Chapter 286 – Black Sin Lotus (1/2)
Chapter 286 – Black Sin Lotus
The Black Sin Lotus was a precious alchemy ingredient and the vital ingredient to concoct the Legendary Black Sin Potion. Its value was astronomical!
The monsters lurking below the water’s surface were at minimum Level 40 while the Black Sin Lotus sprouted roughly 60 meters away from the shore. It was much more difficult fighting in water than on land, so obtaining it wouldn’t be easy.
“Should we swim?” Yao Yao asked. With the Black Sin Lotus sitting far off in the middle of the lake, she believed the only way to reach it was by treading into these calm waters.
Nie Yan shook his head. “Hold on a second.” He walked over to the lake’s edge and looked down, whereupon he saw a shadow in the water swimming towards him. His heart shook, and he quickly recoiled back.
With a large number of powerful monsters lurking below the surface, obtaining the Black Sin Lotus would prove quite the challenge.
It would’ve taken them over 6 hours just to get to this place if they hadn’t taken a shortcut by jumping down the sinkhole. On their journey, they would’ve been delayed time and time again by the monsters that lurked at every corner.
Nie Yan summoned his pet Golden Dragon. Right now, Lil’ Gold was already quite strong. Enough so, to help him hunt monsters.
As a brilliant beam of light descended, a large Golden Dragon appeared before them.
“This is the Golden Dragon pet?” Yao Yao asked in amazement. She gently rubbed Lil’ Gold’s scales with her slender hands.
Lil’ Gold’s scales had a rough texture with a metallic shine. These scales were even more resilient than most metal armours!
“Mhmm. I’ll go lure some mobs,” Nie Yan said. He walked up to a wall with his Cavalry Crossbow, then took aim at a shadow swimming in the lake.
He accounted for the refraction and fired.「Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!」Five bolts flew out in quick succession and struck the shadow, causing a gush of blood to dye the water red.
The shadow charged toward Nie Yan and leapt out of the water with a giant splash.
Nie Yan could finally see the appearance of the monster. It was about the size of a large grizzly bear with a muscular upper body. It was covered in black scales, had two sharp horns growing out of its head, and wielded a 5-meter onyx-coloured pitchfork.
Black Horned Devil (Leader): Level 40
Health: 9,000/9,000
Even though it was only a Leader-class monster, Nie Yan didn’t relax. This monster was a far greater adversary than one might think on first glance.
Nie Yan quickly opened some distance and fired out another round of bolts from his Cavalry Crossbow.
「Put! Put! Put!」Another five bolts struck their target in quick succession.
−121
−112
−100
−115
−106
A string of damage values floated up above the Black Horned Devil’s head as it lost a sizeable chunk of its health bar.
Lil’ Gold opened his maw and spewed out a mouthful of Dragon Breath at the Black Horned Devil.「Boom!」It left a large scorch mark on the Black Horned Devil’s chest.
−529 A frightening damage value floated up into the air! Even Nie Yan was taken aback. He never expected Lil’ Gold’s damage to have already caught up to him.
On second thought, Nie Yan understood why Lil Gold’s damage was so high. It was because Dragon Breath was a skill that ignored all armour! The formula the system used to calculate damage was extremely complicated. It included several factors such as the type of attack, armour type, level disparity, and so on.
For example, Nie Yan’s crossbow dealt 160% bonus damage to cloth and leather-armoured targets. Against plate-armoured opponents, this bonus was reduced to 50%. Lil Gold’s Dragon Breath was classified as a Chaos-type attack. It dealt 200% true damage to all targets. This was why the Black Horned Devil took so much damage despite the large level discrepancy.
Dark Binding!
Shadows crept up from the ground, tightly locking down Nie Yan. The Black Horned Devil had bound him, leaving him unable to move.an inch.
Just as Yao Yao was about to come to the rescue by casting Dispel, Nie Yan shouted, “Cast Radiant Barrier on Lil’ Gold!”
Yao Yao waved her staff, casting Radiant Barrier on Lil’ Gold as a pure and holy membrane of light enveloped him.
Yao Yao’s reaction speed was comparable to a top-ranking expert’s.
Not a moment later, the Black Horned Devil charged straight for Lil’ Gold and stabbed at him with its giant pitchfork.
「Klang!」Lil’ Gold was pushed back several steps as the pitchfork struck the scales on his belly, causing sparks to fly everywhere. Thanks to the protection of the Radiant Barrier, Lil’ Gold’s defenses were bolstered considerably and he only took around 170 damage.
If it wasn’t for Yao Yao’s Radiant Barrier, Lil’ Gold would have suffered far greater damage.