Chapter 592 - Dark Queen
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The second darkness creature that Li Yi drew over was a Tyrannosaurus King mount.
A normal Tyrannosaurus King mount was only the size of a wolf dog, and should anyone from the Giant race ride it, it would look extremely comical. As such, the race that was best suited to riding it was none other than the Dwarves.
However, the Dark Tyrannosaurus King before them was larger than two elephants combined. Its gaping maw was lined with two rows of steel teeth, and with every slight movement, the ground tremored.
Li Yi’s Mislead was successfully cast, and Dark Tyrannosaurus King bellowed as it raced into Brother Windcloud Nine.
Though Brother Windcloud Nine was the weakest among the three main tanks, he had the largest HP and the best equipment. As such, even if monsters landed a critical hit on him, he would never fall. Due to this, he was more suited to tank the first blow compared to Unending Unmatched or Mad Dragon.
Ka-chomp!
Dark Tyrannosaurus King chomped down onto Brother Windcloud Nine’s shoulder. With an energetic flick of its neck, it lifted Brother Nine high up into the air and slammed him down brutally.
Thud!
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The loss of 150,000 HP had given Brother Windcloud Nine a shock. He hastily cast Holy Healing Skill to replenish his lost health.
The Holy Healing Skill of Paladins were mighty, and it was one of the greatest healing skills. The only downside was that it had a long cooldown time, which limited its use to only once every 30 minutes.
The six healers got to healing, whereas Unending Unmatched and Mad Dragon went up to intercept the following hits.
Ka-chomp!
Tyrannosaurus King clamped down on Unending Unmatched and slammed him into the ground. Fortunately, his reaction was faster than Brother Windcloud Nine’s, and he managed to activate Shield Wall in time.
All he had lost was 30,000 HP. (Note: A Warrior’s Shield Wall can only reduce damage by 40%, whereas an Armored Warrior could learn an additional skill, which raises Shield Wall’s damage reduction to 90%.)
Li Yi commanded, “All three main tanks! Take turns taunting! Ice, activate Holy Light! DPS, attack!”
Dark Tyrannosaurus King’s damage was brutal, and in order to be rid of him, one could only fight fire with fire.
If it’s going to get rough, the players will do the same as well!
“God Mode!”
Hunter Goddess appeared from behind Li Yi, slowly extended its arms, and held Li Yi in her arms.
Tch-tch—
Li Yi alternated between Overlord Arrow and Evil Piercing Arrow. This was to prevent the OT of Dark Tyrannosaurus King aggro. Within a party, friendly competitions between DPS were allowed. However, the DPS still cannot mindlessly attack. Otherwise, once the monster’s aggro goes out of control, the one who would suffer would not just be DPS, but their entire party as well.
One’s aggro must be properly maintained. This was a necessity for aspiring DPS players.
While this was happening, somewhere in another dungeon...
Dozens of spirit monsterlings were roaming about, and on the ground, laid six corpses...
Jiaojiao sighed in contempt. “Nine-nine, can you try to attack, ONLY after the main tanks have stabilized the monsters’ aggro?”
“I’m sorry! My bad! I didn’t do it on purpose...” Sister Windcloud Nine timidly muttered.
The Cat that Sings gave a shocking statement. “Sister Nine, does your dumbness have something to do with how your husband always scr*ws you?”
“Always scr*ws me...” Sister Windcloud Nine was at a loss.
Fengxi was not pleased. “Cat, watch your mouth. Though you’re not one of us Huashans, you’re still someone with authority. How could you just use the word ‘sc*w’ so freely? Do you know how indecent you sound?”
The Cat that Sings retorted, “Arrogant c*nt, keep your mouth shut or I’ll do it for you!”
“Man, with that personality, it’s no wonder you can’t find a companion...” muttered Fengxi.
“Hey, guys? Are you guys okay? Are we still going to proceed? If not, then I’m going to leave,” queried an Earth Vagabond serving as the party’s main tank.
“You took the words right from my mouth. We’ve only been annihilated once and there’s already so many arguments, how’re we going to move on then?” The only Paladin healer in the team was starting to get annoyed.
“Stop bullsh*tting you two! Follow my orders, 1, 2, 3, RISE!”
The Cat that Sings was the first to stand up.
Jiaojiao, Fengxi, Sister Windcloud Nine, the Earth Vagabond, and the Healer Paladin followed in tandem.
The Cat that Sings’ party had a total of six players. The Earth Vagabond’s name was ‘Out of Print’, and he was War God Clan’s number one main tank. He had joined at the last minute, and prior to this, they had never met each other.
Out of Print was in a pretty tragic position. Aside from him, no one else from his guild’s party had made it in. Otherwise, he would have never banded up this sorry six-man squad.
As for the Holy Paladin in the party, she was Cat’s friend. Her name was quite unique, it was called, ‘Dingding Dongdong’.
“Come, come, come, we’re going to figure out why we were annihilated.”
The Cat that Sings clapped her hands and all six members gathered together.
Sister Windcloud Nine raised her hand. “Let me first say that, it was my fault. I shouldn’t have stolen the main tank’s monster. I made a mistake...”
Fengxi opened his mouth, “Lil Sister, if you already know that you’re wrong, then strive to correct yourself. That’s how one should do things. However, I feel that your posture when fighting the monster just now was a bit odd.”
Sister Windcloud Nine grew tense. “What’s up with my posture?”
“Look at how I do it.”
Fengxi stylishly walked a few steps forward while brushing his long hair back.
“Ermm?” Sister Windcloud Nine did not understand.
The Cat that Sings chided in annoyance. “Nine-nine, don’t pay any mind to that arrogant c*nt. Say, Out of Print, do you have any problems with pulling six monsters? If you do, then you can just pull five of them next time.”
“Why... Why... Why was he acting that way?” Sister Windcloud Nine flushed red, and her voice gradually weakened.
“He’s teaching you that you need to keep up your appearance when facing monsters. By doing so, the monster would no longer attack you since they find you pleasant to look at.”
“How keen of you, Cat.” Fengxi chuckled as he brushed his long hair again.
“Oh...”
Out of Print gave the healer Paladin, Dingding Dongdong a glance, and nodded at The Cat that Sings. “I have no problem tanking six of them. There’s nothing wrong with our healer as well. The biggest problem now is that this lady over here is too dumb. She doesn’t attack when we need her to, and when we don’t, she attacks instead, just like just now. I was tanking the five monsters pretty well, but then, s-she brought another two monsterlings just as my health was low and my healing skills were still on cooldown. This...”
Jiaojiao interjected, “Erm, Nine-nine, next time, listen to my commands. If I tell you to attack, you attack; and if I don’t, don’t attack. Understood?”
“Okay, I’ll listen to you...”
The Cat that Sings nodded. “I take it that no one else has any problems. Alright, main tank, begin the scr*wing!”
Fengxi remarked, “Poor choice of words...”
“F*ck you!” The Cat that Sings flashed her middle finger at Fengxi.
...
Dark Tyrannosaurus King was finally down, and it turned into a black mist that seeped into one of the party member’s inventory. Just like Mad Dragon’s Horned Horse, that member’s Tyrannosaurus King mount had also received an upgrade. It soared from a Gold Quality Mount, into a Purple Quality one. However, the upgrade was only temporary, and unless the party was able to finish off all 25 monsters, the mount’s stat boost would disappear once they walked out of the dungeon.
After taking a quick rest, Li Yi fired Mislead at Brother Windcloud Nine as usual and attracted another darkness creature to attack Brother Nine.
Although the Blue Quality Mount and the normal summon beasts’ had received massive upgrades, by relying on the combined strength of the 25 party members to launch a group attack, they were able to effortlessly bring them down. The only downside was that it took quite some time.
There was no particular order required in killing the 25 darkness creatures, and they could kill anyone they wanted. Despite that, Li Yi still went for the weaker ones first, to allow the party to acclimatize to the growing difficulty.
After one day and one night, 21 out of the 25 darkness creatures had been taken down. Furthermore, it was done without anyone in the party dying.
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Brother Windcloud Nine laughed out loud. “We’re pretty strong, haha! We took down 21 of them without casualties, and now there are only four more left. Brothers, keep it up, let us settle this matter with zero deaths!”
The remaining four darkness creatures were Brother Windcloud Nine’s Cerberus, Chen Yang’s Ice Queen, Fire Ice’s Heavenly Warhorse, and Li Yi’s Mermaid Princess respectively.
You read that right... Pantheon’s system had determined that Li Yi’s strongest mount was not the fire-breathing Black Dragon Princess, Onyxia, but the Mermaid Princess Freya instead.
The Black Holy Light Warhorse that was the topic of much discourse previously was not Li Yi’s. It was actually a normal Undead mount of a Dark Paladin. It was logical, after all, even if they forgot about Onyxia, Li Yi still had Lightning Leopard and Violent Bear King, so what right did the measly Holy Light Warhorse have to take their place?
Out of all the dark creatures, Mermaid Princess Freya’s transformation was the most drastic. Her proportions were still the same, but her appearance was now completely dyed black. Her fishtail had disappeared, and they were replaced with a pair of legs. Furthermore, she wielded a whip in one hand, and she was wearing the Devil Equipment Set. She exuded an air of a sadomasochistic queen, and had it not been for Li Yi’s familiarity with her, he would never have recognized her.
“Okay, let me explain the sequence. We’ll start off with Heavenly Warhorse, then Cerberus, then Ice Queen, and finally Dark Queen.” Not many people knew that Li Yi owned Mermaid Princess, and as such, he came up with a random name for her.
“Is that sadomasochistic queen strong? Could it be stronger than Brother Nine’s Cerberus?”
“That can’t be, Ice Queen’s already crazy strong, so what does that make Dark Queen? By the way, whose summon beast is this?”
“Yeah, whose summon beast is this? Hehe, it can’t be a mount, right? Just look at that slender waist and that face, one would be on cloud nine if she’s a mount. Hoho...”
“You’re so despicable. How could you think of her as a mount? She should be held in one’s embrace instead.”
Everyone gave their own opinions about Mermaid Princess, and they were now engaged in a debate.
Li Yi fired an arrow and collapsed onto the ground. Dark Heavenly Warhorse was struck by the arrow, and it hurtled towards Brother Windcloud Nine. A minute later, Dark Heavenly Warhorse was defeated, and its black mist seeped into Fire Ice’s inventory.
“Flight SPD increased by 10%. No other changes...” Fire Ice reported her mount’s new stats.
“That can’t be it, right? Why’s it so easy?”
“What’s up with that? Is this the extent of an Epic-level Heavenly Warhorse’s strength?”
“... That was a bit too easy.”
The party originally had high expectations about Dark Heavenly Warhorse’s abilities. Alas, they did not expect that the horse’s ability to be a far cry from its appearance...
Li Yi was surprised as well. The moment Dark Heavenly Warhorse was taken down, he was taken aback.
“Guild Master, please don’t tell me that the remaining three’s abilities are similar to Heavenly Warhorse.”
“Haha, look at that Dark Queen. Despite having a leather whip in her hand, I estimate that she’ll only deal 1 damage at most.”
“It might really well be true, you know.”
The party’s talkative mouths went back to gossiping.
“Take care! The next one’s Cerberus!”
As usual, Li Yi initiated the fight by casting Mislead on Brother Windcloud Nine and firing an arrow at Cerberus.
The Dark Cerberus before them was nothing like the one they had faced last time. This one was ten times bigger, and from afar, it looked like a tiny hill. Each of its dog heads was swaying around, and its breath alone was already enough to blow the party way.
Compared to that phony of a Dark Heavenly Warhorse, Cerberus strength was clear just by looking at its appearance.
Cerberus howled wildly, and each of the dog heads opened their maws, firing a sea of black flames at the party...
Without exception, all 25 party members were caught in the black sea of flames...
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