Chapter 462: The Undying Spider
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Pull!"
Li Yi issued the command. Together with Unending Unmatched and Golden Gun Cannot Fall, they attempted to pull out the screws from Spider King's body.
There were three types of screws, red, blue, and white, but the three of them removed only one type of screw. The white ones!
"Danger Alert! Must stop them! Must stop..."
Spider King was up to its old tricks again. It jumped upwards in an attempt to hurl Li Yi and the others off it.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The gigantic object jumped up and down, sending tremors to its surroundings. The trio grabbed onto their screws tightly, unwilling to let go. On the other hand, the players below Spider King buckled every time Spider King landed. They wobbled and stumbled repeatedly...
All the party members stood rooted to the spot that Li Yi had assigned them. They would rather lose HP to the tremors than leave their positions. Fire Ice and Little Elf from the Magical Realm activated their ultimate skills to maintain the party's HP above 50%.
Tick...Tick...Tick...Tick...
Channeling bars had appeared above the trio's heads. While Spider King went about its rampage, the trio held onto the screws and were determined to dismantle them.
Unending Unmatched and Golden Gun Cannot Fall's channeling bar was displayed as 30 seconds, but not Li Yi. The channeling bar above his head was a mere 10 seconds, meaning that there was a 20-second difference between their channeling times. This was one of the many pros of achieving Legendary-level Engineering.
Clink!
A white screw was removed by Li Yi. Following that, he spread his wings and flew towards another white screw and continued the removal process.
Clink!
Before Unending Unmatched and Golden Gun Cannot Fall could even remove their screws, Li Yi had already taken out two of them. The moment they finished removing the screws, Spider King underwent a change in its state.
"Warning! Entering Decimation Mode within the next 60 seconds. Attacks will cover the entire battlefield, and ATK will be increased by 1000%! Warning! Warning!"
The surface of Spider King's body took on a pale shade of red and it leaped more aggressively than before. This was an omen of it entering Berserk Mode.
The party was basically doomed once it entered Berserk Mode.
"Pick up the pace!"
Li Yi removed another white screw and immediately flew off to another white screw.
They only removed white screws and left the other two types of screws untouched!
Time was of the essence and their task was highly demanding. They needed to stand still when they removed the screws, and at the same time, they needed to locate their next target. This was necessary as it allowed them to remove the screws non-stop.
It goes without saying that Li Yi was overqualified for the task, and so was Unending Unmatched. They were the type of players that performed better under pressure. Their reactions were quick and they made little errors.
Out of the three of them, Golden Gun Cannot Fall was the weakest one. Though his reaction time was slightly slower, he never committed any grave errors. Due to this, Li Yi considered him a trustworthy member.
Clink!
Clink!
Clink!
One after another the white screws were removed, and Spider King turned redder every second.
"Warning! Entering Decimation Mode within the next 30 seconds. Attacks will cover the entire battlefield, and ATK will be increased by 1000%! Warning! Warning!"
"Look for the next batch!"
Li Yi acted swiftly. His current HP had nearly bottomed out, and even with the aid of Holy Light Illumination and Breath of Fresh Air, his HP could not be recovered fully.
The HP of Archers were nowhere near the thick-HP main tanks. It did not matter whether the main tanks were Warriors or Paladins, or even Vagabonds, as their HP was always higher than Li Yi's.
"Violent Bear's Protection!"
Seeing that he could hold out no longer, Li Yi activated his life-saving skill. His HP soared to 100,000 in an instant, which was a mere 5,000 less than Unending Unmatched, and 3,000 more than Golden Gun Cannot Fall's.
Clink!
Clink!
Clink!
The final three white screws were removed just as there were only three seconds left before Spider King entered Berserk Mode...
Chuck! Clang! Whirr! Hssstt...
Fumes of black smoke rose from Spider King's body. It attempted to move a few steps forward, only for it to crash and collapse onto the ground.
"Energy supply disrupted. DEF lowered by 1000%. Initializing self-repair, estimated time of completion: 60 seconds. Counting down now..."
"Activate Miracle and attack!" roared Li Yi.
"Wind Miracle!"
"Sanguine Berserk!"
The party members avidly surged forward. Spider King was currently immobilized and was in a non-defensive state. It was the perfect time to strike.
The trio on Spider King's back did not participate. Instead, they were anxiously scanning their surroundings in search of other screws.
Though their party was composed of several thousand players, their true chance of victory rested in the hands of the three of them. The key was in whether the three of them could speedily remove the correct screws.
Although Spider King only had three types of screws on its back, one should not mess around. This was because they needed to remove them in groups of three, such as 2 whites and 1 blue, 1 blue 1 white and 1 red, 2 blues and 1 white and etcetera. If any of the screws were removed wrongly, they would end up just like Brother Windcloud Nine.
Did the closed beta players have an advantage? Maybe, but there were times where their advantage had brought about their downfall. The situation that occurred to Brother Windcloud Nine and the others was one such scenario. When a game is officially released, most of its content would undergo some changes. In other words, the strategy that worked then, might not work after release.
"1 red and 2 blues. I'll leave the red one to both of you. Leave the blue ones to me!" While the party was busy assaulting, Li Yi gave his commands to Unending Unmatched and Golden Gun Cannot Fall.
"No problem!"
A minute went by quickly, and after the beating it took, Spider King's HP had been reduced to 70%. During the short duration, they had robbed 30% of its HP!
"Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!"
Spider King relentlessly shot out its sticky spider silk. However, the party had already anticipated it and had prepared countermeasures. Firewalls had already been erected by the Fire Wizards, and it completely shattered the possibility of anyone being entangled.
Spider King had completed its repairs and Li Yi and his crew set off to work.
Clink!
Clink!
Two screws had been removed. Spider King widened its eyes and shot out bucket-thick laser beams wildly to its surroundings.
Its current attack style was similar to the Shoot at Random skill of Archers, and it was highly dangerous. In a blink of an eye, half of the party members were dead, and due to the randomness of its attack, not even those who stood at the blind spots were safe.
Clink!
The third screw had been removed. Spider King unleashed its lasers in an all-time frenzy. The trio on its back could no longer walk. Instead, they had to crawl on its back to avoid the lasers.
"Keep it up! One blue and two reds. I'll handle the reds and the both of you will be in charge of the blue one. If any of you encounter a red and a blue screw together, pull them out at the same time..."
"Okay!"
Clink!
Clink!
The screws were constantly being removed, and Spider King had finally stopped shooting its lasers. However, an even direr situation was on the horizon.
"Warning! Self-destruct within 40 seconds! Explosions will last for 1 minute and will cover the entire battleground..."
Without Li Yi's instruction, Unending Unmatched and Golden Gun Cannot Fall had already eyed their respective targets. They hurriedly rushed ahead to pull out their screws, because unlike Li Yi who only required 10 seconds to remove each screw, they needed at least 30!
There was no time to waste, otherwise, the party could face total annihilation...
Clink! Clink! Clink!
The three vital screws had been removed. Spider King who was about to explode rumbled once again and collapsed onto the ground. It had entered Self-repair Mode.
The party went back on the offensive. When their assault had ended, Spider King had lost yet another 20% of its HP. It was currently sitting at 50% HP.
The trio set off to remove the screws again. The number of party members available to take on Spider King had dwindled to only one-third of their original numbers.
Even though they knew the correct battle strategy, Spider King's strength was nothing to be scoffed at.
While Li Yi was removing the screws, a little Warrior named Temporary Rain, had for some reason, scaled his way up to Spider King's back. From the looks of it, it seemed that he wanted to accompany the trio in their removal operation.
Before the battle had begun, Li Yi had already informed those below that no one was to act of their own volition. Though Spider King's back was slightly safer than other areas, those on its back will constantly lose HP, and the HP reduction mechanism scaled with the number of players on its back. The Trio were already at their limit, and should anyone jump on, their rate of HP loss would be doubled, which would undoubtedly kill them...
Li Yi was so mad that he almost lost his breath. He immediately shoved his foot onto the punk and kicked him down.
"Dumb*ss! You should join the Huashan Guild!"
Within a short span of ten seconds, the trio's HP had already flatlined. The healers gave it their all, but even then, their HP could go no higher than 50%. Their HP could no longer be fully recovered.
That Warrior had almost single-handedly caused the party's annihilation.
Li Yi had no idea who Temporary Rain was, and as such, the moment he kicked him off Spider King, he also booted him out of the party. Shortly after, Spider King swept down its claws at the Warrior and turned him into mincemeat.
Clink! Clink! Clink!
Three screws had been removed and Li Yi immediately called out to Unending Unmatched and Golden Gun Cannot Fall. Together, they jumped off Spider King's back.
After getting tons of its screws removed, Spider King's movements had dulled drastically. It moved slowly, reacted slowly and it was like an old man on crutches...
Kaboom! Kaboom!
Explosions reverberated through its back, leaving Unending Unmatched and Golden Gun Cannot Fall stuttering in shock. Had they stayed a few seconds longer, they would already be dead.
"How did you know that it would explode, boss? Could it be that you've already fought it once?" Even though he had spent most of the battle pulling out screws, he was still in the dark about what purpose it served.
Unending Unmatched gave a hearty chuckle. "You stupid or what? I've already seen through it. Spider King has three indicators on its head, and we'll need to remove whatever color that appears. Once the indicator goes dark, it means that we should not remove anything else, and as such, we would need to hop off."
Li Yi nodded in agreement. The colors that they had to remove was random, and the only way to know that they removed the screws correctly was by following the indicator.
Golden Gun Cannot Fall gazed into the sky and a moment later, he broke into a huge grin. "Hahahaha! As I said, this is too easy!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosions were still occurring on Spider King's body, and with each explosion, it shrunk slightly. When the explosions were finally over, it crawled out from its tattered shells. Its body was now the size of a truck, and its HP was back to 100%.
"My god. Was our effort wasted?" Golden Gun Cannot Fall was dumbfounded.
"It's too OP, how is this fair?"
"What a pain..."
"Motherf*cker!"
The other party members cried in frustration. Taking it down to 50% health was already a hard enough task but returning back to full health after the explosions was plain unfair.
"Annihilate the Intruders! Protect Lord Yuge..."
The miniature Spider King bore its fangs and claws as it charged over...
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