LWGP - Chapter 142

Chapter 142: Truly Impressive

But Wang Jiu had predicted it, using Shadow Step to dodge to the other end. As the creature landed, shattering large rocks, the seven-foot scythe blade thrust toward her.

A distance of seven or eight meters was covered in the blink of an eye.

Under the effect of the Brand, it was a perfect strike.

Barrier!

Bang!! It struck the barrier. The instant the barrier shattered, Wang Jiu flickered back, leaving another afterimage.

Her feet tapped the ground, and after a brief pause, the cooldown ended. The blade of Weeping Blood extended once more, and she used Witch Drain and Blood Wrath again.

The thrilling moment had arrived.

Then, Li Chui and the other four saw the black gas spat out by the skull head coming toward them again.

The five of them: "…"

Could you pick on someone else?

Bang! The Lycanthrope's chest caved in, and a torrent of blood sprayed out.

8% damage? No, this time it was 10%.

30% -> 20%.

She had added a level 7 Heavy Strike!

A basic skill like Heavy Strike depended on one's base attack power; using it after a powerful assault made it even stronger.

This was the source of a high-level basic active skill's terrifying power.

At a maxed-out level 9, it would be even more fearsome.

Unfortunately, players who could level up their basic skills this high were currently few and far between.

System: It was mainly because she played the market so well, like Chinese aunties cornering the gold market, successfully stalling the investment progress of the major financial players.

But in theory, with so many elites present, one would expect to see a few Barriers and fusion skills. Barriers might be rare, as getting all four masteries to level 7 was incredibly difficult, but level 5 fusion skills were much easier to obtain. A few should have appeared by now, yet none had.

Were they all saving them for later?

Barriers consumed a lot of Spirit Power, so fusion skills likely had long cooldowns and had to be used sparingly.

Everyone was a shrewd calculator.

System: "If they can't finish off the Lycanthrope in this round, they will definitely intervene. After all, if the instance fails, they lose everything."

Unfortunately for them, Wang Jiu's Witch Drain had changed the entire dynamic.

Just then, Wang Jiu dodged to the side again, but she suddenly frowned. Her body seemed to pause for a fraction of a second, though it was more of an illusion—her speed had been reduced.

Slowed. She had been slowed by that person again!

Whoosh. The scythe's blade grazed her shoulder. The force behind it was so strong that it tore through her flesh.

This Brand was a real nuisance. She could predict its moves with her Demon's Eye, but the Lycanthrope could use the Brand to land perfectly accurate strikes.

Flesh and blood splattered. The blade had nearly reached the bone, threatening to sever her entire shoulder.

Or even her head!

Hum—Holy Light descended. A combination of her own and Lin Guiwan's Holy Light instantly repaired most of the wound. With a slip of her feet, she parried the scythe with Weeping Blood.

Clang!!

The ground cracked beneath her. She leaped backward, performed a backflip, and landed on a lab bench, the force of her landing sending a shockwave that swept everything off its surface.

Ten meters away, the twenty silver mini-bosses had been expertly kited and positioned by the veteran players Yan Guanqi and Xia Laoci. The rest of the players gathered around to attack.

"We're almost out of Spirit Power!"

"Just attack!"

"Attack!"

The commander had already calculated the Spirit Power distribution, directing everyone to use their skills efficiently. Amidst the bombardment, and with so many experts present, the twenty silver mobs' health bars were quickly depleted.

In truth, taking them down one by one would have been ideal, but managing aggro was difficult. A single-target pull would have scattered the group and weakened their area-of-effect damage. It was better to pin them down for group damage, with ten shield warriors, Chi Mantou's Vajra Seal, and the support of several priests tanking the onslaught.

It was a stable and impressive strategy.

Unfortunately, while their side was stable, Wang Jiu's was far too perilous. Dao Dao glanced over and was startled. Liao Luo, whose assassin's insight was second only to Wang Jiu's, also looked and frowned. "She's been slowed. That person made a move on her again."

The reason Wang Jiu had nearly lost her shoulder just now was that her perfectly timed dodge had been suddenly interrupted by a slow effect.

Branded and slowed—she was dancing on the knife's edge of death.

But aside from Lin Guiwan, the priest, they were completely unable to support her.

Ranged support skills were too rare, and their class progression paths made it difficult to acquire them. Everyone had their own specialization.

"How disgusting! That bastard!" Dao Dao and the others were furious. Lin Guiwan remained silent, but Xie Lu and Qiao Xuejing told her to stop assisting their side and focus solely on supporting Wang Jiu.

Lin Guiwan agreed. Splitting her focus was indeed stressful, especially since the attack frequency between the Lycanthrope and Wang Jiu was incredibly fast. Moreover, her Spirit Power was running low.

She frowned slightly but didn't private message Wang Jiu about her dwindling Spirit Power—she had a feeling Wang Jiu was still in control.

Just as she had that thought, she saw Wang Jiu make a desperate escape into a small room to the side.

The Lycanthrope seized the opportunity. With a single slash of its scythe, it tore the door and the wall of the small room to pieces. A shockwave swept through, and everything inside was instantly pulverized.

Was that the sound of shattering glass?

But Wang Jiu reappeared in a flash with her Serpent Phantom. How was she not dead?

Barrier plus Serpent Phantom. By timing these two abilities, she managed to escape danger every time.

The infuriated Lycanthrope had also calculated its next move—her barrier was already broken.

Kill her!

Its aggro maxed out, the Lycanthrope charged in without hesitation, slashing at Wang Jiu, who was trying to flee with a shimmering afterimage.

At the same time, Yan Guanqi and Xia Laoci pulled the aggro of the mini-bosses into one area.

That area was within a ten-meter radius of the room where Wang Jiu was.

Then, Witch Drain + Blood Wrath + Black Flame Swamp.

An AoE explosion!

The twenty mini-bosses, all with 13% health remaining, were completely annihilated.

Moreover, the wildly burning dark flames filled the entire room, which then suddenly… exploded?

The players outside were stunned at first, but many quickly understood.

"That's the reagent storeroom," Xie Lu, who had been there before, reacted instantly.

Wang Jiu had deliberately lured the Lycanthrope inside. The creature had destroyed the reagent storeroom itself, shattering all the vials and dousing the room in chemicals. When the flames hit, some of them reacted, triggering the explosion.

The raging fire engulfed the entire room, and the Lycanthrope's agonized howls were bloodcurdling.

20% -> 11%.

The result was gratifying, but Wang Shu asked a soul-searching question: "What about my Master?"

Uh… right. What about his Master?

"She died," Dao Dao replied grimly.

But from within the flames, a barrier burst forth.

The deceased Wang Jiu revived on the spot. She immediately picked up the items she had dropped, including Wang Shu's Homestead. As she revived, a massive amount of Spirit Power restored her barrier. Since she had already avoided the brunt of the explosion and the Lycanthrope was too heavily injured to attack her from within the flames, she easily absorbed the penalty for dying. All she had to do was block the intense heat as she charged out.

At the same time, however, the Lycanthrope, wreathed in flames, also roared and charged out.

Due to the combined internal and external burn damage, its health suddenly dropped from 11% to 10%.

"It's going berserk! Everyone, attack!" Yan Guanqi keenly seized the moment and gave the order.

"We're out of Spirit Power!"

Just as someone shouted this, Xia Laoci ripped open a scroll that glowed with a faint purple-gold light. Hum! The entire group recovered 1,000 Spirit Power.

Oho!

The good stuff! The real deal!

Pro gamer, 666!

The group launched their attacks. There was no need for commands now; everyone just unleashed their strongest attacks on instinct.

It was the final blow.

It was also Wang Jiu's final blow. She used Witch Drain again, the only difference being that this time, she swapped Xie Lu out of the five targets and added a new one—the Lycanthrope.

The skill could target any creature of flesh and blood, which naturally included bosses. So why hadn't Wang Jiu used it on the boss from the start?

Because after being drained once, the Lycanthrope would realize it was also a viable target and would immediately seal its wounds with its armor. It had that ability.

The description for its Half-Moon Defensive Armor skill mentioned this, but it had never needed to use it. For a Golden Boss, external wounds were a minor issue. Even their previous barrage of attacks had, at most, given it a stomachache and made it open its mouth. It simply hadn't anticipated the potency of the reagents.

Wang Jiu had saved her final Witch Drain for the most devastating moment.

With 20% of its blood drained, combined with the burning status that had already vaporized much of its blood and caused profuse bleeding, the Lycanthrope had lost a total of nearly 45% of its blood.

For any creature of flesh and blood, blood loss was an extremely fatal weakness. It was stunned.

Stunned by the blood loss, its final trump card as a boss—the berserk state—was interrupted.

As the group's attacks rained down, Wang Jiu launched the final sequence of her own assault.

Blood Wrath + Heavy Strike + X-Ray Dissection.

Target of X-Ray Dissection: its stomach.

From her first attack to her last, she consistently demonstrated the fundamental qualities of a doctor.

If there's an illness, it must be treated.

In the death of a boss, no wound is innocent.

And its stomach was no exception.

Thus, 10% -> 0%.

The moment its health bar was emptied, its world came to an end.

And then, the world of Wang Jiu and her team began.

A world of celebratory treasure-looting?

The team channel was quiet as everyone was about to erupt in celebration, but then a message from Wang Jiu popped up.

"Make me the leader."

Yan Guanqi transferred leadership without a second thought. Wang Jiu immediately used her new authority to issue a system command for an automatic loot distribution.

Instantly, the corpses of the Lycanthrope and the twenty silver mini-bosses vanished, and a huge pile of loot appeared in the team channel.

Everyone was dumbfounded. A collective internal 'what the fuck' was about to bubble to the surface, but no one said a word. Even Li Chui was stunned into silence by Wang Jiu's overwhelming performance.

Before anyone could ask, Wang Jiu sent another message.

"Run!"

Run? But they hadn't even looted the lair!

But there was no time. Wang Jiu had already dashed out of the laboratory, with Xie Lu and the others right behind her.

Yes, they were quite experienced in these matters. Generally, when Lao Wang said to run, it meant the place was no longer safe.

As her team fled, the others, though confused, grew tense. Luo Sheng was the first to follow, and the rest immediately broke into a sprint.

They had only run about ten meters when they heard a cold, female voice broadcast from a computer or intercom inside the lab.

"Laboratory has encountered an irresistible invading organism. Self-destruct system activated. Self-destruct sequence will commence in one minute. All personnel, please evacuate. All personnel, please evacuate!"

The system's voice was loud enough for everyone to hear.

Holy shit!!

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