Chapter 23: Robe of Soul
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Golden rays poured onto this group of dark creatures’ bodies like water.
At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded by the sight. Although Yang Xuerou had witnessed it before, she still could not help feeling shocked from the heart.
In the past, she had really only seen such a brilliant scene on television.
That extremely warm, golden holy light acted like a bone-corroding poison when it landed on those dark creatures. It instantly put them in a living h.e.l.l and destroyed their bodies.
A good 20 to 30 dark creatures actually became absolutely nothing within the blink of an eye.
What a terrifying power!
This is the might of an Angel?
They dazedly looked at Yuna, who was in mid-air, then glanced at Link—who had an indifferent look—the reverence in their eyes growing even stronger.
They could not help but grasp the weapons in their hands, thinking inwardly, Following such a Lord is way too stressful!
Pant!
Qiao Ruowei panted heavily. When she turned back to look, she found that all the dark creatures chasing her had already vanished. Inwardly, her thoughts of following Link became even firmer.
Last night, when she’d rushed to her grandfather’s residence, she happened to witness the sight of her grandfather being trampled to death by Undead Knights.
Before she could grieve, she was hunted by a big bunch of dark creatures for the entire night.
After living through despair and darkness, one then learned of the advantages of power.
The party proceeded forward, walking from the start of the street to the end of it.
At intervals, they would make Qiao Ruowei go forth to lure and gather all the dark creatures and then have Yuna cast [Holy Light Purification] to purge them altogether.
They were extremely efficient, almost just pushing ahead.
Meanwhile, Qiao Ruowei was also gradually becoming proficient in the various skills, moving from the initial awkwardness to doing the job with skill and ease.
Rapid progress!
Link nodded inwardly. “Not just a born a.s.sa.s.sin, but also a budding scout...”
...
About ten minutes later, the party arrived at a crossroads.
In front was one of the biggest supermarkets near Dragon City No. 1 Middle School. The supermarket’s entrance was wide open. There was a mess everywhere and dismembered bodies all around.
It was evident that the concentrated crowds here before [Doomsday Online] had started had been completely ma.s.sacred by the dark creatures before they could retreat.
The originally bright and clean floor tiles were now nauseating at just one glance.
“Qiao Ruowei, Luo Xinghe, go check out the inside. Don’t be bellicose when you encounter dark creatures, lure them out!” Link instructed coolly.
The layout of the supermarket was too narrow. Fighting would easily damage the resources that they needed.
“Yes! Lord!” The two bowed and entered the supermarket, each on one side.
The rest waited outside.
Very soon, both of them walked out from inside the supermarket and said, “Lord, there isn’t a single dark creature inside.”
Link arched a brow upon hearing that. Never mind, it is even better that there are none. It saved us trouble. “We’ll go to the next supermarket!”
Dark creatures did not have too much ability to think. In the situation where they weren’t attracted by opposing targets, the possibility of them roaming within an extensive range was close to zero.
Now that they’d cleaned up the dark creatures in this stretch, no other dark creatures would appear within a short period.
...
The party arrived at another street not far out and immediately found a slightly different situation.
Similarly, there were bodies everywhere. However, these bodies weren’t like the dismembered bodies seen earlier.
Most of these bodies were close to being complete; only there were many black holes the size of a pinky finger on them.
Looking closely, the fresh blood on all the dead’s skin and flowing on the ground was black like ink.
Xue Linglong’s beautiful brows knitted together as she asked in puzzlement, “They’ve been... poisoned?”
“It’s Undead Archers!” Link pointed out indifferently.
Undead Archers, a very difficult existence among the low-level dark creatures, had the ability for long-distance attacks. Their levels ranged between Stage One, Level 5 and Stage One, Level 7. These dark creatures were slightly higher leveled than Skeleton Swordsmen.
They usually did not appear alone, with at least a dozen to 20 in a group. Whenever they met attackable targets, they would fire in good order. Their arrows were completely condensed from the mist of death. The arrows’ penetrative force was extremely powerful.
Moreover, living flesh and blood would swiftly dissolve in it, causing living creatures to die from being corroded by the power of death, like a rank poison.
Link’s eyes narrowed slightly. He swept a glance at the high-rise buildings around, the corner of his lips lifting a little.
“Luo Xingyao, use your bow and arrow and get the bunch of fellows hiding all around out here!”
Luo Xingyao nodded when she heard that before slowly walking to the forefront of the group. She then closed her eyes lightly, raising her senses to the maximum.
All of a sudden, her eyes burst open. The loading and drawing of the bow were done in one breath.
Choo!
An arrow swiftly cut through the darkness and shot into a certain room on the third level.
Thuck!
In an instant, gruesome shrieks emerged from all around.
More than ten dark figures appeared from the darkness successively. Their bodies were wrapped in ink-like dark robes, and the two spots of green light beneath their hoods were very chilling.
They each held a skull bone bow in their hands.
One of them was especially lanky; the longbow in its hand was also almost as tall as a human.
Undead Archer Captain, Stage Two elite monster.
Upon seeing it, the corners of Link’s mouth curved up slightly. There is finally a small boss. No matter how small a mosquito’s leg is, it is still flesh. I’ll accept it!
...
Very soon, they stood in a row, aimed at Link and company, and drew their bows in unison.
Hum hum!
A black mist of death lingered in the air as pitch-black, icy arrows abruptly appeared on the originally empty bows.
As this group of Undead Archers released their fingers, these arrows suddenly drew trajectories and flew precisely towards Link and the others.
“Lord, watch out!” Luo Xinghe lifted his sword and rushed to Link’s front within a few steps. He danced wildly, his defense almost impenetrable.
Xue Linglong had also come to Link’s front. She held the [Spear of the Frosty Moon] in her hand and attempted to swipe away all of the arrows.
Yet Link’s countenance remained unchanged as he stood comfortably in the same spot.
“A bunch of dirty evil beings dare to disrespect my master too?” Yuna’s holy and gorgeous face was also frosty. She suddenly leaped into the air, and her two snow-white wings abruptly expanded and turned into two ma.s.sive shields, completely surrounding Link.
Holy light permeated the wings, making them scorching hot.
Those arrows condensed from the power of death completely dissolved and disintegrated before they got close.
“This is... way too powerful!” Luo Xinghe smacked his lips, commenting in disbelief as he stared at Yuna’s back view in the middle of the air.
“Tsk tsk, with this person by the Lord’s side, we really have no presence at all—”
“We have to improve our abilities quickly; otherwise, we will truly be good for nothing!”
Everyone gritted their teeth inwardly, their yearning for strength becoming increasingly strong.
After Yuna blocked all these arrows, she flew higher and higher, flying directly towards the group of Undead Archers.
Wielding her scepter, the colossal holy light was brilliant like the rising sun.
It instantly purged all of them.
Soon after, Yuna returned to Link’s front with two more items in hand—a bone bow and a long, black robe.
[Skull Bone Bow]: Iron grade.
[Dead Souls’ Cloth Robe]: Silver grade.
Tsk tsk, he had killed so many Skeleton Swordsmen and Skeleton Soldiers previously, and even a substantial number of Undead Knights, but not one item had dropped. Now that they’d killed a dozen Stage One Undead Archers and one Stage Two Undead Archer Captain, two pieces of equipment had been dropped at one go.
This was indeed [Doomsday Online], baffling item drop frequency!
Link shook his head. He first held [Dead Souls’ Cloth Robe] in his hand and used [Supreme Blessing].
Buzz!
The next moment, a radiance danced, and the black robe in his hand started to turn magnificent.
[Ding! Blessing succeeded!]
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining Robe of Soul (Epic)]
[Robe of Soul]
Grade: Epic
Strength: 270
Intelligence: 350
Const.i.tution: 400
Agility: 290
Additional Skill 1: [Soul’s Will] (Pa.s.sive): User’s base [Intelligence] +100%
Additional Skill 2: [Soul Energy Bombing] (Active Skill): Able to materialize mental power to attack targets, causing extra damage twice of [Intelligence] attribute. It can be added to weapons to cause three times the damage. Cooldown time: 15 seconds.
Additional skill 3: [Turbulent Soul Tide] (Active Skill): All attributes increase by 500%, lasts 30 seconds. Cooldown time: 72 hours.