Chapter 77

Amidst the deafening roar, the scene changed, and a world of green and white appeared.

— Bang! The massive body of the Flying Ship crashed into the water, causing huge waves. Amidst the violent rocking, Da Fei took a clear look at the surroundings.

The white expanse was the water, shimmering with white light, and the green expanse was the thick tree roots, glowing with green light. Countless tree roots intertwined to form a vast forest on the water, winding upwards like a giant net spread from the underground sky. The underground sky was like a green starry sky, emitting a faint green light.

There was water in the forest, and forest in the water. The massive body of the Flying Ship was like a small pleasure boat in this forest of water.

— Mission Prompt: You have arrived at the Pool of Light. The epic mission "Purify the Pool of Light" has officially begun. Please eliminate all the monsters in the Pool of Light.

At this moment, a large area of red dots appeared on Da Fei's mini-map, like a dense cloud. This was the radar effect of the divine reconnaissance skill.

Da Fei's eyes widened in shock! Could there really be so many monsters? Da Fei quickly took out his telescope and scanned the forest of tree roots, involuntarily drawing a cold breath. The tree roots were covered with countless, densely packed, dog-sized giant beetles! Were these all monsters?

— Bloodsucking Beetles: Attack? Defense? Life? Damage? Attack Speed? Movement Speed? Special Skill: Flying Creature.

Shit! Without even considering the strength of these beetles, just the sheer number made Da Fei doubt that his ship's entire supply of ammunition wouldn't be enough! And this was just in this area. Who knew how many more beetles there were in other areas? Could this purification really mean that he had to kill all these beetles clean?

At this moment, Katarina jumped down from the bridge: "Captain, there's no wind at all, our ship can't move! Please give instructions for the next move, Captain."

Move? Where to? With thousands of monsters on the surrounding tree roots, there was no need to move. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Since they were here, they might as well start with these beetles.

Da Fei waved his hand: "Prepare for battle and kill the beetles!"

Katarina laughed: "Okay!" Immediately, the jungle hunters on both sides of the ship began to change formation, forming a large square of a hundred people.

— Jungle Hunter: Attack 6, Defense 5, Life 14, Damage 5-8, Attack Speed 13, Movement Speed 13, Leadership Value 2, Recruitment Cost 410 gold, Special Skills: Double Shot, Piercing, Precision Shot, Arrow Array, Melee Penalty.

These were the level 3 jungle hunters, the pride of the elf race, undoubtedly the strongest level 3 units. Their damage and recruitment cost were close to level 4 units. Their special skill, Double Shot, already surpassed the damage level of level 4 units. In the same monthly production, the jungle hunters could unleash the power of level 7 remote units like Titans. Moreover, as a remote unit with a built-in piercing skill, they could fully utilize their Double Shot skill, which in turn fully utilized the high luck characteristic of the elf race. In battle, the square of jungle hunters would be a dazzling display of rainbow light, making it impossible to look directly.

The jungle hunters' attack speed of 13 was a nightmare for all other races' remote units. Even the strongest remote unit of the neutral faction, the Titan, might be taken down by the jungle hunters' first round of attacks. In short, once the jungle hunters started fighting, failure was almost certain.

The obvious weakness of the jungle hunters was their low health, which was heartbreaking, and they were not immune to mental magic. Compared to the ultimate level 7 remote unit, the Titan, which had high health and defense and was immune to all, there was a significant difference.

Now, with the first battle imminent, there could be no room for carelessness. Da Fei still had 4 free skill points left. Last time, when he learned navigation, he learned level 1 archery. There was no question about these 4 points; he upgraded his archery skill.

— System Prompt: You spent 1 skill point to learn Intermediate Archery. The hero and remote units' damage is increased by 20%.

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— System Prompt: You spent 1 skill point to learn Master Archery. The hero and remote units' damage is increased by 50%.

Of course, besides the elf and academy races, which have three remote units and for whom archery is a required skill, other races have fewer remote units with less powerful damage, making archery less worthwhile. However, once archery is upgraded to Master level, it can be combined with the Master-level War Machine skill to create a new sub-skill: Triple Crossbow!

— Triple Crossbow: The hero, having mastered precise archery, can maximize the function of the crossbow, firing three arrows in one shot. The cost is that the crossbow's durability will continuously decrease. (Note: To combine sub-skills, both main skills from the two disciplines must reach Master level. It's impossible to combine skills from different disciplines without graduating from both.)

So, for the mechanical flow, archery still has its uses. From this perspective, the elf race is actually very suitable for the human common crossbow turtle strategy, where remote units surround the crossbows, and melee units, especially unicorns, surround the remote units. This way, the shooting is both powerful and well-protected, far surpassing human capabilities.

However, this would sacrifice the elf race's mobility advantage, which would be a loss for the elf race. Similarly, for the hell race, which has only one remote unit, the succubus, and is highly dependent on the crossbow, archery is a very conflicting skill.

Now that the skills were in place, the arrow array was ready, and the arrows were on the string.

As a skilled player, Da Fei would not shoot all at once, as he was worried about the beetles charging all at once. In the game, due to the setting that high-speed movement can easily dodge attacks, flying units, especially small, high-speed flying units, are almost impossible to deal with. Once encountered, one must aim carefully and shoot the head to avoid damage. Otherwise, the flying units won't give the remote units a chance to reload.

Since these beetles have a group attack attribute, the task now was to lure them out.

Da Fei assigned a jungle hunter to shoot a beetle on the tree root.

Swoosh! Two arrows flew out, -5! The beetle exploded, spewing white fluid.

— System Prompt: Your troops killed a Bloodsucking Beetle. You gained 4 experience points.

— System Prompt: You gained incomplete information about the Bloodsucking Beetle.

Shit! Only 5 health points!

The moment the beetle was killed, the entire swarm of beetles on the tree roots was alarmed! Countless beetles flew over in a black cloud! Indeed, they had a group attack attribute!

A golden light descended from the sky!

— System Prompt: Your secondary hero, Serbia, cast the Master-level Light Magic "Righteous Power" on the troops, increasing their attack by 15, with the magic lasting for 1 game day.

Da Fei waved his hand: "Fire!"

Boom! Two layers of arrow rain shot out, like white fireworks in the air. The beetles exploded under the piercing arrows. With the hero's attack attribute and skill magic, the jungle hunters' damage was more than tripled! Especially the 18 hunters led by the all-attack pirate Katarina, whose damage was increased by five to six times!

Such high damage could easily kill five to six beetles with one arrow! This was exactly the effect he wanted! If he had directly ambushed the beetles on the tree roots, he wouldn't have been able to fully utilize the piercing skill to achieve large-scale damage, and he would have also alerted the beetles behind the roots, leading to a surprise attack.

The first battle was easily won, and Da Fei breathed a sigh of relief. The tree roots on the side where the beetles were cleared were now like sieves, oozing a milky white liquid.

However, looking at the beetles' weak health and defense, and the large red cloud on the mini-map, Da Fei felt very uneasy.

Would this mission really require him to clear all these beetles? This was just a small area near the Pool of Light. The entire map of the Pool of Light was much larger.

Would the ammunition on his ship be enough? And there were definitely not just these weak beetles here. How long would it take to clear all the beetles on the entire map? And with no wind, the ship couldn't move, so he would have to use the magic sail. Would the magic sail's power be enough to circle the area and clean it?

Da Fei felt a severe headache! He thought that with a large ship, powerful cannons, and a strong hero, he could easily handle some boss monsters and complete the epic mission. But it turned out to be this situation? If his ship were a pirate ship, it would be better. What should he do now? It was more frustrating to have the power but not be able to use it, and even more frustrating to have the power but not be able to use it fully!

Just as he was thinking, a buzzing sound came from the sky, and Da Fei immediately became alert!

More beetles! Hundreds of beetles flew over from somewhere and dove into the tree roots that had just been cleared, starting to feed again!

Shit! Don't tell me these beetles are infinite in number? If so, this mission's key is not to kill these small beetles! It must be to destroy the nest?

That's it! Realizing this, Da Fei took out the Blood Eagle Flute, clicked to use it, and a faint, translucent eagle rose up. In an instant, Da Fei's mini-map shrank, showing a sea of red. Damn, the mini-map was becoming less and less useful. He decided to share the eagle's vision.

Da Fei controlled the eagle to fly along the direction the beetles came from, like flying in a plane, with the scenery rushing past. This treasure was too useful! Damn, he really didn't want to return it!

Finally, he found it! A huge, writhing mass of flesh, covered with countless tentacles and flesh holes, with beetles flying in and out of the holes!

Damn, so disgusting, it must be this! Wait, I'll come and blast it! (To be continued)

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