Mottled Scorpion Beast
An hour later, outside the borders of the Jia Ma Empire.
This is the Tagor Desert, a place that inspires fear and dread.
The area is inhabited by the Serpent-People tribe that causes considerable headaches for the surrounding empires.
The "Queen" of the Serpent-People tribe is one of the most important female characters in the original story:
Medusa Queen! This unique NPC, who is extremely alluring yet ruthless, has undoubtedly stirred the desires of countless lecherous men.
But in the previous life, no player had ever raised their affinity with Medusa to over 20!
Of course, there are quite a few players with around 10 points of favorability, but without exception, all of these players have made significant contributions to helping Medusa Queen advance her bloodline and develop the Serpent-People tribe.
Medusa Queen's main storyline has not yet begun, but with her "initial level" already at the Dou Huang Peak, she is definitely not someone any player can afford to provoke right now.
Including Yang Shan!
Yang Shan never imagined that he would be captured by the powerful members of the Serpent-People tribe, taken back to the Serpent-People Temple, and have a glimpse of Medusa Queen's beauty.
Yang Shan knew very well that he was a young man with a perfectly normal sexual orientation.
However, Yang Shan could not accept the idea of losing a level or paying an even greater price simply to admire a beautiful woman.
Look at Ya Fei, look at Nalan Yanran! The way to woo a girl is to use your own abilities to attract her to take the initiative!
Leaving aside Medusa Queen, an NPC destined to be extremely popular in the future.
In the game, the Tagor Desert map is also highlighted in the ""Battle Through the Heavens Encyclopedia"".
The Serpent-People tribe here are defined as "humanoid NPCs," not as monsters.
But like Warcraft, they have the authority to attack autonomously.
Therefore, even players must be extremely careful when entering the Tagor Desert.
If you encounter the Serpent-People tribe, there's a high chance of conflict!
At this point, the experience of veteran players can play a significant role.
Yang Shan successfully avoided three waves of Serpent-People tribe and arrived at the habitat of the Mottled Scorpion Beast.
He lay on a small hill, carefully watching the scorpion a hundred meters away.
The reason why "head" is used as a quantifier is because this scorpion is twice the size of a tiger.
Those two giant pincers seemed capable of snapping a person in half with just a casual clamp.
And that long tail with sharp spikes, if it were to pierce the anus, would probably be several levels more lethal than a Chao Bafang!
[Mottled Scorpion Beast] (Thousand Beast King) Level: Tier 3
Attribute: Poison (Fire Mutation) Qi and Blood: 34700 Attack: 600 Defense: 355 Speed: 105 Bloodline Secret Skill:
Mottled Corrosion – The Mottled Scorpion Beast sprays out large amounts of toxic special flames from the gaps in its hard armor.
Introduction: The Mottled Scorpion Beast is the most ruthless killer in the desert. It has no obvious weaknesses. Both its pincers and scorpion tail are deadly attack methods, and its armor is as hard as steel.
Beware of its poison! Even Dou Ling expert will die if poisoned without a fourth-grade Antidote Pill! Just how big is the difference between the Thousand Beast King and the King of Beasts? The third-tier King of Beasts Red Sand Python that Zhu Tianpeng encountered before only had an attack of 280 points and a defense of 145 points.
The Mottled Scorpion Beast has an attack of 600 points and a defense of 355 points! The stats have more than doubled! At Tier 3, the Thousand Beast King is the limit.
Just like the Fire Cloud Leopard that caused a great commotion in Cloud Frost City back then.
The current top-tier players are still in the Dou Master stage.
Normally, defeating a Tier 3 Thousand Beast King would require thousands of players to relentlessly trigger 1-point forced HP reduction by consuming countless lives, essentially scraping the Tier 3 Thousand Beast King to death!
Only at this moment can one truly feel the malice that Tian Yao Company harbors towards its players.
At this stage, the cost of successfully defeating the Tier 3 Thousand Beast King far exceeds the drops from the Tier 3 Thousand Beast King itself! In the previous life, the Tier 3 Thousand Beast King Azure Flame Demon Tiger that appeared in Cloud Frost City was only successfully killed by mainstream players when they were trying to break through to the Battle Dou Ling.
The Azure Flame Demon Tiger has become the "biggest contributor" to slowing down the leveling up of mainstream players in Cloud Frost City! Now, Yang Shan has to face the Mottled Scorpion Beast, which is also a third-tier Thousand Beast King, all by himself.
However, compared to the Azure Flame Demon Tiger, which has thousands of elite Tier 3 magical beasts protecting it, the Mottled Scorpion Beast is a solitary magical beast, which undoubtedly reduces the difficulty of conquering it.
Even so, simply comparing their stats, Yang Shan has absolutely no chance of winning against the Mottled Scorpion Beast.
The Thousand Beast King's standard combat strength is in no way inferior to that of Dou Ling expert.
However, Yang Shan naturally has his own unique advantages.
In his previous life, Yang Shan, who was already at the Dou Ling level, died twelve times under the giant pincers of the Mottled Scorpion Beast before finally managing to kill it!
Therefore, Yang Shan is very familiar with the fighting characteristics of the Mottled Scorpion Beast, and also has various effective countermeasures.
This is also the source of Yang Shan's confidence in coming at the level of Da Dou Shi, even though he knew that the quest in "Tyrant Blade" would involve the Mottled Scorpion Beast.
Three-Star Great Fighter soloing a Tier 3 Thousand Beast King would make even the designers at Tianyao laugh themselves silly.
Do you really think we designers create bosses with our feet?
Yang Shan was already preparing to make his move!
He took out three golden pupae that looked like eels from his backpack.
This thing is called Golden Powder Worm, Tier 2 Elite magical beast. Its original form is the "yellow mealworm," which is commonly used as poultry feed in reality.
Yang Shan put in a lot of effort to catch this thing.
The Mottled Scorpion Beast is a member of the scorpion clan, and Golden Powder Worm are one of its favorite foods.
Yang Shan has already drugged the Golden Powder Worm, and not just one kind! First, there's a sleeping potion to ensure the Golden Powder Worm don't run away.
Then, the three Golden Powder Worm were respectively infected with the Staining Cold Powder, the Bone-Corroding Poison, and the Azure Wood Decay!
These are all Grade-three poisons that Yang Shan asked Master Yao to buy! Not only did it cost 100,000 Spirit Stone, but it also lowered Master Yao's favorability by 3 points! If the same purchase request were given to Consort Ya Fei, it might only cost 1 point of favorability to complete.
But can Ya Fei's favorability rating and Master Yao's favorability rating be considered the same thing?
Master Yao only held a certain position in Cloud Frost City, but Ya Fei will be a special NPC with a prominent position throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire in the future!
For Yang Shan, Master Yao was just a passerby.
Why save this goodwill for the New Year? If he didn't have to stay in Cloud Frost City for a while, Yang Shan would have loved to use up all of Master Yao's goodwill!
These three poisons, which cost so much to acquire, are two types of water-derived cold poisons and one type of wood-derived Corrosive Poison.
The venom attribute of the Mottled Scorpion Beast belongs to "fire venom".
As the saying goes: if there is no cure, then fight poison with poison!
These three poisons are incompatible with the fire poison of the Mottled Scorpion Beast.
This will leave the Mottled Scorpion Beast utterly devastated!
In the distance, the Mottled Scorpion Beast lay on the ground, fast asleep.
With a throw from Yang Shan, three Golden Powder Worm traced parabolic arcs and landed not far from the Mottled Scorpion Beast.
The sound of the Golden Powder Worm hitting the sand was not loud, but the Mottled Scorpion Beast immediately stood up, its scorpion tail twitching constantly, ready to strike at any moment.
But when it saw that the commotion was caused by its favorite food, the Mottled Scorpion Beast was so happy that it cracked its giant pincers like it was banging a gong.
Among the various monster races, insect-type monsters are generally not very intelligent.
Even a third-tier Thousand Beast King is no exception.
The Mottled Scorpion Beast thrust out its tail, picked up a Golden Powder Worm, and immediately began to enjoy it.
"Eat up, eat more! You'll be ready to go on your journey."
Yang Shan chuckled inwardly, and at the same time took out three pills from his Storage Ring.
Grade 3 Wind Walk Pill! Grade 3 Qi Injection Pill! Grade 3 Strength Enhancing Pill! All of these are powerful pills that cannot be purchased through normal channels at this stage! The Qi Injection Pill is alright, but the Wind Walk Pill and the Strength Enhancing Pill are both powerful pills. They cost Yang Shan a full 30,000 Spirit Stone, and Master Yao's favorability was reduced by 1 point again.