Chapter 18 - Five Elements Sword Array

After getting rid of the front monster, they went together to the depths of the valley.

There was only one path in the narrow valley, and according to Qin Mo’s allocation, Northern Lights walked in the front, followed by the others. The small monsters here were very easy to fight, but the monster leader would put long range group attack skill, and the damage was quite high. Fortunately, Qin Mo had arranged the teams and healer in advance. Coupled with his and Xiao Han’s emergencies to deal with unexpected situations, everyone walked in danger all the way. Ten minutes later, they finally arrived at the first stage.

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There was a broken wooden door in front of them. In front of the wooden door stood a guide, Qin Mo moved forward to talk to him and opened the challenge of ‘Five Elements Sword Array’ which was the first checkpoint of Jianshen Valley Ruins.

The wooden door opened slowly, and a pentagonal square appeared in front of everyone, deserted and moss grew among the stones. There were five swords on the five corners around the square, which were gold, green, blue, red and brown, representing five attributes of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. In the middle of the square sat a grey-haired old man, whose name was ‘Sword Craze’ on his head. The old man’s eyes were closed and his body flowed with white sword spirit. Obviously, the old man was the boss of this checkpoint.

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Wind Leaves said: “At present, there is no team to clear this stage, it seems that it will be very difficult to fight.”

Mirage had some doubts: “I look at it, the blood volume of the five swords is 50,000 and the blood level of the boss is 300,000. Should we hit the sword or the boss first?”

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Qin Mo thought about it, and quickly made several number marks on the ground, and then he said: “This pass may be to eliminate five swords at the same time and hit the boss in the middle. Let’s try this strategy first, I am in charge of the golden sword in position 1; the blue sword in position 2 is Thousand Miles Ice; the red sword in position 3 is Mirage and Northern Lights; the brown sword in position 4 is Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile and Fireworks Burning; the green sword in position 5 is Wind Leaves and Heaven Quail. The healer and auxiliary station is at position 6.

Qin Mo assigned the professional players and online gamers for each sword, which could balance the output. He himself and Xiao Han were responsible for a single sword, and could handle unexpected situations in the most flexible way. This kind of distribution was considered very well, and Xiao Han couldn’t help but appreciate Qin Mo carefulness.

According to the position assigned by Qin Mo, everyone quickly stood up and officially opened the challenge of the first stage.

Five-element swords in five corners immediately shone and connected to each other in the shape of a pentagonal array. Everyone started attacking the sword in front of them. As a result, a sharp sound of sword sounded in their ears. The light on the middle of the boss suddenly rose. A white chill covered the whole screen instantly. A loud noise of ‘boom’ made all ten people fall to the ground!

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The whole team was killed in an instant, and everyone was in a daze.

Qin Mo, commander in chief, calmly typed: “The method of attacking the five-element sword at the same time won’t work. Instead, the Northern Lights will pull the boss.”

He Beiguang immediately typed: “Understand!”

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As a professional main T, it was a piece of cake for him to hold the boss. After they were resurrected, they began to challenge again. He Beiguang was carrying a broadsword, rushed to the boss and raised his hand to cut the boss’s chest with his weapon. However, the white-haired old man did not move at all. Instead, the five swords around him collectively shot at the Northern Lights, he instantly fell to the ground.

Northern Lights had been stab like a hedgehog and died innocently, and the others, too late to run, were once again poked to death by flying five-element swords.

——It seemed that the sword array that had killed countless guilds was not that simple.

Qin Mo looked down and thought carefully. Attacked nearby swords, and the boss went berserk. If you attacked the boss, the swords around him would turn back on you. In other words, this was not a simple as to hit. Since neither sword nor boss could be attacked directly, there was only one possibility——The breakthrough of sword array lied in the colorful connection between swords.

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Thought of this, Qin Mo immediately opened his mouth: “Everybody stands outside sword array, Thousand Miles Ice encircles sword array to look, together with me, I am in charge of gold and wood. You are in charge of water, fire and earth. Write down the state of the body.”

Thousand Miles Ice: “Understand.”

This sword array was unusual, Qin Mo asked everyone to look on first. He and Xiao Han groped for a solution to the sword array so as not to be destroyed again and again.

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With the beginning of the third challenge, there was a dazzling light on the five swords, and a colored line quickly appeared between the swords. Qin Mo and Xiao Han turned around the sword array at a very fast speed, and Xiao Han’s assassin was faster after use Qinggong, so he circled the three swords of water, fire and earth within five seconds, while Qin Mo circled the gold and wood sword.

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Qin Mo looked at these condition, after thinking for a moment, just said: “It should be related to the principle of the five elements, let’s try again.”

Thousand Miles Ice: “Ok.”

Qin Mo added: “Typing will be too late, everyone just open the voice system, into the team voice channel.”

Because the command in the dungeon needed to be adjusted at any time, voice command was the most convenient. Anyway, Xiao Han had recognized him, and Qin Mo was not worried about identity exposure.

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They turned on the voice system, and as soon as they arrived, they heard a cool and pleasant voice in their ears: “Judging from the information obtained so far, the five-element swords cannot be attacked at the same time, nor can the boss be attacked directly. The connection between the five-element swords is the breakthrough point for the first stage of the sword array. I will try to fight with Thousand Miles Ice first, and if we succeed, we will start again.”

Xiao Han heard these words, the surface was very calm, but in the mind was very excited——Because, It was the voice of Qin Mo, he had not heard for three years!

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The memory of Qin Mo was still young and its voice was very soft just after the voice change period. But now, the mature Qin Mo’s voice had become more and more interesting. The unique sound was just like a stream flowing in the mountains after the spring rain, revealed a refreshing scent. The more Xiao Han listened, the better he felt. He really wanted to record and repeat it.

At that moment, Qin Mo’s voice sounded again in his ear: “Ice, you can hit whichever sword you want to hit.”

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“No problem.” Xiao Han typed immediately.

The two men returned to the sword array again, after the connection appeared, Qin Mo went through the theory of five elements opposing each other in his mind and then said: “Lead the state of green wood means source and attack the earth sword.”

Xiao Han immediately stood in front of the wooden sword for a second and let himself appear as the ‘green wood means source’, then jumped into the middle of the square, turned around and threw three daggers in the direction of the earth sword. With this attack, the line between the earth sword and the gold sword suddenly disappeared!

Qin Mo’s eyes brightened and continued: “Raging fire means heart, attacking the metal sword!”

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Xiao Han quickly did it, and solved the connection in less than three seconds.

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“Running water means desire, attacking the fire sword!”

“Thick soil means protection, attack the water sword!”

“Glittering gold means benefits, attack the wooden sword!”

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Every time Qin Mo finished speaking, Xiao Han immediately completed the task. One commander, one action, in 15 seconds, all the lines between the five swords disappeared.

At this moment, the white-haired old man who was sitting in the middle suddenly stood up and began to read the words in his mouth: “Hey, my cultivation method will never be wrong, why should I taste the suffering of this broken meridian? Good Heaven!”

There was a loud bang in his ear. Qin Mo immediately responded: “Breaking the array is just a prelude. Now we’re officially began to fight the boss. Let’s continue to observe. Everybody continues to observe, I see the circumstance of this boss with Ice first.”

The boss’s lines were a bit long, probably telling the story of the past when he practiced his sword and the bloody battle that took place in the Jianshen Valley. After he finished speaking, there was a ‘weak’ state on his body. Qin Mo put a combo with ‘Sword Horizon’ and ‘Sword Rain Remnant’, and the boss did not take silent control, but the blood volume dropped to 95%.

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Just then, a green line appeared again between the wooden sword and boss, and with the appearance of the connection, the blood volume of boss returned to 100%.

Was this adding blood? Qin Mo immediately said: “Get the gold sword state to hit the wood sword!”

Xiao Han immediately did it, and the connection disappeared again.

Next, Qin Mo issued instructions and Xiao Han took action. They continued to test the boss and soon understood the role of these five swords.——

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The green connection of the wood sword would add blood to the boss; the brown connection of the earth sword would give the boss an 800% damage reflect; the blue connection of the water sword would give the boss a moving speed, once connected to the boss, it will run around; The golden line of the gold sword adds 800% attack power to the boss, which caused extremely high damage after being connected; the red connection effect of the fire sword was the most terrible, the boss would put a range of full-screen big moves, the whole group would drop a lot of blood, it was easy to be wipe out.

After this trial, Qin Mo had clearly understood the way of Five Elements Sword Array.

The white-haired old man in the middle was the ultimate boss. The other five swords were used to assist him. Once the connection appears, the supporting role should be cancelled out by the opposing side. For example, if the fire sword went to assist the boss to generate a red line, then went to the water sword to attack the fire sword with a state of ‘running water’. When the water overcomes the fire and the line disappears, the boss returned to the original state.

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After the resurrection, Qin Mo calmly said: “I re-adjusted, Northern Lights pulls the boss in the middle, Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile, Wind Leaves two melee to fight the boss. Others stood in front of the five swords, I am gold, Ice red, Mirage blue, Fireworks Burning brown, Heaven Quail green. Healer and Auxiliary maintain a distance of 10 meters with the boss.” With the calm voice of Qin Mo, everyone immediately adjusted the position. Qin Mo also stressed: “As soon as the boss is connected with the brown sword, there will be an 800% damage reflect. The person who hit the boss, stop immediately after listening to my instructions. Don’t mess when other connections appear. I will let you hit which one to hit. When you don’t have to hit it, you can hit the boss.”

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The voice of the young man sounded a bit cold, and the command style was very decisive. Even the professional players of the Dragon Song Club couldn’t help but admire it——A simple three-time trial, he actually figured out how to clear this sword array?

Facts had proved that Qin Mo’s ability to analyze dungeon was indeed very strong. After sorting out ideas, the next battle of boss immediately became smooth.

“Hold off, Heaven Quail get the source of glittering gold to hit the wooden sword!”

“Fireworks Burning water swords!”

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“Ice hit golden swords!”

His calm voice kept ringing on the voice channel, with a clear command issued one after another, the continuous connection on the pentagon was almost eliminated within three seconds, and the blood volume of the boss continued to drop……

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When the boss’s blood volume dropped to 60%, suddenly three lines appeared on the field, and the whole team began to lose a lot of blood. All of a sudden, everyone was in a panic!

However, Qin Mo remained calm as before: “Everyone stay away from the connection, and the healer quickly add blood! Ice hit gold, I wood, Fireworks Burning water sword!”

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The correct way of fighting made the three thin lines disappear one after another. Little Medicine Fairy hastily added the blood to them. At last, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Dragon Song Club’s newcomers couldn’t help wondering——What kind of brain did this person have? How could he react so quickly? When three lines suddenly appeared and the whole group lost a lot of blood, everyone was at a loss, but he immediately analyzed the principle of ‘five elements’ and gave the correct instructions at a time.

The dungeon used many connections and a whole group blood loss to make it difficult for players, but it was easily resolve by him.

Due to Qin Mo’s quick response, the second level went smoothly. The speed of the three connections was getting more frequent and faster. Qin Mo resolved them quickly at a time and the boss’s blood volume has been down to 20%.

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At that moment, the connection disappeared, and suddenly the five swords began to shake violently!

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Qin Mo immediately opened his mouth and said: “Stop hitting boss, the people in front of sword quick hit it, and when the swords hit 5,000 blood or so, knocked 1 on team channel!”

According to his inference, the five auxiliary swords suddenly began to vibrate violently, which was a sign to save the boss, and it is likely that the linkage of the five swords would directly lead to the mass destruction.

Hearing Qin Mo’s calm voice, everyone immediately burst their hands and output five lines of swords. However, due to the different output speeds, Xiao Han and Qin Mo’s swords quickly lost their blood. The two professional players, Heaven Quail and Fireworks Burning, were 5 seconds late, and the speed of Mirage was the slowest. Qin Mo ran over to help him hit several times. A moment later, a word appeared on the team channel one after another, and the blood volume of the five swords all dropped to about 5,000 points.

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Qin Mo said: “Ice, red and blue belong to me, the other three belong to you, counting down three seconds!”

Thousand Miles Ice: “Understand.”

It was not easy to kill all the swords at the same time, but Qin Mo believed that Xiao Han’s tacit understanding with him could definitely do this.

After counting down three seconds, Qin Mo immediately launched the combo of Sword Horizon and Sword Rain Remnant, the large-scale group attack covered two swords. Xiao Han also launched the 3 combo Rainbow Through the Sun, and the dagger in his hand shot out rapidly. There was a loud bang in people’s ears, five swords fell down at the same time——That was to say, their brainwaves were synchronized at that moment, and the time difference could hardly be distinguished by the naked eye!

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With the disappearance of the five swords, the boss who lost protection appeared again in a ‘weak’ state, and the defense value dropped sharply. Everyone immediately attacked the boss, within half a minute, the blood of the Sword Craze was zero.

——Congratulations to [Ink Mark] team on taking the lead in passing through the Jianshen Valley Ruins [Five Sword Array] stage!

—— Captain [Ink Mark], team members [Thousand Miles Ice], [Mirage], [Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile], [Wind Leaves], [Little Medicine Fairy], [Soundless], [Northern Lights], [Fireworks Burning], [Heaven Quail]!

——The second stage of the Jianshen Valley Ruins, ‘Sword Altar’ was unlocked!

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This news immediately made the players in the server enthusiastic!

There was a setting in Peerless Jianghu that the second stage of the dungeon would not be opened if the first boss of the dungeon wasn’t clear yet, and the small monster couldn’t be eliminated either. However, once someone in this server cleared the first stage, the second stage would be opened to all players, so with the help of expert who cleared the first stage, other players who couldn’t pass the first stage could enter the second stage to upgrade.

World Channel began to spam the screen crazily. Many people were thanking this expert named ‘Ink Mark’ for his welfare.

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Even Xiao Han couldn’t help sending a thumb on the team channel: “Great.”

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He did not understand the restriction of five elements, such as water could control fire and so on. He only knew that Qin Mo knew these things, and listening to Qin Mo would never be wrong.

Three years not seeing him, Qin Mo was still the same as his impression, quick response, quick thinking, brilliant, dazzling……

Xiao Han really wanted to use all the praise idioms he learned on Qin Mo.

Looking at the white swordsman standing calmly in the middle of the pentagon, Xiao Han suddenly couldn’t move his eyes.

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