Chapter 180: Ghost Lantern Wristguards (1/2)
Whoosh!
Charge arrived in the blink of an eye and I quickly stood in front of He Yi. Activating Ice Ray, I aimed Ghost Ice Soul at the Ghost Lantern Guard’s head.
But the withered undead suddenly waved its stone lantern before it and its entire body curled backward. It was actually the animation for a defensive skill!
Ding!
Following a light sound, the Ghost Ice Soul struck the defense shield. An unremarkable damage number flew up—214!
Fuck, it really was the legendary defensive skill that made damage taken only do around 10-50% of what it originally dealt. Even me, with my attack power, only did this little damage!
Murong Mingyue pouted. “Whew, is this an ironclad monster? Just one defensive skill can make it this overpowered....”
I chuckled. “Die!”
With a twist of my wrist, the Ghost Ice Soul was sent out again. The edges of my sword glowed with a golden sheen. This was precisely my new skill—Crushing Blow!
“Crush!”
In an instant, my longsword lightly jumped up from beneath the monster’s weapon. Crushing Blow had successfully broken open the enemy’s defense with a sweep. The Ghost Ice Soul hummed, then turned into several streaks of sword light that penetrated the monster’s abdomen, inflicting a damage number much higher than any basic attack!
2104!
Tsk tsk, so strong!
He Yi blinked in surprise. “So that’s Crushing Blow?”
“Yeah!”
I nodded. “With this skill in my arsenal, whoever dares to use a defensive skill is just asking for it!”
Crushing Blow’s 1-second cooldown was short so I could crush whoever tried to defend. It was the so-called natural bane of defensive skills. This skill was like a shield-breaking sledgehammer and was pretty much the king of attacks to a certain extent!
The monster’s IQ was limited. Not even 5 seconds after I crushed its defense, it adopted another defensive stance after smashing 500 of my HP away with a swing of its lantern. To be honest, if I didn’t learn Crushing Blow, I would definitely be hopping mad about now. It was bound to be frustrating if someone beat you across the head and turtled up once you tried to retaliate. That kind of playstyle was super shameless.
Since I had Crushing Blow, I didn’t need to use my Ice Ray + Pardon + Desperate Gambit combo, thus saving their cooldowns. I could just continuously use Crushing Blow!
Bang...
Not even 10 seconds later, after two Crushing Blows and a few basic attacks from me, coupled with an Ice Dragon Howl from Moonlight Stone, the Ghost Lantern Guard died. Defensive skills were ineffective against magic so Ice Dragon Howl would still hurt like hell.
Swhoosh!
The Ghost Lantern Guard fell in a flash and my experience bar rose a little. Level 75 elite mobs seriously gave a ton of experience!
Pop!
The first monster dropped an item!
A pair of pitch-black wristguards glowing with firelight silently lay on the stone floor.
I picked it up and couldn’t withhold my shock. “Yo, it’s Dark Steel–grade. This elite monster’s terrific…”
“Oh, what are its stats?” He Yi asked with a smile.
I reached my hand out and swiped, projecting its stats into the air—
Ghost Lantern Wristguards (Dark Steel-grade)
Defense: 115
Strength: +20
Stamina: +9
Passive: Increases user’s max HP by 100
Level Requirement: 70
……
It was a really good pair of Level 70 wristguards for melee classes. 20 Strength was equal to four levels of stats and it could even increase max HP by 100. These stats were universally needed by all three melee classes.
I asked, “How do we deal with it?”
He Yi’s beautiful eyes swept over it. She answered with a smile, “Its level requirement is too high. How many months would it take for us to reach Level 70? Let’s just sell it in the auction house and divide the gold among us.”
“Okay！”
“Okay!”
I nodded in approval. “I love making money from the auction house…”
The girls also shyly voiced out, “Us too!”
I was speechless.
……
I tossed the Ghost Lantern Wristguards into my bag and continued on, seeking the next Ghost Lantern Guard!
Ghost King Palace had a ton of monsters. Once we neared the end, large numbers of Ghost Lantern Guards appeared. Due to our respect and fear toward their defensive skill, we didn’t lure over entire groups. I could only break one defensive stance a time, so Beiming Xue’s Evil Spirit Volley would deal far less damage to the others. Our chances of finishing them all would also decrease.
As such, we lured them over one by one. My Crushing Blow defeated countless Ghost Lantern Guards and since they were Level 75 elite monsters, our leveling efficiency wasn’t slow at all!