Chapter 261: Division
Monsters actively attacking others’ territories?
The numbers are endless, it’s simply the Undead Army returning!
“Hero, please get into the village quickly. Once Lady Butterfly Dance and the Clan Leader arrive… these monsters won’t pose much of a threat anymore. It’s best to wait for a while now.” Although Kainel was trembling in fear, he gritted his teeth and stood firm.
Meanwhile, a Gray Wolf rushed into the village.
Zane did not heed its advice and frowned, “What are these things? Undead?”
“Not clear… These monsters have been appearing intermittently since yesterday morning. Approaching them brings a curse that prevents healing, and some of our tribe members have already lost their lives to this group of monsters.”
So, a debuff that prevents life recovery?
That’s already lethal for players, let alone NPCs. If monsters suddenly make it so you can’t heal while grinding, who can withstand that!
This village is made up of Gray Wolves, Snow Feather Goblins, and a few special existences. There are no dispelling methods, so dealing with such monsters is a real headache.
“Where did they come from?”
Kainel scratched his head and thought for a moment, “Not sure… They seem to have emerged from underground, appearing without any warning. By the time we realize it, they’re already right in front of us.”
“…It seems we won’t be able to extract any useful information.”
Just in time, Ziyu needs a lot of experience to level up, and these contaminated creatures are great experience materials.
“I’ll go meet them.” After dropping this line, Zane climbed back onto Mo Se, and the Sacred Demon Beetle turned direction, rushing into the purple wave of contamination.
“Be careful, Hero, they’re not as easy to deal with as you imagine!!” Kainel hurriedly warned.
“Got it!”
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Of course, Zane didn’t think they were easy to handle. From the skills and descriptions, both Division and Rebirth are like bugs wherever they appear.
However, her lineup isn’t bad either, with a Berserker and a Wishcaster, plus a blacksmith—three hidden classes in total.
“Ziyu, use Refined!” Zane said to Ziyu, who had transformed into a golden-haired loli.
“Brother…?” Even though Zane had given her a heads-up, seeing her older brother suddenly turn into a petite loli left her a bit stunned.
“What are you hesitating for? Forge!” Zane urged when she didn’t move.
“Okay, okay, I got it!” Ziyu shook her head, brushing away her chaotic thoughts; battle was the priority.
Saying this, she took out the only forging tool in her backpack—the gun received as a reward for completing her job change quest, a level 10 Black Iron Equipment.
As the game progresses, the quest rewards also keep up with the times; job change quests have a chance to directly give a piece of Black Iron Equipment as a reward. Of course, there’s also the chance of getting nothing.
“Refined—” Ziyu shouted, just about to jump down to smash the monster when Zane caught her from behind.
“Ah!!”
Her slender legs flailed helplessly.
Zane said gently, “What are you jumping down for…”
“You told me…” Her eyes were filled with grievances.
“I meant to forge the weapon of Starry!”
“…”
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After figuring out the target, Ziyu grabbed the spear and, after charging for 2 seconds, smashed it down onto the Qiu Yue Sword!
Forge!!
Removing the spear, a soft white light flickered from the Qiu Yue Sword, like a divine artifact that had been blessed.
The sword gained an additional temporary attribute—Refined (Level 1), increasing the weapon’s base attack power by 1%.
Adding 8-9 attack power, it’s better than nothing.
She also cast Bless and Buff on Starry, bringing her attack power just over 10,000.
Let’s take these monsters on first!
Zane controlled Starry to leap down.
Getting closer, she could clearly see the true form of this group of monsters, purple cylindrical liquid shapes, moving with dozens of appendages that resembled tentacles.
Taking advantage of their momentary lack of reaction, she initiated a normal attack on the nearest one to test the waters.
Hey!
The Qiu Yue Sword was thrust forward, easily piercing into the body of the contaminated creature, dealing an astounding damage number.
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It was just a normal attack, triggering no skills or weak point critical hits, yet it reduced a quarter of the enemy’s health. With the terrifying boost of the Qiu Yue Sword, even the Golden Monster couldn’t withstand Starry’s assault.
Since the attack was effective, let’s go ahead with area attacks.
Thinking this, Starry pulled the weapon back.
Whoosh!
At the moment the blade was withdrawn, the purple liquid from the monster erupted out, catching Starry off guard!
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The health instantly dropped by one-fifth. Not only that, a “Contamination Curse” debuff appeared on Starry’s status bar.
According to Kainel, if the enemy can prevent life recovery, then Healing Heart wouldn’t work!
“Zhi…” The purple contamination let out an incomprehensible sound, sprouting a sharp tentacle from its waist that coalesced into a drill-like point.
Swish!!
It was just as fast as the liquid spray; is this the madness of piercing!?
?
It looked like a physical attack, but it could well turn out like before. Better evade first; can it really hit you twice in a row!?
Flash Step!
Starry’s movement speed surged by 50%, plus a 25% battle enhancement from the Agile Battle Garment, she slightly turned left and dodged the attack, resulting in a miss.
Now that the contaminated creature hadn’t countered yet, it was the perfect time for a counterattack!
Not wasting a moment, Ice Moon Slash!
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The cold air spread along the sword’s edge, freezing the monster entirely, even sealing the wound!
This time, she encountered no Contamination Curse when retracting the sword.
It appears the ice system is viable.
In that case… “Wish—Frost!”
Countless frostflakes fell suddenly, covering the monsters in a layer of frost, slowing their movement speed considerably.
Then Starry followed up with another normal attack,
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Triggering a critical hit with Qiu Yue’s strike sent the monster flying.
The experience from a level 40 Golden Monster propelled Ziyu directly to level 15.
“How amazing…” Her little mouth opened wide in disbelief; lucky for her she hadn’t seen any other high-level players grinding monsters, otherwise, she would have definitely exclaimed about cheating.
“Whoa!!”
Just as Starry was about to deal with the next monster, the one that was supposed to dissipate into white light behind her let out a strange sound.
Not dead!? That’s not supposed to happen; the experience has already been collected!
Is it dead yet? But compared to before, the health bar was full.
Could it be… like the Undead, relying on something to respawn infinitely?
However, this contaminated creature didn’t seem particularly special; its entire body was covered in disgusting liquid.
While Starry was still cunning, this monster seemed to have lost its desire to attack, not giving Starry a glance, its body continuously expanding and shaking into a disgusting shape, and then with a clear sound—split into two identical contaminated creatures.
