Chapter 27 : Chapter 27
Chapter 27: Go On, Keep Cackling—Stunned Now, Aren’t You?
The Bone Giant carried a giant axe nearly as tall as itself in its hand
and advanced toward Lin Yuan with heavy, thundering footsteps.
“Heh-heh-heh-heh!”
A’gui raised his pale, bony hand and pointed toward the Bone Giant.
All troops, attack!
In an instant, the two-thousand-strong undead army surged toward the Bone Giant as one.
Lin Yuan watched the scene with a thoughtful look.
Had the roles not gotten completely reversed here?
He sat calmly behind the undead army like some great final Boss lurking behind the scenes,
while the Bone Giant looked like the lone hero who had come to challenge the Boss—
solitary and without support.
Faced with the assault of thousands of undead creatures, the heroic Bone Giant’s mind seemed to freeze for two or three seconds.
What was going on?
Had it somehow become the defending side?
There was no time to think further. The undead creatures had already reached its feet.
But most of those undead creatures were only ordinary-grade lifeforms. They could not even break through the Bone Giant’s Defense,
nor could they do anything to slow its advance.
Because the moment the undead creatures drew close to the Bone Giant, they triggered the judgment effect of its third skill, Intimidation.
Eighty percent of the undead creatures were frozen in place and entered a paralyzed state.
As for those that were not intimidated, they were smashed apart by a single sweep of the Bone Giant’s axe.
In the blink of an eye, A’gui’s proud undead army was wiped out.
“Heh-heh-heh...”
A’gui’s triumphant laughter came to an abrupt halt.
He looked at his paralyzed subordinates, then at the Bone Giant, which was advancing as though no one were there,
and in two or three quick steps, he ran behind Ali to call for big brother’s support.
“Gah-gah!”
The corner of Lin Yuan’s mouth twitched.
“A’gui, you really are too spineless. Go up there and fight it in close combat yourself. It’s not as if you can die anyway.”
With the talent All for Me, as long as A’gui’s summoned army still existed, A’gui was effectively immortal.
Those undead had only been paralyzed, not killed. They could still trigger All for Me.
Ali set down the violin, picked up the Refined Iron Sword, and walked toward the Bone Giant.
Berserk Rush!
Charged Draw Slash!
Double Strike,
then two normal attacks.
-37432 (Critical Hit)
-18743
-8763
-15643
-1532
-1523
The Bone Giant endured Ali’s entire small combo head-on, yet still had roughly half its HP left.
“It didn’t die?” Lin Yuan muttered to himself.
This was the first time Lin Yuan had ever seen a monster survive one full combo from Ali.
Fortunately, no one else heard him, or they surely would have accused him of flaunting.
Damn it, one combo had already removed half of a Boss’s HP, and he still was not satisfied?
One had to remember that the Bone Giant’s Defense was as high as 3000, and its first skill could reduce the next three instances of damage by fifty percent.
Be content already.
Once Ali’s round of skills ended, the Bone Giant’s attack also landed on him.
-3760
In the next moment, Ali raised a hand and unleashed a Deathbestowing Sword Qi.
-18000
+3760
While shaving off a tenth of the Bone Giant’s maximum HP, he also instantly restored his own health to full.
Eight seconds later, when Ali struck again with Double Strike,
the Bone Giant’s bones exploded with a BOOM into a heap of shattered bone fragments.
【Killed Bone Giant (LV16), EXP increased by 5000】
【Double Strike has met the advancement conditions and has advanced into Triple Slash】
【Triple Slash】(B-Rank)
Skill Description: Consumes 300 Mana to deliver three rapid attacks, each dealing 150% Attack damage (Cooldown: 8 seconds).
The moment the Bone Giant died, A’gui started wildly cheering from behind.
“Gah-gah!”
The two of them seemed to have formed a cackling-slaughter duo.
Ali was responsible for the slaughter in front,
while A’gui was responsible for the cackling in the back.
“Just look at Ali, then look at yourself. This is the difference.” Lin Yuan looked at A’gui and said in a tone full of disappointment.
A’gui scratched his head. “Heh-heh-heh-heh!”
Fine. Pointless.
The Bone Giant dropped two pieces of equipment, one Platinum and one Gold.
【Bone Pendant - Necklace】
【Grade: Platinum】
【Equip Requirement: Level 12】
【Attributes: Intelligence +20, Stamina +20, Mana +200】
【Trait: Restores 10 Mana per second】
【Set Bonus (1/2): Not Activated】
【Bone Greatsword - Weapon】
【Grade: Gold】
【Equip Requirement: Level 10】
【Attributes: Strength +25, Attack +120】
【Trait: Attacks have a chance to inflict a bleeding effect on the target, dealing 50 bleeding damage per second for 10 seconds】
A Platinum necklace, and part of a set at that. If sold outside, it would fetch at least two million.
The Golden greatsword’s attributes were also quite good. It could be considered a rather fine piece of equipment.
Just enough to replace the Refined Iron Sword in Ali’s hand.
The Bone Greatsword was about 1.6 meters long and certainly not light,
yet in Ali’s hand it looked no heavier than a toy.
He handled it with effortless ease.
Ali seemed especially fond of greatswords. After receiving the Bone Greatsword, he kept swinging it without pause.
Seeing that Ali had upgraded his weapon, A’gui looked at Lin Yuan from the side with a pitiful expression.
“You want one too?”
A’gui bobbed his skull up and down.
“When you can solo-kill a Boss someday, then we’ll talk.”
After cleaning up the battlefield, a prompt appeared before Lin Yuan.
【Your strength has earned the recognition of Skeleton Knight Mosa. He is considering sparing your life】
【Yes / No: Leave the current dungeon?】
It was not as though Nightmare difficulty dungeons had no option to withdraw. As long as one could survive for thirty minutes without dying, or complete a certain phase, it was possible to leave midway.
Of course, once you withdrew midway, the next time you entered you would have to start all over again.
Faced with the prompt, Lin Yuan decisively chose No.
“Spare my life?”
“But I don’t want to spare yours.”
After refusing to leave the dungeon, the surrounding undead aura grew even denser.
【Skeleton Knight Mosa will send out the elite cavalry under his command. Prepare for battle】
...
Meanwhile,
the five-man team from Dawn Sword, who had entered the dungeon before Lin Yuan, appeared once more at the entrance to Skeleton Graveyard.
The five members looked somewhat bedraggled, clearly having gone through a fierce battle.
Li Fei, the healer in the party, frowned.
“The attack power of the undead creatures is too high. The pressure on my healing is overwhelming.”
“We nearly suffered a full-party wipe against the Bone Giant. At our current stage, challenging Skeleton Knight Mosa is simply impossible.”
The team leader, Xiao Bin, glanced at the others.
“We underestimated the terror of Nightmare difficulty.”
“Five S-Rank talent class-holders, equipped head to toe in Gold gear, each with one A-Rank skill.”
“That already puts us above ninety-five percent of class-holders of the same level.”
“If even we can’t clear Nightmare difficulty Skeleton Graveyard, then no other team should be able to clear it either.”
After looking at the surrounding class-holders,
and then at the dispirited expressions of his teammates,
Xiao Bin rallied himself and said,
“This past month, we’ve wasted quite a bit of time trying to clear Nightmare difficulty Skeleton Graveyard.”
“It’s time for us to focus on raising our levels.”
“Don’t forget—only when you reach Level 20 and complete the class advancement mission can you truly be said to have stepped across the threshold of being a class-holder.”