A beautiful night, accompanied by beautiful women.
The world of Aincrad was picturesque. The silver moon in the sky shone on the earth, and the flickering glow of fireflies could be seen in the forest. There were flowers and grasses on both sides of the road that served as street lights. Coupled with handsome men and beautiful women, it was truly a beautiful scene to behold.
But in fact, the atmosphere was a little awkward ….
Because there was a little tail following behind them.
"Master, I didn't expect your charm to be so great."
Lestia said to Fangzheng with a grin as she glanced at the cloaked figure trailing far behind the crowd. Facing Laestia's teasing, Fangzheng shrugged helplessly.
"I can't help it. I'm born handsome, and I don't want to be like this …. Well, compared to being a nobody, it's better to be a handsome guy that gets 100% of the attention …. Alright, we're here."
As he spoke, Fangzheng stopped in his tracks. At that moment, Black Cat and Green Leaf, who were following behind Fangzheng, also walked over curiously and looked forward.
In front of them was an open space in the forest. In the middle of the open space stood a Withered Ent. It looked like a withered old tree, with two branches on its left and right hands, and the roots at the bottom were used for moving. This was the first time Green Leaf saw this Withered Ent, but Black Cat was obviously very familiar with it.
After all, she had reached level 13 and had left the grassland long ago to adventure in the forest. Naturally, she knew that this Withered Ent was one of the monsters that spawned in the forest. But this Ent was obviously different.
Its body was much larger than the other Treants. Ordinary Treants were only two meters tall, but this Treant was at least three meters tall. Its trunk was so thick that it would take three people to wrap their arms around it.
All this showed that this was not just an ordinary Withered Ent. Of course, it had a name written on it!
"A Withered Elite!"
Black Cat exclaimed in surprise. She stared at Fangzheng with wide eyes in astonishment.
"You want to fight this?! Wait, you're not trying to trick us into coming here to die, are you?! "
In many online games, there would basically be an Elite creature on the map as a "warm-up" for the players before entering the dungeon to explore. These Elite monsters were much stronger than ordinary monsters, and they even dropped some good stuff. This game was no exception. The "Withered Tree Elite" was the "World Elite" of the forest.
If this was a normal game, this poor guy would probably be spawn camped the moment he came out.
However, there were many players here, including Black Cat, who had seen Elite Withered Tree before. Their reactions were basically "Sorry to disturb you, goodbye".
Hmm? You ask why?
This was a Level 15 Silver Elite! Its maximum HP was comparable to that of ten ordinary Withered Ents. Not to mention its high attack power, it might even have some terrifying skills. However, in this game of death, everyone only had one life. Who would throw away their life for equipment that would obviously be obsolete before entering the dungeon?
"Of course not."
Facing the black cat's question, Fangzheng shook his head.
"In fact, we basically farm this thing once a day in the forest … Hmm, you guys are in luck. If you came a little later, you wouldn't be able to farm with us."
"Just the three of you …?"
"Of course."
Fangzheng nodded, then sent a party invitation to Black Cat and Green Leaf.
"Come and give it a try. If you think the situation is bad, you can just run. This is a World Elite. Its attack range won't go beyond this clearing. If you're worried, you can just watch from outside and see how we deal with it."
"This … Okay."
Black Cat hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement. Although she had come here with a few other players to "admire" this Elite before, they did not dare to fight it at all. The Withered Ent was a relatively difficult monster to deal with. Although its movement speed was very slow, its attack range was large and its damage was high. If one was not careful and could not dodge, they would probably lose half of their HP. Even Black Cat, who was known for her fast reaction speed, did not dare to take this risk.
More importantly, its defense was very high, so it was very difficult to stun it!
This was another setting of the game.
As mentioned before, this game only had melee players. There were no ranged players or magic players, and there was no priest to heal them. So how could the players not be killed by the boss? No matter how simple an online game was, there would always be a healer. Otherwise, if the boss did not even have a healer after a series of skills, wouldn't the players just die?
So to make up for this flaw, the game used another set of rules.
That was to interrupt.
This principle was actually very similar to the Reflect skill that Fangzheng learned in the Dark Soul World, but it did not have as high a requirement as the Reflect skill. Simply put, monsters could be defended and reflected during their attacks. If the player could block the attack before it reached the player, or hit the opponent, once the attack exceeded the player's defense, the monster's defense would be broken, causing it to stiffen or lose its balance and fall to the ground. Naturally, the skill would be interrupted, and the player could take advantage of this time to deal a lot of damage.
If it was a monster like the Wasp that was fast but had a fragile body that could easily deal critical damage, Black Cat would naturally like it. However, monsters like the Withered Ent basically had no blind spots, and the machete in Black Cat's hand was only a normal weapon, not some kind of divine weapon. It was not a problem to deal damage, but to stun it would depend on a bit of luck.
So Black Cat's movement style was actually similar to that of a Thief. She was very good at dealing with monsters with weak defense, but when it came to a turtle shell like the Withered Ent, she was at a loss and could only fight it head-on.
So Black Cat really did not like to fight with the Withered Ent.
Not to mention that it was just a normal Withered Ent in the forest, and this was a Silver Elite!
Black Cat suspected that even if she attacked it from the back, she might not even be able to deal 10 damage. As for the stun?
Hehe.
Black Cat was also considered a veteran player in the online game. She roughly estimated the strength of this Withered Ent and realized that to deal with this monster, it would be impossible to defeat it without the cooperation of at least ten players!
Meanwhile, Fangzheng and the other two were only level 15. Could they defeat the Withered Ent?
Black Cat did not believe it, but when she thought of Argo's solemn vow before, she was also a little shaken. As a veteran player, Black Cat of course knew of the famous "Mouse" Argo, the intelligence trafficker. Even she praised this man to the heavens, which meant that he was really capable.
In addition, Fangzheng had also said that they could wait outside if they were worried. Black Cat weighed the distance and felt that even if the other party was wiped out, she should be able to escape with Qingye. So she nodded and agreed, then pulled Qingye to stand outside the open space.
Qingye foolishly followed Black Cat. According to their age, Black Cat should have called her senior, but when the two stood together, Qingye looked more like a little sister ….
Fangzheng did not say much about this. Although Black Cat and Qingye had agreed to join, he still had to show some strength on his side. Otherwise, they would not be at ease, right?
"Astor, Restia, I'll go alone this time."
As he said that, Fangzheng took out the greatsword on his back and walked towards the Withered Ent.
Facing Fangzheng's approach, the Withered Ent reacted. It slowly turned around, and the branches on both sides that looked like arms gradually spread out. At the same time, Fangzheng suddenly leaped up and swung the greatsword in his hand down from the air, heavily striking the Withered Ent!
"Thud!!"
With a dull thud, the Withered Tree Elite's body flinched. At the same time, it had completely entered combat mode after being attacked. With an angry roar, the Withered Tree Elite raised its right hand and swung it down at Fangzheng with all its might!
"Not good!!"
Seeing this, Black Cat cried out involuntarily. In this game, players did not have any classes. They could change their battle style by changing their equipment and weapons. Black Cat had naturally used all of his weapons at least once. Because of that, Black Cat was very clear about the pros and cons of a weapon like the greatsword.
Among the equipment and weapons, the greatsword's attack power and attack range were second to none, but its disadvantages were also very fatal. It was too slow, and the stun time after a move was too long. This was almost a fatal flaw for the players trapped in this game. In fact, since the second day, Black Cat had never seen anyone use a weapon like the greatsword again.
Now, Fangzheng was obviously the same. He had just used a move and was in a stun period. At this time, there was no way he could dodge the Withered Ent's attack. So how would Fangzheng face this problem?
Thinking of this, Black Cat stared at the battle in the distance, but the next moment, her eyes widened in surprise.
"That works?!"
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