Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

A swarm of wedge moths flew into the wall of fire. The mage's Fire Wall skill was unique in its damage. The Fire Wall covered a 2x2 area and lasted for dozens of seconds. The damage itself wasn't high; standing still within the Fire Wall would only take 2.5 points of damage every 10 seconds. However, if you moved within the Fire Wall, you would take damage at each stop. The faster you ran and the more frequently you stopped, the more damage you took. Wedge moths move quickly, have low health, and low magic resistance, so facing the Fire Wall was like a moth to a flame. The swarm, damaged by the Fire Wall, tried to find Bayin, the one who could harm them, but they were blocked by the wall of people. They circled back and forth, barely attacking the front line. After just seven or eight seconds, they were completely destroyed.

Seeing the moths had been completely burned, Brook cast a poison spell on the white boar. The two mages, Bayin and Xiaojingjing, cast lightning on the boar. The warrior Taoist priests stationed on the periphery didn't need to move. In less than half a minute, the boar was killed. While there wasn't a major explosion, the drops did yield some powerful sun water, some gold, and a set of War God Armor: Defense 5-9, Magic Resistance 3-5, and a required attack damage of 46. It's a warrior's suit.

The seven-story stone tomb is a rectangular structure the size of a football field, with two walls on either side, forming several small, unenclosed rooms. At either end are the entrance stairs and the innermost circular tomb.

Afterward, Xiaoxiami and the others went to lure the monsters near the entrance stairs down to the bottom and eliminated them. During this time, they also killed six white boars, two of which had major explosions and four had minor explosions. They dropped a Purgatory Attack 6-2, a level 4 Samurai weapon, which Xiaoxiami picked up. Brooke picked up 0 Strong Sun Waters, and Bayin each picked up 25.

"Bayin, how did you meet Brook?" Xiaoxia fan asked casually.

"We met by chance when we were leveling up in the Stone Tomb. Later we went to the Viper Mine together, had a fight with a group of people, and visited the Corpse King Palace by the way." Bayin said.

"The Hall of the Corpse King? I know there is a Hall of the Corpse King in the Bitch Mining Area and also in the Viper Valley?" asked the shrimp fan.

"Yes. On the first level of Viper, near the lower right corner of the map, there's a silver-gray exposed ore deposit. A burrowing yellow-robed zombie will spawn there. The zombie king inside spawns every two hours." Brook didn't know the coordinates, so he could only give them an approximate location. The location on the second level was even more difficult to describe, so he simply left it out.

"Do you know that skill books above level 26 are very hard to drop, especially the warrior's "Crescent Blade". The Corpse King is a professional boss that drops books. Should we also fight the Corpse King to save some books?" The Angel of Death suggested.

"Okay, we'll go and have a look next time. But the competition in the Corpse King Palace is fierce. There are fights all day long in the Corpse King Palace of Bi Qi. The bodyguard should like it there, because he thinks about PK fighting all day long." San Buzhi knew the bodyguard's personality very well.

"Crescent Blade? I think I have one. I'll give it to you when I have time to go back to the city." Brook seemed to remember that he had picked up one.

"Oh my god, you are really amazing. You have everything. I want it, and you can give it to me later." Everyone gradually became familiar with each other, and the Angel of Death was not polite either.

"I heard that there is a wax-free plug-in now. After using it, you don't need to bring torches or candles. Even in the cave, you can see as clearly as outside." said Xiaoxia fan.

"Then let's try it too. It saves us from having to buy torches every time." San Buzhi said.

"Yesterday I saw a level 17 mage selling blessed oil. The man didn't know the price, so I bought it for 5 gold coins. Later I asked him where he got it, and he said it was dropped by a tiger snake in the Serpent Valley." said the Angel of Death.

"What is blessing oil used for?" Xiao Jingjing asked.

"Adding luck attributes to weapons, the higher the luck, the higher the probability of exerting the upper limit of attack." Xiaoxia fans explained.

...

Brooke listened quietly to their conversation. This wax-free cheat was another special skill of the alien warrior. And luck value actually increased the probability of triggering the upper limit of attack. Remember the dragon-patterned sword given by Master had luck value.

As they fought monsters and chatted, more than an hour passed quickly, and they had already cleared half of the 1th floor of the Stone Tomb. The monsters on the 7th floor spawned very quickly. After clearing the area, new monsters would spawn again after more than 7 minutes, but not as densely as before.

"My magic potion is almost used up." Bayin said. He needed to keep laying down walls of fire. He was the one who caused the most damage among all the people and consumed the most magic potions.

Brook and the others gave all the bundles of magic potions they had to Bayin, which they estimated would last for another half an hour.

"Haha, here comes a big guy!" The one who was in charge of luring the monsters this time was San Buzhi. Before he even arrived, he had already started shouting in the team.

"Is there a wild boar bigger than the white wild boar?" Xiao Jingjing asked.

Everyone laughed. Brooke had already guessed that it must be the evil venomous snake that Situ Haoyun had mentioned.

As expected, San Buzhi arrived with a group of demonic beasts. The fastest of the beasts, trailing behind them, was a large, black scorpion snake—the Evil Viper. While its name sounded impressive, its actual attack power was only 30-55, and its health was 1100, roughly the same as a white boar. It was quickly defeated, exploding, and various items scattered across the ground. The most eye-catching items were a copy of "Summoning Divine Beasts," a life necklace, and a glowing, premium ghost suit. Of course, the glow from these premium equipment was visible only to Brook and Bayin.

The people in the front row went up and picked up all the equipment quickly. After picking up all the equipment, they each took what they needed.

"Tsk tsk, 'Summon Divine Beast'! And this one, with 4-9 defense, 3-4 magic defense, and 1-6 magic, it adds 2 points of defense and 2 points of magic. This is a top-grade ghost suit. Taoist priests are in luck this time. Which one do you want?" Xiao Xia's fans laughed. "Brook, you choose first."

"Haha, whatever. I can't bring either of these items right now, so let San Buzhi choose first," Brook said. These people were all pretty good. Brook meant it, and he didn't really care about equipment or skill books, unless it was something like a resurrection ring. He was confident he could get ordinary equipment, even high-end, premium gear, from monsters.

"How should I choose? Do I have to get both?" San Buzhi was a little conflicted. He thought for a moment and said, "I'll choose 'Summoning Divine Beasts'. I heard that this book has a very low drop rate and is difficult to obtain. I may not be able to get it in the future."

The three unknowns were telling the truth. As far as they knew, the drop rate for "Summon Divine Beast" was extremely low. They were really lucky this time, actually getting one on their first try in Stone Tomb 7. However, this top-grade Ghost Battle Suit, which added 4 stat points, was also very rare. It would be hard to come across a better one in the future.

Anyway, either one is good. Brook nodded and said to San Buzhi, "Okay, then I'll take the clothes. Oh, and I have a Silver Snake in my warehouse. I don't think I have enough power to use it, so I wonder if you'd mind it."

“靠，银蛇还嫌弃？你不要给我。”三不知晓现在拿的还是道术1-2的降魔，当然不会嫌弃26级的道术1-3的银蛇。

After the Taoist equipment was distributed, another magic 1-5 life necklace was given to Bayin, and Bayin gave the magic 1-4 magnifying glass he was wearing to Xiao Jingjing.

"Haha. Actually, as long as we fight more bosses, why would we be afraid of not having equipment?" Xiaoxia fan laughed proudly.

"That makes sense." Everyone smiled and nodded in agreement.

At this time, two people came in from the 6th floor. They were Xiang Yi Bei Bei and Nan Hai Bodyguard. They both joined the team.

"I'm so tired. I've been running for more than an hour. I could fly randomly in the first few floors, but there were too many monsters on the fifth floor. I didn't dare to fly and could only run here." Xiangyi Beibei said.

"How is it? Did you get any equipment?" asked the Nanhai bodyguard.

"The warrior has only one Purgatory." Xiaoxia fan laughed.

"Damn, just one? Then let's have a competition. Whoever reaches level 26 first gets it." There are three fighters in total, and it's obvious that they have a good relationship, so the Nanhai bodyguard said so.

Everyone laughed.

Now we have two more people, especially the mage Xiangyi Beibei, so we can kill monsters even faster. Although she can't cast Fire Wall at level 2, she will be able to level up soon.

Monsters on the seventh floor spawned rapidly, swarms of them reappearing in areas previously cleared, forcing them to continue luring them in and clearing them. Bayin was still the primary source of damage, but after the experience was evenly divided among the eight, the efficiency was nearly half that of Brook and the other two leveling up. However, the greatest benefit of the seventh floor lay not just in leveling, but also in the abundance of white boars. A place that offered both loot and leveling was bound to be a popular destination. Once the otherworldly warriors reached a certain level, this place would become their target of competition.

After half an hour, the magic potion was almost gone. Everyone decided to go to the Stone Tomb Pharmacy first. Because there were so many people, they made it to the pharmacy quickly. After passing through several more Stone Tomb rooms, they returned to the seventh floor. Xiangyi Beibei also successfully reached level 7 and learned Fire Wall.

"I just glanced at the monster pile and saw a few white boars. But the monsters spawn so quickly, it's a bit hard to clear them all," said San Buzhi, who had just lured back a wave of monsters. It seemed that the more monsters on the seventh floor were killed, the faster they spawned. There was no time to clear the monsters in the innermost part of the seventh floor of the Stone Tomb.

"We can split into two teams, one team in the partition room above, and the other team in the room below. Everyone is still in the same team, just clearing monsters separately." The partition room that Xiaoxiami mentioned is the unenclosed small room separated by broken walls on the 2th floor of the stone tomb. There is exactly one on each side of the stair entrance.

"Okay. But my damage alone is a bit low, I have to bring Jingjing along." Xiangyi Beibei agreed, but her fire wall was only level 0, and her magic power was not high either. If Jingjing's lightning spell was added, the damage should be enough.

"Then Beibei, Jingjing, Sanbu and Death God will be in one group. You go to the room below. We will go up." Xiaoxiami divided the group in this way, which just ensured that each group had a mage who could use fire wall and a Taoist priest who could make everyone invisible.

The split-up process certainly improved monster clearing efficiency. On both sides, the Taoist priests led the monsters, pulling them to the other side of the wall. The mages had already laid down a wall of fire, quickly incinerating the herd of wild boars. Each team cleared out the monsters on their side, and soon began pulling out the monsters from the deepest part of the stone tomb, including the remaining seven or eight white boars.

In the process of attracting monsters, Brook was always very cautious, fearing that he would encounter the evil centipede that the weapon shop owner had mentioned, but in the end he did not encounter it. It seems that the evil centipede is just a legend.

Putting aside the matter of the evil centipede, Brook pondered the difference between the two types of white boar. Although they looked identical, with 1000 HP, one had 10-100 damage, while the other had 30-55. The former's hits were noticeably more damaging. Whenever the minions were cleared, leaving only the white boar, he would deliberately approach while Bayin was using lightning, allowing the boar to hit him once or twice to confirm which type it was.

"Brooke, be careful!" Xiaoxia's fan shouted. He'd been terrified when he saw Brook getting beaten by the wild boar before. But this time, the white wild boar's attack power exploded, knocking away most of Brook's health with one blow. He quickly shouted, "Be careful!"

"Why did he get hit by a white boar again? It was so dangerous just now. One more hit and he'd be dead. Is he dozing off? Bayin, is he with you? Call him," the Nanhai bodyguard said. It was almost 1 p.m., and they had been in the stone tomb for almost a day, so he was a little tired.

"He's probably not sleepy. Don't worry, he's fine." Bayin smiled, guessing that Brook was studying something again, just like the real and fake corpse king before.

"Oh, I'm paying attention. I'm just testing the white boar's attack power," Brook responded. He watched the white boar being killed. It was indeed Xiaobao. However, another Purgatory Sword erupted. Brook picked it up and walked around the wall to the three of them.

After repeated observations, Brooke had come to the conclusion that white boars with an attack power of 10-100 would only experience small bursts, while those with an attack power of 30-55 would experience large bursts. Brooke couldn't figure out why, so he just made a note of it.

"Haha, Purgatory, give it to me, give it to me. Finally, the trip was not in vain." The Nanhai bodyguard happily took the weapon.

"What did you observe about that white wild boar?" Xiao Xia Fan asked Brooke.

"It's just a guess. White boars with high attack power will have a small explosion; white boars with low attack power will have a big explosion." Brook said truthfully.

"White wild boars are divided into high-attack and low-attack types?" The Nanhai bodyguard felt a little confused. Could it be that Brook was bragging?

"Well, this one just now has high attack. Before, when we just went down to the 7th floor, the white wild boar blocking the door also had high attack." Brook explained.

The South Sea Bodyguard couldn't help but recall that the White Boar had indeed knocked away most of Brook's health with one hammer. He'd also thought the White Boar that had killed him on the 7th floor had a very high attack power. And when they first encountered the White Boar on the 4th floor, with three warriors surrounding them, the White Boar's blows didn't seem to hurt much, and that monster had actually exploded. Could this really be the case?

"Next time you encounter a wild boar with low attack power, don't kill it first. Let me go over and try it." The Nanhai bodyguard was finally curious and decided to try it himself.

"Okay, I think we'll meet again," Brook said with a smile. He was a fan of his teammates; he thought they were all good. And this bodyguard, while a bit aggressive, was also very straightforward.

Monsters on Floor 7 constantly spawned, seemingly every two hours, with a major spawn. White boars would also descend at this time. Brook estimated there were around 2-10 of them. The Vicious Viper also appeared once, about four hours after the previous one.

Brook and his group continued to lure monsters, chatting in the team chat. During this time, a low-attack white boar appeared. The Nanhai bodyguards also tried to attack it, but each time they could only hit it for 40-50 health points. In the end, the white boar was killed, and it really exploded.

While the South Sea bodyguard was full of admiration for Brook, he also began to think seriously. He himself liked fighting and enjoyed combat, but he did not observe and analyze as carefully as Brook did.

I believe that not only the monsters, but also the combat aspects such as skills, positioning, equipment, etc. will have different details. These details are still waiting for him to discover and explore.

Even a subtle movement like the flapping of a butterfly's wings can stir up a hurricane thousands of miles away.