Heavy Pincer (2-in-1)
When Bai Xiaowen uses the Kusanagi-Style Ancient Martial Arts combos, he can maintain continuous control against opponents weaker than himself. The enemy will be constantly unbalanced or even airborne and unable to defend themselves due to the rapid and continuous attacks of the fiery punches.
In this state, in addition to being hit by Bai Xiaowen's melee and fire damage, the enemy also has to endure the onslaught of a group of summoned creatures and Li Shuyi's violent output, so their Life Value naturally drops rapidly.
The Shadow Prophet Magik was brutally beaten, coughing up large mouthfuls of pale blue liquid. Under the evaporation of the fire, it turned into wisps of pale blue mist—the blood mist of the Lobsterfolk.
"Everyone retreat," Bai Xiaowen said.
The Shadow Prophet Magik's skill can be cast instantly without any casting animation. Bai Xiaowen was not confident that she could interrupt him, so she could only have Li Shuyi and the others retreat. At this time, everyone had 3 stacks of the Shadow Ripple negative curse effect on them. If they were targeted by the BOSS, there was no other way but to escape the Dead Spirit Lake Treasure Ground Space.
Of course, as long as you escape the Dead Spirit Lake and return to Earth, the Psionic Particles will automatically repair the awakened person's injuries during the space travel process. The Life Value points lost due to the curse effect and the targeted effect of the Prophecy of Suffering will also be quickly replenished, so there is no danger to life.
Shadow Prophet Magik's Life Value had dropped to just over two hundred points. After coughing, he stood up again and raised his staff.
The crystal on the staff Burst softly. Another crack appeared on the already riddled crystal, and specks of light drifted down from it.
As the crystal slightly Burst, a black energy halo rapidly expanded, and Bai Xiaowen felt a powerful push, causing him to stagger backward.
Notification message: "Shadow Prophet Magik's equipment-related skill has been triggered..."
Bai Xiaowen, along with his summoned creatures, was pushed back more than ten meters before his retreating momentum stopped. Immediately afterward, the Shadow Prophet Magik raised his staff high, unleashing an angry roar in obscure Old Latin:
"Greedy outsider, open your eyes and behold your dark destiny!"
Bai Xiaowen's eyes narrowed slightly. This was none other than the Shadow Prophet Magik's [Prophecy of Suffering] single-target skill! However, to Bai Xiaowen's surprise, Majik could not cast this skill silently; instead, it required such an obvious animation.
Majik was willing to sacrifice the Durability of his staff's crystal ball to push Bai Xiaowen away, presumably to prevent Bai Xiaowen's melee combat from interrupting his casting of the Prophecy of Prophecy of Suffering skill.
However, Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and, while still unbalanced after being pushed away by the black halo, activated his other skill— Intimidation!
This Intimidation skill does not require a casting action; even if Bai Xiaowen is in an unbalanced state, he can still activate it in an instant!
In an instant, the Elite Tier Lobsterfolk around were frozen in fear, while the Common Tier Lobsterfolk, whose mental strength was far below 30% of Bai Xiaowen's total mental strength, were directly knocked unconscious on the spot!
Although Majik's mental strength was as high as 74 points, the basic fear duration of his Intimidation was still there. His figure, holding the staff high, froze on the spot, and he was forced to be feared for about two seconds!
Bai Xiaowen took a breath, activated the skill "Swooping Flight" attached to his equipment, and covered a distance of about ten meters in one step, rushing straight at Majik! In the last second before the old Lobsterfolk prophet was stunned, his toe kicked one of the opponent's bulging eyeballs, then twisted his body in mid-air and kicked again, sending the Shadow Prophet Magik into the air!
Kusanagi-Style Ancient Martial Arts - Modified 75th Form)!
This attack triggered Absolon's Blood Essence Stone's Killing Thirst passive skill, adding a whopping 63 points of true damage! This damage wouldn't be much when the BOSS was at full health, but now that the Lobsterfolk Prophet's Life Value has dropped below 200 points, it becomes especially important.
One of the Shadow Prophet Magik's eyeballs was kicked out, leaving him permanently blind! He let out a series of unintelligible roars, but it was too late to save him.
While the BOSS was falling, it was just enough time for Bai Xiaowen to follow up with his second combo.
Boom!
As the Lobsterfolk prophet Majik's body, engulfed in flames, crashed to the ground, his Life Value had already dropped to 1/630.
"Where is the entrance to the Snakefolk Tribe?" Bai Xiaowen suddenly asked in Old Latin.
Majik clearly understood Bai Xiaowen's Old Latin. His body trembled violently, and he finally shouted, "Even if it means death, I will not betray the great Amotawa Tribe!"
After uttering those words, Majik died. With his death, the negative effects of Shadow Ripple finally disappeared, and everyone's maximum Life Value returned to normal.
With Majik's death, the Lobsterfolk Tribe suffered a complete rout, with Lobsterfolk fleeing one after another. Han Xu, Shi Haiyan, and others tried their best to pursue them, but only managed to catch a few. Most of the Lobsterfolk disappeared into the mud pit, their home ground.
Bai Xiaowen frowned and did not join the pursuit; otherwise, with his numerous summoned creatures, capturing all the Elite Tier Lobsterfolk would have been no problem.
However, Bai Xiaowen didn't move, and everyone assumed that he was exhausted from killing the BOSS, so no one asked any further questions.
Shi Haiyan and the others chased to the edge of the mud pit, but were finally stopped by the thick silt and had to retreat.
In this battle, Shi Haiyan and his group reaped quite a harvest. Bai Xiaowen held off the Boss Tier, while they killed several Elite Tier monsters and obtained two Silver Treasure Chest, which they happily divided among themselves.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi called Chen Guowei over and distributed the Golden Treasure Chest of the Shadow Prophet Magik.
Chen Guowei repeatedly declined, saying, "Never mind, I didn't play any role anyway." His Kill Contribution Kill Contribution less than 5%, which generally doesn't amount to much. Even in the team auction, he wouldn't get many Psionic Points.
"Come here. You've used up two uses of a C-Tier Silver Tier item. Although they can be restored, it came at a price," Bai Xiaowen said. "We'll distribute them internally, so we won't go through the bidding process. Let's see who the drops are best suited for and then allocate them directly."
Although Chen Guowei was somewhat carefree, he could sense that Bai Xiaowen treated him like one of his own, which warmed his heart. In fact, this was Bai Xiaowen's principle in dealing with people: whoever treated him sincerely, he would repay with sincerity in return.
When Chen Guowei and the others were worried about his safety during his delayed return in the Kane Plane, they also thought about his family and wanted to visit them. That's what friends are for.
"If there's any hope of finding the Snakefolk Tribe, it lies in this treasure chest." Bai Xiaowen chose to open the chest.
The Battle Rating is A-Tier, and you have three chances to draw without missing a turn.
Bai Xiaowen squinted, secretly surprised. This Lobsterfolk BOSS's strength rating is incredibly high! It's even higher than the Nightmare Alligator BOSS of the same level.
Bai Xiaowen killed the Nightmare Alligator independently, and his Battle Rating is A-Tier, which is normal.
The kill of Majik was achieved with the addition of Li Shuyi as a DPS (Chen Guowei's Kill Contribution was negligible), and the Battle Rating is still A-Tier!
However, Bai Xiaowen did not feel much pressure during the process of killing Majik. The main reason was that Bai Xiaowen's Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier was very effective against magic-type bosses with low strength, and Bai Xiaowen's fighting skills also had a great advantage in strength judgment.
This is also thanks to the "Weakness" and "Strength Drain" effects that Chen Guowei and Li Shuyi applied to the BOSS, which reduced Majik's strength.
"It would be great if we could get the Shadow Ripple Skill Book from the BOSS," Li Shuyi said. She was still wary of this terrifying skill that reduced the maximum Life Value a large area. Especially since the cooldown of this skill should not be long, otherwise the Shadow Prophet Magik would not have used it so frequently.
Imagine applying five layers of Shadow Ripple to an enemy, then unleashing a Orochi Nagi... the sight is too gruesome to bear. Lowering maximum Life Value is different from directly causing Life Value loss; even if the opponent uses health potions or special food, they can't recover health.
Bai Xiaowen smiled and shook his head, then opened the treasure chest and selected to draw.
"You have obtained the item: Shadow Sanctuary Scroll."
"You have obtained a special item: Memory Conch".
"You have obtained the item: The Book of Fate Revelation."
Unfortunately, no equipment dropped. Bai Xiaowen carefully examined the descriptions of the dropped items.
[Shadow Sanctuary Scroll: A-Tier item. When used, it grants nearby allies the Shadow Sanctuary effect, reducing shadow damage taken by 40% for 100 seconds. 1 use.]
This scroll is fairly standard. It would be more useful if it reduced all spell damage, but its application is much narrower as it only protects against shadow damage. However, it can be very effective against certain dark-attribute magic-based Boss Tier.
Since only Bai Xiaowen Bai Xiaowen among the three had a large number of summoned friendly creatures, making him the most suitable person for this scroll, he accepted it. Next was the second item.
[Memory Conch: Special Item. This is the personal conch shell of the Shadow Prophet Magik, carrying precious memories from certain periods of his life.]
"What is this?" Chen Guowei was a little confused.
"This should be the item we're looking for in the Snakefolk Tribe?" Bai Xiaowen said somewhat uncertainly. He looked at the third item first.
[Book of Fate Revelation: S-Tier Item. Use to reveal your destiny, making you wiser in your Choice. Hint: Use before opening treasure chests. 1 use.]
"This thing is probably used when drawing specific loot," Bai Xiaowen said. "It's a pity. If we had this item before opening this treasure chest, we could have used it first, and the chances of drawing the Shadow Ripple Skill Book would probably be higher."
Bai Xiaowen glanced at Chen Guowei and said, "This item only proves valuable when opening the treasure chests of powerful monsters, at the very least Leader Tier chests. Therefore, I'm inclined to give it to me."
Chen Guowei chuckled, "Of course it's for you. I usually only kill one or two Elite Tier at most, and that's with teammates. Opening Elite Chest and using S-Tier items is a huge loss for me."
"The Shadow Sanctuary Scroll and the Book of Fate Revelation were both given to me, Memory Conch, which is needed to find the Snakefolk Tribe, should also be given to me. This means Chen Guowei won't get anything," Bai Xiaowen said. "Therefore, Old Chen should be compensated appropriately in terms of the Psionic Points dropped by the BOSS."
Li Shuyi readily agreed.
Chen Guowei tried to refuse, but Bai Xiaowen didn't allow him to explain and gave him 7,000 Psionic Points in the trade.
The level 7 Boss Tier drops only 7,000 Psionic Points, which is equivalent to Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi getting three dropped items, while Chen Guowei gets the Psionic Points.
The total reward from this boss's treasure chest is around 30,000 to 50,000 points (the price of A-Tier items + S-Tier items + special items fluctuates). Based on Chen Guowei's Kill Contribution, he actually wouldn't get 7,000 Psionic Points, but Bai Xiaowen didn't need to be so stingy. It would be good if she could help Chen Guowei out.
However, there are rules to helping others; you can't just give without any principles.
With Bai Xiaowen's current wealth, he could easily throw away tens of thousands of Psionic Points. But he would rather have Chen Guowei do the work and be paid accordingly than give Chen Guowei Psionic Points for free. Although friends should share money, it would not be good for Chen Guowei if he developed a psychological dependence.
Meanwhile, when Han Xu, Shi Haiyan, and the others opened the treasure chests, it caused a low commotion. It turned out that one of the Elite Tier Lobsterfolk's treasure chests actually contained Gold Equipment, which was a very rare occurrence.
Moreover, this is not just ordinary Gold Equipment, but a Golden Tier weapon.
[Heavy Pincer (Bind on Pickup)]
[Quality: Heroic Tier (Gold)]
[Equipment Slot: Main Hand]
[Equipment Requirements: 15 base Strength]
[Attribute: Additional Attack Power 8~18]
[Additional Skill: Crushing Blow: Passive effect. If a successful headshot reduces an enemy's movement speed by 40% for 10 seconds. This effect can only trigger once every 30 seconds and cannot be applied to the same target repeatedly.]
[Durability: 34/35]
[Note: This is Pincer Strike made from the large claw broken off by the Lobsterfolk warrior "Headcrusher" Yalpet.]
This Golden Tier weapon, the Pincer Strike, already boasts exceptionally high attack power, and it also comes with the useful skill "Crushing Blow," making it an absolute top-tier weapon.
"The Spirit Realm Rules value this weapon at 5000 Psionic Points, but I'll offer 6000. I want it!"
7000.
I'll offer 7500.
The bidding was fierce, and even Han Xu joined in.
To be honest, the valuations based on the Spirit Realm Rules are generally very conservative. If this Golden Tier weapon could be auctioned, it would easily fetch tens of thousands of Psionic Points, after all, it is Top-grade Gold Equipment, and the most important weapon at that.
Soon, the price soared to 15,000 points, and the one making the bid was none other than Shi Haiyan.
Many people have quit, including Han Xu.
"Why aren't you bidding anymore? This Gold Equipment is clearly more suitable for a tank-type Awakener like you," Bai Xiaowen whispered to Han Xu as he watched the bidding.