LWGP - Chapter 78
Chapter 78: Mountain Bear
In just one minute, the 50 fishmen were nearly halved. Moreover, Qiao Xuejing gradually became familiar with Wang Jiu's rhythm. The benefit of following someone stronger than herself was having room to learn and improve; she enjoyed this feeling.
Dao Dao also kept up with the rhythm of the fishman chieftain controlled by Wang Jiu. Their coordination became increasingly seamless, and their lethality grew more and more terrifying. However, the fishman mobs probably also sensed the terror of their enemies.
"Quick, go back for reinforcements!"
"This isn't our boss, it's an enemy! Quick, go back!"
The mobs started to run back.
Wang Jiu led the others to close the distance, blocking their path again, and arrows chased after the fleeing fishmen, shooting them down. Once they fled, their backs were exposed, and now even Wang Shu's accuracy improved.
Five meters, it was indeed a five-meter pursuit range.
Seeing this, the mobs were furious and turned back to charge at Wang Jiu and the others, ready to fight to the death.
A portion was intercepted by the fishman chieftain, and the rest… were shot down!
Tridents flew through the air. If they were aimed at Wang Jiu and Qiao Xuejing, the two could simply sidestep to avoid them. But Wang Shu needed to create distance. Wang Jiu paid him no mind, not even offering guidance.
Wang Shu, well-acquainted with Wang Jiu's cold-hearted nature, gritted his teeth and persisted. It was perilous, and he looked pathetic a few times, but fortunately, he wasn't injured.
Only one was left.
They didn't attack, letting it go into the water.
After a while, the second wave came out.
The same routine: pull the mobs, shoot them down…
This time, the enemy was prepared, so they weren't as easy to pull. It took Wang Jiu and the others three or four minutes to kill them all, and then the boss appeared.
Splash.
Two identical fishman chieftains faced each other, but the difference was that the opponent was a size larger than the puppet.
Wang Jiu used Eye of Insight.
Fishman Chieftain (Normal Dungeon-level Boss, Level 8)
Strength: 200
Agility: 130
Stamina: 120
After telling everyone the attributes, Wang Jiu had Wang Shu fall back, maintain the shooting range for mobs, and forbid him from close combat to avoid taking damage.
The simple explanation was: just slack off, shoot however you want, as long as you don't get hurt or die. Your damage isn't important anyway.
"Qiao Xuejing, you provide suppressive fire. Remember, every time it raises its trident, you shoot its gills. Dao Dao, you support me… try not to get hurt!"
Wang Jiu had already raised her bow, shooting as she approached, while the normal-grade fishman chieftain was already fighting the puppet.
The puppet's attributes were roughly 30 points weaker in every stat, so it was being suppressed. Qiao Xuejing had thought Wang Jiu would let the puppet tank the damage the whole time, but that wasn't the case. After she went over, she had the puppet run away while she shot at its gills.
At that moment, she was only five meters away from the boss. It was enraged.
The fishman chieftain raised its trident. Qiao Xuejing shot its gills. Her damage wasn't low, and with Heavy Strike, she could injure its gills. As expected, it moved its trident to slash at the arrow. In that instant, Wang Jiu had already dodged to the other side to shoot its gills.
It took an arrow from her, and blood splattered from its gills.
Her damage was too high! It had already surpassed its 120 stamina defense threshold, and since the gills were a vital point, the very first arrow dealt explosive damage.
In fact, its intelligence wasn't low. It sidestepped to avoid Qiao Xuejing's angle of attack on its gills and used its trident to stab at Wang Jiu.
But the problem was—Wang Jiu's agility was higher than its, and she was familiar with its characteristics.
She dodged, a perfect dodge without using any skills.
And she quickly created the perfect distance—letting it charge over to attack her, but the puppet behind it came in with a jumping, stabbing Heavy Strike!
Bang! The fishman chieftain took a trident to the back, and blood spurted out. After all, the puppet's stats were a bit higher than Wang Jiu's.
Wounded twice, the fishman chieftain made a decision—to focus on Wang Jiu, because it could tell that this human was controlling the puppet.
Unfortunately, Wang Jiu's dodges were perfect. Even when it used a burst charge, Qiao Xuejing could provide ranged support, and with that pig occasionally using Ground Slam nearby, it was going crazy.
After a few rounds, even Wang Shu understood.
Holy crap, it looks like they're kiting the monster.
A perfect three-point kiting formation. Besides the puppet, no one had taken any damage so far.
If they kept up this rhythm, they might be able to KO this dungeon without taking any damage.
Just thinking about it was so damn exciting!
Amidst his excitement, Wang Shu obediently maintained his distance and shot arrows desperately. I'm not important, but even the meat on a fly's leg is still meat!
Qiao Xuejing wasn't thinking as much as Wang Shu. She was completely focused on this battle because, in her eyes, Wang Jiu constantly dodging within a five-meter range of the fishman chieftain was too dangerous.
Of course, the danger wasn't whether she would get hurt, but the goal this person had set from the beginning—no damage taken. It had to be no damage taken, as that was the only way to get a high rating.
On Wang Jiu's side, she could see the fishman chieftain's health bar continuously decreasing. She spoke up, "It has one-fifth of its health left, it's about to go berserk. Qiao Xuejing, on my command, focus fire on its gills, use Heavy Strike! Interrupt its berserk state when it starts…"
Hearing this, Qiao Xuejing acknowledged. Three seconds later, upon seeing a blood-red gas suffuse the fishman chieftain's body, she immediately activated Heavy Strike and aimed for its gills.
Voom!!
The fishman chieftain sneered, dodging nimbly as if it had already predicted the move. The instant it dodged, Wang Jiu on the other side suddenly made a terrifying running start, then slid low. Following the stone surface of the pool, which was smooth from years of being washed by the current and slick with the slime from the fishmen's bodies, she slid, gripping her Tang knife with both hands, and swept past the fishman chieftain's lower body. A sliding slash + Heavy Strike!
One of the fishman chieftain's legs was completely severed by her. In excruciating pain, it stumbled, and its berserk state was interrupted. Its massive body came crashing down toward Wang Jiu, but with a pivot of her foot, she somersaulted away, switching to her bow and arrow in mid-air.
At the same time, the puppet did a jumping stab!
The descending trident and the arrow she fired in mid-air were all aimed at the fishman chieftain's exposed gills.
A double attack!
A large spray of blood gushed out.
The fishman chieftain was dead.
Only then did Qiao Xuejing realize that Wang Jiu's earlier vocal reminder to her was actually meant for the fishman chieftain to hear.
She was the feint to the east, while Wang Jiu was the real attack to the west.
However, she hadn't seized the final opportunity to shoot the gills, which meant she still hadn't kept up with Wang Jiu's rhythm.
The gap is quite large.
Qiao Xuejing reflected on herself.
Everyone was still in a bit of a daze, but Wang Jiu suddenly said, "The system hasn't announced the end of the dungeon."
It's not over?
Wang Jiu's gaze, however, fell on the area above the waterfall. "Something's wrong with this waterfall. The flow is greater than before. There might be a change up there."
It was her first time doing the normal-grade dungeon, so she didn't know the progression after the fishman chieftain, but being extremely cautious, she made a decisive call. "Ah Shu, you come loot the boss. Whoever's a good swimmer, get in the water and grab the stuff. Remember to be on guard for any monsters down there, though there weren't any when I looted the chest before."
"I'm going up above the waterfall to take a look. No one waste any time."
In short: obey, no nonsense.
When she gave orders, she never asked for others' opinions. After speaking, she used her Tang knife to start climbing the twenty-meter-high cliff face.
The others subconsciously obeyed her and quickly got to work. Qiao Xuejing voluntarily went into the water, while Dao Dao stood guard by Wang Shu's side, lest something unexpected happen and get the weakest lucky hand killed.
Wang Jiu had experience climbing and was very fast. By the time Wang Shu was halfway through looting, she had already reached the top of the cliff. She popped her head up silently and saw the platform at the top of the cliff… Her pupils contracted.
She saw that the platform above was a large, two-hundred-meter-diameter circular disk. One side was backed by a mountain peak, with a water outlet in a passage at the peak's mouth, forming a river that cut across the disk and became the waterfall. But its flow was getting weaker and weaker because the source was blocked.
A four-meter-tall, massive bear monster was blocking it with its sturdy body, causing the water to divert outwards, with less and less flowing toward the middle section of the river.
But now the water flow had increased because its body had shifted, revealing a small gap.
Is it about to wake up?
Wang Jiu used Insight.
Mountain Bear (Normal Dungeon Bronze-grade Boss, Level 9)
Attributes as follows.
Strength: 210
Agility: 100
Stamina: 180
Wang Jiu realized that this boss's terror didn't lie in its strength, and its agility was even quite low, but its stamina… 180.
Besides the puppet, not a single mortal among them could break its defense.
How were they supposed to fight this?
Could it be that they really had to rely on a human-wave tactic?
Or use the puppet's remaining eighteen minutes to grind it down? But she estimated the puppet would be killed by the Mountain Bear by then.
This Dog System!
Wang Jiu finished scouting the situation and noticed that Wang Shu had finished looting the boss below. Qiao Xuejing had also come out of the water, seemingly with a good haul.
Maybe they could digest this wave of resources and then see if they could fight it.
She quickly descended the cliff. To save time, she jumped down directly after climbing down to a height of 15 meters.
The others were still immersed in the joy of their great harvest. Seeing Wang Jiu's grave expression, they grew tense.
Hearing Wang Jiu's account, everyone got a headache. This was indeed impossible to fight. Wasn't the system clearly telling them to find more people?
Could it be that three people and a pig really couldn't take down this dungeon?
But their performance this time was truly awesome, no damage taken!
If they could clear it, they might get a chance at the Lucky Wheel.
The others were anxious about potential gains and losses, but Wang Jiu remained calm. She quickly checked the dropped items, originally intending to use the resources for enhancement, when she suddenly discovered something.
A medium-sized bag.
Alchemist Jenkin's Legacy (Low-grade Treasure Pouch)
Description: Alchemist Jenkin was an adventure-loving alchemist. In search of various alchemical materials, he entered Huize Mountain. However, out of curiosity, he trespassed into the fishman chieftain's territory and was eaten. The treasure pouch he carried, due to its high-risk nature, was not digested and remained in the fishman chieftain's stomach.
Wang Jiu's eyes lit up. She directly opened the treasure pouch. The others saw seven or eight bottles and jars inside, with no idea what they were. The text written on them was also illegible to them.
"It should be the names of alchemical materials, but they don't belong to our writing system. Wang Jiu, are you thinking of using them?"
Qiao Xuejing saw Wang Jiu opening the lids one by one to inspect them and sensed her intention. But since the notes on the bottles were unreadable, it would be easy to mix them up, and very dangerous.
"No way, Master can definitely figure it out herself. When it comes to making poison and killing people, my Master is a professional."
Wang Shu was incredibly confident, but his words sounded a bit… hmm… what a wicked disciple.
Fortunately, Wang Jiu ignored Wang Shu. She took out the powders from the bottles and tested them in some unknown way. After a series of operations, an occasional spark was seen, a pungent smell was detected, or a strange sound was heard.
Soon, she had them put all the spoils into the party inventory, ready to deal with the Mountain Bear boss up above.
How to deal with it?
It was unclear what she had fiddled with, but she seemed to have identified the types and picked out three bottles to put away.
"I'll go up and pull the monster. I'll get it into the pool. Remember to maintain a twenty-meter distance. Don't get close, or you'll get hurt. Only come over when I call you."
After speaking, Wang Jiu took out a small wooden plank, tossed it onto the surface of the pool, and then started climbing up again, even faster than before.
Dao Dao: "I think she seems really excited."
Wang Shu: "Before loading in, we caught an assassin. Master was also especially excited when she used experimental potions to interrogate him."
Qiao Xuejing: "…"
Have I entered a den of perverts?
Wang Jiu was indeed excited. She once again felt that this Dog System was quite interesting.
It even delivered alchemical materials.
As expected, there's no boss that absolutely can't be killed.
After climbing to the top of the cliff, Wang Jiu ran to one end of the stream and fired an arcing shot—aimed at the lazily lounging Mountain Bear.
Down below, Wang Shu and the others had already started running away, but they heard a terrifying howl not long after Wang Jiu went up.
Fuck, it hasn't even been five seconds since she went up. What did Lao Wang do?!
Actually, it was nothing much. The lazily lounging Mountain Bear was shot by Wang Jiu right in the… you-know-what between its legs.
Although it couldn't break its defense, any male who's ever been hit in the groin would tell you that pain is anything but insignificant.
Ahhh—
The half-asleep Mountain Bear let out a shrill roar and instantly got up. It spotted Wang Jiu at a glance, rose in fury, and chased after her. But it forgot that the source it had been blocking for a very long time had been unsealed, and the massive current inside came rushing out.
BOOM!!
The water surged, instantly pushing the massive Mountain Bear toward Wang Jiu like a bowling ball.
Wang Jiu didn't move. Watching the water and the Mountain Bear approach her at an extremely rapid speed, she turned and jumped off the cliff when they were three meters away. Seeing her about to flee, the Mountain Bear lunged wildly in the water, burst out, and also leaped off the cliff…
Below was the pool.
Splash. The descending Wang Jiu landed on the wooden plank on the water's surface. Even though the force of her jump from such a height was strong, her high agility allowed her to land on the small plank, leap out of the pool, and break into a full sprint. But the massive Mountain Bear falling from above lacked the agility, and with its weight…
BOOM!!
It sank completely into the pool, but soon, its head emerged.
Because bears can swim.
With its rock-like body and ferocious face, it roared and tried to climb out of the water, but the pool was a bit small, and it struggled…
However, at this very moment, Wang Jiu, who had already run seven or eight meters away, threw three bottles.
Her agility was high, the Mountain Bear's was low. It didn't even have time to react before it was hit.
Thump, thump, thump. They all smashed on the Mountain Bear's head.
This minor disturbance wasn't even enough to tickle it. The Mountain Bear paid it no mind. The bottles just shattered, and the powder inside scattered all over its head and body.
The powder fell on the Mountain Bear's face, obscuring its vision. It was about to wipe it away but felt a bit hot. Its fur felt hot, its eyelids were burning.
Its fur was thick and completely soaked with water.
The moment these powders landed all over its body.
Flames, sparks, crackling sounds.
BOOM!
It exploded!
After throwing the bottles, Wang Jiu fled for her life.
It was nothing much. During her earlier tests, she had discovered that this alchemist's materials, which were the game's metallic elements, were quite potent. She had chosen rubidium and cesium, substances that explode on contact with water. When she was testing and identifying them earlier, she had been extremely careful. When they actually reacted, she had to run far away.
However, the force of the blast still exceeded her expectations. Feeling the impact from behind, she was afraid of taking damage to her back and directly hid behind the puppet, letting it tank the blow for her.
BANG!!
The puppet's body even shuddered.
System: "…"
It always felt like puppets that fell into her hands had a particularly miserable fate.
Then, the aftermath of the explosion subsided. Wang Jiu peeked out her head, looked at the gruesome scene of flesh and blood strewn everywhere by the pool, and then turned to the dumbfounded Wang Shu and others a few meters away.
"What are you looking at? Go and attack."
At this moment, the Mountain Bear, blown to a bloody pulp, was both weakened and savage. It couldn't even move in the blood-filled pool, only stare at them with resentment.
If it were anyone else, they might have felt guilty or couldn't bear it. But against someone like Wang Jiu, whose purpose was extremely clear, she didn't waver in the slightest, even aiming her shots at its most heavily injured head.
Seeing the tables turn and victory within their grasp, everyone was incredibly excited. But what they didn't know was that at this moment, at the other end of the stream, at the vortex entrance, someone had entered.
This is impossible. Who could get in? Wasn't the homestead blocking it?
No.
That large banyan tree, it can be destroyed. After destroying it, one can enter the vortex dungeon from the other side of the tree hollow.
And who else could it be, entering at this time with such strength?
Liao Luo.
He had come to kill them and steal the boss.
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