Chapter Sixty-Two: Dark Slash
Under the bright moonlight, a woman dressed in silver leather armor and the relentless Death Knight behind her staged a chase.
In the woman’s hand, the emerald-green longbow was drawn back repeatedly.
“Creak—”
The string was pulled to its maximum, and the poisoned arrow flew forth with force.
“Heh!” The Death Knight snorted coldly, pulling the reins to the right, causing the skeletal horse to change direction instantly. The arrow grazed the Death Knight’s neck, only to be tainted by the eerie green flame, burning to ashes before it had flown halfway.
Normal attacks were almost ineffective; this boss could predict her attack trajectory!
However, she remained composed. The previous attack was merely to buy time; fighting the Death Knight on flat ground was courting death.
Now, glancing at the surrounding ruined houses, Fenghuayue couldn’t help but smile slightly—this was her turf!
As a Ranger, an agile class similar to archers and assassins, she was more like a combination of the two.
She could use most physical weapons, such as bows, daggers, swords, and knives.
Seeing the approaching Death Knight, Fenghuayue did not hesitate to slip into one of the houses.
Sure enough, there were minor monsters inside.
Zombie:
Rarity: Silver Grade
Level: 23
Health: 5000
Attack: 89-103
Physical Defense: 55
Magical Defense: 33
Skills: Decay, Bite, Corpse Poison
Description: A low-level undead creature, created from the decaying bodies of deceased villagers, which after becoming zombies, attack humans mindlessly. Don’t be complacent! Otherwise, you might become the next zombie…
Although its stats looked frightening, the zombie’s movement speed was extremely slow, far less than a Ghoul’s, allowing Fenghuayue to easily evade its biting attack.
“Boom!!!”
The Death Knight smashed through the house with brute force, even sending the zombie flying; numbers flashing red appeared—
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The zombie’s health was down to just fifteen hundred!
Does this guy not care about the lives of his minions?
The knocked-back zombie stood up groggily and began to walk toward Fenghuayue again.
The Death Knight aimed his sword at her, his hoarse voice resonating, “Annoying mouse, you have nowhere to escape.”
At the same time, a terrifying dark energy gathered at the tip of the sword. If this hit her, with her fragile body, she’d be doomed!
Healing Arrow!
Of course, Fenghuayue wouldn’t just sit back and wait; twilight coalesced on the arrow as she aimed at the Death Knight and fired!
Though a healing skill, it contained the power of twilight, which was extremely repulsive to the dark power wielded by the Death Knight, making it more effective than a normal attack.
Light and darkness intertwined, and then—
“Poof—Boom!!!” An explosive surge of energy erupted, violently consuming everything around.
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The Death Knight at the center suffered the most severe damage; he clutched his chest, nearly falling from his horse, with his health reduced to below ten percent!
The surrounding zombies disintegrated the instant they were touched by the energy.
The Ranger quickly activated Wind Dance to speed up, stowed her longbow, and switched to a fiery red rapier.
Combo!
In just half a second, she unleashed tons of damage against the battered wall—an escape route!
However… it was still too late.
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Without a doubt, Fenghuayue transformed into a flash of white light, returning to Yunshui City.
The level leaderboard changed in real-time.
Starry and Zane reclaimed the first and second positions!
…
By the time Zane realized something was wrong, he had already dashed over.
Whatever happened, they needed to ascertain the current situation; Starry was following beside her to support her actions.
The other three saw and quickly followed.
Halfway there, around the 11 o’clock direction, a terrifying wave of power erupted!
Feiya murmured, “How could this happen…”
Whose atomic bomb was that?!
Just a few levels to get an energy explosion—what about everyone else? Zane thought as he looked at the vanishing cluster of houses, groaning internally.
…
When they reached the scene, only a pitch-black man and his warhorse remained.
Check attributes.
Death Knight Andrada (Leader Level Boss):
Rarity: Silver Grade
Level: 25
Health: 35000
Attack: 156-215
Physical Defense: 82
Magical Defense: 63
Skills: Death Entangle, Dark Slash, Charge
Description: A newly reborn Death Knight, unexpectedly mastering dark powers.
35,000 health? This boss was too extraordinary! Attack power even surpassed 200, and his defenses were decent as well, plus none of those skills were easy to handle.
However… after that earlier burst of energy, Andrada’s health was down to 2549.
The players displayed on the map had also vanished; could it be a self-destruct?
No matter the situation, now was the best time to defeat the boss!
Taking advantage of the boss not having recovered from the shock, Zane prepared to launch an attack.
“Don’t kill him!” Feiya, who had caught up, yelled anxiously.
Zane was momentarily taken aback.
Then, the flames in the Death Knight’s eyes flared up.
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“Is it… you?” Andrada’s voice was devoid of joy or sorrow.
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Damn, don’t just heal yourself!
If I don’t attack soon, he’ll be at full health! “Wishcaster—Vines!” Countless vines entangled upwards, only to be burned to cinders by the green eerie flame at the instant they tightened.
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The skill mechanism was broken!
“Little And, listen to your sister… don’t go astray any longer… okay?” Feiya seemed to be crying, almost pleading.
Wait, is this a plot kill?
“There’s no chance left.” He uttered those words, and his gaze turned to the adventurer who dared to attack him moments ago.
Then, he wondered, “Wishcaster…? Whatever, even if it’s a Wishcaster, you’re still just human.”
His health finally stopped regenerating, settled at 17549.
“You will die together with that annoying mouse from earlier!”
Dark Slash!
Terrifying black energy gathered at the blade, and years of experience from three days of being beaten reminded him not to take it head-on!
Crushed to death by a slime, knocked into the sky by a wild boar, sent flying by a heavy strike from a Skeleton Soldier, slammed against a rock by a Skeleton General… countless experiences of flying reminded him that if he took this blow, he’d be sent flying; ah no, perhaps straight underground…
Thousand Flash Step!
Taking advantage of Dark Slash not being fully formed yet, Starry moved in first, stepping deftly to slide beside the Death Knight.
The skeletal horse glared at Starry angrily, its skull lifting, gathering a small black energy orb in its mouth.
Forget it, even the mount has skills! This guy wouldn’t be out of place as a Gold Grade boss!
Striking first, Ice Moon Slash!
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Snow and ice spread upwards, almost encasing both the knight and the skeletal horse in ice. When the ice reached the head, the eerie green flame expanded, and the ice melted away instantly.
Even the slow effect of the Frozen Ring failed!
This is bad; I didn’t interrupt it.
The Death Knight’s expression hardened, and Dark Slash surged toward her with astonishing might!
Too fast! No choice, Withered Bone Shield!
A huge white bone shield projection appeared before Zane,
“Crack”
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The bone shield was split in two! What kind of damage is this???