Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 71 He's a top-tier SS-class combatant (Bonus chapter for A, Hanxue, Yeyue, and N)

"Self-repair?"

He crossed his arms and frowned as he looked at the Ghost Battleship Friedrich.

Before disengaging from the battle, Lu Chao withstood a series of attacks, dealing a total of 204728 damage to the Ghost Battleship Friedrich. He then fled, planning to use the "Flying Master" skill to kite the Ghost Battleship Friedrich and slowly wear it down.

But the Ghost Battleship Friedrich didn't chase at all; it just lay there to heal.

Furthermore, the "Master of Escape" also put Lu Chao into an escape state that prevented him from fighting back for three minutes.

"In three minutes, the [Ghost Battleship Friedrich] can regenerate 150,000 HP! Doesn't that mean I can only take down 50,000 HP in one round of attacks? From entering the battle to my escape state ending, it will take about five minutes. If I can't use my special skills, and I only take down 50,000 HP in five minutes, even if I kite it, it will probably take eight hours to whittle down this [Ghost Battleship Friedrich] with 5 million HP..."

Lu Chao shook his head. He didn't have that much time to waste with this [Ghost Battleship Friedrich]. Moreover, the system notification said that Nut Fortress would send out combatants. The longer he stayed, the more variables there would be.

He actually understood that fighting this [Ghost Battleship Friedrich] was similar to fighting the Fiery Tengu; he would probably have to wait for the NPC to cripple it first before picking up the scraps.

But he's an illegal immigrant now, and if the fighters from Nut Fortress come, they might attack him too. In short, there are too many uncertainties.

"It's unreliable, isn't it? Come on, let's get this going! Whether we can take down this monster depends entirely on you guys!"

Lu Chao muttered something under his breath.

At this very moment, the three players who had escaped from the ghost warship were hiding behind a rock, observing Lu Chaoding.

"Hey, Jinx, is that a combatant from Camp Nuts?"

The blonde, blue-eyed female player pointed at Lu Chao, who was riding a tiger and wielding a sword in mid-air, and asked the cannon king Jinx beside her.

"That's probably it, but it wasn't very effective, only taking away 20 HP from the Ghost Battleship!" Jinx shook her head repeatedly.

Another female player said, "But he got away unscathed. It seems like he can still fight. Should we go out and team up with him?"

Jinx shook her head again and said, "Don't have too high hopes for him. There are beta testers on the forum who have revealed that the combatants in Nut Fortress are ranked, with the strongest being SS-rank and the weakest being B-rank. This guy riding a tiger arrived first without the system giving any notification, so he's very likely just a B-rank. Let's wait for a more reliable combatant to appear before we talk about forming a team."

"That's right, teaming up with trash combatants is tantamount to suicide!"

"Let's wait and see..."

The three of them were talking in hushed tones, already regarding Lu Chaoding as a combatant sent by the Screw Base.

After all, the fact that he could reduce the Ghost Battleship Friedrich's health by 20 is already outrageous and something that ordinary players can't do, but it's not surprising when it happens to an NPC.

In fact, Lu Chaoding also noticed the three players, but because he was in the escape state, he didn't bother with them.

Three minutes passed quickly, and Lu Chao's escape state ended, allowing him to attack again.

At this moment, both the [Multiple Treasures] and [Azure Lotus] traits were in effect, and Lu Chaoding immediately equipped the [Great Xuan Sword] to the second weapon slot, reducing his speed by 40 points.

"The Ghost Battleship Friedrich cannot be repelled or slowed down, and continuous action is impossible. A little more or less speed doesn't matter, since we can always outspeed it by 100. We can hit it once and run away, and we can always disengage from combat."

Lu Chaoding made a quick decision. At this moment, his attack power had reached 2160. He rode his tiger forward for a distance, and then attacked with his sword from fifty meters away, thus triggering a battle and successfully entering the battle space.

"With the Azure Lotus ability, hold on! Give me full fighting spirit, unleash your ultimate move!"

Lu Chao shouted, ready to make his move. The Taiyi Dividing Light Sword, two physical Dividing Light Swords, 96 Taiyi Dividing Light Sword shadows, and the Great Profound Sword and 32 Great Profound Sword shadows were already arranged in a sword formation above his head.

The Earthly Demon Dog Head and the White Bone Sword Saint were also released.

After the preparation time ended, Lu Chao was overjoyed, but then received a system notification: "Ding, the [Multiple Treasures] trait has partially malfunctioned, and your Great Xuan Sword has lost 40% of its weapon damage bonus!"

"Damn, that scared me! I thought the Azure Lotus's special properties were gone!"

Lu Chao let out a breath. At this moment, the [Azure Lotus] property was still working. Without saying a word, he immediately used his ultimate technique.

"I deeply regret that Tianquan has not emerged!"

"Secondly, the location of the Earth God is difficult to find!"

"The Three Hates Magic Sword is ineffective!"

"I hate that the outfits are so ugly!"

Lu Chaoding launched four consecutive sword attacks at top speed. When he tried to launch a fifth attack, the Great Xuan Sword fell, and the [Multiple Treasures] trait completely failed.

But in the end, Lu Chaoding still managed to unleash his fifth sword strike.

Rumble rumble rumble...

The Ghost Battleship Friedrich was blown up again, flames leaping wildly across its body, and damage numbers appearing in a continuous barrage. Before the damage numbers could disappear, the three Bone Sword Saints followed up with their attack.

Lu Chaoding quickly checked the battle log. He saw that his initial attack, with the double blessing of the Taiyi Dividing Light Sword and the Great Profound Sword, dealt 5120 damage to the toughness-breaking weapon and a total damage of 77220!

In the first round, the first four swords of [Sword Immortal's Twelve Hatreds] had the combined attributes of Taiyi Dividing Light Sword and Great Mystic Sword, and each attack consistently dealt 102684 damage. The fifth sword, Great Mystic Sword, dropped, and the output was slightly lower, at 67116.

Therefore, the total damage from the first attack plus the first round attack is 555072!

"55 damage! That's impressive!"

Lu Chao nodded. At this moment, the Yellow Spring Sword Spirit and the little dog head had finished their attack. He picked up the bucket again and ran away, using [Master of Escape] to disengage from the battle.

Upon returning to the open world, Lu Chaoding discovered that the Ghost Battleship Friedrich was still lying in place, self-repairing.

"This regeneration speed is so annoying!"

Lu Chaoding suddenly had a thought. He pointed to the ground, and a dark yellow circle of light appeared. The Yellow Spring Sword Spirit 001 crawled out from inside it.

"Although I, the Sword Immortal, cannot attack now, my sword spirit can. Yellow Spring Sword Spirit 001, go! Chop it down!"

Lu Chao shouted loudly.

Huangquan Sword Spirit 001 clumsily but resolutely walked towards the Ghost Battleship Friedrich, then made a slashing motion, unleashing sword energy, which pulled the Ghost Battleship Friedrich into the battle space, and a battle flag appeared out of thin air.

"Once it enters the combat space, the Ghost Battleship Friedrich will be unable to repair itself, and it will have one minute to prepare for battle. This means that the Netherworld Sword Spirit 001 can buy me at least one minute, reducing the Ghost Battleship Friedrich's health recovery by at least 5. The price is... the Netherworld Sword Spirit 001 will be killed!"

Lu Chaoding quickly pondered, and as he expected, about a minute and a half later, a system notification rang in his ears: "Ding, your Yellow Springs Sword Spirit 001 has been killed by the [Ghost Battleship Friedrich], its level has dropped by 1, and it has returned to the Yellow Springs!"

With a hum, the battle flag shattered, and the Ghost Battleship Friedrich reappeared, its eyes darting around and its tentacles flailing wildly, still repairing itself.

Lu Chaoding used the same trick again, summoning the Yellow Spring Sword Spirit 001 once more. Its level had been reduced to LV9, but it didn't matter; Lu Chaoding intended for it to die.

The obedient Yellow Springs Sword Spirit 001 quickly pulled the Ghost Battleship Friedrich back into the battle space. When the battle ended and the Ghost Battleship Friedrich reappeared, Lu Chaoding's escape state had already been lifted.

"Haha, two acts of harassment saved 150,000 lives!"

Lu Chao was very pleased with himself. At this moment, his [Multi-Treasure] and [Azure Lotus] special characteristics were activated. He dared not delay and hung the Great Xuan Sword in the second weapon slot. He immediately attacked the [Ghost Battleship Friedrich].

This time, Lu Chaoding successfully used the [Sword Immortal Twelve Hatreds], and the total damage from the ultimate move plus the first-strike attack reached a new high of 590640!

"That's pretty much my highest output in a single operation so far! A few more times like that, and taking down this ghost warship won't be a problem!"

Lu Chaoding was full of fighting spirit. After disengaging from combat, he would send the White Bone Sword Saint to harass the enemy. Once the escape state was over, he would take action himself. The [Yellow Spring] trait was very reliable this time and never failed. The [Treasure] and [Azure Lotus] traits worked sometimes and sometimes, which frustrated Lu Chaoding. But even if these two traits didn't work, Lu Chaoding's damage output was still quite considerable.

Thus, about forty minutes later, when Lu Chaoding once again escaped the battle, the [Ghost Battleship Friedrich] was left with only 188800 health points!

"It's safe!"

Lu Chao was overjoyed. Just as he sent out the Yellow Spring Sword Spirit 001, which had already been reduced to level one, to continue harassing the Ghost Battleship Friedrich, Jinx and her two companions, who had been hiding behind rocks in the distance, suddenly rushed over.

"I misjudged him, this NPC must be an SS-rank combatant!"

"Is he pulling and tugging at me just waiting for players to come up and team up with him?"

"That must be it! We can't hesitate any longer! The Ghost Battleship Friedrich is down to its last sliver of health. If we don't team up now, we'll miss our chance!"

"Haha, that's awesome! We've got the first kill!"

"It can even be reported to the entire server..."

The three were very excited and sent a team-up request to Lu Chao from afar.

"Ding! Player Jinx has invited you to join the team. Do you accept?"

Lu Chao was taken aback.

Can we even team up here?

He thought for a moment, an idea popped into his head, and then responded to the system: "Agreed!"

The next moment, the team panel popped up, and the team was actually successfully formed!

That's all for this morning, we'll continue tonight!

Thank you for your support.

(End of this chapter)