Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon

As a heart-stopping "rustle" sound approached from the distance, Xiao Fan and the other four instantly tensed up, forming a defensive formation back-to-back.

"Over there!" Xiao Fan pointed toward the bushes in the southeast.

Chen Xuewei and the others turned their heads in response, only to see a massive creature break through the vegetation, slithering toward them at an astonishing speed.

It was a giant flood dragon covered in dark green scales, the gaps between them shimmering with a gloomy luster, its bucket-thick body kicking up a foul stench as it moved. Most chilling of all were its emerald-green vertical pupils, cold and devoid of any emotion.

Name: Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon

Level: 3 (Wild Boss)

HP: 500/500

"I-it's actually a level 3 Wild Boss..." Zhang Yuanyuan's voice trembled uncontrollably, her knuckles white as she gripped her whip, "We're only level two..."

"Didn't the Principal say the Cloud Sea Forest only had level 1-2 Fierce Beasts? How could a level 3 Wild Boss appear now? Books say Wild Bosses have massive lethality; we can't possibly handle this." Zhang Chao's voice carried a sob, as if he were on the verge of a breakdown.

"Can we still run?" The hand Little Fatty used to hold his shield was shaking.

Chen Xuewei took a deep breath, suppressing the fear in her heart, and shook her head: "Its movement speed far exceeds ours; it's too late to run!"

Xiao Fan looked at the massive boss before them, cold sweat streaming down his forehead, forcing himself to stay calm.

"What do we do?"

In the blink of an eye, the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon lunged before them, its massive snake head rearing high, its scarlet tongue flickering rapidly in the air, emitting a hair-raising "hissing" sound.

Immediately after, the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's massive tail swept toward the four of them.

"Split up, take turns drawing its attention, and the others attack whenever there's an opening. Aim for its heart!"

In the heat of the moment, Xiao Fan barked out orders.

Chen Xuewei and the others didn't have time to think; the moment Xiao Fan finished speaking, they subconsciously moved to follow his instructions.

The four of them rapidly shifted their formation, standing at the four cardinal directions of the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon.

The moment the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's tail swept through empty air, Little Fatty looked at the shield in his hand, gritted his teeth, and stepped forward, slamming the shield into the creature.

-3HP

An embarrassing number popped up over the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's head.

"Holy crap, how are we supposed to fight this?" the fatty shrieked.

Chen Xuewei reacted the fastest, seizing the opportunity to use a skill on the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon.

-12HP

Better than the fatty, but not by much.

With her skill on cooldown, Chen Xuewei saw another opening and slashed with her sword again.

-9HP

Seeing this, Zhang Chao and Zhang Yuanyuan hurriedly used their own skills as well.

-9HP

-8HP

This round of attacks dealt 41 points of damage, not even scratching a tenth of the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's health.

Seeing this, all four felt a wave of despair.

"Help!" the fatty's pig-like squeal rang out.

Since he was the first to attack, the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's aggro was now locked onto him.

Seeing this, Xiao Fan shouted urgently.

"Quick! Switch aggro!"

Hearing this, Chen Xuewei immediately thrust her longsword toward the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's heart.

-15HP

The Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's defense was still too high!

"Ah!"

Chen Xuewei was still a step too slow; with a scream, the fatty was sent flying by a heavy strike.

At the critical moment, he used a skill to mitigate some of the damage, but even so, more than half of his health was gone.

Fortunately, the aggro was drawn away by Chen Xuewei, and the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon did not continue to attack the fatty.

Seeing this, Xiao Fan quickly pulled out a bandage and ran over to heal the fatty.

The fatty looked at him in disbelief: "Bro, these are internal injuries; what good is a bandage?"

Xiao Fan's hand paused, then he continued applying the bandage regardless, only letting go with regret when he saw the fatty's health hadn't increased by a single point, before turning back to Chen Xuewei and the others.

Following Xiao Fan's method, the three of them had whittled down 100 points of the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon's health, but he still noticed that something was wrong.

The Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon was very fast, and Xiao Fan's kiting method was pushed to the limit; without the fatty, the remaining three could not afford a single mistake.

"Xiao Fan, we can't hold on much longer!" Chen Xuewei was covered in dirt and grime, having completely lost the goddess-like appearance she once held.

"Let me think of a way." Xiao Fan was completely on edge; he opened the game interface and looked toward the skill creation section.

It seems that opportunity to create a skill can't be saved anymore.

Chen Xuewei and the other three each had only one skill, and their attacks were too singular. Aside from Zhang Yuanyuan's Long Whip, which could barely be considered a ranged weapon, the others were all melee.

In this situation, unless they had a ranged support skill, there was simply no way to deal with the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon.

"Sigh, I originally wanted to accumulate more traits before creating a skill, but there's no other way now."

Xiao Fan sighed.

"Create skill."

"Please create a skill for your character."

Xiao Fan finished writing quickly and clicked confirm.

"Skill creation complete. Upon inspection, this skill has not appeared in the game before and requires system verification. There is a chance of failure; do you wish to proceed?"

"Confirm."

"Skill under verification, please wait."

"Ah!"

A scream rang out. Xiao Fan looked up and realized that Zhang Yuanyuan had made a mistake.

Fortunately, Chen Xuewei reacted quickly and managed to draw the aggro away in time.

"Xiao Fan, hurry and think of something!" Chen Xuewei's face was deathly pale, her stamina already severely overdrawn.

Xiao Fan's face turned pale as he stared at the interface before him, feeling anxious to the extreme.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry up!"

"Congratulations to the Player, skill creation successful. Would you like to view it now?"

Finally, the system's heavenly voice rang out.

"View!"

His voice rang out without a moment's hesitation.

Skill Name: Gift of the Saint (Upgradable)

Skill Rank: Heaven Rank

Skill Description: After active activation, consumes 50 Mana to expand a field of pure radiance centered on the caster. All friendly units within range immediately gain 30 points of [Holy Light Shield], movement speed increases by 50%, all negative status effects are removed, and they gain [Grace], lasting for 15 seconds: restores 5 HP per second.

Cooldown: 120 seconds

Creation Attributes: Intelligence 10(+), Spirit 10(+), Constitution 10(+)

Creation Trait: Saint (Unique)

Seeing the three tens in the creation attributes, Xiao Fan gasped.

That was too close! If he hadn't bought those attribute points earlier, this skill might have failed to be created.

As expected, the more powerful the skill, the more cautious one must be.

Xiao Fan took a deep breath. He had originally wanted to create a weakening skill, as that might have restricted the movements of the Green-Eyed Ink-Patterned Flood Dragon, making it less difficult to deal with.

However, he only had the Saint trait right now, and he was afraid the skill would fail to be created because it didn't align with his trait.

In the end, he chose to create this Gift of the Saint.

"Although it lacks a weakening effect, the fifty percent speed boost and the removal of all negative status effects are more than enough."