Ye Feng's situation, however, was not optimistic. The skeletal soldiers, after their second mutation, were almost twice as tall as they were after the first mutation. Their pale skeletons had turned into a noble golden color, and the weapons in their hands had changed from black longswords to golden tridents. Just by looking at them, one could sense the tremendous increase in their power.
"Unbearably painful!" A -20 number floated above the golden skeleton. This number did not decrease much compared to before, indicating that the magical defense of the skeletal soldiers did not increase much after the second mutation.
"Roar!" The golden skeleton raised its trident, and three golden streams of energy flew towards Ye Feng. -120, -120, -120, 360 HP points were instantly reduced, and Ye Feng quickly used a major recovery spell on himself.
"After the second mutation, the attack seems to have decreased. I wonder how the attack speed compares to the movement speed." Ye Feng felt puzzled. After all, it was the first time he had seen an example of a monster's strength decreasing after a mutation. Could this be what they call a data overflow?
-120, -120, -120. Before he could even blink, three more golden streams of energy attacked. Ye Feng had almost no chance to dodge. The attack frequency of the golden skeleton was obviously much faster than before the mutation, which was why the attack had decreased. The system settings were evidently very balanced.
"Only the swift shall prevail. Tricks are invincible, but in the face of absolute speed or absolute power, all tricks are futile."
"It's not looking good." Ye Feng's mood sank. Another major recovery spell immediately enveloped him, but he also understood that passive HP replenishment was not the right path.
The third attack came swiftly. In an instant, the tiny amount of HP he had just recovered was completely depleted, leaving him with only 15 HP! Ye Feng took a deep breath. There was no time to hesitate!
"The Final Oracle!" Just as the fourth attack was about to hit him, a blood-red scroll was pulled out from his bag. A bright red light instantly enveloped Ye Feng's entire body, staining his holy priest robe blood-red, seemingly with a hint of a bloody smell. This scroll, "The Final Oracle," was one of only two S-rank magic scrolls in the entire game of "Light."
"I want an artifact!" Ye Feng's expression became excited as he used the scroll. The Final Oracle was one of only two S-rank scrolls in the entire game, and it was even called the number one scroll in "Light," fetching prices as high as 500 million on the black market, even though it was only the intermediate version.
"I want an artifact! How can you, a golden skeleton, justify such a noble scroll? How can you justify the government's relief fund given to me!" Ye Feng's life was instantly fully restored, and his movements accelerated. A holy light descended from his raised hand. "-120! -20, -20!"
"It truly deserves to be called an S-rank scroll!" Ye Feng exclaimed, exhilarated. This was the first time since entering the game that he had dealt a three-digit damage! Even the additional damage from the unbearable pain reached a rare two-digit number, 20 points!
"The user's HP is instantly fully restored, all attributes are increased by 200%, the effect lasts for 15 minutes, and the item is of S rank!"
"I want an artifact! I want an artifact!" Ye Feng's figure suddenly sped up. In the short time he could usually cast one spell, he managed to cast the unbearable pain three times in a row! -120-120-20-120... Only 1 second had passed!
"This power!" Ye Feng looked at his staff in disbelief. Although the casting actions he could perform now seemed no different from usual, as the caster experiencing it firsthand, Ye Feng could feel a completely different mood!
No pause, no unnecessary movements, no gaps, no stiffness after completion, lift the staff, cast the spell, cast again! It was simply an infinite cycle of these actions!
"To the fullest!" This was true magic!
"I am the strongest!" In that moment, Ye Feng suddenly had this thought. It wasn't an illusion. He had truly understood the true meaning of skills. From this moment on, no one could comprehend a higher realm than himself!
"Unbearably painful!" Half a minute! In just half a minute, the golden skeleton's HP had been reduced by more than 10,000! "What a waste!" Ye Feng suddenly thought. The S-rank scroll should definitely be saved for later use. Only 1/15 of the 15-minute time limit was consumed to kill the skeleton, and even a level 40 mutated skeleton soldier would probably not drop anything above S-rank.
However, the psychological regret would not yield any tangible gains. Ye Feng downed a bottle of shiny, brightly colored, pure super magic potion, but paused.
Because, at a distance of about thirty meters, three players appeared. Since coming to the desolate and eerie Longshan, this seemed to be the first group of players he had encountered.
Longshan itself was located in a remote mountainous area, and its eerie environment meant that there would not be too many players choosing to come here at night. The remote location, coupled with the fact that the nearest Yin Feng City to Longshan did not even have a shop for medical supplies, made Longshan one of the least visited places in "Light."
There was a girl with long flowing hair wearing a priest robe, a swordsman in exquisite golden armor, and another girl with a priest robe and soft braids.
Two priests with no attack power and a swordsman, whose recovery abilities far exceeded their damage abilities, were not suitable for leveling up by fighting monsters, Ye Feng calmly assessed. But when he saw the three people walking towards him, Ye Feng suddenly remembered something. He paused with his staff and raised it flat, pointing it outward: "Ice Shard Path." There was no feeling of interruption when switching from casting spells to other spells as usual. Just in an instant, as gentle as touching a baby's skin, a magic ice blanket appeared around the area centered on Ye Feng.
-40! -40!
"You have engaged in malicious PK against the player Wind's Spark. For the next 10 minutes, the player can retaliate against you without any consequences."
"You have been maliciously PKed by an unknown player. You can retaliate for the next 10 minutes without any consequences."