After multiple experiments which involved ramming into walls at breakneck speeds, Li Yi finally got to the bottom of the difference between a forcefully tamed mermaid and a tamed mermaid .
The mermaid submitted total obedience to Li Yi's orders, with no sign of defiance . But the problem was, complete submissiveness meant she would not change the course of direction . So if Li Yi did not give the command to make a turn, she would continue on without hesitation, even if it meant running straight into a wall .
She lacked self awareness . . .
This sort of situation, to Li Yi, has its pros and cons . The good news was he got to ride a mermaid . The bad was, of course, the mermaid not having any self-awareness . If they were to encounter any danger, they would rely solely on his control .
Naturally, Mermaid Princess only went into Complete Obedience state when mounted by Li Yi . If Li Yi were to let her out for a stroll, her self awareness would return and be in full display of begrudgingness towards Li Yi . She would activate her Treasure Hunt skill to obtain mostly poisonous items, obviously in attempt to do away with Li Yi .
If the speed was lessened by a tad bit, an underwater battle would still not be an issue .
No matter what, he finally subdued Mermaid Princess and Li Yi was happy about that .
Opening up the Level Rankings, the current first place, Lonely Semi City was at Level 50 . This extremist caught up and surpassed Li Yi by three levels while Li Yi was in between quests .
Whether it was the past or current life, Lonely Semi City proved himself in capability, leveling in swiftness everyone could only look up to .
Although there were plenty of Instance Dungeons between the Level 50 - 60 range, there were simply too many ways to go about in leveling up . The Spellcasters, in particular, would have mastered area of effect and high-damage spells then, which enabled them to go solo out in the wild . The EXP obtained was a lot more than in Instance Dungeons .
By leveling, not only could all attributes be strengthened, but it was also total dominance over monsters and players with a difference of 10 levels and above . This was one of the reasons why these ranked crazies were not pulling punches when it came to grinding levels .
Little Drunk Cat's boosting service had become well-known . Chen Yang and Pretty Good Mood complemented each other in teamwork, and neither did Fire Ice who was in charge of finance let Li Yi down . Everything was handled well and in order . Li Yi no longer needed to fork out his personal funds . The guild's various sources of income were enough to sustain the guild itself .
It has been quite a period of time since Jiaojiao was online . Truth be told, Little Drunk Cat never treated her as the Guild Master . To them, their Guild Master was none other than, Dark Wing .
With the surrender of Mermaid Princess, Li Yi chose to grind level in the waters . The Level 50 to 60 stage would be over quickly and once the Arena was opened, he would be at a great disadvantage if his level was too low .
He definitely would not be able to make it to the Level 90 Eastern Ocean map . Therefore, he chose the super large lake, Underwater Remnants .
Underwater Remnants' full name was Atlantis' Underwater Remnants . The origin story of the area was that it was the remnants after the fall of the ancient civilization, Atlantis city, hence the name Underwater Remnants .
Underwater Remnants was a Level 50 map . With the fall of ancient civilization the place was occupied by murlocs . Murlocs had stout builds and moved as slow as snails on land but their movements were swift underwater . These murlocs were social monsters that flocked in at least in groups of 40 at a time . They tossed their spears at the enemy in assault . High-ranking murlocs were proficient in curse spells to weaken enemies in various attributes .
Murlocs would take the form of a toad and leap around on land . Due to the liberalization of King of Pantheon, these blood-thirsty fellas could also become one's friend .
If murloc reputation could be improved to Worship, a precious Mysterious Egg (locked) could be bought from a Murloc Quartermaster once a month . This benefit had many Archers and Summoners go crazy in raising their reputation with the murlocs, all for that legendary pet from the Mysterious Egg .
Murlocs Reputation was definitely an aim for Li Yi . The idea of a Divine Bird Phoenix had always tempted him . Although Violent Bear King was awesome, as his level went higher, only a pet with large-scale group attacks could satisfy his needs .
Li Yi rode Mermaid Princess down the waters . Underwater Remnants map was huge with countless murlocs swimming about and chirping at times .
Li Yi was in control of Mermaid Princess' velocity as he lured the nearby murloc . Chirp chirp . A few hundred murlocs were chasing behind him . The spears in their hands were launched like a shower of rain .
"Full speed to the surface!"
Li Yi grabbed ahold of Mermaid Princess' neck and pulled it upwards . Slush— Mermaid Princess' body erected and swam upwards, evading all spears completely .
"Intermediate speed down below!"
Li Yi continued to play out orders, pressing Mermaid Princess' head in order to submerge into the waters .
Murloc spears inflicted high damage . With Li Yi's current equipment, even with Violent Bear's Protection, he could not withhold strikes more than three times . Basically, he could be taken out in two hits but as King of Pantheon was all about the realness, these murlocs did not possess unlimited tosses . Once the spears in their hands were cast, that was it . If they wanted to throw the same attack, they had to go ahead and retrieve their spears .
Unarmed murlocs were skilled in close-combat . Although the damage was high, keeping a distance from them guaranteed safety .
When faced with the pursuit of Murlocs coming from all directions, Li Yi ordered Mermaid Princess to come to halt . A layer of golden glow lifted from his body, he drew back the bow in his hands before firing in all directions .
"Shoot at Random!"
"Swish swish swish swish —"
Li Yi's mana was continuously exhausted . In a short of span of seconds, over sixty arrows were shot everywhere until his mana was completely worn .
Murloc's HP was around 30,000 . Although this random firing did not end their lives, it lessened at least half their HP .
"Full speed to surface . Turn left and move downwards!"
Li Yi issued another order at Mermaid Princess, swiftly escaping the encirclement of these murlocs .
Taking a bottle of Advanced-Level Mana Recovery Potion together with a Will Scroll, Li Yi's mana quickly recovered . Following a set pattern, he continued to cast Shoot at Random . It was not long before he killed all murlocs that were hot on his tail .
One murloc gave out 3,000 EXP . The total EXP of a few hundred murlocs increased Li Yi's EXP by 5% . At this momentum, Li Yi would be at Level 48 in matter of hours .
Who said Shoot at Random was rubbish? There was no such thing as a rubbish skill but a matter of how to use it .
This Shoot at Random skill by Li Yi was picked up by Sometimes It Gets Sad from Not Gray Wolf . Confused Fox was curious at the time but Li Yi kept him in the dark about it .
[Shoot at Random: Fire shots at random in all directions . Each arrow shot costs 5 mana points and shooting will terminate at the completion of mana or when the shooter is inflicted with damage . ]
Similar to Wizards' Blizzard, when Archers commenced Shoot at Random, any infliction of damage would cause the skill to be disrupted . Hence, many Archers in the past life perceived this skill as the most useless . Wizards' Blizzard has an additional effect of deceleration yet Shooting at Random came with no other effects . Isn't this simply trash?
The rarest and trashiest skill ever, Shoot at Random .
This was the conclusion drawn by a famous Archer player, Shoot 'Til Morning Light in the past life after countless experiments .
Of course, even if Shoot at Random was a renowned trashy skill, there were still plenty of Archers mastering this skill . This was because the ultimate skill of Archers, Overlord, had a prerequisite of Level 20 Shoot at Random .
Several hundred murlocs corpses lay afloat on the waters . Li Yi looked on with a migraine and in the end, passed off looting these corpses .
These were just regular murlocs and the best they could drop was a small amount of Gold Coins together with a piece of white or blue-colored equipment . If he were to go ahead to loot each one of them, the time spent would be longer than farming monsters . It was not worth the time . Li Yi had to give it up in order to focus on grinding levels .
"Intermediate speed ahead!"
Li Yi controlled Mermaid Princess to swim deeper into the water regions .
With Shoot at Random engaged and paired with Mermaid Princess' swift movements, Li Yi shuttled past the school of murlocs with ease . Needless to say, he had absolute confidence in surpassing Lonely Semi City's level .
Two hours had passed when murlocs corpses were widely littered here and there . Li Yi's EXP was now at 79% and he was about to level up .
. . .
"Splash!"
Just as Li Yi was going to go deep with Mermaid Princess to battle it out with the murlocs, a female human wizard jumped down from ashore . She came over here to dig out some shell-made materials but was in shock when she came across the mountain of murloc corpses .
She extended her arm out to probe one of the corpses when "Ding!", she looted a piece of blue-colored equipment .
"I can . . . I can loot?" The female human Wizard took a glance around to confirm she was alone before swimming to these corpses in euphoria and initiated a looting frenzy .
"I, Qi Ge must be the world's luckiest person . Hahaha! Wow, only I can come across this system bug! I'm gonna be rich! Filthy rich! . . . "
This female human Wizard was called Qi Ge . She was completely unaware that this was the doing of Li Yi and simply thought it was a system bug .
There were simply too many murloc corpses and Qi Ge's backpack was quickly filled to the brim . She started tossing away white-colored equipment and sorting out the selection . . .
Li Yi was going all out farming monsters in the front while the female human Wizard, Qi Ge was looting in full force . Once Li Yi made it to Level 48, Qi Ge had left and returned three times to sell off the equipment and earned more than 7,000 Gold Coins .
"I'm rich! I'm rich!"
Qi Ge bought four bags with 2,000 Gold Coins at the Auction House and now the squares below her backpack reached 400 . She did not have to worry about the backpack going full now .
Qi Ge happily returned to Underwater Remnants . Now no matter the good or the bad, she simply fitted all items into her backpack . As she was looting, she was counting in her head . '2,000 Gold Coins, 2,001 Gold Coins . . . This blue-colored equipment is worth more, 2,101 Gold Coins . . . '
Just when Qi Ge was drowning in looting paradise, the murlocs around respawned . When they saw Qi Ge, they chirped aloud before tossing the spears in their hands at her .
"Pfft—"
Qi Ge was struck with tens of spears and immediately lay dead . Four bags worth of items dropped with a boom .
"Oh shit, I only have 536 Gold Coins left . I, Qi Ge, am the world's saddest person . . . " Qi Ge's corpse floated to the surface as she counted the items scattered around in melancholy .
. . . Also recognized as AOE and is a term used in many role-playing and strategy games to describe attacks or spells that can affect multiple targets within a specified area .
Chapter end
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