novelraw Chapter 22: Killing the Rare Elite
Chapter 22: Killing the Rare Elite
[Sad Fish] showed Xu Shian their terrifying defensive power for the first time in a party setting!
That 150 points of damage hitting [Sad Fish] only took off about 10 HP, barely a scratch.
Tusk Thrust not only dealt roughly 18 damage, it also applied a bleeding debuff to the target.
But with a healer present, such a small amount of HP was immediately restored by a little Holy Light.
"Begin the attack!"
An Xixi was the most eager, she immediately threw a Hunter's Mark onto the Wild Boar Princess's head!
[Hunter's Mark, Level 1 Common Skill]:
Applies a Hunter's Mark to the target, increasing all ranged attacks against that target by 5 attack power; additionally, marked targets may be detected by the hunter and their team regardless of stealth or concealment, with hiding effects judged by both sides' skill levels!
Consumes 15 mana, lasts two minutes!
This one skill immediately boosted the team's damage a fair bit!...
At least it increased Xu Shian's damage somewhat.
What surprised Xu Shian was that An Xixi had quite a few skills...
[Power Strike Aura, Level 1 Common Skill]:
Increases the attack power of all units in the squad by 5, toggleable on or off.
Xu Shian looked at the team's level 1 Power Strike Aura buff and felt like he could learn one too!
Given his situation, this kind of group buff skill was ideal for him to learn!
Of course, whether he could actually learn it depended on whether enough players got lucky and dropped the skill...
Still, isn't An Xixi a bit overpowered with skills?
From the ones revealed so far, she has at least a summoned pet, a Hunter's Mark, a Power Strike Aura, and Detection Technique is given by quests so everyone has it — that's already three skills...
Arcane Shot, a blue-glowing arrow, flew from An Xixi's hand and struck the princess's rear!
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Alright, that's four!
Xu Shian was speechless. Being a celebrity you can be rich outside all you want, but how are you allowed to be this loaded here too?
The Wild Boar Princess didn't even grunt, it kept charging at [Sad Fish] with blood boiling, not even raising its head.
An Xixi felt a burning flush on her face, but found nobody was looking at her, which made her feel a little better!
Her personal DPS wasn't great, but her rabbit was strong... one hit did about 35 damage, and its attack speed was even a bit faster than Xu Shian's chickens!
So its attack power was quite high.
Then An Xixi began to observe the strength of the other teammates around her!
Xu Shian sighed inwardly, this person's skills seemed to outnumber his? Being a star really has perks, even in another world don’t fans bring you gifts to your door?
He felt a bit unfair...
Xu Shian calmly kept using normal attacks, each hit taking off 14 to 18 HP from the princess.
Occasionally firing an Arcane Shot would take nearly 30 HP...
In solo naked status his damage values would never be this high; it was all thanks to the team's buffs!
Unfortunately, this level of damage was just a tickle to the Rare Elite [Princess] with nearly five thousand HP!
However...
Luckily, Xu Shian's four little chicken brothers gave him face!
-42, -48, -82 (Critical), -39
Although these 'Braised Chicken' brothers had low Agility, low attack frequency, and few criticals, they were the most consistent damage dealers!
They even left [Upstream River]'s damage far behind!
Xu Shian fell into a misconception!
[Upstream River]'s anti-stealth strike really was explosively strong, but in combat he couldn't stay hidden!
If he can't stealth, where would an anti-stealth strike come from?
Even without that effect, when he attacked the boss from behind he could still do instant 35+ damage!
It seemed that even without the anti-stealth strike, [Upstream River] had a powerful passive similar to Backstab.
But he was no longer that terrifying madman who made Xu Shian's heart skip...
As for Liu Lili, she wasn't completely useless!
Although she only had two healing skills, she at least ensured that during this long boss fight no accidents occurred!
At low levels, aside from healing skills and First Aid bandages, players have no other means to regain HP.
And while bandages can be used during combat, they have cooldown and can be interrupted by normal attacks.
Xu Shian kept hesitating whether to learn a healing skill to be a good team support...
Or to learn more summoning spells, relying on bandages to top off HP later...
If what [Sad Fish] said was true and he could tank bosses without damage, he'd definitely form a party of four DPS to take this Rare Elite!
Low-level field elite monsters have few skills and poor adaptability!
They also lack the berserk mechanics of dungeon bosses!
Once raw power falls short, it's a slow death sentence!
Moreover, its death would not be slow at all...
With the party contribution toggled on, Xu Shian's output together with [Sad Fish]'s damage mitigation led the contribution board by a wide margin!
As for total damage, Xu Shian contributed 65% of the party's damage!
The remaining damage was shared half-and-half between An Xixi and [Upstream River].
When the HP dropped to 80%, the Wild Boar Princess let out a roar and a layer of earth-yellow light shimmered over its body.
[Resin Armor]: After activation, the princess is covered by earth-yellow armor, Physical and Magic Defense +20, lasts three minutes, cooldown five minutes!
From then on, damage dealt to the princess felt like mere scraping!
Even Xu Shian could only produce single-digit double-digit damage.
Such a strong skill lasting three minutes? It was basically a bug!
If this were a solo boss fight, those three minutes could grind someone down to collapse...
The veterans on the scene, upon seeing the princess's skill, all instinctively moved in closer to reduce distance for their output!
This prevented it from using its [Barbaric Charge] skill!
It could only rely on [Tusk Thrust] to deal damage!
Perhaps sensing the unfavorable situation, or that its life was short-lived, the princess's screams grew more piercing, and it used Tusk Thrust more frequently.
[Sad Fish] soon had serious wounds, gaping holes and blood spurting from many places!
Fortunately, in the game world there's nothing a flash of Holy Light can't fix; if there is, you cast Greater Holy Light!
[Ding, congratulations to you and your team for successfully killing the Level 5 Rare Elite 'Wild Boar Princess', earned EXP +125, extra lifespan +15 days]
[Ding, your talent 'What's Wrong with Me Slacking Off?' triggered, reward correction! Gained EXP +500, extra lifespan +50 days]
[Ding, your talent 'What's Wrong with Me Slacking Off?' triggered, you will additionally receive one extra elite monster drop!]
[Congratulations, you obtained: Cooking Recipe: Delicious Wind Snake; Skill Book: Shatter Ice Ring; Equipment 'Wild Boar Hide Armor'; Equipment 'Wild Boar Hide Leggings'; Gold Coins +1]
The four nearby people were completely immersed in the joy of killing a rare elite, nobody noticed Xu Shian's oddness!
Even if they had noticed, they'd have only thought he was speechless with happiness.
Xu Shian swallowed, this talent had to be said — while it wasn't great for fighting, it excelled everywhere else!
He repeatedly warned himself to stay low-key, not to laugh out loud!
But the corners of his mouth still struggled to keep down a grin...
Although he already knew what the boss drops were, that didn't stop Xu Shian from sharing the joy!
"What dropped? Why so happy?"
"Besides a Black Iron chain helmet, a Black Iron cloth chestpiece, a recipe called Chargrilled Pork Ribs, and a Gold Coin!"
Huh?
Xu Shian quickly checked his backpack, how could his be different?
"Aren't beasts not supposed to drop money?"
"Who knows? It's an elite after all... should get some special treatment, right?"