Chapter 9 - 7: Elite Monster

The last three goblins are unique.One goblin has a beard, and its skin is wrinkled, looking like an elderly image, holding a long staff over a meter long.

One goblin has many tattoos, wearing an animal hide robe adorned with various bone ornaments, resembling a goblin punk.

Those two are nothing special.

Just lackeys.

The key figure is the one surrounded by the elder goblin and the socialite goblin.

This is a burly goblin muscle man.

His height is almost catching up to Xiaoqiang’s.

Such a physique is like the Schwarzenegger among goblins.

At this moment, this Schwarzenegger of the goblin realm is carrying a daunting wolf fang club, swaggering back and forth with two minions.

It’s as if he just participated in a bodybuilding competition held in the neighboring village and returned as the champion in the Goblin Village bodybuilding contest.

Truly imposing aura.

Even the way he walks is particularly arrogant!

Hang Yu lowered his voice and said, "The one on the left is a low-tier goblin warlock, the one on the right is a low-tier goblin priest, both of these level 1 ordinary monsters, possess very unusual special abilities, but the most troublesome is the goblin warrior in the middle, a level 1 elite monster."

Jiang Nan immediately questioned, "Are elite monsters very powerful?"

"Spirit Realm creatures range from low to high levels: Ordinary, Elite, Lord, Overlord, King, Epic, Legend, Mythical."

"The higher the creature level, the more powerful its abilities, and the higher its intelligence. Elite monsters are only one level above ordinary monsters, but their strength is not something ordinary monsters can compare to."

"This goblin warrior is a level 1 Bronze Elite Monster; its combat effectiveness is not inferior to level 3 or 4 ordinary monsters. His life value is very high, all attributes greatly enhanced, also possessing combat skills. Do you think it is formidable?"

Monster grade also affects intelligence.

Ordinary goblin intelligence level is comparable to a severely mentally disabled child, not even as high as a monkey, while goblin warriors have the intelligence level of an eight or nine-year-old child.

Of course.

This goblin’s level is too low.

And it’s just a Bronze Elite lacking awakened self-awareness.

He cannot learn languages or writing; there’s no substantial difference between him and a somewhat intelligent gorilla.

Zhao Ming, Jiang Nan, Xiaoqiang were all shocked.

They had barely built any confidence through hunting dozens of ordinary goblins, suddenly gone facing a goblin warrior.

Zhang Xiaoqiang quickly spoke, "We definitely can’t defeat such a powerful goblin; the harvest is good enough this time, let’s just forget about the treasure chest... we can come back for it when we are stronger!"

Despite looking down on this coward.

This time, Jiang Xiaonan inwardly agreed with his opinion.

She softly persuaded, "Goblin warrior looks fierce, I also feel that given our current level and equipment, we might not be able to deal with such a powerful monster."

The goblin warrior is already formidable.

Those two rather unusual goblins are presumably not simple either; even if they haven’t reached elite monster level, they are at least more powerful than the patrol soldier and collector outside; how can we fight against that?

Zhao Ming ignored the two retreating, directly asked Hang Yu, "What do you think?"

"We can fight!" Hang Yu replied without hesitation, "Since the risk is high, it requires taking risks."

Zhang Xiaoqiang wanted to say, isn’t it better to not fight given the high risk, especially keeping our pants intact?

Zhao Ming pondered briefly and asked again, "Is it worth the risk?"

Hang Yu nodded, "If it wasn’t worth it, why would I come here?"

Zhao Ming nodded, "Then how do you think we should fight?"

Hang Yu immediately said, "Look at Old Zhao, although the oldest, he has quite the audacity."

"Yes, goblin warrior has high life value, very strong physical defense, with our melee attack capability, it’s hard to pose enough threat. But goblin warrior has low magical defense, Xiaoqiang’s fireball will be the main output; our task is to distract the goblin warrior, keeping him from attacking Xiaoqiang."

"Uncle Zhao goes first to grab attention, goblin warlock will unleash magic attack, but don’t panic; goblin warlock is just an ordinary monster, magic can only be used every few minutes. Once you’re attacked by magic, retreat immediately, eat berries to recover life energy."

"Xiaoqiang, don’t worry about the goblin warrior and warlock initially, the first fireball must instantly kill the goblin priest, because he has acceleration and recovery skills. Once the goblin priest and warrior cooperate, we can just offer up our pants."

Zhang Xiaoqiang had a bitter expression.

Really, are we going to fight?

Jiang Nan, her voice slightly trembling, intervened but still asked, "What’s my task?"

Hang Yu responded, "After Xiaoqiang kills the priest, I’ll distract the goblin warrior, leaving no room for him to concern himself with others. Your task is to take out the goblin warlock with crossbow arrows before his skill recovers."

Zhang Xiaoqiang lacked confidence, "Isn’t it too difficult? Can we really manage?"

"You’re just responsible for the output, the technical difficulty is the lowest, so stop whining!" Hang Yu glared at him sternly, "Don’t you want to overcome the loserdom, rise to the pinnacle of life? Yearn for beautiful women, luxurious mansions, yachts, want to prosper? This is your turning point; are you willing to give up?"

Zhang Xiaoqiang wanted to say something.

Hang Yu slapped his forehead, "Stop the crap, you’re there; you’re going to fight either way!"

Zhang Xiaoqiang shrank his neck, dared not speak.

Indeed!

Life is like a gamble.

There’s risk, but you must have the courage to go all in sometimes.

The saying goes, win and you’ve got a model in a club, lose and you’re off to toil at sea.

In this situation, at worst you’ll just end up running through the forest naked without your pants, nothing much for someone like Zhang Xiaoqiang.

"Alright, less nonsense, let’s move!"

Took two blue spiritual power berries for Zhang Xiaoqiang.

Then two red life energy berries for Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming nodded lightly to Hang Yu, then crouched low to lead, approaching the three goblins and instantly activated his divine steel armor; as soon as the divine steel armor was activated, all three goblins reacted simultaneously, turning to face him.

The goblin warlock uttered strange syllables, suddenly raised the long staff in his hand, pointed it at Zhao Ming from a distance, and a translucent searing light bullet shot over, blasting on the defense with a bang.

In one strike, Zhao Ming’s defense disappeared completely.

He felt a scorching pain in his chest.

The light bullet pierced through the defense without dissipating, hitting the chest directly, flipping Zhao Ming back more than three meters; his life value dropped from 10 to 5 points.

Whoa!

Hang Yu didn’t mention we would face this!

At this time, the goblin warrior and priest have rushed over.

Zhao Ming endured the pain from his wound, scrambling and crawling, fled in disarray.

Zhang Xiaoqiang saw the goblins come within range, and the goblin priest seemed to be preparing a spell; he knew that he’d have to act fast. The goblin warrior’s moves were already faster than a regular collector; if aided by the goblin priest’s acceleration, no one could counter this terrifying figure.

Luckily, Xiaoqiang’s fireball is instant!

A fist-sized fireball exploded directly on the goblin priest, the violent power erupting, shattering the robe, and terrifying flames consumed him into a human-shaped fireball!

Xiaoqiang’s fireball generates immense damage instantly.

Sufficient to instantly kill most level 1 ordinary monsters.

The goblin priest didn’t have high life value.

So unequivocally, it was an instant kill!

"Uncle Zhao eat the berries quickly, Xiaoqiang keep distance, Jiang Nan deal with the warlock, go!"

While speaking, Hang Yu charged straight at the goblin warrior.

He concentrated fully observing every move of the goblin warrior.

Even facing an elite monster.

He must tread carefully and cautiously.

The four are mostly level 1 novices; with the goblin warrior’s attack power, with a solid hit, it would be an instant kill, no suspense.

However, under Hang Yu’s command, the goblin priest was eliminated before utilizing the acceleration skill, reducing the goblin warrior’s threat significantly.

The goblin warrior overall is a high-attacking, high-defending, speed-deficient elite monster.

Therefore, with caution, it should be possible to distract him.