Chapter 15: "My Lord, Come Play With Me~!"

Lin Tianhao had never fought the Yellow Weasel before, but he did know a thing or two about its skills.

Dominator Body and Berserk went without saying — standard boss abilities. Nearly every boss in the main city had those two.

Dominator Body: immunity to all crowd control, excluding curse-type and suppression-type special skills.

Berserk: sacrifices a portion of both resistances in exchange for a massive boost to damage output.

Some powerful bosses could even increase their damage output tenfold while in Berserk mode.

Yellow Mountain Illusion was an illusion-type skill tied to the target's mental fortitude — the stronger the willpower, the less impact the skill would have.

But Soul Extraction and Soul Domination — those were the Yellow Weasel's truly broken skills.

Soul Extraction forcibly stripped away a portion of the target's soul. Any unit that had its soul stripped would enter a weakened state and suffer continuous HP drain.

The most absurd part? That continuous drain lasted twenty-four hours.

As long as the Yellow Weasel wasn't killed, the HP drain would continue for a full twenty-four hours. The only way to survive was to stay inside the Resurrection Altar the entire time, relying on its regenerative properties to keep from dying.

And Soul Domination was even more broken — it had a chance to seize control of an enemy unit's soul, allowing the Yellow Weasel to puppet them in combat.

Soul Domination also lasted twenty-four hours.

Absolutely ridiculous.

Still, since Lin Tianhao had made his move, he was going all the way — he was here to kill the Yellow Weasel.

While the Yellow Weasel was airborne and Dominator Body wasn't active, there was no way it could come down on its own.

Normally, bosses would activate both Dominator Body and Berserk simultaneously when their HP dropped low, launching a desperate last stand before death.

But the Yellow Weasel was different. It was a humanoid monster — typically far smarter than your average wild boss.

Its intelligence was on par with an ordinary adult human.

In the early days of the game, players who treated NPCs as simple AI programs had paid dearly for that mistake.

Ragnarok was not just a game.

"Dominator Body!"

Just as Lin Tianhao had anticipated, the moment the Yellow Weasel's HP dropped to one million, it activated Dominator Body without hesitation.

Under Dominator Body, the knockback effect of the arrows was nullified, and the Yellow Weasel broke free of crowd control and landed on the ground.

The instant it touched down, it raised its hand to unleash a skill at Lin Tianhao.

But then it lowered its hand again.

The reason was simple — it was out of range.

Most monsters, even bosses, had skill cast ranges roughly equal to an Archer's basic attack range.

But thanks to his Basic Attack Amplification skill, Lin Tianhao's basic attack range was ten percent greater than a normal Archer's.

It was precisely that extra distance that allowed Lin Tianhao to maintain precise control over the engagement range, keeping the Yellow Weasel just outside its own casting distance — forcing it to raise its hand only to lower it again.

This kind of kiting technique had actually existed back in the PC client days. Skilled players back then could also manipulate attack range to squeeze out more damage.

However, Lin Tianhao's movement speed was his weak point — it was significantly lower than the Yellow Weasel's.

So within just two seconds, the Yellow Weasel had already closed the gap.

Lin Tianhao's eyes narrowed slightly, because the Yellow Weasel had raised its hand again — it was about to cast a skill.

Under Dominator Body, Lin Tianhao had absolutely no way to interrupt the Yellow Weasel's cast.

Most critically, Soul Extraction was a lock-on skill — there was no dodging it with footwork.

Not far away, a smile crept across Berserker Blade's face. "Finally going to eat some dirt, huh?"

But in the very next instant, that smile froze on his face.

Because Lin Tianhao had instantly swapped his main weapon, switching it out for a shield — completing the full Iron-Grade Treant Set.

After the weapon swap, Lin Tianhao's resistances and HP both received a boost.

And the set bonus from the Iron-Grade Treant Set was even more absurd than the Elite-Grade Treant Set.

It restored two hundred HP per second. On top of that, the damage reflection was twenty percent.

Beyond that, there was a third set effect: Tenacity increased by 10%.

The Yellow Weasel's Soul Extraction skill carried a weakness debuff, and higher Tenacity could reduce the impact of that weakness effect to some degree.

-2,254!!

A bright red number appeared above Lin Tianhao's head.

-102.

-102.

Then the forced HP drain began ticking.

Lin Tianhao swapped back to his main weapon and resumed his attack.

Without the Iron-Grade Set's main weapon equipped, the HP recovery per second dropped from two hundred down to one hundred.

Combined with his Rejuvenation skill, he was recovering a total of one hundred and fifty HP per second.

On top of that, the Iron-Grade Treant Set itself had equipment-based HP regeneration built in.

So his actual recovery per second came out to one hundred and eighty HP.

More than enough to hold against Soul Extraction's drain.

Still, the weakness debuff was no joke.

Lin Tianhao's attack speed dropped from 3.63 down to 2.41 — a reduction of roughly one-third.

And that was only because he had swapped weapons.

Watching the stream of recovery numbers popping up on Lin Tianhao, Berserker Blade was stunned once again.

Over a hundred HP recovered every second.

And the damage from the Yellow Weasel's Soul Extraction hadn't even taken out a tenth of Lin Tianhao's total HP.

"I'll help you."

Something seemed to click in Berserker Blade's mind. Instead of continuing to watch, he stepped out from behind the Yellow Weasel and made his move.

He planted a kick into the Yellow Weasel's back, leapt upward, and slit its throat in an instant.

-215.

Bleeding…

-25.

-25.

Berserker Blade's sudden attack caught Lin Tianhao off guard.

Still, the Yellow Weasel had over nine hundred thousand HP remaining. Jumping in now didn't look like a boss-steal attempt.

"We can talk later. I'll help you bring it down to ten percent and then back off — you don't need to worry about me stealing the boss."

Lin Tianhao was mildly surprised. Had this assassin player been scared straight after getting one-shotted? Was he actually backing down?

Not that Lin Tianhao dwelled on it. If this assassin player was willing to help draw aggro, things were basically in the bag.

Dominator Body had a time limit. He couldn't remember exactly how long this particular Yellow Weasel's Dominator Body lasted.

But as one of the novice village bosses, it couldn't be too extreme.

The Yellow Weasel, furious after being ambushed by the assassin player, let out an enraged roar and spun around, swiping a claw straight at him.

The assassin player seemed to have anticipated it. He leaned back, narrowly dodging the fierce swipe.

Then he even swung his dagger and carved a slash across the Yellow Weasel's wrist.

-121.

The damage was noticeably lower this time, and no Bleeding effect triggered.

Lin Tianhao seized the opening. Arrows poured out in a relentless stream.

Three arrows per second!

Every single one dealt massive damage, because Lin Tianhao was landing every shot directly on the back of the Yellow Weasel's skull — hitting its weak point.

"Damn you!!"

The Yellow Weasel let out a furious roar, and in the next instant, a ghostly light erupted from its body.

Then…

The Yellow Weasel in front of Lin Tianhao vanished.

In its place stood a tall, long-legged beauty — dressed in a sheer, flowing gown, with a voluptuous figure and snow-white skin…

Her every smile and glance carried a soul-stealing allure. She crooked a finger at Lin Tianhao.

"My lord, come play with me~!"