Chapter 284: Oh, Can’t I Send an Invitation?
“Ahhh!! Die, you detestable adventurer!” The Ogre Boss roared wildly, charging forward with a giant axe.
The equipment he was wearing didn’t seem like any ordinary gear; perhaps it was looted from an NPC.
The rating for this quest was SS level. Since the minor monsters were so easy to deal with, the problem must lie with this boss.
Check the information!
King of the Wasteland Ogre (Leader Level Boss):
Rarity: Platinum Grade
Level: 45
Health: 120,000
Physical Attack Power: 2357-3205
Physical Defense: 1500
Magical Defense: 1377
Skills: Abundant Tendons and Strength, Leap Slash, Battle Axe Frenzy, Berserk Posture, Shockwave
Description: The king of the Wasteland Ogres, undefeated in one-on-one duels, is said to have defeated a lord in a pure strength contest.
“…Starry inhaled sharply.
As expected, the Platinum Boss certainly surpassed the SS quest’s final assessment.
Just looking at this panel, it would be difficult for just the four of them to handle it.
Unlike the case with the Lord of Contamination, this boss had fully appeared; even if he was one level lower, he correspondingly lost the help of NPCs.
Only Starry could truly engage in battle.
Thousand Star Flash and Star Mark were both on cooldown; this was indeed troublesome!
She knew she was still in a red name state!
“Starry beauty, what attributes does this guy have?” Due to the significant level difference, Mingxiao couldn’t see the specific information.
“…” Starry didn’t speak, instead silently sent the panel to the team.
Mingxiao’s face turned pale, and the flickering hope vanished in an instant as he whimpered, “This is really the end…”
“Boss… our adventure group is about to disband…” Lian Lian was also feeling apprehensive?
“…”
“Don’t lose heart; we won’t know if we can win unless we try.” Although the panel looked terrifying, Starry’s attributes were not weak, and it could be uncertain who would end up victorious.
“That’s right, boss! Lian Lian, with Starry here, the top of the leaderboard, what do we have to fear?” Mingxiao listened to the wind nodded decisively and said, “I’ll go distract him!”
Let’s go!
“Tingfeng… okay, let’s go!” Haoxiao Ming’s fighting spirit was ignited, and he got pumped up.
Ha!!!
With a rumble, a massive collision sound was heard from behind.
Wait… did something just fly by?
“Boss, you quickly look at the battle information!”
Haoxiao Ming was taken aback and glanced at the information.
System Notification: “King of the Wasteland Ogre” launched “Battle Axe Frenzy,” dealing 34,587 damage to player “Haoxiao Tingfeng.”
“What the heck… you guys should still run!” Haoxiao Ming shivered at the charging boss, shaking with fear.
“You guys go save the others; I’ll hold him back!” Just then, Starry suddenly shouted, stepping forward to block the Ogre’s path.
“Right, save people! Lian Lian, you go save that Stan, we’ll hold this guy!”
“But…”
“No ‘buts,’ hurry up!”
“Okay!” Lian Lian hesitated but nodded, her figure turning transparent and then disappearing.
Despite still being in red name status, it wasn’t that Wuchens was overly arrogant, but the situation demanded it.
Although Mingxiao Tingfeng had been instant-killed, Starry had the Ice Flow Shield, which wouldn’t let her die easily under three reductions.
Moreover, she could evade some attacks with her movement.
While thinking this, the boss’s figure disappeared from view.
When did that happen!?
“He’s in the air! It’s that Leap Slash!” Mingxiao pleaded urgently.
Looking up, a huge shadow completely covered her vision.
Oh no! Starry activated the Ice Flow Shield instantly, but there wasn’t enough time to block the weapon!
The heavy axe collided with Starry’s forehead, splattering blood.
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It turned out to be a critical hit!?
After taking a hit of 15,830 health, she was left with just 3k. Not only that, the terrifying force sent Starry flying, creating a deep human-shaped pit in the ground!
Damn… even if nothing major happened due to her being a player, it still left her feeling dizzy.
Vaguely, she could hear Haoxiao Ming’s moans and the shocking sounds of heavy objects colliding.
Wah—
It felt like her soul was about to scatter.
Looking up, the golden firearm clashed with the giant axe, producing dazzling sparks.
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Ziyu’s health was completely drained; any further hit would result in death!
“Charge…!”
If she didn’t take control now, it would be too late!
Smash!
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Fortunately, Starry’s level was high enough, and the success rate of the charge wasn’t too low. This move directly knocked the King of the Wasteland Ogre out for the count.
“Star Cat!”
With a wave of her left hand, the Ice Frost Tiger jumped from her pet space.
As the stun effect was about to fade, she unleashed Frost Claw!
Smack!
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Unfortunately, the freezing effect didn’t trigger; the boss was about to recover!
“Ice Moon Slash!”
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The cold air radiated from the Qiu Yue Sword, instantly freezing the Ogre into a giant ice block.
“Hu…” For now, she was saved.
While thinking this, a fire sea erupted on the ground from nowhere.
Ziyu’s empty health couldn’t withstand this kind of damage and perished right then and there.
“Ziyu!” Starry was taken aback and hurriedly retreated out of the fire’s range, then used the Revival Pendant to restore her health to half.
The awakened King of the Wasteland Ogre immediately crushed Mingxiao, leaving only her alive!
“Who is it?!”
“Hahaha, finally found my chance.” Yuhua Xuanlong led a group of mages out from the sides of the forest. Now that Mingxiao was down, he wanted to see who else could back them up! Once they took down this boss, what a lucky day it would be! Hahaha!!!
“Um… Guild Master, if you keep talking like this, there might be a reversal.” A little mage beside couldn’t help but say.
“Shut up! Brothers, cover the entire area with indiscriminate fire! Take down the boss along with Starry! A reward of 10,000 gold coins for whoever gets the kill!”
“Ah! A simple sentence, yet it stirred everyone’s emotions; who would turn down money?
Seemingly feeling that this wasn’t enough, Yuhua Xuanlong frowned and turned to a bow-wielding swordsman, “You go hold her back. With so many people supporting you, you can’t lose to a girl, right?”
“…I’ll try.” One Dream Floating Life nodded and dashed towards Starry.
“…” Starry remained silent; if it were an archer, she might still evade most damage with her skills.
But… the mage’s fire sea was an area attack; with multiple fire seas unleashed, regardless of her movements, she would meet her demise.
With most of her skills used up, using Star Cat’s Polar Ice Shot might help her escape, but unfortunately, this skill had a cooldown of 8 hours.
The Ice Flow Shield had already been shattered by the high-frequency attacks of the fire sea, and the engraved shield had less than 6k health left.
The boss’s aggro remained on her, leaving her with no way out.
Yet… this quest would scare the Jin Adventure Group into tears, along with her over 2k red name value. If she died, she would likely drop all equipment except for the Qiu Yue Sword; that was the necessary price for killing.
She couldn’t back down!
Thinking this, Starry activated Thousand Flash Step, rapidly retreating, she had to get out of the fire sea range first!
“Don’t think you can!” One Dream Floating Life noticed Starry’s intention, and his body transformed into an afterimage, locking onto her position with his charge!
Besides that, the Ogre roared as it charged at Starry.
Miss!
It wasn’t a dodging maneuver but rather activated the evasion properties of Qiu Yue Sword and Military Hat.
How could this be?! One Dream Floating Life was incredulous; he was a swordsman with high-speed, how could he miss!?
But the fact remained; realizing this, Starry simply started to flail in place, her Qiu Yue Sword sweeping past, colliding with the swordsman’s weapon,
Clang!
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Her health immediately bottomed out.
“+!” One Dream Floating Life cursed inwardly; although he knew Starry’s damage was high, he never expected it to reach this level.
Thinking this, he changed his footsteps, his figure flickering, and slid into a C-shaped arc to approach Starry from behind.
An opportunity fleeting like smoke, what he needed to use now was, of course, his instant skill—Combo!
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The damage was pitiful, the latter numbers seemingly mocking him.
Damn…! If it weren’t for the equipment difference…
“Bro, take care!”
Starry’s inexplicable words interrupted his thoughts.
What the heck?!
Whoosh!!
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The whirling giant axe swooped in, soaring past the quickly crouching Starry and smashing into One Dream Floating Life from behind.
Thus, not dodging the swordsman’s skill was because Wuchens felt that the boss’s Battle Axe Frenzy posed a greater threat.
That was a skill capable of one-shotting a full health knight!
As expected, this guy couldn’t break his defense, and he even dealt a blow to the Ogre; how commendable!
“Get up!”
“Wait!”
From among Yuhua’s crowd, yet another player jumped out.
Starry was quite familiar with this person; he went by the name “Specially Treating All Dissent.”
He stood in front of Yuhua, quickly opening with, “I want to duel Starry; you trash, get out of here!”
Then, he turned to Starry and said, “After losing to you last time, I’ve been wanting to challenge you again. However… since you have a hidden profession, it wasn’t fair, so I also specially changed to a hidden profession. Now, we are on equal footing, let’s go!”
After saying this, he sent a duel invitation to Starry.
“Hey, what’s going on? Can’t send an invitation while in battle?”
“…” Big Brother, do you see that this is the arena for a life-and-death duel?
