Chapter 90

“Pay attention to your healing . The General is about to die . ” Li Mu says it excitedly, with his eyes wide open .

Keng!

“1148!”

A large damage number appears over my head as the Skeleton General’s final desperate attack hits . Fortunately, I have enough health to withstand the attack, I don’t want to think of the other possible outcome…

“Mages, stop your attacks!” General Lian Po yells out: “Xiao Yao gets the last hit on the Boss . We agreed on it before the fight started and we do not go back on our word!”

Immediately, the group of mages and musketeers all stop attacking . I see my MP is only a little over 200 so I eat a Indigo Sea Pill and activate a Level 5 [Strength of a Thousand Men] . The custom combo hits the Skeleton General’s body and a river of blood flows from his chest as he dies . In less than 8 minutes, we took down a level 52 Gold rank Boss!

…

“Woosh!”

My experience bar increased by 40% . Directly killing the Boss really does give a lot of experience . Rumor has it that Jian Feng Han and Yan Zhao keep themselves on the leaderboards by getting the experience from last hitting Bosses . They grind on many Silver and Bronze ranked Bosses everyday while I have to grind on normal monsters . I guess it’s unavoidable that they’re a higher level than me since they have many followers while I am a solo swordsman .

“Arrrgghhhh… . . ”

The Skeleton General collapses and items burst forward on the floor . I scan the items once and take a few steps back, pointing to the pile with a smile: “ Li Mu, this was your boss . So, why don’t you distribute the items?”

Li Mu chuckles and nods . Walking up to the pile, a flicker of disappointment runs across his face . The rare Guild Creation Tablet did not drop . Still, Li Mu gathers a large pile of equipment, turns and says with a large smile: “Now, I will divide up the equipment drops . ”

【Black Wind Chestplate】:

Level 42 Silver Tier

Defense 117

Attack + 25

Magic Power + 11

Increases defense by 0 . 5%

【Inked Jade Staff】:

Level 44 Silver Tier

Female mages only

Magic attack 170 – 255

Magic power +27

Strength +18

Increases magic attack by 2%

【Falling Rain Boots】:

Level 42 Silver Tier cloth armor

Defense 49

Magic power +25

Agility +17

Increases magic attacks by 0 . 7% .

…

“Xiao Yao, would you like the 【Black Wind Chestplate】? Level 42, Silver tier?” Li mu asks .

I stand next to the Boss’s corpse and shake my head: “No, my chestplate is Gold tier . ”

Li Mu laughs: “Ok, I should have known . If it wasn’t Gold tier, how would you have enough defense to tank the Boss? Then the Generals will take this chestplate . Ba Qi, Wan Jian; You two should discuss it amongst yourselves as to who should get it . ”

“Ok . ”

Li Mu picks up the 【Inked Jade Staff】: ”This is a female spell casters only Staff . Sadly, we only have male mages . What should we do with it?”

I think for a bit and propose a solution: “Why not let Who’s Blue and Not Red Yet roll for it? I know it’s for mages but the +27 magic power and 18 strength is what healers need too . ”

“Ok, you guys roll for it . ”

After a few minutes, the 【Inked Jade Staff】 goes to Not Yet Red . She smiles as if she just tasted something sweet .

The last equipment, the 【Falling Rain Boots】, goes to a level 39 male mage who rolled for it . Sadly, this item seems wasted as he could not even equip it because his level is too low .

…

“And there are 25 gold coins here . Let’s divide it evenly” Li Mu kept a fair sense of equality and justice in this lawless game .

I look at the leader board for Ba Huang City . After killing the Boss, I gained a lot of experience . Although I have not leveled up, I did enter the top 10 but my rank is still far from rank one and two; those two level up at an astonishing speed .

Yao Zhao Warrior Level 44 Class: Swordsman

Jian Feng Han Level 44 Class: Swordsman

General Li Mu Level 43 Class: Swordsman

Soaring Dragon Level 43 Class: Mage

Yue Qing Qian Level 43 Class: Assassin

Simple Level 43 Class: Mage

Fierce Tiger Level 42 Class: Berserker

Xiao Yao Zi Zai Level 42 Class: Tomb Guardian of Dragon City

General Wang Jian Level 42 Class: Swordsman

Yue Wei Liang Level 42 Class: Assassin

… .

Li Mu stands next to the Boss’ dead corpse . He looks at the leaderboard and purses his lip: “Damn it . Jian Feng Han has already reached level 44 . If he keeps this pace, he will reach 45 by today . I heard that he didn’t go offline last night so he gained thousands of experience from the Fan Shu City buff . ”

I couldn’t help but smile: “This was inevitable . The first Purple tier item is in his hands, but his level is too low to use the sword so he must be pretty anxious to level up . ”

General Wang Jian sees us, comes up and pats my shoulder: ”Brother Xiao Yao don’t let something like that bring you down . It is only a Purple tier sword . Someday, a better one will drop . ”

I calmly say: “It’s not that I didn’t get the Heavenly Plan Sword . To think that someone like Jian Feng Han has the sword, just doesn’t feel right to me . ”

General Ba Qi carries his battle axe and also comes over: “Boss, do we go hunt more or go back to the city to rest a bit?”

Who’s Blue purses her lips: “Why rest? I haven’t even used many health or mana pills . Who would think that with Xiao Yao Zi Zai, a Gold ranked Boss didn’t even aggro to me once . ”

Li Mu lifts his hand as his eyebrow tenses up: “Everyone, wait a second!”

“What’s up?” Wang Jian asks with surprised expression .

Li Mu doesn’t answer us . It seems he is in a private chat with someone .

…

After a few minutes, Li Mu dusts himself off and looks at us with a craze in his eyes: “Brothers, pack everything up . We are leaving immediately . We are going just north of Ferocious Demon Canyon!”

“Ferocious Demon Canyon?” I tilt my head: “What’s over there?”

Li Mu lowers his voice: “I just heard that [Wrath of the Heroes] sent 400+ players to kill a Boss at Ferocious Demon Canyon . From morning till now, they have all been wiped out 7 times . They were just wiped out again a couple minutes ago . The Tyrant of Western Chu finally decided to give up on fighting this Boss . So, let us give it a go!”

Wang Jian balls his fist: “Crap! Even with 400 players, they couldn’t do it . We only have 20 . How can we?”

“What do you think, Xiao Yao?” Li Mu looks at me .

I grip my Jade City Sword tightly and smile: “I will ask one thing, what Level and rank is the Boss?”

“Level 57, Purple Rank… . ” Li Mu’s voice slowly fades out .

“I’ll go . ”

I take a deep breathe to fix my breathing . Suddenly balling my fist, I say: “Let us stop talking and go . I just need the healers to [Heal] me well and we can go fight the Boss . Once we are there, we need to confirm that the boss doesn’t have any special skills and then we can start fighting!”

“Ok!” Li Mu laughs: “You really welcome difficult challenges!”

“It’s not that . I just want a Purple Tier item, that’s all . ”

“ … . “

… .

As we exit Ba Huang Forest and quietly arrive at our destination; the mountain’s cold air blows at our faces . I look around and see a triangle entrance to a canyon . The mountain range is unusually rugged; It looks like a ferocious demon face . I guess that is how the canyon got its name .

“Wait…”

I lift my hand to block Li Mu from exiting the forest .

After a minute, a group of players with worn-out armor run out of the canyon entrance . Clearly, they are [Wrath of Heroes] players . Tyrant of Western Chu, Piggy, and Ageless Beauty are in the group . Their complexions are pale and ugly . The Tyrant of Western Chu is at level 39 . It is obvious that the Boss inside of the canyon is really strong .

… .

“Are we going to give up with this? I don’t want to… . ” Ageless Beauty furrows her brow .

Tyrant of Western Chu grips his sword tightly and faintly says: “Dear, let us not be anxious . Let us reach level 45 first before we try again . This is too hard for us and our guild has suffered too many losses . We will need to regroup and train a bit more first . ”

Piggy says in a low voice: “We used 40+ [Heal]s . It wasn’t that the [Heal]s were not effective; it was that our main tank could not tank enough . Dammit, a level 41 monk dies so quickly to the Boss… . ”

Ageless Beauty says: “1000 defense should have been enough and he was at 1200+ defense . ”

“Even if he could tank it… . ” Tyrant of Western Chu clenches his teeth: “The 1000 attack was not enough . The monk’s [Mountain Strike] only did 100 damage . Controlling aggro was too difficult . The first 5 times that we died was due to our tank’s fault . I don’t know what else to say . ”

Ageless Beauty: “……”

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Soon, another group of people leave the canyon .

Li Mu’s group and I crouch behind an underbrush and watch as the procession leaves . Wang Jian grips his sword firmly and whispers: “Already 200 people have passed by, I think the rest will directly resurrect back in the city . Should we go now?”

Li Mu nods: “Let’s see . The strategy is still the same as before . Xiao Yao is the primary tank, the rest are supports! We must quickly dispatch this Boss! I don’t want to spend too much time on this; otherwise someone else might find this place, [Wrath of Heroes] couldn’t beat this Boss, but with our strategy, we will!”

“Yes!”

Raising the Jade City Sword out of the forest, I look around one more time and confirm that there are no more stragglers . I hold out my hand and beckon to my team . Our squadron of 20 peoples faces chilling wind of Ferocious Demon Canyon and proceeds . Within minutes, everyone entering the canyon could hear a ferocious demon shriek . The few females in our group turn pale; this map design is rather vicious .

……

Within Ferocious Demon Canyon, it was a complete mess . All along the walls held the remnants of a fight . Vestiges of dead bodies of players remained scattered on the floor . Inside the stone canyon, the grassy ground was alight with fire from mage spells . The valley was filled with rubble . In the middle, there was a large crouching monster letting out a small roar . Its clothes were in tatters .

“Is that…… a Boss?” General Li Mu’s voice shivers .

Looking carefully, I see a large creature . Clearly, it was a type of humanoid monster . Covered everywhere with twigs and steel poles penetrating through rough patches of skin, the monster had 3 heads and 4 arms stitched to his abdomen . A rotten stench comes from its intestines and filled the air . Holy crap, this Boss is emitting an intensely foul odor!

【Corpse Chief】(Purple Rank Boss)

Level：57

Attack：？？？

Defense：？？？

Health：？？？

Skill：？？？

Description: Corpse Chief is formed by countless evil spirits and doesn’t have a heart so it’s extremely savage . Even dark mages of the Dark Forest fear this ferocious monster . It was said that the Corpse Chief is very difficult to kill . In ancient times, even a legions of troops was destroyed when they fought the Corpse Chief