Chapter 18: Leader-level creature, Goblin Commander!

Hideous blood-red eyeballs, huge fangs.

Even hunched over, it was nearly three meters tall.

Holding a heavy sword taller than Li Yao, every step it took, the ground shook slightly.

Li Yao had seen this monster in his high school textbook.

Goblin Commander, the final leader of the hard dungeon.

Li Yao cast Appraisal on the opponent, and it was actually a string of question marks.

Appraisal could identify leader-level monsters no more than 5 levels above one's own; Li Yao was now level 11, meaning this monster's level was over 16!

The textbook clearly stated that the Goblin Commander was a level 15 leader creature.

Li Yao was secretly shocked—the Nightmare dungeon actually strengthened even the leader!

"Void Mantis."

With a whisper, the Void Mantis, hidden in the shadows, suddenly erupted. ===== CHAPTER 43 =====

[-3201]

[-5321]

[-2041]

Shadow-break, Taste of Fear, Void Spike—a combo hit the Commander.

After killing the goblins in the tribe, the Void Mantis's panel strength had reached 960.

With this kind of strength, even a Nightmare-level leader absolutely couldn't withstand it.

This was also Li Yao's confidence in facing the Nightmare head-on.

After a painful howl, the Goblin Commander raised its heavy sword and smashed it toward the Void Mantis.

However, the next second, the Void Mantis's body disappeared directly.

The Goblin Commander had high intelligence; it only froze for a second before shifting its attention to Li Yao.

A terrifying sense of oppression swept over his whole body.

The next second, as if teleporting, the Commander had already appeared before Li Yao.

The heavy sword slashed down.

Although he knew he wouldn't be hurt, this sharp edge that felt like falling into a cold cellar made Li Yao's hair stand on end.

"Boom!"

The ground where Li Yao stood was smashed into a deep pit by this sword.

Looking at Li Yao, who was unscathed, the Commander seemed unwilling to believe it and slashed wildly with the heavy sword.

At this time,

the Void Mantis had already crept over.

[-6921 (Weakness Attack)]

[- (Weakness Attack)]

Because the Commander's attention was entirely on Li Yao, the Void Mantis's two attacks were both weakness attacks.

Sharp claws left two deep, bone-visible wounds on the Commander's chest and left shoulder.

Li Yao looked at the HP bar over the opponent's head and calculated that the Commander's HP was around 60,000.

This kind of data could no longer be described as terrifying.

If it were an ordinary professional at the level 15 stage, their strength would be 200 at most.

Counting the Commander's own defense, whether that strength could even break defense was another matter.

With 60,000 HP, the Commander could stand still and take damage for over half an hour.

"Move!"

Li Yao shouted sharply.

The Void Mantis barely dodged the Commander's sword.

Now that the Stealth skill was still on cooldown, he could only rely on holding out.

However, the Commander's next sword followed immediately, and it looked like it was about to slash the Void Mantis.

"Predator!"

Li Yao roared.

The Predator's figure blocked the path between the Void Mantis and the Commander, taking the sword blow solidly.

[-474]

"Strength should be over 400; if it doesn't use skills, the Predator can hold out for a while."

Li Yao's brain worked at high speed.

However, the next second,

a slash containing brilliance suddenly appeared and slashed straight at the Predator.

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The Predator's HP was only 4000.

With these two hits, the Predator's HP bar was left with only one-third!

Its entire insect body was swept away by the slash and hit a tree in the distance, looking quite disheveled.

However, there was no worry on Li Yao's face.

Everything was within expectations!

Li Yao quickly gave the order.

"Use Rupture."

The earth shattered, and countless giant rocks soared into the sky.

The damage was negligible, but the slow effect was quite significant.

The slow duration lasted for five seconds, enough for the Void Mantis to kite the Commander until the Stealth cooldown ended.

At this point, the battle had no suspense.

The Void Mantis's claws left several marks on the Commander.

The slowed Commander couldn't touch the Void Mantis at all!

Just as the slow ended, the Void Mantis immediately retreated into the shadows again.

This time, the Void Mantis didn't wait.

[-7201 (Weakness Attack)]

[- (Weakness Attack)]

The Commander, covered in countless wounds, swung a sword in despair.

[-371]

"Sure enough, reality isn't a game; the strength exerted in a near-death state is far inferior to the peak period, and it can't even use skills."

Li Yao looked at the miserable Commander with no expression on his face.

"Predator, it's your turn."

The Void Predator had been waiting on the side for a long time.

Huge mouthparts bit straight into the Commander's body.

[-1557]

The Evolved Devour skill dealt true damage equal to 35% of its own HP, ignoring any defense attributes.

Very quickly,

as the sound of chewing meat faded,

the Void Predator's body grew visibly larger.

A gold treasure chest also appeared before Li Yao.

[Over-level kill of leader-level creature, Goblin Commander, Experience +61%]

[Void Predator completed Evolved Devour, gained 6600 maximum HP]

[Obtained Nightmare-level first-kill exclusive drop, Dull Heavy Sword (Gold)]

"There's actually a first-kill drop?"

Li Yao was somewhat surprised.

The previous teams that raided the Nightmare difficulty hadn't even killed the small boss at the beginning of the dungeon?

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But thinking about it, it made sense.

60,000 HP, over 400 strength, plus decent combat intelligence—

at the first-turn stage, Li Yao couldn't imagine what kind of 5-person team could kill such a monster.

Perhaps a team composed of five S-rank professionals would have a chance to complete the raid?

Putting aside the wild thoughts in his brain, Li Yao sat on the ground and began to count the loot.

"Dull Heavy Sword, sounds like a warrior-class weapon, I can't use it, but I can take it to exchange for a skill book."

Li Yao stored the Dull Heavy Sword in his storage ring.

Unless extremely short of money, no one would sell gold-tier gear for money; most were bartered to exchange for items they could use.

Subsequently,

Li Yao looked at the treasure chest glowing with golden light.

He rubbed his hands and opened it without hesitation! ===== CHAPTER 44 =====