Chapter 156: Star-Moon Water Fish Eggs!
After eliminating this wave of Star Lake Bandits, the surrounding environment quieted down.
A group of Guild players gathered materials nearby, while also keeping an eye out for the pearl Li Xiang wanted.
Half an hour later, all the materials around Star-Moon Lake had been collected, not a single plant was left, but they still couldn't find the pearl Li Xiang wanted.
"President, we've finished collecting the materials."
Li Xiang nodded. "You all head back first, I'll search here for a bit longer myself."
The Guild members wanted to stay and accompany Li Xiang, but Li Xiang shook his head.
"We've searched all around the lake, but it's not there. It should be in the lake itself. Do any of You have the ability to fight in water?"
Facing Li Xiang's question, the players all shook their heads, showing bitter smiles.
At this stage, opportunities for combat in water are still rare.
Water Demon Wharf is the largest water combat map near Wu Shuang City, but it hasn't been developed by the general player base yet. Only a few top players like Li Xiang have entered it.
The vast majority of players currently do not possess the ability to fight on water.
"Alright, President, please be careful."
Li Xiang nodded. "Okay, thank You for Your hard work. If You encounter materials that are difficult to collect, notify Liu Yunfeng."
"Okay..."
"President, we're heading off then."
"Bye-bye."
A large amount of white light rose, and the map quieted down, leaving only Li Xiang.
Li Xiang looked at the sparkling Star-Moon Lake, then checked the time.
It was already afternoon, and in a few more hours, it would be dark.
"I need to finish the quest quickly."
Li Xiang took a deep breath and plunged into the lake water.
A breath-holding bar appeared.
After Li Xiang adjusted, he opened his eyes.
Fortunately, it was in the game, so opening his eyes didn't harm them.
The lake water wasn't too murky, and visibility was decent.
Li Xiang continuously swam underwater, observing the surroundings, hoping to find something different.
But...
More than ten minutes passed, and Li Xiang didn't find anything.
The lake wasn't small, and in ten minutes, he had only explored a small part of the area.
Surfacing, Li Xiang pondered a strategy.
"I haven't even seen a single Monster, which is a bit unusual."
Logically, for a lake like this, if the designers didn't put some Monsters in it, it would be a bit of a waste of such good resources.
After all, the name of this map is Star-Moon Lake.
It can't just be those Bandit Monsters by the lake...
"Need to think of a way... at least get the Monsters to show up..."
After thinking for a while, Li Xiang looked at the water surface in front of him.
Falling Boulder!!!
Instantly, a huge rock fell from the sky, smashing directly onto the lake surface.
Boom!!!
Huge splashes of water erupted.
The commotion was huge, shaking the entire lake surface.
However, no Monsters came over.
"It's not enough..."
"Continue!"
Magic Laser!!!
A massive laser struck the water surface, causing a huge pillar of water to rise.
The commotion was even bigger.
"It needs to be even bigger!"
Jump Slash!!
The skill's mechanism forcibly brought Li Xiang's body out of the water and into the air.
Mountain Shattering Strike!!!
Instantly, Li Xiang plummeted downwards, and the storm divine sword fiercely struck the water surface.
Boom!!!
Huge splashes of water rose.
The continuous commotion shook the entire lake, and rings of huge ripples spread out in all directions.
From the water surface in the distance, things resembling spines emerged one by one.
A smile curved on Li Xiang's lips.
Good news, finally seeing Monsters...
The 'spines' charged towards Li Xiang.
Li Xiang locked onto one of them.
Check Attributes!!!
【LV50. Star-Moon Water Fish】
Quality: Elite
HP: 139730
Physical Attack: 4037~4128
Magic Attack: 7310~7399
Physical Defense: 2617
Magic Defense: 3717
Skills: star-moon Bubble, Water Cannon, Jumping Spray
【Commentary: A characteristic Monster of Star-Moon Lake. Its gorgeous appearance hides extremely strong attack attributes. It is highly ornamental, but absolutely do not be fooled by its appearance!!!】
The moment after checking the attributes, Li Xiang saw the full appearance of this Monster.
"Hiss... it really is beautiful!"
It had the appearance of a fish, about the length of an adult's arm, with a blue and white color scheme, adorned with sparkling scales. Its eyes were like gems, seemingly carrying star-moon light, not the dead eyes of ordinary fish.
Overall, it was indeed as the commentary said, extremely ornamental!!!
If these could be captured and tamed, and sold to female players in the game, it would definitely make a fortune!!!
At this moment, Li Xiang had already thought of a way to make money...
Bang!!!
Bang!!!
...
Perhaps sensing Li Xiang's wicked thoughts, a large number of Water Cannons sprayed from the mouths of these Star-Moon Water Fish.
These Star-Moon Water Fish were Monsters with very strong magic attack. Their magic attack of over seven thousand far exceeded that of Monsters at the same level!!!
The Water Cannons landed on Li Xiang, actually managing to break through Li Xiang's defense.
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As these damages appeared on Li Xiang, Counterattack and Counter Blood also took effect one after another.
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-111382
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High damages of over one hundred and eleven thousand appeared one after another.
Soon, some greedy Star-Moon Water Fish who greedily attacked Li Xiang were Countered with two instances of damage, their HP bars instantly emptied.
「Ding! Leveled up by killing Elite Monster 'Star-Moon Water Fish', gained EXP x347238」
「Ding! Leveled up by killing Elite Monster 'Star-Moon Water Fish', gained EXP x347238」
...
The EXP given was very generous, nearly three hundred and fifty thousand!!!
Li Xiang also approached the Star-Moon Water Fish group and cast Group Fire.
Immediately, it enveloped a large number of Star-Moon Water Fish.
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-43998
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Dense damage values appeared, and a large number of Star-Moon Water Fish died.
「Ding! Leveled up by killing Elite Monster 'Star-Moon Water Fish', gained EXP x347238」
「Ding! Leveled up by killing Elite Monster 'Star-Moon Water Fish', gained EXP x347238」
...
Soon, all the Star-Moon Water Fish attracted by the commotion were killed.
Li Xiang began to clean up the battlefield.
Li Xiang didn't care for the items dropped by these Level 50 Elite Monsters.
But after his gaze fell upon one of the items, the calm expression on his face changed.
"Holy crap!!! Talk about manifesting!"
Li Xiang looked at the blue and white transparent, soft, pigeon-egg-sized thing in his hand.
「Star-Moon Water Fish Egg: When placed in suitable waters, it can hatch Star-Moon Water Fish (ornamental type), with varying numbers hatched.」
"This is truly... a money-making plan delivered right to my doorstep!!!"
Li Xiang looked at the dozen or so Star-Moon Water Fish Eggs floating on the lake surface, a smile spreading across his face. "The Guild's assets have increased by one more..."
Putting them all into his backpack, Li Xiang felt motivated and swam directly towards the direction the Star-Moon Water Fish group had come from!!!
