Fa Biao De Wo Niu

Chapter 27 Skyfall

Tang Yao released his attacks. The Rock Spider Leader's aggro was drawn to Tang Yao, ignoring Nie Yan, who had been attacking it all this time. Seizing this opportunity, Nie Yan took a bottle of poison from his backpack and smeared it on his dagger.

In five seconds, Nie Yan completed the poisoning. He landed a vital strike, stabbing into the Rock Spider Leader's body.

Defense -10%!

The Rock Spider Leader was poisoned.

Additionally, Nie Yan's vital strike dealt 52 damage to the Rock Spider Leader.

The Rock Spider Leader cried out in pain and turned to pounce on Nie Yan.

Nie Yan was caught off guard, not expecting the Rock Spider Leader to switch targets. He quickly retreated.

The Rock Spider Leader slammed into Nie Yan, dealing 78 damage. Nie Yan's health immediately dropped by more than half. Not daring to delay, he quickly drank a bottle of low-level instant health potion and rolled away.

The Rock Spider chased after him.

Seeing the Rock Spider change targets, Tang Yao accelerated his output. Arcane Missiles, Arcane Flames, Arcane Fireballs - magic spells were cast continuously.

"I'm almost out of mana," Tang Yao said, checking his mana. Only 23% remained. The mana consumption was too high, and automatic regeneration couldn't keep up.

"Do you have any mana potions?"

"I have one bottle of low-level instant mana potion."

"Drink it quickly," Nie Yan said. In the blink of an eye, the Rock Spider Leader had already pounced in front of him. He swung his dagger, landing a stun. The Rock Spider Leader's movements faltered for a moment, allowing him to retreat a distance.

Although the Rock Spider Leader was stunned, it still managed to attack Nie Yan. Nie Yan checked his health. Only 13% remained. He quickly applied a combat bandage to himself.

+20, +20...

At this moment, Tang Yao took out a bottle of azure potion and drank it. He felt a pang of regret. This bottle of beginner mana potion cost ten copper coins and was his life-saving treasure, but in this emergency, he couldn't afford to hesitate.

Tang Yao's mana recovered to 89%. With his mana replenished, he continuously cast various spells, resulting in a series of high critical damage strikes.

The Rock Spider Leader was stunned for less than two seconds. Upon regaining consciousness, it abandoned Nie Yan and pounced on Tang Yao.

The Rock Spider's aggro had shifted once again.

"It's almost dead, give it your all!" Nie Yan's health was restored, and he rushed to the Rock Spider Leader's side again.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao both had high damage output. Although it was a Level 5 Leader monster, it couldn't withstand such torment and only had 11% health remaining.

*Screech!* The Rock Spider Leader became manic, its entire body turning red.

"Not good, this guy has gone berserk! Retreat, keep moving, and watch out for its ground spikes!" Nie Yan shouted anxiously.

Hearing Nie Yan's shout, Tang Yao didn't understand what was happening, but he still listened to Nie Yan and quickly retreated, casting spells while running.

Suddenly, a sharp rock spike grew from the ground, stabbing toward Tang Yao.

Fortunately, Tang Yao was constantly moving. The spike was slightly off, only grazing him and dealing 32 damage.

If the rock spike had completely pierced Tang Yao, Nie Yan estimated that it would have taken away at least two-thirds of his health.

Tang Yao was startled and secretly glad that he had dodged the attack.

"Keep running, don't stop! If you see any ground shaking and cracking, run away. Don't step on it!" Nie Yan shouted. If Tang Yao stopped, it would be a dead end.

Sure enough, rock spikes kept stabbing up from the ground, but after listening to Nie Yan's instructions, Tang Yao paid attention to his feet and dodged from time to time. None of the ground spikes hit him.

How did Nie Yan know the dodging methods for these ground spikes? Had he killed a Rock Spider Leader before?

Tang Yao put the doubts in his heart aside and focused on dodging the ground spikes under his feet, occasionally releasing one or two spells. There was no time to ask questions.

The Rock Spider Leader couldn't attack Tang Yao and became increasingly manic, constantly ramming against the rock walls. The rock walls collapsed with a roar, and it rushed out of the rubble pile, pouncing on Tang Yao.

"Retreat quickly!" Nie Yan shouted.

"I can't, there's another Rock Spider behind me. If I go over there, I'll attract it too!" Tang Yao said nervously, seeing the Rock Spider's huge body pouncing over.

Nie Yan glanced at the Rock Spider Leader's health. Only 5% remained! Just that little bit of health!

"It's okay, run that way!" Nie Yan said, looking at his skill bar. Several skills had finished cooling down.

Nie Yan chased after the Rock Spider Leader, performing an Assassinate followed by a Cleave.

The Rock Spider Leader's health was only 2% remaining!

Vital Strike!

Nie Yan lunged forward, a vital strike stabbing into the Rock Spider Leader's abdomen.

The Rock Spider let out a miserable scream and crashed to the ground with a roar, causing the entire Rock Spider Cave to tremble.

"Finally killed it." Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the items dropped by the Rock Spider Leader.

"Another one's coming over here," Tang Yao said, leading a Rock Spider towards Nie Yan. Earlier, in order to avoid the Rock Spider Leader, he had inevitably alarmed another Rock Spider. Fortunately, it was just a normal monster.

Nie Yan blocked the Rock Spider, and Tang Yao cast spells from behind.

The two worked together and quickly killed it.

Another Rock Spider corpse lay on the ground.

"Oh my god, I'm exhausted," Tang Yao said, sitting down in a corner to recover health and mana, panting for breath. He had managed to kill a Rock Spider Leader that was two levels higher than them. This was the most glorious thing he had ever done. "I realized for the first time that I'm so awesome."

Nie Yan took out the two items dropped by the Rock Spider Leader: a skill book and a silver-white key.

Skill Book: Heavenly Meteor.

Skill Description: Elemental Mages and Arcane Mages summon meteors to attack opponents.

Casting Elements: A set of syllables, three gestures, and a magical sigil.

Skill Attributes: At the initial level, five fireballs. Each fireball gains an additional attack roll bonus of +5, and deals 10 points of burning damage within a 5*5 yard area.

Skill Cooldown Time: 120 seconds.

User Restriction: Elemental Mage, Arcane Mage, limited to Lawful Good alignment.

A rare skill for Arcane Mages, it is an extremely rare skill. In the early stages, it can summon Heavenly Meteor Fireballs, each fireball attacking five targets within a certain range at the same time. In the mid- to late-stages, it can become a powerful area-of-effect spell.

"This dropped? What incredible luck!" Nie Yan exclaimed. The Heavenly Meteor skill was extremely rare. In the monster areas nearby, such as the Rum Spiders, Rock Spiders, and Fire Spiders, ranging from Level 1 to Level 30+, only Leader-level monsters could drop it, and the drop rate was less than one in ten thousand. At the current level, it could be said to be priceless. He was really lucky today. This might be related to their killing monsters above their level.

"What dropped?" Tang Yao asked in surprise.

"Good luck, you got a Heavenly Meteor. You're in for a treat. It's an invincible small-group-attack, high-damage skill in the early stages, and a pretty good monster-grinding skill in the mid- to late-stages," Nie Yan said with a hint of envy. An Arcane Mage who could use Heavenly Meteor in the early stages was truly blessed.

"Really?" Tang Yao stood up abruptly. "Let me see."

"Not bad, you can use it. But it's still a bit lacking compared to Holy Magic, Giant Magic, and Dragon Language Magic," Nie Yan said, throwing the Heavenly Meteor to Tang Yao and looking at the other item.

Silver Key: Can be used to open 0-20 level Gold-grade and below treasure chests, with 33 uses.

"What Holy Magic, Dragon Language Magic?" Tang Yao was stunned.

"You'll see them in the future. The Heavenly Meteor is yours. And this key is mine," Nie Yan said. He and Tang Yao each got what they needed. The key was more valuable in the hands of a Thief. With this key, he could open the Silver Treasure Chest not far away.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Tang Yao learned the Heavenly Meteor and looked at the Heavenly Meteor skill. He was extremely happy. He had been chased and felt depressed all day, but he didn't expect that with Nie Yan's arrival, things would turn around for the better.

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