In the "Celestial World", every wild BOSS is all but bathed in the blood of countless players, epitomizing a terrible kind of glory.
Wild bosses possess supreme dignity. As the top echelon in the Celestial World's battlefield, they are akin to aristocracy in the fighting hierarchy, terrifying entities indeed, prepared to battle countless players single-handedly!
Chu You dares to challenge this two-star elite leader himself, relying on his own Magic Resistance value of 13. In the early stages of the game, this is the highest level attainable. It must be noted that Magic Resistance equipment only appears after the 20th level of professional advancement, and they are no less than Viscount level equipment.
Obtaining Magic Resistance equipment is quite challenging, as this attribute is exceptionally rare.
Simply put, Magic Resistance can reduce the damage value caused by Magic Monsters and magic players. Especially against magic players, high Magic Resistance can even produce a "Resistance" effect, unless the magic hit of the magic player is also very high.
However, none of these are sufficient reasons to solo a wild BOSS, especially when their levels are similar. Soloing a wild BOSS is tantamount to suicide.
What truly empowers Chu You, however, is the unparalleled confidence that comes with being a rebirth.
The mindset needs to be raised a notch, then higher still!
The attitude needs to be freer. If possible, be completely uninhibited!
As most players are bitterly grinding to level 3, Chu You strides relentlessly towards the first big wild BOSS of the Celestial World with an outrageously proud attitude!
Witch Qianling slowly raises her head, looking at Chu You with lifeless eyes. She stares at this towering, slender player, step by step, steadily making his way towards her throne.
Half her face is covered in snake scales, the other half youthfully charming.
The forked tongue flicks out for an instant from her maw, glossy and thick.
The corners of her mouth curve slightly upwards, revealing a hint of her green, fanged teeth as her visage turns increasingly horrifying.
Did she smile?
A surreal feeling wells up in Chu You. He really feels, that the wild BOSS is indeed grinning at him.
The thick serpent body stirs. Witch Qianling quickly approaches Chu You, now just 20 meters away, conjuring a Magic Orb which she hurls from her magic wand at him.
The battle officially begins!
The Magic Orb is fast, but Chu You has already entered a state of heightened focus, preparing to react to the slightest stimuli.
His brows furrow tightly as he sidesteps swiftly to dodge the attack.
Witch Qianling fires another Magic Orb at him.
1.5 seconds! Chu You has calculated the interval between the wild BOSS's attacks to be 1.5 seconds.
Once again, Chu You narrowly avoids the approaching orb while he concurrently activates sprint mode, quickly closing the gap between himself and his target using an S-shaped route.
The distance between them rapidly dwindles to less than ten meters!
Chu You times it down to the wire, expecting another attack from Witch Qianling. He readies his body as her attack is launched, evading at once while executing his beheading skills. An ax's luminous shadow materialises at Witch Qianling's neck, and with a downward slash, he lands it squarely on her neck.
There was an instantaneous damage of -200, Chu You promptly sidestepped to her flank, swinging his blade in a wide arc.
-37, such low damage! Chu You's attack power is 77.
Witch Qianling frowns, seriousness etched onto her face. She closes her eyes, her head tilted slightly upwards, a skill's reading bar appears.
What a formidable creature, this wild BOSS! It starts using skills without having lost much HP.
However, what skill is it?
Chu You quickly focuses. In a flash, he takes it all in and makes his judgement.
Three seconds! This skill takes three seconds to cast.
Chu You quickly moves to the side, for the name of this spell is "Death Sleep"!
It's a control spell. Once controlled, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Within three seconds, Chu You has moved 20 meters away from her, especially in the final second when he made an abrupt leap, further increasing the distance.
However, it didn't change anything...
Because Chu You can't move anymore, his head is marked with the runes of sleep. He's completely restrained!
Inside, Chu You is shocked. This... is an indiscriminate, angle-immune, range-free wide range magic.
He glances at the control time, a sleep state that requires 30 seconds to break free automatically.
Then, Chu You watches as Witch Qianling once again cast a magic skill.
A large number of blue beams concentrate on her magic wand. Witch Qianling raises both hands, holding the wand high above her head. She looks at the dazzling beams and begins to chant.
The surrounding air seems to carry traces of energy flow, undoubtedly, this skill is extremely potent!
Eight seconds! This magic's reading takes eight seconds to finish. Chu You can only watch helplessly as she casts the spell.
Thousands of Snakes Devour the Heart!
A violent surge of blue beam explodes from the center of Witch Qianling, spreading rapidly around her...
A wide-range attack spell!
A blue beam rushes towards Chu You, he can even see the vague image of a snake's head within it.
He has no choice but to bear it.
The rapidly advancing blue beam strikes him squarely in the heart!
He recoils from the impact! A damage of -566 appears.
Chu You's HP plummets, reduced to just 234 points. Simultaneously, the control state is lifted due to the incoming attack.
But, but!
Chu You's chest plate, that ragged breastplate, gone... shattered in the attack!
How could this be? How is this even possible?
In the "Celestial World", equipment can be dropped by the player, and it can also be destroyed!
Normally, a player's gear could only be shattered when the equipment durability is at zero or at a very low number. With high power and lethal damage, generating high burst and damage numbers, there is a certain chance to shatter the equipment a player is wearing.
However, this usually happens after a job change, with equipment of level 10 and above having durability attributes. When durability drops to zero, the enhancements of the equipment will lose their effects.
Equipment below level 10 does not have a durability attribute, so logically this situation should not occur.
But, oddly, it did. Chu You was shocked as he looked at his now bare upper body, having not anticipated such an event at all.
Your physical defense -3!
Damn it! Chu You, shirtless now, quickly took out a small healing potion and drank it.
Those two magic attacks just now could obliterate hundreds of players, causing an instant kill.
Chu You has a magic resistance boost, but he still received terrifying damage of -566, not to mention other players.
After casting the magic, Witch Qianling, without any expression, swiftly closed the distance to 20 meters from Chu You and continued her ordinary attacks.
While Chu You swiftly dodged and maintained his health increase, his Beheading Skills were about to recover. He relied on his careful observation to find a path to advance, got closer once again, and swung his sword.
-34, the damage was even lower this time.
Having grasped her attack interval and foreseen the movement speed and trajectory of her magic orb, Chu You adopted a medium-difficulty melee fighting style that was hard for ordinary people to imagine. As long as she didn't release her skills, Chu You could wear down this wild Boss with such tactics.
Before long, Chu You boosted his health by 80 points with potions, and his health was around 314. He then quickly drank another potion, leaving him with six more.
At this point, a tall, sleek player was swinging the Pure White Sword, constantly moving and slashing at a 2-meter-high monster. Magic orbs shot out from the sides of the player, making the scene pleasing to the eyes, resembling some sort of captivating dance.
However, Chu You's attack speed limited his sword speed. Usually, Witch Qianling issued two attacks before Chu You could retaliate.
After Chu You executed a Decapitation on the Boss again, -200 of blood volume appeared above it.
'Roar!' Witch Qianling let out a low roar, closed her eyes, and cast Death Sleep again!
Again? Chu You was shocked. He glanced at his own health. He knew that if this happened again, he would definitely die.
What to do?
In battle, three seconds isn't long but isn't short either. A wild Boss is still a wild Boss. It won't give players any chance of luck.
However, the spark of inspiration for humans often flashes in an instant.
Looking at the luminous liquid steaming not far away, Chu You felt that he had found the solution.
He switched to running mode again and dashed towards the liquid rapidly. Thanks to the speed boost from his War God physique, Chu You quickly reached the liquid.
A 'whoosh' was heard, and Chu You's health dropped by -10.
At this moment, Witch Qianling's magic was also released. Chu You immediately fell into a sleep state and couldn't move.
The cave shook at this moment. A large amount of energy was gathered in Witch Qianling's magic wand as she cast the wide-range death kill magic.
Three seconds later, -10 damage appeared on Chu You, and the controlled state of his body was immediately relieved.
After regaining movement, Chu You constantly retreated, keeping a long distance from her. This way, he would have a prediction when she launched skill attacks.
Thousands of Snakes Devour the Heart!
'Boom!' There was a loud explosion as blue light rays expanded rapidly.
Chu You immediately ducked. The potent magic skill flew above his head in a flash.
After casting the skill, Witch Qianling, twisting her serpent body, quickly reached a spot 18 meters away from Chu You and stopped, then started her ordinary attack.
Following the previous battle experience, Chu You initiated a counterattack.
Witch Qianling's health was gradually dropping. By this time, Chu You's Beheading Skill had recovered, but his magic power hadn't reached 100 yet, so he couldn't activate the skill.
But that was fine. He could wear her down with this technique.
-120. Chu You made a careless mistake. Her ordinary attack hit him, and his health stayed around 310.
If he was hit three more times, Chu You would die. In the 1.5-second attack interval, which was quite fast for ordinary players, he could hardly counter-attack and could only dodge in haste. Any minor negligence would lead to a hit.
Chu You was always highly concentrated. After making one mistake, he couldn't afford a second. He had to steady his mind, control his posture, and seize every fleeting opportunity to attack.
To achieve what Chu You did, one needed to practice for years in the game to master proficient combat skills.
Gradually, Chu You completely dominated Witch Qianling's attack mode. Whenever Death Sleep appeared, Chu You immediately stood over the liquid, allowing the poisonous gas to relieve his controlled body. He then carefully faced the incoming powerful magic Thousands of Snakes Devour the Heart, and finally closed in and swung his sword, continuously draining her health.
As time passed, Witch Qianling seemed to panic, her health was almost depleted.
In contrast, Chu You was almost at full health.
Feeling her end was near, Witch Qianling changed her usual combat method and wrapped her long serpent body around Chu You.
Chu You never expected her to do this, being squeezed tightly. He could even feel the smooth texture of her serpent body against him and a cool sensation.
Witch Qianling showed her fangs and bit onto Chu You's bare left shoulder, lightly causing a tingling sensation.
Chu You turned his head and saw her staring back at him. Witch Qianling's eyes were completely devoid of humanity. Their eyes met at a surprisingly close distance.
-40, -40, Chu You's health was declining. To his surprise, she was healing at +80, +80, continuously regenerating health.
This was damn crazy, Chu You almost spat up blood.
After inflicting 5 continuous damage, Witch Qianling released her mouth and let Chu You go.
"Your... Blood... Tastes good." To his surprise, she spoke, showing a reminiscent expression on her half-naïve face, then cast her magic again.
Furious, Chu You dodged according to his previously devised strategy. He knew that she was on her last legs.
When her health dropped to the previous level, Witch Qianling didn't cast the blood-draining skill anymore.
'Decapitation!', Chu You, with a bit excited heart, struck the final, lethal blow. With the Witch Qianling's health at 294/3000, she was instantly decapitated and killed.
At the moment of her death, several pieces of equipment exploded from her body. Among them, one piece leaped out with a red glow. Seeing the red, star-like equipment 'dancing' in the air, Chu You's heart jumped wildly.