Several people had already formed a circle, ready to fight the monster. Their eyes and faces were bloodshot, their eyes glowing red, like a group of wild beasts that had gone mad.
Several people looked at Jiang Hao, who had no choice but to walk back and stand in the empty space they had left.
He raised his staff and then lowered it. A golden-level energy crystal beast in the distance was pulled over, and a dizzying effect appeared above its head.
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A large number of white damage numbers floated above the head of the gold-level energy crystal beast, even denser than before. Jiang Hao's eyes narrowed, and he then discovered that not only had the city lord and the eight guards increased their attack power by nearly half, but their attack speed had also reached three attacks per second. In less than four seconds, the gold-level energy crystal beast's health bar was emptied. Its body transformed into white, transparent particles, drifting away into the air.
This time, when the city lord of Jinling fell to the ground with a fragment of the energy crystal, he did not bend down to pick it up.
Jiang Hao understood his meaning, so he didn't waste any time and immediately raised his staff to pull over the next beast. Seven more hours passed, and Jiang Hao and his team had cleared out all the gold-level energy crystal beasts.
"Young friend, don't just stand there, we don't have much time left."
The city lord of Jinling didn't rush to pick up the fallen energy crystal fragments. Instead, he pointed to the distant horde of dark gold-grade energy crystal beasts. Jiang Hao looked at the densely packed dark gold-grade energy crystal beasts, even more numerous than gold-grade energy crystal beasts, and unconsciously swallowed. Jiang Hao suddenly felt thirsty, tilted his head back and gulped down several mouthfuls of healing potions, shook his aching arms, and immediately raised his staff.
As the staff fell, a dark gold-grade energy crystal beast immediately appeared beneath it. Jiang Hao then clearly saw the beast's appearance. It was smaller than a gold-grade beast, and also more transparent. Otherwise, there was no difference. Several seconds passed before Jiang Hao suddenly realized something was wrong.
With the combined attack speed and power of the ten of them, they dealt over 1.4 million damage per second, while this beast's health bar hadn't even dropped by a quarter!
Jiang Hao quickly cast a detection spell on the strange beast.
【Energy Crystal Beast】
Dark Gold Elite
Level: 22
life:
Physical attack:
Physical defense: 7869
Speed: 308
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After counting several times, Jiang Hao finally counted clearly that the Dark Gold-level Energy Crystal Beast had a staggering 32.73 million HP!
Jiang Hao's eyes narrowed. Based on a 1% health regeneration rate per second during combat, this beast would regenerate 320,000 health per second. With over 30 million health points, it would take at least 30 seconds to regenerate.
This isn't about clearing out monsters at all.
They're clearly grinding him down!
Finally, at the 23rd second of the battle, the Dark Gold-level Energy Crystal Beast's health bar was depleted. With a snap, its body turned into specks of white light and then dissipated into the air.
At the same time, a peanut-sized energy crystal fell to the ground. The city lord of Jinling City didn't pick it up, but turned to look at Jiang Hao. His eyes weren't as red anymore.
"Young friend, continue!"
So Jiang Hao immediately pulled over another strange beast.
Jiang Hao was somewhat puzzled. How could a beast with over 30 million HP only take 23 seconds? Shouldn't it be around 30 seconds?
With this question in mind, Jiang Hao began to carefully observe the second crystal beast.
Amidst a sea of white damage numbers, Jiang Hao finally noticed something amiss.
There are no green healing numbers!
"Huh? Can't Crystal Beasts regenerate health during battle?"
"Of course it can heal. The reason he can't heal is because of the knife in my hand."
The city lord of Jinling winked smugly at Jiang Hao.
"This knife of mine is the nemesis of the Crystal Beast. Once it gets cut by this knife, it can no longer regenerate health."
"Is this knife only effective against energy crystal beasts?"
"Of course not, it works on all monsters."
After hesitating for a moment, the city lord of Jinling City said somewhat uncertainly.
"Well... at least I haven't encountered any that don't work yet."
A few words completely piqued Jiang Hao's interest. So Jiang Hao cast a detection spell on the knife in the hand of the Jinling City Lord.
【Heroic Blade】
Quality: Dark Gold (varies depending on the city lord's level)
Weapon: Long sword
Health Points: 2000
Strength: 300
Physical attack: 4000
Weapon effect: All targets damaged by this weapon will be unable to automatically regenerate health for 1 minute.
Equipment requirements: None
City Lord Equipment Effect: The city lord wielding this weapon has the right to execute first and report later.
Execute First, Report Later: Ignores all defenses of the target and briefly increases the city lord's attack power by 20,000 points. (This effect only applies to personnel within the main city.)
Weapon Description: This is a sword awarded by Prince Fu Yu to warriors stationed abroad. The sword is bound to the main city where the warrior resides, symbolizing the city's lord.
Holy crap, this knife... is awesome!
"What? You like it?"
The city lord of Jinling looked at Jiang Hao and asked with a smile.
"How about I give it to you?"
It's impossible not to be tempted. If he had this knife, wouldn't he be able to walk around Jinling City with impunity? Even dogs would probably kowtow to him.
Jiang Hao chuckled twice.
"Don't joke around, I really might be tempted."
The city lord of Jinling laughed heartily twice.
"Haha, once the curse is lifted, this knife is yours."
Give me?
If I give it to you, will you still be the city lord?
Besides, I'm a mage, not a melee fighter!
Jiang Hao didn't take it to heart, assuming he was just joking.
The two chatted as they fought monsters, which didn't slow down their progress. After one monster died, Jiang Hao immediately pulled another one over. Half an hour later, just as Jiang Hao was about to raise his staff to pull down a monster, the city lord waved his hand.
"Alright, alright, young friend, that's about enough."
As soon as the city lord finished speaking, Jiang Hao saw the flush on the faces of his guards fade, turning into deathly paleness. The light in their eyes disappeared, revealing unconcealed exhaustion. One by one, they swayed and collapsed to the ground. The city lord, forcing himself to stand, pulled a dark gold cloth bag from his robes. After plopping down on the ground, he reached out and picked up the peanut-sized energy crystals that had fallen to the ground, one by one, and put them into the bag.
Jiang Hao then realized that the city lord used different colored bags to store energy crystals of different grades. Jiang Hao even suspected that the city lord might have a bag containing diamond-grade energy crystals in his possession. It's just that the battle hadn't reached that area yet, so he hadn't had a chance to take it out.
"Should we eat another energy crystal and fight our way to the diamond-level alien beast in one go?"
Jiang Hao's words sounded like a joke. Unexpectedly, the city lord of Jinling City actually looked at several of his personal guards.
After a long pause, he spoke slowly.
"No, they're in terrible condition. They'll explode if they eat any more!"
"There's also the theory of 'exploding body'?"
"Of course there are! You think these are candies? You can just eat them as you please?"
"Report, City Lord, City Lord, there is a special envoy from Jinling City who wants you to return to Jinling City immediately."
A guard from the garrison ran up to the city lord, shouting as he went, and knelt down on one knee, urgently saying...
"Reporting to the city lord, a special envoy from Jinling City has arrived at full speed, urging you to return to Jinling City immediately."
"A special envoy? Could it be that there's a problem at Qiongfeng Pass?"
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