[Insight]: 30 Mana Points deducted.
[Gray Ear (Boss Level 3)/Challenge Rating: 7]
[Race: Wild Beast/Terrestrial Beast]
[Attributes: Strength 21, Agility 30, Constitution 17, Spirit 9]
[Skills: Dexterity, Claw, Crippling Bite,???]
"Surround it and kill it," Bai Xiaowen said.
This Boss Rat King Gray Ear's attributes were similar to the Wrath Claw's, but in terms of skills, [Dexterity] was only a passive dodging skill, [Claw] and [Crippling Bite] were not very good. In terms of strength, it was much weaker than the two ultimate skills of the Wrath Claw. The natural disadvantage of a species was obvious.
Four skeletal sword-wielders rushed forward side by side.
Squeaking sounds were heard, and four Elite Iron-Skinned Rats rushed over, but the Wrath Claw used [Laceration] to hit one of them and used [Bite] to catch the second one. The Wrath Claw then threw the second one to the ground, making the Elite Iron-Skinned Rats dizzy. The skeletal sword-wielders cooperated and surrounded the Elite Iron-Skinned Rats. They raised their shiny iron swords and chopped them up.
The Elite Iron-Skinned Rats' fur was very strong against physical attacks. Under the attacks of the four skeletal sword-wielders, the Elite Iron-Skinned Rats lasted for 10 seconds before dying.
The Skeleton Mage threw a lightning bolt and electrocuted the third Iron-Skinned Rat. Magic damage ignored armor and directly reduced one-third of the Elite Iron-Skinned Rat's HP. Then, the Shadow Assassin appeared next to it and slashed its throat, killing it instantly with a critical hit and a vital hit.
Before the fourth Iron-Skinned Rat could rush over, it was glared at by the Wrath Claw. It shrank its head and ran away faster than when it came.
In the blink of an eye, the four Guardian Deities beside the leader of the rats, Gray Ear, had either died or fled. Gray Ear was the only one left.
Gray Ear's bean-sized eyes showed a trace of fear. Its Spirit attribute was as high as 9, and its Intelligence was very high.
Looking at the other battle lines, the mutated rats had suffered countless casualties, but none of the humans had fallen. Gray Ear finally realized that these humans were not normal humans, but all of them were terrifying Awakened ones.
"Squeak squeak …"
Gray Ear let out a sharp cry.
In other parts of the rat pack, there were low screams of agreement. Obviously, they came from the other rat pack leaders. The entire group of rats quickly retreated like the ebbing tide of the sea.
After Gray Ear shouted, he turned around and tried to escape.
"Keep it! It's worth 3,000 spiritual energy points!"
When Bai Xiaowen saw a Boss monster, it was as if he saw a walking Mana point. He immediately ordered the Wrath Claw to use its ultimate skill and pounce on it.
It was as if Gray Ear had eyes on the back of his head. He twisted his body strangely to the side and dodged Wrath Claw's ultimate attack.
"This is … the effect of the passive ability [Dexterity]?" Bai Xiaowen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Alright, a big suppressive move that almost never misses was dodged by a mouse. Looks like I can't underestimate any enemy. "
Bai Xiaowen used Deterrence, causing Gray Ear to be rooted to the ground. The four Skeleton Sword-Shieldbearers surrounded him and raised their iron blades.
Crackle, crackle …
The Skeleton Sword-Shieldbearers' wild slashes didn't actually cause much damage to Gray Ear. However, the Shadow Assassin's attacks were more painful. The Wrath Claw, which had missed its target, came over with a belly full of anger. It bit and bit.
Li Shuyi also joined in. She directly activated the Demonic Flame Dance. The sizzling sound was endless, and streaks of fire accompanied by sword shadows shot out.
The light of the Demonic Flame accumulated in Gray Ear's body.
The Gray Ear Rat King cried out in pain and launched a counterattack. Its Maiming Bite was blocked by the Skeleton Sword-Shieldbearers' iron shields. With a crack, two rows of dents appeared on the iron shields. Then, its body shook violently, and a burst of green smoke spread out.
Bai Xiaowen received a notification.
"Unknown skill of the rat pack leader, Gray Ear, activated."
"Shuyi, retreat!"
Bai Xiaowen said loudly.
Li Shuyi retreated without hesitation. However, a trace of the green smoke still touched her. She immediately received a notification.
"You have been poisoned. The poison effect is: You will lose 20% of your maximum Health Points in 5 seconds."
Fortunately, Li Shuyi's Health Points were originally full. Losing 20 to 30 Health Points was not a big problem. She immediately activated the + 7 special effect of the Demonic Flame Jade Pendant and exploded the accumulated Fire Force in Gray Ear's body.
The summoned creatures surrounded and attacked while enduring the poisonous smoke. After a few seconds, the rat pack leader, Gray Ear, fell to the ground with a thud. A small golden treasure chest appeared on top of its corpse.
"So the skill that I didn't see through was the poison. I was wondering why this rat Boss's three known skills were so weak. It turns out that the essence of the skill lies in the last one, "Bai Xiaowen sighed as he watched the summoned creatures lose nearly half of their HPs.
A skill that reduced Health Points by a percentage didn't seem like much now. However, when it reached a higher level, it would be terrifying.
However, she believed that this skill of Gray Ear's had its limits. It definitely wouldn't be as toxic when used against enemies that were much higher in rank.
The rat pack came and went quickly. In the time it took for Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi to kill Gray Ear, the rat pack had completely retreated.
Bai Xiaowen chose to open the treasure chest. He and Li Shuyi were allocated 3,000 Spiritual Points according to the kill contribution ratio.
A notification came from the Spiritual Realm. "The battle was graded C (qualified). You have received a chance to draw loot that will not be missed."
Strictly speaking, this Level 3 Boss was not as strong as Bai Xiaowen. Moreover, with Li Shuyi's participation, it was already very good that the battle was graded C.
Bai Xiaowen randomly selected a card.
"You have received a special item: Powerful Life Toxin."
[Powerful Life Toxin (Team Bound): Apply it on your weapon to poison the target. 20% of the target's Health Points will be deducted within 5 seconds. Number of uses available: 2/2]
Special Prompt: "It will deal full poison damage to standard creatures below level 7 (including level 7, same below), elite creatures below level 5, and chieftain creatures below level 3. If the target's level is too high, the effect of the Life Toxin will be weakened. "
The golden light disappeared and Bai Xiaowen had a bottle of viscous black liquid in his hand.
"It would be great if there was no level restriction. Unfortunately, there is a level restriction. This special item is a lot less useful. "
With Bai Xiaowen's current strength, he didn't need to use poison to deal with a Level 3 Boss monster. Only Bosses above Level 5 could be considered a relatively strong enemy. According to the description of the special notification, this bottle of poison wasn't that effective against strong enemies.
However, Bai Xiaowen didn't expect to get anything good from killing the Leader of the rat pack. The 3,000 Spiritual Points were his main goal.
Bai Xiaowen did a quick calculation. In this Rat Tide, he and Li Shuyi had killed over a thousand Unranked Mutant Rats, six Elite Mutant Rats (no drops from treasure chests), and one Level 3 Commander Mutant Rat. The two of them had earned about 5,000 Spiritual Points. Their total savings had finally reached more than 10,000 Spiritual Points.
Bai Xiaowen's Dark Soul Stone had increased to 30 Soul Essence.
Bai Xiaowen took out a piece of meat the size of a longan fruit from the body of Gray Ear, the leader of the rat pack. It was like jelly, trembling and very tempting. He took out a bottle of water from his storage space and rinsed it. Then, he and Li Shuyi shared half of the water and ate it.
The raw meat melted in his mouth. Bai Xiaowen felt a stream of pure Spiritual Particles slowly seeping into his body.
"You have eaten a Boss mutant rat meat for the first time."
"Your base Agility has permanently increased by 2 points. Your movement speed has increased by 4% for one hour. "
Li Shuyi ate the meat and also gained 2 points of Agility. He also gained a movement speed buff.
The two of them also took out the meat from the other elite mutant rats and ate it. However, they didn't receive any attribute buffs. It was like eating a few pieces of delicious jelly.
"We've already eaten higher-level Treasured Meat, so it's impossible for these lower-level ingredients to increase attributes," Li Shuyi said. "Actually, there's a limit to how much Treasured Meat can increase an individual's attributes. It's related to the number of Treasured Meat we've eaten before and our level."
Bai Xiaowen nodded. "I understand. The more meat we've eaten, the less attribute buffs we'll get, or even none at all. It'll only give us some buffs that are better than nothing."
In this aspect, Bai Xiaowen had done some research. Someone had made a record of it. An Awakened, from low to high, had eaten almost all the common Elite and Commander grade Mutant Beast meat under Level 10. The meat had increased his attributes by a total of 10 points, which was also the limit.
Bai Xiaowen put the bodies of the leader mutant rat Gray Ear and the six elite mutant rats into the storage space. Ordinary mutant rat meat was, of course, cheap, but elite and commander rat meat was still quite valuable.
"Going deep into the wilderness is really a combination of risk and opportunity."
Back in the off-road vehicle, Bai Xiaowen said with some emotion. "This location is about 100 kilometers away from the base city, right? I can't believe there's such a large group of mutant rats here. It's easy to get a few thousand psionic points. "
Yan Xiaoxin said, "It should be the leaders of several groups of mutant rats. They misjudged the situation and thought that we were an ordinary convoy. That's why they gathered together to attack us. When they found that we were all hunters and had no loopholes to exploit, they quickly ran away. A mutant rat group of this size is actually very rare. "
Instructor Guan said, "Danger and opportunity coexist in the depths of the wilderness, but it's not true that it's easy to earn psionic points. Even if you're a hero, you have to be careful when facing such a group of rats. Because there will always be a time when your spirit and physical strength will be exhausted. A mutant rat may only cause one or two points of damage, but with so many mutant rats coming one after another, they can pile up and kill you. "
After a pause, Instructor Guan added, "Of course, for a summoner type hero like you, the safety factor is higher than other hero classes. Undead type summoned creatures have unlimited physical strength. With four skeleton soldiers guarding you, you're basically invincible. "
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said a few modest words, but he was secretly happy.
The convoy drove 200 kilometers away from the base city before reaching their destination, the Rift Valley of the Broken Back Mountain.
Although they encountered a few mutant beasts along the way, they didn't have the courage of the rats. They didn't dare to rush over and besiege the convoy. Most of the time, they only followed them for a few miles and then gave up.
Dozens of cars were already parked on the open ground in front of the Rift Valley.
The convoy of Jinghai University slowly drove into the open ground and stopped. The students of Jinghai University got out of the cars one after another.
"Ms. Yan, you're here."
A few greetings came from the same direction.
Bai Xiaowen looked in the direction of the voices and saw a few people about the same age as Yan Xiaoxin. They also looked like teachers. They smiled and greeted Yan Xiaoxin, then walked over.
Yan Xiaoxin also smiled. "Ms. Jiao, Ms. Meng, Ms. Yu, and Ms. Zhang, you're all so fast … Where's Mr. Zhu from Jiangnan University? Why don't I see him?"
The four leading teachers of the university seemed to have a good relationship with Yan Xiaoxin … At least on the surface, they seemed to be very friendly. Bai Xiaowen expected that the leading teachers of the university teams would be at each other's throats. The scene where they couldn't wait to fight each other personally did not happen.
One of the teachers pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "The last one to show the prestige of Jiangnan University."
"It can't be helped. After all, Jiangnan University is the boss."
Yan Xiaoxin shook her head and smiled. She changed the topic. "How's the entrance to the treasure land on Broken Ridge Mountain?"
"We just checked it. The strength has just reached level 2. Let's wait a little longer, "one of the teachers said.
The teachers talked about the situation of each other's teams. While hiding the information about their own teams, they also praised each other and discreetly spied on the other teams' information. Bai Xiaowen listened for a while and was too lazy to pay attention to them.
"What do you mean by the strength of the entrance to the spatial rift?"
Li Shuyi, who was sitting in the car, asked in a low voice.
When Bai Xiaowen was doing something, he would always read a lot of information and be well-prepared. He had done his homework on this trip to the special treasure land, so he explained to Li Shuyi.
Treasure lands were divided into levels according to the density of the spiritual particles. Level 1 was the lowest and level 10 was the highest. For example, the treasure land in the rift valley of Broken Ridge Mountain was a level 6 treasure land.
To enter the treasure land, one needed to pass through the spatial rift. There was no need to return as long as the treasure land wasn't completely sealed.
The energy strength of the spatial rift determined the strength of the individual who could pass through.
As for the entrance to a treasure land, that is, the spatial crack, it was cyclical. Under normal circumstances, it would only open once a year for a dozen or so days. The energy intensity of the spatial crack would gradually increase and then weaken.
A standard level 1 strength could accommodate a level 1 hunter. A standard level 2 corresponded to a level 2 hunter, and so on.
The energy strength of the spatial rift at the treasure land's entrance would gradually increase to a level that matched the treasure land's level. This was also the peak. Then, the energy strength of the spatial rift would slowly decline.
The treasure land in the rift valley of Broken Ridge Mountain was a level 6 treasure land. It meant that the energy strength of the spatial rift would reach the standard level 6 at most, allowing a level 6 hunter to enter.
The students of major universities who signed up for the level 6 treasure land were basically intermediate hunters (level 4 to 6), so they still needed to wait for a day or two.
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