Chapter 142: Trying The Weakness Buff Again
Yu Jiang had just relied on positioning to narrowly dodge the ghoul’s sweeping arm. To put it not exaggeratedly, that attack power could have knocked her head off.
The next second, she was hit by its other hand and sent flying, smashing into Shi Xu. The two of them knocked down the two wooden sliding doors on the corridor,
Yu Jiang focused on protecting her head and eyes, burying directly into Shi Xu’s chest.
The crushed snow on the waterproof clothing melted on her cheek. First, she felt that bit of coolness and the accelerating heartbeat, then the splintered wood brushing past her side.
The natural scent of solid wood, mixed with a bit of desolate chill, stung her skin slightly painfully.
At the moment of falling to the ground, her right shoulder and back were also shaken numb.
“Hiss, your knife—careful not to stab me,” Shi Xu under her reminded.
An ordinary knife scratching him was nothing, but her knife had a bunch of debuffs; teammates would also be poisoned.
“Oh.” Yu Jiang responded, borrowing strength to quickly get up, not minding the posture of propping against his waist and abdomen.
In the middle of winter, wearing a lot was no problem. In this emergency, she had to quickly find a good position, then the two of them lure the ghoul to the corner and finish off the last dozen health points.
The attack super double buff had 12 seconds left; the ghoul was about to use its ultimate.
The previous two area of effect skills weren’t very strong. Blocking the flying sharp items, health points wouldn’t drop too much,
This time was different. Sanity value was no longer important; just this area of effect skill could directly wipe them out.
Blade-like cold wind swirled and enveloped the entire domain. The corridor wooden boards snapped inch by inch, roof tiles were falling, the view was a chaos, leaving only the hunched ghoul in the middle and the blooming Manjusaka.
Player 10’s semi-transparent shield created by skill lasted a few seconds before cracking.
Player 9 threw two or three prop cards outward in succession—protective shield, teleportation, using whatever he had. His less than 30 health points had kept him alive until now.
Until the prop cards were gone, and teammates’ skills were gone too.
Ghoul’s attack super double still had 7 seconds left. Player 9’s eyes were bloodshot; he looked up at the two who were also dodging everywhere.
Player 1: 40 health points,
Player 2: 30 health points.
Their healing skills and healing potions were also on cooldown.
Such a powerful buff, first time seeing it not given to teammates but to the boss—they go crazy and even hit themselves!
Player 9 was both angry and anxious, breathing labored, feeling like he was short of oxygen from anger.
Centered on the ghoul, the final gray mist spread outward, frost condensing wherever it passed, deathly aura spreading.
Player 9 was truly out of moves. He pulled out his last immobilization card, used it on the teammate closest to him, then quickly hid behind the teammate.
His health points couldn’t withstand this hit and would die, but the teammate had 50 health points left—better a teammate than oneself.
Moreover, he still had skills. Survive this wave, and he had a chance to snatch the boss!
Player 10 couldn’t move, cursing Player 9’s eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart. He’d been assisting with all his effort—what the hell! This bastard would be pushed out to tank damage later!
The substantialized gray mist was right in front of them.
Crack,
A crisp cracking sound rang out on Yu Jiang and Shi Xu.
Several players turned their heads, not seeing them get their health cleared and die, only seeing the prop card in Yu Jiang’s hand crack and then disappear.
The two of them stood steadily, not losing a single point of health.
What prop card was so strong, able to ignore the ghoul’s attack value and block the fatal strike.
Ordinary protective shield item cards were useful against physical damage, but here, Player 9 had just tested it and it couldn’t hold.
Yu Jiang looked at the low health everywhere and was satisfied. The four players opposite couldn’t muster 100 health points combined.
The ghoul still had bleeding buff, and its health bar only had the last sliver left.
Player 9 quickly crawled up from the ground, charging at the ghoul with all his effort. He only had 10 health points left too.
Running now would definitely let him live, but even if he died here today, he had to snatch the mission. Crippling Player 2—snatching the level up mission was that cruel.
Shi Xu also made his move. He raised his knife, leaped into the battle circle, smoothly forcing the ghoul into the corner, thereby road blocking and shortening Player 9’s movement space.
Both sides fought in a brutal melee, all deadly moves, ruthless and leaving no room.
Player 9 was tense all over, eyes fierce. His skill duration wasn’t long, but enough to take out Player 2 and the ghoul.
Assassin was originally a profession that could kill above its level, as long as it had skills.
No matter how tough Player 2 was, without skills, what could he use to compete!
Before the words were finished, Yu Jiang drilled out from under the ghoul’s arm, and with Shi Xu’s coordination, she slashed Player 9.
She was a squishy, getting close to a high-attack melee player with skills active—it was impossible to escape unscathed.
Yu Jiang had dodged fast enough, but her shoulder still took a hit, losing 25 health points. If she was any slower, she’d be done for.
Player 9 disdainfully curled his lip,
“An alchemist, daring to enter my attack range—courting death.”
The word “death” wasn’t even finished when his voice abruptly stopped.
Player 9 seemed throttled, face ashen as he looked at Yu Jiang and the weakness buff on himself.
Assassins relied on attack and agility; with weakness buff on, even the strong would stall, let alone Player 9’s final desperate struggle.
He had leaped into mid-air to repel Shi Xu, then one knife to finish the boss, but his movements suddenly slowed, arm going limp and powerless. The damage he dealt was like a scratching therapist.
Forget the ghoul—even Yu Jiang, he couldn’t hit now, willing but unable.
“You, you…”
Player 9’s chest heaved rapidly, nearly choking on his breath. He stuck out his neck, shouting at the other alchemist, Player 6,
“Don’t you have a skill to remove debuffs?! Hurry! If you still want the reward.”
Player 6 waited for Player 5 to decide, but Shi Xu had already seized the moment, swinging his knife at the ghoul.
The next few seconds were the key moment deciding the battle. Yu Jiang glanced at Players 5 and 6, then turned and gave Player 9 another slash.
Now he had poison buff too.
While he’s sick, take his life—Yu Jiang wouldn’t give him a chance to recover.
“Decide: give him purification—can you block our attacks? Reward or life?” Yu Jiang said coldly.
Player 6 met her gaze and stepped back.
She was a healer, all stats piled into defense. She’d just used a blood potion to top up health points and was now the highest health on the field, but she couldn’t withstand a few slashes from high-attack players.
More importantly, Player 9 was done for—5 health points. Even if saved, the best outcome was Player 9 snatching the monster and then getting killed.
Leaving her and her teammate to face pursuit from Players 1 and 2—they might not even get the reward.
In true battle, a second or two of hesitation decided victory or defeat.
Player 9 let out an unwilling roar, still trying to struggle forward, when Shi Xu’s final knife fell.
[Player ‘X’ has killed monster ‘Ghoul’]
[Player ‘The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain’ has killed player ‘Miyamoto’]
One was an instance announcement, the other only visible to Yu Jiang and Miyamoto’s teammate, Player 10.
