The Gravel Plains was located near the human city of Sunset City. It was a plain with sparse vegetation. If the wind blew, sand would fill the sky, making it hard for people to open their eyes. Ye Ci arrived at Quicksand Village at the edge of the Sandy Plain just as the game's sun was setting.
The setting sun looked like it was about to set the land on fire.
Ye Ci squinted her eyes and walked to the tailor in Quicksand Village. She threw out a silver coin and bought a gauze hat. The hat didn't have any other attributes, and its only use was to resist the wind and sand that constantly wreaked havoc on the sandy plain.
She felt much better after putting on the hat.
She left Quicksand Village and headed towards the depths of the Sandy Plain with Ol 'Three, whose Loyalty had reached 80.
The Forest of Stone dungeon was located in the depths of the Sandy Plain. There were not many players here at the moment. After all, the minimum level requirement to enter the dungeon was lvl 8. If one were to enter the dungeon according to the main quest, they would be lvl 11 or lvl 2.
Thus, Ye Ci did not see many players along the way. Occasionally, she would see a few parties rushing past her. Ye Ci was not in a hurry. There was no other reason. Her main goal was not the Forest of Stone dungeon, but the Wild BOSS in the Sandy Plain — Sandstorm Scorpion.
Sandstorm Scorpion was a lvl 15 World BOSS. It would respawn once every 10 days. If it was not defeated within 3 days after respawning, it would disappear. She would wait for the next respawn.
Ever since the start of Fate, Ye Ci had been paying attention to the progress of the wild BOSS kills. Although the lvl 5 wild BOSS, Berserk Wild Boar had been slain, the Sandstorm Scorpion in the Sandy Plains had yet to make a move.
This was actually related to the Sandstorm Scorpion's location.
There were basically no monsters in the Sandy Plain. Even if there were, they would be lvl 1 or lvl 2 Yellow neutral monsters. The players who came here were all lvl 10. Who would have the time to pay attention to these monsters? They were all here for the Forest of Stone dungeon.
Not only that, but the Sandstorm Scorpion's location was also hard to find. This guy was hiding under the sand. It would only attack if someone stepped on its head. Otherwise, it would just play dead.
Ye Ci walked slowly on the soft and slightly hot sand. She tried her best to walk slowly. She was already too far away from the Forest of Stone dungeon. Now, she was the only one on the sandy plains that she could see.
The Sandstorm Scorpion's spawn point was here.
In a desolate corner of the sandy plains, there was a World Boss that made countless people go crazy in the later stages of the game — — Sandstorm Scorpion.
All of a sudden, the sand beneath her feet started to sink …
Here it comes!
Ye Ci immediately flew backward like a kite. She seemed to be unaffected by gravity and floated far away. At this moment, Ol 'Three had already rushed out and used Taunt on the sunken sand. In the blink of an eye, Ye Ci's Hunter's Mark and Snake Venom Spike had already flown over.
Critical hit! Defense Break!
Ye Ci looked at the damage and was so happy that she almost laughed out loud.
Against this kind of World Boss, let alone Defense Break, even Critical Hits were pitifully low. But now, her first arrow actually had Defense Break and Critical Hit. She really didn't know if her luck had suddenly gotten better.
Back Jump, Pet Release, Aggro, Mark, and Shooting. All of these actions were completed in the blink of an eye. Before the Sandstorm Scorpion could climb out of the sand, it had already been hit.
The Sandstorm Scorpion was extremely angry. It quickly climbed out of the sand and raised its two huge pincers. Its poisonous stinger tail was also raised high. It let out an angry hissing sound. It ignored Ol 'Three's Taunt and directly climbed towards Ye Ci.
Its body was huge, at least three to five times bigger than Ol 'Three. Its whole body was glossy black. Under the fiery red sunset, it looked like it was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
Ye Ci's speed was fast, but the Sandstorm Scorpion was even faster. It looked like it was about to catch Ye Ci.
It didn't think that Ye Ci would step on its pincers. Using the inertia, she suddenly jumped up high and rushed out a large distance. After doing this a few times, the Sandstorm Scorpion became more and more enraged. It even raised its upper body and waved its two huge pincers with all its strength. It was hard to tell whether its eyes were red from anger or dyed red by the setting sun. It looked really frightening.
Just when Ye Ci wanted to use the Sandstorm Scorpion's pincers to fly up, she felt a sharp pain in her leg. Turning her head, she saw that this guy had directly used its poisonous stinger to sting her.
"You've been poisoned."
The system's cold and emotionless voice immediately announced Ye Ci's current state. She wrinkled her eyebrows. She wasn't in a hurry and used the momentum to fly towards a few withered poplar trees not far away.
The Sandstorm Scorpion was still angrily waving its pincers as it followed Ye Ci towards the poplar trees.
Ye Ci slowly landed in front of the poplar trees. Following that, she heard a few ear-piercing sounds of friction from behind her.
A smile appeared on Ye Ci's face.
Success.
She slowly turned around and calmly took out a blood replenishing potion from her pocket and poured it into her mouth. At the same time, she looked at her masterpiece and chuckled.
She saw that the Sandstorm Scorpion's raised upper body was perfectly stuck in the middle of a few poplar trees. The withered poplar tree's hard branches were like a steel cage that tightly imprisoned the Sandstorm Scorpion. The Sandstorm Scorpion's two pincers were held up by the poplar tree's branches and couldn't be lowered. It could only bluff and make cracking sounds. It couldn't even move its tail and could only continue to roar angrily.
World BOSSes and dungeon BOSSes were definitely not on the same level. First of all, their respawn rate was very low. Moreover, their attack power was much higher than dungeon BOSSes of the same level. More importantly, they had more space to move around in the wild, so their damage was much higher.
Of course, these weren't the most important things. The most important thing was that World BOSSes would drop rare items that dungeon BOSSes couldn't. For example, mounts, accessories with special attributes, treasure maps … …
Because of this, in the later stages of Fate, World BOSSes in various maps were guarded by countless players. As soon as they appeared, hundreds of players would surround and attack them. It didn't matter if they were in a party or not, there would always be people who would go up and finish them off.
Ye Ci was currently sitting on the ground. She used a bandage to wrap her ankle and placed Ol 'Three under the Sandstorm Scorpion's stomach, allowing it to do whatever it wanted.
This Sandstorm Scorpion was too vicious! If it weren't for the fact that she had a lot of health points on her, and if it weren't for her quick reactions, she would've already lost her life.
Using the Poplar Tree to trap the Sandstorm Scorpion wasn't something that Ye Ci invented. She had seen it in a video before. However, that video was suspected of exploiting a BUG and was shut down by the officials within 3 minutes after it was uploaded. Ye Ci had also seen it by chance.
However, after the video was uploaded, the BUG was only fixed after 3 days. During these 3 days, Ye Ci didn't do anything else but come to the Sandy Plains to trap the Sandstorm Scorpion.
After trying dozens of times, she finally learned how to trap the Sandstorm Scorpion. Afterwards, she practiced dozens of times. She even memorized every step and where to jump. Even after the BUG was fixed, Ye Ci's body had already memorized all the steps.
It was because of this that Ye Ci, who was only lvl 12, could easily trap the Sandstorm Scorpion in an instant.
After destroying 3 bottles of Big Red and a dozen bungee belts, Ye Ci's life was finally saved from the brink of death. Looking at the few bandages left in her hand, Ye Ci decided to immediately go back and buy some coarse cloth for Flutter's Sway. She would ask her to make a few sets of bandages for her to carry around.
Her life was not in danger.
Ye Ci stood up and adjusted her position in front of the Sandstorm Scorpion. Only after finding the best vantage point did she start shooting arrow after arrow.
World Wild Bosses were indeed rare creatures. This level 15 Sandstorm Scorpion actually had 800,000 health. With Ye Ci's speed, she spent 3 to 4 hours to kill the Sandstorm Scorpion.
As usual, the system asked her if she wanted to reveal her name. As usual, Ye Ci chose to hide it.
The system channel was immediately filled with dazzling red words: "Player XXX has successfully killed the level 15 World Wild Boss Sandstorm Scorpion with her own strength. She is still safe. Special reward: 3000 World Prestige, 10,000 Sunset City Prestige, 100 Gold, and 3 Talent Points! "
"Player XXX has successfully killed the level 15 World Wild Boss Sandstorm Scorpion with her own strength. She is still safe. Special reward: 3000 World Prestige, 1,000 Sunset City Prestige, 100 Gold, and 3 Talent Points! "
… …
The system channel was unhurriedly filled with red words. The World Channel and the official forums immediately exploded. It wasn't for the 3 Talent Points, it wasn't for the World Wild Boss being killed, and it wasn't for the Prestige that made people green with envy. It was because of the few words in the system channel — — "With her own strength!"
World Wild Bosses, which one of them wasn't synonymous with a meat grinder? Who actually had the ability to kill a World Boss? How could this not make all the players in the world go crazy?
However, these crazy guesses didn't have much to do with Ye Ci. She only felt one word — — tired.
She was so tired that she wanted to vomit.
When she put down her bow to harvest the spoils of war, Ye Ci only felt that her arm had completely lost feeling. It seemed that her stamina was still not good enough. Fortunately, she had the overpowered skill, Strength Accumulation. Although she had been shooting for 3 to 4 hours, her mana had not decreased at all. If it was someone else, the amount of mana they had consumed in these 3 to 4 hours would be enough for them to shout to the heavens …
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