Only when she got closer did she see clearly.
“Zombies?”
“No, they should be ghouls!”
Among these ugly monsters, there was a special ghoul emitting a faint purple light, which was enhanced by a cursed power.
“Elite Ghoul — Freezes enemies on attack”
In maps of Warrior difficulty and above, some ordinary enemies can be enhanced by cursed power, turning into troublesome Elite Monsters.
Being hit by these Elite Monsters often applies some fatal negative buffs.
Li Ruoshu was currently using the Goddess Gunner panel, and to complete the real-life class advancement.
She had to clear Dark Thunderous Ruins on King difficulty once with both the Female Ghost Swordsman and Goddess Gunner panels.
Seeing that these enemies hadn't approached yet, Li Ruoshu preemptively applied a Silver Bullet buff to herself.
With the Silver Bullet's enhancement, the bullets fired from Li Ruoshu's revolver were imbued with light-attribute damage.
It was perfectly suited for dealing with these dark-attribute monsters.
Moreover, as a Gunner, even enhanced monsters would find it difficult to touch her.
In the early stages of Dungeon and Eight Million Warriors, the mechanics of the regular monsters were relatively simple, not overly abnormal.
A bit of maneuvering could easily counter them.
Of course.
The ghoul map was an exception; unexpected events could occur here, catching even Contract Adventurer off guard.
For example.
MISS......
In the middle of the monster horde, Li Ruoshu was about to use Rising Shot to deal AOE damage, then elegantly back-step to disengage.
However, she ended up getting several MISSes.
And was engaged in close combat by two ghouls.
Dungeon and Eight Million Warriors has a stiffening mechanism; once attacked, one will stiffen in place for a moment.
This mechanism applies not only to monsters but also to Adventurers.
Therefore.
Li Ruoshu, having been attacked, was stiffened for a full two seconds, and in that instant, she was attacked several times by the approaching ghouls.
Finally, she used Spike Shot, and relying on the skill's invincibility, successfully distanced herself from the monster horde.
“There’s only a small portion of my health left?”
Li Ruoshu frowned slightly.
To better comprehend skills, she had no supplies on her and hadn't specifically sought out powerful equipment.
Therefore, in these Dungeons, her stats were worse than those of ordinary Adventurers, meaning she had virtually no room for error.
She had relied entirely on her understanding of mechanics and sheer persistence to get this far.
Now, before even seeing the final boss, she was already below half health; this setback somewhat surprised Li Ruoshu.
And Dark Thunderous Ruins was a special map; no matter how skilled you were, it was difficult to clear it without taking damage.
Not to mention the abnormal Elite Monsters along the way.
Just talking about the boss.
Full-screen freezing damage; you simply wouldn't know when you'd be hit by ice spikes.
Moreover, these ice spikes dealt high damage; just a few hits could take a life.
Li Ruoshu's equipment was poor, and her defense was low.
Along the way, despite her skills, she managed to grind her way to the boss.
But she still died at the final stage.
“Exit Dungeon”
“I didn't expect it to be this difficult. It seems I can't make a single mistake before seeing the boss; I must save all my room for error for the boss fight.”
Li Ruoshu frowned deeply, reflected for a while in town, and then re-entered the Dungeon.
After the Blazing Graka Dungeon, even Contract Adventurer found it difficult to clear it in one go.
Qi Maosong and Wu Yue had been stuck in Blazing Graka on Warrior difficulty for a long time.
They also relied entirely on grinding to get through.
After Li Ruoshu tried twice, they also all leveled up to 18.
The four teams each chose their class advancements and finally entered this King difficulty Dungeon.
And began their grind.
Since they couldn't use resurrection tokens and had pitifully few health and mana potions, the four teams complained incessantly.
“I thought Blazing Graka was difficult enough, but Lord Leader gave us such a hellish Dungeon.”
“These red, long-range attacking ghouls are truly hard to guard against.”
“Yun Da, can you not just jump in with a Mountain Crash and then stand still? You need to maintain your output.”
Zhao He couldn't help but complain.
This was their team's third attempt, and each time, they made more or less mistakes, ultimately leading to a party wipe.
For example, Yun Da's one-way Mountain Crash.
Chu Yunxiao’s Silver Light being bitten.
These monsters' evasion was surprisingly high, often resulting in MISSes, which also made it easy for melee classes to be counter-killed if they failed to hit.
“We can’t keep fighting like this.”
Chu Yunxiao also realized the seriousness of the problem.
If they continued this way, they might never complete this class advancement quest.
“We have to play it safe.”
“Use ranged skills as much as possible for attacks. If engaging in close combat, use multi-hit skills to avoid being counterattacked due to a single MISS.”
Although Ghost Swordsman was a melee class, some skills could still deal damage to enemies from a certain distance.
Such as Ghost Slash, Wave Sword, and so on.
Chu Yunxiao charged forward and gathered all the ghouls together.
Then he swept them with a Wave Sword.
Out of a dozen ghouls, ten fell, and a few more gnashed their teeth and lunged at him.
However, due to the considerable distance.
Chu Yunxiao retreated with a single back-step.
Seeing this, Yun Da and Yun Er also started using skills like Wave Sword and Cross Slash.
In short, they tried to stay as far away from the ghouls as possible, to avoid being grappled and bitten by a ghoul again due to a MISS.
Yun Da, in the previous run, was too close and was truly held tightly by a ghoul, wildly biting with its mouth wide open.
In the end, he was bitten to death.
That's why Zhao He had complained to him, telling him not to use the one-way Mountain Crash anymore.
With all four using ranged attacks and rotating skills, it was enough to prevent these ghouls from getting close.
Even Tauren Behemoth and some other Elite Monsters became much easier to deal with.
The only trouble was the Dark Cat Fiend and the red ghouls that threw dark orbs; they needed to be wary of these ranged units.
However...
As long as Contract Adventurer wanted to play it safe, it would be difficult for any monster to touch them.
After all, professional players had the necessary skills.
The four of them played it safe all the way to the boss's entrance, and so far, they were still unscathed.
“Heh, I thought it would be much harder.”
Chu Yunxiao confidently swung the sword in his hand, “Mere Dark Thunderous Ruins, taken down.”
“Little Black Rose and Jiuxuan definitely aren't as fast as us. We're going to be the first Contract Adventurer to advance our classes.”
“Down with Black Rose, trample Jiuxuan.”
“Down with Black Rose, trample Jiuxuan.”
“......”
Under their spirited chants.
The four stepped into the black bronze door.