GTA Chapter 235

Chapter 235: The Poor NPC, Banging Its Head Against the Wall Until It Goes Mad!

“Ahhhhh—”

Sharp screams echoed from the mouth of the ‘Thief Saint’ with eight arms.

In an instant, the cries spread across the area, reaching dozens of kilometers and causing the nearby players, who were grinding and leveling, to look around in confusion.

What… is that sound?

What kind of monster is that?

I’ve never heard anything like it before!

At the same time, the players from the Shudao Mountain Guild, who were closest to the scream, covered their ears and frowned.

The sound was so shrill, it felt like it exploded right next to their ears.

“Got it.”

“Stay back, keep your distance.”

Qin Feng privately messaged the old Sword Immortal.

Then he turned his gaze forward, toward the hunched figure with eight arms—the ‘Thief Saint·William Scott’!

The guy was wearing tattered black leather armor, his body incredibly thin. After Qin Feng revealed his hidden state, the figure fell flat on the ground, looking like an arthropod with ten legs.

The Shudao Mountain players quickly retreated.

They all looked at the unmasked NPC with bewilderment.

Each of them had been pickpocketed at least once while grinding in the dungeon, but none of them had ever seen the true form of this NPC before!

Was it really such a spider-like creature?

The figure was hunched, with a black veil covering its face. The veil had eerie white patterns, making it look ominous and strange.

“Did the Shadow Boss do something just now? How did this guy reveal himself?”

“He must have used some counter-stealth technique to break its invisibility?”

“Wow, the Boss is amazing!”

“And this NPC seems to be in some weird state?”

“Wait, it looks like it’s trying to run!”

When the ‘Thief Saint’ was exposed, it immediately fell to the ground, bending its legs as if ready to push off and escape.

Qin Feng had already prepared his ‘Ghostfire Bell.’

Ding-ling-ling…

The crisp sound of the bell spread outward, instantly immobilizing the ‘Thief Saint’ for 3 seconds!

In this immobilized state, it couldn’t move. Additionally, since its skill set was limited to ‘steal,’ it couldn’t use any other movement abilities…

“This guy is really fast.”

“Luckily, I have Sonic Shoes!”

Whoosh!

While the ‘Thief Saint’ was immobilized, Qin Feng unleashed ‘Silent Killing Shadow’!

He immediately threw out a ‘Final Mark’ to ensure that if the target tried to escape, he wouldn’t lose track of it. Once marked, the location and distance of the target would appear in Qin Feng’s sight.

Blessing Release!

Shadow Slash!

The combo points quickly filled up, activating Endless Nightmare—Shadow Blade, Shadow Blade, Shadow Blade!

(Critical hit)!

+!

(Critical hit)!

+!

(Critical hit)!

+!

…

Damage numbers poured out of the Thief Saint’s head, mixed with some healing effects.

“Fixed damage, 29,700?”

Qin Feng squinted.

He wasn’t sure how he dealt half the health of this NPC in his previous life.

But Qin Feng had a wealth of knowledge.

It didn’t take long for him to realize.

This ‘Thief Saint’ must have two important attributes on its equipment!

First, it had ‘Damage Cap,’ which means when it takes damage, there’s a maximum value, and no matter how high the damage, it would only take a certain percentage of its total HP.

Considering the Thief Saint’s total health of 4.25 million, it could only take 0.7% of its HP per hit, which is around… points!

Second, it had ‘Damage Recovery,’ meaning it would heal a portion of its health whenever it took damage.

At the moment…

The ‘Thief Saint’s’ Damage Recovery was at 40%.

Both ‘Damage Cap’ and ‘Damage Recovery’ are high-tier equipment attributes that Qin Feng couldn’t get his hands on.

Especially the percentage-based ‘Damage Recovery,’ which isn’t easy to stack. Having it at 40% is already a terrifying result.

“So no matter how high my damage is, it won’t do much to this guy.”

“Because my damage is completely capped.”

Qin Feng’s single attack could already deal 2 to 3 million damage.

But due to the ‘Damage Cap,’ even high damage wouldn’t be fully effective. This included Qin Feng’s ‘Blessing Release’ throat-slicing damage.

Even so, Qin Feng’s combo had already reduced the ‘Thief Saint’ by over 600,000 HP, which is about 15% of its total health.

Whoosh!

Ah-sa—Ah-sa—

During the 3-second immobilization, the Thief Saint kept screaming and struggling. After the 3 seconds, it managed to break free, launching itself like a cannonball, hopping away…

Bang!

The ‘Thief Saint’ only made it about 100 meters before crashing into a stone wall.

But it clearly didn’t realize it was hitting a wall. It continued to slam into it, like a stubborn idiot.

There was nothing it could do; it was still in the ‘Sensory Loss’ state from Qin Feng seeing through its invisibility.

So…

This NPC with eight hands, completely unaware of its surroundings, was left hilariously banging its head against the wall.

Qin Feng quickly caught up and threw a series of skills at the Thief Saint.

Meanwhile, above the NPC’s head, there was a state recovery bar showing the progress of ‘Dispel State.’

Clearly, this NPC had high resistance to dispel effects. The ‘Dispel’ effect caused by Qin Feng’s reveal only lasted about 11 seconds.

Once the ‘Dispel’ effect ended…

The ‘Uninvincible’ prefix would kick in, and all negative states, including ‘Sensory Loss,’ would be removed.

But unfortunately…

Just as the ‘Dispel’ effect was about to expire, Qin Feng kept attacking, causing the ‘Nightmare Gauge’ to reach 100% again!

So…

Right after the ‘Thief Saint’ broke out of the ‘Dispel’ state and the ‘Uninvincible’ prefix kicked in, restoring its senses…

It immediately fell back into a Nightmare state!

Ah-sa—Ah-sa—

The Thief Saint kept screaming in terror.

It once again began slamming into the wall!

Since Qin Feng activated ‘Endless Nightmare,’ the surrounding area was enveloped in dark fog, covering a radius of over 100 meters.

More than 100 meters away, the Sword Immortal Elder, Panda Girl, and other Shudao Mountain players were dumbfounded, unable to comprehend what was happening.

They couldn’t even see where the ‘Shadow’ was!

From start to finish, they only heard the Thief Saint’s screams, then saw it turn around and crash into a wall.

Meanwhile, within the swirling black mist, flashes of blades and shadow blades kept appearing, continuously reducing the NPC’s health, while strange status bars appeared above the NPC’s head.

‘Dispel’ progress bar cleared.

‘Nightmare’ progress bar maxed.

Then, the Thief Saint fell into an extremely terrifying Nightmare state, its health rapidly plummeting!

“My God… Shadow Boss has upper-tier prefixes now?”

“Jesus, people usually run away when encountering upper-tier prefix bosses, but Shadow has those prefixes already?”

“Poor NPC, it’s going to smash its head silly!!”

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