Chapter 7
The long-lost feeling is back.
Leading everyone onto the island, Xia Mo looked at the ghost guard guarding the sentry post from afar, unable to hide his excitement.
In her previous life, she had almost cleared all dungeons in "Protoss". Even when she encountered those nightmare-level dungeons that daunted other players, she steadily conquered them and became the "God of Priests" in the eyes of the players.
But who could have imagined that she, who was admired by thousands of people, had also been tempered through countless deaths in level 5 dungeons.
Things in the world change unpredictably. Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, she met the guard again. How could she not be excited?
"Is the one with the scythe the boss?"
Having just recovered from the impact of the blackthorn shark, the ripe tomato looked at the Boss guarding the sentry post from afar and couldn't help but feel scared.
Xia Mo: "Yes."
"Do we need to come up with a plan, like letting... Hey! Sister Mo!"
The ripe tomato wanted to say that everyone should make plans and divide the work, but before he could finish his words, he saw the other party rushing up like the wind.
"Oh my god, Qingshui, are we so reckless?!" He was so upset that he wanted to cry.
Qingshui also picked up the warlock staff and rushed towards the boss: "What else can we do if we don't just attack directly? If you are slow, someone else will get the first kill."
"Ah, you really want that thing!"
"What else? The captain has spoken, are you afraid?"
Beside him, Salad with Meat Sauce was talking as he nocked a long arrow, aiming the tip of the arrow at the Boss walking back and forth at the sentry post. As he loosened his finger, the long arrow drew a special effect and hit the target with a whoosh.
The ghost guard who was attacked became angry. He turned his huge body and walked towards them with the sickle in his hand.
"Be careful, stand back!"
The Ghost Guard has a chain skill called [Sickle Slash], and the pre-action to activate this skill is rotation.
Seeing the familiar pre-swing appear, Xia Mo quickly stepped aside and at the same time instructed Qingshui not to move forward.
Qingshui reacted just as quickly, stopped in time, and followed her lead to dodge to the side.
The sharp sickle swung in a 45-degree fan shape in front, and then was lifted up again by the ghost guard's powerful swing, just like Pangu creating the world, and the sickle smashed down heavily!
With a loud bang!
A big hole was smashed into the ground, and gravel and dust flew everywhere.
"Holy crap! It's a chain reaction!" Ripe Tomato was horrified. "Luckily I didn't follow them!"
Otherwise, he would be the one who was smashed into a meat patty.
Qingshui looked at the big pit, his eyes twinkling slightly: "You seem to know this boss very well?"
Xia Mo: "It's just a prediction in advance. If you know a little bit about the sickle weapon, it's not difficult to guess what move the boss wants to use."
It's nothing more than swinging, chopping, slashing, and swinging. Even if you guess randomly, you have a one in four chance of hitting the target.
Xia Mo thought this explanation was reasonable, but whether Qingshui believed it or not was his business.
As he spoke, he walked around behind the ghost guard and quickly threw out the Star Shock skill.
The special effects of Starquake are as its name suggests, star rocks vibrate and starlight falls.
The ghost guard she was targeting was caught off guard, and countless star stones fell on his body in an instant.
-255!
A red number pops up, indicating the amount of damage the player has dealt to the monster.
"Such high damage!"
Among the five people, the one with the strongest output theoretically couldn't help but be surprised.
His profession is hunter, and among the gods he is positioned as having high agility and high long-range damage. Just now, he used the hunter's single-target skill [Hundred Steps Through the Arrow] to shoot, and it only dealt 120 damage. And she, a star official of the same level as him, actually dealt more than 100 more damage?
He was a little suspicious that his output was not normal, so he exclaimed in surprise and shot two arrows in succession.
-120! -255!
Tied!
I was delighted by the salad with meat sauce.
Sure enough, he said how could his output be worse than Xingguan? Although Xingguan is also a damage profession, it excels at group attacks, not single attacks.
There is only one boss at the moment, so her output should be somewhat limited.
Thinking of this, he looked up at the team contribution ranking. Because of those two arrows, his DPS (damage per second) had already rushed to the first place in the team.
Just as he was about to continue shooting arrows and prepare to consolidate his ranking, suddenly, the next second, a bright red word "critical hit" popped up next to the number.
Salad with Meat Sauce was stunned for a moment, looking at the two words in disbelief.
etc.
So the 255 damage he dealt just now was not because of his high output, but because of the critical hit bonus?
how so!
He was a violent output, and his equipment was not good, but it was okay. In the end, he had to rely on critical hits to catch up with her normal damage?
How did she do it?
The more Salad with Meat Sauce thought about it, the colder his spine became, and he froze in place. The others also saw the word "critical hit" and couldn't help but be surprised at the strength of the captain who took over later.
"Did you put all your points into [Intelligence]?" Qingshui asked her while surrounding and attacking the ghost guards.
Xia Mo blasted out a star shock and replied: "I didn't click on all of them, I clicked on 4."
"Oh my god, 4 of them can cause such high damage? I'll order one too next time!" Ripe Tomato heard the sound, gave the Boss a knife and said excitedly.
Xia Mo didn't reply to him for the time being, but raised her eyes and looked at the team contribution ranking. Her current damage has exceeded that of the salad with meat sauce.
But it’s not enough, we have to continue to output.
Then he threw Starshock three times in a row to keep his personal damage in the first place.
After doing all this, she finally found the time to answer Ripe Tomato: "I have another piece of equipment that increases my output, it's not all about adding points." It was the silver robe given by Quinn.
"Ah, so that's how it is..." Ripe Tomato suddenly realized and sighed with some regret, "Our equipment is quite ordinary, and the damage bonus is not much."
Although it is a pity, the ripe tomatoes can also be considered a relief.
Equipment is something you can only come across by chance sometimes. While others can get higher-quality weapons as rewards for completing similar main quests, he can only get an ordinary broadsword.
Who can he complain to about this fate?
Therefore, it is better to take things that players cannot control and be open-minded.
Thinking of this, he secretly gave Boss another blow, then trotted over to the somewhat depressed Salad with Meat Sauce and patted his shoulder.
"Brother Sha, don't be discouraged. The difference in equipment isn't a problem. We can buy more when we have more money! Output depends mainly on your skills. Your archery skills are impeccable, and you've always been better than hunters of the same level! We can all see that!"
It must be said that although ripe tomatoes are naive, they are indeed good at comforting people.
Salad with Meat Sauce shook his head: "I'm fine. I have to admit that I'm not as skilled as others, but doesn't this also mean that we still have room for improvement?"
After saying that, he raised the longbow again, and the sharp arrow whizzed towards the Boss, continuing to output.
In the entire team, almost everyone had a chat, except Yun Yao, who remained silent the entire time.
Xia Mo looked at her contribution ranking and found that her output was last.
Not only is it last, but it is also far behind the second-to-last tomato.
The single output of Ripe Tomato is actually okay, but the reason why it ranks last is because he was overshadowed by the Blackthorn Shark and dared not act rashly again. Therefore, he kept the rhythm of slashing once and then dodging twice, which dragged down his overall output.
But seeing Tomato's carefree look, he probably didn't take it to heart, so Xia Mo didn't say much.
The third in both positive and negative rankings is Warlock Qingshui.
Even though he was in the top three of the warlock profession list in his previous life, his current operation level is quite ordinary. In addition, the warlock itself is half support and half output, so Xia Mo thinks it is completely understandable that his DPS is not high.
So, in the final analysis, Yun Yao is the only one with serious output problems.
She is an elementalist, and the description on the official website is somewhat similar to that of a star official, both of whom absorb the essence of the sun, moon, heaven and earth for their own use.
It’s just that one draws energy from the starry sky, and the other converts resources from the earth. The methods are different.
With this positioning, as long as players don't attack randomly like a headless fly, it is basically impossible for their output to be at the bottom.
But the problem is that Yun Yao's attack method is really like raindrops falling from the sky. She is as fierce as a tiger, but her record is zero to five.
Although he saw her problem, Xia Mo did not point it out.
Firstly, given Yun Yao's attitude towards her, Xia Mo didn't think that the other party would listen to her; secondly, time was tight for fighting the Boss, and she wanted to be the first to kill him, so why waste time on irrelevant people?
His eyes moved from the last number on the panel to the first number on the positive number.
At this point, her DPS has far surpassed the second-place salad with meat sauce.
The time has come.
He turned and ran to the side, leading the ghost guard.
The ripe tomato was surprised: "What is she going to do? Why did she run away with the monster?"
Qingshui stared at the direction she was running and saw something: "She's not running with it, she's flying a kite."
"She is helping us to divert the attack. Everyone, focus your fire and quickly take out the boss!" After understanding her intention, Qingshui immediately gave the order.
Ripe Tomato's eyes widened in shock. "Shouldn't tank classes be responsible for pulling monsters? Tank classes have high HP and are durable, so they can pull monsters safely from the front line. Why is she, a squishy Star Officer, trying to pull monsters?!"
"You still know it's your turn to pull the monsters." Slaw and Meat Sauce brushed past him and said quietly, "You have the most health among the five of us, but your damage output is not enough to pull the monsters, so the captain has to do it himself."
Ripe Tomato: Damn!
He raised his greatsword and chased after Boss, yelling at Sala: "You bastard! I just tried to comfort you, and this is how you repay me! Humph, go cry on your own next time. I'll never bother with you again!"
After saying this angrily, he mustered up his courage and slashed at the Boss's butt twice.
After chopping, his courage was exhausted and he immediately retreated 5 meters away with his neck shrunk.
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Kite pulling monsters is not an easy task, especially when the person pulling the monsters is a fragile profession. The risk is even greater. If you are not careful, you may fail to avoid the attack of the ghost guard and your health bar will be cut in half.
And if the Ghost Guard uses a combo, it means that if she is hit, she will die on the spot.
This is a big gamble.
Everyone was worried about Xia Mo.
However, the kite flyer himself showed an extraordinary reaction.
She wasn't very fast, after all, she wasn't a highly agile class like a hunter, but she was able to dodge the attacks every time, leaving the ghost guards with no way to attack.
From the perspective of the four people, she was like a flash of lightning, flexible and swift, and she perfectly interpreted the word "kite"...
What's even more amazing is that she not only dodged the boss's attacks perfectly, but she was even able to distract herself and counterattack!
Whenever the ghost guard fails, it is time for her to launch a counterattack.
Star stones of all sizes fell from the sky, smashing the Boss's health and causing it to drop again and again.
Everyone now understood clearly that a single attack from her was completely equivalent to two consecutive skills from Qingshui and Tomato! In this situation, they didn't need to worry about her stealing their aggro.
They even had to try hard to catch up, so as to avoid the DPS gap between them and her being too big, making them look out of place.
"It seems that the gap between us and her is not in equipment and points, but in operation. I even suspect that if this dungeon did not require 5 people, she might be able to pass it alone..." Salad with Meat Sauce looked at her with admiration and praised her sincerely.
When he saw the boss behind him raise the sickle for the Nth time, Xia Mo did not hesitate and turned at a 45-degree angle again.
The sickle behind him swept out a fan-shaped area horizontally, and then chopped down heavily.
Unfortunately, it still missed, and the ghost guard's skills didn't even reach her fur.
Not only did it fail to sweep it away, but it was also hit again by a star stone falling from the sky.
-530! Critical hit!
When she used Starshock for the 20th time, she finally got a critical hit.
The ghost guard's body was visibly bleeding.
Just a little bit more.
Xia Mo withdrew his gaze from the health bar and directed everyone: "Keep focusing fire! Don't stop!"
"yes!"
The voice chattered with loud responses from the crowd.
For a moment, there were flashes of swords and colorful lights...special effects mixed with weapons fell one after another on the ghost guards' heads!
The health bar dropped further.
15%, 13%, 11%...
arrive!
"Stop! Back off!"
She gave the order and quickly poured herself a large bottle of purple potion.
Purple medicine is used to speed up. When she was reborn, she saw one in her backpack and did not spend money to buy another one.
Now is the time to use it.
As the potion entered her stomach, her steps were like the wind, and she rushed out with a whoosh! The others also ran away in all directions.
Behind me, whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!
The ghost guard entered a manic state and acted like a madman.
[Sickle Slash], which was originally just an ordinary combo, turned into a perpetual motion version of the ultimate move after being manic!
The sickle no longer only swings in a 45-degree fan shape, but now sweeps in an all-round 360-degree direction.
Not only that, he swung it while walking.
The ghost guards were already tall, and when their arms were stretched straight out, they were almost half their body length. In addition, the sickle had slightly increased in length after becoming manic. When the entire weapon was swung up by him, a large vortex almost formed around him!
The large and sharp blade swept across, as if even the air was cut into pieces.
The ripe tomato gasped, "Oh my goodness I ran fast! Otherwise, I would have been the one to be sliced!"
The salad with meat sauce gave him a faint look: "You are running fast? It's obviously because you are hiding far enough. If you dodge five meters when a sword strikes, even if the boss gets more manic, the sickle won't be able to sweep over your head."
The ripe tomato trembled with anger: "Shut up!"
The Ghost Guard's frenzy lasts for 10 seconds, with the first 9 seconds being spent sweeping. It will only stop at the last second, teleport to a specific target, and chop the target!
Only players who have died once know this process, such as Xia Mo.
Xia Mo didn't dare to relax at all even though he heard the ripe tomatoes and salad with meat sauce and still had the mind to argue.
As the team's highest output, she constantly draws the boss's hatred.
The specific target of the Ghost Guard's final slash is the player who attracted hatred.
She had to dodge this last blow.
Otherwise you will die.
When Xia Mo counted silently to the 9th second, his heart trembled and he immediately raised his legs and ran to the side.
The next moment, the ghost guard flashed to the place where she had just stood, raised his sickle, and smashed it down hard!
This scene happened so quickly that no one could react.
Xia Mo dodged in the blink of an eye, only letting his left arm be hit by the aftermath!
-300!
Even the aftermath took away half of her blood.
But she didn't care at all, because she was sure to win this copy.
A victorious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The potion countdown in the right field of view also ends simultaneously.
Thanks to the accelerating effect of the purple medicine, she was able to dodge 20% faster than normal. Otherwise, with her current agility, she would definitely not be able to dodge.
This is why she drank the speed potion.
It is not only to avoid the 360-degree sweep in the first stage of mania, but also to prepare for escape in the second stage.
The main effect of the large bottle of purple medicine is exactly 10 seconds, which just covers the ghost guard's manic time. As long as she chooses the right time and rushes out with the tail end of the medicine, she is sure that she can survive the knife!
Of course, only she, who has rich combat experience, can do this.
The experience of the previous life told Xia Mo that not everyone can escape by scouting the spot. In most cases, most players cannot move according to the time.
Either you start too fast and still get caught by the monster teleporting; or you start too slow and die on the spot.
In short, this is a job that requires skill. Only after countless times of exploration and practice can one reach her level.
After the chop missed, the Ghost Guard's frenzy ended, but he still had 10% of his health left to be scraped.
However, it was already the last gasp of the enemy, and people rushed back from all directions and continued to bombard it fiercely.
Soon, the ghost guard wailed and fell to the ground.
A lot of loot exploded.
At the same time, the clearance news is refreshed in the entire server.
Congratulations to player "Mo Se" for completing the Level 5 dungeon [Sulu Outpost] for the first time. Let's cheer for her!
Congratulations to player "Salad with Meat Sauce" for completing the Level 5 dungeon [Sulu Outpost] for the first time. Let's cheer for him!
Congratulations to player "Boiled Cabbage in Clear Water" for completing the Level 5 dungeon [Sulu Outpost] for the first time. Let's cheer for him!
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Five messages in a row scrolled in real time on the bulletin board above the head.
The ripe tomato's eyelids twitched. "Holy crap! I actually got the first kill!"
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