The injured goblin finally came to its senses, raised its Spiked Wooden Club, and brought it crashing down on Xia Miao.
Thud!
Block!
Reflective Damage -344!
“Waaah!” The goblin cried out in pain and swung its club down again.
Block!
Reflective damage -326!
These goblins had already lost a third of their Health to the Charged Arrows and Fireballs. After taking two more hits from Reflective Damage, one goblin sent itself to its death.
Xia Miao then went on to lure the next goblin.
The scene was not eye-catching. These goblins had already endured a round of attacks, so they might not have had much Health left. Getting the last hit was normal.
However, Hua Luo Hongchen, who had been watching her the entire time, keenly noticed the two words “block” appear above Xia Miao’s head.
As far as she remembered, there did not seem to be any block-type skills among the knight’s level 10 and level 15 skills.
Although this goblin’s Attack was not high, it was still a level 15 monster. Its attacks could deal 150 to 160 damage to the Imperial Guards, yet Xia Miao could block them completely?
Hua Luo Hongchen fell into deep thought.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard, Handsome Hua Manlou, and Nangong Wen swiftly slaughtered the remaining goblins.
Throughout the battle, Xia Miao did not even encounter a second monster.
Along with some materials and coins, the goblins dropped a rare piece of finished Equipment.
【Worn spiked wooden club】: Level 10, Strength +3, stamina +1, Speed +1.
Description: A goblin weapon. It seems damaged, but still possesses considerable power.
Monster-dropped finished Equipment has slightly higher Attributes than Equipment players craft in the Main City, but the difference is small.
The two extra Attribute points were decent. A Semi-DPS Knight could use this Equipment, but neither the Imperial Guards nor Xia Miao fit that type, so they put it away for now.
The party then made preparations and continued forward.
Although no one commented on the previous Battle, everyone except Hua Luo Hongchen seemed to view Xia Miao with a trace of dissatisfaction or disdain. They had failed to notice anything special about her.
After all, this was not an ordinary activity of farming Normal Monsters in a Leveling Area, where bringing along a leech who did nothing would not matter.
This was a dungeon, and the first dungeon in the game at that.
Doing nothing in a place like this was going a little too far.
The Imperial Guards had tanked several goblins’ focused attacks alone. Without Hua Luo Hongchen’s timely Healing Spell and his other teammates’ finishing attacks, he could not have withstood more than a few blows.
After all, his level 10 Skill was the control-oriented “Blunt Strike,” not the more defensive “Holy Shield.”
However, Hua Luo Hongchen had said nothing, so they remained silent.
Perhaps the previous goblin kills had drawn the attention of other monsters. Before long, the group encountered a tall Elite Monster.
No, to be precise, they had not encountered it. The Elite Monster seemed to have come looking for them.
This monster stood over two meters tall, with thick, knotted muscles. Hardened keratin covered its gray skin, and it gripped a huge Spiked Bone Club.
Elite goblin
Level: 20
Health: 1950
Description: A goblin mutated under the influence of an evil aura. Its strength has increased severalfold!
Unlike Normal Monsters, which still set traps and the like, the Elite Goblin relied on its size. It hefted its Bone Club and smashed it down at the group.
Although there was only one elite goblin, the threat it posed was in no way lower than that of the previous goblins.
After all, Elite Monster Attributes received a tremendous stat improvement, and their short-term burst damage could exceed that of several goblins.
The Imperial Guards did not dare lower his guard and charged forward to withstand the Elite Goblin’s attacks.
Bang!
The immense force struck the Imperial Guards so hard that he could barely straighten his back. A terrifying -512 damage figure appeared above his head.
It should be known that the imperial guards currently used a full constitution build, yet his health was still under 2,000. That single blow had directly taken away nearly a third of his health.
Hua Luo Hongchen’s Healing Spell restored 160 Health to the Imperial Guards, but it was a drop in the bucket. He could not withstand the Elite Goblin alone for long.
“Snail, give him a hand.” Hua Luo Hongchen issued an order.
“Wood Golem!” The Spirit-Calling Snail waved her magic staff and pointed into the distance. Strands of vines burst from the ground and wrapped around the elite goblin’s legs.
A Treant took shape and briefly obstructed the Elite Goblin’s assault.
The Elite Goblin cried out and swept its Bone Club sideways. The blow smashed the newly formed Treant to pieces before it could do anything.
“Th-this monster’s damage is too high!” the Spirit-Calling Snail said timidly.
Nangong Wen and Handsome Hua Manlou’s attacks arrived. Flames and arrows hammered into the elite goblin.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard’s figure had silently appeared behind the elite goblin at some point. He drove his dagger viciously into the elite goblin’s kidney, then two flashes of cold steel swept across its throat, followed by a backhanded slash across its back.
Basic attack + the Assassin’s level 15 Skill “Combo” + basic attack—the Embroidered Uniform Guard completed the entire Combo in an instant.
Unfortunately, the Elite Goblin had tough hide and thick flesh. Even focusing all their attacks on it, they could take away less than a third of its Health.
The Elite Goblin roared in fury, gripped the Bone Club with both hands, and brought it down on the Imperial Guards.
The imperial guards’ gaze was resolute. Seizing the moment, he also brought his cross sword down hard.
Blunt strike!
He chose Blunt Strike over the more defensive Holy Shield because its control effect could interrupt a monster’s Skill at a crucial moment.
More than half the Knights who followed the Main Tank path chose Blunt Strike. It could play an important role at a critical moment.
The “charge” skill was the first choice for knights following a Damage-Output Build.
“Holy Shield” had its merits, but it still fell slightly short of “Blunt Strike.”
Clang!
The Imperial Guards’ Cross Sword crashed into the Elite Goblin.
Unexpectedly, the Elite Goblin kept moving. Four words appeared above its head—Status Immunity!
The Elite Goblin’s Skill could actually make it immune to Blunt Strike’s Stun effect!
This was bad!
The Bone Club grew rapidly larger in the Imperial Guards’ pupils.
Bang!
The immense force slammed into the Imperial Guards. He felt as if a train had hit him head-on, and he lost his balance and went flying.
-999!
Have you ever seen a single blow deal 999 damage?
That strike took nearly 1,000 Health from the Imperial Guards!
After landing, the Imperial Guards had only a sliver of Health left. Another attack would kill him, and this one carried a Stun effect.
This was bad!
Everyone was shocked. If the party lost its only Main Tank, the Dungeon would be a failure.
A party without a main tank could not continue.
“Xia Miao! Hold it off!”
Seeing this, Nangong Wen shouted anxiously from the rear of the party.
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