Chapter Twelve: Frenzy
"Don't be stunned, speed up." Lin Jie shouted, and everyone worked together to kill the other cat demon, then bent down to pick up the cat demon's fallen claw.
Tofu's head hung low in shame, "I'm too useless."
"Midnight shook his head and said, 'The difficulty of the expert-level copy is too high, I can barely hold on, let alone you.' Floating Life Brother, we can't keep fighting like this."
Lin Jie thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright, let's do it this way. Tofu Brain can rest, I'll take over. My defense isn't high, but I have a bit of an invincible technique."
You Yu's eyebrows furrowed in concern. Lin Jie was already having a hard time dealing with the strange occurrences, and now he had to bear the harm as well, which seemed a bit too much.
"Autumn Far-off said, 'Why don't some warriors take the initiative to bear the damage?'"
"Xiao Yuan, stop messing around." Yu Lan nodded her head and smiled, "I agree with your approach, but you're working too hard."
"It's not hard work." Lin Jie chuckled, "Warrior equipment, as long as I have what I need, I'll be fine."
Zhan Yi wanted to speak up, but had nothing to say, so he secretly made a decision that he must get rid of Lin Jie from the team. This guy just arrived not long ago and already stirred up trouble between himself and Qiu Yuan, making their relationship fragmented. If he stays for long, wouldn't he be squeezed out?
After discussing the strategy, Lin Jie climbed up the tree to continue luring monsters. The expert-level cat demon's nest was full of monsters, with around 12 in each nest. If they were unlucky, they might even encounter multiple nests or even a rare elite nest. Fortunately, Lin Jie had exceptional monster-luring skills, and each time he only needed to face two monsters at once. Although the pressure was not small, it was still manageable.
The drop rate of the expert-level copy is very high. The copper coin income is not mentioned, and two bronze equipment have been obtained. Since it's a profession used by the law system, Lin Jie doesn't need it. However, You Lan insisted on using the team distribution method to distribute the gold, and Lin Jie reluctantly accepted.
Autumn's distant mood was joyful as she killed monsters, Lin Jie was the one she had called over, even Da Jie You Lan was being commanded by this guy, Little Ya Tou still couldn't help but feel a thrill in her heart, thinking about how to call out Floating Life a few more times...
He felt uncomfortable, and apart from being a burden, he was just a tofu brain. He had always been straightforward, and originally taking pride in being the team's MT was a great thing, but now he couldn't even do his job properly, which made him feel terrible. His hands involuntarily rubbed his thighs as he gazed enviously at Lin Jie fighting beside him, and in his eyes, even the brilliance of Midnight was overshadowed.
Lin Jie's strange movements became more and more familiar, after finding his position he continuously fired accurate shots with his fire gun to attract hatred, the seemingly rusty great sword was wielded with a fierce wind, the war reversal skill was used as if it were second nature, as an MT, yet he ranked first in total output, far surpassing the second place holder You Lan.
"Master..." Tofu Brain's fists clenched in excitement.
"It's done." Lin Jie slammed the cat demon into a tree, and he was starting to enjoy this hitting feeling. On the ground lay a triangular shield, emitting a faint, eerie glow.
Bronze Triangular Shield
Requirement level 3, Shield Mastery
Stamina +4
Block Rate +3
Invincible +5
Additional: When you are facing an attack directly, reduce damage by 2 points.
Weight 7.5 pounds
"Damn it!" A curse burst out at midnight.
"My... heavens!" Tofu Brain stared at this shield in surprise.
"Defense burst, attribute extreme, special effect powerful. This is simply a top-notch item!" Midnight exclaimed, "Commander Azure, if you're willing to sell, I guarantee I'll pay at least 10 silver coins!"
10 silver coins were a huge sum of money at that time!
He took a deep breath and said calmly, "Sorry, we don't sell."
She took a deep look at Lin Jie, without him, this top-notch shield would absolutely not fall into the hands of her small team. This shield surpasses more than 80% of the shields on the market now, any shield warrior yearns to get it!
"Hey, tofu brain." Lin Jie shouted two sentences, he still didn't react, and laughed, "Big fool!"
"Huh? Huh?" Tofu Brain finally reacted, jogging up to Lin Jie's front, "Master, what's going on?"
Lin Jie couldn't help but smile, "Here you go, get to work!"
The triangular shield fell from the sky and was caught accurately in Tofu Brain's excited hands. "This... would be better given to Midnight Big Brother, wouldn't it?"
Midnight smiled bitterly and said, "You use it, come work, Floating Life Brothers do two jobs, have a grudge against you."
"Oh, okay, sorry about that, Master." Tofu Brain said nervously, excitedly holding up his shield and looking around for a target. His anxious expression made Autumn and Youlan burst out laughing.
Lin Jie said seriously, "Next is the difficult part, we have to deal with three of them at the same time, one of which is a healing cat demon in its nest. Tofu brain, this matter can only rely on you, take this."
He tossed the torch into his hand and continued, "I'll lure the cat demon away from the door, you use your shield to block it and burn me with the torch. Remember, this is very important, the requirements for positioning... uh, are very high! You must stay still and leave a gap or else."
Qiu Yuan gave Lin Jie a strange look, then glanced at the excited Tofu Brain, and sighed. This guy's ability to deceive people is not bad either. Still walking? Blocking the door motionless, does this need to be walked?
"Damn it…… Cough cough, Tofu Brain, go!" Lin Jie gave the order, and the fire guns fired twice in a row. The cat demon rushed towards the midnight mushroom nest. Tofu Brain let out a loud roar, started charging forward, holding his shield in front of him like a Spartan warrior, fiercely blocking the entrance to the mushroom nest, leaving a small gap, and inserting the torch into it.
In the past, countless people wanted to conquer expert-level dungeons but found it difficult to succeed because of the Healing Cat Demon. It hid in its lair, was invincible, had terrifying health regeneration and infinite magic. The only way to deal with it was to lure all the monsters away and kill them. But if you did that, then during the final boss battle, you would be bitten to death by the boss - as there were Cat Demons all over the map healing it, how could you fight?
Until the player "Ou Fa Di Wu Xiang" discovered the technique of burning fire, this copy was not passed by players. But at that time, the player's level had increased, and the benefits of the copy had dropped to a very low point, except for coming over to take a record, it had no meaning at all.
Now, Tofu is yelling and burning to treat the cat demon. He turns his head hoping to see the encouragement of his teammates, but finds that they are all fighting, only Lin Jie nods in approval after hitting the cat demon, and gives a thumbs up, which touches him deeply.
The more ordinary you are, the more you need recognition!
Midnight Shield hits the ground, and three consecutive shield strikes open up Cat Demon. With its blood volume reduced by 30%, a white light envelops it, restoring its health to full. This is the powerful aspect of healing Cat Demon! No matter how strong your output is, it's useless in front of healing Cat Demon!
After receiving the kiss of darkness, Autumn's output increased significantly. The Shadow Priest lacked only a burst, and with the addition of explosive skills, her output ranked among the top five. As the duration increased, the power of Dark Words grew stronger, directly breaking into the top three.
In contrast, others are mediocre, except for a strong and aggressive Zuo Ying, only You Lan is exploring the output skills.
"It's dead!" Tofu shouted, and the cat demon shriveled up into a ball, dead.
The two cat demons who had lost their ability to recover were also killed by the crowd's firepower after half a minute.
"Not bad!" Lin Jie praised, and everyone's face broke out in smiles. Although it took half an hour to kill the first wave of cat demons, at least there was a possibility of passing the expert-level instance! In their eyes, the record bulletin board had always been out of reach, but now...it seemed within grasp?
A total of 12 copper coins were dropped, along with a warrior skill book - Frenzy.
Skill Book: Frenzy
Elemental Fury: Action, Anger
Skill Description: After attacking, you can consume up to 10 rage points to increase your next attack by 30.
Occupational restrictions: Warrior, Thief, Paladin
"Warrior's, I've got it." Lin Jie said straightforwardly. Learning skills was a must. The drop rate for skill books was very low, they usually only dropped in 20-level maps, so being able to learn them early on was great.
Everyone took a break, Lin Jie thought for a moment, and took out quite a few blood bottles and magic bottles, as well as 20 bottles of slow-mana recovery potions to distribute among everyone, so that they wouldn't run low on supplies during the prolonged battle. After all, ordinary players couldn't afford to drink potions at this point.
"You go out and I'll give you...the medicine money, at market price."
"No need." Lin Jie waved his hand. Some monsters would explode with medicine water, and players would sell it to other players at a price of half a copper coin. This was what was called the market price - slightly lower than the NPC's. Thinking back to his previous life, he had also spent money like that, which was really heart-wrenching.
"I want it."
Watching her persist, Lin Jie didn't say much either, and continued to lure monsters while searching for a position.
With the replenishment of medicine and the ability to resist monsters with tofu brain, Lin Jie's output has increased a bit, and the efficiency of brushing monsters is higher. The attributes of the bronze equipment dropped by the monsters are not bad, and everyone's equipment is slowly improving in the strategy copy. When advancing halfway, almost everyone owns 2-3 pieces of bronze.
Lin Jie's share was a total of 4 silver coins. However, this was small change, and he didn't mind.
The more they fought, the more the members of the Azure team were convinced that whatever Lin Jie said was right. Everyone understood that without Lin Jie, they wouldn't have gotten these equipment. Azure had already handed over command to Lin Jie unconditionally, and since they'd already broken even, it didn't matter if they died - they'd still be making a profit. With this mindset, everyone let loose and worked more efficiently, increasing their efficiency by quite a bit.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as Zhān Yì.
"A warrior's gauntlets have dropped, +2 willpower." Tofu Brain picked up the equipment and asked everyone with his eyes.
Lin Jie and Midnight Gear are not bad, You Lan doesn't need it either, so this equipment belongs to Zhuo Yi. Unexpectedly, he wore it on his hand for a while and then took it off, "Disgusting!"
Two words came out, and Lin Jie's face was instantly covered with a layer of cold mist.
"Bring it on, the more attributes you have, the higher your chances of passing." Azure hastily hinted to Zhan Yi, this guy frequently provoked him, guessing that Lin Jie was already angry.
"Hmph, I don't lack this bit of attribute." Zhan Yi didn't take it to heart and coldly said, "I rely on this equipment, and still have an irreplaceable use!"
Qiu Yuan looked at Lin Jie with concern and angrily said, "Zhan Yi, are you out of your mind today or has your brain gone moldy? If you're not satisfied with the person I found for you, just say so directly. From now on, I won't appear in front of you again!"
He shook his head, feeling a bit guilty, "I just think this person is ruining our team..."
"You have an irreplaceable use." Lin Jie nodded thoughtfully, with a hint of a playful smile, "A few more steps forward, and we'll be in the cat shit bomb zone. Brother, would you mind being... a mine sweeper for once?"
Silence!
The air around was instantly filled with the smell of gunpowder!
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