Chapter 102 - 98: Gathering Spirits with Corpse Blood

Chapter 102: Chapter 98: Gathering Spirits with Corpse BloodThis was Xiao Jie’s first time facing a boss-level monster with a blood volume over a thousand. In other games, a thousand blood volume meant nothing. He had seen games where a single hit could deal billions of damage. However, at this moment, he truly felt a tremendous sense of oppression. It wasn’t just him, the other players felt the same way. Even just standing on the wall watching, it was hard not to feel scared. The militia, too, started to scream in fear. "My God, that’s the legendary Ghost General!" "Be careful!" "This is bad!" When faced with something fearsome, people’s instinctive response is to attack So, almost without hesitation, everyone switched their attacks towards it. The dense barrage of arrows made the Ghost General look like a hedgehog, yet the damage was less than ideal. The Ghost General, clad in a stylish set of pitch-black Armor, had an extraordinarily surprising defensive power. -1! -2! -3! -2! The dense damages were almost all single digits. Only Yang Baichuan and I Want to Be Immortal, relying on the penetration effect of Full Moon Shooting, managed to inflict damages of 42 and 28 respectively. The Ghost General then charged to the gate, wielded a four-meter-long giant iron spear, and struck the gate with all his might. Boom! -186! The gate’s durability had already been weakened by explosions and smashes to just under a thousand. Now with a single strike, nearly one-fifth of the gate’s durability had been taken away. Yang Baichuan shouted urgently, "Quick! Rolling wood, boulder, gunpowder jar, throw everything!" Rolling logs crashed down on the gate, and on both sides of the village wall, several players threw another round of gunpowder jars. Boom! Boom! Boom! This round of concentrated fire finally made some effect, with the Ghost General losing over a hundred blood volume, and he staggered, hardening for a moment, but unfortunately, they couldn’t close in for a follow-up attack and had to continue throwing jars. Watching the boss’s blood volume slowly but steadily decline, Xiao Jie felt a surge of joy. This creature had just over a thousand blood in total. No matter how tough it was, continuously chipping away at it could wear it down eventually. If they could trade a gate for a boss, that would be a great deal. As long as this guy went down, dealing with the remaining boss would be easy. Boom! The Ghost General struck another blow, -179! Combat Skills—Rashamon Dance! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The iron spear continuously struck the gate, and the durability of the gate rapidly plummeted, clearly on the verge of breaking. The people on the wall became even more desperate in their shooting and throwing, figuring that even if they couldn’t kill the Ghost General, they could at least drain his blood substantially. Once the gate broke, Captain Tie with the militia could rush in and possibly kill the Ghost General. The Ghost General’s blood volume had dropped to around 800. Just then, a figure approached from behind and cast a spell on the Ghost General. Corpse Chasing Secret Technique—Blood Gather Spirit! Suddenly, dozens of soulless zombies around erupted with blood-red halos from their bodies, all merging into the Ghost General. The soulless zombies fell dead, their blood bars hitting zero, but the Ghost General’s blood volume surged back up to 1400. Damn it, the Corpse Chaser could even heal the boss! Everyone was so angry they wanted to curse, and without needing Xiao Jie’s reminder, they immediately switched their fire towards that last Corpse Chaser. The Corpse Chaser was instantly turned into a sieve, lacking the Ghost General’s iron armor to withstand the damage, and died on the spot. However, before they could even rejoice, the next second, boom! The gate was finally destroyed by the Ghost General. Not good! Xiao Jie couldn’t help but feel a sinking feeling. With the gate broken and the Corpse Group pouring into the village, it meant that the village wall, the biggest reliance in this defense battle, would no longer be effective. They couldn’t hide on the wall and easily harvest anymore. Next, everyone had to face a real tough melee battle. Fortunately, all three Corpse Chasers had been killed, which meant the strength of the enemy’s Corpse Group would greatly decrease, at least not as frenzied as before. Unless that Corpse Chasing Mage personally took action—damn, could our predictions be this accurate? Xiao Jie immediately noticed the robed figure who had been hiding behind the Corpse Group all this time was finally moving. Dingling! Dingling! Dingling! As he walked, he rang the bell. This person’s Mana clearly far exceeded the previous three Corpse Chasers; when he rang the bell, the entire battlefield could clearly hear that eerie ringing. The Corpse Group immediately went into a frenzy, surging like a tide towards the breached gate, and as they drew near, Xiao Jie finally saw the name above the robed figure’s head. Lin Yutian (Corpse Chasing Mage): Boss-level Boss, Level 18. Life Value 1200/1200. There were actually two boss-level bosses! This monster attack on the village was probably one of unprecedented difficulty, according to what Wang Kai had said, the previous two monster attacks had only one boss-level boss. This one is clearly a magic-based boss with a higher level but slightly lower health. And seeing him in a black robe, it’s obvious that his defensive power must not be very high, perhaps he could be taken out from a distance. "Focus fire on Lin Yutian!" Xiao Jie shouted, launching a Continuous Arrow at the boss. The others also switched their attacks, but after only two arrows, several zombies immediately surrounded him, blocking all the arrows with their bodies. Yang Baichuan—Full Moon Shooting! I Want to Be Immortal—Full Moon Shooting! Puff! Puff! These two arrows actually pierced through the zombies and hit Lin Yutian. -38! -26! The Corpse Chasing Mage glared furiously towards the village wall, and just when Xiao Jie thought he was going to charge over recklessly, the Corpse Chasing Mage shook his bell again, and more zombies surrounded him, completely blocking any shots. Lin Yutian, however, continued ringing his bell and commanding the attack, completely unaffected by the Hate Value! Xiao Jie felt helpless, this boss was indeed a smart one, it seemed his initial speculation was true, the monsters in this game with brains were just as intelligent as the NPCs. The tricks he usually used in other games, like exploiting terrain, splitting aggro, and soloing dungeons... might not be so easy to employ here. Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosions brought his attention back to the battlefield, where the village gate had now become the focal point of the battle, with Tie Qianli leading about twenty militia in desperately blocking the entrance. Chopping down the incoming corpse group. Xiao Jie was seeing Tie Qianli in action for the first time, and he truly lived up to his reputation as the best fighter of the Newbie Village, wielding a Fine Steel Long Sword that created a whirling wind around him, his Breaking Army Sword Skill was indeed suited for battlefield combat, with no fancy tricks, just fierce and sharp chopping and stabbing. The militia were also well coordinated under his command, fighting in formation without retreat. Seeing this, everyone on the village walls relentlessly threw their gunpowder jars and kerosene pots toward the corp group outside the gate, the explosions and flames continually breaking the momentum of the zombies’ charge, preventing them from forming a continuous, overwhelming stream and allowing Tie Qianli’s militia to hold the gate. Seeing the attack slowing down, Lin Yutian issued orders again to the Ghost General. "Quick, Corpse Vulture, charge in! Attack! Attack!" The Ghost General let out a fierce roar and surged toward the gate’s defenses, knocking aside any walking corpses in his path and sweeping out with his iron spear. Sweeping Thousands of Army! With just one strike, four or five militia at the door were directly swept away. Horizontal Slash! Clang! The iron spear was blocked by Tie Qianli’s shield, forcing him to stagger back several steps before he could stop. The Corpse Vulture sneered, "Humans, you all will die today! Face the power of my Ghost General!" "Wind Sing Iron Guard, vow to die standing! Enough talk, bring it on!" Tie Qianli roared, instantly igniting morale among the surrounding, previously disheartened militia. "You want to die? Then I’ll oblige you—kill!" With a ghostly howl, the Corpse Vulture launched another attack, the corpse tide also surged forward once again. Facing the Ghost General and the surging corpse tide, these few dozen people were clearly outmatched. What was even worse, they had run out of gunpowder jars. Each of these things cost 500 Wen, and they were literally burning money, Xiao Jie had bought twenty, and now they were all used up, not to mention there were only a few kerosene pots left. The others weren’t faring much better. Without the gunpowder jars to hold them back, the subsequent corpse group was no longer obstructed, and directly formed a massive tide, surging toward the gate. Now these twenty or so militia could no longer hold back, constantly being forced to retreat by the assault. Xiao Jie knew it was his time to act. "Captain Tie, fall back, I’m going to light it up!" After speaking, he smashed a kerosene pot into the pile of wheat straw below, and I Want to Be Immortal also threw down another kerosene pot on the other side, igniting a large fire on both sides of the gate. (Hopefully these NPCs have enough intelligence, or else this move might also kill a bunch of them, which would really be terrible.) Fortunately, these NPCs were quite intelligent; hearing Xiao Jie’s warning and seeing the stacks of grass by the gate being ignited, they immediately retreated to the back. "Let’s retreat as well!" Xiao Jie called out, once the corpse group breached the walls and isolated the battlefield, they might end up trapped on the village wall. They must retreat back into the village while the corpse group was still not fully flooding in.