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

59: Kill 10,000 hairy zombiesBeside a huge rock on the riverbank, a remarkably nimble Little Mysterious Tortoise was wolfing down two fragrant roasted chickens and a roasted lamb leg.

Clearly, this Little Mysterious Tortoise hadn’t tasted such delicious food in a long time; its eating manner was like a starved ghost reincarnated.

Watching this scene, Bai Tian smiled and shook his head.

A human-like light flickered in the Little Mysterious Tortoise’s eyes. As it ate, it said, ”Good lad, I knew you were a man of your word, doing exactly what you said.”

Then, it patted the ground with its claw, and a teleportation array flickering with light patterns appeared before Bai Tian and Flowers in Full Bloom.

”Since you’re so thoughtful, I’ll open a back door for you two today. There’s no need to enter the Longevity Palace through the water.”

Although the Little Mysterious Tortoise still had a roasted chicken leg in its mouth, its speech was exceptionally clear.

Bai Tian smiled gratefully. ”Thanks! Next time I come, besides two roasted chickens, I’ll add a roasted goose for you.”

Hearing this, a flash of joy crossed the Little Mysterious Tortoise’s eyes. It nodded and said solemnly, ”You better keep your word.”

”That’s a must.”

After Bai Tian finished speaking, he stepped into the teleportation array with Flowers in Full Bloom.

A second later, the two of them appeared on the second floor of the Longevity Palace.

The system notification sounded accordingly.

—— ”(Ding-dong!)”

”(Players Brilliant and Flowers in Full Bloom, as the first adventurers to reach the second floor of the [Longevity Palace], you have obtained a B-rank hidden quest.)”

”(Please eliminate ten thousand demon rank [Hairy Zombies] within 4 hours. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with one [Purple Equipment Blind Box] and the next segment of the hidden quest will be activated.)”

”(If the quest fails, you will be unable to enter the second floor of the Longevity Palace for 7 days.)”

Hearing this notification, Flowers in Full Bloom’s expression changed slightly. ”Kill ten thousand demon rank monsters in 4 hours?”

Bai Tian smiled composedly. ”Man proposes, God disposes. We’ll just do our best.”

Flowers in Full Bloom nodded. She knew well the difficulty of this quest, but with Bai Tian by her side, she felt a bit more confident.

Flowers in Full Bloom nodded. ”That’s all we can do. Luckily you’re here, otherwise there’s no way I could finish this alone.”

”By the way, I feel like you’re intentionally trying to please that Little Mysterious Tortoise.”

”Have you noticed? The NPCs in this game are getting weirder and weirder.”

Bai Tian looked slightly surprised; he hadn’t expected Flowers in Full Bloom to observe so closely. ”Yeah.”

”Lately, I feel like the NPCs in [Nine Heavens] aren’t just virtual data, but like living people.”

”This morning, wasn’t I going to find you guys to level up? On the way, an NPC appeared and tried to steal my mount.”

Hearing this, Flowers in Full Bloom’s beautiful eyes flickered, and her red lips parted in surprise. ”You encountered something like that too?”

Bai Tian was stunned and asked back, ”Did you as well?”

Flowers in Full Bloom nodded. ”I wasn’t robbed by an NPC, but once I almost...”

As she spoke, Flowers in Full Bloom’s pretty face turned slightly red, but her shyness was mixed with anger.

”There was a damn guy, also an NPC, who ambushed me and said...”

”He said he wanted me to be his woman and was even going to use force.”

”I was no match for that NPC at all. Later, I relied on a Strong Invisibility skill to temporarily escape him.”

Even now, Flowers in Full Bloom still had lingering fears. She continued, ”Even though I was invisible then, and the NPC couldn’t find me for a while, he could lock onto a general area and follow closely.”

”Later, it seemed like a Buddhist chant came from the distance, and only then did that hateful NPC flee in fright.”

Hearing that Flowers in Full Bloom had such an encounter, Bai Tian’s expression almost turned blank.

It was one thing for an NPC to try and steal his spirit beast.

But there were actually NPCs in the game trying to kidnap girls?

Is this still a damn game?

”You’re not allowed to laugh at me, and you’re not allowed to tell anyone about this. It’s too embarrassing; I didn’t even tell Foolish Snow.”

Seeing Bai Tian remain silent, a flush rose to her face, looking somewhat annoyed.

Bai Tian snapped out of it and hurriedly waved his hands to explain, ”I’m not laughing at you. I just feel this game is becoming more and more mysterious. It seems we’ll need to be more careful when dealing with NPCs in the future.”

Flowers in Full Bloom nodded seriously.

However, just then, hair-raising roars suddenly rang out, echoing through the second floor of the Longevity Palace.

The ground ahead began to crack continuously, and cold demonic claws covered in white hair reached out one after another.

Immediately after, Hairy Zombie monsters with hideous appearances, covered in long white hair and emitting a decaying aura, burst out from the ground.

In the blink of an eye, over a thousand terrifying Hairy Zombie monsters appeared ahead.

Seeing these monsters appear, the two of them temporarily ended their conversation and began to carefully examine the attributes of these Hairy Zombies.

These creatures labeled as ”Hairy Zombies” were demon rank Second Transfer corpse monsters, with a level as high as 25.

—— [Hairy Zombie]!

(demon rank Second Transfer corpse monster.)

Level: 25

HP: 160,000

Attack: 2,487

Dual Defense: 1,200

Skills: Corpse Poison, Corpse Howl.

Flowers in Full Bloom lightly pursed her red lips, her voice somewhat grave. ”The attributes of these Hairy Zombies are so high; they’re almost at the level of a First Advancement Elite Boss.”

”We have to farm ten thousand of them in 4 hours. This difficulty is indeed not small.”

Bai Tian responded with a confident smile. ”Don’t worry, maybe we won’t even need 4 hours to complete the quest.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Tian summoned his spirit beast mount—the Ancestral Return Strange Horse.

This steed clearly didn’t like the dark mount space and preferred to be summoned by its master at any time; its long neigh was full of excitement.

Bai Tian brandished the green wave pure lotus splendor and immediately released a geometrically multiplied [Cold Abyss Blessing].

Under the influence of this power, the attack, defense, attack speed, and movement speed of Flowers in Full Bloom and the Ancestral Return Strange Horse were increased by 320%, while Bai Tian’s own stats surged by 640%.

Feeling this powerful strength, a look of excitement appeared on Flowers in Full Bloom’s face. ”With a freakish violent priest like you around, it really is possible for us to complete the quest.”

Just as she was about to take action immediately, Bai Tian stopped her. ”Don’t rush, wait a moment before going in.”

Bai Tian took a few steps forward, took a deep breath, and then let out a roar as mighty as a dragon or tiger.

This sound wave exploded like thunder, forming a physical hurricane that spread out.

Under the impact of this power, over a thousand Hairy Zombie monsters within a 500-meter range were hit by [Tiger Roar Shakes Mountains and Rivers].

In an instant, shocking damage numbers jumped out simultaneously from the heads of countless Hairy Zombies: -97,776, -97,776, -97,776, -97,776... Tiger Roar Shakes Mountains and Rivers was a holy skill; it didn’t consume mana, but only 100 points of Vigor.

Since Bai Tian learned this skill, he had a Vigor bar with a maximum value of 200 points.

Vigor automatically recovered by 1 point every 10 seconds, but the cooldown for Tiger Roar Shakes Mountains and Rivers was as long as 20 minutes.

With a 20-minute cooldown, it was enough for Bai Tian to slowly recover his Vigor to use the next Tiger Roar Shakes Mountains and Rivers.

Witnessing all this, Flowers in Full Bloom couldn’t help but exclaim in wonder, ”My god, you... what skill is this?”

Her red lips were slightly agape, clearly shocked by Bai Tian’s performance.

The skill Bai Tian used had brought nearly a hundred thousand damage to over a thousand Hairy Zombies in just a short moment; such power was simply inconceivable.

Bai Tian smiled at her without explaining anything.

However, when Bai Tian observed closely, he discovered a puzzling phenomenon.

He frowned in confusion. ”Eh, why didn’t the control effect appear?”

He found that not a single one of the Hairy Zombies hit by Tiger Roar Shakes Mountains and Rivers was frozen in place. Instead, they became exceptionally fierce and rushed toward him in swarms.

Tiger Roar Shakes Mountains and Rivers was a soul-impact skill. For Hairy Zombies, which had no souls, it could cause damage but could not produce a control effect.

Bai Tian suddenly realized; this seemed to be the most reasonable explanation for the phenomenon.

Seeing this, Flowers in Full Bloom decided without hesitation to step forward and share the pressure.

She said with a sense of justice, ”You’ve poked a hornet’s nest. Over a thousand Hairy Zombies are swarming at once. I’ll try my best to pull away 200 for you; as for the rest, you’re on your own.”

After speaking, she went into invisibility to avoid the Hairy Zombie swarm’s attacks and quickly swept toward the rear.

As Bai Tian’s loyal mount, the Ancestral Return Strange Horse was also prepared to launch a magic skill to help its master.

However, Bai Tian shouted loudly, ”Don’t move, let them come. These thousand-plus Hairy Zombies are all mine.”

After consuming a mid-grade and a low-grade spirit recovery pill, Bai Tian charged toward the Hairy Zombie swarm with full confidence.

Hearing Bai Tian’s words, although Flowers in Full Bloom was a bit surprised, she still chose to believe him.

She avoided the Hairy Zombie swarm’s attacks while invisible and quickly scouted toward the rear.

The Ancestral Return Strange Horse also followed its master’s command and withdrew its magic skill. It waited in place, its loud snorting echoing in the air.