Chapter 58 - Freeze and Kill!
historical
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
At the crucial moment, one of the players stood up! It was not Feng Luo. As a Sniper, all he could do in the face of such a situation was take a shot, and even if he were extremely lucky and landed a 10-times golden critical hit to kill the Stingray, its corpse would still cause enough impact to flip the ship.
The one who stood up was Glazed Ice, the Water Manipulator. She had been standing still ever since the Stingray hopped out of the water the second time. Her magic staff was glowing with dim water energy as she prepared to unleash a massive skill.
Finally, the skill was completed. A crystal-clear mini ice ball was formed on top of her magic staff, which then instantly broke away and flew toward the Stingray.
As the Stingray neared their location at full speed, the crystal-clear ice ball crashed into the Stingray’s body just after its second bounce above the sea due to a combination of speed from both sides.
Compared to a bungalow-sized Stingray, an ice ball the size of a fist was insignificant. However, when two of them collided—
Ka!
The players could see that the water on the Stingray’s body surface had turned into white snowflakes upon coming in contact with the ice ball. The icy area then immediately spread to the entire body, forming a layer of a transparent shell in the blink of an eye.
A huge Stingray of 10 meters in size was frozen within two seconds!
Furthermore, as the Stingray rebounded toward the ocean, the frozen part in contact with the surface of the sea spread once again, freezing up the seawater below. Therefore, during on third “bounce,” a giant ice block was formed below its body. The irregular ice block destroyed the “skipping stone” physics, causing it to no longer bounce back upon hitting the sea. Instead, it dropped heavily into the sea about seven meters away from the ship.
Splash!
Together, the Stingray and the ice block weighed several dozen tons. Even though the impact had been reduced halfway down, the waves it yielded still rocked the ship. Water splashed and drenched the players on the back half of the ship!
However, the players on the vessel didn’t complain. The speed of the collision from the frozen Stingray had been greatly reduced. Although it was still moving toward the ship due to inertia, it would no longer be able to catch up with the ship.
The crisis had been averted!
Looking at a frozen Stingray, weighing in at several dozen tons, Big Pineapple was shocked and excited all at once. “This lady here is indeed extraordinary!”
This was a powerful skill and, without a doubt, it may have been one of the rarest skills in the game.
In War, the specialty of a Water Manipulator was crowd-control, with multiple AOE and single-target slowing skills that could gracefully torture all melee monsters. But it still depended on what kind of monsters they were!
This Stingray was nearly 10 meters in size. Although its body was flat, its surface area was not too large. But facing such a the gigantic impact, a normal Water Manipulator could never have managed to control it.
This player had been silent most of the time, without a bit of presence, but surprisingly, she was an Elite-ranked player after all! In addition, the sea was an environment well suited to her capabilities.
In War, Manipulators’ skills were strongly affected by the environment. A Water Manipulator would gain a double boost to the water skills while in the sea. On the other hand, the effects of water skills would be greatly reduced in a desert or in volcanic terrain.
The surface of the Stingray was now covered in thick ice, while its lower body had been turned into a solid block of ice. However, it did not immediately sink into the sea with its forward movement.
“This skill doesn’t deal any damage!” Glazed Ice immediately informed the stunned players. “You guys better kill it before it sank!”
“Aww, such a honeyed voice you have there Ms. Icy...” said Big Pineapple. “I could listen to your voice my whole life without growing tired of it!” He had recovered his playful attitude, which proved he still had the motivation to flirt with someone.
Ta-ta-ta!
However, a series of deafening noises erupting from the machine gun covered his filthy voice. One after another, the bullets blasted from the six-barreled electromagnetic gun zoomed sporadically at the Stingray a few meters away. Simultaneously, the rest of the NPC sailors triggered their weapons and fired a series of bullets at the Stingray.
On the surface of the sea, the layer of ice on the Stingray’s body began to break layer by layer as it was fired upon by the machine guns and assault rifles. Numerous bullet holes peppered its body. In within 10 seconds, a giant creature with a total of 15,000 HP was destroyed by the players. It was only an Elite monster, after all, which was not all that powerful. Even though it had 150,000 HP, it was still eliminated under thousands of point-blank shots.
Successfully killed a Level-55 Elite creature. Contribution points: 12.4%. Experience gained: 536!
The system message was telling the players that this previously aggressive Stingray had died after taking countless shots. After that, the players eventually stopped attacking.
“I would definitely collapse at the sight of this if I were trypophobic!” Big Pineapple whispered to himself, averting his eyes from the Stingray after seeing the body covered with 1,000 gaping wounds.
Indeed, the Stingray’s appearance was miserable, with the body covered in bullet holes and blood. Along with the countless white spots on its back and the many blocks of ice dyed with blood, it created a strong visual impact.
Splash!
After casting the skills, Glazed Ice had already knitted her beautiful, willow-like eyebrows. However, upon hearing Big Pineapple’s words, she suddenly covered her mouth. Obviously, Glazed Ice was the one with trypophobia, and she was vomiting hard on the other side of the ship. Perhaps she had forgotten to turn off the bloody visual mode.
“Oops!” shouted the Big Pineapple innocently. “My bad!”
Feng Luo was speechless as he stared at Big Pineapple. It was the first time he had ever wanted to seal a person’s mouth.
Big Pineapple rolled his eyes and immediately switched to another topic. He pointed at the glowing things floating on the water’s surface, which was covered with bloody ice blocks.
“Hey! The Stingray had dropped some equipment! Quickly go and pick up some!”
When a water creature was killed, the items dropped would appear on the water surface for a period of time. This was to allow players to pick up the equipment easily.
“I’ll go!”
The Light Armor Warrior with the ID name Neutron Star was extremely interested in picking up those pieces of equipment. He walked to the side of the cruise and dropped down an inflatable boat. He and two NPCs who were in charge of rowing the boat started moving toward the items. The ship had already started slowing down by then. Therefore, it only took a while for Neutron Star to finish picking up the equipment. Then he returned to the ship with the two NPCs. He brought back a small Elite-grade energy ring. It was one of the components used to build the magic staff (also known as an energy transfer device) of a Water Manipulator. However, the level requirement for the equipment was Level 55.
The only Water Manipulator, Glazed Ice, who was pale after vomiting, declined to take the equipment. The majority of the players on the ship would not be interested in the equipment dropped by an Elite-grade monster because they were equipped with at least a few Excellent-grade and even Rare-grade items already. In addition, the Stingray had also dropped some E-rank and F-rank energy crystals. Each of the players would also be awarded dozens of merit points.
In conclusion, the value of the drops was beyond compare with the number of bullets used by the electromagnetic machine gun. After all, one could never earn enough money by defeating a single monster in War.
At that moment, a calm voice interrupted the party channel. It was from Red Queen. She mentioned that the previous heavy swing had caused a problem in the experiment of the NPC scientist, Acre. She and Black Panther was busy in the laboratory and therefore unable to help. Moreover, they were satisfied with Feng Luo’s performance in handling the crisis. Therefore, he would be rewarded a 1,000 merit points.
Red Queen’s tone was calm, and her rate of speech was surprisingly steady, which might have led the players to believe that she didn’t care about what had just happened.
Big Pineapple turned off the party channel voice box and whispered to Feng Luo beside him, “Such a cold and elegant lady... It would definitely be hard to get along with her! But in bed...”
Feng Luo paid no attention to his words. He stood on the ship’s deck, staring into the sky. The sun had fallen behind the horizon, and soon the sea would be dark.
We have to stay on the cruise for tonight, he thought.