Chapter 9 : Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Taste My Exhaust
With a light twist of his right hand, Lin Yuan sent the motorcycle rumbling to life.
That sound alone was enough to make any man’s adrenaline surge.
As the saying went, a fine horse deserved a fine saddle.
Seated on the motorcycle with the Old-Style Gunpowder Pistol strapped at his waist, Lin Yuan looked every inch like a Ghost Rider.
There was only one word for it:
Handsome.
【Vehicle: Steam Motorcycle】
【Grade: Bronze】
【Can Be Taken Out of the Dungeon: No】
He could not take it away. It could only be used inside the dungeon.
“I’ll go lure the monsters.”
“Sun Xu, you and Ali wait for me on that hill ahead.”
Sun Xu knew how to ride a motorcycle, but with his frail build, there was no way he could withstand the Kobolds’ attacks. If a few ranged monsters appeared, a single volley would kill him instantly.
Ali had more than enough HP, but he did not know how to ride a motorcycle.
So in the end, Lin Yuan had no choice but to go himself.
With 1800 HP and 180 Defense, Lin Yuan was brimming with confidence.
“Then... showtime!”
The throttle twisted open.
Lin Yuan shot away like an arrow loosed from the string and vanished in a blur.
Ali silently watched the motorcycle disappear from sight, and a thought quietly arose in his heart.
He wanted to ride it too.
Once past the minefield, Lin Yuan sped all the way forward.
He had nearly twisted the throttle hard enough to smoke.
The engine let out a throaty vroom-vroom-vroom, as if it were mocking the Kobolds for being poor wretches.
No one could possibly endure that.
More than a dozen Kobold Miners nearby were instantly drawn over.
But Lin Yuan’s appetite could not possibly be satisfied by a mere dozen Kobold Miners.
He kept driving, cresting a small dirt hill, and suddenly his field of vision opened wide.
A Kobold camp appeared before him.
There were more than thirty Kobolds inside it.
He looked farther ahead. Five hundred meters away stood six more identical camps.
Each camp was spaced five hundred meters from the next.
At the center stood a raised platform.
That was where the final Boss was located.
Any class-holder team that had reached this place would already have reached Level 2.
Next, they would draw out isolated Kobolds and advance carefully, step by step.
Once they had wiped out the surrounding Kobolds, the entire team would rise to Level 3.
And only then would they go challenge the final Boss, Bronze Fang.
Kill Bronze Fang, and the dungeon would be considered cleared.
Of course, that was merely the guide’s optimal recommendation.
But—
Lin Yuan had no intention of following it.
He planned to pull everything in a single wave.
The roar of the motorcycle suddenly shattered the stillness.
Lin Yuan sped forward with a very clear target in mind:
the location of Boss Bronze Fang.
At that moment, the Boss was lying atop the platform, dozing.
Lin Yuan drove right up to the platform, made a sharp drifting turn, and stopped squarely before the Boss.
Startled awake by the roar, Bronze Fang opened his eyes—
and a black lead bullet smacked him right in the forehead.
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“Hey. Time to get to work.”
Lin Yuan blew lightly across the muzzle, then tucked the Gunpowder Pistol back into his belt.
He twisted the throttle to the limit, swung the front of the bike around, and tore off with a roar.
The gravel kicked up by the tires sprayed all over Bronze Fang.
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“Wretched vermin! How dare you challenge the Overseer’s authority!”
Bronze Fang leapt down from the platform and charged after Lin Yuan at full speed.
The moment the Boss moved, every Kobold from the surrounding camps poured out in force.
Lin Yuan had truly stirred up a hornet’s nest this time.
With a steel whip in hand, Bronze Fang came charging over with more than one hundred and fifty Kobolds at his back.
Lin Yuan came tearing back to where Ali and Sun Xu were waiting.
The motorcycle screeched to a stop, and Lin Yuan jumped off with a smooth flourish.
“Done.”
“Brother Lin, how many did you pull this time?”
“Not many. About a hundred or so.”
“A hundred or so? Brother Lin, you dragged over every Kobold from the surrounding camps.”
Sun Xu thought it over. “Once we clean out this wave, we can go deal with the Boss.”
“There’s no need to go through all that trouble. The Boss came too.”
By the time the two of them finished speaking, Boss Bronze Fang had already led the horde charging over.
“Found you. Let’s see where you can hide now.”
“What are you waiting for? Rush them and tear them to pieces!”
A horn suddenly appeared in Bronze Fang’s hand, and he blew it with all his strength.
The instant the horn sounded, the surrounding Kobolds seemed to be injected with madness.
Howling wildly, they charged straight at the three of them.
By pure instinct, Sun Xu immediately used Possession on Ali. Only afterward did he say, aghast,
“No way, Brother Lin—you pulled Bronze Fang over too?”
“Don’t tell me you didn’t know that the more Kobolds Bronze Fang has around him, the more HP he gets!”
Lin Yuan had been in too much of a hurry earlier and had not carefully checked Bronze Fang’s information.
With Sun Xu’s reminder, he immediately focused his attention on the Boss.
【Overseer Bronze Fang】(Second Rank Leader)
【Level: LV5】
【HP: 22000 (6000+16000)】
【Attack: 310 (150+160)】
【Defense: 100】
【Skill 1 (Cruel Whip): Wields the whip in his hand to strike the current target, dealing 50 damage. Each successful hit increases the damage by 50 (Cooldown: 30 seconds)】
【Skill 2 (Fearsome Roar): Bronze Fang shouts, “Back to work!” and randomly intimidates one target for 5 seconds (Cooldown: 40 seconds)】
【Skill 3 (Strength in Numbers): Bronze Fang blows the Overtime Horn, doubling the Attack and Attack Speed of all Kobolds within one hundred meters. For every Kobold affected, Bronze Fang gains 100 HP and 1 Attack】
Well now.
That skill set was rather interesting.
His HP had increased by 16000, and his Attack by 160.
Which meant there were 160 Kobolds gathered around him.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.
That was all experience.
Lin Yuan flashed Sun Xu a reassuring look, then shouted to Ali,
“Ali, time to work.”
Ali silently threw down his shield and charged out with his one-handed sword in hand.
He carried the bearing of a man who would press forward even against ten thousand foes.
The place Lin Yuan had chosen was hemmed in by mountains on three sides, with only a single path leading down.
This was the prime killing ground Lin Yuan had selected before he started pulling monsters.
Alone, with one sword in hand, Ali stood before the mass of Kobolds.
Sweeping Cleave. Normal strike. Normal strike. Normal strike.
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As Sweeping Cleave was used again and again, its proficiency reached the maximum level, and its damage had already risen to 160%.
The Kobolds were dying beneath Ali’s sword before they could even get close.
“Trash! Every last one of you!”
“Get out of my way!”
Brandishing his steel whip, Bronze Fang rushed forward and activated his second skill, Fearsome Roar.
Ali froze where he stood, as though turned to stone, allowing Bronze Fang’s attacks to fall on him without resistance.
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Bronze Fang’s attack speed was extremely fast—two strikes per second.
In five seconds, more than a thousand of Ali’s HP had been cut away.
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Fortunately, Sun Xu knew exactly what his duty was. He continuously cast healing spells without pause.
Once Ali regained his senses, he seemed a little angered. He answered Bronze Fang with a single Sweeping Cleave.
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That one Sweeping Cleave dealt 4800 damage to Bronze Fang and, along the way, killed four Kobolds as well.
Lin Yuan had only needed 180 EXP to level up, and after killing those four Kobolds, he rose to Level 3 exactly.
And on top of that, this very strike successfully triggered the advancement condition.
【Sweeping Cleave (C-Rank) has advanced into Draw Slash (B-Rank)】