Chapter 404: 404
The Shadow Queen’s cheapest move was to cast Mass Spirit Control along with her scoundrel-like Shadow Sacrifice . Compared to these two moves used as a combo, her Mass Shadow Arrows were pretty tame .
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It was the most dangerous moment now . Five people were called out, including the absurdly strong Lin Jie .
“It was a good thing he took off his armor earlier . Otherwise, we really cannot avoid being wiped out . ” The Heavenly Shield instantly charged towards the space between the five players and Shadow Queen . He stood in front of the five players and slammed his shield onto the ground . It stretched out to form a thick wall that seemed to be made out of countless shields .
This was The Heavenly Shield’s strongest skill, the enhanced version of [Shield Fortress]—[Iron Will Fortress] . Only those with over 80 points of Willpower would be able to use this skill . It could increase the user’s Defense by 300 points temporarily and block others from passing through .
Bam!
Lin Jie was the first to run into the fortress . The other four followed closely, and there were several “bams!” as they ran, head first, into the wall like blind people, before bumping into each other . It was a beautiful sight to behold . With The Heavenly Shield’s skill, he managed to block all of them in time .
“Hurry up! I can’t hold them back much longer!”
Fat Cattle and the others had also given up on attacking the Shadow Queen . They turned around and immediately focused all their attacks on Lin Jie . In Savage Blade, Lin Jie was the strongest, so it was crucial for them to save him first .
Under their constant attacks, Lin Jie’s health bar was finally depleted to zero, and he came to his senses . Lin Jie instantly cast a few buffs and slashed out a few Blade Auras . In no time, he saved the others as well . After this wave of attacks, the Boss’ health also dropped down to the last 15% .
As long as she did not enter her enraged state, the Shadow Queen was not that powerful!
“Peasants, you have angered me . You’ve offended the most beautiful queen . ” The Shadow Queen screeched . The shadow power in her body emerged wildly, bursting out of her beautiful body . She floated in the air like a scarecrow hanging .
Transformation state—Demon Queen!
“Everybody get close to her quickly!” Lin Jie shouted, and they all rushed towards the Boss .
In just a second, they were all gathered underneath the queen . At that moment, a dark storm began blowing violently outside their radius . It was so powerful it almost tore the roof off!
The first skill the Boss used after transformation was Shadow Storm . This skill covered the entire map, and it was impossible to avoid it . On top of that, it dealt damage of over 2,000 points per second . If one were caught in it for over two seconds, they would surely die . The only way to avoid it was to be near the Boss since she was in the eye of the storm . This was a really devious move . Normally when people saw the Boss casting a large skill, their first reaction would be to retreat . If they were to encounter this move of hers, it would be their doom .
-485!
-492!
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Numbers were popping up above all their heads . However, these numbers were nothing compared to if they were outside in that scary storm . As long as the healers paid attention to the team members’ health, nobody would die .
Following after was her second skill! The Shadow Queen dispersed her Dark Flames in all directions . Those who came in contact with her Dark Flame would receive 500 points of damage per second and spread this effect to other players within a radius of 15 yards . Each time she would cast five Dark Flames . Once stacked, the damage would be so high that nobody would be able to handle it .
Lin Jie had already selected a few coordinates beforehand . Upon seeing the Boss cast her spell, he ordered the team members to immediately head towards those coordinates . Only the main tanks with sufficient health points stayed to tank the incoming wave of flames . Shadow Flame was slow and could be easily dodged . However, they had to tank at least one attack, or the Boss would double her attacks in the next wave .
“Attack!” shouted Lin Jie .
In the second stage, the Shadow Queen would enter Enraged Mode if the battle was “longer than 30 seconds” . This meant that the team had to kill the Shadow Queen within 30 seconds . Otherwise, she would become enraged!
“Shadow Arrow!”
“Shadow Arrow!”
“Dark Flame!”
The Boss suddenly unleashed her power . Two Shadow Arrows headed straight towards “I’m No . 4” and killed him instantly . Following right after was a stream of purplish-black spirit being pulled out of his corpse . This was the Boss’ skill [Corpse Consumption], which could heal her by 20,000 health points per second .
“Outraged Roar! Dragon’s Roar! Ice Spirit Slash!”
Lin Jie used all of his crowd control skills consecutively . However, the Boss’ resistance was too high . Even with Lin Jie’s stats, he only got three Miss . Luckily, Wantless’ Arcane Blast successfully interrupted the Boss . Otherwise, it would have been really bad .
When I’m No . 4 was suddenly killed, everybody became fearful! It was a piece of cake for the Boss to instakill anybody in her last state with her terrifying stats . Even with two main tanks together, they were constantly in fear that the Boss might suddenly kill them instantly with magic attacks .
“Shadow Arrow! Shadow Arrow!”
When the Boss’ health bar dropped to 5%, there was another outrage, more violent than the previous . The Mass Shadow Arrows were like black bullets raining down on everybody . It was impossible to dodge them! There were at least four arrows headed straight for each person there .
At that moment—
Curse Emperor Abstruse Gray Wind waved his staff lightly, and strange runes landed on the Boss’ body . The mass Shadow Arrows summoned by her disappeared completely! Those runes increased in size as if they had devoured a feast of beasts .
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[Shadow Control]: Directly control any skill of a Shadow, Undead, or Dark unit, and interrupt it .
A Spellcaster of Curse’s Epic Skill!
“Go, Gray Wind!”
“Good job!”
The Shadow Queen in front of them was growing extremely weak . With a last burst of attack, everybody depleted her health bar .
“Even though I’m… so beautiful…” The Shadow Queen whined as she slowly landed on the ground .
Ding~
—”Congratulations! Your team has killed the Shadow Queen . You received the special title [Man Who Is Not Tempted By Beauty] . You will gain +20% favor from those of the opposite sex, and +50 points favor from all girls . ”
Lin Jie did not know whether to laugh or cry at this title .
Bu Yi blinked and pursed her lips . “What an awful title . ”
The title for female players was [Woman Who Is Jealous Of Others’ Beauty] . It increased all stats by 5 points and an additional 10% Magic Recovery Speed . The stats were really good, but the name was too unpleasant .
This was the special title reward for killing the Shadow Queen . According to the players’ performance, there were a total of 20 titles to be earned . After all of the titles had been gathered, there would be a special title [Shadow Queen’s Loyal Admirer], as well as a hidden item of the Shadow Queen as a reward . Cough cough… don’t think that this hidden item was something special . It’s actually just a normal gift bag .
Lin Jie was not interested in any of that . What he wanted was… the first clear!
—System Announcement: Congratulations to player “Codename Lone Wolf” . His team “Savage Blade” has obtained the first clear of Hero-Level Shadow Queen . He is rewarded with 1,400,000 EXP, 50 gold coins, 1,000 Guild of Light Reputation, and additional 2 Free Stat Points!
—System Announcement: Congratulations to player “Codename Thousand Miles” for obtaining first clear of Hero-Level Shadow Queen . He is rewarded with 1,400,000 EXP, 50 gold coins, 1,000 Guild of Light Reputation, and additional 1 Free Stat Points!
Although players were surprised by their achievement, they were far from being as shocked as when the first clear of Guardian Eller was announced .
“I already knew they would do it . ”
“Obviously . There are so many guilds who were stuck at the first Boss, but Brotherhood has already defeated the second Boss . How powerful . ”
“I’ve bet 10,000 gold coins on Savage Blade’s win . Don’t disappoint me . ”
The Shadow Queen’s terror was not as obvious as that of Guardian Eller, and she did not display them for the players to see . As such, many players believed she was weaker than Guardian Eller .
In truth, the second Boss Shadow Queen would have been several times stronger than Guardian Eller if she had entered all her different states . She would have even been much stronger than the final Boss!
Lin Jie massaged his temples . The Boss battle required a lot of focus and was extremely tiring, especially when they had to be completely alert during the different stages . Now that he could finally relax, a wave of exhaustion finally hit him .
“Ziliang, search the corpse . The next Boss is not like the Shadow Queen . He’s a real, violent, and cruel ruler . We’ll need the help of other items in order to clear him . ” Lin Jie said slowly, “I’ll pay to keep our progress . As for the rest of you, after you leave the dungeon, go to the newly spawned towns to complete missions and gather all of the items we need . ”
Zheng Ziliang took a few steps back and said, “Nah, my luck today is not good . ”
“You rascal, you’re scared after getting a set of Bronze equipment . Watch me!” Baili Changcheng rubbed his hands and smiled . “My luck is known to be amazing . Watch me get a set of Elemental Sword Artist’s equipment . Go!”
Ding~
Ding~
Ding~
—”[Shadow Spike Pauldron] (Dark Gold) is added to your inventory . ”
—”[Wandering Witch’s Robe] (Gold) is added to your inventory . ”
—”[Wandering Witch’s Boots] (Gold) is added to your inventory . ”
—”[Wandering Witch’s Cape] (Gold) is added to your inventory . ”
—”[Wandering Witch’s Wrist Guard] (Gold) is added to your inventory . ”
—”[Wandering Witch’s Pauldron] (Gold) is added to your inventory . ”
—”[Wandering Witch’s Enchanted Staff] (Gold) is added to your inventory . ”
Lin Jie stood up in shock!
His luck was really amazing, they actually managed to get an entire set of Wanderer’s equipment! This was a Level 40 Gold armor set for Spellcaster of Curse . The equipment for Spellcaster of Curse was known to be extremely rare . There were Level 40 Spellcasters of Curse who were still wearing Level 25 equipment, showing just how hard it was to get their hands on those items .
Other than the powerful stats from being a Level 40 Gold armor set, the Wandering Witch’s equipment set had another great special attribute: When casting curses, there was a chance of increasing the user’s skill by one level temporarily . A Level 3 curse would become Level 4, and Level 4 became Level 5! The effect of curses was calculated by percentages . If the skill level increased by one, the effect would jump by leaps and bound .
This set of equipment was naturally given to Gray Wind . With Wandering Witch’s equipment, his curses were a few times more powerful now .
“Such luck . This is a jackpot…” Gray Wind was on cloud nine as he hugged the equipment, ignoring the bored expressions on the rest of the team members . The other item was a heavy armor .
[Shadow Spike Pauldron] (Dark Gold, Heavy Armor)
Requires: Level 40, Strength: 200 and above
Defense: 162-223
Strength: +65
Agility: +35
Attack Speed: +10%
Additional effect: When you are under attack, there is a chance the attacker will receive 150 Shadow Damage and a 20% reduction in speed .
“A heavy armor both Berserkers and Weapon Specialists can use . Since it’s more suited for a Berserker, I will keep it,” said Lin Jie .
They took whichever items benefited them the most . This had always been the method Savage Blade used to distribute equipment .
The Shadow Spike Pauldron’s stats were a little extreme . It added 35 Agility points and not Endurance . On top of that, it increased the user’s attack speed, which caught the interest of Lin Jie . Along with the stats he gained from the Supplementary Sword, wouldn’t his attack speed be comparable to that of a Bandit?
Other than a set of equipment and a Dark Gold pauldron, there was a large number of random items . Among them was a “Secret Pet Egg,” which would give a random pet once hatched . After discussion, everybody agreed to give Lost Camel the pet egg, and they distributed the rest of the items evenly among themselves .
Also, the Shadow Queen had dropped a potion recipe: [Middle-Grade Invisibility Potion Recipe] .