Chapter 107: Enemies Cross Paths Often
Chapter 107: Enemies Cross Paths Often
It was still early to reach level 18, so Chen Mo ignored Bevicent and returned to the area where he had been killing monsters these past few days to level up.
Chen Mo first targeted the level 15 Ore Monsters, which were likely classified as rock-type monsters.
“Amazing! It worked!”
Chen Mo used the Rock Corrosion Potion and landed an attack on an Ore Monster, dealing over 500 damage. He was instantly pleased.
Ignoring the defense of rock-type monsters made killing them much simpler and faster!
Normally, it took nearly three hours to gather forty units of Blood of Curse from Ore Monsters. With the Rock Corrosion Potion, Chen Mo collected forty units of Blood of Curse in just over an hour today.
Chen Mo immediately changed his grinding location to target the Ore-Devouring Rats next.
But to Chen Mo’s disappointment, the Ore-Devouring Rats did not belong to the rock-type monster category, so the Rock Corrosion Potion had no effect on them.
He could originally obtain fifty units of Blood of Curse from the Ore-Devouring Rats. After killing them for two hours and collecting forty units, Chen Mo gave up on the Ore-Devouring Rats and went to find the Ore Giants.
The Ore Giants had a higher drop rate and quantity of Blood of Curse. With the Rock Corrosion Potion, the Ore Giants’ defense was negated. Under level suppression, lower-level players dealt very low damage to higher-level monsters. This was not because the system reduced the player’s attack, but because the monsters’ defense was increased when attacked.
With the Rock Corrosion Potion ignoring the defense of rock-type monsters, Chen Mo could deal full damage!
Previously, Chen Mo’s attacks only dealt around 100 to 200 points of damage, but now he easily dealt over 400 points, increasing his damage by two to three times!
The effect of the Rock Corrosion Potion not only worked for Chen Mo but also for his summoned pet, Big Fatty.
Big Fatty’s attacks were powerful, but due to level suppression, he couldn’t deal much damage. Now that monster defense was ignored, his damage soared!
Chen Mo used his hand crossbow to lure the Ore Giant over while quickly setting traps in front of himself. After practicing his trap skill for several days, Chen Mo’s trap-setting speed had nearly doubled, almost matching the system’s speed.
Boom, boom, boom…
As the Ore Giant approached, all the traps exploded in succession, instantly dealing 600 to 700 damage each to the Ore Giant. In a moment, the Ore Giant lost over 3,000 health.
Then Big Fatty roared and charged forward to attack.
Having been bullied by Ore Giants for a long time, Big Fatty had held back for ages. When he could use his ultimate move, the Mini Self-Destruct Slime, he never held back.
The Flower Demon Battle Spirit on Big Fatty’s head had become more disobedient to Chen Mo’s commands after being damaged when Big Fatty died once. No matter what command Chen Mo gave to Big Fatty, she tried to interfere. However, she did not pay attention to Big Fatty’s spontaneous attacks.
The Ore Giant was large, so at least half of the Mini Self-Destruct Slime skill hit it, causing it to lose three to four thousand health in an instant.
To kill one Ore Giant, Chen now took as little as seven or eight seconds, or up to twenty seconds at most, which was several times faster than before.
The experience from level 18 monsters was considerable, and there was an experience bonus for killing higher-level monsters. Chen Mo’s experience bar rose rapidly. He glanced at it and excitedly realized that he would definitely reach level 16 before logging off today!
The Ore Giants were somewhat scattered. Chen Mo swept through the Mining Area Second Floor, and one unit after another of Blood of Curse appeared in his backpack. After madly killing Ore Giants for two hours, the number of Blood of Curse in his backpack had reached the total he usually gathered in eleven hours!
He had only been online for five hours today, with nearly seven hours left. If he worked hard, he could definitely collect over two hundred units of Blood of Curse!
But what excited Chen Mo the most was that during the frenzy of killing Ore Giants, his Mutant Plunder skill activated continuously, allowing him to obtain two pieces of ordinary Crystal Ore.
Knowing the power of the Rock Corrosion Potion, Crystal Ore had become quite valuable in Chen Mo’s eyes. Just being able to exchange it for Rock Corrosion Potion, which allowed him to kill monsters and level up as fast as a train, made him treat it as a treasure!
With enough Crystal Ore, he could quickly level up to 20 here without any problem!
However, luck played a huge role in obtaining Crystal Ore. Over the next two hours, Chen Mo didn’t see any more Crystal Ore, let alone the black Crystal Ore.
As he slaughtered his way forward, Chen Mo didn’t need to spend time searching before he found the Sealing Magic Array.
Chen Mo wasn’t in a hurry to summon the Area Elite. There was still plenty of time, and he could gather more Blood of Curse.
After killing Ore Monsters for another three hours, with just over two hours of online time left, Chen Mo returned to the Great Hall in the mining area where the Sealing Magic Array was located.
A new batch of monsters had respawned in the Great Hall, and Chen Mo mercilessly cleared them all.
“243 units of Blood of Curse, that should be enough.”
Looking at the Blood of Curse in his backpack, Chen Mo muttered to himself.
Not everyone could gather so much Blood of Curse alone.
Boom!
Chen Mo approached the Sealing Magic Array and released the Ore Giant Chieftain. The Ore Giant Chieftain charged toward him with large strides.
“Great! It works on the Area Elite too!”
Chen Mo used the Blood of Curse, drank a Rock Corrosion Potion, and shot a crossbow bolt. He found that he could also deal full damage to the Ore Giant Chieftain.
Chen Mo felt energized. This meant the chance for the Power of Annihilation to take effect would also increase!
He shot bolt after bolt, and with each shot, Chen Mo couldn’t help but wonder if this one would trigger the Power of Annihilation effect.
He had reached level 16, ignored the monster’s defense attributes, and the chance for the Power of Annihilation to take effect was nearly at its maximum.
But the Power of Annihilation wasn’t that easy to trigger. Chen Mo finally calmed down and decided to just pass the time.
With over an hour left, he didn’t believe the Power of Annihilation wouldn’t activate!
If it still didn’t appear, he would go find Bevicent tomorrow to exchange for more Rock Corrosion Potion and keep fighting!
Chen Mo had a good plan, but things didn’t go as he wished.
With an hour and a half left before he logged off, just as the Ore Giants in the Great Hall began to respawn, a group of players suddenly broke through the white mist and appeared in the Great Hall.
The group was startled to see the pitch-black Chen Mo. Chen Mo, upon seeing them, was also startled and inwardly cursed his bad luck.
Enemies cross paths often. This group was none other than the Blood War Guild, whose plans he had ruined five days ago.
The Blood War Guild had gained some fame in Shadow City recently because their guild leader, Bloodbattle Eight Desolations, returned after completing a special quest, instantly upgrading the Blood War Guild to a level 2 guild! They became one of the few level 2 guilds in the game, and their reputation spread quickly!
Five days ago, under the Blossoming Giant Tree, Chen Mo had seen many members of the Blood War Guild. Although he couldn’t remember their names, he could still recognize them.
Among the current members of the Blood War Guild, there were twenty to thirty people, but more than half were new members Chen Mo didn’t recognize. However, Blood War Seven Days and Bloodbattle Thousand Miles were among them, and Chen Mo recognized them at a glance.
“A Blacklisted Player! Solo-ing an Area Elite!”
The group of Blood War Guild members were astonished to see Chen Mo solo-ing the Ore Giant Chieftain. The Ore Giant Chieftain couldn’t catch up to him at all, and its health was dropping rapidly.
“It’s that guy!”
Blood War Seven Days had a deep impression of Chen Mo. The pitch-black Chen Mo made him pause for a moment, but he quickly recognized him.
Chen Mo thought the Blood War Guild didn’t know about his deeds, but he had no idea that Sihai Weijia had already betrayed him.
“Was he the one who killed me last time?”
Bloodbattle Thousand Miles had no impression of Chen Mo. After hearing Blood War Seven Days, he finally realized.
“Kill that guy! Heaven really wants to destroy him. So he’s a Blacklisted Player hiding here to cleanse his Crime Value! With such high damage output, his equipment must be amazing. Killing him would be more profitable than killing a boss!”
Bloodbattle Thousand Miles’s eyes immediately turned fierce as he spoke viciously.
“Of course we’ll kill him!”
Blood War Seven Days said lightly.
After receiving the message from Sihai Weijia, he didn’t specifically send people to look for Chen Mo, as it wasn’t worth it. But since they had run into him now, he naturally wouldn’t let him go.
Last time, this guy ruined their boss kill. Now, not only was he a Blacklisted Player, but he was also killing a boss. It was the perfect time for revenge!
“Everyone, listen to my command! Focus attacks and kill that Blacklisted Player! Be careful not to hit the Area Elite!”
Blood War Seven Days then coldly issued the order.
“Okay, Boss Seven Days!”
The members of the Blood War Guild were ruthless. Chen Mo was a Blacklisted Player; if they hadn’t seen how astonishingly powerful his damage output was, they would have rushed over to kill him and loot his equipment long ago.
Now, with Blood War Seven Days’s command, the twenty to thirty people shouted in unison. The melee fighters charged madly toward Chen Mo, while the ranged fighters raised their weapons to attack.
“Damn it!”
Chen Mo knew that in his Black Name Status, they wouldn’t just stand by and watch him fight the Area Elite. But seeing them attack without even saying a word, he couldn’t help but curse.
Removing the Heinous Crime Title now was useless. They had attacked him while he was a Blacklisted Player. Even if he removed the title immediately, Chen Mo wouldn’t gain the right to self-defense. And since the fight had started, the Blood War Guild, being a large guild, wouldn’t stop just because his name suddenly turned white.
More importantly, a Blacklisted Player had to first turn back into a Red Name before possibly becoming a White Name. If he suddenly turned white, wouldn’t that expose his secret?
To be honest, equipped with the Heinous Crime Title, Chen Mo wasn’t afraid of these twenty to thirty members of the Blood War Guild.
However, he was currently entangled with the Area Elite. Fighting these twenty to thirty people head-on would be suicidal.
Retreat!
Chen Mo decisively abandoned the Ore Giant Chieftain. With a swift movement, he dashed into the nearby white mist before the Blood War Guild members could launch their attacks.
“That guy ran away pretty fast!” Bloodbattle Thousand Miles said resentfully with a grim expression.
“Be careful from now on. Don’t let that person ambush us.” Blood War Seven Days was also annoyed. That guy’s speed was too fast. It wasn’t obvious while he was fighting the Area Elite, but when he fled, his speed made it clear they couldn’t catch up.
Worried that the person might return to ambush them, Blood War Seven Days warned them.
“Let’s go.” Then, Blood War Seven Days waved his hand and led the team deeper into the Mining Area Second Floor. They had appeared here not to explore unknown areas.
“Damn it, they ruined my plans and now they think they can just leave!”
In the white mist, Chen Mo’s figure flashed as he quietly followed them.