Chapter 1565 - 1099: Wishing You a Safe Dragon Boat Festival and Happy Holidays!

Chapter 1565: Chapter 1099: Wishing You a Safe Dragon Boat Festival and Happy Holidays!

He only had time to release a Heaven-Burning Storm and didn’t even see how much blood he’d knocked off the opponent before a string of red characters floated across his line of vision.

There’s the same Heaven-Burning Storm; there’s Devouring Mountains and Rivers; there’s Wild Wave Sword Technique and Earth Spirit Flame.

The benefits of team fighting are immediately apparent: multiple versus multiple, the momentum is powerful and the damage strong. At the cave entrance, a dozen or so evil beings are piled up, with entities and clones totaling nine people; the team buff is self-contained, just slashing away.

So much so that in the midst of chaos, Jiang Yuan didn’t even know which one was his target, and evil beings kept roaring angrily before falling down and disappearing as light dots.

[Demon Armor Fragment +2]

[Ice Crystal +1]

......

"I thought there’d be a fierce battle, but it turns out they weren’t that formidable." The chaotic battle lasted less than ten minutes, and his Physical Strength Bar had already been emptied twice as Jiang Yuan muttered while chewing his Elixir.

Clone No. 1 couldn’t resist rolling his eyes, "It’s easy to farm monsters because we outnumber them! And we preempt them, interrupting their big moves every time, so they don’t get a chance to display their skills and are killed by a flurry of punches. However, all nine of us took hits, No. 7 almost got knocked back to original form, do you know what that means?"

He raised his eyebrow with a questioning expression.

Clone No. 2 continued, "It means we’re seriously lacking in defense! You have thick blood and can afford to take hits, but our essence is just an arm ring, our blood bar isn’t as strong as yours. Learn a skill with a shield when you have time, increase the Level, so next time when you summon us, we’ll be able to both attack and defend."

Clone No. 4 added, "Anyway, since you’ll be learning, why not learn a healer skill too. Defense, attack, while also healing yourself or a teammate, how perfect!"

"Makes sense!" Jiang Yuan really hadn’t thought about defense and healer issues.

After all, spending a day in the Wilderness can add 2,000 blood points, though there’s no exact number, he’s amassed over 100,000 blood. Getting hit by monsters doesn’t hurt at all and doesn’t even need a Blood Replenishing Pill, who would’ve thought about defense.

But the clones aren’t so lucky; they can’t replicate blood quantity and only have the blood bar of the Clone Arm Ring. Once consumed, they’ll revert to their original form, turning into arm rings on Jiang Yuan’s wrist.

In the future, if he wants the clones to act independently in such dangerous mining caves, he’ll indeed need to consider defense and recovery skills.

"Later, I’ll seek out some experts to learn a few tricks, but for now, the immediate priority is to go deeper into the cave, at least to clear out all the monsters near the entrance." Jiang Yuan stood in the vast cavern, glancing around as the team split into three groups, venturing separately into the three forks.

According to Little Elf You Meng, the World Tree has been quietly fending off external attacks on the world; the instances inside are clogged polluted blocks; layers of mines connect multiple worlds, suppressing countless evil beings.

The seventh layer leads to unknown regions in the Demon Realm, and the evil aura here churns fiercely, clearly the World Tree is barely holding its ground.

Ha, Scratch Cards, probably the system’s comprehensive control!

No wonder the World Tree is being constantly upgraded, good thing it’s about dismantling the east wall to repair the west wall, fixing where it’s needed first. Jiang Yuan is like that brick, moving wherever required.

Sure enough, leading two clones into the far-left cave, they hadn’t gone far when they encountered a sonic roar attack; as their blood dropped, the two clones were immediately immobilized.

"Sonic attack with dizziness, how troublesome!" He clicked to use the Wild Wave Sword Technique, and the Level Fifteen group attack skill was deployed. The longsword unsheathed, instantly splitting into countless identical shadows.

At the same time, a sword blossom shining with a sharp cold light rose in the air, illuminating the dark cave brilliant white!

Countless sword blossoms rolled like waves, filling the sky as they slashed toward the creature groups targeting the main objectives.

-10000

-10000

-10000

......

It seemed like each sword stabbed the target, and a cascade of red numbers floated by, as the health bars of three evil beings showed noticeable drops. The Armor Demon in the center promptly transformed into a stone exterior, slowing its movement but significantly increasing defense; its health bar didn’t drop much.

The Ice Demon Beast on the left stomped its foot, and a blue freezing effect spread from underfoot, while dozens of Ice Arrows "swish" shot over!

The two clones were immobilized, unable to break free.

Jiang Yuan could only serve as the tank, throwing a Devouring Mountains and Rivers from the left hand, and a Five Elements Cloud-Piercing Thunder from the right, while grabbing a handful of Paper Mache from the Storage Bag.

With a puff of air, the small Paper Mache flipped and grew in the air, landing to transform into Paper Ox, Paper Eagle, Paper Bone Dragon, and more, charging fearlessly forward with a loud "moo"!

The Paper Bone Dragon is the craftiest, essentially a dragon-shaped structure built from "bones," and when struck by outside forces, it scatters to retreat before regrouping to attack again.

Paper Mache is most effective against ghosts, though slightly less impactful against suppressed evil demons.

Its attack power may be average, but it wins with sheer numbers. Especially the airborne assault contingent, which can always surprise with a bite, best at buying time.

About a minute later, the clones finally awoke from their stunned state and immediately rejoined the battle.

The Ice Demon Beast continued releasing ice element attacks, while the Armor Demon transformed into a rock defense form, ignoring the Paper Mache harassment, directly targeting Jiang Yuan!

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Its massive demon claws landed on the ground, shaking dust free from the cave.

[Earth Silence, unable to move]

He instinctively clicked Instant Teleportation Technique, and the prompt popped up, only then did he notice the ground within tens of meters around the Armor Demon had cracked patterns, rendering both Instant Teleportation Technique and Demon Seal Escape inapplicable.

"Bang!"

As swift as words can describe, the Armor Demon broke through the Paper Mache in front and rammed into Jiang Yuan!

[Stone Armor Collision!]

[-100000]

His blood bar plummeted by more than half, yet while stunned, Jiang Yuan instinctively clicked to use a High Level Blood Replenishing Pill, healing himself. Amid throwing Skills and shock, he realized he hadn’t been knocked flying!

Such a massive weight charging in, yet he hadn’t retreated a single step; is this the power of being a tank?

Surprisingly not having killed Little Karami, the Armor Demon was clearly puzzled. In its understanding, such small things could be stomped to death, several at a time, yet he truly bore the full force of the hit and still counterattacked?

A head full of question marks, the Armor Demon was then eradicated by Jiang Yuan’s counterattack assisted by the clones, who took down the two ice demon beasts that had relatively lower health bars.

With an unreconciled roar, it dissolved into starlights, leaving a pile of shimmering gold on the ground.

[Yin Demon Pearl +600]

[Star Meteorite Ore +3]

[Purple Crystal Stone Ingot +2]

[Demon Armor Fragment +5]

......

The system automatically collected, instantly sweeping the sparkling ground into the Storage Bag.

"The Ice Demon Beast’s sonic roar can randomly stun; the Armor Demon’s Earth Silence interrupts close-range teleportation, not even Space Technique works," Jiang Yuan succinctly summarized: "Sync the experience with other clones and remind everyone to stay safe, retreat if things seem dire."

As the words ended, two golden arm rings flew over from the darkness with a click, fastening onto his wrist.

Jiang Yuan: ...

Too late, both clones reverted to their original form, now three days of cooldown before reuse.

"Everyone, regroup with us immediately!" He decisively commanded, fearing another clone would be reverted if delayed further.

In the end, only two regrouped with him; the others reverted to arm rings automatically seeking their master.

The seventh layer is truly tough to farm, no wonder Little Elf is anxious. Had it not been for spending enough time in Wilderness World and coincidentally completing a side quest to take down Leisure Sect, his blood bar wouldn’t have accumulated thick enough, requiring the use of a Resurrection Talisman.

Continuing to explore with one dragging four.

Paper Mache leading the way; clones patrol at the rear wary of backstabs, having fought five tough battles, they finally reached the cave’s end.

"It seems this is the starting point of Left One Mine; previously observing seriously, monsters won’t respawn inside the mine tunnels," Clone No. 3 analyzed: "As long as we don’t start mining, the evil beings sealed layer by layer inside should temporarily stay put."

"So, a third of the crisis is temporarily resolved, we still need to eliminate all evil beings in the other two tunnels."

"Boss, your blood is thick, but you can’t always rely on swallowing pills. How about this, moving forward, we’ll take the lead in monster farming, once evil beings here are cleared, we’ll revert to original form. Meanwhile, try getting defense and healer Skills, once upgraded, summon us back."

"Mmm, could take the chance to rest."

Jiang Yuan: ...

Alright, won’t hurt, it’s just a three-day cooldown. Once I return, I’ll find suitable Skills to learn; next time summoning the clones, all Skills will synchronize for stronger combat power.

No worries about sending clones to mine the seventh layer, dispatch two or three at a time to accompany, preventing setbacks!