"Mm?"
Upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao were both taken aback.
They could join the battle now?!
The two women were visibly excited as they entered the chaotic graveyard together.
At this moment.
An angry voice echoed once more.
"Lowly beings, daring to trespass here, I shall ensure your souls are scattered and you die without a burial place!"
It was the voice of the Ancient Necromancer.
The sound seemed to carry a surround effect, constantly reverberating in their ears, deafening!
Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao couldn't help but stiffen, taking a step back, their expressions shocked as they looked at the BOSS ahead.
The pressure was overwhelming!
"So terrifying..."
Qing Ying said, her voice trembling.
"What a noisy cutscene! If I had learned the life skill of gathering, I'd definitely use your bones to make soup."
Jiang Chen muttered, then said to the team, "Get ready, don't stay too close to me."
With that, he launched his attack.
A Healing Spell landed.
-500!
The BOSS Ancient Necromancer lost 0.5% of its health.
It raised its right hand, a purple fireball condensed and quickly flew towards Jiang Chen.
He easily dodged it with his movement.
Immediately, Qing Ying seized the opportunity and slashed with her sword.
Tao Xiaoyao also sent her Big Yellow Dog to take a bite.
-15
-8
Two pitifully low damage numbers popped up.
But it was enough; the purpose of these hits was merely to ensure that when the BOSS used its skills later, it would target the two women as the furthest targets.
The two quickly retreated to a safe position behind Jiang Chen.
They watched him move and attack.
Twenty seconds later.
The Ancient Necromancer's health dropped by 5%.
It stopped, raising the purple crystal ball in its left hand high, light bursting forth.
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A purple beam shot out rapidly.
It landed directly on Tao Xiaoyao, who was the furthest away.
Immediately, her mana began to deplete at a rate of 10% per second.
This was the Ancient Necromancer's skill, Mana Burn.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen continued to dodge the purple fireballs while constantly casting skills.
Soon, the Ancient Necromancer's health dropped to 90%.
"Chaos! Your soul shall be banished!"
The Ancient Necromancer's frenzied voice echoed throughout the chaotic graveyard.
Simultaneously, a strange aura began to form within the purple crystal ball.
This time, there was no dazzling light, not even a physical form.
A transparent ripple silently acted upon Jiang Chen's mind.
Boom!
-1500!
A terrifying number floated above Jiang Chen's head.
His body slowly fell.
The scene fell into dead silence!
Was he killed in one hit?
Qing Ying stared blankly at the scene, her mind buzzing.
Tao Xiaoyao was also stunned!
But soon, she noticed something.
The color of the damage number was an abnormal gray!
What did this mean?
She was still thinking.
At this moment, the "Jiang Chen" who had fallen to the ground shattered into pieces.
However, another Jiang Chen remained in place.
The one that had fallen was just his phantom.
This was the additional effect of the Phantom Boots: when attacked, a phantom is automatically generated, immune to one single-target damage!
"The BOSS's Soul Chaos can be absorbed by the phantom, but the cooldown is a bit long."
The phantom had a fixed cooldown of three minutes, unaffected by cooldown reduction, something Jiang Chen could do nothing about.
"Brother Mortal World is fine!"
Seeing Jiang Chen unharmed, Qing Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, full of curiosity, she asked, "What skill is that? So amazing!"
"Is it similar to the Assassin's substitution skill?"
Tao Xiaoyao murmured as she pondered, "Does a Priest have such a skill too?"
All of this was beyond her understanding.
At this moment, Jiang Chen continued to fight the BOSS.
To him, the Ancient Necromancer was very simple.
The only thing to be cautious about was not attacking too quickly, waiting for the phantom's cooldown.
Half an hour later.
After the Ancient Necromancer used its last Soul Chaos, its health dropped below 10%.
At this point, Jiang Chen also slowed his attack pace.
He glanced at the time.
3:10 PM.
"The auction for the Blood Tide Greatsword ends in about 20 minutes, let's drag this out a bit."
Jiang Chen continued to dodge the Ancient Necromancer's purple fireballs, occasionally casting a Healing Spell.
He kept its health at around 1%.
...
Meanwhile.
At the Beginner's Village Marketplace.
A fierce, invisible battle was taking place.
Countless eyes were focused on the marketplace.
To be precise, on the Blood Tide Greatsword being auctioned there!
There were only twenty minutes left until the auction ended.
Many wealthy players and guilds were frantically buying gold.
This was the final stretch.
In a villa at Moon Lake Manor in Magic City.
"President, the player who listed the Blood Tide Greatsword has not contacted our guild."
"However, it seems they haven't contacted anyone else either, the item is still on the auction house."
A beautiful assistant in a sexy black stockings OL outfit reported to the man beside her.
The man was wearing a gaming helmet; he was Ouyang Jun, the president of the "Kingdom of Heaven" guild, ID: "Domineering Madman."
He was leading the guild's elite team to conquer the Ancient Mystic Realm dungeon.
"Damn, the eighth team got wiped out too... Xiao Lei, what did you just say?"
Domineering Madman communicated with his assistant through the helmet's external function.
"The Blood Tide Greatsword is still on the auction house, the auction ends in 16 minutes," the assistant replied.
"Heh! Looks like this guy is determined to make us fight for it in the auction house!"
Domineering Madman sneered and asked, "Xiao Lei, how's the gold collection going?"
"We've swept up everything below 80 RMB, currently we have twelve thousand gold."
"Not enough!"
Domineering Madman shook his head.
"The previous first Silver Level dagger sold for 1250 gold, isn't twelve thousand enough for the first Golden Level weapon?" the assistant asked, puzzled.
In her view, the price had already been increased tenfold, far exceeding the equipment's value.
"It's different, this Blood Tide Greatsword is crucial for the first clear of the Ancient Mystic Realm. Whoever gets it will basically clear the dungeon."
Domineering Madman thought for a moment and instructed, "Keep collecting gold, at least thirty thousand, no, fifty thousand! No matter what, we must win the bid!"
"Fifty thousand gold... I understand."
The assistant nodded, secretly shocked.
50k gold, that meant at least four to five million RMB!
Could it really reach such a high price?
...
The price of the Blood Tide Greatsword kept climbing.
In the last three minutes before the auction ended.
The competition for the Blood Tide Greatsword reached a fever pitch, the bid had already surpassed thirty thousand gold.
At this moment, the price temporarily paused.
Two minutes later.
The price continued to rise.
When it reached forty thousand gold, it paused again.
In the last twenty seconds,
The price began to soar rapidly, reaching fifty thousand gold.
After another brief pause.
It jumped from fifty thousand to fifty-six thousand.
"Let's see who dares to compete!"
Domineering Madman gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
The fifty-six thousand gold was basically an all-in.
He wanted to ensure absolute success!
However, in the last three seconds.
A bid of sixty thousand gold appeared before all the bidders.
"Fuck!"
Domineering Madman cursed loudly, his face turning red with anger.
On the other side, in the Beginner's Village.
"Finally won the bid!"
A Warrior player, looking at the Blood Tide Greatsword he had won, breathed a sigh of relief.
His ID was "Blade-Raising Slayer of Yama," the president of the Heavenly Guild.
"President, we spent nearly 6.5 million RMB to gather these sixty thousand gold, just to buy a level 10 Golden weapon, is it really worth it?" a Mage beside him asked, puzzled.
"It's worth it! With this Blood Tide Greatsword, I'm confident we can clear the Ancient Mystic Realm!"
Blade-Raising Slayer of Yama said excitedly, "Let's go, head to the Ancient Mystic Realm immediately, this time, we will definitely clear it!"
Just as he finished speaking.
[Server Announcement: Congratulations to players "Qing Ying," "Mortal World," and "Tao Xiaoyao" for clearing the Ancient Mystic Realm, achieving the first kill, and opening the main city passage!]