Chapter 119: Bones in the Storm
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 119: Bones in the Storm
Watching the two of them level up at lightning speed, Maomao felt as if she were being isolated by the entire world.
"So, did I really come here just to be dead weight...?"
Aside from being unable to earn experience points, Maomao also had to endure the continuous damage from the storm. If Yu Yunsheng and Elania hadn't been taking turns restoring her health, her fragile frame would have died and been sent back to the city in minutes.
To make matters worse, the comments in the livestream weren't letting her off easy either.
【Maomao, did you really join the Wheel of Fate, or are you lying to us?】
【Even our Sister Potato has reached Level 60, so why are you still stuck at Level 20?】
【When the stream went black earlier, did you cut it on purpose to hide the fact that the Wheel of Fate rejected you?】
【Wait a sec, Maomao, you're blocking my view of Elania. Move aside, please.】
【Hold on, what exactly are you "viewing"?】
【So, are Taro Ball and Potato siblings? they really do look alike.】
【This leveling speed is terrifying. Is Big Boss Taro Ball really this broken?】
【How come I’ve never heard of a pro like this before?】
【Seriously Maomao, why are you just sitting in the back? Go up and tag a mob!】
【Stop bullying Maomao for not having a finishing move. If it's that bad, just join their dungeon party and leech some shared XP.】
Seeing the suggestion in the comments, Maomao finally remembered the dungeon party function.
"Oh right! How did I forget about that? Hiss... maybe it's so cold here that my brain has frozen solid."
Realizing she could form a party, Maomao immediately ran over to Taro Ball’s side.
"Um... can we find a dungeon and form a party?"
Faced with Maomao's request, Taro Ball thought for a moment.
"Sure. There happens to be a dungeon not far from here."
Hearing Taro Ball agree, Maomao gave an excited little hop.
"Yay! It's a deal then. By the way, do you know what difficulty that dungeon is?"
"Hmm... if I remember correctly, I think it's... Disaster?"
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Looking at the "mountain range" before her, Maomao felt a wave of suffocation.
To be precise, it was a giant carcass the size of a mountain. Just lying there, it was already two hundred meters high; if it were to stand up, it would likely pierce straight through the clouds.
"This... is a dungeon?"
At this point, Yu Yunsheng and Elania also came to a halt. They were equally shaken by the sight before them.
【Where the hell did they go? Is this even still the same country?】
【A behemoth's carcass this big? That's a bit exaggerated, isn't it?】
【That skeleton... it's hundreds of meters high just lying down. How big was it when it was alive? A thousand-meter beast?】
【If it was just lying there and you didn't tell me, I would've thought it was a mountain range.】
【This shouldn't be a BOSS, just a dungeon, right?】
Taro Ball’s voice rang out calmly, cutting through the whistling wind and everyone's trepidation.
"These are the remains of a Titan Behemoth, a creature from at least ten million years ago. Its specific race is no longer identifiable. Although it's dead, various aberrant undead creatures still spawn and refresh inside the remains. It's a very special open-air dungeon."
Only then did the group begin to grasp the scene before them, though Elania was still a bit confused.
"A dungeon... what is that?"
Seeing Elania's confusion, Taro Ball added, "You don't need to understand. Just follow us in a moment."
An existence with NPC attributes like Elania couldn't technically party up with players. However, in an open-air dungeon like this, she could simply walk inside. The downside was that her presence would affect the dungeon's respawn mechanics, as it wouldn't maintain total independence from the outside world.
But considering Elania's importance, Taro Ball had no intention of leaving her behind. Besides, he didn't plan on grinding this single spot forever anyway.
After explaining the precautions, the group approached the gaps between the giant ribs. In the next second, the system prompt arrived as expected.
【Bones in the Storm】
【Difficulty: Disaster】
Their vision blurred slightly, and in the next instant, they were inside the dungeon.
The environment hadn't changed much—they were still inside the giant carcass—but countless twisted, writhing figures immediately emerged from the surrounding bone walls.
【Blood Defiler Lv.85】
【Bone Hunter Lv.86】
【Merciful Wraith Lv.84】
【Flesh Devourer Lv.87】
Without a word of nonsense, Taro Ball immediately raised his Soul-Breaking Heavy Sword and charged to the front.
With a berserker-like playstyle, Taro Ball cleared an entire area in an instant. Seeing this, Yu Yunsheng followed up with blessing spells. She consumed some of her own health to cast them, but quickly siphoned it back from the monsters.
After a series of combos, Yu Yunsheng’s health bar fluctuated wildly but never dropped below 80%.
In moments, every monster in the vicinity had been wiped clean.
Before the group could even react, the corpses of the defeated monsters suddenly coalesced, forming a massive, stitched-together monstrosity of gore.
【Amalgamation of Death Lv.89】
"It's the dungeon BOSS."
Without hesitation, Taro Ball took advantage of the creature's spawning animation, landing two or three heavy strikes that instantly dropped its health below 50%.
The Amalgamation of Death immediately triggered its Phase 2 Berserk mode, swinging a massive palm that sent Taro Ball flying, leaving him with critical health.
Bang!
After hitting the ground, Taro Ball didn't rush back in to attack. Instead, he retreated to the side.
"Heal."
"On it."
Upon receiving the command, Yu Yunsheng raised her silver staff and cast a continuous heal on Taro Ball. Instantly, a massive portion of the Amalgamation of Death's health was drained and transferred into Taro Ball.
Bolstered by this effect, Taro Ball chose to trade blow for blow. With this aggressive approach, the Amalgamation of Death was quickly beaten down below the execution threshold.
【Judgment Triggered!】
【Killed Amalgamation of Death Lv.89】
In less than a few minutes, the dungeon BOSS had been slain by their combined efforts.
Maomao was left standing there in a daze.
"That's... it's over?"
Thanks to the shared experience, Maomao instantly gained over two million XP, her level skyrocketing to Level 30. The remaining overflow experience was temporarily stored, to be released after her Second Awakening.
Sheathing his blade, Taro Ball shook his head.
"This is only the head area. Besides this, there are the torso, the four limbs, and the tail—six areas in total. Each area has a dungeon BOSS. The dungeon is only cleared once all of them are defeated."
"I see..."
There were six more BOSSes like that. If each one gave her two million experience, her level would jump straight to the fifties after her Second Awakening.
Just as Maomao was preparing to set off with them, she suddenly felt the Blue Dragon Puppet in her arms twitch.
"Strange... did it just move?"
While Maomao was doubting herself, she looked up and realized the others had already walked quite a distance away.
"Hey, wait! Wait for me!"
Tossing the matter of the Blue Dragon Puppet to the back of her mind, Maomao hurried to catch up.
Meanwhile, the Blue Dragon Puppet clutched in her hand looked somewhat panicked.