Chapter 42: Dark Devil Suit

  "Lingyue, go and get the monsters, Big Sister, you quickly retreat!" Ye Chen shouted while rubbing a fireball, those monsters hadn't launched their fatal attack yet, once they did, Sword City would very likely be finished.

  Although Jian Qing Cheng couldn't see the attack power of the ghostly assassins, she could also see their skills, including a powerful skill that increased damage by about 50%. With three ghostly assassins attacking her in one round, they might be able to take away 400 or even 500 points of her blood. If she was unlucky and encountered a monster with a critical hit, there was even a risk of hanging up. Quickly judging the situation, Jian Qing Cheng didn't force herself, lightly jumping backwards and shaking off the three ghostly assassins.

  Ling Yue took the opportunity to charge forward, swinging her gun and unleashing a horizontal sweep, instantly drawing the hatred of three ghostly assassins. Compared to Xue Chen, the female knight in a rare suit was a qualified tank, with over 1800 health points, effortlessly withstanding the attacks of these monsters.

  "Out!" With a low shout from Jian Qingcheng, all kinds of attacks that everyone had been preparing were launched.

  Jian Qing Cheng stared at a monster, and with a swift strike, unleashed three consecutive slashes of Furious Thunder, immediately showcasing the violent female swordsman's attack power. With three swift sword strikes, she managed to take down over a thousand points of the ghostly assassin's life. Zui Xiang Si and Jian Qing Cheng had great tacit understanding, choosing the same target. After Jian Qing Cheng's Furious Thunder Three Slashes, Zui Xiang Si's Falling Thunder Technique accurately landed on the ghostly assassin, even scoring a critical hit, dealing nearly two thousand points of damage to the monster. In an instant, the ghostly assassin's health was depleted to less than 500.

  Ye Chen saw the situation and timely took action. A black fireball flew over and instantly killed the low-blooded Phantom Assassin.

  However, apart from the three of them, the attacks of the others were apparently not that sharp. Two elemental mages plus an archer and a hunter, four people working together to take down a ghostly assassin, managed to take away only about 1,000 or so points of its life in one round. But their low attack also had its advantages, which was that they wouldn't cause the monster's hatred to shift like Sword Peak City did, all at once.

  Ye Chen and the other two killed a ghost assassin, immediately rejoining the battle. Three high-output players joined in, and the remaining two ghost assassins quickly fell as well.

  "Ding!"

  As the monster's body dissipated into white light, a jet-black helmet fell to the ground. The female knight quickly picked it up and examined its attributes, then let out a cheer: "Ye Chen, this is your equipment!" She shared the equipment's attributes with everyone.

  Dark Magic Helmet (Rare)

  Defense: 19

  Intelligence: +6

  Additional: Dark attribute magic attack damage increased by 2%

  Required level: 21

  Set effect: 2 pieces set increases intelligence by 15 points, 4 pieces set increases spell critical strike rate by 5%, 5 pieces set increases spell critical hit damage by 7%.

  As Ye Chen gazed at the equipment's attributes, he was slightly startled. The equipment's normal attributes were not outstanding, but its additional attributes were extremely suitable for a Dark Priest. Most importantly, this dark magic equipment was clearly part of a set, and the set's attributes were quite impressive, making it one of the best items for spellcasters. If not for the fact that the additional attributes were exclusive to secondary milk, perhaps his second sister and two elemental mages would have also joined the competition.

  Jian Qingcheng handed the equipment to Ye Chen and chuckled, "This place is indeed a good spot. I reckon these monsters have never been killed before, or else they wouldn't drop such great loot. This time, we might just make a small fortune here. Ye Chen, your contribution won't go unnoticed."

  Wei Wei smiled and said, "By the way, earlier it seemed that those ghostly assassins hadn't appeared yet when you shouted to warn me. Can you see these hidden monsters?"

  Ye Chen nodded and had already prepared his explanation: "Yes, I have a detection skill that specializes in uncovering stealthy movements. It was also thanks to this skill that I managed to dodge Lie Hu's Blood Blade attack earlier."

  Several girls nodded in agreement upon hearing this, Ye Chen's explanation was reasonable and they couldn't help but believe him, even Jian Qingcheng and Zui Xiangsi didn't suspect anything.

  Next, Ye Chen naturally became the pioneer, relying on the small map's advantage, and was able to discover those hidden ghost assassins in advance every time. If there were too many ghost assassins, he would instruct the archers to pull the monsters from a distance. As they journeyed on, all the women couldn't help but feel secretly shocked, because Ye Chen's judgment was simply too accurate.

  Jian Qingcheng and Zui Xiangsi were even more shocked, they two had seen a lot and knew a lot, but they had never heard of such a powerful stealth-breaking skill. Generally, stealth-breaking skills could only passively enhance the player's perception, most of which would only be effective at close range, occasionally there were skills that could remotely detect stealth, but even then, there was a high failure rate when detecting, how could Ye Chen achieve 100% detection? Thieves simply couldn't hide in front of him.

  If Ye Chen knew what they were thinking, he would be crying with laughter. The function of the mini-map was not as powerful as they imagined. Its main purpose was to avoid and detect monsters, but if you wanted to rely on it to avoid thieves, the effect would be much worse. After all, even in 2058, it's impossible to mark all thieves on this map, because players are not monsters, every player has a different nickname, and if they were all marked on the map, there would be no need to look at the map anymore.

  Of course, marking three or five thieves is no problem, for example Lie Huo Xue Ren, Ye Chen has already asked 2058 to locate him on the map, and later he wants to sneak up on himself, it won't be that easy.

  The cave of the dead soul is extremely deep, and after walking for more than half an hour, there is still no end in sight. However, this half-hour was not without gain, at least Ye Chen's experience bar had soared from 21 levels 55% to 21 levels 83%, and it won't be long before he can level up.

  "There's a fork in the road ahead, but according to the task prompt, we should take the right path. The Corpse Demon Lord is on the right." Jian Qingcheng knocked down a ghostly assassin and gazed forward for a moment before turning around to say to everyone.

  Ye Chen glanced at the mini-map and saw that the Corpse Demon's leader was indeed on the right side. Just as he was about to nod in response, his gaze suddenly fell upon a silver light point on the mini-map. This unfamiliar mark made him pause for a moment, and he quickly opened the chat window with 2058, typing out a query: "58, what does this silver light point mean? I've never seen it before?"

  "That, that's what I added later for you. The silver light points represent the white silver level boxes, yeah, what you guys call treasure chests. Generally, there are pretty good things inside the treasure chests, you can go and open them to see."