Chapter 1 of 1
Chapter 1
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After Chen Feng climbed up the cliff, he quietly tiptoed over the treetops, squinting his pale green eyes, and stared at the steel-rock ogre leader 100 meters away, contemplating how to deal with the situation.
The steel-rock ogre leader, Naisel, is a two-headed ogre who inherited the steel-rock ogre's natural traits, making his skin highly resistant to physical attacks. This five-meter-tall giant held a massive metal club in his left hand, corresponding to his left head, giving Naisel the skills of a bloodthirsty warrior. Meanwhile, Naisel's right hand held a flaming bone staff, which, combined with his sleeping right head, granted him the abilities of a fire mage. If all the intelligence is correct, Naisel is a boss that combines the traits of a warrior and a mage.
Chen Feng silently sighed, "A tough opponent!"
He revealed his slender arms and took out his emerald-green war bow from his back, carefully examining it: the Wind Walker Longbow of Ximo, a unique rare weapon obtained after passing the Wind Ranger's profession test.
Chen Feng then looked down at the pair of translucent curved blades at his waist, which he had spent over a year to obtain: Flowing Light and Water Breaker, legendary weapons ranked among the top 100 divine weapons. Chen Feng, playing the role of a Wind Ranger, relied on the profession's specialties and these three legendary weapons to become the seventh-ranked player in terms of overall strength in the game "Hao Tian."
Gathering his thoughts, Chen Feng continued to observe the surroundings. Naisel was pacing around the altar, looking around. To the east of the altar was a stone staircase, leading to an area 30 meters away where many elite monsters, such as ogre warriors and ogre dark mages, were distributed. Further down, there were densely packed ogre warriors and ogre shamans, some on guard and others patrolling in groups.
To the west of the ogre altar, ten meters away, was a pile of bones made from various animal skulls, whose purpose was unclear. To the south were the cliff walls and ogre-style tents. Only to the north, where Chen Feng had climbed up using his skill, was a fifty-meter-wide, thirty-meter-long rocky field. The shrubs growing in the middle of the rocky field could be used to his advantage.
After formulating his plan, Chen Feng stepped over the rocks, leaping from treetop to treetop, and arrived at the edge of the altar, patiently waiting for Naisel to approach. Naisel's aggro range was initially estimated to be 40 meters, and the surrounding monsters' aggro range was 30 meters. To avoid pulling other elite monsters into the fight, Chen Feng had to wait for Naisel to reach the northernmost point before initiating the battle.
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Careful observation, thorough calculation, and patient waiting—these were the fundamental reasons why Chen Feng was listed on the professional player's hall of fame.
With a "whoosh," the armor-piercing arrow hit Naisel's throat as he reached the northernmost point. A red message appeared above Naisel's head: -1360, a critical hit!
With a roar, Naisel, upon being attacked by Chen Feng, immediately spotted his enemy and charged over.
The charge distance was 10 meters. After 10 meters, Naisel quickly rushed over. By the time Naisel reached the spot where Chen Feng had lured him, Chen Feng had already darted into the stone forest and was continuously shooting back. However, the armor-piercing arrows only dealt around 600 damage to Naisel's steel-hard skin, which was like scratching an itch for Naisel, who had 1.2 million health points.
The battle had just begun, and more dangers awaited Chen Feng.
Seeing that Naisel had been lured into the middle of the rocky field, Chen Feng approached him, relying on his astonishing agility and the Wind Ranger's leaping skills to engage the boss.
Upon seeing the enemy return, Naisel roared again and swung his metal club horizontally at Chen Feng's waist. Chen Feng kicked off the tree trunk, dived to the ground, and dodged the boss's attack, then leaped under the boss's legs, slicing through Naisel's rear with Flowing Light and Water Breaker.
-2543, -2739, a critical hit, plus armor-piercing, causing quadruple damage!
Chen Feng turned around and changed his attack from slicing to stabbing, targeting the boss's rear again. This move and strategy looked as dirty as it could be. The boss, sensing the attack, turned around and swung his club again. However, the Wind Ranger's profession attributes provided a 30% agility boost and a 30% speed boost, and with Chen Feng's precise control, he repeatedly dodged the boss's attacks and struck back.
After being attacked for half a minute, Naisel, seeing that the enemy was as slippery as a rat, turned red and lifted his left foot.
This was the sign of entering a bloodlust state!
Chen Feng, noticing the change in the boss's skin color, was mentally prepared. When he saw the boss lift his left foot, he jumped onto the boss's right leg, kicked the joint, delaying the boss's skill while using the counterforce to jump to a two-meter-high shrub. Then, Chen Feng continued to jump and dodge, avoiding the boss's club attack.
Before Chen Feng could run far enough, a tremor shook the ground, and a yellow message appeared above Chen Feng's head: -1083. Chen Feng ran to a distance and turned around to see a one-meter-deep funnel-shaped pit within five meters of the boss. This was a large-scale ground stomp attack similar to a minotaur's, and if Chen Feng hadn't jumped far enough, he would have been instantly killed.
As a regional lord-level boss, Naisel was definitely not easy to deal with, otherwise, the Twilight Tower guild wouldn't have specifically commissioned Chen Feng to kill this boss.
However, the boss's bloodlust had a drawback: while his strength and attack frequency increased, his movement speed and defense decreased.
Seeing this, Chen Feng immediately changed his tactics, putting away his dual blades and drawing the Wind Walker Longbow of Ximo. He leaped and shot at the boss's back. Neck hit, critical hit, -1320; abdomen hit, -712; chest hit, -684; eye hit, fatal critical hit, -2674...
By the time the boss exited the bloodlust state, his health had dropped to around 940,000. After the boss's state returned to normal, he quickly chased after Chen Feng again, who, using his agility, leaped back to the boss and engaged in a dangerous dance of dodging and attacking.
Naisel's health continued to drop: 940,000, 930,000... 720,000, 710,000, 700,000. When the boss's health dropped to 700,000, Naisel's right head, which had been sleeping, opened its eyes and roared, "I feel the pain in my body, you fool! Why didn't you eliminate the bug disturbing my sleep?..."
Seeing the right head's anger, the left head, representing the warrior profession, meekly said, "I was wrong... I'm tired! It's your turn to act..." and then closed its eyes and fell asleep.
"You coward! Are you going to be defeated like this?" the right head shouted at the left head.
After the internal conflict, the right head roared at Chen Feng, "Bug, it's you who disturbed the great Naisel's sleep? My flames will turn you to ashes!" The boss, clearly suffering from split personality disorder, recited his lines and raised his right hand, chanting spells. In less than a second, three blue fireballs shot out from the staff, heading towards Chen Feng.
Damn, it's a fire mage's triple explosion!
Chen Feng quickly used his running advantage, crouching behind a rock to avoid the fireball attack. Despite this, the splash damage reduced Chen Feng's health by 320 points. Chen Feng's character had a maximum health of 8,660 points, and if he continued to be passive, even using the 2,000-point health potion with a three-minute cooldown, he wouldn't last long.
Chen Feng realized the situation was dire; his dodging skills weren't enough! After a moment's thought, Chen Feng no longer cared about his stamina and used the rocks and trees to run and shoot at the boss. By increasing his speed, he managed to completely avoid the boss's spell attacks.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." Chen Feng's arrows densely flew towards the boss's mage head, hitting the face for -843; hitting the eye, a critical hit! -2834... hitting the eye three times in a row! Causing a crippling bleeding effect, losing 500 health per second!... After hitting the eye 20 times, the boss entered a partial blindness state, with a 50% spell lock failure rate!
So that's it! Every boss has a weakness, and Chen Feng was very clear about this, but without personal experience, no one could clearly state the boss's specific weakness.
Now that he knew Naisel's weakness and saw the boss's negative status, Chen Feng grew more confident. Taking advantage of the boss's reduced accuracy, he stood still and shot. 620,000, 610,000... 430,000, 420,000... 320,000... As victory seemed closer, the boss's right head roared, "Wrath of the Fire God..." and raised the staff high. The boss's body entered a state of fiery radiance.
This was another unknown ultimate skill!