We continued killing along the path while the edge of my sword started to dull; the durability became worn down!
Almost 3 hours later: at the end of the 2nd branch.
Another Ocean Wolf Clan Warrior fell, signalling the completion of the branch. There weren’t many good drops on this path either, which made me feel slightly disappointed, but at least Wolf had risen to Lv 40. There was no rush to go and get his 2nd Job Promotion; it would be best to wait until the mission is finished first, but my sword only had 10% durability left. Looking at the crippled sword, I said, “It looks like I need to return to Ba Huang City to repair some equipment and it’s almost time as well right?”
Wolf checked the time: “Mm, 18:30, should we disconnect now?”
“Okay, then I’ll go back to the city!”
I took out a City Return Scroll, and as I was about to use it, Duck pulled on my arm: “Boss, wait!”
“What’s wrong?” I stopped the City Return Scroll.
“There…”
Duck pointed to a pile of mud at the end of the tunnel and said, “I feel like there’s something moving over there…”
“What…”
I frowned. Holding the only 10% durability sword, I strode over there. It really looked like the mud was moving; maybe there was something there?
As I approached the mud, Wolf yelled out, “Xiao Yao, careful, there’s a monster there!”
Before he finished his sentence, a tentacle stretched out from the mud, tightly grasped onto my sword arm and tried to pull me into the mud!
“Damn, it wants to eat our boss?” Fox was shocked.
Old K was already a Lv 39 Berserker. In a rage he put away his battleaxe and rushed forward with huge steps. He grabbed onto the other tentacle of the monster and yelled, “Boss, let’s pull this guy out from the mud and see what kind of thing is here trying to scare people!”
“Okay!”
I couldn’t help but smile. I grasped the tentacle wrapped around and pulled on it while Old K pulled on the other one. Instantly, the mud gurgled. Suddenly, a huge squid-like thing was pulled out. It had a total of 8 tentacles and all of them were wriggled around. The monster was as tall as a person and its face looked like a honeycomb. With sharp grumbles, this guy also appeared surprised!
It was still a Boss Tier monster, so I quickly read the stats of the monster and shared them in the party channel——
【Mud Monster】(Gold Tier Boss)
Lv: 51
Attack: 1000-1420
Defense: 600
HP: 80000
Skills:【Bind】【Excessive Blows】【Mud Trap】
Description: Mud Monster–an evil demon hiding in the [Cave of Despair]. According to legends, it can twist and kill an ancient elephant. Extremely terrifying.
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“Hehe, a Lv 51 Gold Tier boss! Its Lv is lower than the normal monsters’…” Fox laughed and shot at the monster with a bang, making it cry out and dealing 400+ damage. This Mud Monster’s defense was pretty bad.
I tightly clenched my long sword, quickly rushed up and yelled, “I’ll control the aggro. Little Wolf and Old K, back off. Fox, support with ranged fire. And Duck, keep me healed. We’ll finish this within 5 minutes!”
My sword started to glow, indicating the Lv 5 [Combo], and with several bangs, 4 damage numbers appeared on the boss——
587!
601!
599!
627!
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Indeed, the stats of this Gold Tier Boss couldn’t be compared to those of Purple Tier Bosses, and its Lv was very close to mine. I could probably solo this boss.
With a whoosh, air surged from underneath my legs, which marked the activation of the combo. How rare, my harmony with [Strength of a Thousand Men] increased by another 0.9% and was now at 67.9%. I heard that the skill would Lv up if the harmony reached 100%, but who knows? After all, it hasn’t been done before.
Grumble…
The Mud Monster tried to resist: It opened all 8 tentacles and tried to twist them around me. But with the slash of my Frost Rain Sword, they all got knocked away–there was even a Fatal Strike! The boss whined and its tentacles only did 300-500 damage to me which couldn’t cause any life threatening attacks. With my own heals and a top-class Healer behind me, I could pretty much kill this Lv 51 Gold Tier boss with no trouble.
At the end, within 5 minutes, or rather a bit over 3 minutes, the Mud Monster cried out and died– dropping plenty of items!
With a crash, all sorts of equipment and shiny gold coins dropped and piled on the floor. The five people in the party were all excited and with a ray of light, Fox rose to Lv 40, and finally started looking like a true Musketeer.
“Boss, go look at the drops!” Old K said with his axe raised.
I nodded and looked at the Boss’ drops. There were 2 pieces of equipment: a ring and the other was a shiny gun. If all went well, it would become Fox’s weapon. First, I looked at the ring. As, I held it in my hand, a collection of light formed a window in front of me——
【Ring of the Worthy】 (Gold Tier Equipment)
Ability Power: +28
Endurance: +25
Extra: When healers use healing abilities, they have a 10% chance of having 100 extra healing points
Lv Requirement: 41
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Holding the ring, I tossed it over to Duck and smiled: “Your luck is really good; you got 2 equipments in succession. This ring is pretty good. It adds 50+ stats and has a chance of healing an extra 100 health!”
Duck gave a sweet smile: “Thanks boss, hehe, I feel like I’m going to become extra strong! I’m already Lv 44…”
I laughed and held up the gun the boss had dropped. The gun barrel had a glass color and Dwarf glyphs were engraved on the gun. With a wave, the stats appeared and instantly Fox started to drool——
【Kiss of the Black Flame】(Gold Tier Equipment)
Attack: 360-575
Strength: +28
Agility: +26
Extra: Increases 4% attack damage
Extra: Increases 35 attack damage
Lv Requirement: 40
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Done by Helllo and t3chnically!