30: Chapter 30 The Four Great Talents of Jinling

One shout of "Dad," one flash of golden light.

Li Mumu's Team began their counterattack, each member unleashing their ultimate moves.

Flames, ice arrows, sword slashes, sneak attacks, and staff strikes—they employed hit-and-run guerrilla tactics with excellent results, as the Boss's health bar began dropping by fractions of a percent.

"A good sign. At least we can break its defense and not just get 'Miss' results," Dongfang Xue said joyfully.

"Yes, we'll grind it to death if we have to." Li Mumu's brow relaxed as he finally saw hope. "Everyone, use every bit of strength you've got! If we don't strike it now, when will we?"

The words were rough, but the reasoning was sound.

A multitude of Professionals let their spells fly in a frantic bombardment, and the Boss's health began to slowly decrease.

95.9%

93.1%

91.2%

90.1%

...

Things were progressing in a positive direction, but it was hard on Mao Renfeng, who was drawing the aggro. He had to keep dodging the Crypt Lord while constantly shouting "Dad."

Once, when he missed a shout, the golden light failed to descend, and his health bar instantly plummeted to thirty-one percent.

Terrified, Mao Renfeng wailed, "Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad..."

In this manner, with everyone outputting damage frantically, the Crypt Spider's health dropped to 49.9%.

But just then, a sudden change occurred.

After running for an hour, Mao Renfeng suddenly had an epiphany. He realized why he was being hunted by the Boss—it was the Golden Treasure Chest. It was definitely because of this damn thing.

Mao Renfeng pulled the Golden Treasure Chest out of his backpack. When the Crypt Lord saw it, he began to shriek even more frenziedly.

"My child! It's my child!!!"

Just as he thought!

The next moment, Mao Renfeng gave a cold laugh and threw the Golden Treasure Chest in his hand toward Liu Lin.

"Dad, your son is giving you a gift!"

The Golden Treasure Chest followed a parabolic arc and landed at Liu Lin's feet.

Seeing this, the Crypt Lord immediately turned around and charged straight at Liu Lin like a blur.

"You too! You have her scent on you. You killed my wife!"

Liu Lin was dumbfounded. Seeing the two massive chelicerae lunging toward him, he had no time to react and could only freeze in place, waiting for death.

At that moment, the surrounding Professionals closed their eyes in unison, a sense of despair permeating their entire bodies.

Liu Lin was a Light-type Priest, the most important position in the team. If he died, it meant the others would have no more power to resist; death would only be a matter of time.

As for Liu Lin being able to withstand the attack of a Silver Boss?

Heh... Pure fantasy!

"First Job Skill: Shield Wall!"

Chen Junlin knew the importance of the Priest; anyone could die, but the Priest could not. Therefore, he used his own body to tank the monster, risking his life to save Liu Lin.

Puchi——

The chelicerae pierced through his chest as venom spread through his body, and his health bar was instantly wiped out.

Chen Junlin was dead!

It was a gruesome death; the Crypt Lord used its chelicerae to slice open his skull like it was cutting through tofu.

Until the very last moment, there was no fear or sadness in Chen Junlin's eyes—only responsibility, the responsibility to protect others.

He was the security guard uncle, Chen Junlin.

In the moment of crisis, the Crypt Lord accelerated its attack toward Liu Lin.

"Boss Skill: Venom Spray!"

A spray of venom shot toward Liu Lin like a pressure washer. At the same time, a giant golden ape charged out with a roar.

"Don't you dare hurt my brother!!!"

"First Talent Skill: Bronze Skin and Iron Bone!"

Li Mumu was like a god descending to earth, using his massive body to tank the Boss's skill head-on.

Level seven attributes + Bronze Skin and Iron Bone + Beast Form.

The triple defense bonus caused Li Mumu's defense attributes to increase geometrically, reaching a terrifying Gold rank level.

Thus, despite the venom's corrosion, Li Mumu's health barely dropped. He began to brawl with the Crypt Lord—one punch for one bite. The Boss's attacks did no damage to him, while his own attacks were merely a nuisance to the Boss.

If one had to describe the battle scene between the two monsters, anyone who had seen the "Godzilla vs. Kong" movies would feel the similarity. It was very, very similar.

This scene...

Whether they had seen the Orc True Form before or not, everyone was deeply shocked.

It was like when the first "King Kong" was released in 1933; the self-important humans exploring Skull Island only realized how small and fragile they were when they encountered a monster as tall as a small mountain.

But whether in movies or reality, "Kong" was a friend to humanity.

After a moment of silence at the scene, the group of Professionals regained their spirits. They all declared that for Li Mumu and for their fallen teammates, they must not lose this battle!

"Shen Yi, Fang Ruqin, Chen Junlin—their lives cannot be for nothing!"

"That's right, they can't have died in vain. This battle must have a conclusion. Either it dies, or we do!"

"Damn it, I'm going all out! It's just death, isn't it? Dying sooner or later is still dying, what's there to be afraid of!"

Rallying their spirits, the teammates joined the fray.

Li Mumu was the main tank.

Dongfang Xue and Wang Baobao were the damage dealers.

Liu Lin and Xu Shuangshuang were the healers.

Zhang Qingcheng and Zhang Wei provided support.

Everyone coordinated perfectly, and the situation turned once again, leaving the Boss with no power to fight back.

All of this hope was brought by Li Mumu. In everyone's hearts, as long as Li Mumu was there, the final victory would belong to them.

Meanwhile...

Mao Renfeng, the culprit behind all of this, saw that everyone's attention was not on him and immediately took off running.

Mao Renfeng knew clearly that no matter which side won in the end, he was dead meat!

"Trying to run?"

Just as Mao Renfeng turned to flee, the four people who had been saved earlier surrounded him.

"You did something evil and screwed over your teammates, and now you want to just walk away? Mao Renfeng, you're dreaming!"

"That's right, we, the Four Great Talents of Jinling, won't allow it!"

"Stay put and wait for your sentence, or we'll finish you off early."

The Four Great Talents of Jinling were a genius team from Jinling City participating in the Five Cities Joint Exam dungeon assessment.

The eldest, Tang Baihu.

The second, Zhu Xiaoshan.

The third, Wen Zhenming.

The fourth, Zhou Wenbing.

Initially, the four of them had randomly teamed up with a Knight to participate in the dungeon assessment, but who knew that on the third day, that guy would sell off his points and quit the dungeon.

Out of necessity, the four teamed up with the lone Mao Renfeng. However, they didn't realize this guy's character was extremely problematic; he would hoard any good items they found, which infuriated the four of them. Later, when they encountered the Beast Tide, he abandoned them without a word.

Therefore, how could the Four Great Talents of Jinling let him escape?

On the other side...

Under the coordinated efforts of Li Mumu's Team, the Crypt Lord's health dropped to 29.4%. His body was covered in blood, but in this state, the White Bacteria inside him were activated once again.

Roar!!!

A furious roar sounded.

The Crypt Lord had mutated!

His body was covered in white spots, a snake-like tongue protruded from his mouth, his four eyes became like those of a fly, and his body grew another size larger.

Everyone's hair stood on end at the sight!!!

But that wasn't the most terrifying part. What truly drove everyone to despair was that the Boss had fully recovered.

That's right.

The Crypt Lord's health had returned to 100%!

Meanwhile, Li Mumu's Orc True Form had reached its limit, and his body shrank back to his human form.

As one side grew stronger and the other weaker, crisis struck again.

In the next moment...

The Crypt Lord extended his snake-like tongue and pierced Zhang Wei's chest, causing his health to plummet.

44.4%

20.1%

8.7%

Li Mumu shouted, "Priests, heal him! Assassins, cut off that tongue!"

Just as his voice fell, at the peak of despair...

A pair of dragonfly wings grew from the Crypt Lord's back. With a buzzing sound, he flapped his wings and flew high into the air.

"Oh no! He's out of casting range!!!"