Chapter 273: The Emergence of Tacit Understanding
As they went deeper into the inner forest, Chen Ran inevitably had to deal with some unfriendly big guys.
A huge ninth-tier fire elemental appeared in their field of vision.
The big guy was more than five meters tall, burning with raging flames all over its body. Its body was somewhat similar to the genie in the magic lamp. The upper body was a tall and strong Hercules, while the lower body was a funnel-shaped form, like a small tail.
This kind of guy was extremely common in the Emerald Forest, with various elemental types, including wind, fire, earth, lightning, water, ice, light, and dark. Their power varied with their attributes.
Outside Avalon, those elemental spirits could only be considered ordinary elemental bodies, while these were elite elemental bodies with simple consciousness. Their task was to protect the safety of the Eternal Tree and eliminate any suspicious intruders, whether elves or not.
Here, the stronger the aura or the larger the number, the easier it was to attract the attention of various elemental bodies and ecological beasts here, while actions in twos and threes would not arouse their excessive vigilance.
The mission of the Elf Clan was only to obtain the Elf King’s Staff. Those unnecessary battles should be avoided if possible.
Looking at the fire elemental blocking the way, Chen Ran stretched his arms, looking ready to go. “Alright, it’s time for us to go up. The first warm-up battle.”
He said to Aurelia, “Prepare your strongest attack and finish it in one blow.”
“Is that possible?” Aurelia snorted coldly. “You think too highly of me. Although my magic power is at the ninth tier, it’s almost impossible for me to finish those powerful elemental bodies in one blow. At too great a distance, although my guided arrow will hit, it won’t cause excessive damage to them, but will alert the enemy instead. Fire elementals are the most violent among elemental individuals. It won’t be fun if we get close. Do you want to play self-destruct with it?”
Chen Ran said nonchalantly, “Just prepare your strongest attack here. Aim in any direction. I will lure it into your range at the right time for you to practice as a target.”
Chen Ran didn’t waste any words. He skillfully cast a set of support skills on Aurelia. Except for the intense consumption skill Demonized Body, he cast everything on her. The damage was enough to finish off a single-celled individual like the fire elemental in one go.
For him, this kind of brainless guy who played self-destruct was just giving him experience, just like those who played with venomous snakes in his previous life. Although the process was dangerous, if the technique was controlled well, it could only be called thrilling but safe.
Aurelia felt the flashes of blessings of different colors doubling her strength out of thin air. A trace of disbelief flashed in her eyes. She finally understood the extraordinary ability of this priest, Chen Ran.
With such power, she alone was enough to match the explosive power of two or three of herself.
Aurelia took out the eagle horn longbow from behind her back and began to pull the string to a full moon. A magic crystal arrow was gradually forming, with flowing light flashing, and the power was getting stronger and stronger. The damage would also be higher and higher.
This kind of attack, although seemingly gorgeous and powerful, and the damage would be considerable, was rarely useful in real combat. The opponent would naturally not wait foolishly for you to attack. Invisibly, it also increased the difficulty of hitting.
But Chen Ran’s existence made this set of tactics a reality.
He opened the Holy Light Shield and acted as a monster lure as a priest.
He took out his Holy Spirit Staff. After reaching the attack distance, he symbolically cast his level 1 skill that he hadn’t used for a long time, “Holy Light Bullet.”
The dazzling little light ball hit the fire elemental as if scratching an itch. If he were in data mode now, the damage of this hit could be described in single digits, but it was enough to achieve his strategic goal.
With a burst of flame roar, the powerful fire elemental turned around and discovered the hateful intruder. Its tail-like lower body swam over jerkily. The speed was not slow. It was indeed a flying life form.
Bursts of fireballs smashed fiercely, exploding beside Chen Ran, with full power.
After estimating the damage of those long-range fireballs, Chen Ran was confident that the Holy Light Shield could block those non-frontal attacks without injury. Controlling his speed, he lured the fire elemental infinitely close to Aurelia’s range…
“Good, attack me!”
Until he entered Aurelia’s attack range, Chen Ran shouted loudly to her. And in this instant, Aurelia quickly adjusted her direction, aiming the peak arrow momentum at the fire elemental, but seeing Chen Ran still in front, she hesitated for a moment.
“Attack, don’t worry about me!”
Chen Ran, who was running, seemed to realize the elf’s brief hesitation and reminded her loudly. And such a thing was naturally what this beautiful female elf was most willing to do.
Elf Secret Art? Magic Crystal Arrow!
A semi-transparent magic arrow the size of a human body shot out instantly. The air was torn apart, whistling into an amazing stream of light straight toward the fire elemental. And at the moment Aurelia shot the arrow, Chen Ran quickly moved sideways for nearly thirty meters with Instantaneous Movement, and in the short time of leaving, he released a “Heavenly Lock” on the fire elemental behind him. That short second was enough to make the ninth-tier fire elemental unable to make any evasion…
Amidst a sharp explosion, that dazzling magic crystal arrow instantly turned this pitiful fire elemental into eternity…
Looking at the escaping blood essence value, Chen Ran absorbed it with satisfaction, providing him with a small section of growth value. If he did this kind of attack a few more times, it would not be difficult to break through level 65 and learn the next special effect skill here.
On the other side, Aurelia watched all this in shock.
She hadn’t expected that she could deal with a ninth-tier elemental spirit so easily. Usually, they would slowly dodge the sight of those elemental bodies in a careful semi-stealth state, but that method was time-consuming, far less direct and refreshing than this one.
Instantly killing an existence of the same tier was an inspiring thing in itself.
Chen Ran took the lead and said, “Let’s continue. We’ll meet another one soon. Following this method, we will enter the depths earlier than other elves.”
Aurelia trotted up, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked her doubt, “Why are you so confident that I can do what you want to do?”
“If I don’t even have this much confidence, I’m not worthy of being the brain of a team, even though this team is just the two of us…” Chen Ran smiled. “First, I know your approximate strength. Second, I also know my ability. There is still a little basic tacit understanding between teammates. Although I know you don’t trust me very much, trust is something that will gradually be understood only in practice. If you understand, then the next things will become very simple.”
