Li Chengfeng's Dragonbone Flurry and my Burning Blade Flurry hit the boss at almost the same time. The Fire Blade howled in pain as wounds appeared all over his armor. He raised his head and let out an angry roar, but seven or eight purple arrows hit him in the jaw. Beiming Xue used an Evil Spirit Volley at the right time and reduced the boss's HP by a large amount again. The rest of the players looked at her normally.
Crack!
Whirlwind cut across the boss's neck. He Yi knew that it was time to attack the boss's weak point, so she relied on the Snow Domain Windchaser's height advantage to attack. Her sword whistled through the air and exploded into a cyclone that swirled around the boss. Naturally, the Fire Blade who was at the center of the attack took the most damage!
“11098！”
“10733！”
“11542！”
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Everyone's Attack Power was just too high, especially the ones with top-tier skills and equipment. The strongest among them had already dealt more than 10,000 damage. It could also be said that the game had entered the PvP era where players could deal more than 10,000 damage. For the rest of the game, melee players who did not have more than 10,000 HP would have a hard time surviving because they would not be able to withstand a single round of attacks from their opponents.
As for the Mages, they had Magic Shields to protect them, the Archers could use Leap to kite the enemy, and the Priests had Mana Shields and the support of their teammates. Everyone had their own abilities.
Everyone knew that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' attack power was unparalleled. In less than five minutes, the Level 143 Purple Gold Rank boss's HP was gone!
Thud!
High Fighting Spirits's battle axe abruptly exploded with Cutting Light and activated its passive skill. The bloody axe energy cut into the boss's head. It was finally dead!
Ding ~!
System Announcement: Player "High Fighting Spirits" has killed Fire Axe Hogg. Reward: 5000 War Points and 1 Luck!
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Alright, High Fighting Spirits' luck was pretty good. He killed the boss and got the precious 1 Luck point as a reward.
The boss had dropped a bunch of equipment on the ground, but I didn't bother looking at them. I told Li Chengfeng to pick them all up. After that, everyone gathered all the top-tier equipment and passed it to Xu Yang. I told him to go back to the city and store all the equipment in Dark Moon City's warehouse. It would be a shame if they all dropped.
The best piece of equipment in the pile was Outstanding Purple Gold – grade, and it wasn't cheap at all. Putting a bounty on the guild warehouse would greatly boost the morale and enthusiasm of our players. There weren't many people we could trust to deliver our equipment to, and Xu Yang was one of them. His DPS wasn't essential here anyway.
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Sky City was a mess as far as the eye could see. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had barely escaped unscathed since the beginning of the battle. Our formation and class composition were perfect, and the mobs had no chance to touch our backline players at all. Moreover, our frontline fighters were strong enough that the mobs couldn't one-shot them at all.
However, the rest of the guilds weren't faring so well. This was especially true for the solo players and smaller guilds. They didn't have a complete strategy or formation, so there was no way they could fight the Level 143 elite mobs. In fact, the Barbaric Soul Warriors were wreaking havoc in the enemy's camp.
I checked the system interface and noted that the number of players who participated in the battle had dropped from 40 million to 10 million or so. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls might have lost zero players, but that didn't mean that Sky City had lost a lot of players. The Wheel-Less Mobs had dealt a heavy blow to Sky City.
I looked around and said, "Gui Guzi, I want you to lead the Fireblade Cavalry to the left and right and help out our brothers and sisters in Sky City. Remember, come back as soon as the sixth monster wave sounds. The rest of you, stay where you are and don't act rashly. Maintain your formation!"
"Yes, boss!"
Gui Guzi had always called me boss, but he called He Yi "leader". It was obvious that he still considered himself to be the main force of Bloody Mercenaries. Yeah, he was the type of guy who would call me boss for life. It was a rare sight to see, and fans loved to read it.
After Gui Guzi led the Fireblade Cavalry out of the encirclement, I thought for a moment before turning around to look at He Yi. "Eve, you should go grind and get to Level 120 as soon as possible …"
"Mn."
He Yi nodded and spurred her mount forward. The Snow Domain Windchaser transformed into a streak of snowy light and charged forward, wreaking havoc in the distance. Our beautiful guild leader swung her Whirlwind Sword and slaughtered a bunch of Barbaric Soul Warriors like she was cutting vegetables. However, the Barbaric Soul Warriors couldn't even break through He Yi's Defense. They could only deal double-digit damage. He Yi's Defense was high to begin with, and with Royal Road's stratagem, which increased her Defense and HP by over 30%, she could ignore these mobs even without a healer.
A few minutes later, a beam of golden light fell on He Yi. As expected, she had leveled up. In this battle, He Yi was the absolute main force. Her Green Wave Slash and Cyclone Storm were shining brightly, and no one dared to underestimate the guild leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls.
"Lu Chen, did you know that Vanished God City and Wind City are doing similar large-scale war quests?" Li Chengfeng walked over and asked.
I nodded. "Yeah, I checked the official forums. Wind City has mobilized its entire army to attack the Flame Fortress of the Night Creatures. Apparently, it's also guarded by a super boss. Stranger of Three Lifetimes, Predestined, Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties and more have all gone to the border to kill mobs. The entire China server is boiling with excitement right now …"
"Hehe, everyone is fighting for experience and equipment. We can't fall behind."
"Of course ~"
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It wasn't long before a bell rang across the sky of Sky City — "Ding ~!"
System Announcement: All players, please be informed that the fifth monster wave is a Level 145 Spirit Rank boss, the Giant Storm Beast?
Under the leadership of Bis, they stepped onto the spatial bridge constructed by the Purgatory Dragon Scepter. Book fans also liked to read:!
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Li Chengfeng and I exchanged a glance with each other. Fuck, the sixth monster wave is finally here, and the boss is already a Level 145 Spirit Rank boss. This is going to be fun!
"Gui Guzi, Eve, come back immediately!" I shouted in the guild channel.
He Yi spurred her mount and ran back to us. Gui Guzi was leading the Fireblade Cavalry back to the frontlines. There weren't many barbarian soul warriors left, so we could leave them to the natives to deal with.
The entire sky barrier created by the Purgatory Dragon Scepter trembled as a domain energy whirled around it. Soon, a massive body was tossed into the air. Shockingly, it was a huge, malevolent-looking beast covered in a thorny carapace. Clearly, its Defense and HP weren't low. The giant beast's legs were very short, practically wriggling on the ground. However, it had a pair of extremely powerful arms that couldn't be underestimated!
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"Finally, the Level 145 shadow-rank mobs. The real battle has only just begun …" I sucked in a deep breath. The previous five waves had only been the appetizer, and it could be considered a major cleansing. In just a few hours, we had cleared almost thirty million of Sky City's middle and low-rank players, leaving only ten million elites to deal with the remaining five waves.
Gui Guzi stood at the frontline with his spear and growled, "Organize the defense line! Don't let up! Connect with Snowy Cathaya and The Monarch Descends! Frontliners, the frontliners would rather die than retreat! Backliners, DPS and healers, follow up! It's time to earn experience!"
Everyone knew how much experience a Level 145 shadow-rank mob gave, and they could earn points as well. It didn't matter if their points were on the leaderboards or not, any player with points would be rewarded with experience after the battle was over. It was a win-win situation. The rest of the readers looked at it as if nothing was going to happen!
Li Chengfeng, High Fighting Spirits, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun, Gui Guzi, Chaos Moon, He Yi, and the rest of us stood at the frontline. Beiming Xue, Moonlight Stone, and the rest of the long-range DPS players had already started firing Far Shot. Arrows and spells rained down on the mobs!
Boom boom boom!
After all, the Giant Purgatory Beast had a Defense of more than 2,000. Many Archers were unable to break through its Defense at all. This was a huge difference between the fifth and sixth wave of monsters. Clearly, there was a huge difference between the fifth and sixth wave of monsters. It was a huge difference that could cost lives!
Steadying myself, the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf pounced at me while I swung the Heaven-stealing Sword. Flaming sword beams shot out from the tip of my sword and hit the mobs in front of me, dealing a bunch of damage numbers. Even though the giant beasts had 2000 Defense, they were nothing in front of me. Burning Blade Slash was a three-hit combo, and the last hit dealt over 12000 damage. After the splash damage, the dozen or so giant beasts in front of me only had a sliver of HP left!
I stomped on the ground and unleashed War Crush, instantly killing all of them. Mn, this was the season to harvest experience, and I wasn't going to let someone else take advantage of me. I would never do something like reducing the mobs to low HP and letting someone else kill them for EXP...
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Bang bang bang!
A series of sparks flew as the giant beasts slammed into the armor and shields of the players at the front. Chaos Moon, High Fighting Spirits, and the rest of the players barely managed to hold on and were only pushed back a step or two. That was a pretty good sign. Some of the random guild players in the distance had a hard time, however. Most of the warriors were pushed back a dozen or so steps by the giant beasts, and their formation was thrown into disarray. Some of the low-level warriors were even sent flying.