Chapter 40
An hour later, the white-faced ghost really came up with the latest plan to pass the level.
Heiyu Qingtian focused his eyes and stared at the words on the plan without saying a word.
The words written on the paper transformed into movements and attacks in his mind. He compared these attacks with the ink-colored operations in his memory. After confirming that the ideas were similar, he raised his pure black eyes and said, "Well, let's get someone in."
There were five people in total, led by the White-Faced Ghost. The priest and warrior were still from the previous team, as was the Eight-Foot Long Pole and the Garlic Head. The warlock and the astrologer were called in to fill the remaining two vacancies.
In terms of professional configuration, it is exactly the same as the last time I entered the dungeon, but the overall combat power is much higher than before. The white-faced ghost looked at the people behind him and cleared his throat.
"Everyone, our mission this time is to get first place on the speedrunning leaderboard. I don't need to elaborate much. I'll just remind you that the Black Domain was very unhappy with last night's dragon battle. Not only did we not get the final blow, we didn't even get the greatest contribution. It's safe to say we lost everything."
"Today, I hope everyone will cheer up and show the spirit of being a member of the Black Domain Kingdom! Don't let the president down again!"
After giving the warning, the White-Faced Ghost asked everyone to clean up the potions and props on the spot, and then entered the aperture to start the dungeon.
The familiar nest environment came into view, and the five people finished killing the monsters without any pressure and quickly advanced to the first level.
The scene of being hit by the bamboo shoot ice crystals was still vivid in his mind. The white-faced ghost gritted his teeth and said, "This boss will randomly release ice crystals throughout the field. Don't get hit by them! If you really can't react, drink purple medicine. In short, no one is allowed to get hurt here!"
Heiyu Qingtian didn't tell him clearly in the office, but how could Baimiangui not understand what he was thinking?
If Mo Se, a star official, could remain unharmed under the attack of ice crystals, why couldn't they?
He doesn't want to make steamed buns just to save face, so the white flour ghost makes such a request.
Bachichangpiao and Garlic Head understood the White-Faced Ghost's idea, but the newly joined sorcerer and star official were somewhat confused.
Especially the short-legged star official: "But the white-faced ghost, the frequency of these ice crystals appearing is too high, and they fill the entire field. It's very unfriendly to magic systems!"
The white-faced ghost said coldly: "If you can't do it, then quit the team. The Black Domain Kingdom does not support useless people."
The short-legged official immediately fell silent and dared not say another word.
He drank a large bottle of purple medicine and started dodging. At first, he could barely dodge a few times, but as more and more ice crystals appeared, he gradually began to fall behind.
Once, twice...
He was pierced by ice crystals.
Three times, four times.
His blood strips were scraped off and turned into bloody skin.
In the end, he was able to save his life thanks to the powerful blood recovery of the eight-foot-long pole.
In fact, he was not the only one who failed to dodge it. The new warlock, the warrior Garlic Head, and even the White-Faced Ghost himself were all caught!
After struggling with the Boss for more than 40 minutes, the five of them finally managed to kill the monster.
Damn it! This is just a small boss, and it's already taking me longer than last time. At this rate, I'll have trouble even maintaining my speedrunning results, let alone the leaderboards!
The white-faced ghost took a deep breath and felt the pressure was unprecedentedly huge.
His mind kept recalling Mo Se's light as a swallow figure. He didn't understand, could it be that without her, their Black Domain Kingdom really couldn't pass this copy?
Since they had wasted too much time on this level, as soon as the Boss battle ended, the five people didn't dare to stop and pushed forward the dungeon without even breathing.
They encountered a familiar branch road in the middle. This time, Garlic Head reacted quickly. He dug out the sponge stone on the cliff in a few seconds and led everyone forward.
The white-faced ghost looked up at the time and estimated silently.
They wasted 20 minutes here in the last round, but this time it only took 2 minutes, saving 18, which just offsets part of the 40 minutes they spent fighting the boss just now.
They still have a chance.
The White-Faced Ghost suddenly gained some confidence in his heart. After meeting the big boss, he immediately gave orders according to the plan.
"Garlic, you're a warrior. You have to hold the boss steady today!"
"Warlock, this level doesn't need your assistance. Just deliver powerful damage."
"Eight-foot long pole, old rules, keep an eye on the Garlic Head and the Crispy Star Officer that are pulling monsters, and throw healing at any time."
"Xingguan, you are a violent output. I won't say more. Just remember one thing: hit hard."
"One last reminder, this boss will freeze the entire arena every three minutes. No one can escape, so don't be nervous. The only thing you need to pay attention to is to react quickly when the boss randomly selects a target to attack, and don't get hit by him. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
Everyone responded in unison and began to work together.
However, the theory is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The White-Faced Ghost, who originally thought that the plan could go on perfectly, couldn't help but frown after seeing that Garlic Head couldn't hold back the Boss.
"Garlic head, what are you doing?! Throw a taunt!"
"Star Officer! Be careful not to OT. You're not a warrior. If you OT, are you responsible for pulling monsters?"
Not everyone is black. Whoever dares to OT will be dead.
The Star Officer was ordered to stop, and the Warlock Imp also restrained himself. This time, Garlic Head finally caught the Boss. Unfortunately, the team's output was reduced, and the Boss's health bar dropped too slowly, and began to frequently trigger the freezing of the entire field.
After five consecutive freezes, none of the five of them, except the white-faced ghost, escaped being beaten.
On the one hand, they had to keep killing monsters, and on the other hand, they had to guard against being frozen and beaten. After being beaten, they had to quickly replenish their blood. In just 15 minutes, the rhythm of the entire team was in chaos, and it didn't seem like they were going according to plan at all.
In order to stabilize everyone's health bar, Ba Chi Chang Gao tried hard to restore everyone's health. However, since someone was always injured from time to time, Ba Chi Chang Gao gradually felt that he was unable to do so.
As the priest in the team, he is the one who can directly feel the team's rhythm and overall damage situation through treatment. Compared with the last cooperation with Mo Se, this time their Black Domain Kingdom... is simply unbearable to watch.
Ba Chi Chang Gao had never found healing so difficult before. Even though he had learned two more skills than last time, he still couldn't reverse the team's situation.
Gulp, as expected, the star official was the first to fall.
Next is the warlock's turn.
After losing two fighters at once, it was obvious that they had failed this time.
The white-faced ghost was so angry that his face turned pale. Without saying a word, he directly quit the copy.
The eight-foot-long pole and the garlic head looked at each other, sighed, and then left.
At the guild headquarters, Heiyu Qingtian watched the video of the members entering the dungeon for the second time. His face was as gloomy as the sky before a storm, which made everyone shudder.
His black eyes, surging with undercurrents, swept over the five people in turn, and his voice was as low as if he had a mouthful of ice in his mouth.
"According to you, without her, we can't even beat the dungeon?"
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Xia Mo was completely unaware of the Waterloo suffered by Heiyu Qingtian and his men.
However, since she had previously warned herself not to turn a deaf ear to what was happening outside, she would now open the world channel from time to time to get the latest information through conversations between players.
The news that the Black Domain Kingdom failed to complete the difficult level quickly spread among enthusiastic netizens.
The world's top-ranked guild actually failed a difficult dungeon on their second try. Absurd!
[So how did they get the title of first kill last time? ]
[You guys are so stupid! Boss Mo Se was on the team last time! This time, they didn't bring Mo Se. Someone from their guild went. I saw it clearly from the entrance to the teleportation circle.]
[Oh my god... So, Big Mo Se can take on an entire guild by himself? Awesome!]
Unexpectedly, Heiyu Qingtian and the others entered the dungeon again. After seeing the players' discussion, Xia Mo only had this thought in her mind, and then she put it behind her and continued to collect the materials she needed - scale armor - on the Kodo River Beach.
The scales come from a creature called Kodo Lizard. They are not of high level, only level 15, so it is easy to scrape their blood.
However, the difficulty in dealing with Kodo Lizards is not in scraping their blood, but in catching them.
The Kodo lizard is extremely sensitive and timid by nature. It spends most of its time hiding in shallow water on the river bank, with only a pair of black bean-sized eyes showing.
Once they see someone approaching, they will immediately run away, making it impossible for people on land to catch them.
Xia Mo tried several times, even though she tried her best to walk lightly and reduce her presence. However, every time when she was 9 or 10 meters away from the shallow water, their eyes were like infrared detectors, sensitively detecting her presence, and then they would shrink their heads and quickly disappear from the water.
Xia Mo put his hands on his hips and looked at the empty shallow beach with a headache.
After struggling here for half an hour, she still hasn't collected even one piece of scale armor, and the task requires 10 pieces. God knows when she will be able to complete it?
Thinking that he could no longer complete the task so inefficiently, Xia Mo stopped in time, sat down and began to think of countermeasures.
She had only been to the Kodo River Beach a few times in her previous life, and frankly speaking, she didn't know much about the habits of the lizards here. That was why she had tried and failed repeatedly for the past half hour.
However, failure is not scary. What is scary is not summarizing after failure and still acting mindlessly.
Xia Mo looked at the calm river surface and suddenly had a guess in his mind.
But she wasn't sure and needed to give it a try.
Thinking of this, she patted her butt, stood up, turned around and walked towards the [Kodo Tropical Rainforest] connected to the river beach.
Half an hour later, a bunch of green creatures appeared in each of her left and right hands.
Not feeling disgusted, Xia Mo walked to the shallow water and placed the strung bald worms one by one on the riverbank. She threw one every 2 meters or so until she threw them to the junction of the rainforest map more than 20 meters away. Then she stopped.
After doing this, she hid behind a huge vine hanging down from the rainforest and waited quietly.
As time goes by, 1 minute, 2 minutes...
Ten minutes later, a dark green head finally emerged from the shallow water. Smelling the scent from the riverbank, it used all four limbs to slowly climb out of the water and ate the one closest to it.
For the Kodo lizard with a huge appetite, one □□ is obviously not enough to fill its teeth.
So he followed the smell, crawled 2 meters to the front of the riverbank, and ate the second one.
Xia Mo narrowed his eyes, knowing that this trick of luring the enemy deeper was successful.
Although she didn't know much about Kodo lizards, the settings for monsters in "Protoss" mostly followed real-life logic. Real-life lizards were carnivorous, such as frogs, mice, and fish, which were all on their menus.
Xia Mo then thought of using the warts in the rainforest as bait to lure the Kodo lizard into the trap.
I didn’t expect it to be successful.
Looking at the lizard approaching step by step to the higher part of the riverbank, Xia Mo's eyes became stern, and he went up and used a single continuous skill Starlight!
The lizard lost half of its blood and turned around to go back into the water.
However, as Xia Mo expected, the Kodo lizard's agility decreased a lot after leaving the water, and it was far less flexible and agile than in the water. The poor lizard became a soul under Xia Mo's staff before it could crawl back into the water.
When the lizard died, two pieces of scales, a bottle of primary red medicine, and some miscellaneous items dropped. These things were not valuable, so Xia Mo did not pick them up. He only took the scales and potions.
The first attempt was successful, laying a solid foundation for catching lizards later.
Xia Mo kept running back and forth in the rainforest and the riverbank. Finally, after an hour, she successfully collected all 10 scales.
Just as she was about to go home, her friend icon suddenly flashed.
She only had a few friends, and Xia Mo thought it was Qingshui or Fenghuo contacting her, but when he clicked on it, it turned out to be neither of them.
It was a friend request from a stranger.
[Player "White-faced Ghost" applies to add you as a friend. Do you accept? ]
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