Insufficient balance
Twenty 5-star one-star elites didn't make him feel any pressure, but instead a wave of excitement. 100 skill potential points were enough for him to upgrade "Full Force Strike" and "Small Arc Slash" at the same time. He took the initiative to attack, slashing towards the first Overlord Scorpion's poisonous tail with a fierce strike.
"Go all out!"
A slight displacement of the body, the scorpion's deadly sting had already struck empty air. In the brief gap, two full-strength blows landed on its body.
Around him, five Emperor Scorpions also surrounded him, their six tails entwining with dark light, all stabbing towards him, blocking his path of advance and retreat. The scorpion's tail strike was the only way for the Emperor Scorpion to attack, but this sole method of attack was quite terrifying, able to add a 100% poison state, and had a certain probability of adding an instant death effect... In other words, once triggered, no matter how much life he still had, he would directly die.
"Cheers!!"
Ling Chen was fearless, with a high jump, easily avoiding all the scorpion tails' strikes, and landed directly on the back of the first Overlord Scorpion. Without even looking, he swung out a small arc slash, simultaneously sweeping across three Overlord Scorpions. In the past, when he was at level 2, he was attacked by seven or eight level 5 ferocious wolves at the same time, but not a single hair on his head was touched. These Overlord Scorpions, with abilities that couldn't compare to those of the ferocious wolves, were naturally even more insignificant in his eyes. Their concentrated attacks wouldn't make him apprehensive; instead, it was what he hoped to see, because that would allow them to die under his small arc slash even faster.
Dodge!
Dodge!
Dodge!
Twenty king scorpions had surrounded Ling Chen, of course, the attack distance of the king scorpions was very short, and only a few could touch Ling Chen's body. The rest could only spin around in place. Ling Chen did not try to escape from this encirclement, but instead continued to attack, move, attack, move... in the midst of the king scorpion group. If it were a pack of vicious wolves, he would never do this. But these king scorpions... their attacks were indeed terrifying, but they had low mobility, single-minded attack methods, and low attack frequency, making them pitiful creatures that Ling Chen did not take seriously. Their advantages were equivalent to nothing against him - no matter how strong their attacks were, they could never touch him.
Dodge, shift, card position, attack... everything was as smooth and natural as floating clouds, he only had a pair of eyes, but seemed to be able to predict the next move of all the scorpions in advance, could accurately detect the attack gap that would appear in the next second. People with strong judgment are not uncommon, but being able to make such swift and accurate judgments under these circumstances... even almost having "precognition" ability, this is simply not something a normal person can do. These one-star elites who made ordinary players feel uneasy were like toys in his hands, soon becoming dizzy from being circled around, their already low attack frequency became even lower due to the frequent disappearance of targets, and every attack was in vain... until the first scorpion fell, these twenty one-star elites' siege didn't touch him once.
"Ding... You successfully killed a one-star elite 'Cursed Tyrant Scorpion', reputation +5, skill potential points +5."
"Ding... You successfully killed a one-star elite 'Cursed Tyrant Scorpion', reputation +5, skill potential points +5."
"Ding... You have successfully killed a one-star elite 'Cursed Tyrant Scorpion'..."
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One, two, three...... ten...... fifteen......
Another "small arc slash" swept across, and the last two emperor scorpions also fell at his feet.
"Ding... You successfully killed a 1-star elite 'Cursed Tyrant Scorpion', reputation +5, skill potential points +5. Current skill potential points: 115."
"Ding... You have annihilated all the 'Cursed Emperor Scorpions', the gate to the third area of the Forgotten Cave has been opened."
Rumble...
The moment the sound rang out, a dull rumble also came from the front, and the flat stone wall suddenly opened to reveal a semicircular black entrance.
Kill all monsters and the door ahead will open. Is it like this for every area here? Then what's hidden at the end?
No need to think, the enemies in the next area will definitely be even stronger. Ling Chen didn't immediately move forward, but instead opened his own skill panel and allocated the newly acquired skill potential points to Full Power Strike and Small Arc Slash, allowing both skills to level up simultaneously.
【Full Force Strike】: Current Level: LV4, Max Level: LV5. Required Skill Points to reach LV5: 100. Apprentice Warrior's primary apprentice skill, deals damage equal to 140% of a normal attack to the target in front with the equipped weapon, consumes 5 magic points, no skill cooldown time.
【Small Arc Slash】: Current Level: LV3, Maximum Level: LV5. Required Skill Points to reach LV4: 80. Apprentice Warrior's primary apprentice skill, slashing horizontally with the equipped weapon in front, drawing a small sword arc that deals damage equal to 110% of normal attack to up to three targets within a 3-meter range in front, consuming 6 magic points, no skill cooldown time.
The two skills that were upgraded had a slight increase in power, but there was no other change. Ling Chen checked his backpack and still had over 200 bottles of blue medicine. Previously, he had spent almost all his gold coins on blue medicine to stay at Evil Wolf Cliff for an extended period. Now it seemed that the decision was extremely correct. In this area where there were no supplies except for the medicine dropped by monsters, and with unknown strong monsters ahead, every bottle of blue medicine was extremely precious.
Red potion... just picking up what monsters drop is absolutely enough.
After upgrading two skills, there are still 70 skill potential points left. At level 4, he upgraded the two skills to level 4 and level 3 respectively. He had reason to believe that he might be the only one in Novice Village No. 49554, because elite monsters and BOSS monsters were really rare.
Restore magic value to full, Ling Chen stepped forward and walked towards the next area. He now really wants to know what is hidden in the deepest part of this strange cave under the abyss.
After stepping through the stone gate, the dull sound echoed again behind Ling Chen. He slightly turned his body and found that the stone gate behind him had closed tightly, without leaving any gap.
The road behind is still blocked... That is to say, he only has a way forward and no way back. The more he moves forward, the less likely he is to retreat.
"Ding... You have entered the third area of the Forgotten Cave, killing all the 'Cursed Earth Dragons' here will open the door to the fourth area."
In front of Ling Chen, there were several black, three to four meter long snakes... no, they were giant earthworms writhing about in agitation - that's right, they were several three-meter-long earthworms!!
The number is exactly ten.
Cursed Earth Dragon: Category: Demon/Beast, Level: 5, HP: 1200, Rarity: Three-Star Elite. Originally a group of ordinary giant earth dragons, they were later corrupted by the prolonged influence of an unknown evil magic aura, gaining larger bodies and weak magical powers. Their temperament also became violent. Despite their seemingly fragile bodies, they can unleash astonishing power, and once entwined by their bodies, it is almost impossible to escape.
His intrusion seemed to have gone unnoticed by these giant earthworms, which did not launch a proactive attack on him like the white ants and emperor scorpions before. They continued to move their bodies in place as if nothing had happened. Ling Chen also stood there motionless... In front of him were actually ten 5-level three-star elites!!
Suddenly ten three-star elites! This is a spectacular scene that is almost impossible to appear in the ordinary map. If such an array is discovered by a guild, they will be excited and grinning from ear to ear, but if encountered alone, there's only running away. One-on-one with ten three-star elites? Do you think you're Eve!?
Ling Chen's eyes narrowed slowly, leaving only a narrow slit. Soft-bodied monsters had the lowest defense capabilities among all monsters and relatively weak vitality, making them seem like the easiest to kill. However, for Ling Chen, they were more difficult to deal with than high-mobility monsters. Because they didn't have hands or feet, every part of their body could twist and move at any time, allowing them to make impossible contortions and attack angles that ordinary monsters couldn't, making it extremely hard to dodge and defend against.
If it's wrapped around its body, then it's absolutely fatal.
If it's just one, I can still cope. But if all ten of them come at me... even he would have to choose to run away. Ten giant earthworms attacking and entwining from every angle - not even a god could dodge that.
These earthworms don't seem to attack proactively...
So...
Ling Chen bent down and lightly picked up a piece of broken stone from the ground, flipped his wrist, and threw it forcefully towards the giant earth dragon closest to him.
Bang, minus one.
The worm that was hit let out a loud, eerie sound, its body writhing even more violently before suddenly shooting towards Ling Chen's location like an arrow off the string.
Ling Chen swiftly dodged and weaved around, simultaneously raising his right hand, unleashing a full-force, precise slash that struck the giant centipede in mid-air.
The earthworm's defense was indeed not ordinary, and the maximum damage that this blow and the broken strike could cause was not far off. Ling Chen immediately turned his gaze to other giant earthworms, finding that they were still frantically writhing in place, with no abnormal reactions appearing on any of them.
Great! Ling Chen's heart completely let go. If these ten three-star elites and the previous white ants and scorpions came rushing over in a swarm, he would indeed choose to run away immediately, but with only one, there was only room for abuse.
Then let's break through one by one!
So, this pile of giant worms that would have given him a headache had now transformed into a large pile of skill potential points and high-end equipment in his eyes. Ten three-star elites represented enormous gains that were exciting to think about.
