Chapter 23 - 21: Frenzied Grind of Elite Monsters

"He’s stealthing again, watch out for a backstab!"Zhao Ming protected, Jiang Nan healed, Hang Yu chopped at the legs, and Xiaoqiang cast fireball.

Made the goblin corpse thief retreat with no success, losing 14 points of life energy, forcing him to distance himself again, and start kite throwing flying knives, mostly aimed at Zhao Ming.

The AI of this low-level monster is really too low.

Like a fool, not good at adapting.

Hang Yu knows its skill data and combat routine well, he could handle the goblin corpse thief easily, feeling like bullying a child with intellectual disabilities.

"Keep the healing coming."

"Hold the formation."

"Don’t panic, we can win!"

The goblin approached again, executing stealth plus backstab.

Under Hang Yu’s command, the three once again pushed it back systematically.

Hang Yu reminded, "When the goblin corpse thief’s life is below 15%, there’s a high chance he will stealth away, pay attention to the footprint marks left behind."

The goblin corpse thief is quite challenging, an important reason being it can run away; when life energy gets low, it might initiate stealth and escape, ultimately leading to all efforts wasted.

Several attacks bore no fruit.

The goblin corpse thief’s life was down to 8 points.

As expected, he decisively stealthed.

This time he didn’t attack, but began to flee in the opposite direction.

An agile elite monster, if solely intending to escape, how could a level 2 human catch up?

But Hang Yu anticipated this, thus each attack landed on the legs.

The goblin corpse thief’s legs were severely injured, stuck in a state of drastically reduced movement speed, while the wound kept bleeding, leaving traces on the ground, allowing for a more accurate position judgment.

"Xiaoqiang, nine o’clock direction under the dead tree!"

Xiaoqiang hit the stealthed goblin corpse thief with a fireball, forcing him out of stealth state.

He howled.

The goblin corpse thief fell to the ground and died.

All four felt invigorated!

The goblin corpse thief released a bunch of white spiritual Qi, the total amount of spiritual Qi is ten times that of a level 2 ordinary monster.

"Finally got rid of this tricky guy!" Jiang Nan’s fair cheeks showed a flush of excitement, "Not in vain, it seems to have dropped quite a few good things!"

The goblin corpse thief exploded into several globes of light.

Among them aside from crystal stones, at least three items were dropped.

[Potion Formula: Goblin Spirit Potion], gray upper grade quality, recording the secret formula for making goblin spirit potion, learning condition: low-level medicine refining skill.

[Potion Formula: Goblin Pain Relief Potion], gray upper grade quality, recording the secret formula for making goblin pain relief potion, learning condition: low-level medicine refining skill.

[Corpse Thief Helmet], level 2 equipment, white middle grade quality, physical defense +2, dizziness resistance +1, durability 15, (bringing back to the real world needs consuming three white crystal stones)

[White Crystal Stone] ×3.

One could say the rewards were considerable.

Xiaoqiang exclaimed joyfully, "Elite monsters are just different."

A piece of level 2 light white equipment, two potion blueprints, three white crystal stones!

"Risk and return are indeed proportional!" Zhao Ming nodded slightly, "These three white crystals are worth at least thirty gray crystal stones, we just killed over thirty ordinary monsters, and the total returns aren’t this much, not to mention other drops."

Speaking of which.

What use are these formulas?

Everyone noticed two potion formulas dropped from the goblin corpse thief.

Hang Yu did not hide anything, "Potion formulas are a kind of production blueprint, but they must be used by someone with medicine refining skill."

Zhao Ming asked again, "What are these two potions about?"

"Goblin Spirit Potion is a low-level potion for recovering spiritual power, unlike the fruits we have, its recovery speed is fast, convenient to use, can be used during combat."

"As for Goblin Pain Relief Potion, it’s a potion reducing pain sensation, also applicable during combat, can greatly weaken the pain from wounds, reducing it to a bearable level."

Good stuff!

Definitely good stuff!

Zhao Ming, being strategically-minded, thus realized the value of the two blueprints.

Everyone has some fruits that can recover, but using them is cumbersome and easy to get interrupted, and the recovery speed isn’t quite ideal, more suitable for non-combat use.

Just like dealing with the goblin corpse thief this time.

Jiang Nan’s spiritual power was running out, if the battle lasted another minute or two, the outcome would likely be completely different because it’s impossible to replenish the consumption by eating fruits during battle.

Goblin Spirit Recovery Potion can timely and effectively restore.

And the Goblin Pain Relief Potion? Sounds useless, but actually has a broader market!

Speaking of a bitter experience, Zhao Ming was just hit five times by goblin flying knives, backstabbed three times in the butt, almost had his ass blown apart, the sour and refreshing taste is beyond description.

The pain is no different from reality!

If one had such pain relief potion, would there be any need to suffer so much? The potion has a considerable impact whether on performance or team cooperation!

The loot will be allocated later.

Hang Yu threw the helmet to Zhao Ming to use first.

A level 2 light white helmet that can increase 2 points of defense, this would substantially enhance Zhao Ming’s capability.

The three were overall very satisfied, but Hang Yu seemed somewhat gloomy, undoubtedly the goblin corpse thief’s drop rate is high, and the dropped items are very excellent.

Hang Yu came to seek and hunt the goblin corpse thief, the main reason being the goblin corpse thief drops more crystal stones, and the chance of dropping potion formulas is quite high.

Whether crystal stones or formulas.

These are indispensable resources for early development.

However, this alone is insufficient to attract Hang Yu.

They have a certain chance of dropping skill stones, especially the "stealth" skill stone.

Though potion formulas are important, Hang Yu’s main goal in hunting goblin corpse thieves was to obtain the "stealth" skill.

No choice though.

The drop rate for skill stones is too low.

From memory, it doesn’t exceed 5%!

While the probability of dropping low-level medicine refining blueprints exceeds 30%!

This time two potion blueprints drop at once, can be considered a fortunate moment, can’t be too greedy.

Hang Yu said, "It’s still early, let’s find other goblin corpse thieves, try to take out a few more before the Spirit Realm closes!"

"Are there other goblin corpse thieves here?" Zhao Ming was very curious, "But aren’t they elite monsters!"

Hang Yu stated, "Who said elite monsters must be unique?"

The three were surprised and pleased, finally understanding why Hang Yu brought them here to hunt monsters.

On one hand, the density of ordinary monsters here is relatively high.

On the other hand, this area has many elite monsters!

The reward from killing one elite far surpasses that from killing ten same-level ordinary monsters, and there’s a high probability of good items dropping.

Hang Yu was indeed correct.

Goblin Burial Ground outskirts, approximately a dozen goblin corpse thieves wander around, roughly every ten days they respawn after being killed, drop rates are quite good, though risky, the rewards are alluring.

Not unexpected!

After clearing about a dozen goblin skeleton zombies, progressing about five miles, encountered another goblin corpse thief skulking around the Burial Ground with a big bag on its back.

Although this guy is ugly and sleazy, in the eyes of the team, it’s basically a mobile treasure!

With prior experience.

This time handling was smooth and easy.

In less than ten minutes, the corpse thief was dealt with, dropping two white crystals, a light white dagger, a goblin life potion formula, slightly less than last time but still quite decent.

The team was very excited, immediately started scouting for the next corpse thief.

Even Old Zhao felt, if the rewards remained like this, having his butt hurt wouldn’t matter.

Sacrificing a bit for massive profits is totally worth it!

Even Boss Zhao succumbed in front of benefits!

Willing to trade his butt for gains!

Though the ordinary monster drop rate in Goblin Burial Ground is low, elite monsters can fully compensate for it, grinding monsters in this spot is really awesome!

Every time they gain an additional piece of equipment, crystal, or other items here.

These things turn into advantages, allowing them to move ahead of more people in the early days of the era, and such early advantage plays a crucial role in future development!