MMORPG: The Elementalist

Since Xin Yu"s surgery fees were taken care of, there was no need for Qin Ruo to earn more money through herb gathering. Moreover, it was inadvisable to do so if the process came with a certain risk. However, the money-earning mentality was long rooted in his mind, which helped him develop a positive habit—to not miss out on a good opportunity.

Right now, he was presented with such a good opportunity.

If a high tier herb could really be found deep inside the Ice Pythons and Yetis" nests, regardless of its value, at least Qin Ruo would be able to exchange it with attribute-boosting potions that he required from Black Market Trader. It was by utilizing the Movement Speed Potion and Advanced Vitality Potion that Qin Ruo could successfully complete the Advancement Quest and obtain the Frostsoul Necklace. It was by this experience that Qin Ruo had learned a great deal about the benefits of attribute-boosting potions.

Thus, when he saw that even players who were poorly equipped formed parties confidently charging into the Ice Pythons and Yetis" nests, he reckoned the danger in there could still be tolerable. Besides, they now that they have several warriors in front of them as s.h.i.+elds to absorb the opponent"s attacks, so the difficulty was even lower.

For sure, the last condition proposed by Qin Ruo was a precaution in case of an unexpected twist of events. In that case, at least his party could retreat from this dangerous area in the shortest time.

Qin Ruo further elaborated the wonderful effect and other applications of the herbs to the others. After knowing the true values of the herbs, Violetmoon Devilite suddenly turned serious, as Blue Princess even began to scan every corner of their surroundings to look for the herbs that might be growing in the zones.

The warriors in front of them had an ulterior motive. While they were fighting, they also kept a close eye on Qin Ruo"s party. They immediately grew suspicious from what they had observed.

“Leader, why do I feel like they had figured out something?”

Beastblood Berserker responded with a smirk, “Well, let them be. We shall ditch them once the pretty Priest revives Little Luo. What is a warrior and an Aquamancer capable of in here? I would like to see how they are going to leave this place joining our party, hmph!”

All the warriors agreed with him.

“Alright, stop talking watch out for the Ice Pythons! I will tank and you all should make a quick kill. Don"t let those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds rob us of what belongs to us!”

The Beastblood Berserkers cleared the path in front, while Qin Ruo and his companions trailed along twenty meters behind them—the nine persons, all with different axes to grind, advancing into the Ice Pythons" nest.

Several parties nearby seem to have suffered heavy blows from the prior Ice Pythons and Yetis" riot. One after another, they began to average out their efforts and slow down their charge.

For the Beastblood Berserker team, their words were apparently louder than their actions too. Except for the rapid casting at the beginning to finish off few Ice Pythons, the frequency of normal attacks had obviously increased later on, which was most probably due to MP exhaustion. Their speed had dropped tremendously and they were almost completely annihilated several times by the Ice Pythons and Yetis.

Since the group of Beastblood Berserkers had failed to live up to their claims, they had started to cut corners through joint force with other parties besides them. Players from different parties were all intending to co-operate for the time being to overcome the surrounding barrier first, before figuring out their next step in detail. They advanced deeper and deeper into the Ice Pythons" nest.

A few players advancing together was definitely safer and faster than before. Soon, a warzone filled with scattered players" corpses appeared before Qin Ruo and his companions. However, Qin Ruo was more troubled by the presence of the Tier 4 Elite Boss Wintry Vajra on this battlefield. Furthermore, there were also seven to eight Ice Pythons and a few Snow Giants nearby.

Qin Ruo inhaled sharply when he saw this.

‘Fck! These people really have guts! With this amount of people and equipment, they dared to provoke the relentless Wintry Vajra. Sht… This is troublesome!"

Qin Ruo had clearly witnessed the horrible defensive strength of this creature on Frostsnow Island. Coupled with its mobility that was slightly superior to a Bowmaster"s, Wintry Vajra was definitely a big threat to a normal player party!

Qin Ruo quickly notified Violetmoon Devilite and the others to pause. He quickly surveyed the environment nearby and frowned. He realized that in the area within one hundred-meter radius, there were a few sp.a.w.ning points of Ice Pythons and Yetis alone, in addition to the Wintry Vajra, as well as eight Ice Pythons and four Snow Giants.

Once confronted, Qin Ruo could almost foresee that the players" side was going to collapse instantaneously.

“This is bad…”

Violetmoon Devilite and the others got nervous after they heard what Qin Ruo said.

“What"s wrong?”

Qin Ruo breathed heavily and signaled them toward the Wintry Vajra in the distance. “Did you all see the piece of ice over there? The bunch of transparent vines above that is the Frost Flower Vine. The herb grows there!”

“You could see that far? What is your vision power?”

Violetmoon Devilite tried very hard to squint her eye and focus, yet she was still unable to see the herb Qin Ruo had pointed at. Grandiose Dragon also could not see it. Only the Bowmaster Blue Princess who had better eyesight could see the frost-like vines as described as Qin Ruo. Blue Princess turned back and asked, puzzled, “I see it, but what is the matter?” Qin Ruo shook his head immediately. They obviously did not know the true power of the Wintry Vajra and how scary this Tier 4 Elite Miniboss could become. But, it was reasonable for them to think so. After all, there were fifty to sixty Tier 4 players here… However, from Qin Ruo"s perspective… That was still not enough to fill up the crevices between the Vajra"s teeth!

As he was about to explain the details to the others, the Beastblood Berserker who had led the way walked up to them and said, “Come quickly! Pretty Priest, our man is there!”

The Beastblood Berserker pointed as he spoke. Qin Ruo face fell as he looked in that direction.

“d.a.m.n!”

Grandiose Dragon slashed toward that direction and cursed. If he was not held back by Qin Ruo, he would most probably have slashed the fellow.

‘F*cking shameless!"

They had never met such a shameless person before.

d.a.m.n this b.a.s.t.a.r.d, they had already tolerated the fact that the corpse was in such a dangerous location. However, they never expected that their fallen member was not more than fifty meters away from the Wintry Vajra. Judging from the situation, how did they dare to open their mouths to ask for someone"s help to revive their member?

Qin Ruo pulled a long face and stood in front of Grandiose Dragon. He signaled the three of them to not take any action.

After he regained his composure, he slowly turned around and stared at the uneasy Beastblood Berserker, then s.h.i.+fted his stare to the others who were standing far away from them and felt too ashamed to look at them.

He waved his hand, “Get lost!”

“You…”

The Beastblood Berserker facial expression crumbled immediately. He first looked at Qin Ruo, then at the three companions behind him with a hostile expression. He knew that he was at the loss here, so he did not dare to throw a tantrum.

“I know we are at fault for this. There will be others who will lure the Boss away later, then—”

Qin Ruo raised his voice and once again asked them to get lost. The Beastblood Berserker was forced to swallow what he was going to say.

This time round, the Berserker no longer held back. He raised his hand and flicked his finger and said, “Well, very well! Such a c.o.c.ky kid! Don"t let me see you again, or else you will suffer greatly! F*ck!” He spat at the spot next to Qin Ruo"s foot and walked away!

The Berserker"s original idea was to a.n.a.lyze the situation in regards to Qin Ruo. If Qin Ruo allowed the pretty Priest to take the risk and help them to revive the party member, they will then, “escort” them from this dangerous place. But who knew Qin Ruo was so insistent about it and chased him away instead.

Now they would need to get help from another Priest to help revive their member. Without him, they would not be able to benefit from this trip. This was because the dead member was the only one in their party who had acquired Advanced Gathering, and they needed him to gather the herb from the small snowy mountain near the Wintry Vajra.

Once they huddled up, they sneered in Qin Ruo"s direction and went away to look for help from another Priest in other parties near them.

“Brother Qin, what should we do now?” Violetmoon Devilite looked sheepishly at Qin Ruo. This was the first time she saw Qin Ruo throwing a tantrum—it was quite scary.

Seeing the few of them walking away to another spot and no longer paid attention to them, Qin Ruo turned around and grinned. His eyes fell on the slightly dumbfounded Violetmoon Devilite.

“Your brother said that you rated my acting talent highly. How about that? Did I fool you all just now?”

“…”

The three of them were baffled.

“Alright, let"s get down to business. Now there are more and more people here, surely some of them could not help making the first move. You all should stay quietly here and don"t get involved later.”

Violetmoon Devilite had just shaken off the feeling of being lied to, but she was once again puzzled by Qin Ruo"s words and asked, “We don"t have to do anything?

“Did any of you learn Gathering?”

“…”

“That"s why.”

Qin Ruo smirked and turned to blend into the back of another player group, which just brushed past them. They were heading towards the larger group of players in front of them.

At the frontline, players urged impatiently, “d.a.m.n, there are more and more players now, why are we still delaying? Make a move quickly!”

“Elementalist! Cast the Barrier!”

“Remember, we have to lure the monster in that direction…”

“…”

In the midst of the buzzing, Qin Ruo, owing to his Elemental Perception: Water, clearly detected that the player group within a fifty-meter radius had slowly taken shape and formed ten other smaller groups. These groups of players gradually approached the Wintry Vajra from different directions.

Finally, the fight was on!