After half an hour, Zhang Yang received his [Iron Plate] stacks and stored it in his inventory
after paying Mining Specialist. Just as he was about to craft a [Beginner Whetstone] at the
He received a private message. âBrother Zhan Yu, weâre in the middle of a boss battle. Could you
lend us a hand? Itâs a Level 25 Gray-Silver boss and we canât take him down no matter how
It was a message from Defiant Monk. Ever since their First Clear Hardcore Dungeon
achievement, they have not traveled together. However, they have kept in touch with each other
by sending greetings whenever someone logged in or off on a daily basis, thus maintaining a
close relationship. Even though Zhang Yang wanted to recruit Hundred Shots as soon as he
could, he feared that doing so would affect his future in becoming a Dragon Hunter. If he really
did miss out on the Red Baby Dragon, it would be a total disaster!
Zhang Yang questioned back, âThat Level 25 Gray-Silver boss⌠whatâs his name?â
âCrap!â Zhang Yang blurted out. This boss is on a whole new level! Martyr Unduin is the World
Boss at around Level 30, and if you wanted to try and fight him, you would better bring a whole
lot of Level 20 players with you!
âHow many players do you have there now?â
âWeâve got more than 30 players here!â Defiant Monk replied with pride.
Letting loose a sigh, Zhang Yang said, âHereâs my advice: Give it up and go home.â
But Defiant Monk was relentless, and continued trying to persuade Zhang Yang. âZhan Yu! This
is a Level 25 Gray-Silver boss! If we take him down, weâll definitely have an achievement to it
with a server announcement!â
Itâs an attractive reward, alright. But you would still need to have the capability to challenge
him! As he was about to decline the offer, he remembered something from the past. In his
previous life, there was a player that posted in a forum claiming to have defeated Martyr
Unduin alone. As soon as he published it, other players just mocked him for it as he was only
Level 28. They just kept mocking him until he posted a video of him single-handedly killing the
boss and the forum could only accept and quieten down.
Martyr Undiun was a Spellcaster class monster, and his only skill was the <Fireball>! As soon as
the battle began, he would begin to cast it, and being a World Boss, his <Fireball> was not only a
single one but ten separate balls! Each ball dealt at least 1,000 damage and can be casted every 3
seconds. Truly, he was a monster capable of wiping out entire parties. However, he needed to
channel <Fireball> every time before using it, and the Hunter made good use of the topographic
layout of the area to his advantage. As soon as Unduin began channelling, the Hunter hid
behind a huge rock out of the bossâ line of sight. In âGodâs Miracleâ, if a target left the line of
sight, any attack would have been rendered ineffective, causing the boss to cancel the spell
When that happened, the Hunter would reemerge and resume attacking. With him in sight, the
boss would once again begin to channel his spell but before he could complete the three-second
cast time, the Hunter would slide behind the rock once more. This strategy was truly
straightforward and the execution was fairly simpleÍž the only difficult part was that the bossâ
HP was ridiculously high. Since attacking continuously was impossible, the Hunter spent an
entire day just to slay the boss!
Once his strategy got out to public, people started to realize that it was not so difficult to fight
this boss. The developers reacted quickly to this by removing that huge rock. When Zhang Yang
entered the game, that rock was already gone. He only stumbled on this tactic while leisurely
browsing through the forums. If that rock was what he imagined, then even a melee character
could properly utilize the advantage!
After thoroughly thinking through, Zhang Yang replied to Defiant Monk, âOk then, send me the
location. Iâm heading over now!â
â87145, 24103. Weâll be waiting for you! Someone else will add you into the party! Donât reject
it!â And as soon as he said that, a party invitation came through.
âDing! Player Drizzler has sent you a party invitation. Will you accept it?â
Zhang Yang selected âAcceptâ and was added in.
âDing! You have joined the party. Party Leader: Drizzler. Item Distribution: Party Leader
With him in the party, there were a total of 34 players. The game only allowed a maximum of 50
in one party. Zhang Yang scanned through the player names and recognized one playerÍž Little
âScrawny rascal!â Little Snow sent what looked like a tooth bearing and paws clawingemoticon,
which was one of the available ones in-game. Zhang Yang merely ignored her and continued
on. Defiant Monk began introducing Zhang Yang to the team with words of praise. âGuys, this is
Zhan YuÍž the Guardian that gave us that clear in the Hardcore Mode run. Heâs super pro!â Zhang
Yang initially planned on laying low but with an introduction like that, he could only respond,
âNice to meet you, Zhan Yu!â
âWhoa, Level 18! Thatâs awesome!â
âWhy isnât his name in the Level Ranking Board?â
âMust be a bug in the system!â
Everyone began chatting, and the channel got rowdy.
Zhang Yang opened the map to track the location given by Defiant Monk and according to it, he
would be heading into the deep parts of the Plains Cloud Mountain! If memory served him well,
all the monsters in that area were above Level 20!
Puzzled, he asked Defiant Monk, âHow did you even find this boss in such a desolated area?â
To which, he hastily replied, âWeâve an idiot here who has a terrible sense of direction. She got
lost and wandered into the Plains Cloud Mountain and found him!â It had to be Little Snow!
Zhang Yang clearly recalled that womanâs sense of direction almost immediately.
Drizzler, the party leader sent a message in the party channel, âEveryone, recover your HP,
weâre fighting him once again!â
âThatâs our guild master!â Defiant Monk introduced. Soon, the battle began once more, and
Drizzler began giving orders.
âBig Lin, start the fight! Healers, watch yourselves! Attackers, move forward behind me!â
Zhang Yang didnât have to think any further, as he already predicted the entire party would be
wiped out. Half a minute later, all the names on the list aside from Zhang Yang had gone dark,
which signified that they had died, and complaints began to fill the chat.
âMaster, this monster is too strong! Weâre not capable of fighting it!â
âYeah! With all the <Fireball> flying around, anywhere around us is a kill zone! Even the healers
canât heal us in time!â
âThis Level 25 boss is completely out of our league!â
But Drizzler felt discontented, âAnd should we just give up?â
The others began to realize that they were underpowered. âWe have no choice. We need to get
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above Level 20, find equipment from the next dungeon, and raise our HP to at least 1,500 to
Defiant Monk had banked his confidence on someone else instead. âHold on for a little longer!
Zhan Yu hasnât arrived yet, and with him here there should be a way!â
âTch! The problem isnât the tanker, itâs the bossâ multi-target skill! We donât need a tanker
against a skill like that!â
âMaster, letâs wait for Zhan Yu and try again!â
Zhang Yangâs performance in the Bangar Crypt really made an impression on Defiant Monk to
the point where he blindly trusts Zhang Yang to handle any problem in front of him no matter
the difficulty. As Drizzler had not decided on anything yet, she went along with Defiant Monkâs
suggestion, âOkay then, weâll wait for him to arrive and then weâll give it one more try!â
Suddenly, someone in the party exclaimed, âAw, nuts! My wife is about to have a baby! Iâd better
send her to the hospital now. Sorry guys, Iâll be leaving!â
And after that, more people voiced out as well.
âWhoops, itâs almost time to go to work. Iâd better prepare dinner for my wife first! Bye guys,
Iâm logging off too. Take it slow!â
âF*ck, my next door neighbours are barking at each other like dogs. Iâd better go over there and
give them a piece of my mind or theyâre not stopping at al!â
âSorry, Iâm going to be busy in a while. Got to give my boy some milk!â
In only a matter of seconds, more than 10 players gave ridiculous excuses to leave the party and
logged off. Out of the 34 players before this, there were only 15 left.
âWell, thatâs it then. Dismissed!â Drizzler unwillingly announced to disband the party as many
of them gave excuses just to leave. With that, the only ones left in the party were Drizzler, Little
Snow and Zhang Yang. Even Defiant Monk left the party and he sent a message to Zhang Yang
not long after saying, âZhan Yu, sorry man! Your entire journey is wasted!â
âNot a problem!â Zhang Yang replied, as he continued on towards the Plains Cloud Mountain.
Little Snow saw his name was still in the party list, and inquired, âEh? Scrawny rascal! Why are
you still in the party?â
âI want to give it a shot!â
âA shot at what? Trying to court me?â
âHan Yin Xue! Could you please stop toying with others?!â Drizzler couldnât ignore any more of
Little Snowâs behaviour and interjected with a sense of justice in her.
âHehe⌠are you jealous, perhaps? Since youâre still underage, you canât really be in a
relationship.â Feeling enraged from that comment, Drizzler threatened her, âHan Yin Xue! I
swear I will go up those stairs and punch you in your boobs! Iâm going to bust those
âHaha! Miss Sunny Side Up! You really are jealous of me!â Little Snow could not contain her
Zhang Yang could only remain silent. These two women are wild!
During the battle of words between the two, Zhang Yang reached the Plains Cloud Mountain
and ran straight towards the bossâ location. Being Level 18, he caused the monsters that were
Level 20 and above to turn aggressive, so he had to slay his way through.
Drizzler kept on threatening Little Snow while she was still playing around.
â⌠Han Yin Xue! Iâm cutting ties with you! If you ever get lost again, donât even think about
calling to me for help!â
âLetâs see⌠Youâve been cutting ties with me since you were younger. Hmm⌠this would be the
1,892nd time you did that. Or was it the 1,893rd?â
After passing through a bush, Zhang Yang reached the location, and he spotted two female
characters at a distance. One was just casually looking at her fingernails with her arms
stretched out, while the other had both arms on her hips looking quite fierce. That should be
Little Snow and Drizzler. As soon as they saw him approaching, they stopped quarrelling and
Little Snow asked him, âAre you really sure about trying this out?â
Drizzler was a female Human Warrior, Level 13. From the looks of it, she was about the age of
either 17 or 18 years old. Her body was still underdevelopedÍž she was completely flat-chested
and didnât really have much of a behind as well. However, she did have beautiful complexion
and given time, her body would mature into someone truly seductive⌠if her face changed as
âHmm⌠Iâm sure about giving it a go!â Zhang Yang casually responded while closely observing
the huge round object. It was about 5 meters in width and 3 meters in height, and it looked
more like a chopped tree trunk.
There is a chance! Zhang Yang could not help but let out an excited smile.