Chapter 194: Tauren (1/2)

“Gulp…”

I stared at the chest hair hanging in front of a tauren’s chest and gulped.

Lin Yixin looked back and forth between me and the tauren horde before saying, “Only a real man can handle these muscular taurens. Lu Chen, go!”

I exclaimed in shock, “You’re giving me too much credit! I’m not the only real man in China!”

Clear Perfume asked while staring at the taurens, “Are they powerful?”

“Yeah.”

I nodded and shared the tauren’s stat screen in the party channel.

Tauren Warrior (Elite)

Level: 75

Attack: 550~675

Defense: 700

HP: 15000

Skills: Splash, Smash, Crush

Introduction: Considered excellent warriors among beastmen, Tauren Warriors have extraordinarily powerful physique and defense. They smear thick layers of bark extract over their skin to protect themselves from most blade damage, and there is nothing their magically-enhanced totems and amazing strength can’t crush. Legends say that Taurens are the guardians of the Beast God, and they are the most elite tribe of the beastman clan.

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Clear Perfume curled her lips and chided us. “What’s wrong with you two? Sure, its Attack and Defense are stronger than normal, but it doesn’t look like anything special. Did you forget that you’re the two strongest players of Floating Ice City?”

Lin Yixin turned away and stared at distant trees swaying with the breeze of spring, so I explained, “Of course we can kill them without trouble if that is all there is to them, Qingqing. Not even our priest would feel any pressure whatsoever. But did you see what skills they have? Smash is a skill with a high chance to ignore one’s Defense. Crush is a CC skill. Splash is even worse because it means the taurens deal splash damage when attacking. What if Yiyi and I are caught in seven or eight splashes at once? Even we would be one-shot in an instant!”

“Ah?”

Clear Perfume stuck her tongue out at the taurens in the valley before saying, “These taurens are that powerful?”

Lin Yixin smiled a little. “Well, we’re going to have to deal with them one way or another. Qingqing, shoot the taurens and lure them over one by one. Lu Chen, you’re the tank. I’ll act as the coordinator.”

“Got it!”

I nodded strongly before instructing Clear Perfume. “Qingqing, remember, lure only one tauren to us at a time, and no more than three if there really is no choice, okay? I know it’ll be slow, but it’s always better to be safe than sorry. Any more than that and it’ll be really dangerous.”

“Okay!”

Clear Perfume raised her bow and notched an arrow. She smiled at us and said, “You guys ready?”

“Ready!”

An arrow cut through the air and struck a Tauren Warrior squarely at the chest. There was so much force behind the Devil Piercing Arrow that its reddish chest hair was literally quivering!

Gripping her sword tightly, Lin Yixin smiled and said, “I thought bulls are supposed to moo, not roar. It sounds so terrible…”

“Hmph hmph~~”

I charged at the Tauren like lightning and stunned it instantly. Then, I followed up with Pardon and a basic attack that was empowered by undead energy!

MISS!

2984!

Very good, the Tauren Warrior’s 700 Defense was practically nonexistent before my Rank 6 Pardon!

The tauren roared angrily and retaliated with a mighty swing to my shoulder. It wouldn’t be possible for me to dodge this attack!

Bang!

Fuck, it hurts! That one strike would’ve brought me down to one knee if I hadn’t supported myself with the Ghost Ice Soul!

It was at this moment the Dark Wasp and Fire Blade appeared and launched an attack at the same time! However, the Tauren Warrior ignored them and swung its totem at me again with bloodshot eyes!

342!

That was the damage I took, but both the Dark Wasp and the Fire Blade got caught in the splash damage and suffered some injuries as well.

248!