107: Chapter 107 Lack of Martial Morality
Separated by the wide underground river, the three melee fighters—Ma Sai, He Xin, and Su Lei—could not reach the BOSS. Only Ye Zi and Yun Ge were ranged attackers. At this point, the BOSS still had plenty of HP, so they needed Yun Ge to deplete it using Mana Bomb.
Ye Zi's Spirit Arrow could deal 300 damage to the BOSS per hit, which was like a tickle compared to Yun Ge's tens of thousands of damage. However, Ye Zi didn't just stand there; 300 HP was still damage, and she might as well do something while idle.
With Yun Ge's Mana Transfer, Ye Zi no longer worried about her mana levels. She had sold the mana potions she'd received in previous splits on the Trading House, netting several dozen more silver coins.
"Fighting the BOSS like this is so relaxing."
Su Lei pulled out another handful of melon seeds, offered them to He Xin and Ma Sai, and turned to ask Ye Zi, "Ye Zi, stop attacking. What's the point of that little bit of damage? Come eat some melon seeds."
"..." Ye Zi shook her head, ignored Su Lei, and continued to slowly attack the monster.
On the other side of the river, the Boarman Leader roared repeatedly, constantly unleashing skills that left the riverbank in shambles and made the river water boil, yet it couldn't hit Yun Ge at all.
"This guy's damage isn't low!"
"And it's all AoE. Look, there are skills everywhere."
"If we were fighting this for real, we'd be in trouble."
Although having Yun Ge made the team's boss-fighting speed faster, the BOSS's attack power didn't decrease. Moreover, a BOSS of this level would casually throw out 7 or 8 skills at once. Ma Sai might be able to tank it due to his high defense, but with Yun Ge and Ye Zi only having a little over 1000 HP, getting hit by an AoE attack would be very painful.
"But this underground river is great. Fighting the BOSS from across the river is incredibly comfortable."
"Ma Sai, how did your friend fight the BOSS? Can't it be killed from across the river?"
"Even though the BOSS has a bit more HP, it could be worn down to death in a day, right..."
Su Lei spat out melon seed shells while watching Yun Ge battle the BOSS. Eventually, he simply sat on the ground, crossed his legs, and gestured at the BOSS's skills with great enthusiasm.
"Yeah, he didn't go into detail, but I always felt it wasn't that simple."
Ma Sai had stopped eating melon seeds. He held his shield up, watching the BOSS intently, ready to use Taunt to take aggro the moment the BOSS showed signs of crossing the river.
"Besides, there isn't just one BOSS in the dungeon; they appear randomly. They might not have encountered the Boarman Leader, but something else."
"Maybe..."
Under the barrage of Mana Bombs, the Boarman Leader's HP dropped quickly. Before long, Yun Ge had brought it down to 50%, but it still had 200,000 HP left. The HP drop rate slowed down significantly after that, and it would take Yun Ge a long time to finish it off.
"Let's wait. I guess we'll just have to wait for Yun Ge to slowly kill this BOSS alone, but that's fine too—it's safe."
Just as Su Lei was relaxing, a system announcement flashed before everyone's eyes.
System Announcement: Warriors Li Shaopeng, Ma Mingteng, Wang Yilin, Li Cui, and Zhang Tianyu have successfully killed the Lizardman Leader Kosa!
"BOSS First Kill!"
Su Lei jumped up instantly: "This dungeon has been out for a few days, how is there still a First Kill?"
"Didn't the First Kill disappear the day it was released?"
"The one that was claimed as the First Kill that day was this Boarman Leader in front of us. The announcement just now was for the Lizardman Leader; maybe no one happened to roll that one these past few days."
"But wasn't Ma Mingteng in the dungeon with us? How are they clearing monsters faster than us?"
Su Lei looked at Yun Ge and Ye Zi, who were working hard to attack the monster. At this point, the Boarman Leader still had over 40% HP, and it was dropping very slowly.
"Look at their team leader's name—Li Shaopeng, it's that Astrologer!"
"An Astrologer..."
"No wonder!"
Su Lei quickly recalled the scene of Li Shaopeng soloing a BOSS. This time, he had even formed a team to enter the dungeon. Given Li Shaopeng's monstrous attack power, it was perfectly normal for them to kill the BOSS faster than a regular team.
"There truly is always someone better!"
"Our talents are good enough, but I didn't expect others to be even better."
"That's for sure. That's an SSS-rank talent. I guess the Betrayer has been constantly looking for trouble with Li Shaopeng these past few days, so he had no choice but to grind the dungeon."
"That makes sense. It's relatively safer inside the dungeon."
"It's a pity we don't have the luck to encounter other BOSSes. Even if Yun Ge kills the Boarman Leader, we won't get on the system announcement."
"It doesn't matter if we get on it or not."
Ma Sai stared at the Boarman BOSS, feeling that something wasn't right: "As long as the BOSS drops a piece of Silver equipment, I don't care about being on the system announcement."
Yun Ge continued to cast Mana Bombs. By now, the Boarman Leader's HP had dropped below 40%, but Yun Ge was thinking about the people who had just appeared on the system announcement.
Ma Mingteng and Wang Yilin—Yun Ge had teamed up with both of them when he first awakened and had added them as friends. However, after his own team was formed, he hadn't been in contact with them. He hadn't expected the two of them to be hanging out with Li Shaopeng now.
Li Shaopeng had an SSS-rank talent, which went without saying. Ma Mingteng could solo monsters, so he must have at least an A-rank talent. He just didn't know what talent Wang Yilin had to be noticed by Li Shaopeng.
As for the last two, Yun Ge didn't know them.
The Mana Bomb skill couldn't compare to Li Shaopeng's Wrath of the Stars yet. Wrath of the Stars didn't deal percentage-based damage. Since the dungeon level everyone was currently running wasn't high, Mana Bomb's damage became very low once the BOSS was at low HP.
"Perhaps when we reach a level 100 BOSS, Mana Bomb will truly be shocking..."
"Wait, the BOSS's eyes turned red!"
Ma Sai suddenly shouted, giving Su Lei a fright: "So what if they're red..."
Before Su Lei could finish, the Boarman Leader, with only 100,000 HP left, roared repeatedly. Its eyes were glowing red like searchlights, and its massive body had already jumped into the underground river!
"Damn, the BOSS can cross the river!"
Su Lei quickly ran to Ma Sai's side, while Ma Sai stared nervously at the BOSS: "Ye Zi, get ready to heal me. He Xin, cast damage reduction on me!"
It was a level 25 BOSS, and he didn't know how high its attack power was. Ma Sai didn't dare to take it lightly; with a body that big, the BOSS wouldn't take long to wade across the underground river!
"Don't worry, it's fine."
Yun Ge's calm voice sounded in Ma Sai's ear. Just as the BOSS was about to step onto the riverbank near Ma Sai, Yun Ge suddenly used Ground Shrinking Technique and teleported to the other side of the river!
"..."
"..."
Ma Sai and Su Lei were speechless. Ma Sai, who had been ready to take aggro, watched helplessly as the BOSS went back into the river to chase Yun Ge on the other side.
"Is it not very honorable for Yun Ge to do that?"
"What honor? Do you want the equipment or not?"
"I didn't expect this river could be used like this. The BOSS must be dumbfounded!"
"But this isn't a long-term solution. Yun Ge can't afford a single mistake."
"Don't worry, bro. My Shield of Truth is ready at any time!"
The crisis was averted. The three of them—Ma Sai, He Xin, and Su Lei—went back to having nothing to do. Ye Zi continued to hit the BOSS with Spirit Arrow, consuming the BOSS's HP together with Yun Ge.
A long time later.
"It's about time. The monster only has 10,000 HP left. Yun Ge, let it come over; I'll tank it!"