nycdaug Chapter 14: Tanks absorb damage, Poison Hunters stack kills
Chapter 14: Tanks absorb damage, Poison Hunters stack kills
"Take a detour? Why take a detour?"
"It's just an acid slime. It looks fierce, but it's actually just a paper tiger. It's not as invincible as they say."
"They couldn't win because they got the strategy wrong from the start and fell into the trap of the game mechanics."
Su Qingyue was stunned, her face filled with disbelief.
"Huh? Did we get the strategy wrong? But Dawn Guild Leader said that unless we kill the mother monster in one turn, we can't beat it at all."
"Kill him in one round?"
Lin Ye chuckled and shook his head. "That's because they didn't understand the core mechanics of this monster at all. They just used the brute force of warriors to hack and slash. No wonder they were wiped out."
He pulled Su Qingyue aside, pointed to the elite room on the map, and explained the complete mechanism and coping logic of the Acid Slime in detail.
"Let me explain it to you first. These are the two core mechanics of this monster, which are also the places where players across the server have made mistakes."
"First, its acid attack, once it hits you, will apply a layer of corrosive vulnerability to you. Each layer increases the damage you take by 10%, and it stacks infinitely without a limit."
"Secondly, every time the mother's health drops to 50% or 25%, it will split into two small acid slimes. Like the mother, the small slimes will be vulnerable to acid damage. Moreover, if you kill a small slime, it will split again."
Lin Ye looked at Su Qingyue and explained the core logic of the response word by word, directly dispelling the misunderstanding of all players on the server.
"So, all the players on the server made a fatal mistake—they couldn't resist attacking the little slimes that spawned from the split."
"But what they don't know is that the more you fight the little slimes, the more they multiply and the faster they split, the more your vulnerability stacks will accumulate. In the end, even if a little slime touches you, it can kill you instantly."
"This is what they call a vicious cycle, and it's the root cause of their annihilation."
Su Qingyue's eyes widened instantly, and she suddenly realized.
"Then...we won't fight the baby slimes? We'll just fight the mother slime?"
"That's right." Lin Ye nodded, his tone resolute. "Throughout the entire process, all attacks should be focused solely on the mother body. Don't even glance at the little slimes that have split off, and don't attack them at all."
"If the little slime isn't killed, it won't split again, so there will only be a maximum of 4 on the field, which isn't much of a threat."
"And your poison stacking system perfectly counters its splitting mechanism."
He pointed to the stacked poison cards in Su Qingyue's hand and continued.
"Poisoning is a continuous damage effect that only applies to the target you apply it to. It will not transfer or disappear due to splitting."
"You just need to stack poison on the mother slime the whole time. No matter how many little slimes it splits into, the poison stacks on the mother slime will only get higher and higher, and its health will drop faster and faster. You don't need to put in any effort to deal damage."
"As for me, I stack block the whole time. Even if you have several layers of vulnerability on you, I can stack block high enough so that they can't even break through your defense. I take zero damage the whole time."
"It's that simple, where's the problem?"
Su Qingyue's eyes grew brighter and brighter as she listened, her anxiety vanishing instantly, leaving only pure excitement.
That's it!
All 70 billion players on the server fell into the trap of fighting the little slimes, resulting in a complete collapse and eventual wipeout.
Lin Ye, however, saw through the core of the mechanism at a glance and found the perfect solution!
Her poison-hunting style is exactly the natural enemy of this elite monster!
"I understand!" Su Qingyue nodded heavily, gripping the stacked poison cards in her hand, her eyes filled with unwavering determination.
"You only apply poison to the mother slime the whole time, and don't touch the baby slimes, right?"
"Don't worry, I definitely won't hit the wrong target!"
Lin Ye smiled and took the lead, heading towards the Acid Slime's room.
"I'm gone."
"Let the whole server see just how easy those so-called unsolvable levels really are."
The heavy stone door slammed shut, and a pungent, sour stench instantly assaulted our senses.
In the pool in the center of the room, a huge green slime was slowly wriggling, its body churning with highly corrosive acid. As soon as the two entered, it emitted a sizzling, ear-piercing sound.
Elite Monster: Acidic Slime Mother (HP 80/80)
[Battle begins! Round one, your turn!]
As the system notification faded, Lin Ye looked at Su Qingyue, his tone crisp and decisive.
"Move! Apply all the poison cards to the mother body, ignore the defense!"
Without any hesitation, Su Qingyue raised her hand and used all three [Deadly Poison] and [Neutralize] cards on the Acid Slime Mother!
The dark green venom surged into the mother's body, instantly turning her body a rich blackish-green color. The number of poisoning layers on her body reached a full 13!
At the end of each round, it will automatically lose 13 HP!
At the same time, Lin Ye started his invincible cycle again.
[Corruption] - Play all skill cards for 0 cost!
[Barrier] is hit, and the block is permanently retained!
Immediately afterwards, [Unyielding], [Hardened], and [Shrug and Ignore] were unleashed one after another, instantly stacking the block value above his head to 60 points!
As stable as Mount Tai!
Your turn is over! The monster's turn begins!
The acid slime mother emitted a piercing hissing sound and sprayed out a thick stream of acid, which slammed hard towards Lin Ye.
It blocked the attack with 60 points of parry, without taking a single drop of damage.
Immediately afterwards, the poisoning effect was triggered!
[The Acidic Slime Mother has taken 13 points of poison damage! Current HP: 67/80!]
In the second round, the mother's health dropped below 50%, which triggered the splitting mechanism as expected!
[Two smaller Acid Slimes split off from the original Acid Slime!]
Two sticky little slimes crawled out of the mother's body and stared at the two of them menacingly.
Su Qingyue kept Lin Ye's instructions in mind and didn't even glance at the two bouncing little slimes. She continued to frantically throw the Poison Cards at the mother slime!
The poison stacks have reached 20 layers!
Lin Ye continued to stack armor, and his block value soared again. Even when the two little slimes attacked along with the mother slime, they couldn't break through his defense at all.
[Poisoning triggered! The Acidic Slime Mother has taken 20 points of poison damage! Current HP: 47/80!]
In the third round, the mother slime's health dropped to 25%, and it split into two more baby slimes!
There are 4 baby slimes on the field, plus the mother slime, making a total of 5 monsters.
Players in the world chat couldn't resist attacking the little slimes at this stage, resulting in more and more of them, stacking up vulnerability and causing a total party wipe.
But Su Qingyue remained as steady as Mount Tai. Even as the little slime wriggled wildly in front of her, she didn't even glance at it. All the poison cards she stacked were still only used on the mother slime!
The poison stacks have reached 30 layers!
Lin Ye's block has been stacked to 100 points. Even if five monsters attack at the same time, plus the vulnerability bonus, they still can't break through his defense.
Throughout the entire process, neither of them lost a single drop of blood!
[Poisoning triggered! The Acidic Slime Mother has taken 30 points of poison damage! Current HP: 17/80!]
Round four, your turn!
Lin Ye didn't even need to make a move; Su Qingyue simply added a [Neutralize] card and then applied another layer of poison to the mother.
The poison effect triggers precisely at the end of the round!