Ever since the Hydro Tulpa absorbed three Half-Hydro Tulpas and entered an enraged state, becoming very tall.
Alex felt that the Hydro Tulpa's HP was dropping at less than half the speed Clorinde was hitting it at initially.
Alex guessed there was an 80-90% chance it had gained a Full Elemental Resistance buff.
He felt it had at least 30-40% or more Full Elemental Resistance.
Moreover, the Hydro Tulpa's attack frequency was even faster, and its attacks hit harder.
Every time it swung its giant arm down, Clorinde felt somewhat flustered as she dodged.
As for Alex, Baron Bunny continuously flashed blue honeycomb-patterned shields, indicating it was taking DMG.
But it seemed that so far, Baron Bunny had tanked three or four of the Hydro Tulpa's attacks without any signs of shield damage or prompts of body damage.
The next instant, the Hydro Tulpa suddenly held a five-meter-long blade in its right hand and swung it down towards Clorinde on its left.
Clorinde dodged again, moving to Alex's side.
The Hydro Tulpa's right-hand strike missed, and the long blade disappeared. Instead, a giant water spear, over six meters long, instantly appeared in its left hand.
"Clorinde!" At the same time, Alex extended his arm to Clorinde.
Clorinde's hands were empty; she put away her gun-lance and iron sting Sword. She grabbed Alex's outstretched hand and pulled hard. Using his arm as a pivot, she kicked off with her legs.
Her body spun, drawing a perfect circular arc, and she landed steadily on Baron Bunny, behind Alex.
"Ow!" Alex let out a slight yelp. This Clorinde had such strong grip! He hadn't even properly experienced the feeling of shaking her hand yet. Now his left hand just felt slightly numb.
"Buzz~" But Alex also activated Baron Bunny immediately.
This spear looked like it would deal a lot of DMG. Although Baron Bunny had tanked three or four punches without issue, it was better to avoid getting hit if possible.
"Whoosh!" The water spear thrown by the Hydro Tulpa scraped past Baron Bunny's exhaust, plunged into the ground, and disappeared as a puddle of water.
"Bang bang bang!" Clorinde, behind him, tightly hugged Alex's waist with her right hand again to steady herself. With her left hand, she continuously fired Electro DMG bullets from her gun towards the Hydro Tulpa.
"Be careful to dodge, try to circle around the Hydro Tulpa," Clorinde suddenly whispered close to his ear from behind Alex, her breath tickling his neck.
Clorinde had found a time-saving and labor-saving strategy. That's right, she just needed to sit behind Alex's Baron Bunny and continuously shoot at the Hydro Tulpa.
No need for such dangerous close-range output; she just needed to keep shooting Electro from behind Alex.
Alex's body trembled slightly. Hmm, he almost 'hmm'-ed... No, he was a little startled, yes!
"Okay!" Alex said weakly.
"Bang bang bang." Clorinde pressed tightly against Alex's back to better shoot, stabilizing her center of gravity for aiming.
Stamina -1, Stamina -1, Stamina -1... Clorinde felt that one-handed gun output wasn't enough: "Oh right, lend me your single-handed gun-lance for a bit too."
"Oh!" Alex directly conjured the gun-lance with his right hand and handed it behind him.
"Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!" Clorinde took it and started dual-wielding.
Now Clorinde was using both hands to attack the Hydro Tulpa, relying entirely on her unusually large chest for support.
Alex's Stamina -5, Stamina -10... Actually, Clorinde wasn't used to dual-wielding; she still preferred the one-gun, one-Sword attack mode.
But the situation was different now. With Alex as her Baron Bunny helper, it was the first time Clorinde could stay far from the enemy and safely deal DMG from a distance.
The Hydro Tulpa's HP was continuously chipped away by Clorinde, and the automatic floating turrets and Hilichurl Rogue's wind blades, which didn't deal much DMG, also contributed to reducing the BOSS's HP.
Even though the BOSS burrowed twice and changed positions, could it be faster than a car?
After a long standoff and maneuvering, the giant Hydro Tulpa suddenly turned into a puddle of water and disappeared.
At the same time, a Ley Line Outcrops appeared in the center of the arena.
"Phew." Seeing the Hydro Tulpa BOSS finally defeated, even Clorinde couldn't help but sigh in relief. The battle was finally over.
"All right, let's go!" Clorinde didn't know why Alex wanted to come and fight a Hydro Tulpa, but now that she had helped him finish it, they could leave.
As for the flower that appeared in the middle of the arena? Wasn't that normal!
Clorinde had fought the Hydro Tulpa several times, and it always appeared, but it would disappear on its own after a while, so Clorinde didn't bother with it!
Alex rode Baron Bunny in a circle, came to the center of the arena, parked, and got off.
Leaving Clorinde sitting alone on Baron Bunny, he said, "Wait, I haven't collected the reward yet."
"?" Clorinde was puzzled. She saw Alex raise a hand as if operating something, and the next instant, the Ley Line Outcrops bloomed and then dissipated.
"What did you do?" Clorinde asked curiously. The Ley Line Outcrops they fought with Alex before, after the monsters were defeated, a flower also appeared and then bloomed and disappeared just like now.
"Oh? You can't see the little flower in the middle?" Alex was surprised. Could it be that... Clorinde put her hands behind her back, supporting herself on Baron Bunny's back seat, leaning back slightly to relax, making her chest appear even more prominent: "I can! I've seen some of these Ley Line Outcrops; they're quite common on the continent of Teyvat. But I've never heard in any literature of anyone being able to make them bloom. Normally, they just disappear on their own after a period of time."
"Ah! Is that how it is?" Alex suddenly realized, and then casually said, "I guess I'm a type of person who can extract Ley Line power."
This isn't a game now, but perhaps our Traveler on this continent of Teyvat can also extract Ley Line rewards.
Alex looked at his gains.
The artifacts were only purple and blue; Alex didn't even look at them... Berserker and Gladiator, truly not suitable for him. A 2+2 mixed set wasn't as good as a well-farmed Golden Troupe set.
Aside from the artifacts, Alex obtained 'Unfulfilled Hydro Gnosis' * 2, which were the BOSS's exclusive drop materials.
Green 'Slivers of Pure Hydro' * 2, blue 'Fragments of Pure Hydro' * 1.
He gained over ten thousand Mora, not to mention, and a full thousand-plus experience points.
Alex looked at his ascend requirements. He needed three Slivers of Pure Hydro, but he had only obtained two.
A surge of anger rose from Alex's dantian, and Alex immediately cursed: "Aminos!"
Classically short-changing me by one, aren't you? This is disgusting.
After coming here, Alex tried his best not to curse, using euphemisms like 'cao ni ma'. But if he said 'Aminos', they wouldn't understand that he was cursing.
Alex couldn't help but sigh. Fine, then let's fight it one more time... Alex looked at Clorinde sitting on Baron Bunny. Hmm... let's fight it a few more times and get the Hydro gems needed for the future too. I'm in a hurry, and my little brothers are also in a hurry!
That's right, he was only referring to Alex's three summoned creatures. What were you thinking?
Alex directly teleported his three little brothers away, then took Clorinde and teleported away as well.
After a while, Alex brought Clorinde and teleported back, looked around, and then left.
After some more time, Alex teleported back alone and saw a water vortex in the distance.
Hmm, it seems the BOSS has finally respawned!
The next moment, the team was fully equipped again.
Hey hey hey, little brother, we're back again!
Clorinde watched as the three-meter-tall Hydro Tulpa reappeared on the field, then looked at Alex. Well, it seemed she still had to help him fight this Hydro Tulpa.
She didn't know when it would end; once she boarded Alex's pirate ship, she couldn't get off. Her monster-hunting simply never stopped.
Clorinde charged towards the Hydro Tulpa, swinging the iron sting in her hand, while firing her gun with her left hand.
Ah, not kiting from behind anymore? Alex was a little disappointed.
After a long period of continuous high-intensity combat again, Alex and Clorinde had already farmed no less than ten of them; Alex hadn't even counted the exact number.
However, looking at the materials, Unfulfilled Hydro Gnosis. This item sometimes gave one, sometimes two.
Based on his current reserves, it was enough to max out two and a half characters.
Post-battle summary: Clorinde's DPS accounted for 99%, while other personnel's DPS accounted for 1%.
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