a cold breeze blew off the person’s hood to reveal the terrifying face of a skeleton!
“Yuck!” Murong Mingyue swore through gritted teeth. “Even skeleton Lu Chen was more handsome than him!”
He Yi raised her sword with a smile. “Less talking, more fighting! Now that I’m Level 60, I want to participate in the battle as well!”
I nodded. “Of course. Go get ‘em!”
He Yi’s equipment was now a lot better than before. The Azure Wolf Wristguards gave her a boost in Attack, Defense and HP, so it shouldn’t be a problem for her to deal with an average mob. Once she reached Level 62 and put on the Abyssal Sword and Abyssal Chestplate, she could even tank a boss head-on and kill it!
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The Ghost King Palace was an eerie and scary place. Monsters carrying stone lanterns were everywhere. Although the flame in their lanterns had been gone for countless millennia, these monsters continued to patrol the hallways to this day.
Ghost Lantern Guard (Elite)
Level: 75
Attack: 485~625
Defense: 500
HP: 14000
Skills: Crush, Blood Rage, Lantern Swing
Introduction: The guardians of the Ghost King Palace. Once the subordinates of the Myriad Poison Ghost King, they continued to serve their master loyally and protected the Ghost King Palace for thousands of years. These lantern-swinging guardians possess great attack power, and it has been thousands of years since anyone has heard of them.
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“Watch out, 625 max Attack is no joke!” I warned.
He Yi moved toward a Ghost Lantern Guard and swung her blade horizontally!
Clang!
The attack sent the Ghost Lantern Guard stumbling backward. At the same time, a damage number popped above the mob’s head—374!
Hmm. Without the Abyssal Sword, the amount of damage He Yi could do was limited at best. In fact, it couldn’t even match up to Beiming Xue’s damage. That being said, the situation would be reversed once she equipped the two Level 62 Gold-grade items. After all, Magic Knight was a melee class that scaled with Strength.
Angered by the unprovoked attack, the Ghost Lantern Guard roared angrily before retaliating with a swing to the chest.
“Ah?”
Of course He Yi wasn’t going to let it hurt her precious body, so she took a step backward and parried the attack at the same time!
Clang!
387!