Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Jiang Ran sighed secretly, but this development was within his expectations.

Since they started climbing the mountain, Jiang Ran had already encountered first-, second-, and third-level crow monsters. This level of monster was clearly not enough to be considered a trial for Jiang Ran, who was only at the fourth level.

Jiang Ran believed that the real powerful enemy should be at the top of the mountain, or on the way down the mountain back to the starting point, and he not only had to defeat the powerful enemy, but also had to protect the safety of the old man and Rizhaohua.

When Jiang Ran thought about the old man's disruptive and suicidal behavior in the previous battles, he felt overwhelmed before he even started fighting.

"Grandpa, since you insist on going to the top of the mountain, then let's do this..."

Jiang Ran knew that the time had come for him to be tough. He had enough time in the previous battles so he could let this old man do whatever he wanted. However, based on the experience of previous trials, the next boss monster would most likely be a sixth-level monster. By then, Jiang Ran would have difficulty protecting himself, let alone this old man. Therefore, Jiang Ran would not allow this guy to continue to act recklessly.

"Grandpa, please let me tie you up first. I'll take you to the top of the mountain. Once I'm sure it's safe, I'll untie you and let you pick some sunshine flowers. How about that?"

Jiang Ran made a suggestion very politely, but the old man rejected Jiang Ran very rudely.

"No, I'm too weak to be tied up. I can't be tied up. Anyway, I don't care. You just have to carry me comfortably!"

Listening to the old man's rogue speech, Jiang Ran felt that his anger level was full. God knew how much his blood pressure was lowered by the old man's various suicidal and head-seeking behaviors just now.

If there is a patient with low blood pressure who cannot be cured after spending half a day with this old man, it will definitely be completely cured and there will be no recurrence.

However, Jiang Ran would not get angry at the old man, nor would he scold him, beat him, or slap him. What Jiang Ran did was to ignore what the old man said, then forcibly tied up the guy's hands and feet, and then hung him on the hilt of the giant beast horn sword, and climbed to the top of the mountain with him as if he were an ugly pendant.

(Hehe, how can you still act like a demon in this state?)

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9.43 - Monsters Appear

Carrying the giant beast horn sword and the "pendant", Jiang Ran finally reached the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain is a rugged and uneven surface with no grass growing on it. It is tilted so that it is difficult to stand on it. The entire area is less than the size of a classroom.

At a corner of the sloping side of the ground, a huge protruding rock that pierces the sky forms the top of the mountain. It seems that this is the highest point of the mountain.

Jiang Ran looked around at the vast land below. The ground in this trial space was indeed endless, and there was not even a tree or a blade of grass. Such a desolate scene, in turn, made the only mountain appear even taller and more majestic.

However, what is strange is that Jiang Ran has brought the old man to the top of the mountain for several minutes, but there is still no sign of the monster. Could it be that the final challenge is not taking place on the top of the mountain, but is ambushed on the way back down the mountain?

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(Something's wrong... I feel like there's something strange...)

Jiang Ran did not take it lightly. He still maintained the habit of turning on his "all-round vision" to check every once in a while.

Even though the "noise" coming from behind him was very annoying, he still maintained his inner calm.

"We're here! We're finally here! Hey boy, you, you gotta put me down!"

The old man hanging on the hilt of the sword had been yelling for quite some time. Jiang Ran deliberately left him alone without responding to him, intending to find out whether the so-called "Sunshine Flower" existed or not.

After checking several locations, Jiang Ran finally found two plants with diamond-shaped purple flowers on the top of the huge protruding rock, so he picked up the old man and asked him to confirm.

After seeing the two small flowers, the old man immediately shouted excitedly, even more excited than someone who won a 100 million lottery ticket.

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! That's it!"

“This is the Sunshine Flower!”

"Oh my, help the sunshine flower!"

"Hey, boy, let me down! Hey, do you hear me? Let me down!"

"Didn't you hear me, little brat?! This sunshine flower must be dug out by me personally!!"

The old man not only screamed, but also twisted his body vigorously, making Jiang Ran feel like he was holding an oversized caterpillar.

However, he did not take the old man's reaction seriously. As mentioned before, this guy was just a mission NPC, and Jiang Ran would only act based on his own judgment.

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(There are no monsters on the top of the mountain...)

(There's nothing suspicious in the air or around here...)

(Did I guess wrong?)

While inspecting the top of the mountain, Jiang Ran brought the old man to the two purple diamond-shaped "sunshine flowers". Next, they just had to dig the two flowers out of the cracks in the rocks, and then bring them down the mountain with the old man, and the "mission" in this trial space would be completed.

As Jiang Ran got closer to the Rizhaohua, the old man's protests became louder and louder. He strongly demanded that Jiang Ran untie him and let him go so that he could dig out the Rizhaohua with his own hands.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Jiang Ran finally decided to fulfill the old man's wish and put him down from the huge rock.

The reason why Jiang Ran did this was not because he suddenly forgot the old man's disgusting behavior just now, nor was it because he felt compassion. He simply thought that doing this would make it more likely to pass the trial.

"Tsk! Seriously! You only let me down after I yelled until my voice was hoarse!"

"You little bastard, you are abusing the elderly!"

The old man scolded Jiang Ran angrily, then turned around, squatted down and started digging the soil.

What surprised Jiang Ran was that the old man did not use any tools, but just carefully dug up the soil with his hands, for fear of accidentally damaging the roots of the sunflower.

Seeing the old man's abrupt change in style, Jiang Ran began to understand why he insisted on digging the Rizhao flowers himself.

Although all of this is just a "setting", to the old man, these two sunflowers are of such importance.

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After more than ten minutes, the old man was exhausted, panting and sweating profusely. He finally dug out the first sunflower.

Just as he was about to celebrate, a dark magic circle suddenly lit up on the huge rock where he and Jiang Ran were standing.

(……!!!)

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ran had already summoned a black shadow clone at the farthest distance from him while turning on "Computing Power Boost·Overclocking" and "All-round Vision".

Then, he first picked up the old man by the waist and threw him towards the black shadow clone, and then immediately used Shadow Escape Step to teleport himself to the relatively safe ground under the huge rock.

Up to this point, only 1.5 seconds had passed.

By the time Jiang Ran had gained his footing and turned around to look at the huge rock, a giant bird with four black wings had already flown out from the dark magic circle, stirring up a strong wind, flying sand and rocks, making it impossible to open one's eyes!

(Damn, there's still a Sunflower I haven't dug up yet. I wonder if this will affect the outcome of the trial...!)

Although he had just escaped a disaster, Jiang Ran did not feel lucky that he had made an almost perfect response. Instead, he was worried about the safety of the "mission props".

Jiang Ran actually had enough time to pull up the entire Sunshine Flower and take it away, but he was a little greedy and thought that the remaining Sunshine Flower must also be dug out by the old man, otherwise it might affect the final trial reward.

Fortunately, after the four-winged monster flew away, the remaining sunflower was still alive, but its location was still within the monster's attack range, which was very dangerous.

(It seems that the next step is to protect the old man and Sunshine Flower while defeating this black bird.)

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Without any hesitation, Jiang Ran took action immediately.

He first drew out the Yama Yingqi sword and released a "Yanqi Jiqi" towards the black bird in the sky. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity to attract attention, he quietly summoned another black shadow clone next to the remaining sunflower, letting the black shadow clone fully protect the sunflower.

The blue flame warhorse formed by "Yanqi Jiqi" was galloping in the air, but it could not catch up with the four-winged black bird, and finally turned into sparks and dissipated in the air.

But it didn't matter, because Jiang Ran had achieved his goal. He successfully seized the opportunity that the four-winged black bird was hating him at the moment, and brought the four-winged black bird to the halfway point of the mountain away from the old man and Rizhaohua.

(Alright, now we can start the battle without any worries...!)

Just as Jiang Ran was thinking this, a four-winged black bird swooped down. It scattered the feathers on the inside of its wings like flying knives and attacked Jiang Ran. It opened its mouth and let out a series of strange cries, which made Jiang Ran feel numb all over.

However, even though he had goosebumps all over his body, Jiang Ran did not miss such a good opportunity to obtain information.

Just when the four-winged black bird swooped close enough, Jiang Ran identified its information and stole its skills at the same time, and then rolled on the spot to avoid the opponent's dive attack.

After getting up, Jiang Ran checked the intelligence he had just obtained while keeping an eye on the movements of the four-winged black bird. He saw that the four-winged black bird was named "Three-Eyed Dark Raven King" and its level was as high as level 270, , which was quite powerful.

The strange cry it just made was a skill called "Cowardly Scream", which not only has a chance of causing the target who heard the sound to fall into a timid state, but also can reduce the target's overall resistance.

Jiang Ran quickly glanced at his information and found that his overall resistance had decreased by 50 points. This meant that even if "Fearless Heart" could block the effect of cowardice for him, he still could not avoid other forms of weakening attacks.

(An unavoidable skill?... I'll try plugging my ears next time.)

Jiang Ran swallowed and became a little nervous.

He has always relied on his powerful dodging ability to deal with stronger enemies, but what should he do when the enemy has multiple unavoidable attack methods?

9.44 - Three-Eyed Raven King

Above the boundless land, the lonely and proud mountain stands alone.

In the airspace halfway up the mountain, the four-winged black bird, the Three-Eyed Raven King, was flapping its wings and hovering in the air about fifty meters above the mountain.

Its posture is elegant yet majestic. Even if the observer does not have the ability to identify it, he can clearly feel the oppression from the high-level monster.

Jiang Ran looked up at the monster whose name already contained the title of "King", knowing that it would definitely be the final opponent in this trial.

The most distinctive feature of the Three-Eyed Raven King is his body, which is as big as a cow and has four long black wings.

As a monster, it is not big, but if compared with birds, it is a behemoth.

On the Three-Eyed Raven King, in addition to the sharp beak and claws shining with a metallic luster, what attracted Jiang Ran's attention most were the three red eyes on its head and the transparent crystal embedded in its chest that looked like a universal gemstone.

The three red eyes correspond to the name of its race, the Three-Eyed Raven King, and it is very likely to have very troublesome skills. As for that transparent crystal, Jiang Ran is very sure that it is not a magic core. As for whether it is a universal rough stone, Jiang Ran needs to get closer to the two sides for identification to know.

Up to now, all Jiang Ran has identified is the panel information of the Three-Eyed Raven King.

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Three-Eyed Raven King·Nameless- Lv270

Skill slots: 6 / 6

Vitality: 36210

Stamina: 33250

Mana: 29870

Skill 1: "Intimidating Glance" (speculated)

Skill 2: "Flying Feather Blade Formation" (Confirmed)

Skill 3: "Godspeed Wind Slash" (speculated) or "Armor Feather Armor" (speculated)

Skill 4: "Cowardly Scream" (Confidence)

Remaining unknown skills: 2 (4)

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In the identification information of the Super-Dimensional God's Eye, Jiang Ran could only see the panel attributes of the Three-Eyed Raven King, and as for the skill information, he had inferred it based on the intelligence obtained during this trial.

At the beginning, at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Ran had fought against a first-level monster called the "Evil-Eyed Crow", which used the skill "Intimidating Glance".

Later, while climbing the mountain, Jiang Ran also defeated the second-level monster "Flying Feather Crow", as well as the third-level monsters "Four-winged Crow" and "Armored Feather Crow".

The skills speculated above, such as "Intimidating Glance", "Swift Wind Slash" and "Armored Feather Armor", were all stolen by Jiang Ran from these crow monsters.

The reason why he believed that the Three-Eyed Raven King also possessed these skills was that Jiang Ran presumed that the sixth-level "Three-Eyed Raven King" evolved from the first-level "Evil-Eyed Crow".

According to Jiang Ran's own experience and the intelligence he had previously obtained on various monsters, the skills possessed by low-level professions and low-level monsters often still exist after promotion and evolution.

Jiang Ran had heard of the concepts of forgetting skills and replacing skills, but he had never encountered a real example.

Assuming that the premise that the "Three-Eyed Raven King" evolved from the "Evil-Eyed Crow" is indeed true, then the only thing that interferes with Jiang Ran's judgment of skills is the "evolutionary path" of the Three-Eyed Raven King.

Judging from the crow monsters Jiang Ran encountered in the trial, the evolutionary path of the evil-eyed crow is not a single path, but a forked one. The most direct evidence is the simultaneous existence of two third-order crow monsters, namely the "Four-Winged Dark Crow" and the "Armored Dark Crow".

So, from which type of third-level crow monster did the Three-Eyed Raven King evolve?

Judging from the appearance, Jiang Ran thought that the Four-Winged Raven was more likely, because the Armored Raven had obviously chosen the evolutionary trend of double-wing heavy armor, and the four wings of the Four-Winged Raven were very similar to the four large black wings of the Three-Eyed Raven King.

For this reason, between the two skills "Swift Wind Slash" and "Armored Feather Armor", Jiang Ran is more inclined to believe that the Three-Eyed Raven King possesses the former.

What Jiang Ran has to do next is to verify whether his speculation is correct in battle.

If he guessed wrong, then the only two skills he really knew were the "Cowardly Scream" he had just identified and the "Flying Feather Blade Formation" he had witnessed with his own eyes.

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