Chapter 456: Chapter 382: Overcoming Hardships Through Mechanics
How high can the single hit damage from elite monsters in the Fourth-Turned Rare Secret Realm be?
Here, it needs to be divided into two situations. If it’s just a normal attack, even a Third-Turn Messenger could probably withstand it. The Demon Gathering Land is quite realistic in this regard, with damage only around one to two thousand. Primarily, difficulty is just the second level. Above that there are extreme and absolute levels, which are the true challenges for shield professions and nannies.
But if it’s a mechanic attack, that’s entirely different. The forum homepage has a phrase for new players, which Yan Qing remembers clearly:
"Normal bypass easily, look at mechanics for hard, cooperate for extreme, and no mistakes for absolute."
Why should you look at the mechanics in hard mode?
Because if you don’t, you might die!
The Thunder Bird’s splash of Red Thunder Paste Ball is a mechanic attack, which locals describe as: the monster’s killer move! This is an attack that even a level 49 highest quality Messenger wouldn’t easily endure, with damage values probably nearing ten thousand!
The Rabbit Heroine’s defensive relic is still just the "Mountain Heart-Protecting Mirror," and a mechanic damage reduction relic like "Bodhisattva Jade Pendant" would become directly ineffective against Foundation Establishment attacks. In clashes between different statuses, only the numerical value of the lower status can take effect. All other collision mechanisms will be crushed and overridden by the higher status. The only exception is the [Heaven’s Wrath: Sigh] milestone, which would even reduce damage from a slap from the Primordial Dao Venerable.
But the Rabbit Heroine isn’t defenseless against the attack, because besides the defensive relic, she also has a Dao Foundation!
As the foundation of a Guardian on the Path to Heaven, the Dao Foundation naturally protects the Messenger, but the cost is extremely heavy: besides damage to the Dao Foundation, the Messenger can also level down, from Fifth Transition to Fourth Transition, or even to Fourth-Turn. If the Dao Foundation completely shatters, naturally, the Messenger drops to Fourth Turn.
Therefore, the vast majority of players would rather perish than reveal the Dao Foundation protection. The only ones who would do so are the real-mode players, as their death is real death. To them, the Dao Foundation is not just a level, it’s a second life!
Yan Qing has already planned to reveal the Dao Foundation, since the Rabbit Heroine is only a one-day Foundation Establishment. As long as the Dao Foundation doesn’t explode, taking one or two hits is fine. But just then, Pharmacist’s Wish stepped forward and struck the ground with Dragon and Snake Seven Kills, lifting up the stones!
Earth’s Killing Intent, [Dragon and Snake] arise!
This was originally a large-area shock damage spell targeting the ground. But after Pharmacist’s Wish lifted the stones, the effective target was limited to the stones, equivalent to concentrating all the Elemental Magnet Power that could shake the entire hall onto the stones, accelerating them to a speed invisible to the naked eye!
Boom!
The Red Thunder Paste Ball was instantly smashed by the Elemental Magnet Stones, and the splattered paste fell to the ground, surprisingly extinguishing the Candle Tears and forming a lightning-magnetic terrain with flickering red light!
This Thunder Eagle’s killer move is not only area damage but also continuous damage. It will continuously create advantageous terrain to compress the Messenger’s activity space!
But it’s not hard to crack this mechanic. The Rabbit Heroine swung her blade twice; [Candle Tear Red] covered the lightning-magnetic ground.
The best way to deal with terrain damage is to overlay it with new terrain. If no one in the team has the divine techniques to create terrain, you can only choose to duel the Thunder Eagle in the open hall, just like when the True Man of Locking Dragon chose to maneuver in the sky against the Rabbit Heroine... Yes, the Thunder Eagle’s combat style is exactly the same as the Rabbit Heroine’s. No wonder its room is a cave hall with a ceiling, both to limit players and to limit itself. Both sides can only fight to the death in this confined space.
Thereafter, without any surprises, the Thunder Eagle spewed nearly eight bursts of Red Thunder Paste Balls, enough to pollute half the hall’s space, but all were intercepted by Pharmacist’s Wish.
The True Man of Locking Dragon also tried to intercept but found his chains would be directly melted by the Red Thunder Paste Balls, only consuming them without exploding.
After nearly a tea light’s duration, the Thunder Eagle fell with a wail, its golden feathers losing their divine light. Even while lying in the Candle Tear Cage, its body wasn’t ignited. If all the feathers were plucked and woven, it would likely be clothing comparable to a Three-Turn Defense Relic but wouldn’t take up a slot like a defense relic... Thinking like this, the inhabitants of this world have many benefits that game characters cannot access. They can craft equipment from these bodies, yet game characters can’t wear it.
Yan Qing was slightly envious before a realization struck his mind: game characters can’t wear it, but he can! He can simply buy the products directly when the time comes.
He’s considered both a local and can open a smurf account, benefiting from both sides, a win-win!
He picked up the Thunder Eagle’s loot, totaling 211 pieces of True Spiritual Jade, and some materials like ’Thunder Eagle Feathers’ and ’Thunder Eagle Heart’ (although, does the Thunder Eagle’s corpse on the ground still have a heart?), an item "Thunder Heart Blood," and the Fourth Turn Rare Treasure Token "Palm Thunder Bead."
"Thunder Heart Blood: Can be used to repair Thunder Dao-related relics, with better repair effects when paired with other repair tools."
Upon seeing this repair item, Yan Qing’s first reaction was that those in Foundation Establishment probably live tough lives in this world. The fact that relics need specific tools for repair is already incredibly inconvenient, but after Foundation Establishment these repair tools become even more detailed, divided by Daoist faction.
In the game, this isn’t much of a problem because the "Treasure Pavilion" of "Messenger" can provide everything needed. However, even so, many players find it bothersome and would rather have an NPC that can repair all relics with one click in the game.
But in this world, the Treasure Pavilion is practically a display. Foundation Establishment Messengers wanting to exchange can’t do so without establishing a major faction to regulate it and using trade caravans. There’s so many middlemen, it leaves room for human monopoly profits. It’s no wonder they’re ripped off so hard.
"Palm Thunder Bead"
"Grade: Fourth Turn Rare"
"Durability: 280/280"
"Base Attack Power: 120~160 blunt damage +60 points of lightning damage"
"Equipment Requirement: 100 points Qi Blood, 90 points Agility"
"Equipment Requirement: Advanced Palm Technique MAX, Basic Thunder Mastery MAX"
"Effect: Thunder Shock - Every effective attack causes thunder shock, causing 0.1 seconds of delay to the enemy, with a 5% chance to cause 0.5 seconds of paralysis."
"Effect: Palm Thunder Body - Join hands, strike the thunder bead, enter Thunder Body state! In this state, you’re wrapped in thunder, all damage reduced by 15%, flying projectile attacks have a 70% chance of being intercepted by the thunder. Your movement speed and turning speed increase by 100%, attack speed increases by 30%, all negative effects greatly reduced, and all enemies who hit you in melee have a 17% chance of being paralyzed. Activating this effect costs 50 Spiritual Essence, 20 points of durability. If Spiritual Essence is insufficient, then 100 points of durability, lasts for 60 seconds, cooldown 30 minutes.
If you haven’t mastered ’Thunder Mastery,’ all amplifications weakened by 30%, duration halved, and cooldown doubled."
"Evaluation: In Foundation Establishment and still playing melee? There’s nothing we can do about you."
No wonder it’s from the hard mode; even elite monsters can burst out pretty good equipment. For players specializing in fist-palm melee combat, "Palm Thunder Bead" is absolutely a wing enhancing level of relic, but as the relic evaluation suggests, playing melee after Foundation Establishment puts one at a big disadvantage.
Even when [Palm Thunder Body] could provide high movement speed and weaken negative effects, let’s not forget, if the Rabbit Heroine surrounds herself with a layer of Candle Tear Fire Wall, what can you do? Rush in to fight her? Then she can circle around while raising Candle Tear Fire Walls to burn you?
As a weapon, the advantage of "Palm Thunder Bead" is hard to compensate for the disadvantage of melee, unless the Messenger’s divine technique is indeed very suitable for melee. But if used as a buff accessory, then it’s a different story.
Even without Thunder Mastery or Spiritual Essence, Yan Qing can still activate [Palm Thunder Body], a full thirty seconds of enhanced state is enough for either a fierce assault or escape!
Moreover, more interestingly, theoretically, game characters can only equip one weapon and one Palm Thunder Bead, but for Yan Qing, as a True Man, the Palm Thunder Bead doesn’t hinder him from holding weapons. He can have one Thunder Bead on each hand and still hold weapons normally, thereby consecutively activating [Palm Thunder Body] for sixty seconds of Fourth Transition buff!
After Yan Qing checked the gains, the True Man of Locking Dragon and Pharmacist’s Wish also found the room’s treasure chest, calling the Rabbit Heroine over to open it together. The opening method was also very straightforward; the two of them lifted the chest and poured out the items together to ensure that no one could handle the contents, preventing anyone from putting the loot into a Storage Ring.
pieces of True Spiritual Jade, one "Secret Technique Mastery Manual," one "Earth Demon - Wind Leaf," and a Fourth-Turned Rare Relic "Thunder-cutting Flying Knife," which wasn’t easy to distribute.
Which is more valuable, a relic or the Earth Demon?
The relic is more valuable, but the Earth Demon is more liquid, whereas a peculiar rare relic like the "Thunder-cutting Flying Knife" is something few in Foundation Establishment would require.
"Each of us gets half of the True Spiritual Jade, I’ll take the flying knife, you take the Earth Demon, and the girl gets the ’Secret Technique Mastery Manual,’ how about that?" said the True Man of Locking Dragon. "I can agree to only take the flying knife the first two times, and after the third, I can give up the other items in the chest, but I’ll want two-thirds of the True Spiritual Jade. This promise is also valid as long as you seek me in the future to raid this secret realm together."
"I also get something?" Pharmacist’s Wish was a bit surprised.
"Fair enough," said the Rabbit Heroine, "Without sister’s help in dispersing the Thunder Eagle’s Red Thunder Paste Ball, we would have had a lot more trouble, it’s a deserving reward."
After defeating the Thunder Eagle, everyone clearly got closer. Previously, if the relationship was ’somewhat tense between elders and juniors,’ now it’s a little like ’good pals.’ Finding good teammates in games brings camaraderie, and in reality, defeating a strong enemy together only enhances that.
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