Update Time: 2014-02-14
“You have entered the third level of Frost Crystal Cave. The power of ice here is even more intense. If your ice resistance is below 50 points, you will continuously take damage!”
When they heard the prompt, Lin Zheng and the others were already in the passage transitioning from the second to the third level of Frost Crystal Cave. For safety, Yang Qi walked in front, being the first to exit the passage to scout the situation. Who knew, before Lin Zheng and the others had even exited the passage behind her, Yang Qi rushed back, cursing, and the others were shocked to see her covered in frost, her health already less than one-third!
What on old heaven was going on? What kind of monster could take two-thirds of Yang Qi’s health in one go?
“Damn it! It wasn’t just one! It was a whole group!” Yang Qi said, still shaken. “As soon as I stepped out, a large group of ice elementals appeared at the passage entrance, and a volley of ice arrows almost instantly killed me!”
“Ice elementals? The kind that appeared earlier in Frost Crystal Cave?” Lin Zheng looked confused. If it was that kind, with Yang Qi’s current stats, even 100 of them firing at once wouldn’t kill her! There must be a difference!
Sure enough, Yang Qi explained, “They’re a mutated type of ice elemental. I only saw their name; I don’t know anything else! But I’m sure they won’t be weaker than the bones on the second level! The problem we’re facing now is—a whole bunch of mutated ice elementals blocking the passage entrance. We can’t even get out, so how are we supposed to get through this third level!?”
“Ah? Then, if we can’t go down, what about our quest!” Xiao Meng said anxiously.
Lin Zheng frowned. Just looking at Yang Qi’s condition, he knew how dangerous the passage entrance was. Yang Qi had only been out for less than 5 seconds and was already below one-third health. If anyone else went out, it would definitely be a death sentence!
“Damn it! Who designed this third level! Who can get through it at this stage, you bastard!” Yang Qi cursed. This design was simply too buggy; it was almost a guaranteed death trap for current players!
“Liu Mang, go take another look! Besides the monsters blocking the passage entrance, how are the others distributed!” Lin Zheng said, releasing his frown.
“Do you have any good ideas?” Yang Qi asked, looking at Lin Zheng with some surprise. Lin Zheng nodded. “If the other monsters are far enough from the passage entrance, I can rush out and use Explosion to instantly eliminate the monsters at the entrance. Ice elementals are magic-type monsters, so their health and defense won’t be too high. One Explosion should be able to instantly kill all of them!”
“But Explosion requires 5 charge points! There are no monsters on the second level, where are you going to charge up!?”
“Hehe!” Lin Zheng revealed a cunning smile, causing Yang Qi to break out in a cold sweat. Instantly, Yang Qi understood what he was planning! “Damn it! You wouldn’t be thinking of using me as a punching bag to charge up, would you!”
“It’s good you know. It’s no fun to say it out loud!” Lin Zheng said smugly. Yang Qi was indignant, but unfortunately, at this moment, it seemed like this was the only feasible method!
In her grief and indignation, Yang Qi rushed out of the passage again. A few seconds later, Yang Qi returned again, this time in an even worse state. Because she lingered a bit longer to get a clearer view of the monster distribution, she was left with only a sliver of health!
Lilith quickly healed Yang Qi back to full health. Recovering, Yang Qi looked at Lin Zheng indignantly and said, “As you wish, besides that large group at the passage entrance, the closest group is also 20 yards away. Come on, remember not to hit my face!”
Seeing Yang Qi’s look of resignation, Xiao Meng and Lilith couldn’t help but laugh. Lin Zheng suppressed his laughter and said seriously, “I’m sorry, I specialize in hitting faces!”
“Damn you!”
In the end, Lin Zheng still didn’t hit her face. Not to mention it was just for charging, just Yang Qi’s beautiful face alone made him unable to lay a hand on her!
He merely declared war on Yang Qi and then lightly struck her shoulder five times!
“Shengun, your movements must be fast enough! Those monsters are about five yards from the passage entrance, right in a straight line! Aim carefully before using the skill! Oh, and as soon as Explosion goes off, the rest of us have to rush out. One Explosion will be hard to kill all the monsters at the passage entrance!”
“Got it! I’ll be careful!” After saying that, Lin Zheng took a deep breath. The next moment, he shot out of the passage like an arrow from a bow. As he exited the passage, a vast expanse of snowy scenery appeared in Lin Zheng’s vision, and in front of him, a large group of mutated ice elementals were poised, ready to attack!
Seeing the hands of the foremost ice elemental already raised, Lin Zheng unhesitatingly rushed forward, stomping the ground fiercely. “Explosion!”
“Boom—” A large area of ice elementals was blown away! A large swath of red damage instantly floated up, looking quite spectacular! This attack by Lin Zheng directly instantly killed nearly ninety percent of the mutated ice elementals at the passage entrance. The remaining ten percent could no longer cause any fatal damage to Lin Zheng!
And at this moment, Yang Qi and the others behind him had already caught up to provide support. Lilith’s healing landed, and Lin Zheng quickly returned to full health. Yang Qi, who had been holding in a belly full of rage, wielded her Black Crow Sword and mercilessly slaughtered the remaining mutated ice elementals.
As Lin Zheng had estimated, the mutated ice elementals had very little health and very low defense. Three normal attacks from Yang Qi were enough to kill one ice elemental. And in situations where the monster density was not high, the damage ice elementals dealt to Yang Qi, who had extremely high ice resistance and decent defense, was very limited. As long as she wasn’t heavily surrounded, Yang Qi could kill these mutated ice elementals with no pressure at all!
“It seems the main difficulty of this level is breaking through the encirclement at the passage entrance!” Lin Zheng said, looking around the cave chamber. In the surroundings, although there were some areas where ice elementals were gathered, they didn’t pose too much of a threat. With Lilith as a healer, brute-forcing them wasn’t an issue!
“Just the passage entrance alone is disgusting enough. If there were any more huge difficulties, then the design would be too unreasonable!” Yang Qi said while chopping at the ice elementals.
“That’s hard to say. What if some kind of Mutated Ice Elemental King appears…” Lin Zheng said with a smile, but his smile immediately faded, and he shouted, “Damn it! I take it back! It really did appear!”
Upon hearing this, Yang Qi quickly turned her head to look. Damn it! It wasn’t there a moment ago, but now such a huge monster had appeared!! Undoubtedly, the monster before them, with its colossal size of five or six meters, silently declared its status as a Boss!
This was a giant Ice Crystal Swordfighter. The huge ice sword in his hand was not much shorter than his height, and his pure white ice armor seemed to tell Lin Zheng and the others that his defense was not as fragile as that of the ice elementals!
Frost Crystal Sword Soul: Level 42 Gold Boss, Physical Attack 850-1450, Physical Defense 650, Magic Defense 600, Health 410000, Skills — Frozen Sword Qi, Ice Explosion Slash. The powerful Swordfighter’s resentment lingered after his death, absorbing a large amount of Frost Crystal power to form the Frost Crystal Sword Soul. His powerful might intimidated the mutated ice elementals in the cave, making him their king. Defeating him will trigger the quest “Millennium’s Attachment.”
“Oh! It’s even a Boss with a story!” Lin Zheng said, looking at the Boss’s information in surprise. The description clearly stated that defeating the Boss would trigger a quest. This type of Boss was extremely rare. According to official data, such Bosses were unique and guaranteed to drop equipment with Boss-specific skills! Yang Qi instantly jumped up in excitement!
“Little Linzi! We’re rich now! Judging by the Boss’s special skills, the equipment he’s guaranteed to drop must be a blade or sword-type weapon! Mine! This is mine!” Yang Qi was ecstatic. She had just been regretting that her Black Crow Sword couldn’t keep up with her level, and now she encountered a high-level Boss that was guaranteed to drop a top-tier blade or sword. How much did old heaven favor her!
“Yours? You should defeat this guy first before saying that!” Lin Zheng poured cold water on her. Hearing this, Yang Qi also calmed down a little! She had only been thinking about getting a new weapon and had forgotten that the guy in front of them was a tough nut to crack!
An attack upper limit of 1450! This value was too * * *. Even if the Boss’s attack was ice-attributed, after deducting ice resistance, the damage dealt to them would still be enormous. If they weren’t careful, a party wipe here wouldn’t be surprising!
“Wow! ‘Millennium’s Attachment’! I really want to know what kind of romantic love story he has!” Xiao Meng, at this moment, actually still had the leisure to care about the Boss’s love story, which made Lin Zheng not know whether to laugh or cry. Lin Zheng tapped Xiao Meng’s forehead and said, “Want to know? If you want to know, then find a way to defeat this guy, and then you’ll know the whole story!”
“You all can’t think of anything, what can I do?”
“Not necessarily, let’s brainstorm! Lilith, do you have any thoughts?”
“Past, not yet!”
“Understood! Youxi, you… never mind. Liu Mang, what do you think we should do? Can we deal with him using Parry like last time?”
“Impossible, Parry has a size limit. The size difference between us and the Boss is too great! One slash from him would probably embed us into the ground! How could we parry?” Yang Qi shook her head, dismissing Lin Zheng’s idea.
“Then what do we do? Brute-forcing it is too unrealistic. The Boss’s attack upper limit is so high, we can’t withstand many hits, and the Boss’s skills sound incredibly powerful; he might even instantly kill us with one move!”
“Actually, dealing with a Boss of this size isn’t that difficult!” Yang Qi said, “Most large Bosses are designed to have slower movement speeds. So, if there’s a high-attack ranged player who’s good at kiting, they can completely kite the Boss until he dies! Originally, Shengun, you would be very suitable for this task, but the key is that you, a Swordfighter, are too outrageous; you don’t even have a Sword Blade Bow! What kind of Swordfighter are you?!”
“Damn it! Who says I don’t have a Sword Blade Bow!” Lin Zheng said, widening his eyes indignantly.
“You do? Then show it to me?” Yang Qi’s face was full of disbelief. Lin Zheng, unable to tolerate it, took out the Flying Swallow from his inventory.
“See! This is my Sword Blade Bow! Flying Swallow! A rare, collector’s item!” Lin Zheng proudly displayed the Flying Swallow.