Chapter 187: Surrounding
Together with Fenghuayue, they left the guidance center and were on the way out of the city.
“Starry… the surprises you give me really keep coming…” Fenghuayue sighed.
“It’s just a coincidence,” Starry waved her hand.
At this moment, her attention was fully captured by her new skill.
Revolving Blade: Throws the weapon in a spinning motion, causing 35% * 8 * 2 physical damage to enemies in its path (double spinning), and puts them in a weakened armor state for 5 seconds (25%-100%, effectiveness depends on resistance). During this time, the user is in a disarmed state and cannot use weapons. Cooldown time of 30 seconds.
An attack dealing 8 hits of 35% damage… that totals to 280%.
Moreover, once the weakened armor effect activates, even the minimum of 25% will boost the double spinning attack.
The effect dealt would definitely exceed a multiplier of 560%.
With Starry’s attack power, if all hits land, she might take down even a Gold Grade boss in just a few hits.
However, this all hinges on landing every hit.
In practical combat, given the strength of a Gold Grade boss, unless it’s controlled or a giant boss, it’s hard to hit all damage.
Even so, this skill is currently the highest multiplier she possesses, even surpassing the total of the Frenzied Triple Strike. Even if used just as an armor-breaking skill, it’s quite impressive.
The only flaw is that during the skill’s duration, she cannot use her weapon, so she’ll need to be careful about the timing.
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Speaking of which, as for the level requirements for learning new skills, Dream of the Mists follows the order 10, 20, 35, 50, 75, 100. After that, there has been no official news.
Currently, Starry is only at level 32, still below the threshold for learning new skills, yet she managed to learn it under the guidance of a swordsmanship master like herself.
Having external assistance is really nice.
Unknowingly, they passed by the general’s mansion.
Inside, it was dim, not a single lamp was lit.
Only a drowsy guard stood at the door, with a lantern flickering above him.
Is everyone inside asleep? It was too quiet.
However, there were more pressing matters at hand, and there was no time to look for Alna; it wouldn’t be appropriate to seek her out in the middle of the night.
Compared to the quiet mansion, the noise coming from behind them was glaring.
“Starry, it seems those people are looking for you?” Fenghuayue stopped in her tracks.
“…”
Looking for her? The problem was she didn’t even know them. Turning around, there were at least five players maintaining a distance of 20 yards, following casually.
As soon as Starry turned back, they pretended to be admiring the scenery, kicking stones and touching the grass.
That’s too fake!
From a distance, she could vaguely see a player’s ID “Flower Not Flower”—a name that seemed to hold an obsession of being “a nice name.”
He looked unfamiliar, not like Yuhua.
“Should we disperse first?” Chen Chen suggested.
“No need,” Fenghuayue shook her head, “If they’re deliberately following, it’d be best to deal with them near the city gates; otherwise, it could affect our later tasks.”
“That’s true.”
…
As they neared the city gates, the number of people behind them was also increasing.
This doesn’t look good… with this many people, if they don’t distance themselves immediately, they would definitely be overwhelmed by endless control skills.
Should they take a detour? At least, inside the city gates is a safety zone.
While Chen Chen was pondering, a message arrived on her communicator; it was Brother Shiu.
“Achen, there’s something I forgot to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Do you know the Cloud’s Edge guild?”
“Yeah, I’ve seen quite a few messages about them these past couple of days. I heard they discovered the Cold Crystal Mine. Plus, it’s a giant guild that’s not inferior to the Judgment Guild.”
“Right… just yesterday, we had a bit of a conflict with them.”
“Conflict? What happened?”
“Long story short… it’s best if you avoid them if you see them; I’m worried they might take direct action.”
After all, the team names on the dungeon completion record clearly displayed a few names.
“… Chen Chen looked at the enemies surrounding them incredulously. “Thanks, I’ll take note of that for the next life.”
“?”
…
After hanging up, as they stepped out of the city gates, ambushers waiting on both sides quickly surrounded them, leaving no escape route.
Not only that, but the people behind closed in quickly to prevent them from returning to the safety zone.
A player with the ID “African Witch Leader” slowly stepped forward.
“What do you plan to do?”
“What do we plan to do? Heh heh, playing dumb won’t work. Ever since you maliciously caused Little Yecao to drop levels, this can’t be overlooked,” he said fiercely.
“Little Yecao? Who is that?” Chen Chen was puzzled.
“I haven’t heard of them either,” Fenghuayue shook her head, then as if realizing something, she suddenly exclaimed, “Could it be that Starlight Sorcerer?”
“No wonder you’re the famous Fenghuayue; you even know about this,” the African Witch Leader said with a face of admiration.
“… Brother, your flattery is too much!”
“Our Cloud’s Edge naturally has no intention of antagonizing a master like you.” After saying that, the front crowd slowly parted to create a gap.
“As long as those two…”
“You think this few people can take those two down?” Fenghuayue did not answer but countered.
“The Witch Team Captain…”
“Shut up, I’m discussing serious matters.”
“What do you mean not enough?” the African Witch Leader smiled, “I brought 30 people; if each of them uses a skill, they could easily kill them.”
“Well, what if I join in?” Fenghuayue said calmly.
“… Are you sure you want to be our enemy?”
“Yes… so what?”
“… Then there’s nothing to talk about, brothers, move… where are Starry and Fengchen Yanhua?”
The African Witch Leader said with a tremble.
“They just walked away through the gap you left,” someone next to him whispered.
“What, you just let them go?”
“Wasn’t it you who said not to act first?”
“MD, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“… Captain, he said that just now.”
“.”
“… Fenghuayue’s eye twitched, looking like it had nothing to do with her now, so she also left quickly.
“What are you waiting for? Go after them!”
…
“I say… you guys sure can run fast! I was still confronting them!” Fenghuayue complained as she caught up with the fleeing duo.
“Ah… I didn’t realize they were letting us through, so…” Chen Chen replied nonchalantly.
“Be more considerate of your teammates’ feelings!” Fenghuayue lamented, then with a shout, mounted the stopped Lan Chen ahead.
“What are you doing?”
A miss flickered slowly from the front.
She belatedly looked ahead, and a woman holding a staff walked out from behind a tree.
“Didn’t hit? Then I’ll…”
Whoosh—
With a gentle wave of the staff, a sea of fire spread across the ground.
Unlike ordinary flames, this skill had an area twice the size of that of an average player.
In the blink of an eye, it engulfed all three.
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Their health dropped significantly; the enemy’s magic damage was too high!
