YM778.TV Chapter 288: Lord-Level BOSS
Song Jian had chosen a place teeming with water plants. It was hard to spot a person hidden behind the rocks unless one looked carefully.
Six and a half minutes quickly passed and Song Jian immediately activated the Black Pearl, instantly wrapping himself in a bubble of air.
As time ticked by, the troop of Fishhead Monster Guardians began swimming upstream to the lake’s surface, ready to switch shifts with another troop.
Song Jian too, slowly left the rocks and swam towards the main camp’s stone cave at the bottom of the lake. According to the treasure map, the “Eye of the Fire God” was hidden inside this cave.
As Song Jian swam to only about 11 or 12 meters from the cave’s entrance, a sharp screech echoed from the shore of Jinyang Lake. A disheveled small fishhead monster was stumbling towards the lake, screaming loudly as it ran.
If Song Jian could see it, he would recognize it as the very same fishhead monster that had escaped him before.
Alarmed by the small fishhead monster’s warning, the troops guarding the fishhead monster’s main camp immediately plunged into chaos. They all jumped into the water and began to frantically search their surroundings. Upon hearing the commotion overhead, Song Jian’s heart sank. He immediately quickened his speed towards the stone cave. Suddenly, a sharp piercing sound echoed from behind him. He turned his head to see a harpoon whizzing through the water towards him, leaving a long trail in its wake.
Song Jian veered sideways as the harpoon flew past him, embedding itself deeply into a stone at the bottom of the lake.
“I’ve been discovered!” Song Jian internally panicked as he turned to see a small squad of fishhead monster guardians swimming towards him rapidly.
Underwater, these fishhead monster guardians were swift, their abilities having evolved considerably, comparable to level twenty monsters.
To fight against a squad of fishhead monster guardians comparable to level twenty monsters, Song Jian might be able to annihilate them given some time. However, where was he? This was the fishhead monster’s main camp. If fighting were to break out, it would surely attract other fishhead monster guardians. He might be able to take on three or five, but as the numbers grew, even ants could kill an elephant. By then, he would probably not even have a chance to escape.
With this in mind, Song Jian immediately swam towards the nearby cave. Only by entering there could he escape the pursuit of these fishhead monsters.
The invaders identified, within moments, a dozen or so fishhead monster guardians were hot on Song Jian’s tail. Their movement also alarmed the surrounding water elements. Massive amounts of water elements began to converge in their direction. Two light blue water elements even appeared ahead of Song Jian.
At this point, Song Jian had no choice but to plunge forward.
Soon, Song Jian entered the alert range of the two water elements. They turned around and began preparing Frost Arrows to shoot at Song Jian.
Frost Arrows did not cause much damage, but they had an extremely annoying effect – chill delay. If they hit the target, it could slow the target’s movement speed by 40%. Once hit, the target would be stuck until death.
Song Jian quickly took cover behind a rock. The Frost Arrows left a long, white, frozen track in the water before smashing into the rock.
Soon, a thin layer of frost covered the surface of the human-height rock, immediately lowering the surrounding water temperature by five to six degrees.
Song Jian’s eyebrows knitted in a frown. The two water elements were blocking the entrance of the cave. To get inside, he would have to defeat those two water elements first.
However, these two water elements were also level fifteen monsters. Moreover, they were underwater, all their attacks carried the chill delay effect. Even if he could ultimately defeat them, the time it would take for that would be enough for the fishhead monsters and water elements behind him to catch up. When that happened, death would be inevitable.
Just then, a frosty white ice elemental Boss, made up of heavy ice blocks, slowly walked towards his location from about a dozen meters away from the cave.
This Ice Elemental Boss’s body was a full circle bigger than the regular water elements. Its eyes, like two huge sapphires, shimmered brilliantly. Its body was covered with an armor made of solidified ice blocks. In its hands, it tightly held a pale gold trident.
“LV15 Ice Elemental Overlord Frendzal (Overlord), Vitality Points: 4800/4800, Traits: Enhanced Coldness, Bloodline of Frost, Skills: Intimidate, Dominion, Frosty Current, Chilling Beam, Trident of the God of War.”
“A Lord level Boss?” Song Jian was shocked and quickly shrunk behind the rock, for this was the very first Lord level Boss he had ever encountered.
The two water elements didn’t give up attacking Song Jian and kept summoning Frost Arrows. At this moment, the Ice Elemental Overlord walked over and upon seeing the two water elements, stopped in its tracks, raising its trident in their direction.
The Frost Arrow that had already been conjured immediately disintegrated into scattered water elemental energy. The two water elements looked surprised and turned to look at the Ice Elemental Overlord.
Upon seeing the Ice Elemental Overlord, the two water elements quickly bowed in courtesy and slowly backed away, not even daring to speak.
The moment the Ice Elemental Overlord appeared, all the water elements tailing Song Jian instantly stopped in their tracks, bending their bodies in his direction. They did not dare to move a step closer.
The Ice Elemental Overlord commanded all the water elements in Jinyang Lake, but the fishhead monsters were not under its control.
Seeing the Ice Elemental Overlord, the pursuing fishhead monsters also began to panic. They dared not continue their chase, fearing that they would cause a misunderstanding with the Ice Elemental Overlord and get themselves killed.
Until a Lord level Boss appeared among the Fishhead Monsters, they wouldn t dare to approach this Elemental Master of Ice in the middle of the lake.
“I hope it hasn’t noticed me…” Song Jian nervously hid himself behind the rock and in the dense underwater grass. A battle with this Elemental Master of Ice underwater was pure suicide, unless he could lure it onto the land where he stood a chance of killing it.
“This is a Lord level Boss, surely it will drop some good stuff after I kill it.” Song Jian’s eyes glowed as he stared at the slowly approaching Elemental Master of Ice.
But with his current strength, killing the Elemental Master of Ice underwater was nothing short of fantasy. All he could hope for was that its alert range wasn’t too large to discover his presence behind the rock.
Son, the Ice Elemental Overlord slowly moved away from the cave entrance and began his routine patrol around Jinyang Lake. As he started to fade out of sight, the fishhead monsters and water elements behind him became jittery. Song Jian immediately came out from behind the rock and swam towards the cave, followed by a swarm of monsters. The water elements in the vicinity also began casting Frost Arrows. Song Jian had to swim towards the cave with all his might, knowing that even a single hit from the horde of monsters could cost him his life.
As Song Jian entered the cave, he felt like he had passed through a thin membrane. The cave was very dry, and the transparent membrane at the entrance kept all the water out.