Chapter 7 : Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Ali’s Way of Fighting
“Ali, clear the way ahead.”
Lin Yuan gave the order to attack.
Slaughter was in the nature of the Darkborn race.
The crimson eyes beneath Ali’s mask had long since grown impatient.
As they rounded the first bend, four Kobolds entered Lin Yuan’s field of vision.
【Kobold Scavenger】
【Level: LV1】
【HP: 200】
【Attack: 5】
【Defense: 0】
Trash.
The same word arose in both Lin Yuan’s and Ali’s hearts at the same time.
Sun Xu, standing at the side, was quite tense. “Four monsters? That won’t be easy to deal with.”
Before his words had even finished, Ali had already walked straight up to the Kobold Scavengers.
“Brother Lin, your Summoned Beast is that fierce?” Sun Xu called out, then immediately activated his talent effect and possessed Ali.
“Holy shit!”
Sun Xu nearly squeaked.
He found that he could not quite comprehend Ali’s HP bar.
One, ten, hundred, thousand—
One thousand HP.
This was utterly unscientific.
What kind of Summoned Beast had one thousand HP at Level 1?
Once the shock passed, Sun Xu was overjoyed.
Was this not a guaranteed win?
With a tank of a Summoned Beast like this, plus a healer like him, even if the Summoned Beast’s damage was low, they could probably grind the final Boss to death sooner or later.
The moment that thought rose in his mind, Ali suddenly threw away the shield in his hand.
With a single slash—
-200
One ordinary strike instantly took the life of a Kobold.
Four strikes later, all four Kobold Scavengers had died on the spot.
As for Ali, the Kobolds’ attacks could not even break his defense. His HP remained full.
【Killed Kobold Scavenger (LV1) *4, EXP increased by 20】
Each monster gave 5 EXP, and it took 500 EXP to reach Level 2.
Ninety-six more kills and they would level up.
The four Kobold Scavengers did not drop a single thing, so Lin Yuan continued forward.
Ali said nothing. He simply picked up his shield and silently followed behind Lin Yuan.
“Damn!”
“Brother Lin, your Summoned Beast is incredible!”
“Over a thousand HP, two hundred Attack—this is a Boss, right?”
“This beginner dungeon is in the bag now.”
Sun Xu was delighted beyond measure, the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably.
“Obviously.” With both hands in his pockets, Lin Yuan walked at the very front. “My goal isn’t something as simple as clearing the dungeon.”
“Brother Lin, don’t tell me you want to break the clear record!”
Sun Xu was excited again.
“The clear record for Golden Fang Ruins is three hours and twenty-five minutes. At our speed, we might actually have a chance.”
“Take out the ‘might.’ We’ve got this in hand.”
After advancing another dozen meters or so, a large wave of Kobolds appeared in Lin Yuan’s field of vision.
Aside from ten Kobold Scavengers, there was also one Kobold carrying a mining pick.
【Kobold Miner】
【Level: LV2】
【HP: 500】
【Attack: 15】
【Defense: 0】
【Skill (Run for Your Life): Will flee when HP drops below 20%】
A Level 2 monster. Its HP and Attack had risen quite a bit.
But it was still trash.
Ali strode forward, tossed his shield to the ground, and began cutting down the Kobolds.
One sword, one Kobold.
When only the Kobold Miner remained, Ali used the skill Hack.
【Hack】(D-Rank)
Skill Description: Consumes 20 Mana to unleash a chopping strike against the target, dealing 120% Attack damage (Cooldown: 5 seconds).
-2400
With a single sword stroke, the Kobold Miner died on the spot with grievance in its heart.
!!!!!
Sun Xu froze.
What had he just seen?
2400 damage?
If that blow landed on him, he could die ten times over.
A satisfied smile appeared at the corner of Lin Yuan’s mouth.
As expected of an SSS-Rank talent. A tenfold amplification—
it had directly produced 2400 points of damage.
And that was not all.
After using the skill once, Hack’s proficiency rose dramatically, going from LV1 to LV5. Its damage also increased from 120% to 125%.
A few more uses, and it would probably reach max proficiency at LV10.
The terrifying part of Martial Heavenly King was not merely its increase to skill damage.
The true core of that talent lay in the fact that skills could continue to evolve.
【Killed Kobold Scavenger (LV1) *10, EXP increased by 50】
【Killed Kobold Miner (LV2) *1, EXP increased by 20】
The Kobold Scavengers did not drop a single coin after dying, but the Kobold Miner did drop the mining pick in its hand.
【Rusty Mining Pick】
【Grade: Common】
【Required Level: LV1】
【Attributes: Attack +5, Mining Speed +1】
【Durability: 20】
With attributes like that, even a dog would shake its head.
Equipment was also divided into ranks, ten in total from lowest to highest:
Common, Blackiron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Epic, Legendary, Mythic.
Common was the most ordinary of all, with the lowest attributes and not a single special trait.
Still, it was a piece of equipment.
He could hardly throw it away.
It was useless for combat classes, but for a life class like Miner, it still had some value.
He would keep it and sell it for money later.
After putting away the mining pick, Lin Yuan continued onward.
The Golden Fang Ruins covered a vast area, and the monsters were scattered far apart. After searching for half an hour, Lin Yuan had only encountered a little over fifty Kobold Scavengers.
The efficiency was far too low.
Lin Yuan was dissatisfied.
On average, killing a monster took only a second.
Finding them, however, had wasted half an hour.
“This won’t do. I need to think of a good way to lure monsters together.”
After mulling it over for a while, Lin Yuan came across another Kobold Miner.
The instant he saw the Miner’s skill, his eyes lit up.
“I’ve got it.”
“Ali, see that Kobold Miner? Don’t use any skills. Knock its HP down below twenty percent.”
Ali carried out Lin Yuan’s order to the letter. A single normal strike came down—
-400 (Critical Hit)
“Ali, stop!”
Lin Yuan hurriedly shouted.
Ali’s normal strike had completely stunned the Kobold Miner.
Its HP instantly dropped to 20%, triggering the skill Run for Your Life.
The Kobold Miner let out a shrill scream, turned tail, and ran, shouting for help as it fled.
As it ran, it drew the aggro of several groups of monsters.
More than fifty Kobold Scavengers came charging toward Lin Yuan.
A dense black swarm of them, kicking up clouds of dust.
If it had been any other class-holder team, they would already have been frightened out of their wits.
But Lin Yuan actually felt there were too few.
“With only this many, who’s supposed to be satisfied? If other people heard about it, they’d think I can’t afford to kill more.”
“Ali, kill them.”
The shield was thrown to the ground.
With a one-handed sword in hand, Ali began slaughtering left and right.
-2400
-200
-200
Normal attacks mixed with skills. One sword, one kill.
As he kept slaughtering, a flash of light suddenly flickered across Ali’s hand.
The second effect of Martial Heavenly King had activated.
【Hack (D-Rank) has successfully advanced into Sweeping Cleave (C-Rank)】
【Sweeping Cleave】(C-Rank)
Skill Description: Consumes 50 Mana to unleash a slashing wave, dealing 150% Attack damage to five enemies (Cooldown: 5 seconds).
-3000
-3000
With Sweeping Cleave, Ali’s efficiency in killing monsters rose dramatically.
In less than a minute, all the Kobold Scavengers had been wiped out.
【Killed Kobold Scavenger (LV1) *56, EXP increased by 280】
【Killed Kobold Miner (LV2) *1, EXP increased by 20】
【Level increased to 2】