Hu Die Lan

Chapter FourteenSpider Cave (3)

Chapter One

The others were truly in awe, even Yue Zhongmian had to admit that this guy had used his technique to achieve the impossible feat of pulling seven monsters at level ten. It was simply unreasonable.

"Bro, your Battle Mage skills are truly...too domineering." This time, Tian Qi's praise wasn't tinged with any flattery or ingratiation. If he didn't praise him, he felt like he would suffocate from internal injuries.

"Haha, not bad." Surrounded by seven monsters, Lord Grim still thrust, stabbed, and cleaved with ease. Tian Qi and the others felt embarrassed to just watch, so they swarmed forward. They were all veterans and had good control over aggro, so they didn't mess up Lord Grim's rhythm of kiting the monsters. The seven monsters that they thought would be difficult to deal with were easily taken care of in the end. But all four of them understood that this easy resolution was built on the basis of that person's freakish performance. Without such a person, there would be no such situation.

Just as the seven small spiders were killed, a strange shriek was heard, and the first mini-Boss made a shining appearance. Before everyone saw the spider, they heard its voice first, and then they saw a thick cloud of purple mist spraying over.

"It's a poison spider." Tian Qi shouted, but the purple mist came too suddenly, and the range was too large. Two of them failed to dodge it and quickly took out antidotes to use. But after using them, they were shocked to find that their health was still dropping rapidly!

"Why isn't it working?" The two were shocked.

"The level of the antidote is too low," Ye Xiu said.

"Damn it!" The two cursed in unison. This was a problem they wouldn't have noticed because they had never been here at a low level. When they returned to crush this dungeon at a higher level, their levels suppressed the monsters, and they wouldn't have cared about the monsters' small poisons, so they wouldn't have thought about antidotes. But now, they had carefully prepared antidotes, but they couldn't use them in the crucial Boss battle. Wasn't this a坑爹 (kengdie -坑爹 is a popular internet slang term meaning "to trick someone," "to screw someone over")?

Lord Grim tossed a heal to the one with lower health among the two, and then charged towards Boss number 1, while instructing the unpoisoned Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian. He pointed his spear in one direction and shouted, "Tian Qi, stand at one o'clock, Little Yueyue go to four o'clock."

"Little Yueyue..." Yue Zhongmian almost spat out blood, but now was not the time to dwell on it. Tian Qi had already run to the one o'clock position without asking, and Yue Zhongmian also quickly took his place. Boss number 1 rushed out with the poisonous mist. This guy was burly and had a waist twice as thick as an ordinary spider. It was obviously easier for players to hit such a large monster than to hit a small monster like the Dark Night Cat, but large monsters had other advantages: because they were heavier, the effects of aerial skills or other skills that created displacement were discounted on them. The amount of the discount depended on its specific weight and the attacker's strength.

This Boss number 1 was already a behemoth for current players. Although the shot that Lord Grim fired hit, it didn't even tremble. Obviously, this ordinary attack's upward thrust had no aerial effect on it.

The experienced Ye Xiu was not surprised by this. He flicked his fingers, and Lord Grim stabbed out four more shots in a row. The big spider screamed, raised its head, and spat out a mouthful of thick mist, but Lord Grim had already turned around and ran to the side.

Although this Boss was large, its movements were no slower than those of an ordinary spider, and its jumping ability was outstanding. It jumped up and was about to give Lord Grim a Mount Tai crush. Lord Grim rolled away, and Yue Zhongmian, who was called "Little Yueyue," was lonely: "Hey, you asked us to stand in position and you're playing alone?"

"Those two, one go to the seven o'clock position, one go to the nine o'clock position," Ye Xiu shouted.

"How far apart?" the two asked as they ran.

"Radius of 2 meters!" Ye Xiu said.

After the two also took their positions, the four had formed a small circle, looking at each other and wondering what they were trying to do. Seeing him still dealing with the Boss alone, was he just arranging seats for them to watch the show?

Lord Grim dodged left and right, leading the Boss to run all the way towards this side. The four hurriedly prepared to fight, but the Boss suddenly jumped at this moment, leaping high, and was about to crush Yue Zhongmian when it landed. Yue Zhongmian quickly tried to dodge, but heard Ye Xiu shout, "Don't move!"

Revenge! This guy is taking the opportunity to get revenge on me again. Yue Zhongmian felt a flash of understanding and didn't listen to Ye Xiu. He rolled to avoid it, but when he looked up again, Lord Grim had already used a 天击 (Tian Ji - Sky Strike) to hit the falling spider Boss in the belly. The aerial effect of 天击 (Tian Ji - Sky Strike), a professional aerial skill, was of course much stronger than the upward thrust of an ordinary attack. The falling spider was hit and paused in the air, and its direction of movement had changed. Although the aerial effect of 天击 (Tian Ji - Sky Strike) wasn't much, the monster was already in the air, so this change of direction caused it to fall right into the middle of the four people's positions.

"Tian Qi, forward kick, 連突刺 (Lian Tu Ci - Twin Stab) at the nine o'clock position, 击退 (Ji Tui - Repel) at the seven o'clock position, Little Yueyue, quickly return to your position!" Ye Xiu had been in this dungeon with these four people for so long, he had already seen clearly the skills they had learned, and now, after arranging the encirclement, he even instructed them on how to use their skills.

Tian Qi rushed up and kicked forward. This was a Striker skill, which had a slight pushing effect on monsters. Although this effect was discounted on this big spider Boss, it still moved it slightly.

The player at the nine o'clock position had also jumped up and used a 連突刺 (Lian Tu Ci - Twin Stab). This Swordsman skill had the same nature as Tian Qi's forward kick. The Boss, which was kicked to the front, was kicked away again. And at this point, these experienced players already understood Ye Xiu's intention. The player at the seven o'clock position met it without hesitation and used a 击退 (Ji Tui - Repel).

His was a Knight skill, and the meaning could be understood from the name. This movement effect was the most excellent among all skills. However, the four o'clock position to which the Boss was repelled had no one to meet it. This was originally Yue Zhongmian's position, but because he thought Ye Xiu was going to kill him, he had dodged to the side. Although he was already running back, it was already too late.

Everyone already understood that Ye Xiu was going to use these displacement skills to bounce the Boss around like a billiard ball. This idea had accurately assessed their four's skills and strengths. What were their strengths? Familiarity! The four of them were friends from the old server, and they already had a tacit understanding with each other and could achieve this coordination.

But now, the situation that had been created with such difficulty was about to be ruined by Yue Zhongmian, and even Tian Qi and the others were a little unhappy.

At the crucial moment when this Boss was about to leave the circle, Lord Grim's figure suddenly appeared at the four o'clock position.

Everyone was stunned. Lord Grim was originally going to stand at the eleven o'clock position. They didn't see him move at all, so how did he suddenly appear here? The others looked at the eleven o'clock position and found that there was also a Lord Grim there.

"Damn!" Tian Qi suddenly understood.

Ninja level 10 skill: 影分身术 (Ying Fen Shen Shu - Shadow Clone Technique).

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Third update~~