Chapter 328 – Standardized Equipment (1/2)
Chapter 328 – Standardized Equipment
“I just need you to help me kill 2 groups of Phantom Berserkers. I can handle the rest from there,” Nie Yan said. This was the first main obstacle in the quest.
These seven Phantom Berserkers resembled immovable titans, blocking Nie Yan and Tang Yao’s path.
“Are you kidding me?” Tang Yao stared at Nie Yan with an incredulous expression. Had this brother of his gone mad? How could they possibly deal with these seven Level 60 Elites!?
“I’m dead serious. Don’t worry, just follow my instructions. These Phantoms Berserkers don’t have any armour or magic resistance, so there’s no level suppression effect against low-level players. You basically deal true damage to them. They ignore physical attacks, but take an extra 30% damage from magic attacks. I’ll lock them down with Advanced Twisting Vines, then you wipe them out with a group-target spell,” Nie Yan explained. He wouldn’t have brought Tang Yao here if he didn’t have some form of assurance.
Tang Yao nodded. “Since you’re confident, tell me what I have to do.”
Nie Yan explained his plan to Tang Yao in detail.
“Alright, I’ll go draw their aggro according to your instructions,” Tang Yao said. He approached within 30 meters of the seven Phantom Berserkers.
Nie Yan got into position and gave the signal. Tang Yao waved his staff and shot out a ball of black flames.
「Boom!」The fireball struck one of the Phantom Berserkers, its flames scorching the surroundings black.
All seven Phantom Berserkers immediately locked onto Tang Yao. They swung their hammers and charged toward him.
Charge!
Charge!
After activating Charge, the Phantom Berserkers were several times faster than Tang Yao.
Holy shit! Tang Yao hurriedly activated Windchaser and bolted toward Nie Yan.
Seeing Tang Yao leading the Phantom Berserkers towards him, Nie Yan started activating the Advanced Twisting Vines Scroll as it lit up with a brilliant radiance.
The Phantom Berserkers quickly closed in on Tang Yao. He was simply too slow, and the level difference was too great.
Nie Yan, who was in the middle of activating the Twisting Vines Scroll, also broke out in a cold sweat. He never expected the Phantom Berserkers would be so fast after activating Charge. They could even outrun players on mounts which gave a movement speed bonus of 150%.
One of the Phantom Berserkers swung down its hammer at Tang Yao. It looked like he was about to be smashed into a meat patty.
In the last second, Tang Yao transformed into a seagull and desperately flapped away.
「Crash!」The hammer struck empty ground, leaving a small crater and sending sand flying everywhere.
Tang Yao actually managed to escape! After flying for about 30 seconds, he returned to human form and continued running towards Nie Yan.
Nie Yan never expected Tang Yao to have such a trick up his sleeve. He could immediately tell this was the effect of the special item, Ring of Transformation!
The Ring of Transformation allowed a player to transform into an animal of their preference, whereupon they would gain innate skills based on the animal they transformed into. For example, the seagull Tang Yao just transformed into gave the player an enormous boost in movement speed as well as the ability to fly. However, they weren’t allowed to attack, and getting hit would knock them out of the transformation. Furthermore, the Ring of Transformation’s duration was extremely short at only 30 seconds.
In a dire situation like the one Tang Yao was just in, the Ring of Transformation was extremely useful.
After barely escaping by the skin of his teeth, Tang Yao breathed out a sigh of relief. Work like pulling mobs and drawing aggro really wasn’t his cup of tea.
Seeing Tang Yao lead the group of Phantom Berserkers toward him, Nie Yan waved and activated the Twisting Vines Scroll.
Thick and solid vines shot out of the ground and tangled the feet of the charging Phantom Berserkers, stopping them dead in their tracks.
Tang Yao, who was previously fleeing for his life, turned around and waved his staff. After chanting several unintelligible syllables, a black cloud of flames condensed in the sky and started raining down flames on the Phantom Berserkers.
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A blanket of damage values floated up into the air.