Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 130: Xiao Wu is Triggered Again (7K)

Xingchen immediately did as instructed.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have received a 'Blessing of Wishes' from the stars, gaining [Mastery of Two-Handed Magic] for 30 minutes!"

Hearing the system notification, Lin Hanchuan ignored Cao Renjie's gesture of pointing at himself and said to Xingchen, "Alright, you don't need to pray anymore!"

Xingchen nodded obediently.

Cao Renjie asked Lin Hanchuan in a low voice, "Boss, what about me?"

“Next time!” Lin Hanchuan replied.

There is a limit to the blessings and wishes that can be offered by the stars.

Once she reaches her limit, she will feel fatigued.

Moreover, for Lin Hanchuan, a two-handed magic mastery was more than enough to deal with the first wave of the [Endless Beast Tide] insect plague.

Cao Renjie's current equipment is enough to withstand this wave of insect swarms.

"Alright!" Cao Renjie glanced back at Xingchen, sighed, and nodded. It's really good to have a father to take care of you!
Woohoo! ! !
In the distance, the centipede crawled at an extremely fast speed.

Its dozens of pairs of legs, like treadmills, propelled its body forward rapidly. The massive and continuous movement made it resemble an orange-red carpet stretching out from afar.

Their raised mandibles, like a cutting machine, shredded all the grass in their path into dust. Drops of black venom dripped uncontrollably from their mouthparts, and wherever they passed, patches of grass beneath their bodies rotted away.

At the edge of the field of vision, another queen insect, over three meters tall, appeared. Surrounded by the army of earth centipedes, she moved slowly forward. The speed was very slow, but the earth centipedes gushing out from her split thorax seemed endless.

Queen Insect (Ground Centipede)

Level: 15

Rank: Lord
Health: 2

Attack: None
The Queen Insect is merely the reproductive mother of insect creatures. It possesses powerful defensive capabilities but lacks offensive power. However, if you launch an attack against it, the insect creatures it reproduces will fight tooth and nail to protect it.

"Boss, should we go straight for the enemy's stronghold, or slowly grind these centipedes for experience?" Cao Renjie asked Lin Hanchuan, holding his shield and activating his defensive barrier.

“Kill the queen insect directly!” Lin Hanchuan replied.

As long as the queen insect lives, the centipedes will continue to emerge.

However, the centipedes here are all level 5 ordinary rank, and they give too little experience. Killing them is not even enough to fill a tooth gap.

Lin Hanchuan naturally had no interest.

It's better to just kill the Queen Insect and get a large amount of experience directly.

"Okay!" Cao Renjie nodded, then immediately stepped to the front, ready to take the damage from the centipede.

At this moment, Lin Hanchuan stepped ahead of Cao Renjie, holding the golden staff—Desperate One.

"I'll handle this insect plague all by myself!"

Lin Hanchuan looked confident. Now, thanks to the enhancement from a large number of medicinal plants and his mastery of magic with both hands, he was both tough and fierce. In particular, the Desperate Ones had given Lin Hanchuan a 5% spell vamp.

Combined with an infinite barrier.

You could say they were fearless.

The Desperate One swung his staff.

A raging sea of ​​fire suddenly erupted from beneath the feet of the centipedes.

Tsk tsk tsk! !
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385!
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386!

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The damage values ​​were all over 300, far exceeding the maximum health of these centipedes. As a result, the centipedes in the fire domain were instantly vaporized into black ash.

The earth centipedes have no intelligence; they act solely on their killing instincts. They completely ignore the existence of the fire domain and charge into it one after another.

Then they were killed one after another in seconds.

"Ding! Successfully killed a level 5 common centipede, gaining 40 experience points. This kill is the first kill of this type of centipede in this dungeon, so an additional 40 experience points are gained. Team action grants an additional 50% experience point bonus, so an additional 20 experience points are gained!"

"Ding! Since you did not specify the experience distribution method when you entered, it will be split equally by default. You will personally receive 25 experience points!"

"Ding! Kill successful..."

On Lin Hanchuan's interface, the kill notifications kept refreshing rapidly as the centipede died.

However, each centipede that falls into Lin Hanchuan's hands only yields 25 experience points. In addition, the fire domain is not large enough to directly cut off this closed monster-spawning environment, which results in not many centipedes entering, making it really uninteresting.

"Just kill the queen beetle directly!"

Lin Hanchuan cast an infinite barrier on himself and walked directly towards the endless centipedes. Without stopping, he threw out spell arrows with both hands.

Boom boom boom! !
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458!
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486!

……

Lin Hanchuan's output is no longer what it used to be; a casual spell arrow can deal around 500 damage.

It far exceeds the maximum health limit that the oncoming centipede can withstand.

In addition, he is proficient in both-handed magic.

With both hands, they draw their bows left and right.

A total of eight spell arrows can be thrown per second.

If the centipede in the ground looks at Lin Hanchuan, it will die!

With the shield protecting them, the venom released when a small number of centipedes die and explode onto the barrier only causes a few dozen points of damage, which is instantly absorbed by the barrier.

The centipedes, driven solely by a thirst for slaughter, surged forward upon seeing Lin Hanchuan charging into the swarm. Even those centipedes that had already passed by Lin Hanchuan turned back halfway and charged towards him.

View from the sky.

In an instant, the insect plague below, centered on Lin Hanchuan, quickly formed a clockwise orange-red vortex wave, with countless centipedes launching attacks on Lin Hanchuan one after another.

Lin Hanchuan, who was inside the barrier, strolled leisurely toward the first mother insect king that appeared. The speed of his left and right hands was so fast that they became afterimages.

Boom boom boom! !

Under the bombardment of spell arrows.

Lin Hanchuan maintained a state of no monsters within a four-meter radius.

However, as Lin Hanchuan got closer and closer to the Queen Insect, the Queen Insect felt a sense of crisis, which was then transmitted to all the centipedes.

Ever since.

All the centipedes on the scene, regardless of which direction they had been rushing in just moments before, now charged towards Lin Hanchuan in perfect unison.

They vowed to protect the Queen Insect with their lives.

Because once the queen insect dies...

The centipedes it reproduces will also die suddenly, somewhat like a slave contract.

"Boss's combat power is ridiculously exaggerated!" Standing in front of Xingchen, Cao Renjie looked at Lin Hanchuan in the center of the centipede wave and said enviously.

He was fully armed and ready to face the centipede attack and shield Xingchen and the others behind him from harm.

Unexpectedly, just now, even the centipede that was closest to him and about to rush up suddenly turned around and launched an attack on Lin Hanchuan.

"Isn't it great to win without lifting a finger?" Not far away, Long Xiaochen was lying comfortably on the grass, with a transparent panel in front of him constantly refreshing the information about the experience points he had gained.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have gained 25 experience points!"

"Ding! Congratulations! You have gained 25 experience points!"

……

It's a bit too little.

But no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Lying on the grass, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, breathing in the air that smells of grass, with a scene of slaughter not far away, and yet not having to do anything.

A gentle breeze was blowing.

It felt so comfortable!
It's been a long time since I've felt like I'm being carried to new heights.

Seeing Long Xiaochen's carefree demeanor, Cao Renjie was annoyed, but then seemed to suddenly understand something and immediately sat down as well.

Looking at Lin Hanchuan, who was wreaking havoc among the centipedes on the ground.

It seems that I really don't need to do anything.

Boom boom boom! !

One by one, the corpses of the centipedes were shot and exploded, spraying black venom everywhere. Lin Hanchuan was like an invincible god of death, and no centipede could stop him.

After slaughtering hundreds of centipedes, Lin Hanchuan stepped over their mangled corpses and arrived at the first queen centipede.

The queen insect possessed some intelligence, but it couldn't make a sound. Upon seeing Lin Hanchuan, its first instinct was to turn and run.

However, her over three-meter-tall, bulky body, resembling a white, fleshy mountain, made it extremely difficult for her to move forward, let alone escape.

Even its turning around is captured in slow motion.

Lin Hanchuan raised his hand and continued throwing spell arrows.

The comprehension value on the panel has reached 16 points, and with the double boost from the God of Magic talent, it will be 32 points. This comprehension value is simply overwhelming for F and E level skills.

He is currently trying to upgrade the spell arrow to D-rank by increasing the number of times he fires it.

Tsk tsk tsk! !

At such close range, Lin Hanchuan didn't need to aim the magic arrows deliberately; he simply raised his hand and pierced the Queen Insect's body.
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221!
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198!
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212!

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The only thing that frustrated Lin Hanchuan was that the Queen Insect's defense was indeed very high; after the spell arrow hit, it only dealt about two hundred damage to her.

In addition, the constant attacks from the surrounding centipedes forced Lin Hanchuan to divide his attention to deal with them.

About once a second, two spell arrows will land on the Queen Insect, while the other six will be used on the surrounding centipedes.

This state lasted for nearly 10 seconds.

Until the system notification sounded in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

"Ding! You have just entered the 'Minor Enlightenment' state, and your understanding of the Spell Arrow skill has become much deeper."

"Ding! Congratulations! Your E-rank skill, [Spell Arrow], has been upgraded to D-rank, [Explosive Arrow]!"

Explosive Arrow

Grade: D

Consuming 200 mana allows you to unleash a blasting arrow that deals 200 + 60% explosion damage upon hitting a target, and also inflicts splash damage on surrounding targets, dealing 50 + 20% damage!
Basic effect 1: After hitting a target, reduce their spell defense by 5%, which can be stacked up to 20%!
Basic Effect 2: After hitting the target three times consecutively, the target will take an additional 20% damage with each subsequent hit!

Special effect: When using this skill at night or in a dark environment, the burst of light that hits the target has a certain probability of blinding the target.

"Finally done!" Lin Hanchuan glanced at the information on the panel for the [Exploding Arrow], and then, as he swung the "Staff of Despair" again, an Exploding Arrow, which was even wider than a spell arrow, shot out instantly and landed directly on the Queen Insect King.

boom! !
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485!

The Explosive Arrow exploded on the Queen Insect, dealing nearly 500 damage, while the splash damage also mostly landed on the Queen Insect.
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84!
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78!
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85!

……

Although the damage amounts were small, they were very concentrated, instantly causing the Queen Insect's health to decrease at a visible rate!

As for the swarming centipedes, they were even easier to deal with in Lin Hanchuan's hands; he simply unleashed a burst arrow.

It instantly clears out all centipedes within a 5-meter radius, making it far more efficient at killing them than the previous spell arrows.

Boom boom boom! !

Less than ten seconds.

The Exploding Arrow drained all of the Queen Insect's health.

"Ding! Successfully killed the level 15 Lord-level Queen Insect King, gaining 6000 experience points. This kill is the first kill of this Queen Insect King in this level dungeon, so an additional 6000 experience points are gained. Killing a level higher grants an additional 600 experience points. Team action grants an additional 50% experience point bonus, so an additional 3000 experience points are gained!"

"Ding! Since you did not specify the experience distribution method when you entered, it will be split equally by default. You will personally receive 3900 experience points!"

In the system prompt tone.

Lin Hanchuan's personal experience points instantly increased by 3900.

At the same time, with the death of the queen insect, the centipedes that she had previously summoned through reproduction also began to die in large numbers.

The corpses of centipedes lay around Lin Hanchuan, forming a canvas of orange-red color. The corpses of Lin Hanchuan and the Queen Insect were the finishing touches on this canvas.

The only slight pity is that these dead centipedes died as a consequence of the death of the queen centipede, not because Lin Hanchuan killed them personally. Lin Hanchuan did not gain any experience points from them.

Woohoo! !

The death of the first queen centipede did not bring peace to the area for long, as swarms of centipedes once again surged in front of Lin Hanchuan.

Lin Hanchuan calmly glanced at his personal panel.

The intense exercise over such a long period of time had reduced his physical strength, but he was still in good health. After drinking a stamina potion to replenish it, Lin Hanchuan picked up his staff and charged forward.

Boom boom boom! !

The fight was much easier than before.

With a blast of arrows, the centipedes died in droves, and I easily reached the second queen insect, finishing it off in less than ten seconds.

"Ding! Successfully killed the Level 15 Lord-level Queen Insect..."

What followed was a meaningless crushing defeat.

After killing the four queen insects that had appeared, the scene was completely silent. Apart from the Heavenly Dao Squad and Xingchen, there were no other insects left alive.

Lin Hanchuan's level has finally reached level 15!
"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully reached level 15, triggering the Berserker Archmage class trait: base attributes +3, free attributes +6, and intelligence +1!"

Lin Hanchuan allocated all 6 points of his free attribute to Intelligence.

Although the current battle is extremely physically demanding, the medicinal herbs and plants he consumed earlier have replenished his stamina, which is sufficient for Lin Hanchuan's current needs.

Looking at Lin Hanchuan, Cao Renjie, and Long Xiaochen, who were directly guarding the exit of the centipede in the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon, they were all shocked.

They had experienced Lin Hanchuan's power in Zone 1.

But compared to District 9, it's really far inferior.

"I even suspect that the boss could solo the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon and get the first clear on the Shura level."

"No doubt about it, this is the truth! After accumulating experience in the Dark Forest, the captain is now unleashing his full potential. His Spell Arrow has already been upgraded to Explosive Arrow, and his other low-level skills should also be improved in the Endless Beast Tide dungeon."

"The God of Magic's talent grants double the comprehension, which is really outrageous."

"After all, an SSS-level talent, if it's not a bit outrageous, how can it be called the only one?"

After expressing his feelings about Lin Hanchuan, Long Xiaochen began to worry after receiving another notification that the experience points for killing the Queen Insect King had been credited to his account.

"Judging from the current situation, the captain has not only left the players outside behind, but we have also fallen far behind. And if this continues, the gap between us and him will only widen."

"Maybe in the future we'll become a burden!"

Cao Renjie thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right. Boss's strength is improving too fast. If we continue like this, we may not be able to catch up in the future."

"There's no other way, there's only one option left!"

Long Xiaochen and Long Xiaoyue both turned their gazes toward them.

Lin Hanchuan's performance in this [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon exceeded their expectations, and even made them start to worry that they might become a burden in the future.

"Diligence can make up for lack of talent!" Cao Renjie said, looking at Lin Hanchuan in the distance. "When the boss entered the Ninth District, he was aiming to develop his power. Although he had Lao Mo's help, as the person in charge behind the scenes, he still needed to spend a lot of time dealing with the various troubles and problems that the power encountered in its growth."

"We can help in some ways, but it's limited, or even superfluous. In other words, while the boss is busy, the rest of us can go into dungeons and farm monsters together to improve our combat power as quickly as possible."

They followed Lin Hanchuan when he went into the dungeon.

While Lin Hanchuan was busy, they also ran dungeons.

Using time and hard work to bridge the gap between the two sides may seem like a clumsy method, but it is undoubtedly one of the most effective.

Without a second thought, Long Xiaoyue agreed, "Okay! Let's do it this way!"

Her sense of crisis was stronger than that of Cao Renjie and Long Xiaochen.

Even if their future combat strength can't keep up, Cao Renjie and Long Xiaochen can still rely on their brotherhood to continue talking to Lin Hanchuan.

What about her?
With Long Xiaochen's sister?
Or a former teammate?
Long Xiaoyue did not want a rift to form between her and Lin Hanchuan due to the difference in their strength.

A man like him shouldn't like weak people.

Seeing that even his younger sister was taking on the challenge, Long Xiaochen, who had always preferred a life of leisure, said, "Agreed!"

After saying that, Long Xiaochen sighed.

I'm lying down now, but it's time to start my life of struggle again!
"Ding! Successfully killed the level 15 Lord-level Queen Insect King, gaining 6000 experience points..."

"Ding! Since you did not specify the experience distribution method when you entered, it will be split equally by default. You will personally receive 3750 experience points!"

Looking at the tenth corpse of the Queen Insect, Lin Hanchuan turned around and looked back at Cao Renjie and the others.

Suddenly, Long Xiaochen called out to him out of the blue.

"Strive! Fight!!"

Although he didn't know why, Lin Hanchuan smiled and gave him a thumbs up because it was rare for him to have such a fighting spirit. He was 200 meters away.

Immediately following, the system notification sounded indicating that the first stage of the [Endless Beast Tide] had been completed.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully killed 10 Queen Insects, clearing the Shura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon. The first wave of the beast tide—[Endless Insect Plague]!"

"Received the first stage reward: "

All members: Experience points +1, Strength +1, Gold +5000!

Team: One Summoner Spell Scroll!

The team reward was held by Lin Hanchuan personally, so as soon as the system notification ended, he took out a scroll that had just been credited to his account from his backpack.

[Summoning Scroll of the Queen Insect]: After learning this skill, you will gain the E-rank skill - Summoning the Queen Insect.

Class requirement: Summoner!

Lin Hanchuan glanced at him and walked over to Long Xiaochen; no one in the team was more suitable than him.

on the way.

The system beep sounded again.

"Ding! Please note that the second wave of beasts—[Slime Carnival]—will appear in 5 minutes. Please survive this phase for 1 hour, or kill 100 slimes!"

At the same time, the corpses of the centipede and the queen insect on the ground instantly turned into a mosaic and disappeared silently.

The dropped items are still there; if Lin Hanchuan doesn't clean them up, they will remain until the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon is cleared.

But there's nothing good about it.

Lin Hanchuan glanced at them, casually picked up two silver weapons, and walked up to Long Xiaochen, handing him the [Mother Insect King Summoning Scroll] directly. "This summoning scroll is for you!"

"Captain!" Long Xiaochen said gratefully.

Lin Hanchuan looked at Long Xiaochen, who suddenly reached out to hug him, and immediately stepped back, staring at him with a questioning look. "What's wrong with you? Hurry up and learn the skills. You might need them in the next wave of monsters!"

"Yes, yes, Captain!" Long Xiaochen nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Lin Hanchuan glanced at Cao Renjie, then at Long Xiaoyue.

In the end, she stood next to Long Xiaoyue.

Cao Renjie glanced at Long Xiaochen and moved to the side as well.

Long Xiaochen scratched his head, puzzled, but didn't think too much about it and learned the [Mother Insect King Summoning Scroll].

"How effective is the skill summoned by the Queen Insect King?" Lin Hanchuan asked immediately after seeing a beam of light flow into Long Xiaochen's body from the scroll in his hand.

Long Xiaochen glanced at the skill information and replied, "It can summon a Lord-level Queen Insect King of the same level as me. Currently, the Queen Insect King can only summon Earth Centipedes."

During the descent, all the mother creatures capable of summoning large numbers of insects are called the Mother Insect King.

However, because it focuses on summoning different insect-like creatures, the system will add parentheses when introducing the information.

The Summoning Queen Insect King skill that Long Xiaochen learned will allow him to summon more insect creatures besides the Earth Centipede as the skill level increases.

1 minutes and 56 seconds!
1 minutes and 53 seconds!
Looking at the countdown on the panel, and at the end of my line of sight, I could hear a constant "gurgling" sound, which was the sound of the slime moving.

Lin Hanchuan said, "Let's summon it directly first!"

"Perfect timing to use the centipede to mop up the slime."

“Okay, boss!” Long Xiaochen nodded immediately and then summoned a fat queen insect.

However, since Long Xiaochen's level was only 14, the Queen Insect he summoned was also only level 14, one level lower than the one Lin Hanchuan killed.

The centipede summoned by the Queen Insect was also a level lower, only level 4!
Woohoo! !

After the queen insect emerged, her thorax slowly opened, and countless orange-red centipedes crawled out from within.

"Quickly cover the entire area!" Lin Hanchuan reminded.

As a jelly-like creature, slimes have high health and defense. They move by jumping, which can cover a great distance. Their attack method is ranged spitting, usually water arrows with a corrosive effect, which is relatively easy to deal with. The most difficult thing is their devouring attack.

Slimes like to envelop their prey in their bodies, restricting their movement while slowly melting them with their corrosive liquid.

However, once a slime has prey inside its body, it will often stay in place until the prey melts away before moving again.

According to the preview information for the second wave of the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon, the number of slimes accumulated will definitely be no small amount, at least a hundred.

Only by using centipedes as bait to restrict their movement can the problem be solved more quickly.

Long Xiaochen immediately ordered the Queen Insect to do it.

Under the command of the Queen Insect, the centipedes began to move forward in swarms, re-laying the land with a layer of orange-red carpet.

The local centipedes have moved halfway there.

The countdown on the panel has ended.

dong dong dong! !

At the edge of their line of sight, a patch of blue slimes appeared, bouncing and hopping towards Long Xiaochen and his group.

Without any constraints.

The slimes leaped high into the air, like a waterfall sweeping towards the sky, drawing a blue arc in mid-air before crashing down.

It quickly collided with the charging centipede.

To be precise, it wasn't a collision, but a fusion.

The moment the centipede collided with the slime, it entered its jelly-like body, like a cage, and no matter how much it struggled, it could not escape its confinement.

The slime stayed quietly in place, slowly waiting for the centipede to melt inside its body and become its nourishment.

dong dong dong! !

As more and more centipedes and slimes "collide," blue jelly-like structures, each about 1.5 meters tall, begin to rise up on the scene.

Long Xiaochen also saw the information about the latest slime.

【Slime】

Level: 15

Rank: Elite

Blood volume: 8000
Attack: 80-200
Slimes are the most common monsters in the jungle. They feed by melting their prey, and there is a chance that this will trigger mutations. They are curious about any moving creature.

"Controlling the slime is up to you!" Lin Hanchuan instructed Long Xiaochen, then he opened an infinite barrier, picked up his staff, and went straight forward.

The slime was frozen in place.

Someone eventually has to go up and clean it up.

Bang bang bang! !
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421!
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408!

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Lin Hanchuan waved his staff, unleashing a barrage of ice spikes.

Slime merges with everything, including ice cones.

The moment the ice spike touched the slime's body, it entered without any resistance and quickly triggered the freezing effect.

The slime, which was originally in a jelly-like state, was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture, and Lin Hanchuan then used a large fireball to finish it off.

I quickly received a kill notification sound.

"Ding! Successfully killed a level 15 elite slime, gaining 2000 experience points. This kill is the first kill of this slime in this level dungeon, so an additional 2000 experience points are gained. Team action grants an additional 50% experience point bonus, so an additional 1000 experience points are gained!"

"Ding! Since you did not specify the experience distribution method when you entered, it will be split equally by default. You will personally receive 1250 experience points!"

If you use the right methods, killing a slime is much easier than killing the Queen Slime.

(End of this chapter)