"Big brother…"
Xinran asked without looking back, "I"m sorry. How are you feeling?"
I rose to my feet and wiped away the bloodstain on my face. "Absolutely terrible, to be honest…"
Xinran: "..."
……
The Purple Grape City players were absolutely flabbergasted. No one knows who this beautiful female NPC was, where she came from, or what she was planning to do.
I still had a sliver of HP left. Galaxy Storms were falling down from the sky. If any one of these spells. .h.i.t me, I was still going to die.
Pa!
Xinran abruptly grabbed my arm and said, "I"m taking you away from this place, big brother!"
Before I could answer, Xinran pushed herself off the ground and soared straight into the clouds. The Giant Buck Cavalry turned smaller and smaller in my eyes until all they were nothing but black dots in my vision. They were all staring at the sky with frustration, but there was nothing they could do.
The wind howled beside my ears. A couple of minutes later, after we arrived at the edge of Dragonbone Mountain Range, Xinran descended back to the ground, and my HP returned to full thanks to Regeneration of the Undead. I let out a sigh of relief.
Pa!
I landed firmly at the edge of a cliff and stared at the distant forest. Another sigh later, my knees weakened, and I fell on my b.u.t.t beneath a pine tree.
"Big brother…"
Xinran crouched down next to me and supported me. "Why on earth are you fighting alone in Final Duel Valley? Xinran was really worried about you, you know?"
I shot her a smile. "There are some things you don"t understand, Xinran, but I must stay in Final Duel Valley if only for my pride as a Chinese player. I never want them to see me bending the knee and showing weakness…"
I know…"
Xinran planted the Dragonbone Spear on the ground beside her before continuing, "I know, big brother…"
"Mn…"
I checked the Ancient Divine Dragon"s experience again and was gifted the most pleasant surprise of my life. I didn"t realize it earlier, but it was only 0.07% away from hitting Level 100 now! The Purple Ying Sword was close to evolving as well. All I needed was another bag full of equipment. So, I led Xinran to the NPC and exchanged most of my loot for refinement points. Then, I went back to Final Duel Valley, but with Xinran by my side this time!
"Big brother, I can"t partic.i.p.ate in the war between the humans, so I can save you, but I can"t kill any humans for you…" Xinran said to me hesitantly.
I put my arm across her smooth, delicate shoulders and shot her a bright smile. "I know. Don"t worry! I can settle this myself!"
"Mn. I believe in you!"
……
I mounted the Armored Ice Qilin Horse and rode straight into the canyon. It wasn"t long before I spotted a dozen or so players searching for me some distance away. I immediately rushed them and used Burning Blade Slas.h.!.+
The three flaming auras killed 9 players immediately, turning them into streams of experience. At the same time, a warm sensation suddenly flooded my arms, and the Ancient Divine Dragon abruptly opened its black eyes with a tiny roar. Its tail swayed gently as it rubbed its head affectionately against my arm.
The survivors stared at me in shock until someone shouted, "G-go call for reinforcements right now! There"s a group of Giant Buck Cavalrymen just around the area! Send them the coordinates and tell them that Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand is here!"
"Okay!"
A few minutes later, the forest huddered unnaturally to the horse hooves thundering against its floor, and soon a thick swarm of Giant Buck Cavalry appeared in front of me. The leader of the cavalry was none other than Copper Spear himself, and he let out a cackle while swinging his blade, "Surround him! Oh, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand. Did you really escape just so you can come back here to die? No matter! This time, you won"t be going anywhere!"
I smiled but didn"t say anything.
"Roar roar…"
The Ancient Divine Dragon raised its head, flew away from my arm and settled on the ground in front of me. Then, it glowed like the sun before growing bigger at a visible rate. Bones, muscles, scales, everything. Finally, it was going to enter the adult stage!
About half a minute later, the Ancient Divine Dragon transformed fully into a 4-meter-long divine dragon. It had four limbs, and its body seemed to be suspended in midair by some sort of cloud. A pair of red whiskers floated above its savage-looking head, and it blinked a couple of times as if adjusting to its new form before rubbing its head affectionately against my shoulder.
Something that looked like a dead vine and an azure-colored magic lamp dancing above it rose from its back. Beneath the magic lamp was something that was shaped like a saddle. Just like any other mount, a player could sit on this saddle and still attack like normal. Tsk tsk, this Ancient Divine Dragon was truly something to behold!
I pressed down my excitement for a moment and inspected the Ancient Divine Dragon"s stats quickly, and to say that I was stunned by what I saw would be a ma.s.sive understatement. I had no idea that my WEL champion reward was this OP—
Ancient Divine Dragon (Divine Rank Mount)
Level: 100
Strength: +2500
Stamina: +2450
Agility: +2200
Attack Increase: +175%
Defense Increase: +150%
Magic Resist Increase: +250%
Attack Speed: +150%
Movement Speed: +500%
Aerial Attack Range: +75 yards
Ground Attack Range: +40 yards
max HP: +150000
Turn Rate: -15%
Mount Tenacity: +150%
Unique Skill: Summon the Storm. Summons wind blades and ice rains to attack all enemy units within an incredibly wide area. Damage dealt is based on the owner"s Attack.
Introduction: The Ancient Divine Dragon is a holy existence that soars beyond the Nine Heavens. Even the Dragon G.o.ds bow to the Ancient Divine Dragon in respect. It is said that the Ancient Divine Dragon is the spirit double of the Ancient Primordial G.o.d. It can summon the storm to strike its enemies.
Level Requirement: 200
Reputation Requirement: 500000
……
"Gulp!"
I gulped loudly. These stats are a bit too OP, aren"t they? Not only did it add 2000+ each to my Strength, Stamina and Agility, it even increased my Attack by 175%, Defense by 150%, and Magic Resist by 250%! Who else on this continent could threaten me with magic after this? Not only that, my movement speed was increased by a whopping 500% as well! It would most likely be my flying speed!
This mount was just… Way. Too. Awesome!
I pushed down my excitement and uneasiness as I canceled the Armored Ice Qilin Horse and grabbed onto the vine behind the Ancient Divine Dragon"s back. The moment I climbed onto its back and sat down, a tremendous surge of power immediately flooded my veins. Muahahaha, fight me now, Giant Buck Cavalry of Purple Grape City!
ID: Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand (t.i.tle: Martial G.o.d of the Abyss)
Cla.s.s: Undead Swordsman (Great Earth Swordsman)
Level: 206
HP: 412350
Attack: 13155~14420
Defense: 21215
Magic Resist: 18420
Reputation: 749400
Tactics: 957 ( + 854)
Luck: 74
……
Even without buffs, my max HP was an insane 410+ k! I would like to see anyone cutting this number down to size! Besides that, my actual Attack had become 4.45 times bigger than its old value, or almost 80k Attack. As of now, most players only had 30k effective Defense or so. Was there anyone in the world who could withstand my power?
Speaking of test subjects, a plethora of them were gaping at me right now. The Giant Buck Cavalry almost killed me in Final Duel Valley, so who better than them to test out my new mount and make my impossible comeback!?
I gripped my sword tighter and smiled. "Fight with me, little dragon!"
The Ancient Divine Dragon"s whiskers swayed, and it let out a stunning roar before rus.h.i.+ng toward the Giant Buck Cavalry. Because it was floating about one yard above the ground, it almost looked like it was crawling on the ground. Obviously, that wasn"t the case. The second I reached Copper Spear and his goons, I immediately used Thousand Ice Slas.h.!.+
Boom!
Countless damage numbers rose into the air—
154277!
137739!
183734!
……
Motherf.u.c.ker! If even Thousand Ice Slash could do this much damage, Burning Blade Slash was sure to one-shot all of them!
Next, I locked onto the center of the Giant Buck Cavalry troop and ordered, "Little dragon, Summon the Storm!"
The Ancient Divine Dragon roared again and surrounded itself with ice. A pitch black cloud gathered in the sky at an impossible speed before raining lightning and ice onto the ground. Countless 100k+ damage numbers rose to the air as all Giant Buck Cavalry within a 100x100 yard square began falling like flies. Less than 10 seconds later, all Giant Buck Cavalrymen had turned into experience, equipment, potions and, of course, corpses.
Swhoos.h.!.+
In fact, I killed so many people in one go that I had risen to Level 207. This grinding speed is just...
……
"What the f.u.c.k is that?"
Copper Spear stared the Ancient Divine Dragon in disbelief. He simply couldn"t believe what he was seeing no matter what; couldn"t believe that over a thousand Giant Buck Cavalry had turned into dead bodies in an instant.
I didn"t kill Copper Spear. Instead, I focused on the Giant Buck Cavalry around him and killed everyone. I made the Ancient Divine Dragon rise about 20 yards above the ground before firing a sword aura into the crowd. It tore a 20-yard-long crack on the ground and one-shot all the mages and archers who were unfortunate enough to stand in its path. This beauty was a divine beast alright. Who would"ve thought that my basic attack would become this powerful?
Copper Spear shouted, "Archers, use Shock Arrows and Mountain Stagger Arrows to knock him off the dragon! We… we cannot let Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand defeat our server like this, we cannot…"
Copper Spear was so shaken that even his voice had begun to shake.
The archers raised their longbows and shot at me, but the shots bounced off the Ancient Divine Dragon"s scales like nothing. Even the mages" Touches of the Dragonkiss and Icicle Thrusts could only do triple or even double digit damage to me. It wasn"t even enough damage to outpace my Regeneration of the Undead. How embarra.s.sing.
Swhoosh swhoosh swhoos.h.!.+
I attacked mercilessly and carved up the ground of Final Duel Valley like sus.h.i.+, leaving behind heaps of dead Purple Grape City players.
Finally, Copper Spear couldn"t withstand the slaughter-style PK any longer. After all, it wasn"t just a matter of one level. Dying here meant losing everything.
"With… withdraw!! Withdraw now! We wait until the Descent of the One Hundred G.o.ds guild replenishes their experts! Anyone below Level 190 can"t even damage him…"
Copper Spear escaped, and the remaining Giant Buck Cavalrymen scattered like rabbits.
……
I didn"t chase after them because I had something more important to do. I took every piece of equipment on the ground and did some mental calculation. Yeah, this should be enough to evolve my Purple Ying Sword!