Chapter 173 Attribute Beasts, Ambush on Players, Scorpion Swarm
In this battlefield of carnage, if you see any strange-looking creatures, they must be monstrous beasts.
If you encounter a strange beast, just kill it.
Killing a beast costs 1000 gold. I wonder if the beasts here are harder to kill than the giant beasts of the Ice Plains.
So with an extra 300 gold coins, you only need to kill ten to earn back the gold coins you spent to enter.
Shen Jue felt it wasn't that simple; how could the game system possibly make things easy for the players?
Compared to attacking a beast, the benefits of ambushing a player are far greater.
In the killing battlefield, the absence of rules is the biggest rule. Shen Jue believes that after this battlefield's elimination process, the number of players who can stick to their principles and not hunt others will decrease by more than half.
This battlefield continues the previous style, with the idea of survival of the fittest permeating everything.
Think back to the dungeons and arenas they've been through—each one was dangerous. Every time they encountered such dungeons and arenas, the number of players in the server would plummet.
Before the server merge, their server 66 had over 130,000 players. After several merges like this, they now only have over 50,000 players left.
If each server still needs to reach the target of 30,000 users for another server merge, then there might be another server merge after this killing battlefield ends.
At that time, it's uncertain whether their overall strength in District 66 will be that of a major district.
Shen Jue believed she could survive this battlefield of carnage. She had no shortage of gold coins; killing monsters was secondary. Her main concern was how to improve her strength in the battlefield.
This time, she had made up her mind. Her main target was the bosses. This time, she decided not to use any cards and would fight them one-on-one with her own strength. Anyway, she had a survival skill, so she could just treat it as a way to practice her skills.
She had never used the dodge skill that Yang Erge taught her.
According to reports, this dodge skill can automatically dodge once in a critical moment.
Shen Jue believed in this ability, but she hoped to improve her other abilities even more.
Only by being strong can one avoid relying on these passive skills.
If one day the passive skill of dodging becomes ineffective, then we're truly doomed.
Battlefield bosses are usually hidden. Like that valley we encountered before, we were forced to go in.
Whether you encounter a battlefield boss depends entirely on fate; it's all a matter of chance.
However, she also has a mysterious ability to predict the future, which might be useful in finding the boss.
Shen Jue immediately calculated the location, and it actually gave her a direction. It wasn't far from him; just walk 500 meters to the left, then turn left again, and you'd be there.
Shen Jue quickly headed towards the target location following this route.
When they arrived, they discovered it was a cave, and the creature inside wasn't the Boss.
It was a wolf with three eyes.
Compared to other ugly creatures, this wolf appears much more handsome.
Shen Jue planned to turn around and leave, letting the strange beast go.
Unexpectedly, the beast treated her very badly, launching a fire attack right away.
It turned out to be a fire-attribute beast.
This was the second time she had seen a creature that used elemental attacks.
The first one was the boss that could switch between ice attributes. After Shen Jue defeated it, she was also provided with the Frost Armor.
Killing this beast will reveal the quality of the materials she will receive as a reward.
Shen Jue controlled the Mithril and Phantom Night swords; these two blades hadn't fought in a long time.
She used these two swords to practice her knife skills, and now it's time to let them see blood and test the results of her practice.
The two knives attacked the beast from different angles.
Speed is also the limit that Shen Jue's mental power has reached so far.
The two swords were incredibly fast, but the beast was no pushover either. It leaped away from the mithril attack, then leaped again to evade the attack from the other sword.
Immediately afterwards, the beast fled the cave, unwilling to be passively attacked in this confined space.
It knew that once it broke out of the cave, it could use its speed and agility to outmaneuver its enemies and even find opportunities to counterattack.
Shen Jue sensed that the beast was trying to escape and immediately gave chase. She knew that once the beast escaped, finding it again would be extremely difficult.
Moreover, she also wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about the characteristics and abilities of this strange beast so that she could better deal with it in the next battle.
Shen Jue followed closely behind the beast, his speed not lagging behind at all. The two swords he controlled flashed through the air, attempting to block the beast's path. However, the beast was simply too fast; it leaped and bounded, dodging Shen Jue's attacks.
During the chase, Shen Jue noticed that the strange beast's movement was somewhat peculiar, as if it was intentionally or unintentionally guiding her to a certain place.
Shen Jue felt a growing sense of unease, guessing that the strange beast might be trying to lure her into a trap.
For safety's sake, Shen Jue slowed down to see how the beast would react.
The beast seemed to sense her intentions, and it suddenly sped up, rushing off in one direction.
Shen Jue hesitated for a moment, then decided to continue tracking so as not to miss this opportunity.
During the chase, Shen Jue noticed a strange phenomenon. Although the beast's movement route kept changing, it always circled around a specific area.
This made Shen Jue even more vigilant, as there was a high probability that this area was dangerous.
After a chase, the monster finally stopped in a pile of ruins.
It glanced back at Shen Jue, its eyes seemingly filled with mockery. Shen Jue immediately realized that this was a trap prepared for her by the strange beast.
Shen Jue remained completely calm. Even without using his ability cards, his own skills were sufficient to handle most dangers.
She had experienced countless battles and accumulated rich combat experience. She knew that in this environment, the more flustered she was, the easier it would be to expose her weaknesses.
As Shen Jue followed closely behind the strange beast, she noticed that the aura in this area was leaking out, making her feel uneasy, as if it foreshadowed some kind of danger that was about to arrive.
Shen Jue became more alert, paying close attention to her surroundings. Suddenly, she noticed a blurry figure in the ruins not far away, quietly approaching her.
Shen Jue immediately recognized the figure as an enemy and reacted swiftly, throwing a knife at the figure. Before the man could react, she struck again, piercing his heart and killing him instantly, thus gaining 100,000 gold coins.
Having dealt with the player who ambushed her, Shen Jue continued fighting the alien beast. Based on her earlier assessment, she knew she could kill this fire-attribute alien beast.
Therefore, Shen Jue did not want to waste time; she planned to end the battle decisively.
Shen Jue stared intently at the beast's movements, preparing to deliver a fatal blow at the opportune moment.
As the beast moved, Shen Jue suddenly launched an attack. He swiftly charged towards the beast, his two blades flashing through the air like lightning, aimed directly at the beast's vitals.
Although the beast reacted quickly, it was still caught off guard by Shen Jue's attack. It tried to dodge, but Shen Jue's offensive was like a storm, making it impossible to escape.
Under Shen Jue's fierce attacks, the continuous ice and snow effects countered the beast's fire attribute, and the beast's defenses gradually collapsed.
Finally, Shen Jue found an opening and used his twin swords to kill the beast.
As the beast fell, its corpse began to dissipate. Shen Jue sheathed his sword, let out a long sigh, and looked at the gold coins and spoils scattered on the ground.
The harvest was decent: 1000 gold coins plus an extra 2000 gold coins for drop rate, and a few fire attribute equipment materials.
Overall, it's not bad; now's the perfect time to explore the ruins.
The place that could lure her to a strange beast was either extremely dangerous or contained treasure.
Before exploring the ruins, I first cast a divination to see if it would bring good or bad fortune.
Can we enter this ruin?
What are the chances of encountering a boss?
When in doubt, she consults fortune tellers first. Her luck is pretty good; she always seems to strike it lucky at least once.
Now, her metaphysical divination skills are becoming increasingly proficient. Her ability to sense magnetic fields has also become stronger.
When I came here after chasing the fire-attribute beast, I noticed that the magnetic field here was different.
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