Chapter 23:The chance to take on the boss? Total annihilation on the spot!
"Fortunately, there's still 45 minutes left."
Qin Feng let out a sigh of relief.
This special boss always had a time limit for its appearance.
It would exist in a certain area for a while before disappearing.
Now, with 45 minutes remaining, Qin Feng had enough time to defeat the Golden Ghost Ship.
"Let's begin."
Qin Feng glanced at the 'Shadow' skill, which was off cooldown, and immediately launched his attack on the Golden Ghost Ship.
Shadow Slash!
-549!
-549!
-549!
...
Five consecutive damage numbers appeared from the ghost ship.
Qin Feng's figure flashed and reappeared, launching a Poisoned Dart at the golden bell on the ship.
-621 (Weak Point Attack)!
-207!
-207!
...
The ghost ship's weak point wasn't the skeletal rower but the golden bell.
After executing his two skills, Qin Feng immediately activated 'Shadow' and quickly retreated to a safe distance!
Immediately, the skeletal rower on the Golden Ghost Ship let out a screeching sound, and its hollow eyes lit up with ghostly flames.
Suddenly, dozens of powerful water columns erupted from the surrounding marsh!
Qin Feng was well aware that, with his current frail body, being hit by these water columns would result in certain death.
Fortunately, he had prepared for this.
After executing his ambush, he immediately retreated, but water columns continued to spray all around, almost taking him out.
"The closer to the ghost ship, the denser the water columns become."
"Unless you're a warrior with full silver gear, you won't survive a single strike from these water columns."
Qin Feng remained calm, evading each water column with careful positioning from a distance.
Meanwhile, as the water columns erupted, rotten water spirits crawled out of the marsh...
There were twelve of these rotten water spirits, each as strong as a Silver Boss!
And killing these spirits yielded no rewards.
This was the most insidious part of the Golden Ghost Ship boss.
If you ignored the spirits, the twelve silver-tier monsters were more than enough to wipe out any team.
If you fought them, you would get no reward, and waste a lot of time.
The most terrifying part...
The Golden Ghost Ship summoned twelve more rotten water spirits every three minutes!
If the team's damage output wasn't enough, the spirits would keep multiplying, leading to an eventual wipe.
As for the Golden Ghost Ship's health...
Even with Qin Feng's current damage, after two skills, he had only reduced its health by a tenth.
That meant the boss still had 40,000 to 50,000 HP left!
For most players, whose skills only dealt 20 to 30 damage, killing this Golden Ghost Ship was simply a pipe dream!
"Xiao Hei, I'm going to die once."
While dodging the boss's attacks, Qin Feng opened a private chat with Lin Liyu and instructed her: "You don't need to worry about the boss. Just wait for me to return."
After reading the message, Lin Liyu was stunned.
"Who's Xiao Hei?"
Qin Feng replied, "Aren't you Xiao Hei?"
Lin Liyu almost lost it but had no retort... who told her to pick the ID 'Black Plum Big Plum'?
...
Meanwhile!
In Shell Town, several players were searching around for Qin Feng.
"Damn, you really think Iron Man is easy to bully?"
A middle-aged man in heavy armor with a cross-shaped scar on his face was grimly searching for Qin Feng.
This middle-aged man's code name was 'Iron Man.'
Earlier, the players Qin Feng killed had been under his command.
"I used to slay legends and conquer one Sabak after another, while this kid was still sucking his thumb!"
Iron Man was very interested in Qin Feng.
He had been trying to track him down, but Qin Feng kept using invisibility, making him impossible to find.
Finally, Iron Man got his chance.
Qin Feng had gone out with a girl!
"Typical young man, can't resist bringing a girl along so soon?"
Iron Man sneered.
He figured, if Qin Feng could hide, the girl couldn't, right? If he followed her, he'd discover Qin Feng's secrets...
But then, Qin Feng turned around and killed all his subordinates!
Now, Iron Man was leading a group of about twenty players, expanding the search in the direction Qin Feng had gone.
A few of his subordinates were killed by monsters, but Iron Man didn't mind.
As long as he could uncover Qin Feng's secret, everything would be worth it!
Finally...
"Boss, we found the girl! She's on a cliff!"
"In front of her is a marsh, and the shadow is soloing the boss!"
The discovery made Iron Man ecstatic.
He immediately ordered his subordinates to gather and head toward the marsh.
...
At this moment, Qin Feng continued to dodge the Golden Ghost Ship's water-based attacks, seizing every opportunity to unleash Shadow Slash and Poison Dart.
Due to the frequent boss attacks, Qin Feng had few chances to strike.
By the time the Golden Ghost Ship's health had dropped to half, about ten minutes had passed.
In other words, Qin Feng only found a chance to attack once every two minutes.
Just as the Golden Ghost Ship's health reached half, the ghostly bell at the ship's bow suddenly rang, and an invisible soul wave spread out, reaching over a hundred meters!
When Qin Feng was touched by this soul wave, he was immediately immobilized!
Even though Qin Feng was in stealth, this soul wave forced him out of his invisible state.
The next moment, a water column erupted beneath his feet, engulfing him...
-1059!
It instantly killed Qin Feng!
This was the Golden Ghost Ship's half-health mechanic: a five-second area-wide immobilization that couldn't be avoided, forcing players to endure it.
And this, Qin Feng had already predicted.
[You have died. You lost 326 years of lifespan (non-tradable)!]
[You have died. You lost 1087 days of lifespan (tradable)!]
Qin Feng lost half of his lifespan on death.
It was a significant loss, but it wasn't a big deal—he could recover the tradable lifespan by returning to the spot where he died.
As for the non-tradable lifespan, even if he looted it from monsters, it would be halved.
Of course, this loss was nothing compared to the item the Golden Ghost Ship could drop!
Just as Qin Feng died and respawned in town, Iron Man arrived with his subordinates.
He saw Qin Feng's death and the lifespan orb that had dropped.
"Hahaha, Heaven is on my side!"
"This idiot really thinks he can solo a Golden Boss?"
"Brothers, let's take over the boss and grab the lifespan he dropped."
"Look at that big gray-white orb, it's at least several hundred days of tradable lifespan!"
Iron Man, leading his subordinates, charged toward the Golden Ghost Ship!
But just moments later...
In the marsh, over thirty rotten water spirits, combined with the Golden Ghost Ship's water columns, wiped out all twenty-four of his men!
They didn't even get close to where Qin Feng had died!
The gray-white lifespan orbs scattered throughout the marsh!
A boss that even Qin Feng had to die to kill wasn't something so easily tackled!
Iron Man and his men, dead back at the town, were left dumbfounded.
"Goddamn... how is this boss so strong?"
"How did the shadow manage to bring it to half health? This is insane!"