Chapter 227 - The Casual Party
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xiao Changfeng was the only one who had died in the party when the Ancient Repelling Wind Beast cast its first Hurricane.
“F*ck. Who pushed me? I was moving perfectly and someone pushed me, causing me to lose my balance. How else could such a rookie mistake happen?”
Xiao Changfeng laid on the ground as he scolded loudly.
“Jade Moon Little Lamb, you’re the one who pushed me, aren’t you?”
The party was still engaging in an intensive battle while Xiao Changfeng pushed the blame onto someone else.
“When did I push you? It’s your own fault for not having a better sense of control.” Jade Moon Little Lamb stopped summoning to argue.
“You’re the one who pushed me. How dare you deny it!” Xiao Changfeng did not retract his accusation.
“I’ve recorded everything just now. I can replay the footage now to prove that I didn’t push you!” Jade Moon Little Lamb started losing her cool.
Xiao Changfeng was relentless. “F*ck you. How dare you act as if you’re innocent!”
System Notification: [Party Leader Xiao Changfeng has attempted to kick Jade Moon Little Lamb out of the party. However, as the party is currently in combat with the boss, this functionality is currently disabled.]
“What the f*cking hell Xiao Changfeng!” Jade Moon Little Lamb totally lost her cool as she pointed at Xiao Changfeng and scolded him.
“Stop arguing and come over here!” Li Yi screamed.
The second Hurricane was already in motion. Since Jade Moon Little Lamb was not paying attention to it, she could not run towards Li Yi in time and was instantly killed by the Hurricane.
Xiao Changfeng’s accusation, while he laid on the ground, had caused the casual party to not be able to focus on the fight. In addition, his action where he attempted to kick a member out of the party during combat had caused the entire casual party to lose concentration in the battle.
It was too late for Li Yi to take command as everyone’s minds were no longer on the battle.
They did not run or fight. Although Li Yi was able to interrupt the healing spell cast by the boss, he was not able to repeat it for the second or third time...
The Ancient Repelling Wind Beast’s body turned red as it went Berserk. Its ATK was increased by 100 times and the entire party was wiped out within seconds...
Archers and Thieves were able to survive as they had more Skills that could allow them to escape from combat compared to other classes. However, the rest were all dead...
Both Li Yi and Jiaojiao survived but Wind-on-Snow was not that lucky. As the Ancient Repelling Wind Beast swept its claw across the stage, her corpse was nowhere to be seen.
“Run to your corpse. F*cking hell. Your cooperation s*ck!” Xiao Changfeng led the party as they ran towards their corpses while he verbally expressed his dissatisfaction.
“I’ll now show the video to everyone. I did not push Xiao Changfeng to his death!” Jade Moon Little Lamb was still sour over this issue.
“F*ck off!” Xiao Changfeng kicked Jade Moon Little Lamb out of the party immediately.
“Guild Master Dark Wing, I will invite another two people into the party and I swear they won’t make any rookie mistakes.”
Li Yi did not pay much attention as he nodded. When he said that he would not be commanding the party, it meant that he did not intend to meddle in these matters.
“Your DPS is too low and same goes to your healing output as well. I’m sorry but I believe I need to restructure the entire party.”
System Notification: [Yi’s Family Little Snow has been kicked out of the party...]
System Notification: [Aromatic Pomegranate Moon has been kicked out of the party...]
System Notification: [Singing In The Grave has been kicked out of the party...]
Xiao Changfeng restructured the entire party by kicking out those that he was dissatisfied with. Although his reasons seemed rather valid, the players that he had kicked out of the party were capable individuals based on their Contribution Points.
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Xiao Changfeng shouted as he called upon a few members from the Tyrannic Dynasty to fill in the gap.
Li Yi raised his eyebrow as he glanced at these players because these newly recruited members had worse equipment than those that had been kicked out.
Had he gone overboard by abusing his power to seek his own personal gains?
“This party is sh*t. Why are you still doing this?” Jiaojiao could not hold herself back as she messaged Li Yi privately.
“You’ll see. Just listen to me and not say a word. Be good...”
Jiaojiao had a shiver down her spine. “Ew, Perverted Wing. I’m getting goosebumps all over my body.”
Xiao Changfeng briefed on the ways to fight against the Ancient Repelling Wind Beast once more. The strategy was the same as the one stated on the website. After that, they commenced the battle.
As the Ancient Repelling Wind Beast flew up into the sky and started up the Hurricane, Xiao Changfeng made another rookie mistake. He ran in the wrong direction and was caught in the Hurricane on his own accord. Naturally, this resulted in his death.
Xiao Changfeng screamed as he laid on the floor. “F*ck. Those idiots that I’ve kicked out earlier had messaged me privately, causing me to not notice the direction I’m running towards to while replying them.”
Everyone ignored him this time since his entire party was wiped out earlier. Everyone ignored his vulgarities as they focused on their roles to kill the boss with all their power.
As the Ancient Repelling Winter Beast was about to heal itself, Jiaojiao reacted swiftly and immediately interrupted it. It attempted to channel three times in a row but it was interrupted by Li Yi on the first try and Jiaojiao on the second and third try.
Li Yi gave everything he had as he consumed an Advanced-level Fury Potion where his DPS reached approximately 10,000. As the Ancient Repelling Wind Beast had around 1,000,000 max HP, Li Yi was able to take it out without assistance within 100 seconds since he was able to take off 10,000 HP per second.
As the Ancient Repelling Wind Beast fell, no one except Xiao Changfeng had died in the battle.
“Marvelous work. Please wait for me to return.” Xiao Changfeng praised loudly as he released his soul so that he could run back to his corpse.
As Xiao Changfeng had run back to his corpse, he looted the boss and obtained a piece of blue equipment. As this was a casual party that was formed out of the blue, item distribution was based on the Roll system. Even if Xiao Changfeng was the party leader, he was not able to decide who would own the item.
All 25 people Rolled together. Jiaojiao was extremely lucky as she obtained a high 97 and obtained the blue equipment. Li Yi, on the other hand, had only rolled 1 point.
“Hahahahaha.” Jiaojiao laughed happily as she saw Li Yi’s point.
“I’m always at the top when it comes to rolling divine weapons. This trashy blue equipment doesn’t catch my attention at all.”
“Pfft. Just stay jealous will you.” Jiaojiao put away the equipment happily.
The party continued moving forward without many hindrances as they had Li Yi who was extremely overpowered. The spawns along the road was naturally not a threat to them. They had taken only half an hour to arrive at the second boss’ location.
Although the Windstorm Platform was huge in size, there were only four bosses in this map. There was also a hidden boss but it would not affect the final stages, whether the party chose to fight it or not.
The second boss was a Middle Wind Elf. Although it only had 300,000 HP, this boss would put the party’s DPS to the test.
If the party could not manage to kill it within 20 seconds, it would self-destruct and wipe out the entire party.
This was supposedly an easy task for the party as they had an incredible DPS, Li Yi. However, this Middle Wind Elf would cast the spell called Wind Bind as an opening act to the battle. It would pick three random players and the players who had been chosen would be unable to do anything. This debuff could not be dispelled and all they could do is to watch the battle unfold before their very eyes...
Li Yi’s luck was extremely bad as he was chosen by the boss in three out of three attempts.
“Dark Wing! Invincible Jiaojiao! Wind-on-Snow!”
They attempted one more time and Li Yi was chosen by the Middle Wind Elf again...
The remaining members were not able to kill the Middle Wind Elf within the required time when their powerful DPS, Li Yi was taken out of the battle. The result was the same as the previous three attempts. The Middle Wind Elf self-destructed and wiped out the entire party...
The three players that had been chosen would automatically be kicked out of combat mode and as a result, they would not die from the battle.
“I don’t get it...” Li Yi was helpless.
“Guild Master Dark Wing, we can attempt it for a few more times. We can definitely do it. I heard that the guardian bosses in the Windstorm Platform have a high probability of dropping Epic-level equipment. Who knows, we might be able to get one.” Xiao Changfeng was afraid that Li Yi would leave the party so the first thing he always did after a wipeout was to contact Li Yi.
Li Yi was unfortunately picked by the boss again on the fifth attempt...
“F*ck. I give up. I might not be able to cope with the repair fees if this keeps on. I give up.”
“Me too. We can’t do this if Guild Master Dark Wing keeps getting chosen.”
Three players had left the party...
This was the main difference between a casual party and a fixed party. They would overlook it if it was a one-time thing. However, if they kept getting wiped out, the party would naturally disband.
Many people stayed in the party as Li Yi was in it. If it were not for his presence, this party would have been disbanded the moment Xiao Changfeng kicked out the members on the first round.
“Let’s continue trying!”
As the battle commenced, Li Yi was unfortunately chosen again...
“I’m sorry Guild Master Dark Wing, I have things to do at home...”
“It’s about time for me to leave as well. It’s time to pick up my kids from school.”
Another four to five players left the party and Xiao Changfeng could not make them stay no matter how he tried.
“Let’s continue inviting more people and take our time to try this out. As long as I’m not chosen...”
Li Yi had lost his confidence. To be precise, he had started to doubt if it would work at all.
He had been trying his best to reenact what transpired in the past life. However, the event that had been happening was completely different from his past life. When he fought against the Middle Wind Elf back then, they killed it off on the first attempt...
Would the Epic-level sword appear even if they had defeated the final boss? If it really does appear, would... Wind-on-Snow cheat him again?
The current timeline and the past timeline had diverged. The result was impossible to predict!
“Let’s try two more times and we will disband if we fail.” Xiao Changfeng was persistent.
The party slots were quickly filled due to Dark Wing’s influence. As the party had finished buffing themselves, they attempted it once more.
“Xiao Changfeng! Domineering Yu! Conscience Boat!”
The party cheered as the Middle Wind Elf finished choosing the three people as Li Yi’s name did not get called out. Everything would be fine this time around.
Rapid Shooting!
Li Yi did not disappoint those that had been persisting. He rained down his arrows, dealing tens of thousands of damage per second. Together with the other members, they defeated the Middle Wind Elf in 15 seconds!
“Finally!” Xiao Changfeng cheered as he rushed forward to loot the items.
Ding!
Three white equipment was presented in front of the party...
“What a trashy hand!”
“Did you masturbate before coming here? Aren’t you a little bit too unlucky?”
“You should not loot next time and let the others do it. Oh my god, I don’t know what to say. You managed to obtain only one blue equipment from two bosses...”
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me today. I’m usually quite lucky.” Xiao Changfeng feebly tried to defend himself.
Boom boom boom!
Suddenly, there was a huge rumble. The platform started shaking and collapsed in an instant...
It was not just this platform. It was as if the world was ending as platforms collapsed one after the other. This had caused the party members to lose their footing and fall into the abyss...
“Maylia, my Goddess, where are you? Answer me. Answer me quickly...”
A dwarf floated in the air as he kept shouting...
The final boss of the Windstorm Platform had arrived!
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