CHAPTER 31: CHAPTER 31: ALL SET, TIME TO CLAIM THE REWARD!

The teleportation array for the wilderness BOSS is located to the northeast of Black Fire City, twenty-three kilometers away.

Not too far, not too close.

But you can’t drive there, because the teleportation array is in the mountain range, accessible only by footpath.

You can see quite a few people running there one after another along the way.

However, Lu Ran’s team chose not to go with the others but instead took a secluded mountain path directly to the top.

On the way, Liu Xinxin, the most proficient in data in the team, gave Lu Ran a detailed introduction to the wilderness BOSS’s mechanics, reward categories, calculation methods, health bar, defense, and so on.

"Got it, thank you, Sister Xinxin," Lu Ran said gratefully.

He could feel that the three guild leaders in the team were really putting in a lot of effort to nurture him.

They even withdrew from the team.

Although many people chose to team up, as a five-person team with five high combat professionals, it was easy for the team to get the final blow reward while coordinating with teammates.

But likewise, the experience reward would also be shared and dispersed among the team.

If Lu Ran kills it by himself, he would enjoy the experience alone!

Although the wilderness BOSS yields abundant experience, the three guild leaders were more willing to concentrate all the experience on Lu Ran!

Nowadays, whether it’s about team dungeons like Black Dragon Mountain or even their own leveling up, it doesn’t matter anymore.

Cultivating Lu Ran is the most crucial!

On the small grove on the mountaintop, the group stopped.

From this height.

They could see in the distance a humanoid giant beast, towering at fifty to sixty meters and covered in golden fur, roaring and constantly attacking its surroundings.

It looked more like a gigantic gorilla with golden fur.

But this gorilla had eight arms.

As it attacked, giant rocks continuously condensed and fell around it.

From time to time, you could see the gorilla stomping or pounding the ground heavily, and even with this distance, it still felt like the earth was shaking.

"This distance is about five or six kilometers, and your skill range is more than enough. No need to go further; let’s wait here," said Ye Hongyi, squinting and making a judgment.

Then.

Liu Xinxin continued, "The level 50 Eight-armed Vajra, among wilderness BOSSes, is upper-middle tier, with 37 million HP, and its magic defense isn’t high. To be safe, wait until its HP drops below a quarter before you release Blood Spear."

Even accounting for the damage reduction from magic defense, Lu Ran’s Blood Spear could inflict over ten million damage!

With the health below a quarter, it’s pretty much a sure thing.

Lu Ran nodded, squinting as he watched the Eight-armed Vajra.

This was Lu Ran’s first time casting skills from such a long distance, and it felt a bit odd.

But he had tried it and could select the Eight-armed Vajra as a target.

Additionally, he discovered something quite awkward.

Although the range of his skills grew indefinitely, his field of vision was limited, but with the massive size of the Eight-armed Vajra five or six kilometers away, he could still see and choose a target.

But if it were a smaller target, he wouldn’t be able to select it.

And thus, he couldn’t cast the skill.

Liu Xinxin seemed to read Lu Ran’s questions, and said, "Don’t worry about it; you don’t have many single-target skills. Your area skills and summoning series skills don’t require targeting."

Anyway, during the national war, the battlefield distances between countries were vast, and relying on vision for long-distance target selection wasn’t feasible.

However, Lu Ran’s area skills could be cast directly at map coordinates, and summoning series skills could be thrown in different directions for non-discriminate, autonomous attacks!

Having heard this, Lu Ran finally felt a bit relieved.

At this moment, countless professionals were still besieging the Eight-armed Vajra.

Even separated by five or six kilometers, the furious roars of the Eight-armed Vajra could still be faintly heard.

Meanwhile, the health bar of the Eight-armed Vajra was also visibly decreasing slowly.

Lu Ran and the others sat on the hilltop, waiting leisurely.

Qin Wuyao was sitting next to Lu Ran, occasionally looking at him excitedly and then glancing at the wilderness BOSS.

Ye Hongyi and the other two occasionally cleared away the clueless monsters around with ease.

Meanwhile, beneath the wilderness BOSS.

It was a massacre!

Numerous small groups swarmed around, bombarding the BOSS frenziedly!

Some hotheads had already died, and the ground was littered with the corpses of professionals.

This made many of the hotheads come to their senses, quitting the combat zone, either teaming up or testing the waters from a distance, cautiously attacking.

"Damn, I didn’t expect it to be the Eight-armed Vajra!"

"It’s a bit dangerous, I’m retreating first."

"Everyone, don’t hold back on skills, let’s hurry up!"

"Healer looking for a team, the value of the equipment is shared equally, invite me!"

"The equipment reward for the level 50 wilderness BOSS is absolutely top-notch!"

...

The clamor was incessant.

The number of deaths decreased significantly.

Apart from the initial batch of hotheads, the proportion of high combat professionals was increasing.

Many of the lower-level ones without a team backed out of the combat range, watching the excitement from a distance.

Around the Eight-armed Vajra, the earth trembled, rocks rolled, and the scene was utterly chaotic.

Watching as the BOSS’s health continued to wane.

It gradually approached a quarter.

But for some reason, at this moment the speed at which the BOSS’s health was decreasing suddenly slowed down!

Compared to before, it slowed by about three to four times!

On the hilltop, Liu Xinxin, sitting beside Lu Ran, smiled and said, "You should understand now, when the remaining health is low, every professional begins to hold back their skills."

The skills with higher damage and explosive potential were all held in reserve.

They were all waiting for that final sliver of health to unleash maximum firepower and snag the final blow!

"And it’s not just about the big skills; many professionals are saving their buff-increasing skills as well, keeping them for the end to pair with big skills for maximum burst damage in a short time," Liu Xinxin continued.

This resulted in a decrease in overall output when the BOSS’s health is low.

The scene was utter chaos.

"Damn it, a bunch of idiots, do some damage, damn it!"

"I’m almost getting worn out by the BOSS!"

"You’re all sneaky bastards, holding back your skills, damn it!"

"Why pretend? If you’re not holding back, then unleash your skills!"

"There’s still more than a quarter of its health left, there’s still time, why hold back skills now? Everyone give it your all!"

...

But no matter the arguments at the scene, no one was willing to use their big skills, unable to explode.

For fear that after an outburst, they’d enter a weakened period and miss the final opportunity.

And as the BOSS’s health gradually approached a quarter.

On the hilltop, Liu Xinxin patted Lu Ran on the shoulder, saying, "Get ready, when the health drops to a quarter, unleash your Blood Spear."

Lu Ran nodded, standing up.

Liu Xinxin was right beside him, gazing in the direction of the Eight-armed Vajra, calculating the values in her mind.

Finally, when the BOSS’s health dropped below a quarter.

Liu Xinxin said, "That’s it, time to claim your reward."

Lu Ran’s heart raced, the Frost Wolf Magic Staff immediately in hand.

Then he pointed the staff forward.

The Blood Spear, charged for over a dozen hours, began to unleash!