Chapter 54: Capturing the BOSS
Chapter 54: Capturing the BOSS
“The health is almost at 50%! Use the silence skill the moment the BOSS splits! Don’t miss the chance!” Xiaolou Fengyu shouted to remind Leng Xiaoliu.
When the Mutant Slime King’s health dropped to 50%, it would create a clone. During the split, its body would become blurry for a moment. Using the silence skill then would force the skill to stop.
“I know. You don’t need to remind me. I don’t want to die yet!” Leng Xiaoliu snorted coldly.
There was only one chance. If the BOSS made its clone, everyone would be wiped out!
“Yaqian, aim carefully. Don’t mess up.” Leng Xiaoliu instructed. The silence skill was on the priest’s staff in the team.
“Don’t worry, Boss Leng. I won’t mess up.” Yaqian was a steady male priest. In Leng Xiaoliu’s team, Leng Xiaoqian was the only female player.
“It’s at 50%!”
As they spoke, the Mutant Slime King’s health dropped to 50%. Its body suddenly became blurry and was about to split in two.
“Silence!” Yaqian raised his staff. A black light shot from the staff and hit the Mutant Slime King just as it was about to split.
The Mutant Slime King’s body stiffened, and its blurry form solidified again.
“Success! Seize the chance and attack hard! Don’t let it use its skill a second time!” Xiaolou Fengyu was pleased and shouted.
A group of experts attacked with all their might, and the Mutant Slime King’s health dropped rapidly.
Seeing the BOSS’s health getting lower and lower, the surrounding players began to stir. It seemed like they would rush to grab the items as soon as the BOSS died.
Although they didn’t have priority to pick up items, there were so many of them. If they occupied the spots and prevented the expert team that killed the BOSS from picking up items, once the protection time was over, the items would be theirs.
Even though the expert players fighting the BOSS numbered nearly fifty, no one could activate the team battle system in the Starter Village. In the end, only one team would have the permission to pick up the BOSS’s items. With so many of them, their chances of occupying the spots and grabbing the items were actually quite good.
The BOSS’s health quickly dropped from 50% to 20%.
At this health level, the players who wanted to grab items naturally wouldn’t move. Running over now would be pure suicide.
But just then, a figure dashed out from the crowd of players, very noticeable.
“It’s the Masked Player again!”
The surrounding players looked over and saw that this player had covered his face.
“Could it be the same person from the Wild Wolf Valley over an hour ago?” People here all knew about the incident at the Wild Wolf Valley in the evening. Seeing the masked person appear again, they couldn’t help but wonder.
“It really seems like it! The body shape looks similar!”
They couldn’t see his face, but many players felt a sense of familiarity when they saw this person’s figure, thinking it was likely the same person.
“This should be interesting!”
Many players immediately perked up. This person appeared here. Was he going to steal the BOSS again?
This person was so mysterious. It wasn’t impossible!
“It’s that guy again!” The surrounding players all recognized him as the same person. Naturally, experts like Xiaolou Fengyu recognized him even more, as they had recently seen the masked Chen Mo.
The group of experts was furious. They had made a big show of trying to kill the BOSS, but this person had somehow taken it away. The experts felt embarrassed, and the money they could have earned was much less.
If they could PK here, they would definitely stop attacking the BOSS and focus all their attacks on this masked person.
Chen Mo ignored Xiaolou Fengyu and the others. He ran straight near the Mutant Slime King and shot an arrow at it.
Regarding the Capture Skill, there had been many tests on the Forum. For a hunter to capture a monster, they must deal damage to it. Without dealing damage, the monster was 100% uncapturable.
Furthermore, the effective range of the Novice Level Capture Skill was only five meters. Beyond five meters, the skill couldn’t affect the monster.
“This guy is a hunter or an assassin!” As soon as Chen Mo attacked with his hand crossbow, the surrounding players confirmed his class.
“Brat, my boss Wanzhang Binghe asks if you dare to reveal your game ID!”
A player suddenly shouted coldly. Discovering Chen Mo here, he had contacted Wanzhang Binghe immediately.
“Are you stupid? I’m masked because I don’t want you to recognize me. Otherwise, it would be hard to do bad things later. Heh heh heh heh!” Chen Mo laughed hoarsely.
The hired expert players could let it slide, but the people from the Glacier Game Club couldn’t help but get furious.
Because of this guy, their bright future had instantly become very dim. And from his words, it seemed he would oppose them in the future too!
“Brat, don’t let us find out who you are, or the Glacier Group will crush you with money!” Another person shouted fiercely.
“Hahaha, I’m so scared!” Chen Mo laughed heartily, but his words showed no fear at all.
With a move of his hand, Chen Mo equipped his best gear. One arrow dealt over two hundred damage to the BOSS.
“Such high attack!”
Seeing this damage, the group of experts was shocked.
This was a normal attack, without using any skill! If it were them, dealing over a hundred damage would be good enough!
They were already wearing full Green Equipment. Did that mean this masked person was wearing full Purple Equipment?
Thinking of this, the group of experts couldn’t stay calm.
Full Purple Equipment was a legend on the Forum. No one had seen it yet. They didn’t expect to encounter someone with it here.
Who could get full Purple Equipment at this stage?
“Everyone, focus on attacking! Be careful the BOSS gets stolen!” Xiaolou Fengyu shouted.
This person’s output was too high. He probably came out to steal the BOSS. Even though they attacked the BOSS first, if the first team to attack the BOSS was killed by it and this person’s output was higher, the BOSS would still be taken by him.
The group of experts felt a chill. They had returned empty-handed from fighting the Flame Three-Headed Wolf. If even the Mutant Slime King, this BOSS with only a sliver of health left, was stolen, they would really be disgraced.
Chen Mo glanced at the Mutant Slime King. Its health was already below 15%.
Capture!
Chen Mo moved, running closer to the Mutant Slime King, and used the Capture Skill on it.
According to tests on the Forum, the success rate of capturing was highest when the monster’s health dropped below 10%.
But Chen Mo couldn’t wait. The BOSS’s health was dropping too fast. If he used the Capture Skill below 10% health, he would have to use it repeatedly.
The Capture Skill had no Cooldown Time, but using it repeatedly made the chance of successfully capturing the monster very small.
Because every failed capture gave the monster a bit of resistance. If he continued capturing before the resistance faded, the chance of capture would only get lower and lower.
System Notification: Capture failed!
The System Notification for a failed capture appeared, but Chen Mo wasn’t surprised.
This was a mutant BOSS. If he captured it at 15% health in one try, his luck would have to be incredibly good.
He moved and retreated.
“What is that guy trying to do?”
Leng Xiaoliu watched Chen Mo approach the BOSS and then immediately back away. He didn’t understand, but he had a bad feeling.
“Full output!” Not only him, but Xiaolou Fengyu also had this feeling. He decided to have everyone increase their output early.
The BOSS’s health soon dropped to 10%. Chen Mo estimated he could try capturing again, so he ran forward and used the Capture Skill.
System Notification: Capture failed!
But, capture failed again.
Failed again, but there was still a chance!
Chen Mo wasn’t anxious. He calmly retreated.
Xiaolou Fengyu and Leng Xiaoliu were both watching Chen Mo. Seeing him repeat the same action, they knew there was definitely something going on and couldn’t help but feel nervous.
They hadn’t forgotten that over an hour ago, this guy had made the Flame Three-Headed Wolf evolve and fly away. It wouldn’t be strange if he did something else they couldn’t understand now.
Mutant Slime King health, 5%!
Chen Mo advanced again!
Capture!
System Notification: Capture failed!
“No! A mutant BOSS really isn’t easy to capture. There’s one more chance, but the possibility of failure is very high!”
After the third capture failed, Chen Mo had a feeling that if things continued like this, the fourth attempt would also fail!
When using the Capture Skill, the player would get a strange feeling. Chen Mo felt like he was throwing a lasso at the Mutant Slime King, but the lasso was easily shaken off by the Mutant Slime King. There was no feeling that it would catch.
It felt the same all three times. Even if the BOSS’s health was almost zero on the fourth try, Chen Mo felt it wouldn’t change. As for the fifth try, the BOSS would be long dead by then.
What to do?
The BOSS had only a little health left. Chen Mo’s mind raced.