Chapter 64: Chapter 64

Chapter 64: A Flurry of Shooting

The BOSS roared angrily and swung its stone axe charging forward. Red energy surged around its body—Charge Skill—[Rampage]!

The greatest enemy of archers. Once hit, they can’t move for at least two seconds. In front of a golden boss, not moving for even a second could be fatal!

Jiang Chen hurriedly retreated, trying to dodge the skill with movement, but his reaction was still miscalculated. Due to the tier difference, the BOSS’s charge speed was much faster than ordinary monsters.

From three meters away, the massive body came rushing in. Jiang Chen, the archer, was almost smashed apart. Luckily, his god-level profession and equipment allowed him to barely survive without collapsing immediately.

Such terrifying damage!

Seeing his health drop by more than a third in an instant, Jiang Chen was filled with dread.

At this moment, Jiang Chen wanted to move, but his body was out of control. Indeed, attempting to solo a golden BOSS over ten levels higher had backfired.

If you often walk by the riverbank, you can’t avoid getting your shoes wet.

The BOSS struck him again with its axe, causing severe health loss. If it landed one more blow, Jiang Chen estimated he would be finished.

But he was still under control, no matter how hard he tried, his body didn’t respond.

It’s over. I’m going to die.

He hoped his first moment in this world would be accounted for here.

The huge axe came down with a sound, and a splash of blood exploded in the air. A drop of blood gradually enlarged in Jiang Chen’s pupils, then ‘pop’—it splattered onto his face.

The axe had landed, and the blood splattered.

But players shouldn’t have real blood flowing out …

“Thank you, young warrior. You must live well.”

A frail figure collapsed in front of Jiang Chen. Before closing her eyes, she left him with a pale smile.

[Adventurer—Bi Yousi]

That was her name. She had used her life to block a fatal blow for Jiang Chen.

“Hahaha, interesting, truly beautiful.” The ogre chieftain laughed madly. Such a scene greatly satisfied his perverted psyche.

The next moment, Jiang Chen broke free from control and immediately retreated. His expression was cold—so cold it seemed frostbitten.

Fifteen years ago on a snowy night, a woman did exactly the same thing.

That person was his mother.

In the year 2230, the world was in its greatest turmoil. The national zone was focused solely on building Safe Zones, and law enforcement was almost completely chaotic. The streets and alleys were filled with bandits.

Six-year-old Jiang Chen went out with his mother because they had no food left. They encountered a battle between bandits and mechanical guards. Gunshots rang everywhere. Jiang Chen’s mother shielded him, but tragedy struck…

Jiang Chen still clearly remembered his mother touching his face and saying, “Don’t cry. Live well. Carry my part with you.”

Looking at the now deranged ogre chieftain, Jiang Chen’s gaze was icy cold, like when he looked at the bandits fifteen years ago. They all deserved to die!

His health was only about 1,500 points now. He immediately took out a level 2 refined potion to bring his health back to a safe line.

“Xiao Rongyan, entangle him!”

He summoned his pet to help distract the boss. With its assistance in blocking, Jiang Chen’s pressure would be much lighter.

Xiao Rongyan seemed to sense his owner’s emotions and roared angrily at the ogre chieftain, rushing forward.

Jiang Chen also activated his burst skill to fiercely kill the boss. Crimson blood aura surrounded him, granting 100% attack speed increase.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…

At this moment, the longbow became a phantom; arrows shot like laser beams aimed straight at the boss, seven arrows per second—extremely terrifying.

In an instant, a series of massive damages piled up, with the ‘Phantom Strike’ damage especially noticeable.

While attack speed increased, it also indirectly raised the trigger frequency of ‘Critical Hit’ and ‘Phantom Strike.’ Jiang Chen’s DPS skyrocketed. Even a golden boss looked as fragile as a paper sheet, its health rapidly plummeting.

Critical hit + Phantom strike!

Whenever these two triggered together, the damage was overwhelmingly high—especially when both effects hit simultaneously.

In just five seconds, Jiang Chen had taken down nearly 150,000 health points of a level 33+ golden BOSS. Such a brutal and bloody DPS—other players probably wouldn’t even dare to imagine it…

“Damn little bug, I’m going to kill you!”

The ogre chieftain was stunned, never expecting such a weak human to become so powerful. He swung his stone axe glowing with red light, ready to chop the adventurer in two.

A heavily charged arrow struck the boss’s forehead—it was Jiang Chen’s shock arrow. Unfortunately, it was only a level 1 skill with a hit chance dependent on luck, and this arrow missed.

At this time, Xiao Rongyan blocked the path. Jiang Chen controlled his pet with dual-line operation, activated [Lava Armor] directly, followed by [Lava King’s Taunt].

Simultaneously, Jiang Chen moved swiftly, his longbow like a sudden storm. Countless arrows transformed into icy giant snakes rushing forward, causing an instant damage explosion.

Xiao Rongyan’s taunt skill lasted five seconds. As a golden boss, it almost never resisted the skill at the same tier. So Jiang Chen could safely continue output during this time.

After five seconds, the ogre chieftain’s health dropped to about two-thirds, and Jiang Chen’s ‘Bloodthirsty Fury’ effect still had 46 seconds left. Before it ended, this guy was surely dead!

The ogre boss roared angrily and charged at Jiang Chen’s position, but hitting him again with the same skill was impossible.

Though the distance wasn’t wide, Jiang Chen successfully dodged the attack.

The boss spun and swung horizontally, its red-glowing axe taking nearly half of Jiang Chen’s health. Luckily, the refined potion restored his health, or this hit would have been fatal.

While taking the hit, Jiang Chen also created distance. Without the charge skill, the boss became a moving target again.

Under Jiang Chen’s dual-line control, Xiao Rongyan blocked the boss’s path, with only one goal—to slow down its movement.

Under Bloodthirsty Fury, Jiang Chen’s output was terrifying, dealing tons of damage every second.

The boss’s health dropped almost a full bar every second, visibly bleeding away rapidly.