Chapter 183: Moon Love (1/2)
Bang!
The Poison Ghost King landed a swift and painful Envenomed Strike on my shoulder, tearing through my flesh, causing my entire body to shake in pain. Fuck, it was a critical hit!
2245!
The boss then swung his greenish, poisonous sword again and caught me and the girls behind me in a sword aura! The Envenomed Sword Aura!
Boom!
I was dizzy for a moment. There was no Immortality to save me this time!
Swhoosh!
There was a flash, and I appeared as a soul at a nearby graveyard.
Behind me, He Yi, Murong Mingyue and Moonlight Stone also met the same fate. Beiming Xue was the only one who was still clinging to her life!
“Fuck!”
He Yi complained angrily, “This boss is way too powerful! I can’t believe a critical hit was all it took to one-shot me… I even lost my Azure Wolf Wristguards…”
I spread my arms in a helpless gesture. “What can you do? He’s a Dark Gold Rank boss!”
Murong Mingyue interrupted us. “Less talking, more reviving! The boss has less than one-third of his HP left, so let’s kill it already and call it a day!”
“Yeah!”
Inside the party channel, Beiming Xue said, “Guys, please hurry up! I’m kiting the boss but I don’t know how long I’m going to last…”
We all saw how fast the Poison Ghost King had been moving earlier. He was at least as fast as Beiming Xue, so it made sense that he was giving her a lot of trouble, not to mention that he was a Dark Gold Rank boss who managed to kill four of us and knock us down a level!
Thankfully, players moved a lot faster in soul form, so it would take us at most 5 minutes to return to the third floor. Since Beiming Xue was still alive and kicking, the boss shouldn’t have regenerated too much health yet.
Thud thud...
The moment we rushed back to the Ghost King Palace, we saw Beiming Xue making a mad dash for safety and just barely dodging a deadly swing from the boss. High-Agility classes were incredibly powerful in this regard!
I ran up to Beiming Xue and stood in front of her. Staring at the boss, I said, “Well done. Leave the rest to us!”
I summoned my Dark Wasp and used Charge immediately!
Swhoosh!
Then, I unleashed Ice Ray and Slayer Slash, chipping away almost 2000 HP in an instant.
At the same time, holy light flashed around my body again and again. Murong Mingyue wasn’t saving her MP at all.
Beiming Xue ran up to He Yi and returned the Azure Wolf Wristguards to her. She smiled and said, “Sister Eve, here’s your equipment~”
He Yi accepted the wristguards and returned the smile. “You’re amazing, Beiming. You actually managed to stall the boss for almost five minutes…”
“Hehe…”
The battle went very smoothly this time. I was prepared when the Poison Ghost King used the Envenomed Sword Aura again, so its powerful skill hit nothing but air.
Puchi!
I plunged my sword into the boss's chest for the last time and ripped it horizontally through his flesh using Desperate Gambit!
1803!
A long and terrible death scream later, the powerful Poison Ghost King finally reached the end of his life’s road!
Swoosh swoosh swoosh...
The Dark Gold Rank boss gave so much EXP that everyone leveled up once after its demise. Even I had returned to Level 69, although the death earlier kind of reset my earlier efforts. It would be a piece of cake for Lin Yixin to outlevel me today.
Pop pop pop...
As usual, the boss dropped a ton of items after he collapsed to the ground. I ran up to him, kicked his arm out of the way and stared at the small hill of loot sitting quietly atop the poisonous floor. The Phantasmal Magic stones alone numbered over thirty, and there was a new crystal that I had never seen before in the game until now. I picked it up and realized that it was the legendary Purple Crystal. Tsk tsk, this thing is definitely a lot more precious than a Phantasmal Magic Stone!
“Oh? Is that a Purple Crystal?”
He Yi smiled at me and said, “I read about it in the database before, and it’s quite expensive. An NPC will buy a 100 Quality Purple Crystal for 100 gold!”
I checked the quality of the Purple Crystal I was holding and said, “This one’s a 97, so it’s probably worth 97 gold.”
As I was saying this, I subconsciously threw the Purple Crystal into my bag. It wasn’t until I saw the long stares the girls were giving me that I realized my mistake.
He Yi let out a giggle before commenting, “Ahem, maybe you should exercise a bit of self-restraint next time?”
I replied in shame while taking out the Purple Crystal, “Sorry, it was pure reflex…”
“Let’s see what kind of equipment the boss dropped, shall we? It’s almost 10 in the morning!”
“Yeah.”
I walked up to the boss and swept everything the boss dropped into my arms. There were a total of 4 equipment pieces and 2 skill books. The first item was a darkly-glowing chest armor. The second was a helmet with a bloody luster. The third item was a bright necklace that looked like it was made of pure water, and the last item was a longbow with wavy light surrounding it!
“I have a feeling that one of these babies is going to be Dark Gold–grade!” I said.
He Yi burst into a giggle before urging me. “Quit teasing us and show us the stats already!”
“Okay!”
I selected the chest armor first and waved a hand over it. When the stat screen appeared before everyone’s eyes, the girls immediately let out a gasp.
Purgatory War Armor (Dark Gold–grade)
Defense: 175
Magic Resist: 140