Chapter 127: Interception
“Oh my god…” Endless Sea rubbed his eyes and opened them again; the sky was still filled with monsters! “It’s just a goblin camp, is it really necessary to deploy so many people?”
Brother Shiu looked grim. “I thought of a possibility.”
“What is it?”
“Look,” Brother Shiu shared the map.
“The Dark Faction occupies the northern part of the continent, while we are in the south.”
“If they want to come over, they have to travel through the Lingyao Valley all the way south, and here.”
Brother Shiu pointed at Silverlight City, located below Crimson Plain.
“To attack the Elf city, Crimson Plain is a must-pass area for them.”
The Traveler’s face turned pale. “So you’re saying… we’ve blocked the enemies attacking Silverlight City?”
“…”
Everyone was speechless.
“We haven’t even started fighting yet, let’s not talk about that; worst case, we can just run away later,” Zimei tried to encourage everyone.
“Zimei is right; we won’t know until we try. Maybe the enemies are weak?” Nangong said.
Just as Nangong was about to say something more.
“They’re coming!” Starry whispered a warning.
Countless ghouls rushed over!
Starry stepped forward quickly with the Qiu Yue Sword, sweeping the blade across. Ice Moon Slash!
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The overwhelming power of frost instantly froze the ghouls into ice shards.
The damage overflowed significantly.
Cute Orange began to play her harp, casting Battle Song and Inspire Song together!
The others quickly followed suit.
Endless Sea lunged forward with the Knight’s spear, stabbing fiercely at the horde of monsters, dealing 600+ damage per hit.
Although this weapon had a slower attack speed, its corresponding attack power was quite impressive.
The melee classes rushed forward. Chuxue had the advantage of gear and could hold her ground against the monsters while Zimei and the Traveler dealt damage from her sides. Under focused fire, they could take down a ghoul in just a few seconds.
However…
If we’re talking about DPS, Brother Shiu was the highest.
Fire Sea and Thunder Cloud unleashed their abilities without regard for mana, with damage even slightly exceeding Starry’s.
There was nothing to be done; Starry’s two AoE skills had long cooldowns, and even with overly exaggerated attack power, they couldn’t keep up with the ghouls’ incredibly high density. The payoff for an AoE attack was off the charts.
This Zane was not pleased. Does no one care about the hidden class’s reputation?
Starry released the Star Cat from the pet space.
Then both of them continuously pressed deeper, using Ice Breath, Berserk Sword Art, and Chaotic Dance in rotation. With lifesteal and high physical defense, they were not facing many issues, and their monster-killing efficiency increased.
DPS immediately surpassed Brother Shiu.
Yuyou hid behind Endless Sea, with Lord Xisi and the Light-Element Rabbit protecting her from left and right. Both silver-tier pets had impressive damage, and the Light-Element Rabbit even had an AoE lightning strike.
The monsters were divided into three areas.
Starry and her pet had one area covered.
Endless Sea, Yuyou, Jiangxia, and Cute Orange had another area.
Chuxue, Zimei, Wencheng, Nangong, the Traveler, and Brother Shiu occupied the last area.
Ghouls seemed to pour in endlessly, unable to kill them off entirely.
After all, if the guess was correct, this was the quantity for siege! With this few people, how long could they kill?
It’s not that there were only ghouls, but rather that higher-tier enemies were blocked by large numbers of ghouls, out of attack range.
Although they were just 22-level silver-tier monsters, the terrifying killing efficiency caused the experience bar to jump visibly every second.
Swish!
Starry leveled up to 27!
She immediately switched to the Military Hat, significantly boosting all attributes.
Level: 27
Name: Starry
Title: Hero in Wine
Class: Chaotic Swordsman
Health: 5145
Attack Power: 2615-2640
Physical Defense: 434
Magical Defense: 45
Strength: 158
Intelligence: 5
Agility: 389
Stamina: 71
Spirit: 75
Luck: 2
With over 5k health, she should not be easily one-shot.
The relentless slaughter continued, and several silver-tier items piled up on the ground, but they couldn’t pick them up.
About half an hour passed.
The potions in their bags were nearly exhausted, and the ghouls were almost wiped out.
Everyone leveled up by 1-2 levels.
As the ghouls fell, a new batch of monsters surged from behind.
Skeletons wielding rusty swords.
They were old acquaintances; Zane had encountered these guys in the first level of the underground passage and checked their attributes.
Skeleton Soldier (Summon)
Rarity: Silver Tier
Level: 25
Health: 5000
Physical Attack Power: 137-152
Physical Defense: 77
Magical Defense: 38
Skills: Heavy Strike, Block, Combo
Description: Reanimated human soldiers who have lost their memories of life, retaining only their combat instincts.
25-level silver-tier monsters? Although the stats were similar, their attributes had significantly increased compared to those previously encountered, and they had gained a combo skill.
“Be careful! That combo might one-shot someone!” Starry hurriedly shouted.
Chuxue was the first to engage this group.
Two skeleton soldiers raised their iron swords, radiant light charging, it was Heavy Strike!
Chuxue calmly elbowed the right skeleton soldier in the chest, staggering it and interrupting its Heavy Strike!
Meanwhile, the Traveler controlled the Lava Spider, casting a web to immobilize the left enemy.
However, from the gap between the two skeleton soldiers, a rusty sword lunged out, swiftly slashing with a combo!
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Over 300 health was deducted in a single hit.
Not only that, but more attacks came through. Brother Shiu accidentally caught a combo and was nearly one-shot!
“Clear the middle first, let’s gather together!” Endless Sea shouted.
“Got it!” Brother Shiu nodded and cast an AoE attack between the two teams, then opened his bag, suddenly turning pale. “We’re in trouble; I’ve run out of potions…”
“I’ll give you mine.” Chuxue threw all her blue potions out; the Brawler could sustain for a long time using self-regenerating mana.
Brother Shiu took them and continued to deal damage.
“This isn’t going to work; I’m going to run out of blue potions too,” Wencheng said worriedly.
“Same here,” Jiangxia replied.
“Should we fall back? The Skeleton Soldiers deal way more damage than the ghouls; staying here is draining our potions too quickly,” Nangong hesitated.
“You all go back first,” Starry said calmly. The Star Cat had no ability to maintain itself in battle, and with low health, she had recalled it to the pet space. Now she could only rely on her fighting spirit to continuously deal with the surrounding enemies.
With her physical defense over 400, the skeleton soldiers’ attacks felt like a tickle, but she was more concerned about the durability of her equipment.
Seeing the serious expression on Starry’s face, Endless Sea didn’t know what to say; after all, her health had never dropped. “Alright, we’ll prepare to fall back first. If you can’t hold on, you must retreat!”
“Mhm, I understand.”
At least for now, there were no issues.
If magic-attack monsters appeared, or ones that could break through her defenses, she wouldn’t be able to farm monsters so aggressively.
In Dream of the Mists, inflicting a certain amount of damage to a target could trigger a momentary stun effect.
Being hit consecutively by multiple monsters capable of breaking defenses could easily turn her into a standing target or, worse, into a lag-like state with her movements stuttering.
As long as they could hold off these monsters until the other towns repelled the attack, perhaps they could retreat from here.
That’s what she thought.
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Silverlight City.
The Elves were in full battle readiness, setting up their formations.
Upon hearing that the Shadow Lord’s army was about to descend upon the city, they hurriedly prepared.
However…
“Why haven’t they come yet?” A player was getting impatient; other areas had already been embroiled in fierce battles!
