Chapter 488: Soul Suppressing Cloak (1/2)
The Frostscythe Warhorse neighed loudly as Lin Yixin ran in an arc and dodged a Flame Blast. After she arrived at God Dancer’s side, she stabbed the boss in the chest with her dagger, released it and brought the Frozen Sword down for an overhead strike!
6892!
10942!
The boss’s Defense and max HP were drastically lowered after Extreme Break and the two consecutive hits. This was my chance!
I swung the Heaven-stealing Sword three times in a row and launched three flaming auras at the boss’s chest. The attack crushed her armor completely, and God Dancer let out a low, sorrowful wail!
12789!
30182!
18904!
……
The second hit was a critical hit, so my final damage output exceeded 60k. It was enough to delete the final sliver of health from the boss’s health bar!
Swhoosh!
A column of golden light surrounded me as I rose to Level 124. The experience alone was worth all the fighting, but the boss also dropped a pile of equipment. To protect the loot, I rushed forward and threw all of them into my bag in just the blink of an eye. I was so fast that Lin Yixin’s mouth fell open. “What amazing looting speed…”
The boss of the ninth monster wave was officially dead, and a melodious ding entered my ears—
Ding~!
System Announcement: Player “Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand” has killed the God Dancer. 15000 points and 2 Luck are awarded to the player!
……
Awesome! I wasn’t expecting the Luck reward to increase to 2 for the ninth boss! With this, I now had a total of 28 Luck!
Beiming Xue walked up to me and urged me excitedly, “Show us, big bro! I want to know if the boss dropped Earth-grade equipment!”
“Mn!”
I nodded and looked inside my bag . There were four new items in total. The first item was a longbow with what seemed like lightning coursing through its surface. The second weapon was an impressive-looking long axe shining with red light. The third drop was a pair of cyan cloth-armor boots, and the last item was a blood-red cloak. The cloak didn’t look particularly impressive. In fact, it had wrinkles and holes at several places, and the ends of the fabric looked a bit frayed. However, the tattered appearance gave the cloak a bleak and murderous aura, and the gloss on the equipment strongly suggested that it was nothing short of extraordinary
I turned around to face He Yi as I asked, “Should we distribute these via guild contribution points again?”
He Yi nodded. “We should. It’s fairer since a lot of people died to kill this boss!”
“Okay!”
I picked up the lightning bow first and brought up its stats screen—
Thunder (Spirit-grade, Outstanding★★)
Strength: +105
Stamina: +100
Tactics: +20
Passive: Increases user’s Attack by 25%
Passive: Increases user’s critical rate by 10%
Slots: 3
Outstanding Property: When attacking a target, 10% chance to trigger “Thunderous Strike”, a critical hit that ignores target’s Defense
Level Requirement: 120
……
Holy shit, it was the Level 120 signature equipment of Archer, Thunder! Unfortunately it was only 2-star Outstanding, so its stats—especially its Attack—was much poorer than the Burning Shadow Bow’s. Therefore, there was no need for Beiming Xue to compete for this bow.
I inquired about everyone's opinion—the girls, Li Chengfeng, Xu Yang, Xu Yang, Gui Guzi and so on—before bringing the bow to Lin Yixin. I said, “This is the Level 120 signature weapon of Archer, and we’ve decided to gift this to you as thanks for your help, and repayment for the spear from last time. I suggest you give this to Clear Perfume; Thunder is a pretty good weapon.”
Lin Yixin didn’t play coy. She accepted Thunder immediately and smiled. “In that case, I thank you on behalf of Qingqing!”
“You’re welcome!”
I smiled back. Lin Yixin’s Bombshell had been absolutely critical in the boss fight. Purple Marquis and the members of Snowy Cathaya had also done everything in their power to delay Warsky Alliance when the latter tried to steal the boss. The gift was a poor measure of the relationship our two guild shared to say the least. The game was still a long way from reaching the end. All equipment was destined to be replaced eventually, but a good ally could walk with us until the end of our journey.
The archers in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls also understood this logic, so they didn’t make a fuss about it. In fact, Beiming Xue was the only standout archer during the battle against God Dancer, and everyone else was more or less carried by her. Plus, they were a ways away from having enough contribution points to compete for the bow even if we had decided to keep Thunder for ourselves.
I moved onto the second item dropped by the Earth Rank boss, the battle axe that was shrouded in a bloody light. When I waved a hand across the imposing and murderous-looking weapon, everyone was shocked by what they saw. Even Lin Yixin looked somewhat astonished—
Invincible (Spirit-grade, Outstanding★★★★★)
Attack: 720~945
Strength: +120
Stamina: +115
Tactics: +28