Chapter 291: Black Crystal Stone, Rugged Shield
Level 48 Golden Monster, its stats are already close to that of a low-level boss.
From the skills perspective, Devour Armor should have a broken armor effect; if forced into close combat, it would be troublesome.
Moreover, their bodies are very small, making it difficult to hit them in melee.
After all, quick movement is no joke.
“Master, shall we engage?” Nitiya said calmly, showing no fear in the face of such monsters.
Alna was the same; perhaps it was the mindset developed in the underground passage, as she showed no signs of panic.
“Mm, let’s go!” Zane nodded, also curious to see how much damage this battle lance Nini could inflict.
After receiving permission, the dark puppet tightly gripped the magic spear and suddenly thrust it downward!
Sizzle!!
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The spear pierced the abdomen of the rat-headed monster on the ground, deep red blood uncontrollably gushed out, and the hit monster rolled its eyes, flailing its limbs, but its body was pinned to the ground by the spear, bleeding profusely.
This action caused the subsequent rat-headed monsters to explode into chaos.
They rubbed their bodies and made running motions, quickly filling the hole.
Countless rat heads scrambled out from the entrance.
“Danger!” Alna exclaimed anxiously, releasing a Fire Curtain at the entrance, causing the scorching flames to burn the bodies of the monsters.
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The wild flames emitted a strange sound.
Perhaps due to the significant level gap, Alna’s damage was no longer impressive.
Zane recalled what she had mentioned earlier, about killing a few rat heads while scaring off the others…
So it was infinite control + roasting flames!? No wonder they fled; that would scare anyone!
Nitiya had already stepped back, leaving the attack range of the rat-headed monsters.
Facing an increasing number of enemies, she leveled her spear, a black light sweeping through.
Out!
Sweeping Thousand Troops:
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Completely beyond expectations… Nitiya’s output.
Though she still lacked some compared to Starry, let’s not forget this is just a summon skill.
“Wow——Wow!!”
The cries from the rat heads after being attacked were enough to give anyone goosebumps.
Better take them down quickly.
Glancing at Alna, before Zane could say anything, she had already initiated the skill “Wish – Blessing!”
System Notification: Alna has cast “Wish – Blessing,” and your party receives the blessing power of the Wishcaster. All members gain +50% Attack, +50% Defense, +30% Movement Speed, +30% Attack Speed, +30% Casting Speed, +20% Critical Hit Rate, lasting 60 seconds.
Indeed, her blessings are significantly stronger than those she could cast herself.
Alright, next…
“Magic Shadow!”
Gently waving her right hand, shadows began to materialize around Nitiya.
At this moment, Kurei suddenly came to his senses, looking towards the dark puppet and solemnly said, “Miss, be careful!”
“It’s fine,” Alna smiled gently at him, signaling that he need not worry.
Nitiya’s physical attack had already stacked to over 5k, an astonishing number.
But this wasn’t over; Zane concentrated magic into a whip in his right hand.
With a delicate flick of her hand to the right, the tail of the whip was sent flying towards the dark puppet.
Snap!
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The magic whip struck Nitiya’s thigh, leaving a red mark that quickly faded.
It seemed… nothing happened?
“…” The battle lance girl glanced back silently, her profile slightly flushed, and then turned back.
Though a bit puzzled, Zane commanded, “Use the magic spear for a lightning strike!”
After taking a quick look at the skill description, he noted that this move was similar to a piercing displacement, able to ignore size collisions while attacking enemies.
Perfect for dealing with the rat-headed monsters.
“Yes!”
Nitiya raised the magic spear behind her and then hurled it forward at high speed!
The magic spear left her hand, and the puppet transformed into a flow of shadows surrounding the spear.
Flying, piercing.
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A dazzling stream of five-digit damage numbers flickered at the cave entrance, with occasional critical hits reaching over 40k.
This girl is terrifying!
After the lightning strike, Nitiya moved into the inner cave, where the circumstances were unclear; Zane allowed her to engage freely.
One minute later, the battle lance girl returned with low health after the strike.
The attack power of the rotten rats was already not low, coupled with the Devour Armor skill and level suppression, a single attack could bite for over 5k.
After using the Magic Shadow, it was over 10k; the survival pressure was immense.
It seemed this skill couldn’t be used recklessly.
Having found a strategy, Nitiya was responsible for taking out the vanguard, while Alna controlled the enemies at the front.
If things got out of hand, Kurei would help out.
Of course, the main focus was to level up, so they tried to let Zane and Alna do the damage.
Gradually, Zane noticed that although Nitiya was strong, summoning once consumed 10% of her maximum MP; in prolonged battles, she could quickly face an awkward situation with no mana.
Existing for 6 minutes, cooldown of 3 minutes; it seemed okay, but don’t forget, there were skills besides this one that needed to be used.
As for the summoning skill: Black Crystal Stone, it also required 10% mana to summon, and this summon was quite special.
What was summoned was a gray-black object resembling a column.
Round chains wrapped around it, extending eight chains outward, deeply penetrating the ground, forming an octagonal shape.
The rarity was still platinum, but the star rating looked more like decoration.
Because both attack and dual defenses were 0.
The only stat was 195k health.
As for skills, they included Life Giving, Mana Giving, Slow Regeneration, Dark Seal, and Black Crystal Tide.
Corresponding to their surface names, these skills were for healing the target, restoring mana, slowly regenerating itself, controlling enemies, and causing a fatal attack.
Notably, the Black Crystal Stone could not move and could only change its position through recall or repeated summoning.
Life Giving and Mana Giving could restore 1% of the target’s maximum value in one go, with a cooldown time of 10 seconds; it’s better than nothing.
It would be quite useful in sustained battles; with this, mana consumption issues would be alleviated to some extent.
Dark Seal is a single-target control for 5 seconds; apart from purification by light-type skills, regular dispel control will not work.
As for Black Crystal Tide, it is akin to a self-destruct skill, which, once released, the Black Crystal Stone would continuously use HP to launch shadow attacks on enemies within range until its health was exhausted, and during that time, it could not be healed and could not be stopped.
When the Black Crystal Tide was released to death, it would have to wait 6 hours to summon again.
Thus, the temporary monster-hunting party formed by Nitiya, Alna, Black Crystal Stone, He Xiaoxuan, and Kurei officially began!
Before Aijue and the others returned, they would grind monsters here madly.
Guan Bao’s level soared to 20 and continued to rise.
Like the old Star Cat, its size gradually increased, now to the extent of a domesticated puppy.
Additionally, it learned two new skills—Rugged Shield and Taunt.
Rugged Shield allows it to curl its body into a wild shield.
Surprisingly, this shield is also equippable.
Indeed, though it won’t show on the panel, you can pick up Guan Bao to use as a shield.
The little fellow would clutch the owner’s arm, quite reliable.
Under the wicked grin of the unscrupulous owner, Guan Bao became Nitiya’s shield, absorbing blows at the frontline.
The efficiency of monster grinding was on the rise.
