Chapter 400: Chapter 381: Hidden Points
By the side of an underground river, Proud Gaze shouted as he activated a skill with a large shield in hand:
"Taunt!"
A roar spread to the four corners, and a group of Demon Spirits howled as they charged toward Proud Gaze.
Magic after magic cast by Lin Yi kept landing in front of Proud Gaze, and dense damage numbers rose from the heads of these Demon Spirits.
These Demon Spirits, only in their twenties or thirties by level, in front of Lin Yi with magic damage exceeding ten thousand, were like children wielding sticks. Two group attack skills were cast one after another, and in an instant, there were heavy casualties, unable to withstand the blows.
Even those lucky enough to survive were finished off by arrows from Duoduo behind him.
Few Demon Spirits managed to reach Proud Gaze alive.
Only when all the Demon Spirits perished, leaving behind a field of equipment materials, did the Demon General on the altar finally stop chanting an unknown spell and stepped down from the altar.
"Hiss~"
"Humans, you have ruined my master Kanu’s plan, now descend into the Abyss to atone to the Demon King!"
Suddenly, the hands of the Demon General transformed into two sharp scimitars, charging toward Lin Yi:
"Stay behind as an offering, human."
Switching weapons
Activating skill:
"Arcane Mysterious Step"
"Arcane·Enchantment (Flame)"
Lin Yi wielded the Purple Thunder Longsword, with a layer of purple-red flame attached to it.
Facing away from Banxia Liuli, Lin Yi said:
"Banxia, go help Blood Demon rescue the woman on the altar. I will handle this Demon General."
Proud Gaze walked aside and said to Banxia Liuli:
"Come this way."
Rescuing an NPC that seemed on the brink of death?
Half understanding, half confused, Banxia Liuli instinctively followed Lin Yi’s instructions, trailing behind Proud Gaze, preparing to circle around onto the altar.
At the moment the Demon General made his move, Blood Conceal Demon already appeared on the altar, using a dagger to cut the ropes binding the woman’s hands and feet.
He then carried the frail woman aside, without minding the incredibly realistic and sticky blood that even stained his own body.
On the other side, Lin Yi, after finishing his instructions, already moved toward the Demon General with the Purple Thunder Longsword and activated a skill:
"Arcane Impact"
"Puff!"
"-7584"
"-758" burn
System: Passive paralysis effect triggered, target’s movement restricted, duration 1 second.
The Demon General’s scimitars halted inches from Lin Yi’s waist, and Lin Yi took the opportunity to activate another skill:
"Arcane Triple Slash"
At the moment the skill was activated, Lin Yi seemed to experience an instant teleportation effect,
"Swish swish swish!"
In less than a second, the long sword already sliced the stunned Demon General three times:
"-4056"
"-405" burn
"-6402"
"-640" burn
"-8130"
"-813" burn
System: Triple Strike completion triggered skill passive, target was stunned, lasting 1.5 seconds
In mere moments, the level 41 Demon General’s health was already more than half gone.
Taking advantage of the passive triggered by ’Arcane Triple Slash,’ Lin Yi’s long sword swiftly slashed the Demon General, as blood-red numbers constantly floated from its head:
"-3541"
"-354" burn
"-6245" double damage
"-624" burn
...
By the time the 1.5 seconds of dizziness ended, the unfortunate Demon General’s health was completely depleted, falling to the ground with an unreconciled look:
"Boom!"
Dropping a field of equipment.
The scene left Duoduo behind staring in a daze:
"Holy crap, that was awesome!"
At the instant of the Demon General’s death, Lin Yi heard the system notification.
System: Congratulations on completing the task [Interrupt and Stop the Demon Race from Completing the Sacrifice], earning reward points: 60 (Team Points: 300÷5＝60).
But Lin Yi didn’t care about that and instead ran straight for the altar:
"How is she?"
At this moment, the woman, with disheveled hair and covered in scars, looked like she was dead, lying motionless on the ground.
Lin Yi saw Banxia Liuli trying to pour a Life Potion into the woman’s mouth, and his face darkened:
"Life Potion doesn’t work on them, use a Healing Technique to check on her."
"Ah!"
Banxia exclaimed, her face turning crimson red as she said:
"Sorry, sorry, I didn’t know this wouldn’t work on her."
Looking at the anxious woman, Lin Yi couldn’t help but force a smile:
"I’m not blaming you, no need to be like this."
Then Lin Yi quickly said:
"Hurry up and use the Healing Technique on her to see."
Banxia Liuli only then remembered the important matter. Perhaps due to being overly nervous, she appeared a bit flustered.
But it was just for a moment; soon Banxia Liuli calmed down and cast a skill on the pale-faced woman:
"Holy Healing Technique"
Then a white light flashed over the woman’s body:
"+2100"
Unexpectedly, a health bar also appeared above her head:
Amistia Lv30
Life Value: 2304/5400
However, under everyone’s gaze, this health value was rapidly decreasing at a rate of 50 points per second, showing no sign of stopping.
Lin Yi quickly said:
"Use the skill as soon as it cools down on her, don’t stop."
Although Banxia was puzzled, she chose to follow instructions immediately.
Duoduo couldn’t understand and said:
"It’s just an NPC, is there any use in doing this?"
Everyone turned their attention to Lin Yi, as they too didn’t understand the point of what Lin Yi was doing.
But Lin Yi didn’t explain, because explaining it would be troublesome, and he wasn’t even sure if it would work.
After waiting for about five minutes, the health above the woman’s head had increased from 50 per second to dropping by 100 per second, and Banxia Liuli’s healing speed was clearly falling behind her rate of blood loss.
Yet till now, the woman showed no sign of waking up.
Lin Yi frowned: Could it be that he was mistaken?
However, soon everyone was surprised to find that the woman’s eyelids trembled slightly, and Duoduo exclaimed in delight:
"She moved, she moved."
Lin Yi hurriedly reminded Banxia Liuli:
"Don’t stop."
Banxia Liuli nodded from the side and said:
"Okay."
Before long, the woman named Amistia slowly opened her eyes.
At first, she looked at the unfamiliar Lin Yi and others with disbelief that she was still alive.
However, after hesitating for a moment, she seemed to understand that Lin Yi and the others had saved her, weakly saying:
"Thank you for avenging my people."
Then she fixed her gaze on Banxia Liuli, and a faint, powerless smile appeared on her scarred face:
"Thank you for saving me!"
"But you don’t need to waste your effort anymore, I’m too tired, I want to find my family."
Although Banxia Liuli followed Lin Yi’s instructions to use the Healing Technique on the woman as soon as the skill cooled down to restore her health.
But now the woman’s health was dropping wildly at a rate of 200 points per second, far outpacing Banxia Liuli’s healing capacity.
At this moment, the woman raised a trembling hand, and a ring slipped from her ring finger, slowly floating towards Banxia Liuli:
"For you."
The weak smile on the woman’s face appeared as if she was being released, and she said again:
"Thank you!"
At the same time, the health bar above her head was instantly emptied.
The raised hand fell powerless once more.
Holding the ring, Banxia Liuli unknowingly already had two lines of tears flowing down her face:
"Why do I feel like crying, sob sob~"
The people watching in the livestream immediately erupted in excitement at the scene!
Perhaps no one expected that the woman would have such a hidden storyline quest, and if Lin Yi hadn’t reminded them, the woman might have already died.
It was because of Lin Yi’s reminder that everyone felt like they had discovered a new world, eyes shining with excitement.
It’s said this game world is incredibly close to reality, and now witnessing this scene firsthand, everyone was finally convinced that endless possibilities indeed exist in the game.
Suddenly, Banxia Liuli, looking shocked, stammered as she turned to everyone:
"My... my points including the task actually increased by 109!"
Her score ranking advanced into the top ten, placing 3rd.
Banxia Liuli looked at everyone in disbelief:
"Are you the same?"
Duoduo quickly checked her own points, then looked disappointed:
"I only gained the 60 given by the task."
Aoshi Wangchu:
"Me too."
At this moment, Blood Conceal Demon suddenly spoke:
"I got 80."
Lin Yi looked at the dead woman on the ground, wearing an expression of realization and said:
"Looks like my guess was right, this trial indeed has hidden points."