Chapter 460: Magic Piercing Punch
Translator: alyschu
"Oh, what is it Beiming? Tell me!"
"Mn, Iâm heading out at 9 pm tonight," Beiming Xue said carefully.
"9 pm? Thatâs pretty late." I hesitated. "What for? Itâs not exactly safe for you to head out alone at that time, is it?"
I didnât want to interfere with Beiming Xueâs personal business, but I didnât want something bad to happen to her either. That was why I couldnât help but voice my concern.
Beiming Xue smiled. "Relax, Iâm not meeting an online pal or something. Why would I need to when the strongest, most handsome and hot-blooded man in all the servers is already by my side?"
I replied expressionlessly, "Right. Now tell me why youâre heading out at that time.â
"Mn, itâs like this. Itâs almost been half a year since I left Wuxi, and earlier today a group of my high school friends came to Suzhou to have fun. Since theyâre leaving tomorrow, they wanted me to join them for a late dinner."
"I see..." I thought for a moment before replying, "I donât see any problems with that. Take care of yourself."
"I will."
The line went silent for a couple of seconds before Beiming Xue spoke up again, "Big bro, are you really going to let me go alone? Arenât you worried at all?"
"Fuck, what am I supposed to say? Itâs a gathering between you and your classmates! I have no place there."
"Itâs fine, just come with me, please? One of my prettier classmates wants to meet you in person!"
"Oh? Whoâs that?"
"Come with me to the dinner and youâll get to know her. Oh right, what are you doing right now?"
"Iâm grinding mobs. I should be able to finish by 9 pm, but weâll see!"
"Okay. Do your best, big bro!"
"You too!"
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I cut the call after exchanging words of encouragement with each other. It really was a bit inappropriate for me to participate in Beiming Xueâs private gathering with her classmates, but on the other hand, I couldnât trust her to take care of herself completely. In this day and age you never knew what a person was really thinking. Although Beiming Xue was fairly mature compared to her classmates, and I did believe in her ability to protect herself, that didnât mean the youngsters wouldnât be tempted to make a move on her. She was a beautiful girl after all. There was no way in hell I was going to let her get hurt again, and anyone who wanted to be my brother-in-law had to survive me first!
Back to the action, the Earth Spike Beasts were dying one after another. Despite being concealed shadow-rank mobs, they didnât drop anything besides a generous amount of experience. Stingy bastards.
After I cleared out the area of Earth Spike Beasts, I began hunting for a choke point that I could use to kill the Fire Lizards. A long search later, I found a perfect location that allowed only two mobs to attack me at a time at most. Now I was sure that I would be fine even if the Fire Lizards petrified me for a second or two every once in a while!
The Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf left again to aggro the mobs, and this time it was almost petrified and mobbed. After barely stumbling back to my side and occupying a spot, I launched a Thousand Ice Slash to the Fire Lizardsâ faces and taught them a lesson from hell!
I then followed up with a War Crush. It was just as devastating as the first attack.
Everything was progressing exactly as I imagined it would be. The Fire Lizards dropped like flies, gave me a ton of experience and dropped a lot of good items.
The massive boost in experience was what I really enjoyed. Killing mobs that were 25 levels above mine had turned out to be far more beneficial than I initially thought. If I could continue solo grinding shadow-rank mobs that were Level 140 or above, then the day I hit Level 150 couldnât be too far away. For now though, I should focus on hitting Level 120. Looking too far into the future would only serve to demoralize myself.
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Inside the guild channel, the gang was grinding and chatting merrilyâ
Gui Guzi: "Fireblade Cavalry, assemble! Is everyone here yet?"
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun: "More or less. Iâm replacing the three riders who had to log off for private business. What are we doing this time?"
Gui Guzi: "Weâre tackling the Level 132 Ice Plains Wolves in the middle section of Dragonbone Mountain Range today. These mobs yield great experience, have great attack speed but their max Attack isnât too heaven-defying. Anyway, Iâll aggro about 100 Ice Plains Wolves or so in a line, and the rest of you will charge them back and forth until theyâre all dead. Make sure to split them up so that no one person is taking too much damage at a time, and remember, donât face-tank the mobs even if your Defense is doubled by Knight God! Quick and safe leveling is our motto, alright?"
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun: "Okay! Brothers and sisters, prepare for battle!"
High Fighting Spirits: "Fuck, the Fireblade Cavalry are having one helluva time. When will we be able to join their ranks? Sigh, I shouldâve chosen to become a magic knight back then..."
He Yi chuckled. "Relax, the warriorâs ray of hope lies in Level 150, and even then, Level 150 is just the middle point. We still have a long way to go!"
Li Chengfeng said, "Yeah, the guild leader is right. Weâre not even Level 120 yet, so thereâs still a long road ahead of us. Warriors will get mounts eventually, we only need patience. The advantage of Magic Knight and Wanderer wonât last forever.
Xu Yang: "Where is our archer squad, by the way? Summoning Lil Beiming to the chat!"
Beiming Xue chuckled in response. "Weâre grinding Dark Beastmen at the edge of Black Coast. Whatâs wrong?"
"Dark Beastmen?" Xu Yangâs voice sounded shaky. "You mean those Level 140 shadow-rank mobs? I was nearly one-shot by a Dark Beastman once. Those things are hard to kill even one-on-one. Are you sure youâre doing okay?"
Beiming Xue giggled. "Of course. We have Shock Arrows, Multi Arrows, and Volleys. Those Dark Beastmen canât even get close to us. Weâve all leveled up once in three hours, and weâve killed a Purple Gold Rank beastman boss and got a lot of good stuff. You have a problem, Big Brother Xu Yang?"
Xu Yang replied tearfully, "Yes I do. Please add me to your party..."
Everyone was having a good time right now. Ignoring Tactics, Gui Guziâs Knight God buffed all alliesâ Attack and Defense by 50%, and Beiming Xueâs Arrow God, by 50% Attack and 20% attack speed. Both these Famous General Skills were so amazing that the two 40-man parties were leveling several times faster than almost everyone else!
It was a good thing, of course. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was thoroughly exploiting the two powerful skills to strengthen themselves. In the future, who could possibly fight against Gui Guziâs 40 high-level and well-equipped Fireblade Cavalry and Beiming Xueâs 40 super archers?
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It was at this moment He Yi smiled and said, "Alright, alright. Xu Yang, go party Chaos Moon, High Fighting Spirits, Pure Love, and so on and gather a total of 38 players. Then, we find a good map and grind some levels! Iâll be the party leader and carry you all with Royal Road!"
Chaos Moon replied happily, "Yay! Sister He Yiâs going to carry us personally! Royal Road is awesome!"
High Fighting Spirits chuckled. "No problem, give me a moment to log out and drink some water, because once I come back online Iâm not jumping off the guild leaderâs train until I die..."
Pure Love said, "Mn mn, Iâm coming right away! By the way, where is Big Brother Lu Chen right now? I really want to party up with him..."
Murong Mingyue replied helplessly, "You mean you want to seduce him."
Pure Love replied embarrassedly, "Oh you! You donât say such things out loud, you know!"
Me: "Fuck..."
Li Chengfeng: "Very good, the man in question has finally appeared. Feel free to tease him all you want girls. Itâs rare our vice leader shows his face in the guild channel, so bring your torture devices, your candles, your leather whips..."
Me: "You guys have fun. Iâm gonna leave..."
Everyone laughed heartily.
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At Dragonspine Basin.
When it was past 6 pm, I finally killed enough One-horned Rhinos and Fire Lizards to meet the quota. The battle had lasted almost 7 hours, and it only took this short because of my powerful DPS. A different player might not have been able to finish this in 70 hours, not to mention that barring top-tier players, there was almost no one who could withstand the mobsâ assault.
I checked my bag and counted over 300 equipment drops in total. Among them, 47 were of the Dark Gold grade, and dozens were Outstanding. My Luck played a huge factor here. These items alone should net me at least 100k RMB. In games, the pyramid of power was very clear and well-defined: the players with the strongest equipment and skill should always be placed at the top. If they put their heart into it, then they could earn 100k every day without any pressure whatsoever. Meanwhile, those at the center of the pyramid felt like they struck a 500 million lottery when they found Outstanding Dark Goldâgrade equipment, and the ones at the bottom... I didnât need to elaborate, did I? The cost of Health Potions and Magic Consumables alone was enough to make them cry.
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The Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf and I left the center of Dragonspine Basin and returned to the fringes. Even from a distance, we could hear the green dragonâs low rumbles. As expected, Dragon Knight Tia hadnât moved from her original spot, and she was looking a bit healthier than before. As it turned out, the Dragon Knightâs self-recovery ability was pretty good.
"Youâre back." A ray of hope entered Tiaâs features.
I nodded. "Iâve killed 1000 One-horned Rhinos and 1000 Fire Lizards and completed the task you requested of me. Have I proven myself?"
"You have." Tia nodded with a smile. "Young warrior, you truly are the hero who was praised by Princess Karinshan herself. Both your strength and your courage gladden me greatly. Now come and receive the reward you deserve!"
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have completed the S+ Rank quest [Tiaâs Trial]. You have gained 1700000 EXP, 40000 gold, 12000 Reputation and the quest reward: "Magic Piercing Punch"!
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Hmm? Magic Piercing Punch?
Pleasantly surprised, I opened the bag and discovered that the Magic Piercing Punch was a light purple skillbook. When I checked out its description, my heart immediately started pumping excitedlyâ
Magic Piercing Punch: Gather your qi and attack the target with everything you got. Deals massive damage to the target and has a 100% chance to interrupt their skill. Level Requirement: 110. Class Requirement: Warrior, Magic Knight
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Hell yes, this was exactly the skill I needed right now. A 100% chance to disrupt my opponentâs skill? This was going to be OP. From now on, I didnât need to fear any boss's ultimate anymore, especially since they usually took time to channel. Everything was fine as long as I could hit them with the Magic Piercing Punch during this time!
Swhoosh!
The skill book vanished from my hands, and a new skill button appeared in my skill window. I had to check it out right now!
I used the skill. Blood red flames abruptly enveloped my fist, and I threw a punch in front of me!
Boom!
The punch exploded into a brilliant burst of light. I wasnât targeting anything, but the skill looked very pretty all the same.
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