Chapter 175 Lord-Class Scale Frog

Nie Yan sprinted towards the scale frog spawn point, the three elite scale frogs should have respawned by now.

"Be careful, don't get sent back here," Nie Yan said. It was dangerous for Tang Yao to be alone there.

"Don't worry, there are no monsters here, it's absolutely safe."

"Tell me your coordinates."

"23828.23875.385."

Nie Yan followed the coordinates and finally met up with Tang Yao in the forest.

"Did you buy the Dust of Mist?" Tang Yao asked. After using so much Dust of Mist yesterday, there shouldn't be much left.

"I bought some, let's continue."

"Farming level thirty elites is so expensive," Tang Yao lamented. Just buying Dust of Mist cost ten gold coins.

"We can still earn back our money farming scale frogs. Those few formulas we got before, we can make them into potions and sell them at the Starry Night Potion Shop. We can earn at least a few gold coins every day. It would be even better if we could get one or two high-quality pieces of equipment that we can use now."

"Your Starry Night Potion Shop is so profitable?" Tang Yao asked, stunned. Just a few formulas can earn that much money?

"Of course."

"Then we'll get rich if we get more potion formulas!" Tang Yao said excitedly. The drop rate of elite monsters was already high, and beast-type monsters were the easiest to drop potion formulas and such. If they farmed elites and sub-elites for a day, they could at least drop two or three potion formulas.

After a while, Nie Yan and Tang Yao continued to farm scale frogs using the same old method. Nie Yan created a cloud of mist, and then Tang Yao maintained his distance, attacking with fireballs.

Thirty minutes later, an elite scale frog fell to the ground.

"How much more experience do you need to level up?" Nie Yan asked. Tang Yao didn't level up after killing this elite scale frog, which surprised him.

"There's still 1% left," Tang Yao said, checking his experience points.

"That's not much left, let's go find the next one." Nie Yan nodded. If Tang Yao leveled up to fifteen, it would be a big blow to Po Tian. At least it would prove a trend to the players, that Po Tian was about to be surpassed. That way, it would be easier for Guo Huai and the others to recruit people.

Nie Yan specifically warned Guo Huai and the others to be cautious when recruiting people, and not to be too high-profile, so as not to be targeted by the major guilds from the beginning. It would be troublesome if that happened. They could only reveal themselves publicly once they had the ability to protect themselves.

They traversed through the dense jungle, heading towards the next elite scale frog spawn point. Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through the depths of the forest.

*Gugu*, a deep sound echoed from the depths of the dense forest. It was the croaking of a scale frog, but it shouldn't be an elite-level scale frog, or even higher!

"What is that?" Tang Yao asked in surprise.

Nie Yan thought for a moment, his face lighting up with joy. "It's a Lord-class!"

In the scale frog spawn area, there was a Lord-class scale frog that roamed around, but it didn't have a fixed spawn point. It roamed around in the mountains on both sides, and players could only occasionally encounter it. After it was killed, it would take three days for it to respawn.

"Level thirty Lord," Tang Yao's face changed. In the past, elite-level creatures were out of reach. The only Lord he had ever seen was the Treant King, but that was in a dungeon. Now, he had actually encountered a level thirty Lord.

Together, Nie Yan and Tang Yao crept towards the depths of the jungle. A giant, blood-red scale frog appeared in their field of vision. It was even bigger than the elite, its skin covered with bumps, and it emanated a faint red glow.

Scale frogs were famous for their poison damage, and the poison damage of a Lord-class scale frog was even more terrifying. Even a level thirty Shield Warrior with over 2000 health points would be ground to death by the poison if they didn't drink an Intermediate Antidote Potion in time.

The Lord-class scale frog still moved slowly. It had to stay in place for a long time after crawling a certain distance.

Scale Frog Lord: Level 30 Lord, Health 50000/50000.

Such terrifying health!

"Can we still kill it using the same method?" Tang Yao asked. If the Dust of Mist was still effective, then there wouldn't be any problem. An elite and a lord were no different, they were just sitting ducks.

"It's a bit troublesome. The Lord's vision is about fifty yards. Even if we use the Dust of Mist to reduce the visibility distance by fifteen yards, your attack range is still not enough." Nie Yan shook his head. It was very dangerous to attack it within the vision range of a Lord-class creature.

"I have a necklace that increases attack range by 10%." Tang Yao pointed to the necklace around his neck.

"Even with that, it's only about 33 yards, still a bit short." Nie Yan didn't expect Tang Yao to have such a necklace.

"Then is there no other way?" Tang Yao asked, feeling disappointed. In the past, he had always thought that it didn't matter if the attack range was off by one or two yards, but he didn't expect that in certain situations, the attack range would be so important.

Nie Yan pondered for a long time, then said, "It's not that there's no other way, but it's a bit troublesome, and it requires a specific terrain."

"Tell me about it."

"We lure the Lord to a slope, the Lord stands on the downhill, and you stand on the uphill. When the terrain forms a height difference, the attack range will have an additional 10%-50% bonus depending on the height difference," Nie Yan said.

"I thought it was something, this is a mountainous area, it's easy to find a steep slope." Tang Yao said easily.

"You're making things too simple. If the slope isn't steep enough, there will only be about 10% range bonus. Your attack range is about thirty-six yards, while the vision range of the scale frog Lord is about thirty-five yards. In this case, do you think you can guarantee that the distance between you and the scale frog Lord will not exceed 1 yard? Even I would find it difficult to do that, unless the slope is steep enough, with a 20% or more attack range bonus, then it's almost there."

Tang Yao listened to Nie Yan's meticulous analysis and nodded. He indeed didn't have that kind of skill, controlling the distance between thirty-five yards and thirty-six yards, not getting too close, or he would be discovered, and not getting too far, or the spell would not be able to reach. The difficulty was too great.

"You follow it first, I'll go look around nearby to see if there's any suitable terrain," Nie Yan said. Since they had encountered a Lord, they definitely couldn't let it get away. A level thirty elite Lord was worth at least ten gold coins.

"Okay."

"Here's a portion of Intermediate Flash Powder and a portion of Intermediate Dust of Mist. If you encounter danger, use the Flash Powder and you can run away."

Nie Yan used an Acceleration Scroll and flew into the depths of the jungle. This was a mountainous area, and there were many steep terrains, but the distance couldn't be too far, and luring the scale frog Lord over was also a very dangerous thing.

Flying through the complex mountain roads, Nie Yan found several steep slopes, but they were too small and were unsuitable, so he directly ruled them out.

After searching for five or six minutes, a huge boulder appeared in front of Nie Yan, as high as eight or nine yards. If he could stand on top of it to farm scale frogs, the attack range increase would definitely reach 30% or more.

"I found a place, come here quickly, coordinates 23228.23375.285."

"Okay, I'll go there immediately," Tang Yao replied, running towards Nie Yan. He was stunned when he saw the giant boulder in front of him. "This is it?"

"Yes."

"How do I get up there?"

Nie Yan took off the Crawler Ring and threw it to Tang Yao, saying, "Take this."

Tang Yao took the ring that Nie Yan threw over with a puzzled expression. He looked at the stats and said in admiration, "This thing is awesome." Wearing this thing, wouldn't he be able to cross any obstacle as if walking on flat ground?

"You go up, I'll go pull the monster, lure the scale frog Lord into the forest opposite. When you see me use the Dust of Mist, you start attacking," Nie Yan said, then rushed towards the scale frog Lord.

Tang Yao used the Crawler Ring, and his palm seemed to have an extra suction cup. He put it on the rock wall, and it immediately stuck firmly.

"Too cool." Tang Yao scurried up, climbed to the top of the giant boulder, and looked around. The view was very open.

Nie Yan found the scale frog Lord, entered its field of vision, raised the crossbow in his hand, and *swoosh swoosh swoosh*, three arrows shot out, attacking the scale frog Lord, all of them missing. The level difference was too great, Nie Yan's attacks had no effect at all. He wasn't like Tang Yao, who had an Arcane Sprite that could kill monsters so many levels above him.

Although it was just a miss, the scale frog Lord still noticed Nie Yan, croaked, and leaped up, pouncing on Nie Yan like an arrow released from a bow.

Nie Yan quickly twisted his body and ran away, activating Hasty Retreat.

Anyway, Hasty Retreat was effective in combat, but this skill easily reduced the monster's aggro, so it was best not to use it when pulling monsters.

But Nie Yan couldn't care less, the movement speed of a level thirty Lord was too fast. If he didn't go all out, he wouldn't be able to escape.

The scale frog Lord's first pounce didn't hit. It opened its mouth and spat, and a scarlet venom shot out towards Nie Yan.

Nie Yan shot out a strand of spider silk with his left hand, sticking it to a distant tree, and pulled it hard. With a *swoosh*, he flew out.

The scale frog Lord's venom shot onto a tree, and it immediately emitted a sizzling white smoke.

Nie Yan ran away frantically, with it chasing closely behind Nie Yan, constantly spraying venom. Nie Yan could only rely on the trees growing nearby to dodge the venom's attacks.

Two minutes later, the scale frog Lord entered the designated area under Nie Yan's lure.

The scale frog Lord suddenly leaped high, pouncing towards Nie Yan.

Nie Yan rolled over, dodging the scale frog Lord's attack. An Intermediate Flash Powder appeared in his hand, and with a *bang*, a strong light burst out. The scale frog Lord let out a shrill scream and rolled around non-stop. Nie Yan moved his right hand and scattered Dust of Mist, the mist fluttered and drifted, enveloping it.

Nie Yan gave Tang Yao a gesture on the boulder: "Start."

Receiving Nie Yan's instructions, Tang Yao began to cast spells. First, a Meteor Fall, fireballs rained down on the scale frog Lord like a storm, causing a series of damage, followed by a series of magic spells, which exploded on the scale frog Lord with a *bang bang bang*.