After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Chapter 535: 404, Taunting Skill: Small Fry Small Fry

Spells poured down like a fierce torrent, raining down on the Silverback Giant Ape.

The damage numbers Monica dealt appeared intermittently, each one 50,000+.

In contrast, Aiko’s were a dense cluster of 5000+, the damage numbers piled a meter high, dazzling to see.

Lin Da roughly calculated the total damage.

It was about 50% higher than Monica’s.

Though Monica was a burst Mage, her total damage wasn’t very high. But Aiko’s damage was ridiculously high.

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In the original game plot, Aiko wasn’t this strong.

She was just a character with not much screen time, decent strength, and a tendency to slack off—a Light Mage the game developers clearly didn’t intend to flesh out much.

But now, in Lin Da’s eyes, Aiko…

Had strength at least equal to Monica’s.

Noticing Lin Da’s gaze, Aiko gently wiped the sweat from her forehead and smiled. Her fair cheeks were flushed with two spots of red, her smile enchanting.

While pondering, Lin Da flew toward the Silverback Giant Ape.

Approaching within ten meters, his skin tingled with pain, the robust aura of the Magical Creatures exuded an oppressive sensation similar to being scorched by flames, making breaths exceedingly difficult.

Lin Da shook off his thoughts, his expression grave.

Using this battle as a trial before subjugating the Flame Giant was more than appropriate.

“Poison Dragon’s Roar!”

With a single strike of his sword, a purple dragon made of deadly poison emerged from the Array.

The dragon was over ten meters long, but compared to the mountainous giant ape, its size seemed much smaller.

This Ultimate Skill dealt damage of around 30,000.

Even taking into account the subsequent Dragon’s Sorrow, it barely reached 60,000.

Against ordinary Epic Monsters, the damage would start at 90,000.

Against the Silverback Giant Ape, a third of that was lost.

The sheer toughness of this creature’s hide was evident.

Lulu, Isa, and Lia also released their Ultimate Skills in quick succession.

Lulu, now in a berserk state, had blood-red eyes, and her claws had doubled in length.

Lulu went down on all fours, like a real wild wolf; with a swipe of her paw, she effortlessly sliced through the giant ape’s thick hide, tearing apart flesh and blood.

Lia’s Starfire Airstream Slash was less effective; when it hit the white fur of the giant ape, the Flames were actually snuffed out.

Without the enhancement of Flames, the power of the Ultimate Skill was drastically reduced.

“What’s going on, why isn’t it weak to fire with all that fur?” Lia dodged the giant’s stomp, leaped back to a middle position, and asked in confusion.

“The Silverback Giant Ape’s fur is as hard as iron and has the ability to resist Fire Series Battle Qi,” Lin Da explained from the sky.

Before long, ten minutes had passed.

With the aid of the Verdant Shield and Group Healing, only three from White Dove City had fallen back.

Lin Da and Chloe, the two front-liners, firmly held the aggro of the Silverback Giant Ape.

Lin Da flew above, overseeing the entire battle situation.

His gaze settled upon a girl in pink Armor below, wielding a small axe.

Behind Chloe, a giant pink rabbit shadow, with one hand on its hip, flipped off the giant ape with its middle finger.

The giant ape, enraged and embarrassed, chased Chloe frantically.

When Chloe was almost caught, Lin Da would swoop down, grab her, and flee. When the giant tried to walk away, he would throw Chloe back down, continuing to firmly control the ape’s attention.

Despite the giant ape knowing it should attack the adventurers’ rear, the pink rabbit shadow emitted a strong psychic assault. The giant ape always felt it couldn’t vent the rage in its chest unless it crushed that rabbit first.

This was the special Taunting Skill of the Heavy Armored Warrior.

Chloe’s Ultimate Skill at level 30, called “Small Fry Small Fry,” activated with a duration of three minutes, continuously attracting the aggro of Magical Creatures.

Compared to those Taunting Skills that required a cooldown in the Magic Circuit after a single use before they could be cast again, “Small Fry Small Fry,” with its duration of three minutes, was overwhelmingly superior.

Chloe herself was a Heavy Armored Warrior with extremely high defense growth. With Lin Da’s Continuous Healing on her, there was no need to worry for a considerable time.

Such smooth coordination filled Lin Da with a multitude of thoughts.

Ever since he had left the Snow Goose Adventure Team, it seemed Chloe had put away much of her playfulness and began to practice seriously.

At that moment, he and Klrona were working together to keep the Silverback Giant Ape entangled.

Creating numerous opportunities for Lulu and the others to deal damage.

Lulu climbed onto the giant ape’s neck and furiously scratched with her beast claws.

Bright red numbers gushed out.

Each starting at 10,000.

After going berserk, the less health Lulu had, the higher the damage she dealt.

The increase could reach up to double at the limit.

Oru from Snow Goose, and several swordsmen from Ice Flower, were completely stunned.

The damage they collectively inflicted on the giant ape couldn’t compare to Lulu’s.

The Silverback Giant Ape angrily pounded its fists towards Lulu.

But Lulu’s wolf tail acted like a danger-sensing radar.

Before the Silverback Giant Ape’s attack could land, she agilely jumped away, evading to another location to continue her assault.

Since the beginning of the battle, Lulu had not been hit even once.

Her agility wasn’t the highest among the group, but her seasoned combat experience always allowed her to detect danger in advance.

Within the Spectating Tower, Sterry and the others had taken note of Lulu’s exceptional performance.

With the combat ability of this werewolf girl, she would be an eight-star adventurer, to begin with.

And Monica, who holds the title of “Earth Mage,” should also be at least an eight-star adventurer.

Sterry weirdly thought to herself that the members of the Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team were exceptionally high quality.

It’s said they also have a member named Tasya, equally strong, rated by the Adventurer’s Weekly, not below eight stars.

Apart from that useless blonde thief, the other members… all start at eight stars…

An adventure team like this, in the top thirty cities of a province, you can’t find many.

“Look, here it comes again!” In that moment, Wez uttered softly, his eyes filled with excitement.

Above, Lin Da held the longsword high, with Black Flame burning.

It was the same move he used to finish off Slo!

This trip to White Dove City was proving to be fruitful indeed.

“Perhaps I can even recruit… no, quite a few strong students in advance for my senior at the Ice Abyss Training Camp.”

Wez muttered to himself.

Every year, the outstanding newcomers are targets for recruitment by the major forces within Ice Abyss.

If he could recruit people like Lin Da, it would be a significant feat.

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The fifteenth layer of the Mystic Realm.

Lin Da stood in the air, with Black Flame gathering on the Earth Dragon Longsword, and he violently slashed out, releasing the Magic Heart Slash.

The results were as he expected.

Compared to the twenty-meter sword light from before, this time it was only fifteen meters.

It seemed that last time it had absorbed the flames from the grassland, thereby enhancing the power.

Lin Da tried to absorb the Starfire Battle Qi from Lia below, but failed.

He didn’t know where the problem was.

“I need more practice to grasp deeper and more arcane uses,” he thought.

The black sword light flew towards the Silverback Giant Ape and with a bang, the immense power made the giant ape’s body reel backward and stumble to the ground.

“Everyone, go!” Lia took the lead, jumping onto the giant ape’s head.

The adventurers, like ants opening their jaws, swarmed up in a gust.

The neck, eyes, and other vulnerable areas were targeted by the adventurers for focused attacks.

There was even an adventurer with a long spear poking at the Silverback Giant Ape’s private areas.

These tricky and outrageous attack methods twisted the giant ape’s face in pain as it thrashed and rolled on the ground.

Just as it tried to get up, Lin Da released the Forest Dragon’s Rage Fang, wrapping around its neck.