Then Jiang Ran gave himself the answer: The chance of winning is more than 80%, so I can fight.
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Exeter
Insectoid, male, 0 years old
Combat Class: Black Gold Bug Knight - Lv91
Skill slots: 4 / 4
HP: 14121 / 14121
Stamina: 10021 / 10021
Mana: 5685 / 5685
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Looking at the values of the fourth-level Ksith in front of him, and then recalling the values of the third-level Ksith, Jiang then realized the "trap" in it, and became more convinced that his judgment was correct.
The psychological torture of this advanced trial on the challenger is no longer effective on Jiang Ran!
8.34 - Black Gold Bug Knight: Cosette (Second Update)
In Jiang Ran's memory, the value of the third-level Kset was actually ridiculously low.
He was thinking about other things at the time, and because he had no comparison, he overlooked such an important detail.
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[The screenshot above is from chapter 8.32 - The Real Test (Part )]
Why was the strength of a Tier 3 Kset so weak, while the current Tier 4 Kset suddenly returned to the strength level of a Tier 4 combat professional? Even a little stronger than the average Tier 4?
Jiang Ran's answer was that all of this was a "greed trap" set by the "Trial" for the challengers.
Jiang Ran had noticed before that the insect man Cosette seemed to have no soul and did not seem like a real living creature, but more like a "puppet" created by the giant black magic circle.
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Since it is a manufactured puppet, it can naturally be "processed and modified".
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Therefore, in order to trick challengers into believing that the enemy's strength wouldn't increase much with each round, and to trick challengers into believing that they could easily win next time, this trial deliberately weakened the stats of "Level 3 Insect Man, Cosette."
Then, when the battle reaches the fourth level, when the careless challenger faces the fourth-level Ksette with greatly improved strength, as long as the battle begins, the challenger will not regret this choice.
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If Jiang Ran didn't have the super-dimensional divine eye, he might not have discovered this trap.
For the vast majority of people who lack the ability to identify, it should be difficult for them to even judge the strength and class of the enemy.
Therefore, we have to say that the "designer" of this trial is really insidious. He accurately grasps the challenger's psychology and leads the challenger to his own destruction.
Jiang Ran was able to use his identification ability to judge the enemy's strength before the battle, which actually meant he already had an ability that was quite tailored to this trial.
So, how should Jiang Ran fight against the fourth-order, level 91 "Black Gold Bug Knight Cosette"?
Jiang Ran did not rush to attack, but first walked around Ksette, taking a clear look at his body structure, weaknesses, and possible threats.
Anyway, as long as Jiang Ran doesn't take action first, this guy will just make threatening gestures.
After fully understanding the situation in Kset, Jiang Ran had a detailed battle plan in his mind. The rest was to see how well it would be executed.
"Then let us have a battle, Cosette."
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Jiang Ran's initial idea was to use the power of "absolute initiative" to develop a one-hit kill strategy, but the shiny black shell on Cosette's body with a metallic luster made him give up this fantasy.
These seemingly extremely hard shells not only cover the surface of Cosette's body, but also the abdomen, which should be its weak point, is covered tightly. There are only slight gaps at the joints, making it difficult to find any loopholes.
Since there was no way to kill with one strike, Jiang Ran designed a routine according to his usual fighting style, preparing to gradually defeat this fourth-level "Black Gold Bug Knight Cosette" in the manner of butchering an ox.
Jiang Ran first walked to a place about thirty meters in front of Cosette, then drew out the Yama Knight Sword and prepared to launch a "Flame Speed Drive" attack as an opening move. However, he "did not expect" that just as he made the preparatory action, Cosette suddenly kicked off the ground and rushed straight towards him!
The explosive power of the six-legged Cosette was truly terrifying. He had covered half the distance of 30 meters in the blink of an eye. Jiang Ran saw that the situation was not good and was so "scared" that he dropped the Yama Knight Sword in his hand and turned around to run away.
Jiang Ran fled in a straight line, with Cosette chasing him closely. But just as Cosette passed over the Yama Knight Sword on the ground, a hand suddenly stretched out from the shadow, quickly grasped the Yama Knight Sword and stabbed it upwards!
With a "clang" sound, the Yama Knight Sword burning with blue flames first pierced into Cosette's abdomen, but in the next second after the piercing, Cosette's shell suddenly turned into a darker black, and with its stronger hardness and the speed of the sprint, it forcibly pushed the Yama Knight Sword out.
(Is it a skill that hardens the shell?)
Jiang Ran noticed that Cosette's magic power had decreased by 500, but this situation was still within his calculations.
According to the instructions Jiang Ran had given in advance, the shadow clone immediately grasped the ejected Yama Knight Sword, and then seized the last opportunity to release a "Flame Speed Drive" towards Cosette's abdomen!
The azure flaming steed soared into the sky, and in just a moment, it burned Cosette's entire shell red... But that was all.
After the Blue Flame Steed passed through Cosette's body, the red-burned shell quickly returned to its dark color, and this attack only caused him 1532 points of damage.
(Isn’t this damage reduction rate too high?)
Jiang Ran couldn't help but exclaim after calculating the damage value.
You know, the literal damage of "Yanqi Jiqu" is 5145 points (Jiang Ran's wisdom (829) X5 + 1000), and Cosette reduced the damage by 70% with the defense of the shell, which made his vitality of up to points even more difficult to break.
(It seems that the only way to deal damage is to catch his defensive skills when they are ineffective.)
Jiang Ran jumped sideways to avoid the attack from Cosette. The attack was very fast, but the move was too simple and did not pose a threat to Jiang Ran.
But just when Jiang Ran thought so, Cosette actually used the powerful maneuverability of its six legs to perform a tailspin turn with almost no deceleration, and then rushed over again in a half-drift!
(Continuous collision?)
Jiang Ran now knew where Ksette's endurance of 10,000 points came from. This guy not only had explosive power, but also excellent endurance and agility.
At this moment, perhaps to increase speed, the wings behind Cosette also flapped. Jiang Ran noticed that Cosette's magic power decreased by another 800 points. He guessed that he might have used some skills, and dodged the collision very vigilantly, but he did not find anything different.
(Strange, a collision attack like this also costs 800 mana?)
Jiang Ran had no time to think, because Cosette's charge attack was coming again. But this time, just as Jiang Ran was about to jump sideways to dodge, he suddenly felt a numbing pain in his feet. He couldn't move?!
(Poisoned?!)
(when?!)
There was no time to explore the truth behind the paralysis. In order to avoid the collision attack, Jiang Ran was forced to use the "Shadow Escape Step" and teleported to the back of Cosette in one breath, which gave him a few more seconds to breathe.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Ran activated the skill "Computing Power Enhancement·Overclocking". During the slowed-down time, he finally discovered the reason why his feet were paralyzed!
Jiang Ran saw that some fine powder kept falling from the two pairs of insect wings that were flapping. He probably became paralyzed because he inhaled the powder.
These imperceptible powders were mixed in the trajectory of Cosette's sprint. If Jiang Ran had not teleported behind Cosette and observed in slow motion, he would probably not have discovered it even after another ten minutes.
What's even more deadly is that the direction in which the powder floats is basically consistent with the direction of Cosette's sprint, which causes the red light warning produced by the powder to overlap with Cosette's sprint impact, so Jiang Ran didn't notice it at all just now!
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8.35 - Absolute Body and Death
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Current Challenge Level: 4
Reward Level: 3
Time remaining: 839 seconds
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Jiang Ran was in trouble. This was the first time he had been paralyzed since arriving in the Prison Star World.
(Will the paralysis disappear on its own over time?)
How long will the paralysis last?
Jiang Ran was a little panicked by the unknown abnormality. While his hands were still able to move, he drank a bottle of antidote and purification potion.
Unfortunately, the two bottles of potion failed to immediately relieve Jiang Ran's paralysis, leaving him with no choice but to watch as Cosette charged at him again.
As the distance between the two sides narrowed, Jiang Ran, whose legs were still numb, felt the crisis of impending death for the first time in this trial.
However, under the influence of the "Fearless Heart", Jiang Ran did not know what fear was. He even had the mind to consider how to deal with it so that the "cost-effectiveness" of using magic power would be the highest.
(Hashrate improvement and overclocking.)
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At this moment, Jiang Ran's "Shadow Escape Step" was still on cooldown, but in addition to Shadow Escape Step, he still had two "cards" that could be used to deal with collision attacks.
The first card is "Double Shadow Step", which is another skill attached to "Shadow Dragon Boots: Ghost", but the 1000 mana consumption and 300 seconds cooldown time make Jiang Ran reluctant to play this card here.
The second card is "Goblin's Special Deal", which is one of Jiang Ran's trump cards. The extremely long cooling time of 24 hours means that he will not use it easily unless it is absolutely necessary.
So considering this, there is really no cost-effective solution among the conventional methods.
Another point that must be mentioned is that during the above thinking process, Jiang Ran also noticed the "real problem" that was ignored.
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The "real problem" Jiang Ran needs to face now is that Cosette's attack style of "collision attack", "shell hardening" and "paralysis powder" is not a one-time attack, but will come continuously and repeatedly.
So even if Jiang Ran was willing to use both the "Double Shadow Escape Step" and the "Goblin's Special Deal", he could only dodge two more attacks at most. So what would he do when the third and fourth attacks came?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran already understood that as long as he couldn't break this fighting style that combined attack, defense and control effects, he would be exhausted to death by Cosette sooner or later.
(Awesome, Axet.)
(You really taught me a good lesson.)
Jiang Ran originally thought that he had already defeated the fourth-level, level 140 Frost Giant Wolf Frozan, so no matter how strong the fourth-level, level 91 Black Gold Bug Knight Cosette was, it would not cause him too much trouble. He even gave an estimated winning rate of more than % before the battle.
However, the restraining effect of the fighting style was far more powerful than Jiang Ran understood, not to mention that Cosette was now two levels stronger than him, making this restraining relationship even more difficult to overcome.
If Jiang Ran wants to win this battle, he must destroy this restrained relationship and force Ksetra into his own battle rhythm.
(Since conventional methods can’t defeat you, I’ll just do something random.)
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Facing Cosette who was charging straight at him, Jiang Ran did not choose to dodge, but instead threw the "Corrupted Dagger·Poison Dragon Claw" at Cosette fiercely!
Just before the poisonous dagger was about to hit Cosette, Jiang Ran's shadow clone jumped up from the shadow on the ground, grasped the dagger accurately, and then sacrificed himself to stab the dagger into the seam between Cosette's hip and lower limbs.
As the price of completing this attack, the shadow clone was immediately pierced through the body by Cosette's mantis hook, but before dying, the shadow clone continued to stab Cosette's body with a dagger until his vitality was reduced to zero and turned into black mist and disappeared.
"Six times" is the number of times the shadow clone stabbed Cosette with the poisonous dagger, causing a total of 1378 points of damage, but this was not Jiang Ran's purpose. Jiang Ran's real purpose was to rely on multiple attacks to stack poison on Cosette.
But what made Jiang Ran speechless was that the Corrupted Dagger had a 50% chance of inflicting the Corrupted state, but after six attacks, Cosette showed no signs of being poisoned.
Excluding the possibility of extreme bad luck, Jiang Ran could only assume that Ksette had a very high resistance to poison and was not vulnerable to the stacking poison strategy.
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The poison stacking operation failed, and Cosette's speed was slowed down a little by the shadow clone, but he immediately accelerated and sprinted again.
Jiang Ran, whose legs were numb, looked at Kesette, his heartbeat gradually speeding up.
At this point, there is nothing that can be done, right?
No, he had a plan B.
This time, Jiang Ran threw out the only weapon left in his hand, the Yama Knight Sword, and his target was still Cosette.
Then he used his trump card.
(Used skill: "Goblin's Special Deal", target: My "Shadow Behind").
At this time, less than a second had passed since the previous shadow clone was destroyed. Jiang Ran paid three times the magic power (600 points) to make this skill usable again.
Then, when the Yama Knight Sword and Cosette were close enough, Jiang Ran summoned the shadow clone again and gave him the "False Shadow" effect, allowing him to use the equipment's skills.
Facing the shadow copy holding the Yama Knight Sword, Cosette had no intention of slowing down or avoiding it, because he knew very well that as long as he used his skills to strengthen the hardness of the shell, the sword would not be able to hurt him whether it was a normal attack or a skill.
However, just when Cosette was about to use the skill "Black Gold Heavy Armor", he suddenly found that he could not use this skill.
"Sorry, Cosette, the next five seconds are my turn, you can't use any skills."
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