The third wave of elite monsters charged at Lu Chen and the four wolves without a word.
Lu Chen and the three fools had no time to rest. Lu Chen quickly stood up to command the battle.
"Damn it, will it ever end? Erzi, Sanzi, Sizi, get to work!"
"Erzi's health isn't full, this time Sanzi will tank two monsters!"
In just over three minutes, the third elite poison spider let out a wail, curled up, and turned into experience.
[Killed Forest Poison Spider (Elite), captured 200 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi, obtained 1 Tier-3 Talent Shard, and 1 3-Star Quality Evolution Point.]
[Ding, obtained item "Poison Mist Spider Silk Legguards," "Tough Spider Silk" x2.]
This elite didn't drop any good equipment, but it did drop the second piece of the Poison Mist set armor.
Once the poisoning effect on everyone wore off, Lu Chen quickly had the three fools restore their health and stamina.
Meanwhile, he took the opportunity to check the equipment.
[Poison Mist Spider Silk Legguards (White Low Tier)]
[Defense: 5]
[Poison Resistance: 4]
The legguards' physical defense was slightly low, but the poison resistance was a bit higher.
"This Poison Mist Forest is a bit tricky, we need to boost our poison resistance." Lu Chen didn't hesitate to use materials, exchanging some he didn't need for Reputation.
"Activate the fifth equipment slot! Position, legguards."
After equipping the spider silk legguards, Lu Chen's physical defense reached 44 points, and he activated the set bonus for two pieces, gaining an additional 3 points of poison resistance, making it exactly 10 points!
Just as Lu Chen finished equipping the legguards, the fourth wave of attacks arrived!
Erzi and Sanzi, needing to tank two monsters each, had only restored seventy percent of their health.
Sizi, being "particularly strong," had slightly higher physical defense but lower health, yet since it only tanked one monster, its health was relatively healthy at around eighty percent.
Lu Chen pondered for a moment. Four waves had already come, who knew if there would be more. To be safe, Lu Chen gave each of the three fools a healing potion.
He didn't drink one himself. With his poison resistance now at 10 points and physical defense increased by 11 points, even elites didn't hurt him much.
The Forest Poison Spiders moved quickly, soon closing in on Lu Chen's squad.
"Damn, this Poison Mist Forest really has something! Erzi, Sanzi, Sizi, get to work!"
"This time, each of you tank one, I'll take one small one and one elite, follow me and focus your attacks!"
Lu Chen's attack power far exceeded that of the three fools, so there was no worry about them stealing aggro.
The small monsters lunged at Lu Chen.
-1, -1 (Poisoned)
"Hmm? The small monsters' physical attacks and poison are ineffective against me!" Lu Chen finally relaxed his tense mood.
With this, even tanking four small monsters was no problem.
However, the elite could still deal over 20 physical damage and 10 poison damage to Lu Chen.
Realizing this, Lu Chen's eyes shifted, and he immediately instructed the three fools.
"Erzi, Sanzi, Sizi, I'll tank all four small monsters, let's change our strategy and kill the elite first!"
By killing the ones that could harm him first, he could minimize health loss, then deal with the small monsters!
In this wave, Lu Chen tanked five monsters alone, working with the three fools to first take down the elite poison spider!
[Killed Forest Poison Spider (Elite), captured 200 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi, obtained 1 Tier-3 Talent Shard, and 1 3-Star Quality Evolution Point.]
[Ding, obtained item "Poison Mist Spider Silk Legguards," "Tough Spider Silk" x2.]
Another legguard dropped, and Lu Chen put the equipment away.
"Kill the small ones!"
[Killed Forest Poison Spider (Level 8), captured 75 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi, obtained 1 Tier-0 Talent Shard, 1 0-Star Quality Point, extracted 1 Pure Spiritual Qi.]
However, just as they finished off one small monster, a large amount of spider silk descended from above!
This time, there were ten! Double the number!
"Damn!" Lu Chen was a bit stunned.
Recalling the previous times, they always killed the elite last, and within a dozen seconds, a new spider group would appear, but this time, a new group appeared before they even finished.
Even worse, among this large group of spiders, there were four elite poison spiders.
"Could it be that the spawn is based on elite deaths?" This thought flashed through Lu Chen's mind, but there was no time to analyze it.
The three fools definitely couldn't handle so many monsters. Lu Chen was tanking eleven small monsters and two elites alone, under immense pressure, with no time for data analysis...
"I'll tank, hurry, let's kill the elites first!"
The numbers above Lu Chen's head were stacking up, becoming unreadable.
"Damn, this is what it means to have a forest on your head..." Lu Chen gulped down a potion, not caring about saving it at this point.
After finally taking down one elite, Lu Chen's health was down to just 700.
"Clear the small ones!" Lu Chen left one elite and led the squad to quickly clear the small monsters.
Though the small monsters had low attack and weren't tough, their sheer numbers were overwhelming, and Lu Chen still had an elite on his back.
Before long, Lu Chen's health was critically low, with only 200 left, looking dangerously red.
"Erzi, take over!" Lu Chen couldn't tank anymore; he needed to use the time spent on small monsters to recover more health with potions.
Erzi's health was far lower than Lu Chen's, and crucially, its physical defense and poison resistance were very low, quickly turning its health red.
"Sanzi, switch with Erzi! Quick!"
Sanzi couldn't hold on for long either.
"Sizi!"
Lu Chen was starting to panic. The three fools had strong attributes, much higher than ordinary players, but the poison attacks were too nasty. Without the Poison Mist set, the extra 20 points of health loss was significant, and if it kept dropping, no one could withstand it.
Seeing Sizi's health turn red, Lu Chen could only have Erzi take over again.
[Your subordinate "Strong, Agile, Particularly Burly Gnoll" (Level 7) has died, Legion Recruitment Order (Three Yuan) returns one recruitment point, you can now recruit one subordinate.]
"Damn it! Erzi..." For some reason, Lu Chen felt a surge of anger.
[Your subordinate "Strong, Agile, Particularly Burly Gnoll" (Level 7) has died, Legion Recruitment Order (Three Yuan) returns one recruitment point, you can now recruit two subordinates.]
"Sanzi..."
Lu Chen fought with all his might, finally clearing the surrounding small monsters. When he turned around, the last foolish gnoll wobbled and fell.
[Your subordinate "Particularly Strong, Agile, Burly Gnoll" (Level 7) has died, Legion Recruitment Order (Three Yuan) returns one recruitment point, you can now recruit three subordinates.]
"You damn bastard! I'll fight you to the end!" Lu Chen gulped down another potion and charged at the elite poison spider!
...
After killing the elite poison spider, Lu Chen dragged the three gnoll corpses back to the stone monument.
[You have left the Poison Mist Forest and entered the Novice Zone.]
Sitting on the ground, Lu Chen looked at the three bodies, knowing they would disappear in a few seconds.
The two elite spiders from the fifth wave dropped a wrist guard, but Lu Chen had no interest in checking it.
The three fools were dead. Lu Chen thought he would only feel the loss of equipment and materials, but at this moment, he realized he didn't care about those at all.
Lu Chen sat on the ground, staring blankly at the bodies of the three fools.
Although Lu Chen knew they were just wild monsters he had recruited.
No intelligence, no consciousness, no emotions, not even names.
But for some reason, he felt an inexplicable sadness.
Three mindless fools, helping him grind for two days without complaint.
From Lu Chen's level 7, they grinded until he reached level 10! Wherever Lu Chen said to grind, they went, grinding for eight hours straight...
When Zakas respawned, they would poke themselves with their claws. When Lu Chen was in a daze, they stood behind him, facing elite poison spiders, even when their health was critical, never disobeying Lu Chen's orders, foolishly fighting until death!
After a long silence, Lu Chen watched as their bodies gradually turned into light, lowering his head, and softly said, "Erzi, Sanzi, Sizi, I..."
"I'm sorry..." Lu Chen's eyes were unexpectedly moist.
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