Chapter 24

When another golden light descended from the sky, Da Fei had reached level 12, and he could kill a level 5 soldier with two shots, making the experience of leveling up feel incredibly satisfying!

The giant sea anemone had grown into a silver-black sphere as tall as a person, and the construction progress was already more than halfway complete. Compared to the usual game construction times of ten to fifteen days for ordinary unit buildings, this could be considered lightning fast.

Renoir had also taken quite a few hits, but no matter how excellent a level 5 soldier was, their attack power was only around 15, and their damage was also about 15. Facing a defense difference of 50 points, the damage was less than one-third. After being reduced by 60% by his Master-level Defense Skill, the damage was at most 2 points. Compared to his boss-like health, this was just a light drizzle.

It was believed that the real threat to him was not these ordinary small soldiers, but the boss! This trial mission must have a boss, right?

A huge silver moon slowly rose from the sea, and the dark clouds that covered the sky were swept away. How big was the moon? It was 100 times the size of an ordinary moon! This was definitely not the moon on Earth.

The waves of the entire Nether Sea burst out with a huge sound, and the sea was shrouded in mist.

Renoir said in a deep voice, "The Moon of Death, the source of life and power in the world of the dead, will make the enemy's attacks even more frenzied."

Da Fei asked in surprise, "Then, Captain, what about you?"

Renoir said in a deep voice, "My life is slowly recovering. However, the curse barrier will become even stronger, and I have no advantage. We must get through this night."

If he could recover health, there was no need to panic! After all, the waves of enemies during the day were just to scare players and give them experience. It seemed that the real challenge would come at night. But from the time, it should be daytime in the real world.

Just then, the top of the silver-black sphere suddenly made a popping sound, and a short, red, fleshy pillar broke out of the shell—was this a tentacle? Could it be that this unit building itself was a living creature? Or perhaps it was a sea anemone king that could produce offspring?

Very possible! The famous Tree of Life of the Elven race was a building that could fight, and in fact, many of the Elven race's high-level buildings were living and could fight!

If this sea anemone building was similar to the Elven race, then even if a boss appeared, there would still be a chance to fight! Looking at the rapidly increasing construction progress bar under the moonlight, Da Fei was so excited that he laughed out loud! He finally understood why the sea anemone had to hide in the sand and absorb soul energy. Because the surface world with sunlight was actually not suitable for its growth, and the world of the dead might be its true home.

Now, countless undead Naga were landing in the thick fog, and Da Fei was brimming with confidence. Come on! His sea anemone was thirsty and hungry!

— System Notice: Reconnaissance Warning! A powerful enemy is approaching, please be on alert.

Da Fei was suddenly startled! Boss!

Sure enough, behind the group of monsters, a tall, undead Naga with two huge bone knives emerged from the fog! No way! A boss at the start of the mission! This was a rhythm to be crushed!

Renoir hurriedly said, "A powerful enemy has appeared, we must stop it! It has the ability to disrupt my ritual!"

Damn! Even the NPC was not calm!

This trial, under normal circumstances, should be passed by two players working together, right? There should also be the help of the Dark Magic Book, right? Now, there was only him, and the sea anemone was still growing. It didn't seem like he could take it down alone. What to do?

The only old trick was to position and stall for time! Stall until the sea anemone was completed!

Da Fei quickly said to Renoir, "I have a surefire strategy, Captain, you must hold on! Stay calm! Be cool!" After saying that, he quickly moved to the side and went into stealth to avoid being hit by stray attacks.

Renoir urgently said, "Don't mess around!"

The undead Naga swarmed forward, surrounding the captain and hacking away. For a moment, the captain's head was hit with -2, -1, -2, -2, one after another. When the big boss arrived, the captain was already surrounded by layers of small monsters, and because there was no place to attack, the big boss just stood outside the crowd watching.

This was positioning, similar to how Da Fei used the cargo hold's crossbow to attack the boss. More ideally, the boss didn't attack the sea anemone. It seemed that the difficulty of this trial was artificially limited, with the monsters' target being the captain and ignoring the player, similar to the rules of tower defense games.

Since that was the case, Da Fei tried to stab a small monster. When he attacked, a seven-colored rainbow light flashed above his head—Lucky Hit! Double damage! Instant kill!

This was the captain's Lucky Skill! A Lucky Hit dealt double the maximum damage!

— Lucky Skill: Each level of the skill increases the hero and the hero's units' luck by 1 point. 1 point of luck increases the chance of a Lucky Hit by 2%.

Master level was 5 points, which was a 10% chance of a Lucky Hit. When there were few units, the effect was not noticeable, but when there were many units, this 10% was quite terrifying! It was like out of 100 units, 10 units would definitely deal double damage. Conversely, when luck was negative, it could result in a Cursed Hit, which dealt half the minimum damage. Reducing the enemy's luck was a demon race's specialty.

Just then, he had disturbed the hornet's nest! The onlookers, including the boss, immediately began to chase Da Fei! Although their target was the captain, when there was nothing to do, they would naturally attack any provoking enemy.

Da Fei was suddenly startled! He had to run!

For a moment, Da Fei was running a marathon around the island with a large group of monsters. His movement speed, which had been boosted to 12 points, was quite impressive.

One lap, two laps, three laps.

The captain's wailing voice came from far away, "Adventurer, protect me! This can't go on!"

Da Fei's heart tightened, and he could only say, "Captain, hold on, time is victory!" How could the small monsters hold up if they couldn't take on the boss? He believed in the captain's strength.

Perhaps the number of enemies on the island had reached saturation, and no new monsters were landing from the sea. Da Fei's stamina was also decreasing, and he was about to run out. The more he moved at maximum speed, the more his stamina was drained. With no choice, he took out a coconut fruit, smashed it, and gained +100 stamina! Oh yeah! Continue!

Four laps, five laps, six laps! Was the sea anemone not done yet? Da Fei looked back at the monsters chasing him, and his heart tightened. Were they not tired? Did they not have 100 points of stamina? Or did they have endless stamina under the moonlight?

The captain shouted, "Adventurer!!!"

Da Fei took out another coconut fruit, drank it, and shouted, "—A little pain in the wind and rain is nothing—"

How many laps had he run? Da Fei couldn't remember, but he clearly felt that the speed of the monsters chasing him had started to decrease! Hahaha! He thought they were marathon ironmen who could run forever! It turned out they also had a limit on their stamina!

Just then,

— System Notice: Your unit building "Sea Anemone Nest" has been successfully constructed!

— Newbie Notice: You now have your own unit building. Unit buildings require relevant resources and population to train your units.

At this moment, Da Fei's lord interface panel suddenly activated and shone!

Da Fei looked at the center of the island in surprise and saw several long tentacles fly out, instantly killing a group of monsters surrounding the captain!

Oh yeah! The clouds had cleared and the moon was shining!

With the death of the small monsters that were positioning, a gap was left open, and the monsters chasing Da Fei immediately resumed their original mission, abandoning Da Fei to go after the captain.

Looking at the slow-moving snake monsters, Da Fei suddenly felt a surge of joy! They were out of stamina! Without stamina, their damage would be at the minimum, or even half the minimum in a weakened state! This made it easier to take down the boss.

There was nothing to say, take advantage of the boss's lack of stamina and attack the boss, not giving it time to recover. Da Fei opened the lord panel, and in the personal facilities section, a new sea anemone icon appeared. He clicked to view it.

— Demonized Toxic Sea Anemone Nest: Unit recruitment building. Attack 80 (+60), Defense 70 (+60), Damage 10-12 (+2), Durability 1000, Attack Speed 3 (+2), Movement Speed 0, Special Skills: Multi-Attack (5 tentacles), Toxic Paralysis Attack, Bouncing Attack. Current recruitment capacity for Toxic Sea Anemone: 1/1.

— Ah! Da Fei was so surprised that he sprayed a nose full of snot!

80 attack! 70 defense! The hero's attributes could be stacked on the building! This was insane! The Elven race's ancient trees didn't have this setting! Although the ancient trees could fight, they were still classified as war machines, like arrow towers. This nest could stack the hero's attack and defense, which only meant one thing: this nest was both a building and a living creature! As a living creature, it could be led by a hero!

What was the point of talking?

80 attack meant what? 1 attack added 5% damage, so 80 attack added 400%! 10 damage could deal 50! With the Master-level Attack Skill adding 60%, it was 80! This was just the damage of one tentacle, not counting the special skills!

Come on, attack the boss!

At this moment, the boss was leading the army slowly approaching the captain, and the 5 tentacles of the sea anemone nest shot out—pop, pop, pop, pop, pop! -86! -84! -88! -86! -84!

Da Fei was suddenly startled! Why was the damage so low? The Bouncing Attack could deal two to three times the normal damage, which meant the sea anemone was actually dealing less than 40 points of damage! Without the skill, the sea anemone's normal damage should be 50!

What did this mean? It meant that the boss's defense, and defense skills, were not much different from Renoir's attack! If the defense was so strong, how could the attack be weak? No wonder Renoir was not calm when it appeared! If they met it under normal circumstances, how would they fight it? Would they need the Dark Magic Book to constantly lower its status? But now that its stamina was down, it was as if it had been hit by a full set of dark magic?

Da Fei's brows furrowed! No, he couldn't take the risk! The Dark Magic Book could summon zombies, and with the hero's abnormal attributes, those zombies would be a powerful force, but he didn't have that much power.

He still had to position! The sea anemone nest had 1000 health points, let the sea anemone take a few rounds first.

But now the boss was leading the charge, and it would definitely get the attack position. To position it, he would have to block its path! No, that was too risky. Although its target was the boss, it might casually slash him, and if he died, who knew what would happen?

Sea anemone! He still had a small sea anemone, let it block the boss!

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