Chapter 18: Kill
“Hey, you guys logged in so quickly. Didn’t you say it would take two hours?” Endless Sea noticed that Zane and Starry were already online as soon as he logged in.
“Because we didn’t need to wait,” Zane said with a slight smile.
“Huh? What do you mean? Brother Fengchen, do you have a plan?” Endless Sea was puzzled.
Zane glanced at Treika, who was still concentrating to absorb magic power.
“Let’s talk outside.” With that, he walked out directly.
“What’s going on? Acting all mysterious,” Endless Sea followed him out.
…
“This NPC has a problem,” Zane didn’t speak but sent a private message.
“Ah? What’s the problem?”
“All her teammates are wiped out, yet the enemies couldn’t kill her. Plus, why didn’t she just use an attack spell to leave? Why feed the Blood Bat with Mindless Grass and then throw it into the portal? It’s unnecessary.”
“Now that you mention it… it is a bit suspicious. Maybe she has some protective measures?” Endless Sea replied.
Zane shook his head, denying, “She has already been corrupted; she just has a trace of consciousness left.”
“No way! She looks quite spirited, though?”
“I can feel it.”
“…Feel? I feel like you’re pulling my leg.” Endless Sea said helplessly, “Regardless of whether she has a problem or not, we can only rely on her now, right? That bat king won’t be easy to deal with.”
“Don’t worry, leave it to me,” Starry also stepped forward and said.
“…”
…
Return along the same path.
“Heroine, are you sure you can handle that guy? It’s such a narrow cave, you won’t have much room to maneuver! If you get sucked, everything might be in vain.” Endless Sea said.
Starry didn’t respond but asked, “What’s your attack speed?”
Endless Sea instinctively replied, “About one attack every three seconds, I guess.”
“That’s enough.”
“What do you mean it’s enough?” Suddenly, he thought of a possibility, “Wait, you’re not planning to use knockback and stagger to fight the boss, are you?”
In Dream of the Mists, attacking a target would create a brief stagger effect, which meant the target couldn’t move after being staggered, though the duration is very short and can almost be ignored. The greater the power or instant damage, the better the stagger effect produced.
There are also tactics specifically developed for this, which involve maintaining a very high attack frequency so that the opponent’s every move is affected by stagger, commonly known as suppression.
Theoretically, if attacks are continuous, the target can be made to become completely immobile, like a wooden dummy. Of course, it sounds simple, but it’s very difficult in practice. Once a vacuum period occurs, the opponent will counter-attack fiercely, and there are also many skills that grant immunity to stagger. However, these are unlikely to appear in the early stages of the game.
“Right!” Starry nodded. “The hardest part of fighting the boss isn’t the blood-sucking, but the soundwave attack. This attack severely affects our reaction speed and movement speed. If we can avoid this attack, the boss’s movement speed will be greatly reduced.”
“I can easily dodge the charge attack, but the key is to prevent the blood-sucking. As long as I can attack the boss before he approaches and stagger him, I’ll have the opportunity to evade. Brother Hai, your Shattering Hammer is crucial. It must be used when both I and Fengchen are on attack cooldown.”
“Heroine… I’m not trying to discourage you guys, but this is all talk without action. Trying to dodge with a stagger is too unreliable; this kind of soft control is nearly useless. Besides, how do we avoid the soundwave attack? To put it bluntly, Brother Fengchen can’t keep up with our rhythm; this plan simply can’t be implemented,” Endless Sea said.
Don’t I have any pride? Zane internally shouted in anger.
“Pfft,” Starry almost couldn’t hold back her laughter.
“As for the soundwave attack, I have a way. Look at this.” Starry took out a ball of cotton.
“Cotton? Uh, are you planning to use it as earplugs? Where did you get this from?”
“I bought it when I picked up some igniters; I didn’t expect it would come in handy here. As for Fengchen… trust his skills!” Starry said.
“…Alright, since the heroine says so, then if we die, we’ll just come back in! Let’s do it!”
“That’s the spirit~”
…
All three stuffed their ears with cotton and cautiously advanced.
“Here it comes!”
Sensing a cold wind blowing, Starry said in the team channel.
The blood bat king, with a hideous face and fierce fangs, appeared again!
“Zii—Zii—”
The three remained motionless, and the bat king was puzzled.
Good opportunity!
Under Starry’s control, the two bodies attacked almost simultaneously from the left and right, targeting the bat’s mouth, producing two blue damage numbers!
-140
-10
Well, even hitting the weak point, Zane couldn’t deal much damage.
The blood bat king widened its eyes, bared its fangs, and flapped its wings to pounce at Starry.
Starry and Zane dodged to the side, leaving space for one.
“Take this hammer!” Endless Sea was already prepared, and the Shattering Hammer charged towards the bat’s face with immense force.
-78
“Bang!”
The blood bat king was knocked back a short distance, shaking its head.
“Run! Keep kiting,” Starry quickly said in the team channel.
“Okay!”
The enemy naturally wouldn’t let them go and flew over with a howl, but unfortunately, the soundwave attack was ineffective.
Even setting aside the slow effect, the boss could easily catch up with them.
If they got close, Zane turned around and slashed at the monster.
-8
The damage was very low, but it produced a momentary stagger, allowing Starry to take advantage of this brief gap and duck under, dodging past the blood bat king.
She slashed again at its back,
-79
“How much longer?” Starry yelled in the team channel.
“Half a second!” Endless Sea quickly replied.
Oh no! The next attack is coming!
At the critical moment, Zane grabbed Starry’s hand and yanked hard! The boss continued its momentum and charged towards the wall, while Starry pressed on the floor, performed a somersault, and stood up again.
The boss reacted quickly, adjusting its posture and attacked again.
“Die, monstrosity!” The Shattering Hammer whistled through the air.
-75
The caught-off-guard boss was knocked back once more.
“Keep running!” Starry shouted.
…
Thus, in an exhilarating seesaw battle, the blood bat king’s health was slowly drained, and it didn’t touch Starry even once, leaving it quite frustrated.
In fact, when the soundwave attack was ineffective, the monotonous melee attack pattern doomed its fate.
As Starry delivered the final blow of the Qiu Yue Sword into the boss’s mouth, it ended its wicked life.
Golden light flashed, and Starry surprisingly reached level 10! It seems this Black Iron grade boss grants quite a lot of experience!
“Ding”
System Notification: As the first player to reach level 10, you have received a special item “Evolution Stone”*3.
Evolution Stone? What is that?
“Ding”
The system will issue a world announcement. Would you like to hide personal information?
Yes!
Keeping a low profile is the truth; it would be troublesome if others set their sights on me.
World Announcement: Congratulations to player “****” for being the first to reach level 10. As the first player to reach level 10, you have received a special item “Evolution Stone”*3!
World Announcement: Congratulations to player “****” for being the first to reach level 10. As the first player to reach level 10, you have received a special item “Evolution Stone”*3!
World Announcement: Congratulations to player “****” for being the first to reach level 10. As the first player to reach level 10, you have received a special item “Evolution Stone”*3!
