Capítulo 20: Chapter 20: New Skill, Super Fire Missile!
The girl glanced at Zhang Yue and said, "I'll handle the control; you focus on the damage."
That soft, gentle voice left Zhang Yue certain: she was none other than Jinyan.
As the Zombie Lord broke free from its immobilization, it brandished its ice spear and charged at them.
Su Jinyan raised her staff, and with a loud boom, a fireball exploded against the Zombie Lord's chest, dealing only 71 damage due to the [Fire Shield], which had halved the original impact.
Simultaneously, the Zombie Lord was immobilized once more!
'Can fireball spells even immobilize?' Zhang Yue wondered, casting a glance at Su Jingyan. He speculated, 'Is this the effect of the Forbidden Mage, an Epic-tier class?'
As they spoke, Zhang Yue seized the opportunity to attack. His fireball spell and ice spike combo, just off cooldown, struck the Zombie Lord, inflicting damage in the range of 150 to 160 points.
Barely freed from its immobilization, the Zombie Lord was immediately frozen again by Zhang Yue's ice spike.
Zhang Yue continued to chip away at the Zombie Lord's health with basic attacks.
Meanwhile, Su Jinyan unleashed her Mage-exclusive skill, [Starlight Blast], hitting the Zombie Lord once again.
Another immobilization.
A seamless chain of control.
'Three different skills?' Zhang Yue was slightly surprised. After all, he only had two skills, Fireball and Ice Spike, at his disposal so far.
But then, it made sense. Her sister was the vice president of the [Misty Rain Pavilion] guild, a powerful figure with deep connections. Skill books that cost thousands on the market were probably easy to come by for her.
Taking advantage of the immobilization, Zhang Yue kept attacking.
Three seconds later, his fireball spell was ready again, and he fired it without hesitation.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
-168! Burn!
-180! Critical hit!
-71! Immobilized!
-150! Frozen!
With Zhang Yue, the Mythical Necromancer, and Su Jinyan, the Epic Forbidden Mage, working in tandem, the Zombie Lord's health plummeted rapidly.
The Forbidden Mage's control abilities were truly overwhelming.
With Su Jinyan's consistent immobilization, the Zombie Lord could barely move, providing Zhang Yue with countless opportunities to attack.
Thanks to Su Jinyan's assistance, it only took a few minutes for Zhang Yue to defeat the Zombie Lord.
[Ding! Congratulations! You and the player [Suyan] have jointly slain the LV14 Boss Zombie Lord. Gained 3,000 experience points (80% for duo + 20% for the final hit), 4,200,000 energy points.]
Zhang Yue approached the Zombie Lord's body and picked up the loot.
482 copper coins, two pieces of equipment, a skill book, and some level 2 meat chunks and magic crystals.
Just then, Su Jinyan's voice came from behind him, "How did you know it was me earlier?"
Although they had met once before, Su Jinyan had kept herself hidden under a cloak, never revealing her face to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue glanced back at Su Jinyan and said, "Your damage output is clearly that of a newly advanced player. Right now, the only new players in the Second World are you and me."
Su Jinyan suddenly realized, "Oh, you're right."
"Thanks for the help earlier," Zhang Yue continued. "Let's split the Zombie Lord's loot fifty-fifty."
"No need." Su Jingyan replied cheerfully. "I just happened to be here for a quest. When I heard the commotion, I came over and found you."
"You helped me clear the First World this afternoon, and I haven't even thanked you properly yet."
"Your sister already paid me," Zhang Yue replied.
"Are you also doing the material collection quest?" Su Jinyan asked, noticing the still-refreshing bodies of flaming zombies scattered around. "Can I join your party?"
"Sure," Zhang Yue agreed. "But I need to grab dinner first. I'll be back afterward."
Thrilled that Zhang Yue agreed to team up, Su Jinyan flashed an "OK" sign. "No problem. Go eat, and we'll continue when you get back."
With that, Zhang Yue headed toward Notting City.
As he walked away, Su Jinyan suddenly called out, "By the way, my name's Su Jinyan. What's yours?"
"Zhang Yue," he replied before turning back toward the city.
Watching his departing figure, Su Jinyan smiled to herself and whispered, "I once promised that I'd marry whoever helped me break the curse of misfortune…"
As the words left her lips, her cheeks flushed red. "Oh no, this is so embarrassing."
With Zhang Yue gone, Su Jinyan began solo farming the lower-level flaming zombies around her.
Meanwhile...
Hurrying back to Notting City, Zhang Yue took a moment to check his recent gains.
The Zombie Lord had dropped two pieces of equipment, one of two-star quality and the other one-star.
Fortunately, the two-star item was something Zhang Yue could use!
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[Swift Boots] (LV12)
[Quality: Two-star]
[Attributes: ?]
[Class Requirement: Mage, Beastmaster]
[Physical Defense: ?]
[Magic Defense: ?]
[Description: These boots significantly increase your speed. Wear them, and you'll be the fastest man alive…]
[Not yet identified…]
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In the Otherworld, there are two ways to identify equipment. One is to visit an appraisal center and pay in silver coins. The other is to find a life-class appraiser, the higher the rank, the better the potential attributes, and sometimes, they can even upgrade the equipment's quality.
But hiring an appraiser can be costly.
Not wanting to deal with the hassle, Zhang Yue returned to Notting City and had the Swift Boots appraised for 1.2 silver coins at the appraisal center.
He then spent nearly 30,000 energy points to enhance them into golden [Icefire Swift Boots].
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Physical Defense: +55, Magic Defense: +50.
Bonus: Agility +5, Agility +5.
Effect: Swift (When the wearer successfully hits an enemy, increase agility by 10 points for 5 seconds. Cannot stack.)
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This equated to an additional 20 agility points, significantly improving Zhang Yue's maneuverability.
If he'd had these boots earlier, the Zombie Lord wouldn't have even been able to touch him.
Since Zhang Yue was still only level 11, he stored the level 12 boots in his inventory for now.
As for the one-star, level 13 priest's robe, he planned to sell it at the marketplace.
It should fetch about two to three hundred coins.
The skill book that dropped turned out to be one Zhang Yue could use.
[Fire Missile (D-rank): Summons two fireballs to attack the enemy, each dealing 55% magic damage. Costs 11 MP, cooldown 5 seconds.]
After spending one million energy points, Zhang Yue acquired his third skill!
[Super Fire Missile (A-rank): Summons three fireballs to attack the enemy, each dealing 110% magic damage. Costs 72 MP, cooldown 5 seconds.]
After learning the Fire Missile skill, Zhang Yue logged out of the Otherworld.
The time was 7:30 PM when Zhang Yue ordered takeout on his phone.
As he waited, he noticed a friend request from two hours ago.
Opening his chat app, he saw the notification:
"[Suyan] has sent a friend request via phone number search."
"Suyan… Su Jingyan…" Zhang Yue thought he knew who it was, so he accepted the request.
Soon after, the user with a beach-themed profile picture, [Suyan], sent him a guild group chat invite, along with a message: "Hi, please join our guild chat."
Zhang Yue clicked the link and joined the [Misty Rain Pavilion Guild Chat (Group 194)] on Feixin.
No wonder Misty Rain Pavilion is ranked fifth in Zhe Ning Province. They've got 194 groups just for their guild!
[Ding Ding~]
[Ding Ding~]
As soon as Zhang Yue entered, the group chat buzzed with activity.
[Misty Rain Pavilion • Zui/Level 8 Elite Saint Assassin (Admin): "Newbies in the group, please change your display name to include your class and level. Don't forget to bind your Feixin account to the Otherworld ".]
[Misty Rain Pavilion • Shuai Bi/(Level 7 Standard Archer): "Hey, are you from our side of the Apocalypse Town? Don't join the wrong group."]
The chat had 125 members, and the topic of newcomers quickly shifted to other things.
[Misty Rain Pavilion • Shuangshuang/Level 6 Standard Priest: "Is anyone free to help me with my level 7 scorpion quest? I'm just a level 6 priest, and it's really tough! (Sad)"]
[Misty Rain Pavilion • Haozi/Level 7 Standard Warrior: "Shuangshuang, I'll help you! But you'll have to treat me to dinner afterward (Wink)."]
[Misty Rain Pavilion • Qingkong/Level 7 Standard Knight: "Stop slacking in the group. I heard Sister Jinyan has already reached the Second World. We need to step it up!"]
Zhang Yue didn't change his display name, opting only to bind his Feixin account to his Otherworld character.
This way, he could receive Feixin messages while in the Otherworld.
As he waited for his food, Zhang Yue took a quick shower.
Just as he finished, the takeout arrived.
After eating his meal, Zhang Yue listed the priest robe dropped from Zombie Leader in trading house for 300 coins and logged back into Otherworld.
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