Chapter 535: 535 Difficult Pioneering
Li Yao certainly knew how many stages this boss had, but while some things could be referred to from library books, others could not.
For example, the stage transitions of this kind of boss. It was impossible to forecast these in advance.
Li Yao could only make adjustments after the boss transitioned stages. And, over time, his memory of this low-level dungeon had become very vague.
He could only recall specific details when he saw the boss.
Only now he remembered, this boss was divided into several stages, the first of which was to attack the red crystal on the opponent’s body.
The aim of this stage is to test for precision in attacks, especially for range attacks, because melee fighters often cannot reach some bosses.
Range classes needed to have very precise attacks, but of course, this boss would never stand still and wait for you to aim.
Although this is a very simple stage, it can still delay many top teams and torment ordinary teams.
The greatest challenge was the team requiring a Hunter, because only by casting a Hunter’s Mark could a Hunter achieve a high damage output, exceeding that of five other players.
This last dungeon boss allowed Hunters to shine. Initially, most teams required that no matter how the pets were, as long as the shooting was accurate.
The unprecedented demand for Hunters forced them to focus more on shooting skills.
Li Yao’s plan was to use this stage to hone their attack skills, as numerous members in the team weren’t particularly accurate, resulting in the current situation.
This was unexpected for Li Yao but allowing them to pass one stage and directly explore the boss’s next skills wasn’t a bad idea. After all, it wasn’t possible to conquer this boss in one attempt. The second time around, this stage wouldn’t be skipped.
“You worthless beings, thinking by destroying my Nightmare Crystals can kill me, you’re too naive,” said the boss.
With the end of the magic array, two identical old bosses appeared before the crowd.
“Attack,” Li Yao said.
With Li Yao’s command, Jin Jin and the Spider Tank charged towards the second boss.
“Damn, it’s perfect, an exact copy!” Jin Jin exclaimed through team voice chat.
The Unparalleled Demoness explained, “There’s nothing strange about it, projections are not mere shadows, but the projection of the soul onto another plane, essentially physical. Normally, the power of projections is weaker than the original.”
“But this projection feels no weaker. If I hadn’t transformed into the more powerful Amani War Bear combined with the Spider Tank, I don’t think I’d be able to hold on,” Jin Jin asked, confused.
“That, I’m not so sure about,” the Unparalleled Demoness said with a shake of her head.
All of Starfire’s attacking power turned onto the first old boss. “You should know, only those with at least Demigod strength can produce projections. The Nightmare God holds the power of nightmares and dreams, it can utilize dream power to create a second-order projection within the countless layers of the Dream Semi-plane,” explained Li Yao.
Upon hearing this, the crowd suddenly understood. Even though what Li Yao said was a guess, after witnessing so many dream projections, this hypothesis was likely true.
“Sweep of the Eight Deserts!”
The first centaur old boss swung his massive weapon around like a propeller.
With the rotation of the weapon, streaks of blood-red aura flashed out like lightning.
Not only was the aura overwhelming, energy affected players who were hit by his weapon were instantly killed, a flash of white light passed, at least five or six melee fighters of the Starfire Team were instantly killed.
Even the Guardian Angel was part of the instant kill tally. The Fruit Knight who had a Nightmare Counter Shield was directly knocked into low health.
“Everyone, evade these auras,” Li Yao loudly said.
This was all he could say for now. Whether they could evade would depend on the individual player’s skills.
Moreover, the rhythm of the earlier fight was not particularly intense, they were not yet adapted.
As the huge aura passed, a few ranged fighters still got struck directly and were killed.
“With you weaklings, hoping to defeat me, it’s simply wishful thinking.” The old boss’s projection was with a bow made of Nightmare Crystals.
He violently drew his bow and a blood-red arrow was shot into the sky.
Crack…
The arrow split into countless red arrows.
Pfft, pfft, pfft…
Clusters of arrows began to randomly cover the area of the hall.
“Nightmare Projection!”
Originally, the aura of the old boss had already taken the Starfire team by surprise, they were still in disarray trying to cope, now there were additional arrows. These arrows would randomly fall on certain areas.
The Starfire team was more chaotic, the casualties increased, then after dropping 10% of the enemy’s health, all of them were wiped out.
Everyone gathered with their heads down, silence filling the room, Li Yao cleared his throat and said, “Why are you so disheartened? The final boss is, of course, the hardest stage, weren’t we always prepared for this?”
“Ai, it’s all me and my big mouth, this boss is ruthless,” the Guardian Angel said regretfully.
The Unparalleled Demoness retorted, “This boss is indeed the toughest one. Saying you have a big mouth is a joke. Let’s not talk about that now, it was all joking.”
Li Yao nodded and said, “Gather your spirits. The old boss has been thoroughly controlled, we need to replay the first stage, create a tactic, and try a few preliminary rounds.”
Hearing Li Yao’s words, they came to their senses, yes, succeeding the first time and getting to the second stage, seeing the second stage skills, they are already ahead. Therefore, everyone was motivated.
“Now I’ll assign tasks, the first stage you all know we need to hit the crystals, all ranged give me attack on the crystals on the two arms and forehead, melee attack the crystals on the four legs. As for the second stage, let Jin Jin drag the Nightmare to the edge of the hall, Fruit Duet control the old boss on the other side, strive to keep their overlap area as small as possible,” Li Yao instructed.
Everyone responded, albeit one by one. Starfire’s fighters underestimated stage one’s difficulty and Li Yao didn’t provide a reminder.
The result was, the melee attackers were fine but for the ranged classes hitting the continuously running and waving old boss was no simple matter.
In the second attempt, after nearly an hour, Starfire managed to destroy only five crystals and was then completely wiped out.
In the third attempt, after an hour and a half, Starfire managed to destroy six crystals before being completely wiped out.
Then came the fourth attempt…
