162: Chapter 162 Takanashi Toka

"BOSS?" A look of timidity appeared on Xiao Niao's face. Previously, just a single Black Wild Boar had given him the experience of being rammed to death by a forklift. Now, if this boss-level boar came charging with its minions, wouldn't it send him flying into the sky, unable to come back down?

Thinking of this, Xiao Niao couldn't help but whisper, "It feels so dangerous. Let's go around it..."

Hu Gualing didn't even think about it and said, "We came out to grind monsters and drop gear. Since when is there any reason to go around a boss?"

"..." Xiao Niao thought about it and felt it was true. When playing games in the past, he was always looking for bosses everywhere. Even though this Fantasy Jianghu was a realistic holographic experience, it was still a game. There was no reason to turn around and run after finally finding a boss-level monster in the game.

Xiao Niao gritted his teeth and said, "Fine. If you guys really want to fight, then let's fight. At worst, we just die and use Resurrection!" As he spoke, Xiao Niao took out his bow and arrow from his backpack and started aiming.

Hu Gualing quickly held him back, "Don't be in such a rush. Did you forget how you died before? You hide here first. Wait for us to go over and pull the monster's aggro, then you can slowly shoot arrows to deal damage."

Xiao Niao was originally a ranged DPS, so his safety rating in the team should have been the highest. However, the last time they encountered a Black Wild Boar, he was the first to become a soul under the boar's tusks simply because he attacked the boar first, causing that Black Wild Boar to hold a grudge against him.

So this time, Hu Gualing intended to look after him and let him start attacking a bit later.

Xiao Niao understood what Hu Gualing meant, but he still shook his head and said, "I know you're doing this for my own good, but tell me first: there are five wild boars over there, including the one that looks like a boss—the Red Wild Boar. How are you going to go over and pull the monsters?"

Hu Gualing thought about it, and the more he thought, the more he frowned.

If five wild boars attacked him at once, his Lazy Donkey Roll wouldn't be able to dodge them no matter how useful it was. As long as he was knocked to the ground by one of the boars, the other boars would surround him and gore him. With his 140+ HP, he would be dead in one or two rounds of attacks.

Although one could use Resurrection after death, with five wild boars, he would probably have to resurrect several times, maybe even a dozen times, to deal with them, right? By then, the items that dropped might not even be worth the game points consumed by the Resurrections.

Hu Gualing wasn't a fool. Of course, he wouldn't do something that was clearly a losing proposition, so his attitude changed slightly: "How about... we listen to Xiao Niao and just go around them?"

Tang Yao: "It doesn't matter to me."

Xiao Niao laughed: "So, Gualing, you can be afraid too."

Hu Gualing: "It's not fear. I just thought about it carefully. If that Red Wild Boar, which might be a boss, attacks with its four minions, Tang Yao and I won't be able to tank them. I don't know how many times we'd have to use Resurrection to kill these boars, so it's not worth it."

Xiao Niao said: "You don't need to worry about that. Don't you have me?"

Hu Gualing said: "You mean... you'll pay for the points for the revival coins?"

"..." Xiao Niao said speechlessly, "Of course not. I mean that I can pull the wild boars one by one by shooting arrows. I'll deal with one, then pull the next, until all the ordinary wild boars are cleared out, and then we go to gang up on that red wild boar."

"You can do that?" Tang Yao felt like clapping in praise as she listened. To think of such a good plan—Xiao Niao's brain was really something.

Hu Gualing was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his cheek and started thinking carefully.

The method of pulling monsters that Xiao Niao mentioned was something he had heard of when playing games in the past. However, because it required very precise control over the monsters' movement paths, aggro ranges, and attack distances, generally only true high-level players would use it. In online games, it had a professional term: "splitting monsters."

Hu Gualing sized up Xiao Niao: "You actually know this 'splitting monsters' technique?"

Xiao Niao smiled: "Otherwise, what did you think I was preparing to do when I was aiming with my bow and arrow?"

Hu Gualing suddenly realized: "Pro gamer Xiao Niao, my apologies, my apologies."

Tang Yao also said, feeling confused but impressed: "My apologies, my apologies."

"Eh, just a petty trick, not worth mentioning." Xiao Niao said this, but he felt a secret thrill inside. "If you guys are sure you want to fight, then shall I start the pull?"

Hu Gualing: "Fight, of course we fight. You don't have to feel too much pressure. Even if there's a small mistake and you pull two ordinary wild boars at once, we should still be able to handle it."

The most standard "splitting monsters" technique could pull only one monster at a time. Although it was a bit troublesome, it could greatly reduce the possibility of the team wiping.

However, this was the holographic game Fantasy Jianghu. Archery not only required manual aiming but also necessitated considering factors like wind resistance and distance. Hu Gualing naturally wouldn't demand such strict perfection from Xiao Niao; as long as he could split the five wild boars into two or three waves, that would be enough.

Xiao Niao said confidently, "Don't worry. I am a serious pro gamer. Back in the games, I could even pull away ten monsters standing together one by one. That's why people in the Jianghu call me Xiao Niao Tōka."

Hu Gualing was overjoyed: "Good, good, good! Xiao Niao Tōka, since you've said that, I have nothing to worry about. We've got this, we've got this."