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Chapter 79: Tina's Ten-Level Boost and Advance Payment
Chapter 79: Tina's Ten-Level Boost and Advance Payment
One hour later, they arrived at the Zanga Marsh.
Located west of Olan City, the Zanga Marsh was the territory of creatures like the Swamp Hydra and the Giant Crocodile. A perpetual green mist floated above the marsh, obscuring the sun from view.
Below the marsh, the air was thick with the hissing of many Hydras. However, as the sounds of clashing blades and roaring spells filled the air, the marsh gradually grew silent.
Looking around, all that could be seen through the green mist were the numerous corpses of the Hydras that had yet to respawn.
These corpses, of course, were the work of Su Yu and Tina.
At that moment, Su Yu sat on the largest Hydra's corpse, looking exhausted.
This particular Hydra was the required "Swamp Hydra Leader" of the quest, a rare 12th-level boss.
Initially, Su Yu, who was capable of grinding down the Wolf King of the newbie village, should have found this boss relatively easy, especially with Tina's assistance.
However, in practice, they discovered that this boss was quite challenging.
Firstly, the boss had ranged attacks. Its three heads could spew toxins, flames, and frost, all of which were area-of-effect spells.
Unlike the close-combat boss like the Wolf King, which Su Yu could handle with ease using the "Lightning Shield" to tank and the "Flash Step" to dodge, this boss required a different approach. Su Yu had to rely on his movement speed and predictive dodging to avoid the boss's attacks.
Moreover, as the battle dragged on, the "Swamp Hydra Leader" would enter a "Frenzy State," increasing its attack speed and casting speed by at least 60%. The three heads would spray their spells like a "spell machine gun"!
After defeating the "Swamp Hydra Leader," Su Yu was so exhausted that he sat on the boss's corpse, almost tempted to lie down and take a nap.
However, Su Yu's efforts were not in vain. The boss dropped a total of five items:
- Chainmail "Bone Chain Greaves (Rare) lv12"
- Plate "Cast Iron Headgear (Rare) lv12"
- Skill Scroll "Rain of Fire (Excellent)"
- Skill Scroll "Frenzy Recovery (excellent)"
- "Swamp Hydra's Venom Sac (Rare)" x1
"Frenzy Recovery" was a Druid skill in bear form, allowing the user to recover 30% of their total health using rage.
The only item useful to Su Yu was the "Rain of Fire" skill scroll.
Without much hesitation, Su Yu clicked to learn and upgraded it to epic quality.
"Rain of Fire (Rare): Fire meteors rain from the sky, dealing 360% spell power damage to all enemies in the target area (8-meter radius) over 3 seconds, and causing the [Burning] status for 3 seconds. Casting time: 1 second, cooldown: 8 seconds, mana cost: 40 points."
"Chime, please confirm the enhancement direction for [Rain of Fire]: 1, [Wildfire]: Increase duration increased by 30%; 2, [Rapid Cooling]: Cooldown reduced by 2 seconds."
"Choose 1."
Both enhancement directions for [Rain of Fire] were similar, but considering that he would be using more area-of-effect spells in the future, Su Yu chose to focus on increasing the damage.
After learning [Rain of Fire], Su Yu's area-of-effect damage capabilities significantly improved!
Previously, his only area-of-effect spell was [Lightning Chain]. Now, combining it with [Rain of Fire], his output output damage increased had increased area increased increased].
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“No, what’s up?”
“Nothing.”
Su Yu jumped down from the body of the Swamp Hydra Leader and gave it a couple of hard kicks.
Useless thing!
He had been counting on this battle to gather more Tina’s Blood, but that plan was now in ruins.
“Now that this monster is dealt with, what do you plan to do?”
Su Yu turned to look at Tina.
Tina was exhausted from the battle and had been sitting on the ground to rest for a while.
Hearing Su Yu’s question, Tina struggled to her feet. “Of course, I need to collect its essence blood. My talent allows me to absorb the essence blood of monsters to boost my strength, but it only works if I’m the one who kills them.”
Tina raised her sword in front of her chest and began to gather her Wrath.
A pale golden aura spilled out from her body, enveloping her, making her look like a small golden statue.
Taking a deep breath, she swung her sword with all her might!
The blade cut through the air, leaving a trail of golden light.
Crack!
The head of the Swamp Hydra Leader cleanly separated from its neck.
A large amount of dark green blood spurted out from the corpse, splashing all over Tina.
Tina could have dodged, but she didn’t.
The dark green blood seeped into her skin as soon as it made contact.
At the same time, the pale golden aura around her grew thicker.
Boom!
The aura exploded outward, blinding like the sun.
Su Yu quickly activated Insight to check Tina’s current status.
Character: Tina Garcia
Level: 16
Class: Warrior
Likes: Petting cats, sweets.
“Tina actually went from Level 10 to Level 16? This is the power of her bloodline!” Su Yu’s face was full of astonishment.
And Tina didn’t stop there.
She took out the essence blood she had collected from the other hydra heads earlier and poured it over herself.
The blood was absorbed quickly, and Tina’s level continued to rise!
By the time she absorbed all the blood from her backpack, Su Yu checked her status again.
Character: Tina Garcia
Level: 20
Class: Warrior
Likes: Petting cats, sweets, drinking blood.
She had reached Level 20!
“My strength has increased significantly! I believe it won’t be long before I reach the second stage!” Tina felt the thick aura within her and was overjoyed.
“Congratulations.” Su Yu congratulated her, his tone slightly bitter. “Sigh, I wish I could boost my strength as quickly as you!”
No wonder she’s the lead character of the first expansion pack; she levels up so fast!
If Earth humans could level up like Tina, the Skrulls would be trembling in fear.
“Mm-hmm.” Tina heard Su Yu’s words and tapped her chin with her right index finger, looking thoughtful. “I do have a way to help you boost your strength quickly. It’s called Bloodline Connection. Of course, it won’t be as fast as me, but it will have some effect.”
Just then, Su Yu received a system notification:
“Ding! Detected that Tina Garcia’s goodwill towards you is greater than 20 points. You can activate Advance Task Reward.”
“Ding! Tina Garcia offers to prepay the reward for the fifth stage of the Oran City Saintess main quest: Bloodline Connection (one hour). Do you accept?”
Bloodline Connection: During the duration, you will receive 10% of the experience points Tina Garcia earns.
(End of Chapter)
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