Updated: 2014-02-19
"Oh my god! Lin Zheng, you're too heavy! You're going to kill me!" Yang Qi complained. Her words, to someone who didn't know the situation, were truly open to misinterpretation! Her complete disregard for the Ghost King only enraged him further!
"Swish!" The Ghost King pointed his sword, gritting his teeth, and said, "How dare you ignore this king? I will surely tear you to pieces!"
"Hey--! Are you stupid!?" Lin Zheng stared at the Ghost King with a playful expression.
He dared to call him stupid!? The Ghost King immediately roared and lunged forward, intending to tear Lin Zheng to shreds. Unexpectedly, "Pfft! Pfft!" With two thrusts, two swords pierced through his chest. Instantly, the Ghost King's tyrannical expression vanished, replaced by one of shock! Seeing this, Lin Zheng and Yang Qi chuckled sinisterly. "Little rascal, you don't believe me when I say you're stupid? You didn't even think about who your true opponents were. Now you've suffered, haven't you!" Lin Zheng said with a sinister laugh.
That's right, Lin Zheng and Yang Qi deliberately attracted the Ghost King's attention to create an opportunity for the City Lord and the little princess. This Ghost King, being brainless, fell for such a simple trick and was mercilessly stabbed twice by the City Lord and the little princess! And that wasn't all. The two of them "Swish--" pulled out their swords, and with a swing, brutally! Too brutal! They actually chopped off both of the Ghost King's arms in one go!
"Ah--!" The armless Ghost King, bleeding profusely, screamed. He spun around, kicked the two behind him away, then leaped, jumping to the entrance of the hall. It looked like he was preparing to make a quick escape. Before leaving, the Ghost King didn't forget to leave a menacing threat, "Reimu! Tianshuang! The revenge for my severed arms, I will surely exact it in the future! And you two damned bugs, this king will surely tear you to pieces one day!"
"Ding--Triggered quest 'Ghost King's Revenge', quest difficulty, S-rank superior! During the quest, every time you are killed by the Ghost King, the penalty is doubled. The quest is valid for 240 hours of player online time! Quest objective: Kill the Ghost King within 240 hours of online time!"
"Damn it! You can't play like this!" Yang Qi exclaimed in shock upon hearing the prompt. Being hunted by an 80-level purple-gold boss for 10 days, and losing two levels every time she's killed!? Isn't this just messing with people!? At this stage, let alone one person, even an entire guild might not be able to deal with this guy! That's a Third-turn boss!
Lin Zheng, who also heard the prompt, was much clearer-headed at this moment. He immediately said to Yang Qi, "Liu Mang, Shadow Raid! Quickly!" Hearing this, Yang Qi also cleared her head. Right, the best time to resolve the crisis is now! She immediately activated Shadow Raid without hesitation, instantly sending the Ghost King, who had just finished his threat, flying, and even used a Giant Sword Strike to knock the Ghost King back into the hall! Lin Zheng also went all out! If he couldn't kill this guy now, he would have to live in fear for the next 10 days! Disassembling the shattered moon, Lin Zheng rushed forward, shouting at the same time, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and kill him!" With Lin Zheng's shout, the City Lord and the little princess immediately snapped back to reality and instantly raised their swords to attack the Ghost King. The damage from two swords striking the Ghost King was truly terrifying, about 150,000 in one go! Lin Zheng clicked his tongue in amazement, then used a Stomp to step on the Ghost King who had fallen to the ground. "Bang--" A very considerable amount of damage floated up! -34! At least it broke through his defense! And to his surprise, a stun effect appeared!
"Haha! You still won't die now!?" Yang Qi laughed excitedly when she saw the Ghost King stunned! How could the City Lord and the little princess let such a good opportunity slip by? Without Lin Zheng needing to tell them, they immediately raised their swords and hacked fiercely! Lin Zheng also kept attacking, and after one "Moon Soul" attack, he stopped attacking and stared intently at the Ghost King's health bar. Seeing the Ghost King's health quickly depleted by the two NPCs, with only a tiny bit of health left, Lin Zheng finally moved. He used an Explosion to fiercely Stomp on the Ghost King's face, which had been annoying him. "Boom--" After the attack, a scorched patch appeared on the banquet hall floor, and the Ghost King's perfectly good head was stomped into a rotten watermelon!
"Ugh--! You're too brutal! Can't you be a little more harmonious!?" Yang Qi said, looking at the Ghost King's shattered head all over the floor.
"No choice, I also want to be a bit more harmonious, but unfortunately, harmonious skills can't kill him!" Lin Zheng shrugged helplessly! At this moment, both of them heard the system prompt:
"Ghost King killed by Yi Ping, quest 'Ghost King's Revenge' completed, obtained 2000 gold coins, level +2, obtained professional title 'Ghost God Warrior'!"
Lin Zheng and Yang Qi looked at each other and saw wild joy in each other's eyes! A reward of 2000 gold coins! And level +2! What a generous reward! As for the final reward, the professional title, Lin Zheng had obtained one yesterday and didn't really know what it was for, but he figured it wouldn't be too bad!
"Liu Mang, what is this professional title for? The official website doesn't even introduce it!" Lin Zheng asked.
“You didn’t know!?” Yang Qi asked, a bit surprised, but then she suddenly understood, “Oh, right, you haven’t played the first generation of Phantom Spirit, it’s like this!” Yang Qi then explained the professional titles to Lin Zheng. There are no hidden professions in Phantom Spirit, but various professional titles are set. After obtaining a professional title, as long as you display the title, you can gain corresponding status buffs and some skills. “So, professional titles are very rare and good things. Having a powerful professional title is basically like having a powerful hidden profession! Understand!?”
“That awesome?” Lin Zheng was very surprised. “Then, how do I display the title?”
“You open your character attribute interface, and in the bottom right corner, there’s an option ‘Title Selection’. Just select the title you want to use and confirm!” Yang Qi explained, while already opening her own attribute interface. Then, Lin Zheng saw a shining ‘Ghost’ character appear before her name, which looked quite cool! Seeing this, Lin Zheng immediately opened his own attribute interface and indeed found the ‘Title Selection’ option in the bottom right corner. Upon clicking it, two symbols appeared: one was the ‘Ghost’ character, just like Yang Qi’s, and the other was a blue ice crystal. Both had descriptions—
Ghost God Warrior: Physical Attack +10%, Defense +10%, Max HP +10%, Critical Rate +5%, Attack Speed +5%. Damage dealt to Undead-type monsters increased by 30%. Experience gained from killing Undead-type monsters +30%. Skills—Ghost God, Death Advance!
Ice Fighter: Adds 10% of maximum physical attack as Ice Attack. Damage dealt by Ice Attack to target +50%. Defense +10%. Fire Resistance +200. Ice Resistance +400. 30% chance to inflict Frozen Strike on enemies when attacking, reducing target’s movement speed by 20% for 10 seconds. Skills—Ice Pierce, Frozen Aura!
“It’s really powerful!” Lin Zheng exclaimed. This professional title was too amazing; it truly lived up to being a high-level reward! Lin Zheng chose to display the Ice Fighter title. This title had higher damage and was also suitable for PvP, which was excellent! At this point, the two of them finally had the mood to look at the Ghost King, but even though Lin Zheng was the one who ultimately killed him, allowing them to gain a large amount of experience, he didn’t drop anything!
“Bah—! You call yourself a Ghost King, yet you don’t even drop a single hair!” Yang Qi angrily kicked the Ghost King. It took so much effort just to get some experience; he was truly too stingy!
“By the way, did you notice something?” Lin Zheng also kicked the Ghost King, saying with a playful expression. Yang Qi was stunned, “Notice what?”
“His name!” Lin Zheng said, pointing at the Ghost King: “Earlier, we killed one of his subordinates, who had a name called General Yaofeng. This guy doesn’t even have a name, he’s just called Ghost King. He’s probably just an extra, and you still expect him to drop items!?”
“Holy crap!” Yang Qi’s eyes widened. This reason was a bit too amusing! But no matter how she thought about it, it seemed like that was indeed the reason!
“Two brave warriors, thank you for helping to eliminate this villain!” The City Lord stepped forward and said to Lin Zheng and Yang Qi. This humble attitude was not bad! Very good, Lin Zheng and Yang Qi expressed their satisfaction!
“You’re too kind! Too kind! We were also entrusted by someone?” Lin Zheng said with a smile, cupping his hands.
“Entrusted by someone?” The City Lord was startled, then suddenly realized, “Oh—it must be Wang Hu!”
“Precisely! He brought us here!”
“Princess Reimu! My Lord City Lord! Are you two alright!?” Wang Hu finally ran in at this moment. Lin Zheng immediately muttered to himself, “You coward, you leave everything to others, and now you come running over to flatter him. Never mind, considering the reward you gave me…”
“Wang Hu, you did well this time. This City Lord will reward you handsomely. You may withdraw for now!” The City Lord looked at Wang Hu with satisfaction. Wang Hu accepted the order and retreated. At this point, the City Lord said to Lin Zheng: “Presumably, Wang Hu promised you a reward when he asked for your help. He is just a subordinate and has nothing good to repay you with, so how about this, I will pay for the reward!” As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zheng heard a prompt:
“Completed quest ‘Night Feast End’, gained 200 gold coins, Level +1, obtained Golden-tier equipment ‘Night Raid Leather Armor’. Received an additional reward from the City Lord for killing the Ghost King: 1000 gold coins, obtained Dark Gold-tier ‘Elemental Crystal’!”
Before Lin Zheng and Yang Qi could even begin to be surprised, Princess Reimu also spoke up. The Xiao Yatou blinked her beautiful big eyes and said childishly, “You two have helped me a lot this time. Since Big Brother City Lord has already rewarded you, I can’t be too stingy either! How about this! I have two land deeds here, I’ll give them to you! When you go to Hongnan City, you can use them to exchange for houses!” Saying this, the little princess handed out two land deeds. Lin Zheng dazedly took the land deeds. This kind of gain, without even a prompt, was clearly not a quest reward, but a benefit the little princess gave them because she liked them. Could this game even do that?!
Walking out of the City Lord’s mansion, Lin Zheng and Yang Qi exchanged glances, then simultaneously jumped! “Oh yeah! We’re rich!” This time, the two of them really struck it rich! Just the gold coins from the quest rewards amounted to 3000, and Lin Zheng had even more since he was the one who accepted the Night Feast quest. Then, the City Lord generously rewarded each of them with a Dark Gold-tier item! Plus the two land deeds given by Reimu, so many rewards would make a lot of people green with envy until death if they heard about it! What’s more, their levels! Killing that extra, the Ghost King, gave them both 1 level, and after completing the quest, another 2 levels. They gained 3 levels in such a short time, which would definitely make those players who grind monsters to level up to death jealous!!!