This Lobster Village was located behind a vast quagmire. The houses were low and dilapidated, built with rotting giant mushrooms. Occasionally, a few shells could be seen as decorations.
Bai Xiaowen's group was in the open. The other party had long discovered them. Otherwise, they would not have taken the initiative to send a large group of lobster warriors to stop them.
Therefore, this attack on the Lobster Village was not a surprise attack. Both sides were prepared to fight head-on.
Groups of lobster men emerged from all over the houses and roads. They waved their large claws and rushed towards the hunters. It was worth mentioning that there was still no Lobster Leader among them. There was only a group of ordinary monsters and a small number of Elite monsters.
According to the old rules, Han Xu and the other hunters would hold back a few Elite monsters. The rest would be left to Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi.
After clearing two groups of lobster men, Bai Xiaowen and the others killed their way to the central area of the Lobster Village. There, they finally encountered tenacious resistance.
A total of ten Elite lobster men led hundreds of ordinary lobster men to join the battle. They surrounded the hunters' group of less than ten.
Under Bai Xiaowen's arrangement, the melee Awakened ones stood in the outer circle while the ranged Awakened ones stood in the inner circle to resist the siege of the lobstermen. Then, relying on the Awakened ones' skills and combat advantages, the Awakened ones continued to reduce the number of lobstermen.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi worked together to kill the Elite Lobster Leader, reducing the opponent's main threat.
They had been fighting happily. Suddenly, an old roar sounded. A lobster man appeared. Most of its shell had fallen off. One of its claws had even fallen off.
This lobster man was larger than an Elite monster. Obviously, it was a Chieftain monster. In its remaining right claw, there was a shabby staff. There was a crystal inlaid at the tip of the staff. It uttered obscure syllables and waved the staff. A black light was projected into the group of lobster men.
The lobster men that were illuminated by the black light let out a series of roars. The speed at which they waved their claws increased.
Normal lobstermen didn't have vocal cords, so they couldn't make sounds. However, these lobstermen, as humanoid creatures, were different. Take the snake-people for example. Compared to real snakes, they had an extra pair of hands (some even had more than one pair).
Bai Xiaowen received a notification:
[Based on your Innate Skill: Insight, you have obtained the following information.]
"Shadow Prophet Majik's skill: Incite has been activated. All allies within a radius of 100 meters will enter a frenzied state and their attack speed will be increased by 40%. This buff will decrease with time and will decrease to 0% in 1 minute. It can only be used on lobstermen. "
This skill, compared to Angry Claw's Howl skill, could be said to have its own merits. Bai Xiaowen casually used Insight.
[Majik (Leader Level 7)]
[Race: Humanoid/Lobsterman]
[Profession: Shadow Prophet]
[Attributes: Strength 25, Agility 19, Constitution 33, Spirit 74]
[Skill 1: Shadow Ripple: Magik releases a circle of Shadow Ripple to curse the surrounding enemies. Enemies affected by the Shadow Ripple will have their HP reduced by 10%. This effect can be stacked up to a maximum of 5 times. The curse effect of the Shadow Ripple will only disappear after 10 seconds of being out of combat.]
[Skill 2: Incite: Omitted.]
[Skill 3: Prophecy of Suffering: Magik reveals an enemy's suffering fate, causing 5 Shadow Damage (Magic) to the target within 10 seconds, and the damage will gradually increase.]
[Skill 4: Prophecy of Gospel: Magik reveals an ally's Prophecy of Gospel, causing 5 Healing effects to the target within 10 seconds, and the amount of healing will gradually increase.]
[Skill 5: Lobsterman Leader Level 1: Increase HP by an additional 300 points, reduce the duration of all control effects by 30%.]
This time, Insight was able to detect all 5 skills. For a high level leader, this was quite rare. Generally speaking, leaders with a higher level of Insight than Bai Xiaowen would have one or two skills that were "???". This was especially true for a Level 7 leader.
No matter what, it was a good thing that Insight was able to detect all the skills.
"An AOE spell that reduces maximum HP, an AOE spell that increases HP, a single target damage spell, and a single target healing spell … This Boss is not easy to fight, it's very strong!" Bai Xiaowen quickly made a judgment. Especially this Lobsterman Shadow Prophet's Spirit, it was terrifyingly high — it was actually 74 points!
The [Prophecy of Suffering] spell, conservatively estimated, would cause more than 200 points of damage after five uses. If the [Shadow Ripple] was stacked up to 5 times, the maximum HP would be reduced by 50%. Other than Bai Xiaowen, no one else would be able to survive the Boss' single target spell.
The only good news was that the Boss's Strength was relatively low. The success rate of the Skeleton Swordsman's Shield Bash was still very high.
However, would a high level magic boss be completely trapped to death by a few Skeleton Swordsman? Bai Xiaowen did not have the confidence to do so.
"Han Xu! Bring the Elite Lobstermen further away. Pull the battlefield away from the Boss! " Bai Xiaowen shouted. "The Boss's main skill can reduce the maximum HP of all nearby enemies by half! Everyone, other than me and Shu Yi, do not approach! "
Each of the Awakened ones felt a chill in their hearts and they quickly pulled away.
Bai Xiaowen commanded the four Skeleton Swordsman to step forward and attack Shadow Prophet Majik. The curtains of this Boss battle had officially opened.
The Lobsterman Majik's protruding eyeballs were turbid. He opened his mouth and let out a low roar, speaking in ancient Latin. "Greedy outsiders, you will be buried in this swamp!"
Shua!
A circle of black ripples quickly spread out, expanding to a radius of nearly 40 metres! Within the radius of 40 metres, all the Awakened ones, including Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures, had their maximum HP reduced by 10%.
"The skill's range is actually so large … yes, the Boss's Spirit is as high as 74 points. This kind of performance is not too exaggerated. However, this Shadow Ripple does not require any casting action. It is simply silently released! This is going to be troublesome … "
The absence of any casting action meant that there was no warning. Bai Xiaowen wanted to control the Skeleton Swordsman to anticipate and interrupt the Boss's skill. It would be very difficult.
"Keep pulling away!" Bai Xiaowen shouted.
Han Xu shook his head. "There is no way to pull away anymore …"
Chen Guowei helped explain. "After Old Han walked away from the Boss, the elite Lobstermen stopped chasing him. It seems they are unwilling to be too far away from the Lobsterman Leader."
Bai Xiaowen shook his head helplessly. "Then you guys go all out. Use all your trump cards. Leave the Boss to me and Shu Yi. Old Chen, if I recall correctly, you still have a C-class Silver-grade item. If you use it on the Boss, the number of abnormal statuses it can produce will depend on your luck. "
"Sigh, I wanted to use it to trick people in the league tournament. However, I probably won't have a chance to appear in the league tournament …"
Chen Guowei snickered. He retrieved an unprepossessing, shrivelled poison sac from his storage space and dipped it in poison for his bow.
After dipping the bow in poison, within a certain number of shots, every arrow would have a poison effect. What Chen Guowei took out was the C-class Silver-grade item he obtained from the Broken Spine Mountain Rift Valley: Shrivelled Poison Sac. After using it, the next five shots would randomly produce an abnormal status.
If it only had the aforementioned effects, this shrivelled poison sac would at most be a B-class or A-class item. It would never reach the C-class Silver-grade. However, this poison sac could be reused. It could be used to recover every 24 hours. This was very impressive.
Besieging a Level 7 Boss, even with Chen Guowei, a Level 3 Awakened with an ordinary template, it would have no effect on the battle score. However, if a critical negative status appeared within five shots, it would be much more advantageous.
Chen Guowei nocked an arrow on his bow and shot.
Dodge!
Although Shadow Prophet Majik looked very old and slow, his combat experience was really rich. He easily twisted his body and dodged the arrow.
Chen Guowei's old face turned red as he continued to shoot.
Although the second and third arrows hit their targets, they only dealt single-digit damage. Moreover, Chen Guowei also received a notification:
[Shadow Prophet Majik resisted the poison effect of your 'Shrivelled Poison Sac'. The negative status did not take effect.]
Chen Guowei's face was bitter as he shared the battle notification with Bai Xiaowen.
"Shoot again."
Bai Xiaowen's expression did not change at all. Instead, he steadily shot one shot after another. His long-range attack power was much higher than Chen Guowei's. His shooting specialty had already advanced to Level 4 under the buff of the Strongest Academic Genius. His accuracy was also much higher. Each shot could cause a trace of blood and reduce the Boss' HP by about 30 points. Occasionally, a penetrating bullet would cause high damage of more than 50 points.
Bai Xiaowen also saw Chen Guowei's battle information. The Lobsterman Leader Majik was' resistant 'to Chen Guowei's poisoned arrow attack and not' immune '. This meant that Majik still had a chance of being successfully poisoned, but the probability was relatively low.
Chen Guowei shot two more arrows.
The fourth arrow was crooked and missed its target. The fifth arrow finally succeeded. A notification appeared:
[Shadow Prophet Majik was hit by a poisoned arrow. He will enter the 'Weakened' status that lasts for 10 seconds. Strength reduced by 20%.]
Bai Xiaowen's eyes lit up. Majik's Strength had been further reduced by 5 points. He was almost on par with the Skeleton Swordsman.
Swish!
Swish! Another two Skeleton Swordsman were summoned. At this moment, Bai Xiaowen could not only hide his trump cards. The two new Skeleton Swordsman slots in the Black Soul Stone were quickly revealed. The six Skeleton Swordsman surrounded Majik and took turns to attack him!
Clang! Clang!
Majik's Strength had been reduced, so the success rate of the Shield Bash was greatly increased. His body swayed and was constantly in a state of unbalance.
Chen Guowei once again poisoned his arrows and started a new round of shooting. These five shots all hit. The main reason was that Majik was unbalanced by the Shield Bash and could not dodge. He was basically a live target.
Chen Guowei's luck was better this time. He caused the Lobsterman Leader to enter the 'Weakened' status twice.
[Auditory Hallucination: Target has auditory hallucinations. Evasion rate against ranged attacks decreased.]
[Bleeding: Omitted.]
After Majik was unbalanced by the Skeleton Swordsman's consecutive Shield Bashes, the Wrath Claw roared and rushed forward. It directly pinned Majik to the ground and tore at him wildly.
The duration of the suppression was 2.4 seconds! This was the Boss's passive skill, Lobsterman Leader, which reduced the duration by 30%. Otherwise, the duration would be more than 3.5 seconds.
During this time, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi did their best to deal damage. They even summoned the Necromancer and Vampire Keats to attack the Boss.
Li Shuyi's damage was ranked first again. When she activated Devilfire Dance, the speed of her two swords was like a windmill. It was frighteningly fast.
After the duration of the suppression was over, the Boss exerted force and lifted the Wrath Claw away. The second Shadow Ripple was silently released. It spread rapidly and everyone was hit at the same time. Now, their maximum Health Points had been reduced by 20%.
"Shuyi, use your weapon skill." Bai Xiaowen's voice sounded through the party channel.
Li Shuyi flicked the blood-red longsword in her right hand. A stream of blood shot out from Shadow Prophet Majik's body and turned into a bloody mist. It bathed Li Shuyi's longsword.
This was the active skill of the Red Leaf Overlord's Glorious Longsword, Drain Blood. It directly dealt 5 * 8 = 40 points of theoretical Magic Damage to Shadow Prophet Majik and healed her own Health Points by the same amount! Moreover, this Gold weapon had been strengthened to + 7 and had the special effect of Absorb Strength. When it was activated, it would also absorb 10 points of Majik's Strength and add them to Li Shuyi. The effect lasted 30 seconds!
These 30 seconds could be said to be the golden period for Li Shuyi to deal damage. Her damage per attack was directly related to her Strength. Originally, her Strength was only 20 points. However, under the effect of Absorb Strength, her Strength had increased to 30 points. Her Strength was already comparable to the damage output of a Warrior of the same level.
Li Shuyi's Attack Speed, on the other hand, was far beyond those strength-based Warriors.
Bai Xiaowen's left hand quickly formed a talisman. A yellow talisman hit Shadow Prophet Majik and turned into a Stun effect. It successfully stunned him for almost two seconds.
Following this talisman, a "-63" damage value appeared. In a field of view that only Bai Xiaowen could see, the shadow of a barbaric Orc roared and pounced. It crashed into Majik and then disappeared.
This was the special effect of Absolon's Bloodstone's third skill, Bloodlust, when triggered. Fortunately, only Bai Xiaowen could see this special effect. Otherwise, this special effect would definitely be seen by others. It would definitely cause a lot of speculation.
Shadow Prophet Majik was continuously dealt damage. His Health Points quickly fell by half. He let out a series of angry roars.
The third Shadow Ripple was activated. It was still silently activated without warning. Everyone's maximum Health Points had decreased by 30%.
"After another wave of damage, everyone except me, retreat 40 meters away from the boss!"
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