After distributing all kinds of potions to all the members, the team of 50 gathered at the entrance of the dungeon.
The entrance of the dungeon was very crowded. As long as one was above Level 170, even if their own guild could not gather so many people, they would still come here to form a random party to try Hard mode. This was because the drops from Hard mode were Illusionary Spirit Weapons. Currently, Holy weapons only belonged to a small group of people, so Illusionary Spirit Weapons were still precious.
However, they inherited the way of Death Swamp. Dungeon equipment was bound to be picked up and could not be traded. This also meant that they would not drop after being killed by players. This greatly stimulated the players' desire to PK.
Although Hard mode was quite difficult, as long as one was familiar with the fighting style and had a full set of Dark Spiritual weapons, they could still pass. There was no strict DPS requirement. Therefore, the entrance of the dungeon was crowded. Many parties were calling for Tanks or Healers.
Compared to the damage output professions, Tanks and Healers were very rare. Among the 13 professions, Tanks and Healers only had two professions. Together, they only made up 30% of the total. Since these two classes didn't have high damage output, most people would say that they weren't fun to play with. Therefore, the ratio of damage they dealt was even smaller!
A 50-man party usually needed 5 Tanks and 10 Healers. In terms of percentage, it was exactly 30%. It was similar to the composition of the professions. However, because there were very few people playing these two professions, they were always lacking either Healers or Tanks.
Therefore, the situation outside the dungeon was that many parties were calling for Tanks and Healers. Many damage output professions were reporting their HP and DPS to find a party. It was a joyous scene.
Wei Yan'er laughed and said, "Low Health Warrior, if you run out and call for help, many people will definitely want to party with you!"
"Okay, I'll leave the boss to you. I'll change parties. It'll be easier to fight Hard mode!" Zhang Yang flicked the little girl's forehead. The little girl was so angry that she glared at him and muttered non-stop.
Zhang Yang also saw some familiar faces, such as the core members of guilds such as Beauties and Emperor Sky.
For all the current guilds, the rewards from fighting wild bosses could not compare to Dungeons! Due to the level suppression, everyone could only fight Holy Grade bosses in the wild. How could they compare to the 9 Holy Grade bosses in the Instance Dungeon?
Of course, compared to top-tier Earth Holy Bosses in the Wild, Earth Holy Weapons dropped from Instance Dungeons would not have both offensive and defensive properties, nor would they have a special effect that reduced the level requirement by 20. Just like the Barbaric Impact Necklace that Zhang Yang had obtained before, they were either offensive or defensive.
In short, the best equipment was always dropped by Wild Bosses.
Since the entrance to the Instance Dungeon was located in the Plaguelands, players from all eight major servers had to travel there in order to enter the Instance Dungeon. It was inevitable that there would be conflicts during the process of forming parties. Sometimes, it would be a small skirmish, and other times, it would break out into a chaotic battle.
While Zhang Yang and the others were gathering, there happened to be a small conflict between the players from the African and Northern American regions. As a result, the AoE spells from the other seven regions would cause damage to the players from the other seven regions. Once there was an accident, many players were caught up in it and it eventually turned into a chaotic battle!
Fortunately, Zhang Yang and the others entered the Instance Dungeon in time and were not involved. Otherwise, although Zhang Yang, Han Ying Xue, and the others were not afraid, the weaker members would inevitably suffer casualties.
There was no benefit to PK here. Conquering the main cities of the other regions had some symbolic meaning, but here, it was a chaotic battle. There was no need at all.
After entering the Instance Dungeon, those with auras activated them while the others sat down to eat snacks. Chicken hamburgers could increase 400 attribute points!
The environment of the Instance Dungeon was a dark underground tomb. At this time, they were standing at the entrance of the tomb. There was a long passage with no end in sight. On both sides of the wall, there was a torch every four or five meters. However, in front of them was a row of patrolling Skeleton Guards, slowly walking towards them. There were only 6 of them.
[Skeleton Inspector] (Elite, Specter)
Level: 170
Health Points: 100,000,000
Armor Points: 11030
Melee Attack Power: 76321 - 116321
Skills:
[Flame Meteor]: Deals a total of 500,000 fire damage to enemies in a 10-meter radius.
[Powerful Strike]: Deals 100% of melee physical damage to the target, and has a 10% chance of triggering an additional attack.
[Resonance]: Increases damage by 100% for every additional Skeleton Inspector in a 10-meter radius.
"The first team will follow Battlemaster, the second team will follow Infinite Starlight, the third team will follow Ten Luo Ye, the fourth team …" The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains was still the leader of the team, assigning tasks according to the skills of the monsters. "Everyone in the team will stand together with their tanks and share the damage from the Flame Meteor. In addition, Battlemaster will pull the first and second monsters from the left, Infinite Starlight will pull the third monster …"
Very soon, the team of 50 people was divided into five groups. The five tanks faced the Boss, using Shattering Spears, Flying Shields, and other long-range skills to split up the six monsters. This was to prevent the Resonance effect from stacking the monsters' attack power to an unstoppable level.
"… These Elites are completely Boss-level existences!" Fatty Han shouted.
"That's right, they have the strength of the Boss, but only the small monsters drop. The system is too stingy!" Infinite Starlight said.
"Think about the fact that there are nine Holy Bosses in a Dungeon, you should be satisfied!" Never Return said. "Everyone who reaches a certain level can create a Dungeon. If they were easy to kill, then Holy Weapons would be everywhere!"
"Alright, let's deal with the monsters first!" The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains said seriously. He was the leader of the team, and before the team was disbanded, he had the highest authority.
The five tanks took over the monsters, and the team's attack immediately shifted to the monsters that Zhang Yang was pulling. Firstly, he had the most stable aggro, and secondly, he was pulling two monsters, so the burden was the greatest. They needed to get rid of one as soon as possible.
Zhang Yang threw the Live and Die skill to "Star Fire", who had the worst equipment, and that guy was immediately killed. Its defense was even higher than Infinite Starlight's, and everyone could not help but exclaim at how overpowered this skill was!
Of course, the equipment of those who could make it here was not too bad, but it was only relative.
Zhang Yang sighed in pity as he slashed at the monsters. He was now Level 178, and just a little bit more before he could equip Argus, the Blade of the Destroyer. If he had this Holy Weapon, his damage would be raised to a whole new level!
With the team's powerful firepower, they quickly killed a Skeleton Inspector, then a second, a third … In just four to five minutes, they had killed all the monsters in this wave.
The monsters in this passage were divided into two types. One type stood on both sides of the passage, motionless, usually one on each side, and were easy to deal with. The other type constantly patrolled back and forth. There were six of them, and they were slightly more difficult to deal with.
The monsters were not difficult to kill. As long as the tanks could pull the monsters and not let them run around randomly, they could "resonate" with each other and stack the damage.
After nearly an hour of killing, the team finally arrived in front of the first boss.
It was a huge white skeleton that was at least 30 meters tall. It was covered in pitch-black armor, and it looked quite human. It held a huge battle axe with both hands, and the ghostly green Undead Evil Fire in its eye sockets constantly flickered. It was quite imposing!
[Skeleton Guardian Andal] (Earth Divine Tier Leader, Undead)
Level: 175
Health Points: 1.75 billion
Armor: 17660
Melee Attack Power: 140153 - 200153
Skills:
[Summon Skeleton]: Summons a Skeleton Inspector to join the battle. Cooldown: 1 minute.
[Destructive Strike]: Deals 150% Melee Attack Damage to the target, and reduces the healing effect received by the target by 50%, lasts for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 8 seconds.
[Burning Pain]: Shoots 8 rays in all directions, dealing 200,000 Fire Damage after hitting the target, and reduces the target's Movement Speed by 50%, lasts for 8 seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds.
[Hailstone]: Hailstones fall in a designated area, dealing 100,000 Frost Damage per second, lasts for 10 seconds. Can only be used after Burning Pain. Cooldown: 30 seconds.
[Strong Aura]: Attacks all enemy targets within 50 meters every second, dealing Chaos Damage equal to 2% of the target's Max Health Points.
[Wrath of the Undead]: If the battle lasts for more than 10 minutes, Andal will use Wrath of the Undead once every second, dealing 1,000,000 Chaos Damage to all enemy targets within the Dungeon.
Clearly, this was a battle of damage. After 10 minutes, the boss would use Wrath of the Undead. With this attack, it could kill all non-Legend transformed players, except for Tanks! Moreover, the cooldown was only 1 second. Even Legacy transformed players would not be able to handle it – this was already the damage of a Celestial Boss!
In other words, they had to kill the boss within 10 minutes. Even if they could not kill it, they could not leave too much Health Points. After activating Wrath of the Undead, they could still rely on the high Health Points after transforming to fight the boss for a while before killing it.
However, looking at the boss's other skills, the combination of Burning Pain and Hailstone meant that they would definitely have to run around during the battle. However, not only did the summoned monsters need to be tanked by a Tank, but a portion of the team also needed to eat the Fire Meteors. Should they immediately kill every monster that appeared, or should they let the Tank pull these monsters and directly kill the boss?
If they used the method of killing the monsters, then the boss' Health Points would not only be the number shown on the surface. They would also have to count the monsters that needed to be killed one by one. Every monster that was killed was equivalent to adding 100 million Health Points to the boss!
Moreover, the team's firepower was already very limited. If they increased it by 100%, then they would immediately collapse! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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