A God-tier Counter-damage Priest, I am the Master!

27: Encountering an enemyWithin the Hundred Thousand Savage Mountains?

Is this the area where I am currently located?

This game is quite interesting!

The game’s setting is truly ingenious, dividing it into large regions of the Vast Heaven Realm, which fills one with infinite imagination.

The official website hasn’t provided a detailed introduction to how large the Vast Heaven Realm actually is or how many regions it’s divided into; everything is unknown.

This game is full of mystery for players, making them eager to explore and find out.

After Bai Tian finished his lament, he took out a City Return Talisman, preparing to return to Border Wild City.

Within the dilapidated [Border Wild City], it was currently overcrowded, packed with the figures of players.

The chat area was incredibly lively, with various heated discussions, purchase requests, and team-up calls rising and falling one after another.

”(#‵′) Damn! Why haven’t the potions Refreshed yet? You can’t even buy medicine with money, what the hell!”

”MMPD! The Pharmacy Proprietress NPC only sells a limited amount of 10,000 potion bottles every day; it’s simply not enough to go around.”

”This game is too f*cking hard to play. It’s one thing that monsters have learned how to ambush and flee, but even the NPCs in the city are wicked, both cheating and robbing.”

”Tell me about it. I was cheated out of 88 silver by an NPC yesterday. There’s simply no justice.”

”Buying HP and MP potions at high prices. Bosses with stock, please contact me.”

”Level 11 efficient team, need one Priest and one Mage. You can start farming efficiently as soon as you arrive...”

Bai Tian felt it was quite amusing as he watched the players in the chat area complain about the lack of potions and NPC deception.

Although he hadn’t been online for over four days, with his luxurious equipment, level 13, and Priest Class, he became the focus of everyone’s attention as soon as he appeared.

At the current stage, a level 13 Priest was not low-level.

Many people came over to invite him to join their teams, making Bai Tian feel the passion and vitality of this game.

Fortunately, Bai Tian had always hidden his information; otherwise, if people knew he was Brilliant, the former number one Priest, he would definitely be harassed endlessly.

Bai Tian still had quite a few potions in his bag, enough to last for a while.

His main reason for returning to the city this time was to repair his equipment.

The system was truly greedy; just a casual equipment repair cost 1.1 Gold.

After repairing his equipment, Bai Tian opened the Alchemy interface he had just learned to check it out.

He looked forward to being able to produce more advanced potions through Alchemy to add a layer of security to his adventure.

——[Taoist Alchemy]!

Brilliant: (Level 1 Apprentice)

Teacher: Flower Monk (Increases Alchemy success rate by 5%.)

Alchemy Proficiency: (0/500)

Currently craftable:

——[low-grade bone-mending pill]!

Effect: Instantly restores 600 Health, then restores 2% HP every second for 3 seconds.

CD: 5 seconds!

——[Low-grade spirit recovery pill]!

Effect: Instantly restores 400 Mana, then restores 2% Mana every second for 3 seconds.

CD: 5 seconds!

Holy crap!

This Alchemy is simply too awesome!

He had only just started learning it, yet he could already craft pills with effects far exceeding middle-grade potions.

Right, the system had also rewarded him with a Rank 1 Pill Recipe earlier.

Bai Tian took it out to check.

——[blood fusing bone strengthening pill]!

(Rank 1 Pill Recipe)

(After consumption, permanently increases Constitution by 10 points and automatically restores 1 Health per second.)

(A maximum of three pills can be consumed simultaneously; any beyond that are ineffective.)

The only fly in the ointment was that the five types of medicinal ingredients needed to craft this pill would take Bai Tian some time to find.

Furthermore, he would have to spend time gathering materials to craft the low-grade bone-mending pills and spirit recovery pills.

Thus, Bai Tian decided to first scout all the maps in the surrounding area that had BOSSes.

Then he would gather medicinal materials while leveling up.

Bai Tian had a living map in his mind; he knew exactly where the materials for crafting Golden Sore Pills and spirit recovery pills grew within a 500-mile radius.

In case the nearby BOSSes within 500 miles had already been taken by others, Alchemy was also a way to make money if he wanted to earn cash quickly.

Following the markings on the living map in his mind, Bai Tian visited two maps marked with BOSSes in succession, but both times he came up empty-handed.

It seemed that within these four days, the BOSSes had already been killed.

Once a BOSS was killed, it would take a week before it would Refresh.

Right now, there was only one last location with an Elite-rank BOSS. Although Bai Tian didn’t hold much hope since he hadn’t been online for over four days, he still persisted in looking for it, mainly because a necessary ingredient for crafting Golden Sore Pills—hundred sweet grass—also grew there!

Even if there was no BOSS, farming some mobs and gathering herbs would be fine.

Half an hour later, Bai Tian arrived at his final destination, a canyon shrouded in white mist.

As expected, the Elite BOSS here had also been killed; the place was empty.

Having no other choice, he could only go deeper to farm mobs and gather herbs.

Bai Tian sighed and continued moving toward the depths of the valley.

But ten minutes later, a peculiar sound suddenly echoed from deep within the white mist.

——

”Damn! Kiss Kiss Little White, you guys are too f*cking shameless!”

”I spent 2,000 to hire you to help, but after finding a Rank 1 Spirit Herb, you actually want to kill your employer to steal it.”

”Being so despicable, aren’t you afraid that after I expose you, you’ll become like rats crossing the street in Border Wild City?”

At this moment, deep in the thick fog, on a shallow slope.

An angry Warrior with low health and a Female Archer stood back-to-back.

Surrounding these two were six players with sneering faces, encircling them.

The leader’s ID was Kiss Kiss Little White, a level 13 Warrior. He wore a mix of black and white quality equipment and mocked.

”Idiot, the market price for a Rank 1 Spirit Herb starts at 3,000. You only gave us brothers 2,000, can you blame us?”

”Exactly. Unless you pay more, not only will the Rank 1 Spirit Herb be ours, but we grandpas will also give you a free trip back to the city.”

At this moment, among the rocks on the 50-meter-high slope, there was a pitch-black, shiny Spirit Ganoderma. This was a Rank 1 Spirit Herb, a precious Alchemy material, and their target.

”Pah! A bunch of untrustworthy villains, we won’t believe you.”

”Even if we pay more, you’ll still kill us to steal the medicine.”

The Female Archer spat out indignantly.

Kiss Kiss Little White immediately gave a cold smile: ”Since that’s the case, then there’s nothing more to say.”

”Brothers, give them a free trip back to the city.”

Immediately, Kiss Kiss Little White and his group of six swarmed forward like hungry wolves.

The Warrior employer and the Female Archer were outnumbered and soon died miserably at the hands of Kiss Kiss Little White’s group of six.

Moreover, two pieces of equipment were even dropped.

”Not bad, a piece of black equipment for Archers dropped.”

”Old Fourth, it’s yours.”

Kiss Kiss Little White picked up the equipment and distributed it to Old Fourth.

At this point, someone stepped forward and said: ”Captain, what if this couple goes to the forums to expose us?”

”Killing an employer and stealing a Spirit Herb isn’t exactly a glorious thing, after all.”

Kiss Kiss Little White laughed: ”What’s there to fear? Our boss Vantis has already become a Hall Master of [Blood Moon].”

”We’ll also be considered people of Blood Moon from now on. So what if we’re a bit overbearing?”

”Who would dare to say anything behind our backs?”

Kiss Kiss Little White had an arrogant look, as if the whole world was at his feet.

”As for that lowly couple, if they really dare to smear us, at worst we’ll just spend some money to hire internet trolls to turn black into white and white into black. Isn’t that easy?”

The other five immediately gave Kiss Kiss Little White a thumbs up: ”The Captain really has a way.”

Kiss Kiss Little White was smug, then said to the Assassin, Old Fifth: ”Go gather the herb. Be careful; I saw someone on the forums saying that Rank 1 or higher Spirit Herbs are usually guarded by fierce beasts. Even if it’s not a BOSS, the worst would be a Demon-level monster.”

The Assassin nodded: ”Alright, leave it to me, you can rest...”

Just as the Assassin was patting his chest in assurance, he didn’t even finish his sentence.

An extremely cold current whistled through the air, instantly hitting the Assassin’s body.

Damage: ”-2102!”

The Assassin’s expression froze, his health dropped to zero, and he fell straight down on the spot, even dropping a dagger.

”Damn, everyone be careful!”

Kiss Kiss Little White reacted the fastest, but he had barely finished speaking.

The corpse of the insta-killed Assassin, Old Fifth, was frozen, and with a ”boom,” an ice explosion effect was produced.

It immediately caught Old Sixth and Old Fourth nearby, insta-killing them on the spot.

At this moment, a figure with a wicked smile on his lips slowly walked out from the white mist.

”Brilliant!”

Kiss Kiss Little White’s expression changed drastically, his pupils tightening as he stared fixedly at the figure walking out.

”Good memory, you haven’t forgotten me.”

Bai Tian gave a mischievous smile, and just as he was about to continue his attack.

Kiss Kiss Little White roared: ”Brilliant!”

”Although we ambushed you on Novice Island, we were all counter-killed by you and didn’t gain any advantage. Why do you still hold a grudge?”

”To tell you the truth, we brothers are now members of Blood Moon, the only guild here in Border Wild City.”

”If you kill us all, you’ll be provoking Blood Moon, you...”

Bai Tian couldn’t be bothered to listen to his nonsense. He launched a close-range basic attack, dealing 971 damage and insta-killing Kiss Kiss Little White.

”Damn!”

Seeing this, the remaining Old Second and Old Third—a Class and a Mage respectively—showed fierce expressions and directly attacked Bai Tian.

The Class activated a Charge skill while the Mage launched a large Fireball Spell, both booming toward him.

Bai Tian’s lips curled into a smirk as a black and white gas shield emerged around him; he had used Cold Abyss Shield.

The Class’s Charge hit, Damage: -67!

Stun control ineffective!

40x Rebound: -2680!

Fireball Spell dealt damage: -211!

40x Rebound: -8440!

Bai Tian had intended to strike the nearby Class with his green wave pure lotus splendor, but the guy and his Mage companion were directly killed by the Rebound.

So fragile?

Bai Tian rubbed his nose, feeling a bit bored.

Originally, he thought that since the Class was sturdy and had low damage, he could play with him for a while longer, but he was also killed instantly by the Rebound.

But it was normal; this Class was only level 12. Even if he had put all his points into Constitution, along with his equipment, his maximum health would be 2,000 at most.

Having 2,680 damage Rebounded back at him by Bai Tian, he naturally couldn’t withstand it.

Bai Tian curled his lip slightly and began to collect the items they dropped.

There were seven pieces of equipment, 2 white and 5 black, all of them subpar.

Bai Tian didn’t bother putting them in his bag and listed them on the trading platform on the spot to sell for money.

Low-level equipment had depreciated significantly; subpar white equipment was at most a few dozen yuan apiece, while black equipment could still sell for over a hundred.

Although Kiss Kiss Little White and his crew didn’t yield much profit, they did drop quite a bit of hundred sweet grass, which they must have gathered recently.

After picking up the items, Bai Tian turned his gaze toward that Rank 1 Spirit Ganoderma on the slope.

Earlier while traveling, when there were no monsters attacking, Bai Tian would browse the trading platform to understand the market conditions.

So he also knew that currently, even the most common Rank 1 Spirit Herbs could sell for 3,000 yuan.

Thus, this Spirit Herb was also considered a hot commodity.

Bai Tian climbed up and reached out to pluck the Ganoderma when suddenly!

——”Boom”!

The rock on the slope cracked, stone chips sprayed everywhere, and a foul-smelling black light pounced toward him.

Spirit Herbs of Rank 1 or higher might have a guardian beast; clearly, a guardian beast had been born beneath this Ganoderma.

Attacking Bai Tian was a Black-scaled Monstrous Snake hidden under the rock, as thick as a thigh and over 5 meters long, with sharp fangs.

The Black-scaled Monstrous Snake’s attack speed was very fast, biting toward Bai Tian’s chest like lightning. This single strike dealt as much as -762 damage!

”(You have been poisoned. Physical and Magic Defense reduced by 10%, health loss of 1% per second for 10 seconds.)”

——[Black-scaled Monstrous Snake]!

(Demon-level Monster)

Level: 18

Health: 60,000

Attack: 891

Physical/Magic Defense: 450

Skills: Poison, Entangle!

It was a level 18 Demon-level monster, no wonder the damage was so high.

Bai Tian wasn’t flustered after being bitten; he raised his hand and cast an amplified Healing Spell, immediately filling his health bar.

On the other hand, the Black-scaled Monstrous Snake that bit him instantly lost over 30,000 health from the Rebound.

Moreover, due to the poison effect, Bai Tian was continuously losing health every second, and the Black-scaled Monstrous Snake was also being hit by continuous 40x Rebound.

The Black-scaled Monstrous Snake, which had lost half its health in an instant, opened its fangs wide and its long body slithered quickly, wanting to entangle Bai Tian.

But Bai Tian didn’t want to waste time with it. An amplified power [Ice Burst] heavily injured and froze it, followed by a secondary explosion, and then he added a few more basic attacks.

This Demon-level snake, which was very dangerous for ordinary players, lost its vitality on the spot. Its health dropped to zero, and it fell stiffly down the slope.

After dealing with the Black-scaled Monstrous Snake, the Rank 1 medicinal material, the Spirit Ganoderma, was successfully obtained.

To Bai Tian’s surprise, this Ganoderma was actually one of the medicinal ingredients for the blood fusing bone strengthening pill recipe.

Of the five missing medicinal ingredients, one was suddenly collected, which was an unexpected gain.

Furthermore, Bai Tian knew that where there was one Spirit Herb, there were bound to be others nearby.

He immediately decided to stay here to gather hundred sweet grass while farming mobs and searching to see if there were any other Rank 1 Spirit Herbs.

As for Kiss Kiss Little White and his group, Bai Tian wasn’t afraid of their retaliation at all; in fact, he wished they would call more people over.

That way, he could kill them and loot their equipment, which was much faster than farming monsters.

——

Meanwhile, the six members of Kiss Kiss Little White’s group, who had been killed back to the city by Bai Tian earlier, were currently cursing Bai Tian’s ancestors for eighteen generations.

They completely forgot that they had ambushed Bai Tian in the Novice Village earlier, which was how the grudge started, and they also forgot their shameless behavior of bullying with numbers and killing their employer to steal the Spirit Herb.

After cursing Bai Tian for a while, Kiss Kiss Little White immediately contacted his boss, Vantis: ”Boss, I saw Brilliant. That bastard is also here in Border Wild City.”

At this moment, Vantis, who was teaming up with the Guild Leader and Vice Guild Leader of Blood Moon to kill monsters and level up on a high-level map, suddenly stopped.

”Brilliant!”

A cold light flashed in Vantis’s eyes.

”I used to fear you a bit, but things are different now. You’ve fallen off the level rankings, and I have a large group of brothers under me.”

Vantis sneered inwardly.

”It’s time for revenge. Let me use your name as the former number one Priest to serve as a stepping stone for [Blood Moon] to establish its prestige.”