Chapter 176: Poison Beautifly
Translator: alyschu
âWatch out!â Murong Mingyue shouted as she healed me back to full health.
He Yi watched the sandworm king with an enigmatic smile on her face. Her beautiful pupils looked as deep as a starry night. âThe bossâs shell is almost impervious, so we need to find its weak point and attack it!â
He Yiâs words made my eyes light up. She must be right!
The sandworm king raised its head and attacked me again with its twin blades. Its face was covered in tiny pores and wriggling hair, and at the center of its savage countenance was a bloody, gaping maw that looked like it was used to shred a person into pieces before feeding on them!
I ran away from the boss while shouting, âLil Beiming, trying shooting the boss in its mouth!â
Beiming Xue fired a Penetrating Arrow right as I was finished speaking!
Bang!
This time, the attack dealt a whopping 1289 damage! It was as He Yi said, we needed to target the bossâs weak points specifically to kill it!
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Murong Mingyue said, âLu Chen, draw aggro and try to tank as much damage as you can. While the boss is busy beating the shit out of you, Beiming Xue and Moonlight Stone will attack its mouth!â
I exclaimed in shock, âFuck, why do I suddenly feel like I was born under an unlucky star?!â
Murong Mingyue nodded affirmatively. âAll baits are like that...â
I retreated until I saw a chance to go on the offensive myself. Attack, attack, attack! If I had to be a bait, then Iâm going to be one who made life a living hell for the boss!
The Ghost Ice Soul glowed with undead energy as I executed Pardon and Desperate Gambit in succession!
Puchi!
I struck the sandworm king perfectly in the mouth and caused more green blood to spill out of its mouth. The Ghost Ice Soul was an incredibly sharp weapon to begin with, and Desperate Gambit cut through its tough shell like a hot knife through butter!
MISS!
4762!
Shit, I even got a critical hit? Woo!
Behind me, the girls fell quiet for a moment before Beiming Xue finally complained with a pout, âWill boss die if he doesnât show off one time?â
The Dark Wasp also flew toward the sandworm king and unleashed a deadly Flurry on its mouth, deleting almost 3000 HP in four hits. To say that it was powerful would be an understatement here!
The sandworm king had around 60k HP, but it didnât have a level advantage over me because we were only two levels apart. Without the stat penalty that a level advantage imposed, the sandworm king was strong, but not strong enough to one-shot me, especially with Murong Mingyue keeping me healthy at all times. We absolutely could take down this boss without losing a single person!
It didnât even take 5 minutes for the sandworm kingâs HP to hit rock bottom. Beiming Xue dealt a ridiculous amount of long-ranged damage throughout the fight, and this boss just wasnât equipped with the right tools to deal with it.
I smiled when I saw the sandworm kingâs remaining HP. âGet ready, everyone. Letâs hope that the boss would drop something good!â
The girls were incredibly excited. A Level 70 Silver Rank boss had a chance of dropping even a Gold-grade item!
Clang!
My sword cut through the sandworm kingâs mandible one last time before it collapsed. It actually looked a bit like a shrimp the way its tough shell lay disorderly on the ground.
Pop...
A bunch of items lay scattered across the ground. There were a dozen or so Phantasmal Magic Stones alone. High-level bosses are such a generous bunch!
Besides that, the boss also dropped a shiny metal armor wristguard and dark-blue cloth armor legguards. They both looked pretty good!
I picked them up and brought up their stat screens.
Azure Wolf Wristguards (Silver-grade)
Defense: 115
Magic Resist: 50
Strength: +24
Stamina: +20
Passive: Increases userâs Defense by 40
Level Requirement: 60
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It was incredibly good for a metal armor equipment. It was rare to find wristguards with 115 Defense, let alone ones that added 40 Defense on top of that. With a total of 155 Defense, in terms of Defense alone, they were superior to my Dark Goldâgrade Flame Dragon Gauntlets!
I tossed it straight into He Yiâs arms and smiled at her. âI have Dark Goldâgrade wristguards already, so these are yours, boss. You should be around Level 60 by the time weâre done with Myriad Poison Cave, and youâll be able to do your third class promotion!â
He Yiâs eyes lit up with joy. âReally? Youâre giving top-tier Silver-grade wristguards to me?â
Everyone nodded while Murong Mingyue said, âLu Chen already has better ones and the rest of us canât equip metal armor. Just take them!â
He Yi accepted the gift gratefully and nodded. âThank you, everyone. Letâs keep up the good work!â
The second equipment, the cloth armor legguards were a Level 60 Dark Steelâgrade item that boosted its userâs magical attacks by 5%. Again, it unquestionably belonged to the only mage in our party, Moonlight Stone.
We counted 15 Phantasmal Magic Stones after we picked up everything, so we split it among ourselves and got three each. These magic stones were still worth a lot of gold, and since gold equaled money, no player could say no to them.
We continued forward and killed a Myriad Poison Sandworm or two on the way. Finally, we reached a deep, dark hole with a bit of light peeking out of it. It was the entrance leading to Myriad Poison Caveâs second floor!
He Yi looked at the hole and asked in puzzlement, âAre we heading to the second floor underground?â
I nodded.
âDoes this mean that Myriad Poison Cave is a duplex?â
â...â
I had no idea how to respond to the inane question, so I said, âWait for me here for a bit while I head downstairs. Who knows what kind of monsters might be waiting for us at the second floor?â
âOh, okay. Go do your thing!â
I crouched a little and leaped into the hole, wind roaring against my ears. It didnât take long before my feet hit solid ground, and I progressed deeper into the cave. The light grew brighter and brighter, and soon the world in front of me opened up to reveal a whole new zone. The system dinged once to notify me that I had arrived at the second floor of Myriad Poison Cave.
But I didnât respond to it. It was because I was too busy staring at the sight in front of me.
Flap flap flap...
About ten yards away from me was a beautiful girl floating in midair. She had a beautiful face, a curvaceous body, and she was almost fully naked besides the key areas being covered up by a leaf. She held a sword that looked like it was made out of a pine tree branch in her hand, and she had a pair of colorful butterfly wings behind her back. As she flew across the air, all I could think of was how beautiful she looked!
âWhat the fuck is this...â I murmured to myself.
Suddenly, I heard a rustling sound behind me. The girls had come down from the first floor, and they too were caught off-guard by the sight of the butterfly woman.
A while later, Murong Mingyue smiled and said, âI was wondering why Lu Chen wasnât saying anything after he came down, but now we know heâs too busy appreciating the view. Still, you know sheâs just a mob, right Lu Chen? Her body shape is also average at best. If you want to see something better, you can visit Eve while sheâs taking a bath...â
He Yi turned beet red immediately and kicked Murong Mingyue. âGeez, what are you even saying?â
Beiming Xue glanced at the mobâs breasts before looking down at her own. She started making weird, sad noises.
Beauty Moonlight Stone felt no pressure whatsoever.
I finally broke out of my reverie and read the monsterâs statsâ
Poison Beautifly (Elite)
Level: 72
Attack: 450~640
Defense: 380
HP: 4500
Skill: Slayer Slash, Charm
Introduction: Poison Beautifly is a poisonous creature born with a humanoid face and a humanoid body. It is incredibly beautiful, and it can scatter pink poisonous powder that charms its target and immobilizes them.
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âItâs an elite...â
I sucked in a deep breath and said, â640 Attack! This is going to hurt for sure, not to mention that it has the ability to charm its target. What a conundrum this is...â
He Yi rolled her eyes at me. âCome on, youâre the only one who would fall for something like that. Iâm pretty sure that the rest of us are immune, right girls?â
Everyone voiced their agreement and expressed their disdain toward my lack of self-control. Seriously though, I was just expressing my honest feelings. Iâm just a young man who had just recently awakened to the concept of love! It was only natural to let oneâs imagination wander after seeing something this... liberating. The fact that I didnât salivate on the spot should be more than enough proof that my self-control was off the charts!
Beiming Xue asked, âHow should we kill it?â
I suggested cautiously, âLil Beiming, shoot a Poison Beautifly and lure it to us. Iâll intercept it halfway and try to kill it before it ever gets the chance to do anything!â
âOkay!â
Beiming Xue drew her bow and fired her arrow!
Thud!
784!
The arrow hit the Poison Beautifly squarely in the chest. As I thought, Beiming Xue was overcome with jealousy. I couldnât sense an ounce of mercy from that shot at all.
âAh! Grovel beneath my feet, you damnable creature!â
The Poison Beautifly shrieked angrily before charging Beiming Xue with her wooden sword raised.
While she was distracted, I activated Charge and zipped toward her like lightning!
Swhoosh!
Successfully stunning the Poison Beautifly, I then followed up with a merciless Pardon + Desperate Gambit combo!
MISS!
2984!
I swung at the Poison Beautifly and deleted another 1094 HP from her health bar, meaning that the Poison Beautifly had taken over 4500 damage since the start of the engagement. The mob turned out to be a classic glass cannon type, so it let out a scream and died before it was able to do anything!
Pop...
A Big Magic Stone and a dark green shortbow dropped to the ground. When I picked it up, I was surprised to find that it was a Dark Steelâgrade weapon!
Scoutâs Shortbow (Dark Steelâgrade)
Attack: 45~108
Agility: +17
Passive: Increases userâs Agility by 8
Level Requirement: 60
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âHehe, not bad!â I laughed. âThis should be encouragement enough to any archer within the guild who hasnât reached Level 60 yet!â
He Yi nodded. âThere arenât many good weapons during the early stage of the game, so all things considered this shortbow is pretty good in its own right. Iâm sure someone in the guild will buy it off our hands in no time!â
âYeah!â
I tossed the shortbow into my bag and went searching for my next target.
Unlike on the first floor, there was more than one type of mob to be found at the second. Besides the Poison Beautifly, there was also a scary elite mob called âVenomous Twin-headed Snakeâ. As its name might suggest, the mob had two snake heads, and its scales were brown. It had a huge chance of paralyzing its target with each bite!
What this meant was that the second floor was a lot more dangerous even though there were less mobs than on the first floor!
Swhoosh!
A Poison Beautifly flew over and scattered puffs of pink powder!
Beep!
Combat Log: Poison Beautifly used âCharmâ, reducing your movement speed and attack speed by 50%. Your HP regeneration has been reduced to 0.
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Holy shit, this âCharmâ is way more powerful than I expected!
He Yi and Murong Mingyue were caught in the powder as well. Luckily, Beiming Xue acted quickly by drawing the Poison Beautiflyâs attention to herself and killing it with some good kiting.
But that wasnât the end of the battle. A Venomous Twin-headed Snake had sneaked up on her from behind and clamped its jaws around her white legs before anyone realized it. It was only the first bite, but the paralyze activated, CCing Lil Beiming for 3 seconds straight!
God damn, there is danger everywhere in this place!
I charged the Venomous Twin-headed Snake and saved Beiming Xue from her predicament.
In but a moment, a lot of blood was spilled at the second floor of Myriad Poison Cave.
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