Chapter 8: Mutated Monster
Chapter 8: Mutated Monster
It was just a possibility, not certain, but if he could make a monster mutate, the Mutated Monster, while greatly increasing in strength, would also drop rare items that normally the monster would not drop, with a one hundred percent chance!
Whether it was true or false, Chen Mo felt it was necessary to give it a try. Monsters like the Black Goblin that did not respawn were not easy to find.
After reducing the Health Points of the last two Black Goblins to below 10%, Chen Mo intentionally killed one of them, leaving the last one alive.
For the last Black Goblin, Chen Mo stopped attacking. When a monster did not receive attacks from Players for a period of time, its Health Points recovery rate would greatly increase. Soon, the Black Goblin’s Health Points returned to full.
The moment the Black Goblin recovered to full Health Points, Chen Mo immediately started attacking the Black Goblin again.
A short while later, the Black Goblin’s Health Points dropped to below 10% again. Chen Mo stopped attacking and waited for the Black Goblin to recover its Health Points.
This continued thirteen times. When Chen Mo once again reduced the Black Goblin’s Health Points to below 10%, the Black Goblin suddenly let out a furious roar!
In the next instant, the Black Goblin’s body size suddenly doubled. Its black skin took on a metallic sheen, and its black eyes were streaked with red veins. Its movement speed clearly increased greatly!
Wow! It really mutated!
Chen Mo couldn’t help but feel shocked!
After mutation, the Black Goblin’s Attributes increased visibly. If he hadn’t been hiding on the large rock, whether he could take on this Mutated Black Goblin alone would have been a question!
But currently, he was on the large rock. No matter how powerful the Mutated Black Goblin became, he was not afraid.
Watching the Mutated Black Goblin pacing anxiously below the rock, Chen Mo happily set one Trap after another from above and dropped them down.
“The Mutated Black Goblin has 3000 Health Points, and its Defense is clearly higher than that of the Black Goblin.”
One Trap hit but only took less than 50 points of Health from the Black Goblin. Chen Mo calculated that he needed to hit the Black Goblin at least 50 times to kill it.
Fifty times was not a small number. Even if Chen Mo hid on the rock and attacked continuously, it would take eight or nine minutes to kill the Mutated Black Goblin. If he were on the ground being chased by the Mutated Black Goblin, it would take at least twenty minutes to kill it.
Luckily, he was clever and thought of this method to kill monsters. Otherwise, it would not be easy to kill this guy!
Chen Mo couldn’t help but feel a little proud. Dealing with the Mutated Black Goblin’s astonishingly fast movement speed for twenty minutes would not be easy at all. Its attack was definitely not low; if he got hit by it once or twice carelessly, it wouldn’t be strange to be instantly killed.
He rhythmically whittled away the Mutated Black Goblin’s Health Points from the rock. In the blink of an eye, three minutes passed, and the Mutated Black Goblin’s Health Points dropped by about 30%.
At this rate, in another six or seven minutes, the Mutated Black Goblin would be dead.
But Chen Mo’s expression gradually turned serious.
He felt something was wrong.
At the beginning, when he used this method to kill the Black Goblins, he felt the Black Goblin’s condition was a bit off. However, since the Black Goblins died quickly, he didn’t pay much attention to it.
Now, the Mutated Black Goblin showed the same condition. The originally irritable Mutated Black Goblin became even more frantic and angry. It frequently looked up fiercely at Chen Mo on the rock, and the wooden club in its hand began to smash hard against the rock from time to time, as if trying to break it!
Oh no! The Mutated Black Goblin’s legs were already starting to bend, preparing to attempt a jumping attack!
By now, how could Chen Mo not understand?
He could think of attacking monsters from a high place with ranged methods; the game designers must have thought of it too. But the game designers didn’t simply make this method ineffective; instead, they placed various restrictions!
Players could attack monsters from high places, making the game more diverse, but using this method to attack monsters would trigger special monster Aggro/Hatred, so it couldn’t be used indefinitely!
Previously, Chen Mo hadn’t encountered any problems because every time he killed two Black Goblins, he went down from the rock to lure monsters.
Chen Mo realized he couldn’t continue attacking the Mutated Black Goblin from the rock. He needed to leave the rock to reduce the Mutated Black Goblin’s special Aggro/Hatred. Otherwise, once this special Aggro/Hatred accumulated to its peak, he would definitely be the one to suffer!
Thinking of this, Chen Mo did not hesitate and jumped from the rock to the opposite side of the Mutated Black Goblin.
“Roar!”
The Mutated Black Goblin roared and rushed wildly around the rock toward him.
“So fast!”
It didn’t feel as intense from above, but once he was on the ground, Chen Mo realized how powerful the monster had become after mutation!
A distance of several meters, and the Mutated Black Goblin caught up behind Chen Mo in just two or three moves!
Bang!
Then, it stepped on a Basic Trap that Chen Mo had already set up from the rock earlier!
But, at this critical moment, the Crippling Effect did not occur.
Indeed, relying on that unreliable 10% chance was just too unrealistic!
The Mutated Black Goblin charged wildly forward, now very close to Chen Mo. Chen Mo calmly set up a Shockwave Trap on the rock in his hand.
But he didn’t throw the Shockwave Trap immediately. Instead, he continued to run away.
Whoosh!
After running just a few steps, the Mutated Black Goblin caught up with Chen Mo. Even though they were running around the rock, the Mutated Black Goblin’s speed wasn’t hindered much.
Just as the Mutated Black Goblin’s wooden club was about to smash down hard on Chen Mo, Chen Mo moved his hand and dropped the Shockwave Trap.
Boom!
The Shockwave Trap exploded. The Mutated Black Goblin’s head showed a Damage of over ten points, but both the Mutated Black Goblin and Chen Mo were pushed back two meters each.
Chen Mo was prepared. The moment he was pushed back, he immediately started running to gain a bit more distance.
The Mutated Black Goblin wasn’t as agile as Chen Mo. It paused for a moment before starting to chase Chen Mo again.
However, the Mutated Black Goblin’s speed was just too fast. The distance Chen Mo created with the Shockwave Trap was closed again in no time.
“Basic Trap Technique!”
The Basic Trap Technique had cooled down. While escaping, Chen Mo quickly set up a Basic Trap.
“Crap! Still no Crippling Effect!”
The Crippling Effect still didn’t occur. Although the Mutated Black Goblin lost over fifty Health Points from the Basic Trap, it had already caught up behind Chen Mo, and its wooden club swept down fiercely toward him.
Chen Mo dodged to the side, avoiding this attack from the Mutated Black Goblin. But the Mutated Black Goblin’s attack speed was incredibly fast. As soon as one attack ended, another followed.
Chen Mo had no way to avoid it. He could only raise his Hand Crossbow to block the fiercely striking wooden club. While raising his arm to block, he also pushed hard with his heel!
The Genesis game was very realistic, especially in combat mechanics, which were very close to reality. When attacking a monster or being attacked by a monster, Players would additionally experience force effects.
Bang! -88!
The Mutated Black Goblin’s wooden club slammed hard onto Chen Mo’s Hand Crossbow. The Hand Crossbow didn’t reduce much of the Damage Chen Mo received. Chen Mo’s Health Points were instantly reduced by more than half.
But by using the force from the Mutated Black Goblin’s club attack, combined with the push from his heel, Chen Mo’s body was thrown back more than two meters in that instant.
The moment he was thrown back, Chen Mo swiftly turned around and accelerated to escape, while also casting a Basic Healing Technique on himself, bringing his Health Points back to over one hundred and twenty.
If it were other Players, they might only be able to endure the Mutated Black Goblin’s attacks now, but Chen Mo managed to temporarily escape combat by using the Mutated Black Goblin’s attack.
However, Chen Mo could do this largely because the Mutated Black Goblin’s attack force was so great. If it were an ordinary Black Goblin attacking, it definitely wouldn’t work.
He once again created a distance of several meters from the Mutated Black Goblin, but this distance meant very little to the Mutated Black Goblin. In less than three seconds, the Mutated Black Goblin was again chasing behind Chen Mo.
All his skills were still on cooldown. Facing the Mutated Black Goblin’s descending wooden club, Chen Mo rolled again, dodging one attack.
The Mutated Black Goblin’s second attack followed immediately. Chen Mo was prepared, just like before, raising his Hand Crossbow to block while pushing hard with his heel.
Bang! -79!
Another large Damage number appeared. Chen Mo’s remaining Health Points were less than sixty; he could not withstand another attack from the Mutated Black Goblin.
But by taking this hit, he once again created distance between himself and the Mutated Black Goblin.
The Mutated Black Goblin, of course, persistently chased after Chen Mo. It seemed Chen Mo had no way to avoid it.
No!
The Basic Trap Technique had cooled down!
Chen Mo quickly set up a Basic Trap and threw it in front of the Mutated Black Goblin, which was almost upon him.
Boom! -47!
The Basic Trap exploded, but the Mutated Black Goblin’s speed remained unchanged. The Crippling Effect still did not occur.
But Chen Mo was not afraid. He used his final move, quickly climbing back onto the rock before the Mutated Black Goblin could reach him.
“Since you met a Player as awesome as me, just accept your fate.”
Looking at the furious Mutated Black Goblin below, Chen Mo sighed.
Its Attributes were impressive, but it was still just a monster. There were still exploitable loopholes in its design. After his struggle with the Mutated Black Goblin on the ground, its special Aggro/Hatred had clearly decreased significantly. He could now bomb this guy from the rock for a while again.
Although he couldn’t kill the Mutated Black Goblin from the rock without moving the entire time, the Mutated Black Goblin no longer posed a threat to Chen Mo. Killing it was only a matter of time.
He bombed it from the rock for a while, then came down to pull the Mutated Black Goblin’s Aggro/Hatred for a bit. Repeating this several times, after fifteen minutes, the Mutated Black Goblin’s Health Points finally bottomed out.