MMORPG: Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian - Chapter 813

Chapter 813

After all of the equipment was distributed, all was left to give out were random ETC items including [Skill Point Crystal], [Advance Aura Stone], a few [Level 8 Gemstone], and a few skill books .

Zhang Yang did not participate in the roll for the [Skill Point Crystals] and the [Aura Stone] for he already had more than enough .

"Hue . . ? What's this [Aura Skill Book]?" said Wei Yan Er as she picked up a red leather-bound book .

[Skill Book: Burning Aura]

Use: Teaches you the skill {Burning Aura} .

Class Requirement: NIL

Level Requirement: 200

"It's an aura book . Dimwit!" Zhang Yang pinched Wei Yan Er's cheek and said, "Alright, those with their aura skills maxed out are forbidden from rolling for this . Please allow your juniors to have a chance . "

Everyone else rolled for the skill book and it was won over by Lost Dream . Even though he was part of the main party, he had not invested a single skill point in his aura skill, even though it would not stack with Sun Xin Yu's .

[Burning Aura] (Level 1): Unleashes an aura 30 meters around the user to deal 10,500 Fire damage every 10 seconds . (Damage will increase with both Skill Level and Player's Level) . Player can only have one Aura skill active .

There were more than enough Aura Stones of all tiers for Lost Dream to use . Plus, the few [Advanced Aura Stone] that were dropped by the boss were all given to Lost Dream to pump his Aura skill up . Lost Dream went back to town and had his skill maxed out before posting the skill to the party channel .

[Burning Aura] (Level 10): Unleashes an aura 30 meters around the user to deal 105,000 Fire damage every 10 seconds . (Damage will increase with both Skill Level and Player's Level) . Player can only have one Aura skill active .

Unlike {Vitality Aura} or {Strength Aura}, Lost Dream's {Burning Aura} was not a party boosting aura effect . It was an offensive aura which could increase his overall DPS by 10,000 . Naturally, the intensity of the skill will be enhanced if Lost Dream is in the middle of a swarm of monsters . That being said, he will also be the first target to be eliminated in a GvG war .

"Wuuuhuuu…I want that aura as well!" said Wei Yan Er after knowing its prowess in a fight with multiple targets .

Zhang Yang came over to her and made a pinching hand gesture to scare her . "Rather than standing in the middle and doing nothing, you'd be better off using your stronger {Strength Aura}!"

Wei Yan Er's {Strength Aura} increases all allies' Strength attribute by 20% . For Physical attack class, that was a boost of 10% DPS or more, even . The more allies she has around her, the stronger the effect would be, in terms of overall DPS . {Burning Aura} was different, rather than surrounding yourself with allies, {Burning Aura}'s effect will only stand out if Lost Dream surrounds himself with enemies . Both auras were strong and their own way and in different circumstances .

After Zhang Yang collected the quest item [Fire Essence Pearl], he led everyone to the next objective . There were no breaks in-between . The entire party rode down the volcanic mountain and headed next to the neighbor snowy mountain . They had only taken less than an hour to reach their destination, for they were lucky enough to not encounter any monsters during the journey .

'Ding! You have received the effect of {Frostbite Aura}!'

Once they left the foothill of the fiery mountain and stepped onto the first pile of snow, the {Burning Aura} on them disappeared and was replaced with another DoT effect .

[Frostbite Aura]: Receive 50,000 Frost damage every 3 seconds .

At that point, the prowess of the two Phoenixes had dropped exponentially . Due to the elemental conflict, they received additional damage . Zhang Yang and Fatty Han hopped onto the mounts to help reduce the load on the healers . After advancing for a bit, they encountered the first of the snowy monsters .

As expected, it was a snowman . Or rather, a huge monkey-like monster with thick white fur that stood on its hind legs like a gorilla . It looked rather cute when it moved around, exposing its belly whilst scratching its head with a massive hand . However, when it picked up a long spear of ice on the ground, its cuteness was immediately shattered .

[Guardian Snowman] (Elite, Elemental Being)

Level: 230

HP: 115,000,000

Defense: 14,270

Magic Attack: 66,112 – 86,112

Skills:

[Frost Arrow]: Launches a long arrow made of pure ice and deals 200% Magic Frost damage to a target . Slows targets for 50% movement speed . Last for 5 seconds . Casting: 2 seconds .

Note: The Guardian Snowmen are the creation of the Ice Lord Antoine . They were created to patrol and to secure his domains .

Similar to the previous fire monsters, the Guardian Snowman were all walking in a group of 8 . However, since they were all magic type monsters, they would start chanting their spells from a great distance and launch 8 long ice arrows, or rather spears towards the party .

Luckily, monster count was only 8 at a time . If the number were to increase to 12, one single wave of attack would immediately kill players with lower tier equipment like Cheng Xue Yao .

Zhang Yang, Endless Starlight, and Ten Dusk took the lead, each taking on a few monsters to their limit . Zhang Yang went ahead and kited four to allow the other two tanks to have a better time at tanking . With his current Defensive ability, each attack will deal around 80,000, 4 of them would be 320,000 damage . Although the DPS of the monster attacking Zhang Yang was around 160,000, it was a number which Han Ying Xue could heal easily .

As per the rules of gaming, magic type monsters or players will naturally have lower defense and HP as to compensate their powerful destructive attack . Unfortunately, the monsters were all Elite tier, hence, both their attack and defense were high enough to create a problem! They were as tanky as a physical attack monster!

Still, Zhang Yang's party was the anomaly among all parties in the world . In a few seconds, the entire group of 8 Guardian Snowman were all reduced to a pile of lifeless snow .  

"Aww Yis! There are set equipment!" cried Wei Yan Er as she picked up a long, translucent, one-piece dress .

[Ice Weaver Long Dress] (Ethereal, Cloth Armor)

Defense: +64

Vitality +10224

Intelligence: +3360

Spirit: +1490

{Level 8 Socket 1}

{Level 8 Socket 2}

Equip: Increases maximum MP by 6,720 .

Equip: Increases damage dealt and healing rate by 8% .

Equip: Reduces 10% Frost type damage .

Level Requirement: 230

Special: Level Requirement reduced by 30 Levels .

Ice Weaver Set Equipment (1/3): Ice Weaver Long Dress, {Ice Weaver Gloves}, {Ice Weaver Sandals} .

Three Set Effect: Reduces 20% Frost damage .

"Hmm . If each of the set equipment has a 10% Frost attack reduction, the total Frost Reduction gained from equipping all three sets will be 50% . " Said Daffodil Daydream .

"Since the boss will undoubtedly use Frost Attacks, we should gather a few more sets to reduce the attack of the boss," said Hundred Shots .

"It's a wise move . Even though they are only Ethereal tier equipment, three of them would not reduce our overall attack by much . "

Zhang Yang nodded and "dumped" the dress to Han Ying Xue . All Cloth Armor will be handed to her in the future while Leather Armor will be taken care by Hundred Shots . All Heavy Armor will be in his hands . If the boss does have too high of a damage, they might actually need the set equipment to survive .

 The party continued through the thick snow mountain . They managed to haul more of those sets after a few encounters with many groups of Snowmen . Although the drop rate was not too good, they would not have trouble farming more of them, since the snowy mountain was just too huge . There are bound to be more Snowman groups patrolling around . The problem was that the monsters used magic attacks . Zhang Yang nor the other tanks dared to kite too many at a time . At most, Zhang Yang would take 5 while Endless Starlight took 3, and Ten Dusk took 2 .

As such, the hiking speed was extremely slow . The party had taken more than 20 days to find their way to the peak of the snowy mountain and find the boss, the Frost Lord, Antoine .

Despite being a boss, it was only a 30 meter tall, larger Snowman . Somehow, due to is nature as a Snowman, its massive building-like size was a little cute . The boss was wielding a long white magic staff instead of the snow spears .

[Antoine, the Frost Lord] (Ascended, Elemental Being)

Level: 240

HP: 12,000,000,000

Defense: 37,330

Magic Attack: 210,392 – 270,392

Skills:

[Cold to the Bone]: Deals 300,000 Frost Damage every 3 seconds to a target . Inflicts 100% bonus damage to targets that is frozen . Reduces 10% movement speed every second . When a target's movement speed reaches 0, the target will be frozen in place, and cannot engage in any action .

[Fire Beacon]: Randomly inflicts 100,000 Fire damage every 3 seconds to a random target . Lasts for 15 seconds . [Fire Beacon] will dispel the effect of [Cold of the Bone] Frozen effect . Targets that are released from Frozen effect by this skill will gain an effect of [Beacon's Radiance], dispelling all targets that are Frozen within 20 meters .

[Frost Arrow]: Deals 200% Magic Frost damage to a target . Gains 100% Critical strike rate whenever used against Frozen targets . Casting: 2 seconds .

Note: The King of Ice, Snow, and Frost . Birth from the Ice Essence Pearl after absorbing all the essence from the Water Elementals on the mountain .

"Huh . That's surprising . The boss does not have any recovery skill! We can kill it easily!"

"Don't be too happy just yet . Pay attention to the skill {Cold to the Bone} . Damage aside, the slow effect and the Frozen effect will kill us all!"

"True . The only way of dispelling the frozen effect is the {Fire Beacon} . That would put a lot of pressure on the healers and the DPS of the entire party! If the boss does have any recovery skill . We're be popsicles for the Snowman!"

"Don't forget that after Frozen, the boss will deal more damage to us! I don't think players can be healed during a Frozen effect . Unless the boss decides to use {Fire Beacon} we will be ice cubes instead of popsicles!"

"Correct . The main point of this fight is to rely on the player that receives the {Fire Beacon} to rescue the rest of the teammates that are Frozen . Accessories, skills and status removal skills, will not be enough to save our butt!"

Zhang Yang nodded at the party's serious discussion and praised them for the effort . He then formulated a plan and a formation to allow for maximum coverage of the {Fire Beacon} .

Since the boss did not have any recovery skills, there was no need to prioritize on DPS . Instead, this match called for survivability instead . Frozen effect will only allow the boss to kill the party faster and easier . Although it cannot instantly kill a player in a Transformed state, it will still be a massive pain in the butt in terms of attacking . Everyone in the vicinity will be frozen after 10 seconds! In fact, after being freed again, they will only have a 10-second attacking window before they will be frozen again . In terms of defeating the boss, they might not stand a chance if something goes horribly wrong .