Assassin’s Sangfroid could be easily dealt with the mont its aggro formula was made known to the players. A rudintary thod to deal with this would be to have the target lie flat on the ground and have the other players pile up on top of him to form a dog pile... Now that the Shadowmist Assassin was unable to attack the targeted player within, and the others were not its target of aggro, which would not shift either, would that not an that the players could have free reign and slowly whittle it to death?
Of course, not.
That was precisely the condition to cause the Shadowmist Assassin to enrage. The mont the Shadowmist Assassin was unable to land its attack on the target, it would then beco enraged.
Furthermore, after the Shadowmist Assassin beca enraged, its attack power and speed would visibly change, while its aggro formula would surreptitiously change. This new aggro formula was all the more severe, as the BOSS would randomly attack any target within its aggro range without any rules whatsoever. Even Ye Xiaowu had no idea who it would target once this happened.
That first attack targeting Gu Fei upon erging from the fog after it beca enraged was entirely coincidental – a mishap that made everybody fail to realize that the aggro formula had changed. It was only after Eternal Dominion had executed Seismic Toss, which resulted into the Shadowmist Assassin abruptly kicking him, that the quick-witted and experienced Young Master Han started to have an inkling that sothing was amiss.
If the aggro had been concentrated on Gu Fei, no other factors would make this change; this ant that there was no way the BOSS would attempt any sort of retaliation to the others aside from Gu Fei. Even though its speed and attack power had increased trendously, Young Master Han felt that the design of this BOSS’s aggro formula was foolish. He had long considered the thod of doing a dog pile the mont he had seen through this weakness, but because Gu Fei was effectively dealing with the BOSS as he was, he felt that there was no need to resort to such a crude thod.
In fact, Young Master Han already felt sothing amiss when the BOSS attempted to kick Eternal Dominion, but before he could even properly ponder over this, the Shadowmist Assassin had already dashed over to Royal God Call and insta-killed the Hunter, smugly entering the fog once more.
“What just happened?!” Everybody was in shock.
“The aggro formula has changed,” Young Master Han said, “stay within range of one another.”
Everybody imdiately shifted closer to one another, as Brother Assist furrowed his brows. “But why would it be Royal? If we go by how threat is usually calculated, it should be War Without Wounds, Eternal Dominion, and you. Each of you should have accrued a higher threat than Royal.”
“I’m afraid the BOSS has now adopted a random attack formula...” Young Master Han answered.
“F*ck, what a cheap move!” Everybody cursed. Threat could be the key when challenging difficult BOSSES. To think that the aggro formula for this boss would change like this. Adopting a random attack formula now ant that the calculation of threat and subsequent aggro was thrown out of the window. No matter how they looked at it, this BOSS was clearly intentionally made to trouble the players.
“Random; I wonder how random this will be?” Even at such a ti, Brother Assist was still interested in researching more.
Young Master Han wrinkled his eyebrows and did not say a word.
“Here it cos!” This ti it was Eternal Dominion that alerted everyone. The Shadowmist Assassin ca charging in his direction, but nobody knew who its current target was.
“It’s really fast!” Now that the Shadowmist Assassin was enraged, even the ti it spent hiding in the fog was reduced and soon ca back on the attack. Hurtling out of the fog undauntingly, it suddenly leaped into the air and seed about to execute a plumting aerial assault once more.
“Brother Assist, it’s on you!” Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion yelled this out at the sa ti as they rushed toward it. From the posture it held while mid-air, the two n had already determined the general direction it would be plumting, and it was where Brother Assist happened to be standing.
Now that the most inexperienced combatant Brother Assist had beco its target, he was so panicked that he even forgot how to hold his sword properly. This ti, however, everybody was close by. Furthermore, it was Gu Fei’s belief that this plumting aerial assault from the Shadowmist Assassin was the easiest to deal with because it gave them much more ti to prepare.
Eternal Dominion, who was sowhere in front of Brother Assist, was the quickest and nearest, yet he was still unable to completely dart in front of the Knight. In the end, he stretched out his hands, as if he were diving down to the ground, and a much larger Chiwave Shield ford within his two palms. The size and defense of the Chiwave Shield were proportionate to the amount of mana he expended, and what he had just used was the limit of what he could activate at the mont.
Nevertheless, this impedance was not enough to fully contain the rushing impact from the Shadowmist Assassin. The Chiwave Shield broke like tofu, as Eternal Dominion’s entire body was sent flying. The trajectory of this flight sent him toward Brother Assist, who staggered backward upon collision. A figure darted from behind him, an electric glow pulsing in his hand.
Palm of Thunder!
Gu Fei managed to gather lightning in his hand in the additional ti Eternal Dominion had managed to buy them and firmly placed it directly on the Shadowmist Assassin’s temple.
Repulse!
Gu Fei prayed wordlessly. The Repulsion effect from his Palm of Thunder was originally 100%, but he was uncertain if that was still the case when facing against a BOSS in this ga. All he knew was that back when he was being hunted down by the NPC guard, it barely even moved upon taking a direct hit with the skill. He had successfully repelled the Shadowmist Assassin previously, but he had Blinked behind the BOSS then and struck him square in the back. It was the Palm of Thunder and his technique of leveraging the force of the enemy’s hit that caused the effect. Now that the Shadowmist Assassin was dashing directly at him while enraged, what would happen?
Success!
That one palm strike on its temple allowed the Palm of Thunder’s Repulse effect to send the BOSS away.
But before Gu Fei could even celebrate his success, he saw that the Shadowmist Assassin had only been pushed back for about five ters, so even though it was repulsed by his skill, the efficacy of his blow was significantly reduced.
Moreover, it appeared as if the patience of this BOSS had increased after becoming enraged. Instead of imdiately diving into the fog as what everybody had hoped it would do, it drove its foot into the ground and attempted another attack; it had also very deviously chosen another target.
“Young Master!” Gu Fei hurried yelled out; the target the Shadowmist Assassin had chosen this ti was actually Young Master Han. As Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion were unable to provide any sort of assistance in ti and could only watch the Shadowmist Assassin pounce on him, another dagger ca stabbing in from the side.
Sword Demon. He was the only person that would be using a dagger.
Their weapons clashed. If even a sturdy Warrior like War Without Wounds could be sent flying, Sword Demon would fare even worse; however, the man had already expected this to happen, so the mont he was sent flying, he was able to deliver a cut to the BOSS with a raise of his hand.
This cut was better than nothing. The Shadowmist Assassin’s attention did not seem to shift, and its dagger continued to plunge toward Young Master Han, but a white light from Young Master Han’s magic staff floated over to himself at the sa ti.
Young Master Han had no way to evade this strike that had sent him flying away, but with a wave of his staff mid-flight, another shining radiance cocooned him. Everybody turned to stare at Young Master Han when he landed on the ground, but instead of disappearing in the usual white light, he got up and gazed disdainfully at everyone. “Do you think it’s so easy for to die?”
“Unnatural! Too damn unreal!” Brother Assist may be unable to comprehend the underlying nuance behind the kung fu of Gu Fei and martial practitioners, but he could clearly grasp what Young Master Han had just done with his skill, which was a perfect casting of Heal that was accurate down to the millisecond. It took ti for the players’ HP to drop to zero. Thus, although this ti was but a re instant, it was so quick even the naked eye could not tell when the damage would be applied. Yet, Young Master Han was able to sneak in a Heal in this instant. His calculation and senses were all pushed to the limits just to catch this instant. Even Gu Fei felt that this man could beco quite the talent if he were to practice kung fu.
The Shadowmist Assassin retreated after it attacked Young Master Han. Everyone could not help but thank their lucky stars, for if it were to attack again, no matter who it targeted, the next victim would most likely be finished off without much hassle. They were all drained from just dealing with these two attacks from the Shadowmist Assassin this ti around. Feeling pressed for ti, they tried to recover as fast as they could.
“It cos and goes so quickly! We don’t have much ti to replenish our HP and mana,” Gu Fei said as he bit on an apple.
“There’s absolutely no way we can take down this Assassin if it continues to fight like this.” War Without Wounds was the only one left unscathed from that previous assault.
“Maybe, that’s why it cos and goes like this. BOSSES are made for players to slay, after all, so if there’s truly no way to fight it, then what’s the point of playing the ga?” Young Master Han pointed out.
“But aren’t the random attacks it does far too ssy? Can we still take it on?” Brother Assist asked, adding, “Sword Demon, you seem to have managed to get a slice at him just now.”
Sword Demon grimaced, “It was just a cut; I didn’t even use my skill, so I doubt I managed to penetrate its defense.”
Everybody’s gaze gathered on Gu Fei.
Gu Fei looked embarrassed, sighing, “Don’t look at ! I can perhaps give it a shot if it continues to target like before, but now that we can’t even confirm who its target is gonna be, it’s really very difficult to deal with it.”
“Then, are we dood to be wiped here? M*th*rf*ck*r. We just wiped Southern Lone Blade’s entire squad; it’s too soon for retribution!” War Without Wounds tilted his head up to the skies and heaved a long sigh, showing the look of a hero facing his end.
This was when Young Master Han suddenly asked, “Any of you have friends in Xiawu City?”
“Acquaintances are fine as well!” Young Master Han added this before anyone could say another word.
“Slyris?” Gu Fei suddenly though aloud. He had courteously added Slyris as a friend after explaining the whole situation to her. Gu Fei even asked her when she would find others to co and rob him, which caused Slyris to turn frigid for a bit.
“Oh, that’s right! Let contact her!” War Without Wounds imdiately beca energetic. He had also added Slyris’s sister Yan Xiaozhu as friends. He hurriedly pulled out his friends list and was just about to compose a ssage when he suddenly gazed sheepishly at everyone. “What should I say to her?”
Young Master Han glared at him contemptuously for a while before saying, “Tell her our coordinates and then ask her where the nearest grinding map is. The more populous it is, the better.
These n imdiately ca around to his idea. “You intend to...”
Young Master Han flashed a smile that was ten tis more devious than the smile Ye Xiaowu had shown. “It randomly attacks, right?”
“Whoa! That’s way too despicable. Can you not be such an abhorrent cad?!” everyone clamored.
“We can’t do that!” Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion promptly expressed their refusal to this plan. Even though this was just a ga, the moral code that these two n had sworn themselves to was not affected one bit. After all, this was sothing their upbringing had emphasized on the most. If they could not even demonstrate this level of righteous morality, they would not even be allowed to learn kung fu.
Young Master Han stared at the two, yet he said nothing but a simple, “Suit yourself!”
Sword Demon suddenly blurted out in this mont, “Don’t you guys think that this BOSS has been gone for too long?”
“Yeah, it’s definitely past the ti limit.” Brother Assist checked his booklet. He enjoyed recording down almost anything and everything.
War Without Wounds raised his head to the rest and said, “Slyris said that we are already in the most popular grinding map...”
Reviews
All reviews (0)