Chapter.19 Hidden Murder

Sitting on a safe tree stump, Xian Zimo observed the movement between the stones in front of him from a distance. His ultimate goal was the blood-sherb that grew on the mangroves, and although he didn't understand why it grew in that position, no matter what, as long as he picked it, the apothecary's medicinal herbs would be ready.

In the past two hours, he had "stopped" to find all four medicinal materials except for the Hissing Blood Herb. And this last medicinal herb is also the most difficult to find, and it is only now that he has found the only one.

However, before collecting, you have to find a way to solve the immediate obstacles.

'1, 2, 3......' With the silent count in his heart, his fingers will unconsciously point out of thin air. The meadow ahead, which looked empty and unobstructed, was actually not so peaceful.

This can be seen in the dense stones, which are unusually dense. Under each stone, there may be a burrow hidden in the earth, and those [shield claw land crabs] waiting for the opportunity to move are hiding in it, and once the prey approaches, they will drill out and attack at lightning speed.

It doesn't matter if it's just one or two, the key is that these guys are all gathered together. It would be quite uncomfortable to be clamped with a large chelate by them together. Xian Zimo, who came over, knew that kind of pain very well.

However, speaking of which, it is also a level 6 monster, and these crabs are indeed easier to deal with than the red devil frog. The Red Devil Frog not only has rough skin and thick flesh, but also [Red Venom Body Fluid] is a person who specializes in high attacks like him, as long as he takes more than 20 damage at one time, he will be infected with a layer of venom.

Of course, not long ago, the Red Devil Frog was already "good". As for these crabs, with 15 strength attributes, he is equipped with a superb bronze suit, and an ordinary punch is enough to kill them in seconds.

But, if he could, he really didn't want to get entangled with such a scoundrel. Their attack method is very simple, they come up with their chelates to clamp people and continue to cause damage, even if they are killed, their cheles will still hold on for dozens of seconds before slowly releasing them.

"For the sake of blood grass, you have to bite the bullet. Once that damn herb mission is done, I'll be able to concentrate on my journey. He persuaded himself. Take out the jerky and throw it forward.

It's a great way to use food in the game, and he's only recently discovered it. You can't expect food to attract the full attention of the creeps, but it's enough to get them to show up. After all, the moment the shield crab comes out of the hole, it has a speed bonus.

Sure enough, shortly after the jerky landed on the rocks, one after another land crabs appeared. Their two chelicerae are asymmetrical, one large and one small, and they attack with the exaggeratedly large, shield-like chelicerae and share food with their own kind like this, with another, smaller one.

It seems that they also have a distinction between weapons and utensils.

"Sure enough, it's a lot, but I have to use jerky to explore the way first." Xian Zimo rejoiced. There are 9 crabs in total, and if you do it easily, it doesn't feel good to have 9 crabs hanging on your body.

The enemy has all appeared, and it is time to attack. He stood up from the stump, and with 1 point of stamina, he burst out with his feet and rushed towards the land crab as fast as he could.

Although those land crabs are belligerent, when they are exposed to the ground, they will burrow into the burrow as soon as they sense the approach of an enemy. However, there were a few clumsy land crabs that were too panicked to let go of the crab claws holding the jerky, and for a while they were so involved with each other that no one could free them.

Xian Zimo was unceremonious, and swung out a punch with his right hand. The "boar teeth" on the fist pierced the first land crab that suffered. Their carapaces are not as close to stone as they seem, at least not in texture.

-64

When the right hand was still in the rear of the attack, the left hand had already used [continuous punch] to shatter a land crab again with one punch.

-95

[Continuous Punch] is a skill that is a quick punch with both hands. After a punch, the other hand will quickly punch again. When the right hand is in the rear retraction movement, using this skill with the left hand will shorten the back movement of the right hand.

As a result, the right fist was quickly hit again, and another land crab was killed on the spot.

-96

A set of combos killed 3 crabs. After the kill, Xian Zimo barely paused, connecting with a back flip. Dodged six malicious "pincers".

A round of attacks that don't take damage, but only consumes 4 stamina. After reaching level 6, the total stamina of 14 points allowed him to do this for a few rounds.

However, in such a battle, it is impossible to wait until the cooldown of [Punch Continuous] is naturally over. Fortunately, it can also be forced, albeit with short-lived negative effects.

Same as before, with a high amount of attack power, after killing a shield crab first, he used [Continuous Punch] with his left hand again. Since it was a forced shot, the negative effect of "reducing speed and technology by 30%" immediately appeared.

The speed of the shot has decreased, and the landing point is more difficult to lock than before.

-95

When the right hand strikes again, the speed and technique are again a seven-fold discount on the existing values. It was a bit of a struggle, but in the end he stumbled and killed the third land crab.

-98

But by this time, his speed had been reduced to the point where he could no longer make backflips in time. The last three-headed crab took the opportunity and gripped his calf mercilessly.

-3

-3

-3

The injuries are inconspicuous at first glance, but the disgusting ones are disgusting when they clamp the person and don't let go. Then after a while, such damage will float again.

-1

-1

-1

After waiting for the speed and technique to recover, Xian Zimo hurriedly swung his fist and knocked to death the three land crabs on his body one after another. But even when they were dead, the hardest and most powerful chelicerae were still clamped to his calf, and it would take a long time for them to loosen.

-1

-1

-1

"This forest is really a group of yin bi who ride horses, and he doesn't have much experience, and his meow tricks are cheap enough!"

Xian Zimo, who was caught in pain, scolded and walked towards the bloody grass in front of him. He stretched out his hand and grabbed at the green, white-haired bent grass.

However, the moment the hand grasped the grass, the grass suddenly began to glow red from the stem, and the red spread upwards until the white pubescence also stood up and turned red.

'Gathering fails, [Gathering] proficiency increases. ’

"What's the situation?" Xian Zimo looked at the hissing blood grass in front of him in surprise. It stands to reason that if it fails, it should have disappeared due to damage, but it is still there unharmed......

Wait, what's wrong with this tree?

"Damn! It's a protective color again! Xian Zimo, who had already suffered a loss, reacted immediately.

The "mangrove" fell nimbly to the ground, angrily looking at the enemy who dared to touch his property. At this time, it was a giant red spider, which was more than three meters tall. It should have just been resting on a tree, and the Bloodweed was growing just above its belly.

【Spider King (Lv9)】

It's actually a boss, and it's a spider king who has entered a state of "rampage", and it is obvious that Xian Zimo's behavior of touching the blood grass just now has angered it.

"I've finally met the boss, and I've been waiting for a long time."

Xian Zimo also didn't have any idea of backing down, in fact, he hoped to meet a few bosses along the way. Although it is difficult and risky to kill a single boss, the benefits are not comparable to those mobs.

Besides, isn't this kind of difficult operation his advantage?

It was too late, and the tall crimson spider king had already jumped to this side. In the process of flying, the chelicera on its head had already revealed the fangs that were curved at the ends.

The spider was still in mid-air, and its venom was shot first. Xian Zimo did not retreat, on the contrary, after swallowing a bottle of life potion, he ran in the direction of the Spider King.

He was fast enough, and when the Spider King fell, he was right below its belly.

The tall feet of the Spider King's eight feet make there a considerable space under its body. At the first glance of it, Xian Zimo captured this important information, this battle, this point is crucial.

On his head is the most vulnerable part of the Red Venom King's body, the abdomen. However, at this time, endurance is quite important, so he did not choose to use skills, but instead hit a normal attack to try damage.

-42 (Hit Points)

The power of 15 points is really not in vain, even if it is a boss, there is a little blood under this fist. Of course, this should also have the credit of the skill badge [King's Nemesis].

Judging from the health bar, this spider king probably only has about 700 HP, and it doesn't seem difficult to kill it.

The abdomen hurt, and the Spider King reacted immediately, and it bent down on the ground with eight of them, trying to directly crush the enemy with the weight of his body.

Xian Zimo was also on guard and quickly escaped from behind its abdomen. At this time, he saw a stirring in the belly of the red venomous spider. Suddenly, a cloud of reddish spider silk erupted from the spinners behind its abdomen.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, and a limit roll dodged this move. He just wanted to take advantage of this gap to step forward and make up two more punches to the abdomen of the Spider King, but the Spider King had already quickly turned his head.

The powerful and sharp claws were like two steel nails, and they were nailed down hard at the same time. Moreover, the maroon venom in the fangs was also prepared again at this time and sprayed out.

He was about to dodge the attacks together, only to find that his feet were suddenly a little disobedient. Looking down, I don't know when his feet were entangled in spider silk.

It turned out that even if the spider silk just now didn't bind him at the first time, it would still explode and sputter after it hit the ground. And he should have been entangled in spider silk in the second stage.

"Something's going to happen!"

Xian Zimo screamed in surprise, still rolling sideways to avoid the Spider King's attack. However, after being contaminated with spider silk, he will not only be damaged by the venom on the spider silk, but his movement speed will be greatly reduced.

-10

Although he barely managed to dodge the chisel blow of the claw, he was eventually splashed with venom.

-2

-1

The poison on the venom and the poison silk continued to erode his health little by little, but fortunately, he had taken a bottle of life potion before. There was a slow recovery from the beginning of the battle, and life wasn't at risk - 30/45.

At this time, his endurance was already a little insufficient, and he hurriedly took out the physical strength mixture and snorted. At this time, he saw the antidote specially given to him by the group of pharmacists, and now he understood the woman's intentions.

Along with drinking another antidote, the venom on the body immediately stops working, and there is also an anti-poison effect that lasts for 2 minutes. Sure enough, it worked, it was indeed a lot easier to have this antidote, and it seemed that the female pharmacist obviously knew where to find the Hiss Blood Grass.

"Alright, Big Spider. That's all you need for these tricks, I've figured it out. ”

Xian Zimo stretched out the back of his hand and rubbed the corner of his mouth. The boss in front of him, he is already nine out of ten - as long as he can avoid those scattered spider silk.

Of course, this kind of operation is not difficult for him.

Ten minutes later

Xian Zimo, who was under the abdomen of the Spider King, hit two [heavy punches] in a row, completely exhausting his stamina. At the same time, a large hole was punched in the spider's abdomen, and the battle ended.

-99 (Hit Points)

-102 (Hit Critical)

The Spider King's body skewed and fell to the ground. The entanglement time is much longer than expected, and when Spider's health decreases, his action speed and attack frequency fluctuate greatly.

Although the extreme bonus points allow Xian Zimo to have super high attack power, the relative body board is much more fragile. In order to avoid being killed by the Spider King in one hit, he had to readjust the "rhythm" and only kill with all his might under the safest situation.

'Kill the Red Spider King to gain 500 experience. ’

'Skip a kill and gain an additional 100 XP.' ’

'Kill boss creatures for an additional 150 XP; 15 reputation (Tooth Horn Village). ’

'[King's Nemesis] Gain Kill Accumulation, Current Kills: 1/10'

‘Level Up! ’

'Stamina +1'

'Strength +1'

'Speed +1'

'Skill +1'

'Gain 3 Free Attribute Points'

'Gain 1 Skill Point'

After a series of hints to skip, the battle was finally over. On the ground, only the falling light spots on the Spider King's body remained, and of course, the blood grass that grew on it.

As the boss, Spider King was still very generous and gave 3 silver coins, as well as two bronze outfits, one of which was a belt and the other was a dark purple ring. However, before looking at the specific attributes, Xian Zimo still decided to pick the blood grass first.

'Successful collection, obtain [Hissing Blood Grass (Delicate)] ×1, and increase [Gathering] proficiency. ’

"That's it......"

-6

Xian Zimo just breathed a sigh of relief, but his leg suddenly ached. A crossbow bolt is stuck in it, someone!

It seems that there is far more yin in this forest than he imagined.