Chapter 5 Criticality
The originally fierce attack of the wind snake group slowed down, and there was a moment of silence on the deck, which was originally chaotic and filled with angry shouts, shouts, and screams. Everyone looked at the young man with incredulous eyes, completely unsure of what to say.
At that moment, almost everyone thought that this young man was dead, they had never seen anyone who could escape under the siege of dozens of wind snakes. Of course, high-level professionals, or shield warriors with full armor may be able to do this. But the young man didn't look very old, and he didn't have any protective gear on his body other than the white sword he held in his hand.
But he actually did.
At this moment, not only those mercenaries, but even Lijie and Carter couldn't help but look at the young man a little sluggishly, and their hearts fluctuated.
Who is he sacred?
I don't know if it was because he was deterred by Rhodes's attack, the wind snakes that were still desperately attacking the floating ship all dispersed and retreated, and for a while, the entire deck was almost silent except for the whistling wind, and almost nothing could be heard. The mercenaries were shocked by Rod's performance, but for Rod, he didn't care what he did, on the contrary, at this moment, he looked at the pile of corpses at his feet, and secretly screamed in his heart.
Although the wind snake, as one of the lowest-level monsters, is not particularly strong in itself, it is also a monster that wins by numbers. Rod's summoning swordsman belongs to a single brush profession, but a wide range of single brushes are not powerful, in fact, the reason why this time can be so smooth, mainly because of the initial +3 characteristics of the "star mark" in his hand, which means that when holding this sword, Rod's attributes can be increased by three points, and these three points of improvement are enough to reduce the danger level of a monster from red to green, so for Rod, it is not particularly surprising to destroy this group of wind snakes.
But thinking of this, Rhodes is still a little strange, according to his own human attributes, then even if he has a "star mark", he should not be so autumn wind to sweep the leaves, to get this overwhelming advantage, according to his original estimate, the Broken Blade is at most to sweep away the blood of this group of wind snakes, so he is already ready to go up to make up for the knife. But he didn't expect that the power of this Shattering Blade was far beyond his imagination, and he actually swept this group of wind snakes to death directly?
Aren't your attributes calculated according to human beings?
Thinking of this, Rhodes subconsciously called up his attribute table, but helplessly, before his race was identified, his attributes were also hidden and could not be queried. But fortunately, this battle allowed him to get 1900 experience points——— which made Rod quite surprised.
Of course, this was only two or three seconds for Rod, who seemed to others to just stare at the pile of corpses at his feet for a moment of silence, and then raised his head again.
And it was only then that Rhodes noticed a strange silence around him, not because of the shock of the others, but because of some more dangerous, deadly existence.
What about the wind snakes?
The thought flashed through Rod's mind, and then he seemed to remember something, and hurriedly turned around and shouted.
"Everyone, be careful.........!"
And at this moment, the floating boat suddenly shook.
The violent shaking caused many people to fall directly to the ground, and even two unlucky ghosts did not have time to stand firmly, so they directly stumbled and slipped and fell. At the same time, there was a crisp cracking sound from the bow deck, and then a huge snake head poked out of it.
"Be careful, everyone, it's the Wind Snake Lord!"
At this point, Carter finally appeared, and he let out a loud shout, then drew the double sword in his hand, and rushed towards the huge wind snake. The other mercenaries also hurriedly stood up at this moment, although they were already scarred, they still gritted their teeth and followed their commander, trying to attack this behemoth.
However, Rod moved faster than all of them.
He half-crouched down, and a line of system prompts immediately appeared in front of his eyes.
[1900/200 XP, upgradeable, gain Skill Point 1, Level 2]
[1700/400 XP, upgradeable, gain Skill Point 2, Level 3]
[1300/600 XP, 3 Skill Points, Level 4]...,
[800/1000 XP, 4 Skill Points, Level 5]
[Consumes 1 skill, increases Moon Shadow Swordsmanship by 1/3, proficiency E]
[Consumes 1 skill, increases Moon Shadow Swordsmanship by 2/3, proficiency E]
[Consumes 1 skill, increases Moon Shadow Swordsmanship by 3/3, proficiency E]
[Consumes 1 skill, increases Moon Shadow Swordsmanship by 1/4, proficiency D——— Shadow Flash unlocks]
Initiate.
Rhodes jumped to his feet.
At that moment, everyone only felt a flower in front of them, and then they saw the young man who was originally standing on the ground turned into a black shadow, like a sharp blade cutting through the sky and rushing forward, even the huge wind snake lord did not have time to react, when Rod leaped up and came to it, the other party even showed some doubts——— it was obvious that it had never encountered a strange situation where the prey took the initiative to jump up and send it to its mouth.
Rhodes raised his sword, and the light of stardust condensed on the white and immaculate blade as if attracted by an invisible gravitational force for a moment, and then he aimed at the Wind Serpent Lord's eyes the size of a copper bell, and stabbed them down with force.
"Shattering Blade!"
In the face of the oncoming sword light, the Wind Snake Lord's first reaction was to dodge, after increasing the Moon Shadow Sword Technique by four consecutive proficiency levels, the Shattered Blade suddenly increased by more than one step in terms of both number and power, and dozens of silver-white light blades burst out from the sword body at that moment, circling and shooting forward.
One, two, three.........
At the beginning, the Wind Snake Lord's hard scales could barely resist the initial sword light blade, but even with his lord-level protection, he only lasted until the twentieth sword and completely collapsed. The ensuing sword light easily tore through the scales and flesh, piercing its body. Although the Wind Snake Lord was huge, Rhodes chose a breakthrough very smartly, and under his control, the light blade did not spread out as before, but concentrated on the opponent's neck, and successfully broke through the opponent's defense.
“———!!”
The Wind Snake Lord let out a sharp hiss, and then fell heavily towards the dragon, but even so, it did not mean to give up the attack, although the left part of the neck had become a blur of flesh and blood, but the Lord of the Night Raven still raised his head suddenly, stared at Rhodes deadly, and then suddenly opened his mouth.
Rod's figure flickered, and once again turned into a phantom and retreated sharply, and at the same time as he retreated, the extremely foul venom shot straight up, which could graz the remnants of Rod, and sprayed onto the mast behind him, and soon, under the corrosion of the venom, the originally thick and hard mast only took a few seconds to completely melt, and then collapsed.
Bosses are bosses after all.
According to Rod's experience in the game, the average level of the Wind Snake is around level three, and its leader is generally at level ten, and the boss in front of him should not exceed level ten at most. Although in terms of level, with the help of Carter and the cover of mercenaries, it is not difficult to defeat this BOSS, but from the sword just now, Rod has sensed that this is probably not an ordinary lord-level monster, but an elite, after all, if it is just an ordinary lord monster, then Rhodes's sword just now is enough to cut off its wings. But the fact that despite Rod's best efforts, he still left only a deep scar on it, which is very indicative of the problem.
"Go and attack its wings and try to stay as far away from its mouth as possible! Attack it at its side! ”
Rod commanded Carter and other mercenaries on the one hand, and entangled with the Wind Snake Lord on the other hand, although as a summoning swordsman, he was not the main force of MT, but it seems that no one else seems to have any experience in fighting with the Wind Snake Lord, and he can start again if he is wiped out because of his lack of experience in the game, but here Rod is not willing to take this risk——— the wound on his left chest that was originally healed before is now in hot pain, and it seems to be cracked again. If you die here because of the group, then it's a joke that you can't cry. And although he is only level 5 now, for Rod, as long as the opponent's level is not more than level 15, then he is confident to fight. After all, in the Dragon Soul Continent, there are three professions that are famous for skipping monsters, mages, rangers, and the last one is to summon swordsmen. Mages are known for their unpredictable spells, rangers are effective for "flying kites" at long distances, and summoning swordsmen is simply to fight more and less - for these three classes, even if the level difference exceeds five levels, it is as easy for them as eating and drinking, and non-elite boss-level existences up to the tenth level difference can be brushed as they want. …,
Despite this, all three classes have their own flaws - a mage is no different from a target without magic power, even a group of low-level goblins can beat him to death, a ranger is a complete tragedy when he is close to someone, and summoning a swordsman is too random, and the operation is so complicated that there is almost no template to follow. This is also the reason why these three classes have not reached the point of surging in the game. And this is also a realistic setting closer to the Dragon Soul Continent——— either take a gamble and go off the beaten path, or move forward slowly and steadily, and players can decide their own fate and future at will.
The current Wind Snake Lord is a tenth-level elite boss, but because of the star mark bonus in his hand, its defense power is only at the level of six or seven levels at most, so in terms of defense, Rhodes doesn't have to worry about insufficient damage, but in terms of attack, it ............
"Whew!!"
A fierce wind rose on the ground.
Rhodes's figure shook suddenly, mixed with a series of afterimages and quickly dodged and retreated, which was able to avoid the attack of the opponent's wings. The empty wings slammed into the deck, instantly smashing a large hole in the hard, thick deck.
It is worthy of the attack power of the tenth-level elite.
Rod wiped the cold sweat from his head, he is only level five now, and he doesn't have any equipment, if he is swept away like this, I'm afraid that even the Heavenly King Lao Tzu will not be able to save him. Although he was also worried about Carter and the others, fortunately for now, it may be because he has caused it considerable damage. The Wind Serpent Lord obviously puts all his hatred on himself, and unfortunately being targeted by a boss with such a high attack power, for a non-tank class, the pressure is really high......
His soul power had dropped to only one-third of his body, and Rhodes was already feeling a little tired, although he had expected the battle to be hard when he saw the Wind Snake Lord, but the pressure at the moment was too great, and he needed Shadow Dodge to help him dodge the attack, because at his current speed, it would be impossible to dodge the Wind Snake Lord's attack. But on the other hand, he also needs the Shatterblade to deal damage in order to take down this tricky being in the shortest amount of time.
But now it doesn't look like it's going to be easy.
The floating ship was slowly lowering its altitude, but under the attack of the Wind Snake Lord, it was swaying from side to side from time to time, like a small boat in the stormy seas, which made people feel scared. There have been two mercenaries in a row who have been thrown out of the gang because of this, and they can't survive. Carter was still trying to drive away the Wind Snake Lord, his twin swords dancing in front of him, flexibly attacking the Wind Snake Lord's side, but with little effect. If it weren't for Lijie casting healing light on these mercenaries from time to time in the back, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to hold on until now.
I have to find a way, otherwise, before the floating ship lands, I'm afraid I'm going to be tossed apart by this damn broken snake.
Thinking of this, Rod bit his lip.
The Wind Serpent Lord's attack did not abate, its wings spread long, and its two claws on the upper edge were clung to the edge of the bow. Although Rhodes' previous attack gave it considerable damage, as a lord-level monster, it certainly couldn't retreat because of this injury. On the contrary, the cunning Wind Serpent Lord seemed to sense the weakness of the enemy in front of him, and his two sharp claws gripped the outer wall of the floating ship, shaking and pulling the prey in his hand vigorously.
Although the hull of the floating ship was not fragile, it was already scarred from the previous battle with the wind snakes, and the howling wind and tide hit the hull of the ship, causing it to start to twist and deform a little. Even there were several shocking cracks on the deck, making a chilling cracking sound.
"Oh my God!! Oh, my God! ”
Curled up in a corner of the captain's room, the fat merchant stared at the terrible Wind Serpent Lord outside, his voice distorted from nervousness and fear.
"That damn Richard!! Don't let me meet him, or I'll kill him!" He actually pointed me out such a way, he is murdering!! Saying this, the fat merchant shuddered suddenly, and then stared at the captain beside him.
"And you! Such a terrible thing, why didn't you warn me earlier!? ”
The captain did not respond to the fat merchant's angry shouts, and now he was clenching the rudder, his eyes fixed on the ahead. At the same time, he scolded this damn bastard in his heart, he had warned him that taking this route at this time of year was likely to provoke the wind snakes, but this guy didn't care. It's good now, when death is coming, he actually blames himself! I knew that Lu Dao would be like this, and I shouldn't have taken this job when I was killed!