Chapter 150: Crazy Points!

Chapter 150: Crazy Points!

Scarecrow was a young, plump man with a ruddy complexion. He looked like a standard merchant, with a smiling, chubby face and small, gleaming eyes. When he saw Chen Mo coming to trade for 100 portions of Dark Magnetic Stone Powder, his eyes sparkled even brighter.

As soon as Chen Mo saw the fatty, he knew he was probably paying too much for the Dark Magnetic Stone Powder. However, time was precious, and the price was still within his budget, so he didn’t bother arguing. Still, he didn’t want to have too much to do with this fatty. After completing the trade for 100 portions of Dark Magnetic Stone Powder, Chen Mo exchanged a few polite words and then turned to leave.

After stocking up on supplementary materials for the Vortex Trap at the general store, Chen Mo left Eastern Sea City.

No monsters could attack near Eastern Sea City yet. The players around were all rushing off to kill monsters and earn points. Chen Mo found a deserted spot and began setting up the Vortex Trap.

Since it was his first time using such a large trap, Chen Mo had to rely on the System to set it up.

But after giving the command to use the Vortex Trap, Chen Mo realized that it was indeed an advanced trap, quite different from the low-level ones.

With basic traps like the Basic Trap or Thorn Trap, once Chen Mo gave the command to use them, his hands would move automatically to set them up.

With the Vortex Trap, however, after giving the skill command, his character didn’t move on its own to set it up like before. Instead, a diagram for setting up the trap appeared before his eyes.

He had to set up this Vortex Trap manually. The System only provided the diagram, making it almost like using a free-form skill!

Fortunately, he was very familiar with free-form skills. Otherwise, seeing this diagram for the first time, he would likely fail to set it up. If the trap setup failed, the skill would go into cooldown, and the materials would disappear.

Chen Mo started setting up the trap according to the diagram and found that it was a bit easier than he expected. The materials from his backpack would automatically appear in his hands. Wherever he needed to place something, the required material would show up. He just had to place them according to the positions in the diagram.

His first time setting up the Vortex Trap took a full fifteen seconds. To be honest, the finished trap wasn’t very pretty, but at least it was successfully set up without failing.

Once the trap was set, it automatically hid itself. No other players could see it except for Chen Mo. It would only trigger if someone stepped on it.

However, when Chen Mo set up this Vortex Trap, he also used the Trap Control Skill.

After using the Trap Control Skill for a few hours, he discovered it was incredibly powerful!

A trap enhanced by Trap Manipulation became sturdier, extending its duration. A trap that originally lasted 1 minute if not triggered would last 5 seconds longer after Trap Manipulation was applied.

Though it was only a short 5 seconds, don’t forget that the Trap Control Skill was only at Novice Level. As its Level increased, the extra duration would surely grow.

Besides increasing the trap’s duration, the most impressive feature of Trap Manipulation was its ability to delay the trap’s trigger.

At Novice Level, the maximum delay was only 3 seconds, but those 3 seconds were enough to let enemies, especially large groups, enter the trap’s effective range, allowing the trap to achieve maximum effect. This was particularly huge for the Vortex Trap, which had a dual damage range.

Chen Mo waited quietly by the Vortex Trap for a while. Suddenly, with a muffled boom, the trap was triggered even though no one had stepped on it!

Chen Mo stood right at the center of the Vortex Trap. First, he felt a strong tremor in the middle of the trap. Then, a gray-black vortex began to rotate slowly, centered on the trap’s middle.

The vortex rotated slowly, but its suction was extremely powerful. Dust and sand within a 10-meter radius were dragged chaotically toward the center.

The vortex lasted only four seconds before disappearing. But after seeing the Vortex Trap’s trigger effect, Chen Mo felt very satisfied.

“This first setup only lasted 76 seconds. But the trap’s completion rate wasn’t high this time. Once I get more skilled and set it up more completely, the duration should reach at least 90 seconds. A large trap that can last 90 seconds is barely usable. As the skill Level improves, the duration should increase even more.”

Chen Mo calculated quietly in his mind and had a rough understanding of the Vortex Trap.

After using two more sets of materials to practice setting up the Vortex Trap twice, Chen Mo headed toward the front lines of the Monster Siege.

Sea Clan Invaders, I’m coming! Wash your necks and get ready to be slaughtered!

…

“Hahaha, go die!”

In the thick sea fog, a small team battle that started with an ambush quickly ended. A team of six Sea Clan players, who had launched a surprise attack on a completely unprepared group of Human Race players, easily wiped them out.

“Feng Han, these Human Race players are too weak! They’re basically giving us points! Killing one person gives each of us 25 points. We got 150 points so easily. We’ve killed dozens of people now. We’re really making a killing in this quest,” a sturdy young Sea Clan warrior laughed.

“Don’t be careless. We’ve killed so many not because we’re amazing, but because we have a huge advantage in this sea fog,” the Archer named Feng Han shook his head.

“I know. With you around, I couldn’t be careless even if I wanted to,” the sturdy youth chuckled.

“Hey, there’s a lone Human Race player up ahead.”

The six of them walked and talked, searching for their next target, and then spotted a Hunter player killing monsters ahead.

“Even a small mosquito has meat. Let’s go take him out!” The sturdy youth led the charge.

Feng Han looked at the Hunter and vaguely felt something was off. However, it was definitely true that there was only one person. The surroundings didn’t seem to have an ambush either. No matter how strong that one person was, he couldn’t be their match. The white fog around them gave each of them powerful offensive capabilities.

“Don’t get too close. Get ready for a sneak attack!” To be safe, Feng Han still reminded them.

The others had no objections to Feng Han’s command. Although they felt it was a bit of an overreaction, they prepared to execute his order.

Boom!

But at that moment, a muffled roar suddenly came from under their feet!

A trap?

Everyone was shocked!

The next moment, a powerful tremor hit them, and huge Damage numbers floated up above their heads!

-1497! -1508! -1383! …

The group was horrified to find that in just an instant, their Health Points had dropped to less than half!

“Retreat now!” Feng Han yelled urgently.

This unprecedented large-scale trap made him feel very uneasy. That lone Hunter player ahead definitely wasn’t simple!

In the sea fog, their vision should be much better than Human Race players. But now, someone had set up a large trap waiting for them to walk into it. Clearly, their vision range was even larger. Thinking this, Feng Han felt a chill.

Everyone wanted to retreat, but the Vortex Trap wasn’t over yet.

The Dark Magnetic Stone Powder effect activated. A huge gray-black vortex appeared among them. All six immediately felt a powerful pulling force, dragging them toward the vortex’s center. They struggled with all their might but couldn’t move a step outward, let alone retreat.

Then, Damage numbers around six to seven hundred floated up from each of their heads one after another. The person with the highest HP among them only had just over 3000. After taking nearly 1500 Damage, their remaining HP was only around 1500.

The Vortex Trap lasted four seconds, dealing 120% Damage each second to enemies inside. After four hits, the total Damage exceeded 2000. Before the Vortex Trap even fully ended, all six of them were wiped out!

“Hahaha, so strong!” Chen Mo watched from the side, laughing heartily as one trap killed six powerful players.

Killing players instantly with one trap—this was the first time since he started on the path of a Trap Hunter!

Now it was proven that he wasn’t wrong choosing to be a Trap Hunter. One trap didn’t just kill one person; it killed an entire team!

With six deaths, Chen Mo instantly gained 1200 Points!

Previously, when he helped Xue Ye Hua and the other earn points, his total Points reached 9500, squeezing into sixth place. Now, with this sudden gain of 1200 Points, his rank advanced one place, becoming fifth.

Only four people were ahead of him. Chen Mo was confident he could catch up soon!

With this first Experience and having tasted the sweetness, Chen Mo began using the Vortex Trap to continuously ambush and kill Sea Clan player teams.

Even a team like Feng Han’s, once caught in the Vortex Trap, had no chance but to die. Other Sea Clan teams were either weaker than Feng Han’s team or at most about the same. Unless they had a Tank class like a Shield Knight, any team stepping into the trap would die.

But even if a Tank didn’t die from the trap, they would still perish. As soon as the vortex ended, Chen Mo and Sesshylow would charge in.

With the combat power of these two monsters, they could take on a whole team, let alone a single Tank with only Defense and no attack power.

On average, Chen Mo could wipe out a six-person team every ten minutes. Plus, while searching for Sea Clan players, he encountered some solo players. After an hour, the Points Chen Mo gained surged past 8000, putting his total Points close to 18000. His rank jumped straight to first place on the Ranking List!

“Awesome! So awesome!” Finally reaching first place on the Ranking List, Chen Mo felt incredibly happy.

…

“Who is this guy?” Outside Eastern Sea City, in a small Valley that was almost entirely filled with monsters, a warrior in white armor stared at the person whose Points were skyrocketing. In just one hour, this guy had surpassed all of them. He couldn’t help but be extremely curious.

He was Bai Ying, the leader of the Eagle Society. Because he had accepted a special Quest, two NPCs in his team helped kill Sea Clan monsters. The six people in his team had always occupied the top six spots on the Ranking List. Once the Ranking List was made public, the Eagle Society’s reputation would shine brightly.

The Eagle Society was nearly a Level 3 Guild and had considerable fame in Eastern Sea City. If the Ranking List went public, their reputation would surpass other Guilds in one go, and they might even become the largest Guild in Eastern Sea City.

But he never expected that someone would break into their seemingly secure top six and snatch first place in one move.