Chapter 69: People Like Lei Ren Are Street Rats Everyone Wants to Beat

In such a difficult Trial, they never expected they could reach the palace gate so quickly.

Their eyes were also full of anticipation as the palace gate of the Mermaid Queen opened.

An unusual aura swept out.

Azure light enveloped the space.

Accompanying the light appeared the Mermaid Queen.

Noble, elegant, beautiful.

Although she does not belong to the Human Race, it does not hinder everyone's appreciation of beauty.

"So beautiful."

Lin Caier's eyes were covered with a mist, her pupils losing focus.

She unintentionally walked toward the Mermaid Queen.

Jiang Chen grabbed her and pulled her back.

Not only Lin Caier, Fang Hongxiu was also affected.

Jiang Chen, Liu Cui, and Zhang Yang remained in a normal state.

Liu Cui exclaimed, "It's a Confusion Technique."

She quickly released a Skill, and several rays of light fell on everyone.

Skill: Clarity!

Lin Caier snapped awake, "What happened to me?"

Fang Hongxiu also shivered all over, her pupils refocusing, "What's going on?"

Liu Cui looked at the Mermaid Queen, "The Mermaid Queen has an innate Confusion Technique; you and Cai Er were affected, I used the Clarity Skill to dispel the Confusion Technique."

Jiang Chen, Zhang Yang, and Liu Cui have higher Spiritual Power, so the Mermaid Queen's innate Confusion Technique did not affect them.

Lin Caier felt a lingering fear, repeatedly patting her chest, "How scary."

Fang Hongxiu took a deep breath, "After all, it's a BOSS; having some special abilities is normal."

She has experienced many Instances; although those Instances were low-level with modest Difficulty, some BOSSes indeed possess special Skills.

They're hard to guard against; this time she almost fell for it.

Mermaid Queen

She glanced at the slain Mermaid Elite Soldiers, her gaze landing on the Skeleton Warrior.

She suddenly let out a Scream.

The seemingly beautiful Mermaid Queen's Scream was unbearably shrill.

Several of them, feeling discomfort, covered their ears.

The Mermaid Queen's Scream raised rolling waves, and fierce winds churned.

The many corpses on the ground were instantly blown apart, scattering in all directions.

Jiang Chen's gaze tightened slightly; originally he had planned to wait for the Mermaid Queen to approach and then directly use the Corpse Explosion Technique to detonate everything.

He didn't expect it to first blow the corpses apart.

The Skeleton Warrior, braving the gale, charged forward.

Facing a Mermaid Queen at least five meters tall, the Skeleton Warrior seemed so tiny.

The Skeleton Warriors appeared unable to withstand a hit, yet the gale raised by the Mermaid Queen could not topple the Skeleton Warriors.

As the Skeleton Warriors deployed, Detection Technique followed.

"Mermaid Queen (Leader-level Monster)"

"Level: 24"

"Strength: 5000"

"Agility: 6000"

"Spirit: 5000"

"Constitution: 6000"

"Skill: Terrifying Scream, Massive Wave Surge, Queen's Cry"

The Mermaid Queen's attributes are extremely high; in Agility and Constitution she already surpasses the Skeleton Warrior.

Her Strength and Spirit attributes are also quite close to the Skeleton Warrior's.

After all, she is a Level 24 Instance B0SS, a Leader-level Monster.

The Skeleton Warrior is only Level 17, a full 7 levels lower than her.

Fang Hongxiu looked at the Mermaid Queen's attributes and was equally shocked.

She swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Compared to other Instances, the Mermaid Queen's attributes are higher."

"If using the normal strategy, eliminating it would take at least an hour."

The normal strategy Fang Hongxiu referred to assumes the team's output is

complete.

A six-person party: one Knight, two supports, three damage dealers.

This way they can slowly grind the Instance BOSS to death. But now…

She cannot at all estimate what will happen next.

Jiang Chen's presence completely shattered her prior understanding.

Jiang Chen's previous series of actions, seen with her eyes, were truly shocking, even beyond comprehension.

Between professions, can the gap really be

She couldn't understand.

Twenty Skeleton Warriors were launching a fierce assault around the Mermaid Queen.

The Mermaid Queen grasped a massive trident, sweeping continuously.

Each time a Skeleton Warrior was repelled, it would get up again and continue the attack.

Jiang Chen could feel the Skeleton Warriors being wounded by the Mermaid Queen's attacks.

The Mermaid Queen's strength attribute reached 5000, sufficient to damage the Skeleton Warriors.

Moreover, the Mermaid Queen's constitution attribute was as high as 6000, greatly reducing the damage the Skeleton Warriors could inflict on her.

The Skeleton Warriors' siege on the Mermaid Queen gave the illusion of a wolf pack attacking a lion.

From this perspective, whether twenty Skeleton Warriors could take down the Mermaid Queen is uncertain.

After several rounds of attacks, some Skeleton Warriors' bones and flesh cracked.

A clack‑clack sound echoed, and Fang Hongxiu and the others felt uneasy, sweating nervously for Jiang Chen.

Injured, the Skeleton Warriors' movements began to slow.

Fang Hongxiu noticed this.

"Zhang Yang, give us a status boost, be ready for battle."

She planned to strike when the Skeleton Warriors could no longer hold on.

Jiang Chen whispered, "No need."

A faint light shimmered on his palm.

A Red Giant Net descended from the heavens.

Skill: Slow Curse

Curse!

The Mermaid Queen's head was enveloped by Red Shackles, slowing her speed by half.

Combat power was sharply reduced.

It sensed the Curse, its body glowed, and it screamed again.

Skill: Raging Wave!

Azure light illuminated the space, a towering wave surged, instantly scattering all Skeleton Warriors.

As the wave rose skyward, it lifted the Skeleton Warriors into the heavens.

The Skeleton Warriors spun continuously in the wave, torn by the massive force.

Within the wave, several Skeleton Warriors were seriously injured.

Bones snapped apart.

Jiang Chen immediately gathered them up.

Fang Hongxiu tightened her sword and shield, feeling she should go in herself soon.

The skill ended, the wave vanished, and the Skeleton Warriors fell from the sky.

At that moment, Jiang Chen tapped his finger.

A howling dark wind, and before his eyes a black, oppressive expanse.

He released the remaining 88 Skeleton Warriors.

The Skeleton Warriors, upon appearing, rushed toward the Mermaid Queen like lightning.

"So many."

"How could there be so many summoned entities?"

"It's terrifying."

Only then did they realize Jiang Chen hadn't released all the summoned entities.

Only a portion had been released.

Fang Hongxiu even thought that if Jiang Chen were willing, he could easily eliminate those mermaid monsters blocking the ascent.

A few of those massive explosions would be enough.

Nearly a hundred Skeleton Warriors launched a siege on the Mermaid Queen.

In the blink of an eye, the Skeleton Warriors had crawled all over the Mermaid Queen's body.

At this moment, describing it as "covered in hulks" is also very fitting.

One by one they activated skills, blades and axes continuously striking the Mermaid Queen.

The Mermaid Queen's skin tore, flesh exposed, and she screamed incessantly.

The trident in her hand whirled wildly, her whole

also kept thrashing uncontrollably.

Under the Slow Curse's influence, its speed halved, unable to shake off the Skeleton Warriors.

Suddenly, a crying sound pierced the ears.

Skill: Queen's Cry!

The Mermaid Queen used the skill.

Amid the crying, Fang Hongxiu and Lin Caier were both affected.

Their pupils lost focus again.

Liu Cui hurriedly used the Awakening Skill.

But this time the Awakening Skill had no effect.

"No, my level is too low; the Awakening Skill can't counter the BOSS's skill!"

Jiang Chen whispered, "It's fine."

As long as he isn't affected, it's fine.

He grabs Lin Caier'er to keep her from going forward, while Liu Cui grabs Fang Hongxiu.

Jiang Chen's spirit is high enough, so he is not affected.

The Skeleton Warrior is not affected at all.

They have no emotions, no sense of pain, and no fear.

Being sentimental is even more impossible.

The Skeleton Warrior's great blade never stopped for even a second.

Clang—clank— sounds kept striking the Mermaid Queen's body.

The queen's skill is ineffective, and she attacks again with a trident.

When its skill ends, Lin Caier'er and Fang Hongxiu also recover.

Both of them have a look of lingering fear on their faces.

The skill is too terrifying; the two have no power to resist.

Azure light bursts again, and massive waves surge forward.

The wave lifts some Skeleton Warriors, but another portion clings tightly to the Mermaid Queen without letting go.

The other hand holds a pair of swords, continuously attacking.

This time, the wave's effect isn't very good.

The battle lasted a full three minutes.

The Mermaid Queen finally collapses to the ground with a final wail.

"Kill Mermaid Queen, Experience +26700"

"Obtained Silver-level Weapon: Mermaid Queen's Long Sword"

"Obtained Silver-level Weapon:

Mermaid Queen's Staff"

"Obtained Mermaid's Tear ×1"

"Mermaid Queen's Long Sword: Silver-level, Strength +50, Constitution +50, Warrior skill damage increased 10%, usable after level 20"

"Mermaid Queen's Staff: Silver-level, Spirit +50, Constitution +50, Mage skill damage increased 10%, usable after level 20"

Seeing the notification, Fang Hongxiu clenches her fist excitedly.

Besides the Mermaid's Tear, they also obtained two Silver-level weapons.

Their attributes are far better than Bronze-grade weapons.

A 10% skill damage bonus can greatly boost the combat power of all classes.

Lin Caier'er jumps up happily: "yeah! Trial Mission completed."

"We're one step closer to the Dragon Clan Academy."

Fang Hongxiu laughs: "As long as we finish a few more trial missions and raise our level a bit, we can definitely enter the Dragon Clan Academy."

"This time we owe it to Jiang Chen; without him we probably wouldn't have completed the trial."

Liu Cui whispers: "Yeah, the worst is that Lei Ren fellow."

"Don't mention that guy; people like him will never be grouped together again."

Fang Hongxiu grits her teeth; she despises people like Lei Ren the most.

Now, in her eyes, Lei Ren is like a street rat; everyone shouts to beat him, and no one gives him any regard.

Jiang Chen checks the time.

From when they entered the instance until now, about half an hour has passed.

Outside the instance, they might still be in a standoff.

Even if another team entered the instance, they probably wouldn't finish so quickly.

"Cai Er, do you have a Cooldown Talisman?"

Lin Caier'er's beautiful eyes flash, and she instantly understands Jiang Chen's thought.

She giggles: "Of course I do."

Jiang Chen feels a stir in his heart, thinking that he…

He guessed correctly; a wealthy girl like Lin Caier'er indeed carries such an item.