Speaking of Artifacts, one must mention the equipment level division in "Eternal Chivalry".
In "Eternal Chivalry", equipment is divided into six levels: white, blue, gold, green, Artifact, and Divine Weapon. The effects of the first few levels are generally the same as in other online games, with white being basic equipment with the worst attributes, blue being superior equipment, gold being top-grade equipment, and green being set equipment.
Above these four, there are Artifacts and Divine Weapons. Starting from the Artifact level, each piece of equipment has its own unique name and is unique!
Just like the Zhuge Crossbow in front of them, there is only one in the entire game, nothing else compares!
After listening to the description, Ye Weiming analyzed seriously, "The level shown by Chen Ming currently is 30, which means his actual level is only 15. When assessing the level of a BOSS in the game, it's usually calculated based on the BOSS's comprehensive data, which makes it easier for players to measure the power gap."
"So, this BOSS in front of us should have an extremely strong attack power but other aspects only at a level 15. What's most frustrating is, it's a ranged class."
At this point, Ye Weiming couldn't help but smirk, "Thankfully, there are no other minions around him, otherwise there would be minions in the front and him shooting at range from the back, we wouldn't need to think about how to fight this boss. Although, having said that... This kind of boss with such high level, and the mission difficulty is only rated four stars?"
"My sect task is five-star difficulty." said some embarrassment, "If it weren't for me in the team, this Chen Ming would only be at level 15, and as you said, he would be surrounded by a bunch of elite monsters and minions."
"But don't worry, I was prepared to fight him alone before I came. My master said that this Chen Ming has no idea how to use hidden weapons, I should be able to handle it. Now that you're here to help, it's even more certain!" With that, she raised her hand-crossbow, her face serious, "Wait for me to grab aggro, then you go in for a surprise attack when there's a chance. There's no problem as long as you don't give him a chance to distance himself, he should be forced to give up using the Zhuge Crossbow and switch to his usual long saber. It'll be much easier to fight then."
"Level 30, a ranged BOSS, and a high attack power, are you sure you can grab aggro?"
"Don't worry, I'm a professional at this!" she confidently threw away this sentence and became deadly serious, even her crossbow holding posture had changed.
She saw her right hand gripping the hand-crossbow, her left hand supporting her right wrist, with her arms bent at the elbow to raise the crossbow to head level. She pressed her back against the wall and stepped towards the main hall of the underground palace.
Seeing her in this pose, Ye Weiming couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
As she moved closer, Chen Ming seemed oblivious to her presence. It was only when she stepped into the hall that the level 30 boss finally was alerted to her presence, casting his gaze on her and shouted, "So it's a Tang Sect disciple, are you here to court death?"
Embodying her minimalistic persona, the moment the BOSS became aware, she dashed forward, immediately closing the distance. Her feet barely hit the floor when she aimed straight for Chen Ming and fired off six bolts.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!..."
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All six bolts hit their target, causing six red damage numbers to float above Chen Ming's head. There were two critical damages, taking away nearly 300 health from him. He could not retaliate while being bombarded with consecutive attacks.
If she could keep firing, she would be able to keep the boss under control. Unfortunately, she could only fire six bolts at once, and it would take 3 seconds to reload.
Seconds after firing all the bolts, she rolled to the left without waiting for Chen Ming to react. She narrowly avoiding three bolts fired by Chen Ming after he recovered. Rising, a simple and direct S shaped sprint easily evaded the three bolts, but not before firing another six bolts, all of which hit.
The most fascinating part was how she positioned herself. She was less than a meter away from one of the stone pillars surrounding the hall. After firing the last bolt, she stepped behind the pillar confidently counting the seconds.
Chen Ming recovered and fired seven bolts in quick succession towards the stone pillar. The powerful Zhuge Crossbow caused the stone pillar to chip and crack. The robust pillar could not protect her.
With the pillar offering no safety, she darted out, unloading a volley of six bolts. Perhaps sensing the growing cracks on the stone pillar, on her next reload, she rolled to another pillar. Evading three of Chen Ming's bolts and to everyone's amazement, she rolled back into the line of fire. Ye Weiming who was rushing to aid her, couldn't help but marvel at the elegance of her performance.
However, that was when disaster struck.
In the middle of her agile footwork, one of Chen Ming's bolts seemed to predict her movements and hit her in the side, puncturing her thanks to the Zhuge Crossbow's enormous power and dealing a staggering 521 damage.
From full health, she was only left with a sliver of health, barely escaped instant death.
But even surviving, this was nearly the end. Even when her ordinary crossbow hits, it could cause the boss to freeze for a short time, even more so for the Zhuge Crossbow in Chen Ming's hand.
After that bolt, not only was over 90% of her health taken away, she was also flung and fell flat on her back.
Seeing the situation, Chen Ming laughed, "Hey kid, Prepare to die!" He stepped forward and aimed his crossbow at her.
Just then, a blurred figure dashed by and grabbed her by the leg, pulling her behind a stone pillar.
Without asking, the one lending a hand was Ye Weiming who had just reached them.
After securing her, Ye Weiming flashed a suave smile, and confidently said, "You did well earlier, leave the rest to me... damn!"
Originally, Ye Weiming planned to hide behind the pillar and pounce unexpectedly, forcing him to switch to melee weapons. But unexpectedly, after Chen Ming had seen her taken to safety, he avoided rashly charging in and retreated back to the center of the hall in a sly manner.