Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 407 Big Shot Saves My Life
"Chirp chirp chirp chirp Help! Boss, help me! I'm scared to die! Waaaaah!"

Bai Chenxue was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. She screamed and clung tightly to the wall, using every ounce of her strength to embed the Emei dagger into the crack in the stone, trying to squeeze out the last bit of spiritual energy and climb higher.

Holding a long spear, Yun Ling tried every means to attract the monster's aggro on the ground to no avail. He was desperately stabbing the Nine Nether Demon's thick scales with the spear while shouting, "Hold on! This monster's hide is very thick! I'm trying to break its defense!"

Not far away, two players who had chosen a prime spot and huddled together, having not attracted any monster's aggro, were looking at Bai Chenxue with sympathy. They tacitly agreed not to make a sound—if they attracted aggro, they would be in deep trouble!

This team is a boss group run by Yun Ling, and they are doing the currently most popular dungeon, [Thunder Maze]. Unlike the famous and only large-scale raid dungeon [Thunder Abyss], [Thunder Maze] is also called a "Thunder Dungeon" by players, but the former is called "Small Thunder Dungeon" and the latter is called "Big Thunder Dungeon".

As the name suggests, the team limit for the Thunder Maze is the same as that for the Cold Pool Cave, which is five people. The difficulty is only slightly higher than that of the Cold Pool Cave, but the experience drop is much richer. You can even get an equipment chest after defeating the final BOSS. The quality is certainly not as good as the school uniform that needs to be exchanged with prestige and contribution points, but it is still a pretty good transitional outfit for newbies.

Therefore, the Xiaolei dungeon has become the mainstream dungeon for everyone, and it is also the most favored dungeon for studios that carry clients.

Although Yun Ling was still considered a newbie player by the time she entered the game, she confidently relied on her real-life experience as a champion of the 7th World Traditional Wushu Championships, and despite being only a dozen or so levels high, she teamed up with Han Yi to make money.

Han Yi was responsible for tanking and drawing aggro, while she was responsible for dealing damage... no, I mean, for dealing damage!
The remaining three slots are perfect for bringing bosses; they're incredibly reliable. Since I started bringing boss groups, I've had 100% positive feedback and have never had a mishap!

The boss's car was running smoothly until Han Yi disconnected while it was in motion—apparently, the project team was working on a temporary power outage, which caused the current awkward situation.

The three bosses who were originally just watching from the sidelines were forced to the wall. The two who were too low level had little presence and were fine. But Bai Chenxue, who was already level 29, had a cultivation level much higher than Yun Ling, who was just a laborer. As a result, after Han Yi was disconnected and killed by the monster, the BOSS directly turned its attention to her and ignored Yun Ling!

"Luckily, I didn't go online at the base, otherwise I wouldn't have made a single penny from this car, and I would have had to pay the losses of three bosses..."

Yun Ling muttered to himself, gritted his teeth, and pulled out a lightning talisman from his backpack, then hurled it at the BOSS.

The effect was remarkable; the BOSS was indeed stunned by the attack, and then turned around and pounced on Yun Ling.

Yun Ling remained calm, simply parrying with her gun in reverse and then dodging the BOSS's attack.

To everyone's surprise, when the BOSS missed its attack, it simply let out a howl, then turned around and charged at Bai Chenxue, who had just breathed a sigh of relief and was preparing to move to a different spot.

Bai Chenxue's breath hitched again; the spiritual energy she had barely managed to regain was completely used up once more. She screamed in despair, "Aaaaaah! Is this really necessary?!"

"Haha, boss, I really tried my best..."

Yun Ling said awkwardly, really reluctant to use the Thunder Talisman again, so he could only suggest, "Boss, do you have the Swiftness skill? Why don't you use a mana potion, then jump down and use Swiftness to kite the monsters, and I'll deal damage? How about that?"

Bai Chenxue was completely out of spiritual energy, and even the Emei thorns stuck in the crack in the rock were starting to slip. She became increasingly desperate: "How can you make your boss work for you?!" Yun Ling quickly apologized: "Boss, I'm so sorry! I won't charge you for this car! I didn't expect that scoundrel Han Yi to suddenly lose power and go offline!"

"But, but, it's so ugly, waaaaah!"

Bai Chenxue turned her head to look at the BOSS, almost bursting into tears from how ugly he was, and couldn't help but turn her head away again—

This boss is one of the ugliest of the Nine Nether Demons. Its body is covered with fish-scale-like scales, and it has three mouths on its head, each containing a mouthful of fine, sharp teeth that makes your scalp crawl. Instead of a bridge to its nose, it has two large holes where there are nostrils. It looks even uglier than Voldemort—at least Voldemort has eyes, but this boss doesn't even have eyes!

"Boss, please give it a try! I really can't get it to work, it's ignoring me, I'm at my wit's end!"

Yun Ling was also helpless. She tried her best to persuade her, "Just treat it like a big cabbage, jump down, pick a direction, close your eyes and run! Anyway, you won't be able to see it even if you're in front of it!"

Bai Chenxue knew in her heart that this couldn't go on, so she gritted her teeth, took out a handful of Rejuvenation Pills from her Qiankun bag, threw them into her mouth, chewed them like candy, and swallowed them.

After the medicine took effect for a while, and her spiritual power suddenly began to surge, Bai Chenxue followed Yun Ling's instructions and jumped down into an open space. She immediately activated her [Swiftness] skill—fearing it might not be safe, she drank a bottle of Swiftness Water as she ran, and then sprinted along the outermost edge of the terrain.

"Boss, keep it up! It's down to half health!"

While comforting Bai Chenxue, Yun Ling relentlessly stabbed the BOSS with his gun.

This spear was something she picked up and used temporarily after Han Yi died. It had a lightning enchantment on it, so its damage was higher than the Miao sword she bought. The scales on this BOSS were hard and smooth, and the Miao sword always seemed to slip off. On the contrary, with Han Yi's spear, you could see the black mist emanating from the wounded Nine Nether Demon when the spear tip pierced through it.

Bai Chenxue's level and cultivation were already high. Even without using the Swiftness Water, she could easily outmaneuver monsters with her [Swiftness] skill. However, she had always played casually and had never been close to monsters before, so she was a little unaccustomed to it.

However, for Yun Ling, having Bai Chenxue replace Han Yi's work, even though she doesn't deal damage, creates a very convenient environment for Yun Ling to deal damage... probably...

"Huff, huff, boss, slow down! That monster can't catch you at all! But... but I can't catch you either!"

Yun Ling shouted breathlessly as she ran.

The BOSS wasn't actually that fast, but because Bai Chenxue was running in a wobbly, unpredictable manner, and the BOSS couldn't keep up at all, it could only constantly adjust its chasing direction based on Bai Chenxue's location, causing Yun Ling to miss with its spear several times.

Bai Chenxue, her eyes still tightly shut, half-screamed and half-answered, "But! But I'm so afraid it will catch me! I'm terrified of dying!!!"