Chapter 19: Skeleton Archers
As Ling Yu went deeper, the disgusting putrid stench and miasma also intensified, and as far as the eye could see, the surrounding area was full of wreckage and rotting corpses, littered with rocks, and there was no breath of life in the gloomy.
Ling Yu felt that he should be regarded as a relatively strong-willed person, but he also felt a little unbearable, let alone those pampered girls.
While complaining about the bad taste of the game company in my heart, I endured the stench and continued to move forward.
It didn't take long for Ling Yu to encounter his first battle after going deep into the Wastelands, a mixed army of three skeleton archers and two undead dogs.
Skeleton Archer: Undead Creature, Level: 8, Attack 40, Defense 10, Health 220,
Strength 18, Agility 18, Constitution 10, Spirit 10, Will 10
Undead creatures that appear for unknown reasons, have no autonomous consciousness, and will endlessly attack all living units that come close.
Talents: Undead creatures, precision shooting, arrow protection.
Skill: Dark Arrow: Shoots an arrow with a dark breath, dealing 30 damage to the target's attack plus 30 dark attributes, and has a 5% chance to kill the target directly.
Undead Dog: Undead Creature, Level: 8, Attack 55, Defense 12, Health 380,
Strength 12, Agility 24, Constitution 10, Spirit 10, Willpower 10
Undead creatures that appear for unknown reasons, have no autonomous consciousness, and will endlessly attack all living units that come close.
Talents: Undead creatures, moving at high speeds.
Skill: Bite Attack, unleash a fierce bite on the target, dealing 120 damage, and has a high chance to inflict bleeding, dealing 10 damage per second for 10 seconds.
Whoosh!
The three skeleton archers all shot the arrows in their hands, and the two undead dogs also ran towards Ling Yu at an extremely fast speed.
The arrows flew extremely fast, with no possibility of dodging, and by the time they realized it, the arrows were already flying in front of them.
Puff puff
-38,-38,-38
Three arrows unexpectedly shot at Ling Yu's body, killing him directly.
This is the extreme disadvantage, the health and defense are too low, and when you encounter a ranged attack, you will just stop eating.
Want to find other players to team up to do missions?
Ling Yu, who came out of the resurrection point, couldn't help but think about the possibility of forming a team.
But when you think about it, it's simply not realistic.
His kite tactics mainly rely on the guerrilla tactics brought about by his speed beyond the rank, and the presence of teammates only limits his greatest reliance, making it impossible for him to fully exploit his absolute advantage in speed.
Ling Yu went to the lying blacksmith shop and bought himself a level 5 one-handed shield.
One-handed round shield: Quality: White gear. Attributes: Defense +2, with special effect: Block. Equipment Requirements: Level: Level 5.
Originally, he wanted to buy a two-handed heavy shield, but that required a class like a guardian warrior to use it, so he had to settle for a one-handed shield.
While it is not possible to use a crossbow with a one-handed shield in hand (a crossbow is a two-handed weapon), this is not a problem. All he needs is a one-handed shield block effect to help him get through the skeletal archers' range.
As for defeating the opponent or anything, he didn't think about it at all, because the skeleton archer's restraint on him was too great, even if the level was doubled, Ling Yu didn't have the confidence to defeat the opponent.
All skeleton creatures have up to 70% damage reduction on flying items like arrows, so even if he uses a massive weapon like armor-piercing arrows, he will need at least eight arrows or more to take out his opponent. And the skeleton archer only needs three arrows to second him even if he doesn't use skills.
In terms of attack speed, the crossbow can only rely on the basic attack speed to shoot because he can't enjoy the agility bonus, so in terms of fire speed, he is actually slightly weaker than his opponent.
His only advantage was the hit and dodge bonuses from his terrifying agility stats, but that didn't make him ignore the huge health and defense gap between the two sides.
Without considering the blessing of equipment, Ling Yu estimated that he would probably have to rise to about level twenty before he could defeat the skeleton archers in a one-on-one battle.
After that, Ling Yu went to the grocery store to buy some potions to enhance his survivability.
With the speed of his mount, Ling Yu was soon back in the barren land.
After entering the realm of the skeleton archers, Ling Yu began to become cautious.
If you can have a little sense at this time, you can easily get through.
At this moment, Ling Yu couldn't help but miss the benefits of perception.
Because he didn't have a class, Ling Yu's vision range didn't get any class bonuses, and his range was pitifully low, completely inferior to the undead creatures with soul vision ability.
Fortunately, the skeleton archers all act with the undead dogs. This was originally an arrangement made by the system in order to prevent the fragile skeleton archer from being easily approached by the player, but at this moment, it became a lifesaver for Ling Yu, allowing Ling Yu to detect the skeleton archer following through the presence of the undead dog.
Without any hesitation, Ling Yu immediately changed direction and ran towards other places, while the undead dog was chasing after him.
The running speed of an undead dog with a talent for high-speed movement is almost comparable to that of a player with forty-five agility, and even a thief below level 10 will not be able to escape the pursuit of the undead dog.
But Ling Yu was indeed an exception, with 59 agility, he was almost comparable to a level thirty or forty warrior player in terms of speed, or a level ten all-sensitive thief, and he was not at all able to catch up with the undead dog.
It didn't take long for Ling Yu, who had taken a lot of effort to escape and chase after him, he was chased by a new batch of undead dogs, and he had always ushered in a new round of escape.
But not every time he pursued, he was able to escape smoothly, and as he went deeper, the density of the undead became higher and higher, and it became more and more difficult to dodge. There were many times when he had voluntarily rushed into the arms of the undead troops.
Relying on the support of one-handed shields and potions, he can still survive as long as he does not encounter the collective fire of several skeleton archers at once. But Ling Yu knew that death was only a matter of time.
He had also tried to dodge the attacks of the skeleton archers like the players in those novels, but it turned out that he was overthinking.
It's not for nothing that the Firmament Realm is known as the most difficult online game of all time, and one of the biggest reasons is the counterintuitive combat skills of the monsters here.
In other games, some top professional players can also rely on their superhuman reactions and predictions to predict monster attacks in advance and dodge, but it is difficult for monsters in the Sky Realm to do so.
Not to mention professional players, even those who have N years of experience in the game, or young disciples who have come out of the ancient martial arts family to train, can't easily dodge the attacks of monsters as in those games or novels in the past.
On the other hand, monsters with a talent for combat skills can easily block or dodge the player's attacks, just like the elite-level lizardman warriors.
Therefore, even if the offensive and defensive values are exactly the same, the difficulty of the game in the Firmament Realm is much higher than that of other games.
Like these lowest-level skeleton archers, their archery skills have surpassed the level of 100 shots, and they can even do difficult tricks such as making arrows turn in flight. In terms of archery alone, even those professional level shooter players can't match them.