Update Time: 2014-02-13
"What should we do? Although ice resistance can offset some damage, this Sundered Armor is too abnormal! Once Sundered Armor hits, it's basically like fighting a monster while naked, I can't handle it!" Lin Zheng said, looking at the large group of Bone Spirits lurking in the ice crystals with great distress.
"My Purification skill can remove negative statuses, and it's a 0-cooldown skill. I just don't know if the Sundered Armor status is high-level; if it's too high, I won't be able to remove it!" Hearing Lilith's words, Yang Qi's eyes lit up. If it could be removed, then these damned monkey bones would be nothing to fear!
"I'll go pull one and try!" Yang Qi rushed forward impatiently, pulling a bone and running back. The bone swiped at him, *thwack*! It was still a laughable -54 damage, and at this moment, Yang Qi was surprised to find that the Sundered Armor effect didn't appear 100% of the time. This first attack didn't cause Sundered Armor!
Good! If Lilith's Purification can remove the Sundered Armor status, then the monsters on this second floor will have no difficulty at all!
The bone attacked a second time, and this time, Yang Qi was hit with the Sundered Armor effect. A prominent Sundered Armor symbol appeared above her head. Lilith immediately waved her magic staff, and a white light flashed over Yang Qi's body. Then, everyone laughed happily! Because the prominent symbol above Yang Qi's head instantly disappeared!
"That's awesome, Lilith! What level is your Purification?" Yang Qi asked, very happy.
Lilith smiled faintly and replied, "It's already level four. This skill is very easy to level up; just pick any player and keep using it. Plus, it consumes very little mana. When I'm leveling with others, I just practice this when I'm bored! It's finally come in handy!"
"You really have great foresight!" Lin Zheng exclaimed, remarking that her patience was truly impressive! Which ordinary cleric would spend two days leveling Purification to level 4 when they're idle? "So, Liu Mang! How should we fight?"
"Hmm--" Yang Qi thought for a moment, "Three people going together definitely won't work. Purification is a single-target skill, Lilith definitely won't be able to keep up!"
"Three people absolutely won't work! But two people, I can handle it!" Lilith interjected.
"Oh? Really!" Yang Qi was very happy to hear that. "Then it'll be much easier! You and Shengun will go pull monsters, Youxi will be the main damage dealer, Xiao Meng, you'll be responsible for patching up, specifically clearing out monsters that have aggroed Youxi! Lilith, you just need to remove our statuses!"
"Just remove statuses? What about your health?"
"You haven't forgotten Shengun's dagger, have you! That arrogant additional attribute has a level 1 Spirit Gathering, which increases health by 50 points per second. If necessary, eat some bread, it's absolutely no problem!"
"Oh, right!" Lilith suddenly realized, "Alright then! I have no problems!"
"Hehe! Alright! Let's get to work, Shengun!" The excited Yang Qi immediately rushed out, completely forgetting that auras have a range! What to do? Lin Zheng couldn't just watch Yang Qi get ganged up on and die, could he? He had no choice but to follow along and kill!
Lin Zheng and the other person, now with new equipment, were extremely arrogant, directly charging into the monster horde! Yang Qi's movements were agile, with over 30% of attacks missing her. Even if she was hit once, under the recovery effect of the Spirit Gathering aura, she quickly recovered! Lin Zheng was more formidable; punching and kicking, bones flew everywhere. And as soon as Explosion's cooldown was up, Lin Zheng even more brazenly pulled a large group, instantly obliterating a large area!
Behind them, Youxi's area-of-effect magic was continuously raining down one after another. Occasionally, a few monsters would aggro her, and Xiao Meng would immediately go up and kill the Bone Spirits with low health. Lilith, meanwhile, kept her eyes fixed on Lin Zheng and the other person, casting Purification on whoever was afflicted with Sundered Armor. Everyone was incredibly busy! At the same time, experience was rapidly increasing. In less than ten minutes, Lin Zheng was the first to emit a golden light—he had leveled up! This efficiency was no slower than grinding in a fixed spot!
Because the number of monsters on the second floor was much higher than on the first, even though the killing efficiency was not slow this time, it still took nearly an hour to clear out the second floor. While cleaning up the battlefield, everyone made a hefty profit again! Suddenly, Lin Zheng let out a surprised cry, attracting everyone's attention!
"I found a ring!" Lin Zheng shouted excitedly.
"Damn! Your luck! There's nothing more to say!" Yang Qi said with an expression of envy, jealousy, and hate. Xiao Meng and Lilith also walked forward, all wanting to see what kind of attributes the ring had, as it was the only one that dropped after so much equipment. Lin Zheng didn't waste time and directly displayed the ring's attributes!
Frost Crystal Ring: Level Requirement 35, Bronze Tier
Physical Attack 89-130, Magic Attack 89-130
Freezing Point: Ice Attack +80
Sundered Armor Level 3: 30% chance on attack to inflict Sundered Armor status on target. Under this status, defense is reduced by 65% for 20 seconds.
After seeing the attributes, all four of them were stunned! Don't let the ring being only a Bronze Tier item fool you, but level 3 Sundered Armor! This ring actually came with the Sundered Armor attribute! Although it wasn't as exaggerated as the Ice Ape Bone Spirit's 80% reduction, it was still 65%! Moreover, the duration was an astonishing 20 seconds! This was simply an overpowered attribute for fighting bosses! No matter how high a boss's defense was, if it was reduced by more than half, basically anyone could break its defense! Of course, this refers to situations where the level difference isn't too outrageous!
In other words, whichever guild possesses this ring now will be able to kill a level 70 Silver Tier boss in the first instance, obtaining the Hero's Command. For those guilds aiming to dominate the world, what an immense temptation this is! If this were to be sold, several million RMB would not be considered too much!
"This! This must be very valuable!" Even Xiao Meng, who knew very little, understood how overpowered this ring was. Thinking that such a small item could be worth millions, Xiao Meng felt a little dizzy!
"Shengun, what should we do with this ring? Sell it or...?" Yang Qi asked, looking a bit dazed. Based on her understanding of the game market, if this ring were put up for auction, it would definitely not go for less than 5 million RMB. Divided among 5 people, she would get 1 million RMB! It would definitely be instant wealth!
"Not selling it for now!" Lin Zheng said with a serious expression, "If this item were sold, the first to establish a guild would definitely be someone else! If we keep it, we still have a chance to compete for it! Even if we don't get the first to establish, we can probably still be among the top three!"
"You actually want to establish a guild!" Lilith looked at Lin Zheng with some surprise.
"Of course!" Lin Zheng nodded and said, "In a game like Phantom Spirit, with its vast world and mixed forces, not having a powerful guild as a backing will absolutely make it impossible to get by in the later stages! Liu Mang, you should know this best, right!?"
"Sigh—!" Yang Qi sighed helplessly, "That's true. In the later stages, powerful equipment is only dropped by very formidable bosses. Without guild support, it's very unrealistic for one person to try to solo such bosses! If the first generation of Phantom Spirit hadn't ended so early, I, a lone wolf, would have definitely had a miserable time!"
"So, if we want to play for a long time, establishing a powerful guild is imperative! Therefore, we must strive to be among the earliest guilds established! And, we have the strength to compete for it!" Lin Zheng said with great certainty. He scanned everyone, smiling with full confidence, "Right now, whether it's our level or equipment, we are definitely among the top in Tianshuang City. As long as we successfully reach level 50 for our second class advancement, without the tier suppression, we will be able to challenge level 70 Silver Tier bosses! No matter how powerful those large guilds are, they can't ignore tier suppression and fight level 70 bosses before level 50, right!? As long as we level up quickly, there's a very good chance we'll be the first to get the Hero's Command!"
"Establishing a guild! Good! Good! Then I'll be an elder!" Xiao Meng was clearly very interested in becoming a guild elder, her little face flushed with excitement! Lilith also had a look of yearning. To be honest, Lilith's real life wasn't going well. If she could be part of the management of a large guild in the game, it would give her a great sense of accomplishment! And considering the social impact of this game, it might even have significant meaning for her future life! As for Youxi? No need to ask, Lin Zheng understood her too well! She would only follow those she was close to, so Youxi would definitely become a member of the future guild!
"No objections, right!? Hehe! Alright then, we'll keep this ring for ourselves!" Lin Zheng said with a triumphant smile. After speaking, he threw the ring to Yang Qi, "Liu Mang, you'll be the guild master in the future, so I'll leave this in your safekeeping!"
"No loyalty! You just throw the hot potato to me! If this gets lost, I'll be the one in trouble!" Yang Qi complained reluctantly, but still caught the ring and put it in her bag. At the same time, her heart tensed up. This small item could be worth several million! If she lost it, Yang Qi would probably have to commit suicide! So Yang Qi decided that after the mission was completed, she would immediately throw it into storage! She would only take it out to use when fighting a boss! Speaking of which, this ring was only powerful for killing bosses; Sundered Armor really wasn't very useful for everyday leveling monsters. Monsters without Sundered Armor were still killed just fine!
Lin Zheng: "Alright, let's hurry to the third floor! We don't want to be fighting until midnight and still not finish the quest, that would be ridiculous!"
"It's fine!" Xiao Meng said proudly, "Our Dragon Garden never loses power or internet connection, and besides, we don't have classes tomorrow morning, so we can play until whenever!"
"You don't! I do!" Lilith unhappily tapped Xiao Meng on the forehead. Xiao Meng stuck out her tongue. Seeing this, Lilith shook her head helplessly, "Forget it, tomorrow's class is optional anyway, at most I just won't go!"
"Hehe! Glasses Sis, you seem to have never skipped class before! They say a college student who hasn't skipped class isn't a qualified college student, you should occasionally skip a few classes!" Hearing this, Lilith was exasperated. This kind of nonsense was actually being used to lecture her; this girl really is...