Chapter 1192: Ancient Divine Skill (1/2)
Lian Xin pointed to the north and said, ”There’s a path next to Dragonbone Mountain Range over there called ‘Angry Bear Canyon’, and it’s filled with brutal fiend-rank bears between Level 240 and 250. They’re just right for a party like us and especially for big brother Lu Chen. If he fights a monster that’s too weak, he won’t get any experience at all. That would be too unfair…”
He Yi let out a soft chuckle. ”Very well, we shall head to Angry Bear Canyon and grind some angry bears…”
Murong Mingyue giggled. ”Yep. Let’s go!”
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There was huge traffic beneath the mountain range. It was because over half of the players of the entire China server had come here to rest and resupply. After we finally squeezed our way out of the crowd, I maintained the Fusion Armor and kept pace with Murong Mingyue and Lian Xin while He Yi acted as the point of our party.
He Yi took out all the random mobs we ran into on the way until we reached Angry Bear Canyon. There were almost no players here because the mobs in Angry Bear Canyon started at Level 240 and ended at Level 260. At the current stage of the game, only those with extremely good equipment would be able to challenge them.
We saw a 10-man party standing at the entrance to Angry Bear Canyon. One of the archers was saying with a deep frown, ”We already lost Fourth once to the mobs, so I think we should stop here. Yes, our quest is to venture into the deeper areas of Angry Bear Canyon to gather the herbs there, but at our level it’s just plain suicide. Fuck that Princess Karinshan, seriously. Can’t she gather some more common herbs?”
The assassin beside him echoed in agreement. ”Yeah, this is just impossible. Furious Strike from one Angry Bear is enough to delete 190k HP from our main tank. Two can straight up instakill him before we can do anything else. Even with a priest and a bard in the party, we don’t have even nearly enough HPS…”
”This quest is just fucking impossible, man. A map like Angry Bear Canyon is just a suicide map until you’re at least Level 240 or something…”
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Their complaints stopped temporarily when He Yi and I walked up to them and asked, ”Excuse me, but can you move out of the way? We’re going inside to do a faction quest.”
”You want to enter Angry Bear Canyon as a four-man party? Are you trying to kill yourselves?” the assassin said bluntly.
However, the axe wielder next to him frowned and said, ”Shut up and open your goddamned eyes, Fifth.”
”Er…”
The assassin finally noticed the guild emblem on our shoulder. Although we had hidden our IDs, we were so famous that few people would be unable to identify us through appearance alone. He shuddered from head to toe and murmured, ”L-lu Chen, From Water, Lian Xing and Murong Mingyue…? Fine, I was wrong. This map is easy peasy for you four…”
I shot him a polite smile and walked past him. Immediately, I spotted 5 Angry Bears on the other side of the entrance. They were all Level 249 fiend-rank mobs. It was no wonder that a normal player would have trouble against them.
I clenched my fist and let out a growl. Battle qi instantly condensed around me into a protective layer of astral wind. Was this overkill? Of course not. Why be sorry when you could be safe?
I walked straight toward the group of monsters and unleashed Summon the Storm. The skill enveloped a wide enough area that 7 Angry Bears were aggroed toward me at the same time. When they swiped my chest with their blood-red claws, the assassin behind us turned purple. ”Holy shit, 7 Furious Strikes in a row? Not even Lu Chen can survive this, can he?!”
He Yi and Lian Xin giggled at the comment. The damage numbers, or rather lack thereof, quickly proved that his concern was appreciated, but unnecessary—
MISS!
MISS!
MISS!
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Battle Astral Wind was so strong that it absorbed 7 Furious Strikes in a row and lost less than 3% durability. It truly was a god-tier skill in every sense of the word, be it for PvE or PvP. And even if I hadn’t used it, there was still little chance these Angry Bears could threaten me at all. The two Sacred Armaments, multiple Divine Armaments and Immortal-grade equipment I was wearing wasn’t for show after all.
After that, Lian Xin unleashed her God Devil Break and Ice Spiral Formation, and ten or so seconds later, all 7 Angry Bears were dead at the same time. The ten-man party behind us could only stare in shock. To put it mildly, what they were shown was a level of power they could never hope to bridge.
He Yi spurred her mount forward while smiling at the party. ”Lu Chen has opened up the way, so feel free to go in and complete your quest. Of course, we won’t be escorting you all the way. Whether you can complete the quest is up to your own abilities.”
The assassin declared confidently, ”Yeah, thanks! It should be fine now. There is ample space within the canyon, so it should be no problem stealthing over to the herbs and gathering them at all.”
”I wish you luck.”
After we bade the ten-man party goodbye, we continued deeper into the canyon, killed more Angry Bears and picked up all the fur they dropped. Because we had a fur-gathering quest, over 75% of the furry monsters we killed would drop the animal fur we needed. Of course, their pelts were classified as quest items and couldn’t be used to forge leather armor or anything of the sort.