Chapter 366: The Giant Beetle that got Tipped Over—Uninvited Guests Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The original reason why Qin Ruo redeemed the Tier 5 Miniboss Sealed Mana Core was indeed as what Slayer"s Heart and Brother Da had mentioned. It was because Subjugator suggested that he could reach Tier 5 easily with the Miniboss"s help that tempted him to purchase the final Boss Sealed Mana Core from the Lost Merchant.
But he did not get it for himself. He initially planned to let either Xiaoxiao or Brother Da use it when it was their turn to advance to the next tier. Nevertheless, he changed his mind during his one-day hiatus from the game.
‘Lending them temporary power will not help them develop in a positive way…"
Now that the Pet System had been launched, if one could not advance to Tier 5 without external a.s.sistance, then it could only mean that the player was not ready to move on just yet. Under such circ.u.mstances, rus.h.i.+ng at Tier upgrade with the help of an external force would only backfire. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. If they were killed by any Tier 4 Champion as a premature Tier 5 player in the future, it would only bring them neverending embarra.s.sment.
So, it was better for him not to intervene and let Xiaoxiao and Brother Da advance naturally.
He never thought that this trump card that he planned to use during an emergency was being forced out the first time he went online after his hiatus. Qin Ruo was forced to summon the Amethyst Orc right now in order to keep his party alive.
Life is truly unpredictable.
While Amethyst Orc was drawing close to the Spider Lord, the Overlord immediately stopped moving. Its body first trembled slightly, then the few hundred pairs of eyes on its back opened wide at the same time as if they were stimulated.
The numerous opened eyes released bands of grayish light, which quickly acc.u.mulated between the Spider Lord and the Amethyst Orc.
A powerful magical fluctuation!
Explode!
The giant light ball suddenly exploded downward.
“Be careful!” Amethyst Orc had safely dashed out of the explosion zone under Qin Ruo"s command the moment Slayer"s Heart shouted the warning.
Unfortunately, the spell was apparently not a single-target type of attack. Just as the Amethyst Orc dashed away and attempted to avoid being locked on by the spell at the moment of explosion, the light ball charged by the Spider Lord turned into an AoE light sheet that directly covered a large area including where Amethyst Orc stood.
Amethyst Orc is under attack, received 1020 damage.
Amethyst Orc is affected by Shadow Psystrike, inflicted by Status Effect: Confusion, lasts for 3 seconds.
Feedback on Amethyst Orc"s status was delivered the first time through the system notification.
“Purify!” Violetmoon Devilite chanted softly to help Amethyst Orc remove the debuff. A holy light pillar soon dropped from the ceiling and fell timely on the wobbling Amethyst Orc. This instantly removed the Confusion Status inflicted on Amethyst Orc by the Spider Lord.
At the same time, a warm radiance also fell on the purple creature.
Healing.
The Amethyst Orc"s HP was instantaneously recovered by 300.
“Nice one!” Qin Ruo yelled while swiftly pus.h.i.+ng out eight Aquaramparts and six Frostramparts toward the Lord.
Simultaneously, the Amethyst Orc, aided by two competent Radiant Priests, recovered from the attack instantly and quickly shortened its distance from the Spider Lord once again to less than ten meters. Their vertical distance (Amethyst Orc was on the ground while Spider Lord was up at the ceiling) was also below ten meters now, which meant that the Spider Lord was well within the Amethyst Orc"s attack range.
As long as the Amethyst Orc and Poochie could manage to drag the Spider Lord down from the ceiling and then force it to enter the Twelve Frostramparts Formation, the Spider Lord would have zero chance at survival. This was exactly how Qin Ruo had finished off the Tier 5 Megaboss Skelewing Dragon.
But n.o.body could have expected what would happen next.
Boom!
A loud bang suddenly rocked the entire Aricus Underground Ruins. The impact was like a derailed asteroid had just hit the Earth"s surface.
The aftermath was an endless soundwave that buzzed ceaselessly throughout the entire underground corridor.
The Spider Lord had indeed dropped from the ceiling, but it was neither the Amethyst Orc or Poochie"s doing.
The Spider Lord came cras.h.i.+ng down to the ground eagerly way before Amethyst Orc and Poochie launched their attack. The whole process was clearly captured by Qin Ruo and the others. The monster first shut all its ugly eyes and suddenly covered its gigantic body with a metal gloss outer layer. After that, the metal-fortress-like body detached from the ceiling and crashed to the ground like a meteor before the Amethyst Orc and Poochie could hit it with their physical attack.
n.o.body foresaw that the Spider Lord would act this way. Caught by surprise, Amethyst Orc could only cross its arms out of desperation and made a last attempt to activate the Amethyst s.h.i.+eld. Unfortunately, his s.h.i.+eld was still shattered easily by the shockwave and the Tier 5 Miniboss was sent stumbling on its feet backward.
On the other hand, Poochie"s usually effective headb.u.t.t was deflected too. Though the little creature hit its target precisely at lightning speed, the attack did not affect the giant Spider Lord atall. With a bang, Poochie bounced off the hardened monster and flew back like a deflated balloon.
What"s more were the “fragile” Frostramparts sent out by Qin Ruo. The terrifying shockwave resulted from the downward crash directly destroyed the six Frostramparts cast by Xiaoxiao. Only eight Aquaramparts remained, but even those were continuously pierced and shattered by rocks sent flying everywhere due to the crash.
“An Overlord indeed…” Qin Ruo lamented but did not stop his hand motion despite the surprise attack. After the shockwave came to a halt, he quickly retrieved the elements from the shattered Frostramparts and reconstructed Aquaramparts out of it.
“Freeze!”
Twelve Frostramparts Formation were still activated somehow!
Bam! An icy aura immediately crept into the atmosphere.
The Amethyst Orc which quickly recovered under Violet Orchid"s Purify, growled and leaped forward like a tiger. The monster launched a series of ferocious punches onto the Spider Lord that had created a giant pit on the ground.
The Spider Lord was rather unfortunate. Its ignore defence physical attack Downfall did not yield any substantial damage on the two enemy monsters—one had the debuff removed almost instantaneously, while the other was a little creature that possessed an unbelievably high resistance to Physical Attacks, which largely ignored its Physical Attack damage and effect.
The slight miscalculation resulted in a catastrophic outcome. The Spider Lord suddenly found itself in a tight position—in the middle of the Twelve Frostramparts Formation. The chilling aura stunned even the powerful Tier 4 Spider Lord for a few seconds. As a result, it was unable to avoid the Amethyst Orc"s punch (boosted by the Darkfrost Potion).
Bam!
The metal gloss layer that covered the Spider Lord body disappeared the moment it touched the ground. The surface of its body returned to soft, wrinkled skin. One punch after another, the Spider Lord softened body was bruised and bled following each of the Amethyst Orc"s heavy pounces. The Tier 4 Boss could only hissin pain and fury.
The party was greatly encouraged by what they were witnessing. They were blessed by the G.o.d of War!
One after another buff was cast by Violet Orchid and Violetmoon Devilite onto the Amethyst Orc. Its single attack damage was quickly boosted from slightly above 200 to 300 points…
Despite the relatively low damage, the Spider Lord was in a rather awkward situation. This was because it was unable to flip over under the freezing effect of the Twelve Frostramparts Formation.
The Spider Lord was just like a tipped over giant beetle. Eight of its flurry thick legs flailed anxiously in midair. Being affected by the frosty environment and continuously interrupted by the Amethyst Orc"s Successive Strike, the Spider Lord was unable to carry out some of the simple moves it had otherwise no problem performing normally.
The overturn of the battle situation was a little astounding.
Qin Ruo was determined not to let this opportunity slip by. He decisively pa.s.sed two Darkfrost Potion to Xiaoxiao. The two Aquamancers then continued to perform Water Elementalism at an insane rate.
Compress! Insane rate of Water Element compression!
Four shots of Compressed Frost Bullets were fired successively from the two Aquamancers" hands. The bullets entered the formation carrying a magnificent icy aura…
Bang… Bang…
Boom… Boom…
The target was. .h.i.t, inflicted 648 damage on Spider Lord.
The Spider Lord is inflicted with Status Effect: Frozen, lasts for 1 second.
Sudden Explosion inflicted 656 damage on the Spider Lord.
The Spider Lord is inflicted with Status Effect: Laceration, 50 damage per second, lasts for 10 seconds.
The target was. .h.i.t, inflicted 651 damage on the Spider Lord.
Sudden Explosion inflicted 669 damage on the Spider Lord.
A round of double Frost Bullets led to a c.u.mulative 3000 damage on the Spider Lord. Xiaoxiao"s slightly weaker Magic Attack was greatly enhanced by the Darkfrost Potion and Special Roasted Snail. Her Magic Attack was boosted to more than 260 points. Their Elemental Attack added up nicely with the Amethyst Orc"s Physical Attack and those combined dealt a considerable amount of damage to the Spider Lord.
In the deep end of the dark corridor outside of the battlefield, a ten-man party put out their Illuminating Crystal and observed the intense battle quietly from afar.
They entered the secret dungeon half an hour ago. They had just come all the way wondering, ‘Where the h.e.l.l is the spider hordes? What happened to them? Have those creatures left the dungeon?”
They dashed all the way into the fourth cross junction to finally see light and met another player party.
And of course, the Spider Lord!
If not because Qin Ruo had summoned the Amethyst Orc, the observers would have long drawn out their Return Scroll and returned to safety by now—even though it meant that they wasted all their effort collecting the dungeon maps for days. It might be unfortunate that they need to flee right after the first encounter, but it was better than being killed by the Tier 4 Overlord and dropping their valuable equipment.
Once the Amethyst Orcwas summoned, they immediately recognized the ident.i.ty of the party came before them and changed their minds.
They planned to stay put and see how the Spider Lord was going to torture Qin Ruo"s party, then perhaps loot their dropped equipment after the battle ends.
But when they saw the powerful and humongous Spider Lord was instead pinned down by Qin Ruo and his “accomplice”, the Radiant Priest in the party sneered coldly. “Hey, let"s give them a hand, shall we?”