Chapter 65: Death Waits in That Moment of Slight Laxity

【Desire lv1: Attack +1, Spell Strength +1. When you cast a skill, there is a probability of increasing the value of the skill cast.】

【Each battle (including when it ends), you may roll a Dice to randomly increase the effect of the next skill cast or increase the loot harvest.】

【You have gained the trait 【Charming Temptation】】

【Your every move will more easily trigger the desires of others, regardless of whether this is good or bad.】

【You have committed a Profane act. According to the effect of your trait 【Fallen】, you have gained a large amount of experience points!】

【Congratulations on leveling up! Your current level is: lv10】

【Your Defense +1, Tenacity +1, Critical Hit +1%.】

【You have reached the current rank cap. You must complete a breakthrough quest to continue leveling up!】

【Experience points have been stored.】

【Breakthrough Quest: Qualify for a Second Rank profession.】

"Damn it, I wasn't careful..." Yun Mu covered her cheeks with both hands and secretly glanced at the position of the statue.

As expected of a deity, it influenced her actions with ease. That's right, it was just like that; it had nothing to do with her!

After calming her mood for quite a while, she stood up from the ground, then looked at the statue before her with a complex expression, especially at the puddle of water on its legs.

"Slap!"

Covering her cheeks with her hands once more, after confirming there were no game prompt options, she ran away from there as if fleeing.

Just as she walked out of the ruined building Gate, Yun Mu ran head-on into a Bone-Chopping Priest, as well as another figure, whose appearance was the exact opposite of the thin Bone-Chopping Priest, covered from head to toe in fat.

That was a man with a crimson body, draped in a tattered leather armor that could not be closed at all due to his excessive obesity, plus a pair of pale-white lantern trousers.

He held a massive spiked shield, and a hideous War Hammer emitting a cold light hung from his waist by an iron chain.

The moment they saw Yun Mu, they made combat movements.

【You have encountered enemies—【Demon Guard lv14 (Elite)】【Bone-Chopping Priest lv12 (Elite)】】

【Demon Guard lv14 (Elite)】

Race: Bloodline

Maximum HP: 35

Attack 18, Spell Strength 6, Defense 10, Tenacity 4, Dodge 18, Speed 11, Precision Correction 10, Critical Hit 8%

Traits: Scarlet Curse, Tenacious (Will not die after receiving fatal damage and immediately enters an action turn; can only be triggered once per battle.)

Skills: Shield Bash, Hammer Swing, Chain Throw, Guard.】

The Bone-Chopping Priest's speed is 13, the Demon Guard's speed is only 11, and Yun Mu's speed is 16, so she acts first in the first round.

Yun Mu calculated slightly; even though the Demon Guard's HP was much higher than the Bone-Chopping Priest's and he had a full ten points of Defense, he could not withstand a single Mental Shock from her at all.

The only problem is that the opponent's trait can force a health lock.

Should she intentionally get attacked to scout the enemy's skills, or use the area damage of 【Sunset】 to kill the Bone-Chopping Priest and force out the Demon Guard's trait?

"Forget it, let's test him out."

Using Mental Shock can also increase skill levels. In the current environment with high fault tolerance, it is better to improve her own strength more.

【Mental Shock!】

【-41!】

The Demon Guard's health bar was instantly emptied, yet he did not fall, ultimately locking at one point of health.

Subsequently, he fiercely raised his shield high, blocking in front of the Bone-Chopping Priest.

【Guard】

【Support/Single Target】

【Range 4】

【Force 【Guard】 target/Self Defense +80%】

【Guard: When an enemy attacks the 【Guard】ed target, the attack is forcibly transferred to the 【Guard】er; cannot block area attacks.】

Yun Mu saw that after the Demon Guard released the skill 【Guard】, his Defense instantly soared to 18 points!

Even her Mental Shock could not knock him from full health to health-lock in one hit!

"It's a good thing my speed is fast enough to strike first." Seeing this scene, Yun Mu felt somewhat relieved in her heart.

Otherwise, if she let this guy release a Guard skill first, it would really be unplayable.

Just as she was thinking this, the Bone-Chopping Priest standing behind the Demon Guard suddenly pulled a dagger from his bosom and stabbed it fiercely into his own neck.

【Self-Sacrifice】

【Support/Single Target】

【Range 4】

【Self -100% HP/Restore target's HP by 100%/Make target immediately act once】

The Bone-Chopping Priest's health bar was instantly emptied, then he tilted his head back and fell to the ground, his body turning into flying ash and dissipating.

Yun Mu looked at the scene before her and suddenly felt something was wrong, yet she had no way to stop it, only able to watch helplessly as the Demon Guard let out a Roar and charged toward her with heavy steps!

She saw the Demon Guard raise his spiked shield, and with one strike, he slammed fiercely into her body!

【Shield Bash】

【Melee/Single Target Damage/Attack】

【Range 3】

【Base Precision 95/Damage Correction +20%/Stun 80%】

【Stun: Unable to act for one turn.】

【-11!】

【Stun!】

"Holy crap, don't!"

Her prediction was indeed correct; Yun Mu looked at the word 【Stun】 popping up above her head and was instantly terrified—she only had 12 HP left now!

When 【Stun】ned, she was unable to act and couldn't even drink a potion; Yun Mu could only watch as the Evil Ghost Guard raised the War Hammer in its hand and brought it crashing down toward her head!

【Hammer Swing】

【Melee/Single-Target Damage/Attack Power】

【Range 2】

【Base Precision 105/Damage Correction +40%/Bone Shatter 20%】

【Bone Shatter: Aside from Spell Strength and Critical Hit, all attributes -15%.】

【Dodge!】

At the critical moment, Yun Mu's Dodge, which reached a full 34 points after including her equipment, finally played its part, helping her evade this lethal hammer strike!

"Whew, that was close!"

Looking at the War Hammer that had smashed down beside her, Yun Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

If she weren't still in combat and her body in a state of auto-pilot, she feared she would have already collapsed to the ground.

It was just by a hair; if she hadn't succeeded in the Dodge...

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shiver.

In this Dungeon, one truly cannot be careless for even a second; the skills of these monsters are interconnected, and as long as they are used in combination, they create an effect where 1+1 > 2.

This time she was lucky, but next time might not be the same.

She cannot be careless again.

She thought.

Yun Mu somewhat frantically took out the Blood Brewing Bottle; after entering the Dungeon, the number of uses for the Blood Brewing Bottle had refreshed.

"Wait, maybe I can use the skill Bite to recover some HP first."

After taking out the Blood Brewing Bottle, she suddenly thought.

【Bite lv1】

【Melee/Single-Target Damage/Attack Power】

【Range 1】

【Base Precision 80/Damage Correction +20%/Life Steal 20%】

Her current Precision Correction is 35, the skill 【Bite】's base precision is 80, and the Evil Ghost Guard's Dodge is 18.

After some addition and subtraction, her hit probability is 97%.

And 【Bite】's life steal effect is 20%; her current HP is below half, so the effect of the Path 【Scarlet】 will also double.

That is to say, her current attack power is 16 + 5 from equipment + 20 from Path = 41 points!

Forty-one points of attack power, plus a 20% damage correction and the trait 【Fallen】 adding 15% damage against the same kind, that is...

PS: After encountering combat, the order of names in the game prompt is the monsters' positions, while the left side is defaulted to the protagonist's team.

Support-type skills are skills that can only be cast on teammates; the specific effects depend on the specific skill.

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The previous chapter was banned by the review system, but it has now been released.

However, the comments from my Partners were all swallowed, boo hoo hoo.

(End of chapter)