Chapter 32 : Chapter 32
Chapter 32: You Picked the Wrong Easy Target
Ali hefted the Bone Greatsword and launched the attack first.
Triple Slash,
two normal strikes,
then Sweep.
MISS
MISS
MISS
One full combo went out,
and every single attack missed.
With Shadow Dance active, the Frostcold Sword Guard was absurdly powerful.
After Ali finished his combo, the Frostcold Sword Guard remained expressionless.
He merely lifted a hand slightly.
Frost Ray.
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Then he followed it with Frost Slash,
planning to place the slowing effect on Ali once again.
Frost Ray was a lock-on skill. There was no way to dodge it.
But Frost Slash was still worth trying to evade.
Ali leapt backward with Backstep and avoided the incoming Frost sword qi,
then answered with Deathbestowing Sword Qi.
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The healing effect of Deathbestowing Sword Qi instantly restored Ali to full health.
That was the power of an S-Rank skill.
Even with the Frostcold Sword Guard in Shadow Dance state,
he still could not evade it.
The battle continued.
The Frostcold Sword Guard knew that Ali’s burst damage was terrifying, so he did not dare clash head-on with him.
From time to time, he used Frost Ray to chip away at Ali’s health.
The moment Ali used Berserk Rush,
the Frostcold Sword Guard would activate Frost Armor to preserve his life,
then follow up with Frost Slash to place a slow on Ali.
After all that effort, he would finally grind away half of Ali’s HP—
only for one cast of Deathbestowing Sword Qi to fill it right back up.
The battle dragged on for nearly two minutes.
Ali was still at full health.
As for the Frostcold Sword Guard,
he was already down to only 380,000 HP.
At this rate, in about five more minutes, he would die beneath Ali’s sword.
Lin Yuan watched the fight closely from the side,
and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
What was going on here?
It felt as though Ali looked more like the dungeon Boss than the Frostcold Sword Guard did.
The Frostcold Sword Guard had to watch Ali’s expression before daring to use his skills.
As long as Ali did not use Berserk Rush, the Boss did not even dare activate Frost Armor.
The same was true for Shadow Dance.
He was saving it solely for the moment Ali used a skill.
Was he clearing a dungeon or something? Why was he being this cautious?
Lin Yuan felt utterly speechless.
Truth be told, Lin Yuan was not the only one speechless.
The Frostcold Sword Guard himself was also feeling deeply stifled.
He was a dignified Fourth-Rank Commander, the hidden Boss of Skeleton Graveyard.
Yet when facing a mere Summoned Beast, he had to stay on edge the entire time,
carefully dodging skills.
The order of heaven and earth had been turned upside down!
The Frostcold Sword Guard was clearly intelligent.
He knew that if this continued, sooner or later he would be worn down to death by Ali.
So he came up with a way to break the stalemate before him.
Capture the ringleader first.
So your Summoned Beast is powerful?
Then I will stop fighting it.
I will kill the Summoner instead.
Once the Summoner dies, the Summoned Beast will naturally disappear as well.
Without anyone noticing, the battlefield slowly drifted closer and closer to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan sharply noticed the change.
Is this fellow planning to target me?
A decapitation tactic?
Were Bosses all this crafty?
Unfortunately for you, the one you ran into is me.
Lin Yuan glanced at the more than eight thousand undead behind him and let out a soft laugh.
If you want to get to me, you’ll work yourself to death first.
Since you want to play, then I’ll play with you for a bit.
Watching Ali fight the whole time had already made Lin Yuan’s hands itch.
The battle between Ali and the Frostcold Sword Guard continued.
Berserk Rush came off cooldown. Ali used Backstep to open the distance,
then charged straight in.
The Frostcold Sword Guard was fully prepared.
The very instant Ali opened the distance, he activated Frost Armor.
Clang!
The armor shattered.
Ali was frozen in place.
Before, whenever things reached this point, the Frostcold Sword Guard would use Frost Slash to place the slowing effect on Ali.
But this time, he did not.
Because he wanted to save Frost Slash for killing the Summoner.
The Frostcold Sword Guard turned his head and fired a Frost Ray straight at Lin Yuan.
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A little skeleton behind Lin Yuan exploded on the spot.
At that moment, Lin Yuan tilted his head, a strange smile hanging on his face.
“That’s it?”
“Of course not.”
The Frostcold Sword Guard shouted coldly,
“I know you have a skill that transfers damage. How could I possibly come unprepared?”
“Frost Slash!”
He swung the short sword in his hand,
and a frigid streak of frost sword qi flew toward Lin Yuan.
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Frost Slash broke Lin Yuan’s shield, and his health dropped to 12000.
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The Frostcold Sword Guard clearly froze for a moment.
He had not expected Lin Yuan to have 18000 HP.
Even someone who put all their points into Stamina could not possibly have that much health.
What the Frostcold Sword Guard did not know
was that the person standing before him was cheating.
The Boss was stunned.
Lin Yuan was not.
He rose from the chair,
and then used Berserk Rush on the Boss.
During the charge, Lin Yuan also picked up the shield Ali had thrown to the ground.
The moment he equipped the shield,
an aura as immovable as a mountain spread from Lin Yuan’s body.
【Shield Mastery】(Passive)
Skill Description: When equipped with a shield, Defense increases by 30%, block chance increases by 15%, and aggro increases by 100%.
With the shield equipped, Lin Yuan was like a speeding car.
BOOM!
He crashed straight into the Boss.
Then, with his shield-bearing right hand, he swung upward,
and the shield smashed heavily into the Boss’s chin.
Shield Bash!
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The damage was not high, but it sent the Boss into a 2-second stunned state.
At the same time, Ali had already broken free of the Root effect.
He used Guard and instantly appeared at Ali’s side.
Triple Slash.
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In the stunned state, the Boss could not dodge.
Ali instantly dealt an outrageous 240,000 damage.
The Boss’s HP plummeted to 120,000 in an instant.
Seeing that the Boss was about to wake up,
Lin Yuan threw away the shield,
spread the fingers of his well-defined hand,
and grabbed straight for the Boss’s head.
With a Skull-Crushing Grip, he dragged the Boss right in front of him
and hard-controlled him for another 2 seconds.
【Unarmed Mastery】(Passive)
Skill Description: When you are not equipped with a weapon, your next attack can hard-control the target for 2 seconds. This effect has a 5-minute cooldown on the same target.
Lin Yuan’s ten years of hard training
had reached their ultimate sublimation the moment he obtained Martial Heavenly King.
Skull-Crushing Grip—
the perfect cure for anyone who refused to submit.
The Boss tried to struggle,
but Lin Yuan pressed him down firmly with a single hand.
“Move.”
“Go on, keep moving.”
“You wanted to use a decapitation tactic, didn’t you?”
“You’ve got lots of schemes, don’t you?”
“Kneel.”
The moment the hard-control duration ended, the shield appeared in Lin Yuan’s hand once more.
He brought it smashing down on the Boss’s head.
Shield Bash!
It completely dazed the Boss.
What was going on?
Was this guy not supposed to be a Summoner?
Why was he using nothing but Shield Warrior skills?
Something was very wrong here.
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Lin Yuan and Ali used Deathbestowing Sword Qi at the same time,
wiping out the Boss’s remaining 120,000 HP.
“Enough!”
A powerful aura burst out from the Frostcold Sword Guard’s body
and sent both Lin Yuan and Ali flying far away.
A crystal-clear white sphere the size of a fist appeared above the Frostcold Sword Guard’s head.
【Bone Orb - Auxiliary Item】
【Grade: Epic】
The instant the sphere appeared, Lin Yuan’s eyes almost bulged out of their sockets.
An Epic-grade item!
He had to get his hands on it.
Holding the Bone Orb in his hand, the Frostcold Sword Guard said viciously,
“You ants have ruined Lord Pierre’s perfect plan!”
“You deserve ten thousand deaths!”
“Sleeping undead, awaken and crush everything before you!”