8 - Han Bing Xue Field (3)

Translated by rabbitrisu

But no matter how rare a divine skill was, it couldn’t match the series of moves that Xiao Ran had just performed.

Making proper judgements in an instant, moving, changing equipment, taking performance enhancers, controlling mobs, casting spells… This superior awareness and the ability to control the cast timing was the real divine skill!

Everyone was so immersed in the fantastical scene just now that it was difficult for them to return to their senses.

Although he only cast one skill the entire time, the operational awareness embodied in that cast was powerful. After all, his spell damage was only half that of Xigua!

No matter how strong his Troops skill was, it was only a Level 1 skill and there were limitations to its spell damage. He had to use that skill along with Xigua’s Reed Painting skill to kill a group of One-Eyed Wolves, which was theoretically almost impossible.

His operation was super fierce, QAQ!

Xiao Ran, who was an inconspicuous-to-the-point-of-transparency person the entire time, unexpectedly revealed his presence.

Xiao Ran distributed the coins and whiteboard equipment 1 he picked up to his teammates.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao spoke awkwardly: “This equipment isn’t worth much. You can take it all. If it weren’t for you, we would have been demolished by now.”

Xigua Jingling scratched his head: “Yeah, you saved me this time. I’m too ashamed to ask for this equipment.”

Liang Xia: “I’m too ashamed to ask.”

Gaosu Gonglu: “+2.”

Dafeng: “+3.”

“Okay, ba.” They all agreed. Xiao Ran wasn’t the kind of person who acted polite, so he accepted all of the equipment he just sorted through.

They all continued down the path.

With the previous divine operation as a foot in the door, everyone gradually paid more attention to Xiao Ran.

They found that although Shen Bi skills were difficult to control, Xiao Ran never seemed to miss…

They found that Xiao Ran focused on the front side of the One-Eyed Wolves’ calves and hit the single remaining eye. The angle was tricky, but it hit the nail on the head. At least one of the three strikes could land a critical strike…

They found that although Xiao Ran seemed to simply be a supplementary assistance role, his attacks on a certain One-Eyed Wolf would reduce the pressure on the main tank and healer. Which One-Eyed Wolf’s life could be taken away by the tank’s Wind Slash, which One-Eyed Wolf could be hit by a long-range joint attack to hasten it death… it was all under control.

This was a hidden boss, ah, let me go hide!

You’re too low-key! If someone doesn’t observe carefully, they won’t see that you’re so poisonous!

But that wasn’t Xiao Ran’s fault. The main reason was that the weapons in his hands had too little damage output, and he was a Shen Bi. What could he do if there was no sense of camaraderie or team formation? He was also desperate QAQ.

They were still continuing down the long route to clear the level. Xigua Jingling, who had undergone that unfortunate situation, never dared to run in blind again. He secretly hid behind Xiao Ran. Whatever he hit, he would follow. He would definitely not cause something to go wrong…

He was also a Shen Bi, how could the gap be so huge QAQ.

Xiao Ran was aware, but didn’t call attention to it. Instead, he guided Xigua Jingling to fight mobs when he had the chance. Xigua Jingling, who originally thought his game operations were difficult, felt that it was much simpler, and aimed plenty of affection and gratitude toward Xiao Ran.

He stood behind him and watched Xiao Ran’s monster-beating figure. He still felt he was familiar when he looked at him. He couldn’t help but ask: “Seriously, have we met somewhere?”

Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows, “In a dream?”

Xigua Jingling: “……”

Xigua Jingling: “Well. I haven’t said this, but Laozi is straight, thank you.”

Xigua Jingling suddenly remembered something: “Speaking of which, why is your text so short?”

Generally speaking, the more powerful the spell, the longer it takes to cast. Even If Xiao Ran’s Troops 2 was only Level 1, it wouldn’t be done in six seconds, right?

Xiao Ran shared the item description for the Tian Shen Pills.

Tian Shen Pills (Available Below Level 40): Instantly increase spell damage by 300% and reduce spell casting time by 70%.

Xigua Jingling: “There’s actually this type of operation… convinced.”

Not just him, but the exaggerated attributes shocked the others around them as well.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “Fuck me, this medicine is so powerful! It must be very expensive! Luckily it can only be used below Level 40. Otherwise, if it was used to take down ancient secrets, wouldn’t that be terrifying to death!”

Liang Xia: “But isn’t it a pity to waste such a precious medicine on this random team instance? We don’t know if we can pass the level…”

“Never mind that. As for the game, everyone is happy.” Xiao Ran said openly. Although Tian Shen Pills were precious, they weren’t so much so that he couldn’t afford it.

After all, the godly boss still had more rare item coordinates in his mind. Besides, he would be Level 40 in no time, and it would be wasteful to leave them unused.

Xiao Ran didn’t feel bad, but his teammates felt bad for him.

Xigua Jingling: “The more you say that kind of thing is okay, the less ‘okay’ it is, ah.”

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao’s blood was boiling: “Everyone! In order for Xiao Ma-gege to return to the original world, we must reject this instance!”

Liang Xia: “No, you’re thinking too much. I checked that medicine out. Even if I sell you, I wouldn’t be able to get it.”

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “I didn’t ask you to take up the knife, Xia Xia. QAQ.”

The random team set off again after avoiding the blizzard by sitting beneath a hillside.

Xigua Jingling was no longer a demon, so their pace through the instance was much faster. Without realizing, they had already cleared out all of the One-Eyed Wolves and One-Eyed Wolf Elites, four waves of Xue Qiu mobs, and had just crossed the hillside to reach the Xue Qiu Elite mobs!

Although those elites weren’t the final big boss, the four of them and Naozhong were still nervous in the face of the familiar place where they had fought and failed again and again.

Everyone crouched on the side of the hilltop, watching the Xue Qiu Elite and its little Xue Qiu mobs wandering slowly beneath the cliff not too far away.

Xue Qiu Elite – Level 39.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao clenched his fists.

Xigua Jingling: “Relax.”

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “I’m excited!”

Xigua Jingling: “What’s so exciting? It’s not like we haven’t beaten a boss.”

Liang Xia: “You can be beaten by three or five bosses, but you can’t be beaten by one boss three or five times. Don’t blame him, I’m also excited!”

Xigua Jingling: ╮(╯▽╰)╭

The strong desire for revenge wouldn’t allow them any further discussion. Naozhong Ni Bie Nao stood up from the hillside, then shot an arrow at the little Xue Qiu mob furthest from the Xue Qiu Elite.

Puchi. 3

The arrow tip sank into the Xue Qiu’s surface. The Xue Qiu mob brought two of its friends and quickly rolled toward them.

Speaking of ‘rolling,’ he had to praise the simple and realistic naming style of the main brain.

Because the Xue Qiu mob… it was really just a basketball-sized snowball! 4

Before the Xue Qiu rolled over, the others had already gotten in formation. After confirming that they wouldn’t attract any other Xue Qiu mobs, they freed their hands and feet to start output and their skills smashed the three snowballs like it was nothing.

Unlike the One-Eyed Wolves, the Xue Qiu mobs weren’t very aggressive. Their main attribute was high defense – not just physically, but also for spells. In addition, they weren’t alive, so debuffs like bleeding or poison were also ineffective. They were more difficult to take down, so they only pulled three at a time.

After three Xue Qiu mobs were attracted and taken care of, the random team used the same method to take down the Xue Qiu mobs around the Xue Qiu Elites one by one. In the end, only one Xue Qiu monster was left under the empty cliff. It was the Xue Qiu Elite.

After Xigua Jingling, who pretended to be powerful but got beaten like a dog, took off his leader’s mantle, the role of Team Captain naturally fell to Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “Everyone perk up, especially Xigua. Your Reed Painting skill must be powerful! If Gonglu is taken out, we’ll be miserable!”

Xigua Jingling immediately became hesitant: “I…” 5

Little Angel Xiao Ran: “Don’t be nervous, I’ll remind you.”

Xigua Jingling was revived, full of energy: “Alright!”

Gaosu Gonglu: “For Azeroth! 6 Let’s push back this boss with one try! Go straight to the finish line!”

Liang Xia wasn’t as optimistic as the others and spoke mournfully: “The freezing has a solution, but what about the clone skill?”

That really was the question. If there was nobody with a detection skill in the team, the Xue Qiu Elite’s clone skill was very tricky—

When the clone appears, the HP bars of the two Elite mobs would be hidden until one of them dies. Like that, the players couldn’t determine which was real or fake based on vision alone while simultaneously resisting against them. It was too stressful for the team. If they weren’t careful, they would gg. 7 They needed to find a way to deal with the clone boss first.

Xiao Ran: “That’s not too bad. As far as I know, the HP of the clone is only one-tenth that of the Xue Qiu Elite. If we focus on damage output, the clone will be taken care of within two minutes.”

Liang Xia: “But how do we determine which is the clone?” Ai, if they had the Illusion Arrow or the Eye of Truth, they would be fine. Once the clone was seen by either skill, it would automatically disappear and they wouldn’t have such a headache.

Xiao Ran smiled: “Similarly, it can be determined within two minutes.”

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “I understand what Xiao Ma-ge means. No matter which is real or fake, we’ll target one and fight it to the death first. Don’t be distracted by the other’s attacks. After two minutes, the one that’s stunned it the clone, the one that doesn’t die is the boss! If we get the wrong boss at that time, it’s not too late to go back. It’s better than being blinded by two bosses.”

With that said, the tactics were easy to understand, but—

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “We catch one and beat it to death, but what about the other?”

Xiao Ran laughed, but didn’t say a word. The others suddenly realized and they laughed alongside Xiao Ran without saying a word.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “Don’t laugh at me like this, I’m good QAQ.”

–Xiao Ran’s tactics were passed along so pleasantly. Really, if Xiao Ran hadn’t said anything, it would have been difficult for those present to come up with an effective method so quickly.

What’s interesting was that Xiao Ran’s words were naturally trusted by the others. Before they realized, Xiao Ran already took up an important position in the team and had the right to speak. Everyone had almost forgotten that before joining the instance, but he was just he inconspicuous player who hadn’t reached Level 40.

Footnotes

Didn’t make a note of this last chapter bc I had no clue and just TLed it literally, but whiteboard equipment is apparently just ordinary equipment without enchantments or stat boosts author started shortening One Thousand Troops and Horses skill to just troops, dw about it. Like a puff of air, or an impact sound. Xue Qiu means snowball ? Author says Alexander here? Not sure if that references alexander the great or some celebrity, but I put what it meant based on context instead of trying to keep the reference intact. This is a common war-cry in the mmo World of Warcraft, set in the planet called Azeroth. gg is good game, meaning they would lose