Chapter 106: A Way to Deal

Only one hour of game time remained. There were already more than one hundred thirty Blood of Curse in the backpack, which was more than the amount from the last time in the Giant Wood Maze.

However, Chen Mo knew that this amount of Blood of Curse was far from enough under normal circumstances. One of the reasons why no guild had successfully cleared the second floor of the mining area was that the Area Elite here was very strong, and it required a lot of Blood of Curse. Under normal circumstances, at least three hundred portions of Blood of Curse were needed.

More people did not mean more Blood of Curse. They needed to go deeper into the second floor to kill monsters. There were almost all Level 17 Ore-Devouring Rats and Level 18 Ore Giants inside. Chen Mo had fought a Level 17 Ore-Devouring Rat once. Big Fatty was hit several times, and his attack speed dropped a lot. After knowing how powerful it was, Chen Mo never tangled with it again.

As for the Ore Giants, no need to say more. Even with Big Fatty and the Heinous Crime Title equipped, it took Chen Mo a long time to kill one. It was even harder for the players in those guilds.

But if he didn’t use it, it would be a waste. Even if the chance was small, Chen Mo wanted to try.

“Roar!”

As he approached the Sealing Magic Array and released the elite area, the familiar roar sounded.

A System Notification appeared, asking him to choose whether to use the Blood of Curse. Chen Mo used the Blood of Curse and quickly retreated before the Area Elite pounced on him.

The Area Elite, the Ore Giant Chieftain, was a typical monster with high defense and long health but slow speed. Chen Mo had extremely high speed, so he didn’t worry about being caught up.

All the monsters in the entire Great Hall had been killed by Chen Mo. There were no other monsters around to disturb him. Chen Mo could freely kite and deal damage. His only worry was the Area Elite’s Area Attack.

The Ore Giant Chieftain only had one Area Attack: Ground Slam. After using it, the ground within twenty meters would shake. The damage players received from it was not high, but their movement speed would be drastically reduced by 50%. They would move as slowly as snails, and this state lasted for a full ten seconds. Once hit by this attack, players could only face the Ore Giant Chieftain’s attacks head-on and could not dodge.

The Ore Giant Chieftain chased Chen Mo for a while but couldn’t catch up at all. It then roared angrily and smashed the ground hard with its strong arms!

This move of the Ore Giant Chieftain would shake the ground several times. It couldn’t be avoided by just jumping a little. Almost all melee-type players would be hit.

But Chen Mo was not afraid. Back when fighting Bude in the Starter Village, he had seen a similar skill.

With the Roar of the Slime King buff, he could jump two meters high. Under the Heinous Crime Title, he could jump an additional two meters. Now Chen Mo could jump five meters high with one leap. This move of the Ore Giant Chieftain was completely useless against him. Chen Mo avoided it easily.

Even the Area Attack couldn’t hit Chen Mo. The Ore Giant Chieftain became even angrier and started taking out pieces of ore, throwing them madly at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo’s heart sank. Indeed, without using enough Blood of Curse, the Area Elite was too terrifying.

There was no information about the Ore Giant Chieftain on the official forum. But before entering the game during the day, he tried searching for information about the Ore Giant Chieftain on the traditional internet. Unexpectedly, he found some information on a very small private forum.

Chen Mo also learned about the Ore Giant Chieftain using the Ground Slam Area Attack on that forum. Otherwise, if the Ore Giant Chieftain suddenly used that move, he would easily be hit without preparation.

The private forum’s information also mentioned the ore-throwing attack. But both the Ground Slam attack and the ore-throwing attack were said to appear only after the Ore Giant’s health was reduced by 20%.

Now Chen Mo had barely reduced the Ore Giant Chieftain’s health, but it had already used these two skills. This was clearly because the amount of Blood of Curse was far too insufficient.

Relying on his extremely fast movement speed and being prepared, Chen Mo nimbly dodged the pieces of ore flying and whistling towards him.

“This guy’s skin is way too thick!”

While dodging, Chen Mo also attacked. If he didn’t attack, the effect of the Power of Annihilation would not appear.

But Chen Mo was somewhat shocked to find that his attacks on the Ore Giant Chieftain only reduced its health by less than one hundred points.

The Ore Giant Chieftain’s health was not abnormally long compared to other Area Elites, but it still had four hundred thousand health points. Plus, it could absorb ore to continuously restore its health. Its health recovery was astonishing. It was said that the less health it had, the faster it recovered. This was the reason why major guilds didn’t bother with it. Without sufficient damage output, this guy on the second floor of the mining area was simply unkillable.

Even a whole guild couldn’t kill it. Chen Mo alone, without enough Blood of Curse, couldn’t kill it even if it stood still and let him attack.

The only thing Chen Mo could rely on was the Power of Annihilation.

But Chen Mo never intended to kill the Area Elite with his own attacks in the first place. Those guilds, big and small, had long proven that without enough Blood of Curse, there was absolutely no way to deal with the Area Elite under normal conditions.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten minutes passed. The Ore Giant Chieftain couldn’t hit Chen Mo, but Chen Mo also couldn’t do anything to the Ore Giant Chieftain.

His attacks landed on the Ore Giant time and again, but there was no trace of the Power of Annihilation effect.

“Oh no! The small monsters are starting to respawn!”

The Ore Giants were strong, and their respawn speed was slow. But after more than ten minutes, the small Ore Giant monsters in the Great Hall began to respawn one by one, according to the order in which Chen Mo killed them.

This was also because the presence of the Area Elite slowed down the respawn speed of the surrounding small monsters.

Being attacked by the Ore Giant Chieftain, Chen Mo didn’t dare to provoke ordinary Ore Giants. If surrounded by three or four Ore Giants, he could be killed with the slightest carelessness.

Chen Mo could only pull the Ore Giant Chieftain to areas where monsters hadn’t respawned yet and fight while kiting.

Another ten-plus minutes passed. More and more monsters respawned around. In a few more minutes, all the monsters in the Great Hall would respawn. Although there were still thirty minutes of online time left, Chen Mo no longer had space to maneuver around the Ore Giant Chieftain.

Shaking his head, Chen Mo decided to give up.

Although he had some hope, he didn’t really think he could kill the Ore Giant Chieftain in the first direct confrontation.

Even against ordinary monsters of the same level, the Power of Annihilation might not appear once in an hour, let alone against the Ore Giant Chieftain, which was three levels higher than him.

For someone who could spend over half a month in the Starter Village just to complete one quest, Chen Mo was not impatient at all. Knowing it was impossible, he decisively gave up and retreated.

With a little over thirty minutes left, Chen Mo found a place to kill monsters and level up.

He had been killing monsters on the second floor of the mining area all day today. Although he failed to kill the Area Elite, because he was killing monsters of a higher level, he received an experience bonus. Chen Mo’s experience had already increased by more than 30%. According to this leveling speed, he would reach Level 16 in two more days. This was an unexpected gain.

After noon the next day, Chen Mo logged into the game again.

Before logging in, Chen Mo summarized yesterday’s events.

After summarizing, Chen Mo confirmed that if he wanted to rely on the Power of Annihilation to kill the Ore Giant Chieftain, he had to greatly increase his monster-killing speed and obtain more Blood of Curse. If he just repeated what he did yesterday, even after ten days, he might not be able to kill the Ore Giant Chieftain.

But how could he speed up his monster-killing?

Chen Mo had now learned the Blasting Trap. The Blasting Trap’s attack range was enemies within a one-meter radius, and it could attack three or four monsters at most. With the boost from the Sailor Gloves, its damage was also considerable.

But if he tried to kill three or four monsters together, Big Fatty couldn’t withstand it first. Moreover, the Blasting Trap had a Cooldown Time of 30 seconds. Even if he used the Free Skill System to set up skills, the Cooldown Time couldn’t keep up. Just one area skill couldn’t greatly increase Chen Mo’s monster-killing speed.

But it wasn’t completely hopeless. Chen Mo remembered the old man Bevicent. Bevicent had lived on the second floor of the mining area for so long; it wouldn’t be strange if he had special methods to deal with them.

Didn’t he need Crystal Ore? Chen Mo had some. Over these four days, he had obtained three pieces of Black Crystal Ore and eight pieces of ordinary Crystal Ore. If Bevicent had special methods, he would exchange them for ordinary Crystal Ore.

Crystal Ore might have additional uses, but the most important thing right now was to kill the Ore Giant Chieftain and get the first clear reward.

The first clear reward definitely wouldn’t be bad. As for the specific uses of the crystal, Chen Mo didn’t even know yet. The choice was simple.

“Young man, what brings you here? Do you want to exchange something with me using Crystal Ore?”

Bevicent was still leisurely sitting in front of the wooden house where he lived. When he saw Chen Mo, he smiled and asked.

“Yes, Mr. Bevicent. I have the crystal you need, but I don’t want anything else. I just want to get some items that can help me quickly kill Ore Giants.” Chen Mo got straight to the point.

“Items to quickly kill Ore Giants? Hehe, you’ve really come to the right person.” Bevicent chuckled. With a wave of his hand, an item appeared before Chen Mo’s eyes.

Rock Corrosion Potion: Advanced rare potion. Grants attacks a corrosion attribute. When attacking rock-type monsters, it ignores the monster’s Defense and deals great damage to the monster. The potion effect lasts for 30 minutes.

“How do we exchange?” Chen Mo saw it and knew he had found the right person. This old man really had some skills!

“One Crystal Ore for two bottles.” Bevicent said leisurely.

“Two bottles are too few; they won’t help me. One Crystal Ore for four bottles. If you agree, I can exchange five Crystal Ores with you!” Chen Mo said decisively.

“One for four bottles, exchange five… Alright, if it were anyone else, I really wouldn’t want to do this loss-making business. But young man, you have potential. I’ll just take the loss.” Bevicent thought for a moment and agreed to Chen Mo’s terms.

Taking out five Crystal Ores, Chen Mo exchanged them with Bevicent for twenty Rock Corrosion Potions.

Time was short. After exchanging the potions, Chen Mo turned and left.

“Young man, remember to come find me when you reach Level 18.”

Bevicent’s voice came from behind Chen Mo, far away.