Chapter 65: Instantly Leaving YY
The third boss was the most difficult boss in the Orange Spring Valley Secret Realm, mainly because the journey to reach the third boss required players to rock-climb, cross a single-plank bridge, and pass through a waterfall.
These three areas could be considered three mini-challenges, and they tested the players’ skills and patience to a great extent. The difficulty of controlling the character was roughly comparable to the river-crossing section. A large part of Orange Spring Valley’s overall difficulty came from these mini-challenges. The boss fights themselves were fairly standard. If players struggled through the mini-challenges only to encounter an overwhelmingly powerful boss afterward, they would really lose it.
The rock-climbing section mainly tested climbing speed. Players were forbidden from using Ascension, though jumping was allowed. However, they needed a foothold in order to successfully jump, making it extremely difficult. Most players simply chose to climb properly.
Chi Zhen didn’t want the livestream to go quiet, so he muted his mic on YY and began explaining rock-climbing techniques to his viewers.
“Actually, climbing quickly is very simple. Before you start climbing, first observe the wind direction. How do you observe the wind direction? Look at the leaves and grass at the foot of the mountain and see which way they’re blowing. When climbing, go with the wind. It saves energy. If you climb against the wind, you’ll only get slower and slower. Don’t be afraid of taking a detour. I’ve already calculated it. Climbing with the wind is faster than climbing in a straight line because once you get up the mountain, you can use Sprint and Charge.”
[Stop talking, you’re making me sleepy.]
[Although this is actually a very useful tip, I suggest you comfort your husband first.]
[Wujin Shi is way too domineering. What is there to be angry about?]
[Xiao Chi is a game streamer. Do you expect him to publicly argue with a viewer who sent him gifts?]
Chi Zhen glanced at the comments and grew increasingly anxious. Unexpectedly, Wujin Shi sent him a message.
[Friend] Wujin Shi: 1
What did that mean? Chi Zhen didn’t understand.
In the game, sending a “1” usually meant “heard,” “saw it,” or “got it.”
Did Wujin Shi mean that he had read his message?
At the same time, another Fruit Transport Planes animation flew across the livestream.
Before Chi Zhen could say anything, Qingtian Wai had already started thanking him. “Wow, thank you to Boss Wujin Shi for the Fruit Transport Planes! Boss Shi is so generous! Boss Shi is firmly sitting on the throne of Number One on the leaderboard! Looks like Boss Shi has no intention of stepping down from first place! Everyone, let’s flood the chat with ‘Boss Shi is so generous!’”
Chi Zhen: “……”
Wujin Shi calmly said, “You’re so noisy.”
Qingtian Wai refused to back down. “You’re—forget it, forget it. Focus on the game. There are minors here.”
[Qingtian Wai, come back and finish what you were saying.]
[Do you really need him to finish?]
Everything is understood without words.]
The next section, crossing the single-plank bridge, tested the stability of the players’ hand movements. Leng Li, Sister Gou, and Qing Ning each had to cross it twice, while Sha Polang fell off four times.
Well, he was a newcomer. It was understandable.
Everyone from the Little Vegetable Guild stood there waiting for Sha Polang. Wei Yu simply said, “I’m going to read my novel for a while. Call me when you’re done.”
Leng Li was probably still in a bad mood after the earlier equipment distribution incident. When Sha Polang fell off the bridge for the second time, he started complaining. On the third attempt, he directly said, “No, seriously. Can’t a newcomer practice properly before coming to run the dungeon?”
Qing Ning defended her little apprentice. “Isn’t he practicing right now?”
Leng Li continued complaining. “Isn’t this just wasting everyone’s time?”
Sha Polang said, “Sorry, brothers and sisters. I’m sorry.”
Sister Gou questioned him. “Oh? May I ask if anyone here is in a hurry?”
Leng Li said, “Whether we’re in a hurry or not, that doesn’t mean we should be wasting everyone else’s game time.”
Qingtian Wai immediately shot back, “Come on, man. You’re really not giving me any face here. At the beginning, I announced in the friends channel that we were running the dungeon as a guild and bringing a newcomer along. Anyone who wanted to join could come.”
Leng Li said, “Fine. I can’t win an argument against you guys.”
Everyone from the Little Vegetable Guild: “……”
Whatever. Just keep going.
In the world of MMORPGs, encountering one or two weirdos while playing wasn’t a big deal. People who talked too much and had sharp tongues were even more common. Unless things reached the point of being absolutely unbearable, completely unavoidable, and infuriating to everyone, players generally didn’t kick someone from the party without a good reason.
At most, they took screenshots.
Then, after finishing the dungeon and disbanding, they would go to the forums to complain about the whole incident, make a post exposing the story, and plaster it with screenshots.
Fortunately, they had already reached the final boss. Once they killed this boss, they could say goodbye to Leng Li and never see him again.
The group passed through the waterfall, taking enough damage from the enormous torrent of water to lose half their HP. At long last, they arrived before the third boss—An Rouhan.
Everyone sat down to recover first, leisurely watching An Rouhan flood the screen with messages as she recounted how she had become a vengeful spirit.
An Rouhan was a Medical Cultivator.
Yes, that was right. The final boss of the Orange Spring Valley Secret Realm was a Medical Cultivator who had once saved lives and healed the wounded. Or rather, she had originally been a Medical Cultivator. Now, she was a ghost consumed by resentment.
And she was none other than the Medical Cultivator who had treated the first boss, Wu Meng.
Because of his resentment toward An Rouhan for being unable to cure him, Wu Meng eventually went berserk and brutally murdered An Rouhan when he succumbed to demonic cultivation.
An Rouhan could never have imagined that after spending her entire life practicing medicine with compassion, she would end up like this simply because she had taken pity on Wu Meng and brought him back to Orange Spring Valley for treatment. She had charged him nothing, devoted herself wholeheartedly to treating him, and yet this was the fate she received.
She was unwilling to accept it. She was filled with resentment.
[Nearby] An Rouhan: “I was raised in the valley from a young age. My master taught me from childhood that a physician must have compassion and strive for the greatest good! How could this be?! How could a physician possibly be perfect their entire life? How could we possibly cure every single person who comes to us?! I have saved countless people, yet simply because I failed to cure Wu Meng, I was murdered by him. Even after my death, I was forced to watch Orange Spring Valley suffer because of this ungrateful wretch! He framed us and slandered us as incompetent physicians!”
[Nearby] An Rouhan: “What use is there in healing people?! Gratitude lasts only for a moment, but resentment lasts forever! Wu Meng, I’m going to make you swallow my Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder! Even after death, you will continue to suffer the agony of your spiritual roots being completely destroyed, your true essence being scorched, and your meridians being burned! Day and night! For all eternity!”
“Alright. The main thing with An Rouhan is to avoid her Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder. This poison is sprayed out in a fan-shaped area. When An Rouhan starts casting it, I’ll give a warning. Anyone directly facing her needs to remember to jump backward to dodge. If you get hit by Soul-Severing Powder, only a Medical Cultivator’s Clear Spring Flow can dispel it. We have two Medical Cultivators, so it shouldn’t be a problem.” Wujin Shi directed them. “Sha Polang, when the time comes, use your Clear Spring Flow when I tell you to.”
“Got it!”
“Prioritize the tank and yourself with your Clear Spring Flow, Wei Yu. Then the DPS,” Wujin Shi reminded her.
[Party] Wei Yu Ning Qiu: 1
[Why are Wujin Shi’s instructions always so concise?]
[The moment Wujin Shi starts directing, I feel like I can play too.]
[Brain: I’ve learned it. Reality: Gets poisoned by Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder and suffers horribly.]
[Ranged players have an advantage. It’s way too hard for melee players to dodge. Let’s see how Wujin Shi dodges it.]
The battle began!
An Rouhan’s difficulty was child’s play for the Little Vegetable Guild. The only one who really needed looking after was newcomer Sha Polang. During An Rouhan’s first cast of Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder, everyone except Sha Polang successfully dodged it.
Wujin Shi said, “Sha Polang, use Clear Spring Flow on yourself.”
Whoosh—
Sha Polang’s Clear Spring Flow was used up, putting it on a five-minute cooldown.
During the second cast of Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder, the melee Buddhist Cultivator couldn’t dodge in time, and Qingtian Wai was hit. Wei Yu immediately used Clear Spring Flow on him.
Sister Gou, a ranged Talisman Cultivator, was also hit. Qing Ning immediately used an Alchemy Cultivator ultimate on her—Wind Brushing Dew. Her health bar, which had been on the verge of being emptied, was instantly restored to half.
But the poison from Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder was still active, and her HP continued to drain!
Chi Zhen immediately used a Spirit Cultivator support skill on Sister Gou—Spring Shadows in Empty Green, increasing her defense by 30% and slowing the rate at which her HP fell.
Qing Ning followed up with another powerful healing ultimate, A Single Wutong Leaf, which was second only to Wind Brushing Dew.
Wei Yu then applied Fragrance from the Orange Well, a continuous healing effect. Finally, with only a sliver of HP remaining, Sister Gou survived until the very last second of the Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder’s damage-over-time debuff!
Splash—
Sha Polang immediately healed her back to full.
Sister Gou burst into tears. “Sisters! Brothers! You guys are practically my reborn parents! Waaaaah!”
Qian Yu said, “I think the Guild Leader is older than you.”
Sister Gou snapped, “Go play somewhere else!”
[Holy crap, holy crap! This is the first time I’ve seen someone get hit by Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder and actually survive through healing!]
[Mainly because this party has three healers!]
[No, the main reason is the Spirit Cultivator’s Spring Shadows in Empty Green!]
[If even one of them had been missing today, Sister Gou would’ve been dead.]
Wujin Shi praised them. “Excellent. Very excellent.”
The dungeon continued. On the third cast of Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder, Leng Li got hit!
Leng Li repeatedly shouted, “Dispel me! Hurry, dispel me!”
Nobody paid any attention to him.
Only Sha Polang said, “My Clear Spring Flow is still on cooldown. Two minutes left.”
After saying that, Sha Polang ran over and gave him a small heal. But Sha Polang’s equipment was only average, so his healing output was limited. It was nowhere near enough to counter the rapidly draining HP caused by the Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder debuff.
Leng Li shouted, “Wei Yu! Wei Yu! Wei Yu! Hurry! Why haven’t you dispelled it yet?!”
Wei Yu could be seen elegantly waving the exquisite flower umbrella in her hand, her posture beautiful and graceful.
Whoosh—
She healed Qingtian Wai.
Whoosh—
She gave Wujin Shi several ticks of continuous healing.
Whoosh—She cast Fragrance from the Orange Well on Qingzhou Yiguo.
Leng Li wasn’t in the team Qing Ning was responsible for. By the time Qing Ning reached him and got within healing range, Leng Li was already dead.
His grayed-out corpse lay on the grass, looking particularly tragic and pitiful.
Forget being dispelled—he hadn’t even received a decent heal. Other than that tiny bit from Sha Polang.
And it really was tiny.
Leng Li lay on the ground and cursed, “What the hell are you three healers doing?! You just watched me die?! Are you three AFK healing or what?!”
Sha Polang weakly replied, “I healed you…”
Leng Li cursed, “What the hell is that tiny bit supposed to do?!”
Qing Ning said, “You’re not in the team I’m responsible for. I can’t heal you from here. If you want healing, you can just walk over here yourself.”
The group continued fighting An Rouhan. Nobody seemed particularly interested in paying any attention to Leng Li.
Leng Li could see exactly what was happening. He was unwilling to accept it and called her out by name. “Wei Yu Ning Qiu, are you targeting me? You won’t dispel me, and you won’t heal me either. I’m in your party!”
Wei Yu elegantly waved her weapon and replied unhurriedly, “It’s on cooldown.”
Leng Li was about to say something else when Wei Yu cut him off with a single sentence: “Just lie there and wait for the loot.”
Leng Li: “……”
Wujin Shi reminded them, “The boss is about to enter its final enrage phase. Everyone, pay attention. Stop chatting. Don’t get distracted. Especially the ranged players—how are you still failing to dodge Heart-Piercing Soul-Severing Powder? Practice more.”
[Oh my god, oh my god.]
[The sarcasm is off the charts.]
[Is this a wish-fulfillment novel? It totally is, right?]
[I’m thinking about all the idiots I’ve encountered in random parties over the years. Waaaah, I wish I could be as savage as Sister Wei Yu.]
[As expected, there’s nothing like running dungeons with your own guild. Everyone actually cares about each other.]
[The Little Vegetable Guild should stop inviting random players in the future and just run dungeons by themselves.]
[Nooo, those of us who come for the entertainment still want to watch the chaos! It’s so much more fun when you invite random players.]
[If you play MMORPGs and can’t even handle this much, how are you supposed to survive in random dungeon parties?]
In the end, An Rouhan fell. She dropped a pair of pants for Sister Gou, a top for the Ghost Cultivator, a belt for the Medical Cultivator, and a generic piece of equipment for the Buddhist Cultivator.
Leng Li got nothing.
Before they even had a chance to distribute the treasure chest and Fragmented Soul Bones, Leng Li left the party and teleported away.
It was obvious that the mockery had gotten to him pretty badly.
But before he could even leave YY—
“Oh? You haven’t distributed the treasure chest and Soul Bones yet. Why did you leave already? Doesn’t that mean you’re going home empty-handed tonight?” Wei Yu Ning Qiu delivered the final blow.
Leng Li instantly disconnected from YY.
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