Chapter 126: Mastering Skills and Free Fast Travel

Gegelu took a deep breath, pointed its sharp beak at Huang Yunshuo, who was hovering above, and let out a sudden, piercing shriek.

*Hum.*

A jolt ran through Huang Yunshuo’s mind, and his entire body went limp, causing him to tumble uncontrollably from the tree branch.

*Damn it, stunned!*

Panic flared in Huang Yunshuo’s heart. Gegelu’s stun skill lasted for one second, and a one-second freefall meant a drop of only about five meters.

Before he had even fallen fifteen meters, Huang Yunshuo regained control of his body. Just as he prepared to launch himself vertically back into the air, Gegelu moved again.

The brilliant red crest atop the creature’s head shuddered violently. A blinding red beam of light erupted, striking Huang Yunshuo squarely in the chest and sending him flying backward to slam heavily against the trunk of a large tree.

-262!
-41 (Impact damage)!

With his health completely full moments ago, Huang Yunshuo was now down to a mere 52 points.

*Too reckless!*

This monstrosity actually had a ranged attack!

Cold sweat broke out on Huang Yunshuo’s back. He stowed his rocket launcher and, while frantically spraying both a standard healing mist and a potent recovery mist on himself, awkwardly maneuvered his body to hover once more.

"Gegelulu!"

Gegelu charged forward with long strides, the sound of its thick legs thumping against the ground sounding particularly harsh in the quiet woods.

Seeing the distance close to less than ten meters, Huang Yunshuo didn't bother checking his orientation and immediately triggered a vertical takeoff.

*Bang.*

Ascending at twenty meters per second, his head slammed hard into a thick tree branch.

-85!

His health, just recovered to 100, instantly dropped to barely 10 points. At the same time, Huang Yunshuo’s body plummeted rapidly toward the ground.

Gegelu leaped into the air, its hideous beak growing larger and larger in Huang Yunshuo’s vision.

As he hit the ground, Huang Yunshuo managed to strike a cool pose.

524!

A critical hit, an instant kill—a free trip back to the respawn point.

"Getting killed instantly is actually quite comfortable; at least you don't feel the pain of being pecked."

Sprint-running out of the respawn point, Huang Yunshuo used his Charge, Light Body, Charged Assault, and Knockback skills as soon as their cooldowns expired. These four movement skills pushed his speed to new heights, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the south of the town.

While mechanically controlling his character’s movement, Huang Yunshuo casually opened his livestream interface.

"Streamer makes a million a month by getting free trips to the respawn point."
"Trash streamer, if I had your gear and skills, I’d have had that Gegelu begging for mercy under my feet by now!"
"What a moron. Don't you have any sense of what's above your head?"
"This streamer has insane health, over 350 points! That's almost three times mine. I’m calling the authorities!"
"The city defense quest—I doubt many towns will be able to complete it. This Gegelu is way too broken, and players have to deal at least 50% of the damage. It’s impossible! Even Stone Terrace Town is being slaughtered inside their own gates by the army of small animals."
...

A thought struck Huang Yunshuo.

*That’s right.*

The conditions for a successful defense required not only the defeat of the Rooster Gegelu, but also that the NPCs must not deal more than 50% of the total damage!

Since he was the only player in Stone Terrace Town capable of dealing significant damage to Gegelu, he effectively represented the entire player force of the town. He had to account for at least 50% of the output himself.

He felt an urge to cough up blood.

"Luo Liang, please, don't be too efficient! Wait for me to get there and deal the damage!"

His heart tightened. However, he was already moving at his maximum speed, and there was nothing he could do to influence the situation in Sloth Forest.

"I’ll send you guys some Mana Recovery Mists now!"

He checked his transaction notifications. All 40 people had completed their payments, all via credit points. His balance jumped from 1.47 million to 2.67 million, which offered a small measure of comfort.

For top-tier players like "Your Yida" and "Radiant Night," large amounts of copper coins were temporarily useless, but for ordinary players, copper was still very tight. They had to spend a lot on potions and other supplies, and what they had simply wasn't enough. So, even though everyone knew the value of copper would continue to depreciate, they chose to trade in credit points.

Meng Xiaomeng: "I want a bundle."

Amidst his busy schedule, Huang Yunshuo saw Meng Xiaomeng's message and reflexively gave her a one-minute "silence" bundle.

"Streamer, do you think Stone Terrace Town can actually hold out?"
"Will Gegelu drop blue gear?"
"I doubt it. I'm afraid those NPC cavalry are about to finish Gegelu off."

Huang Yunshuo was multitasking—moving, sending out mists, and reading the comments that interested him, answering them as he went.

"We will definitely hold out. Rooster Gegelu only has 50% of its health left, which is only 5,000 points. As long as I'm careful, it shouldn't be a problem; I’ve basically figured out its skills by now."

"It will definitely drop blue gear! There’s already so much green gear on the leaderboards; it’s perfectly normal for a piece of blue gear to make its debut!"

"And stop overestimating the combat power of the NPC troops! Even though I successfully lured Gegelu deep into Sloth Forest, its minions are still hot on my heels. Besides, in a place like a forest, the combat effectiveness of cavalry is severely hampered—they’ll be lucky to perform at 50% capacity."

"I’d actually prefer it if those brats didn't rush into battle too quickly, or I’m afraid I’ll come back to find nothing but corpses."

He closed the livestream room.

Anxious and frustrated, Huang Yunshuo lost interest in banter. In a blink, he arrived at the north wall of the player castle. Flying up and looking toward the south gate, he gasped.

The number of little white geese was truly dwindling.

By now, the monsters invading the gate tunnel were mixed with Macaque Knights.

The Macaque Knights were level 9 macaques riding level 8 pigs, with attack powers of 80 and 70 respectively. In melee, the monkeys scratched and the pigs rammed, dealing devastating damage. Players were dying in droves—at least two or three hundred every second, and sometimes even four or five hundred were wiped out in a single wave.

"Are you guys dead?" Huang Yunshuo asked in the Brotherhood channel.

The priestess girls replied that they were standing far back, only responsible for casting Spring Rain, and were unscathed. However, Morning Dew and the others had already died twice each and were just emerging from the respawn point.

"The Macaque Knights' attacks are too fierce. If you're not careful, the pig and the macaque attack you at the same time, taking off over a hundred health in one go," Morning Dew said, sounding worried.

Huang Yunshuo ran along the ramparts, continuously using movement skills until he reached the south wall. He wanted to go over and fire a few shots to help, but the intersection of the east and south walls was still several hundred meters from the south gate, so he decided not to waste the time.

"I suggest using crowd-control skills. Now is the time for magic-class players and archers with CC to step up," Huang Yunshuo advised.

"Also, assassin players can try to go out and pick up the parachute packs. The mana recovery mists inside are very important for the mages. The little stone turtles and rabbits have been wiped out, so the threat to assassins will be much smaller."

"Got it, noted."

The group nodded. Huang Yunshuo closed the message panel, descended to the ground, and fired a few shots, successfully aggroing a few hundred Macaque Knights to chase after him. He continued to use his movement skills to dash toward Sloth Forest, where the faint sounds of battle could be heard, though he had no idea what the outcome would be.