The second skill was Summon Eyeball Tentacles. The difference from the previous one was that there was a vivid eyeball at the tip of the tentacle. It looked very frightening and disgusting.
This skill appeared 45 seconds into the battle. The black gas around C 'Thun produced eight Eyeball Tentacles within a five-yard radius. After each tentacle appeared, it would deal damage to the players around it and also have a knockback effect.
These eight tentacles were equivalent to small monsters. After they were born, they began to use Mind Whip, dealing 700-800 continuous damage to the players that appeared near them.
The Summon Eyeball Tentacles were summoned once every 45 seconds. Whether or not they were killed, C 'Thun would summon new ones. Sky Moon's plan to control them and not attack them simply wouldn't work.
Later, he began to arrange for specialized people to clean up these tentacles.
The tentacles all had 2500 HP. If they reacted fast enough and dealt enough damage, they could be dealt with in a few seconds.
The first stage was basically like this. There were four big skills and some small skills. These were enough to torture Ruling Sword's players to death.
Sky Moon was originally full of himself, but now he had turned into a frosted eggplant.
However, Lu Li had become a hands-off boss. He and Water Fairy were frantically showing off their affection and didn't care about commanding the Instance Dungeon at all. If anyone complained to him, he would have an expression that said, "I trust you, just like when we killed Ouro, you definitely won't let me down."
Disappointment my ass! He had never seen such a shameless person.
In fact, it wasn't that Lu Li didn't want to command, but that there was simply no need. The current C 'Thun was simply a bug that no team could deal with.
Sometimes, the four skills in the first stage were even released together. It was shameless beyond reason.
Four skills were released at the same time. Not only did everyone have to maintain their distance, dodge the red line, hit the tentacles, and be continuously sent flying. The scene was a complete mess. Command my ass. The role of a commander was as weak as a dog in this situation.
However, Lu Li couldn't say that this week was over and that everyone should disperse.
Therefore, the exploration had to continue. Only when the system updated next week would the system give C 'Thun a stab in the back. At the very least, the release of these four skills would have a slight pattern, giving the players a way out. Only then would they be able to complete the first stage.
Lu Li wasn't really slacking off. His interaction with Water Fairy was just a result of other people's jealousy. He was clearly working hard to prepare for the Shadow Cup.
The following week would be a very busy one.
The first was the start of the Stronghold battles. The new map, Winterspring, was a very beautiful place. The output was also very good and the geographical location was also considered superior. If Lu Li needed to expand in the future, this would probably be a place that Ruling Sword had to fight for.
Black Coast, Gray Valley, Moonlight Woodland, Felwood Forest, Winterspring...
This was the Stronghold development route that Lu Li had planned out a long time ago. His ultimate goal was to use Mount Hyjal as the center and occupy all the areas north of the Barrenlands.
If Winterspring was occupied by others, it would be equivalent to putting a nail in Lu Li 'heart. However, not letting others occupy it didn't seem to work either. Not to mention other things, the financial aspect was an insurmountable gap.
Before, he also felt that he had a lot of money, but he didn't know how to spend it.
Now that it was time to use money, he helplessly discovered that the amount of money he had couldn't even buy an entrance ticket in front of those big shots.
Right now, it was the time when the capital was pouring in like crazy. A lot of the capital was like a flood, urgently looking for a breakthrough. The Stronghold battles were one of the breakthroughs. They requested for the guilds that they supported to participate in this feast.
With so many tycoons, one could imagine how much the power to attack Winterspring would rise.
Not to mention Lu Li, even if Xiao Mo wanted to participate, he would probably have to consider whether it was worth it or not. This was why it was said that if you had money, you could do whatever you wanted.
Only by waiting for the officials to make changes to the Stronghold battles could this ridiculous trick be stopped.
The new map could be ignored, but the two old Strongholds, Lu Li also didn't dare to be careless. In the event of an unexpected failure, with the current system that was advantageous to the defending side, it would be very difficult for Lu Li to take back the Stronghold that he had lost.
Of course, after the Capital of Glory launched a large-scale attack on Ruling Sword's Stronghold, but in the end, they returned in defeat. Any club that wanted to get their hands on it had to consider whether they had the strength to do so.
Then there was the Instance Dungeon strategy.
They didn't need to get the First Clear on Ouro, but they had to get the First Clear on C 'Thun.
Ouro was said to be a competition between many clubs around the world, but in reality, the bet was just a false reputation of who was stronger. Ruling Sword taking the First Clear on Ouro only showed that they were really good at the Instance Dungeon strategy.
It didn't mean that their strength had already surpassed that of The Capital of Glory. The Capital of Glory's First Clear on Wild Bosses was at least a hundred times more than Ruling Sword's. They took almost 60% of the Wild Boss First Clears in the China region. Because of Ruling Sword's size and strength, they didn't even have 1%.
Similarly, there weren't any substantial rewards. They didn't even give 100 dollars, and they still talked about winning glory for the country!
C 'Thun was different. C' Thun was the last Boss in the Temple of Ahn 'Qiraj. As long as they killed it, not only would Ruling Sword have a great advantage in terms of the drops, but the 40 First Clear rewards would also be very important.
Previous experience told everyone that the harder the Boss, the better the drops.
Although Ouro didn't drop any Legendary equipment, he dropped an Enhanced Skill Book, gave 8 Skill Points, and 6 Epic equipment. The other miscellaneous items were also very good.
The same logic applied to First Clears. The harder the First Clear, the better the 40 rewards.
All of the previous efforts were for the First Clear. This Boss was related to whether or not all of their efforts could be rewarded with a satisfactory reward.
Finally, there was the Shadow Cup, which was about to start.
In the last Shadow Cup, Ruling Sword had won the championship. At that time, Lu Li had the advantage of being reborn. Their levels and equipment were much higher than the other clubs' teams. Regardless of whether or not luck played a part, they had at least laid the foundation for Ruling Sword to establish themselves as a guild.
This time, Lu Li hoped that Ruling Sword would be able to get a good ranking.
At the very least, they couldn't let people think that Ruling Sword was just a flash in the pan. That would definitely speed up the loss of Ruling Sword's members.
The format of the Shadow Cup this time was similar to the previous ones.
There were also individual rounds and group rounds. There were only three individual rounds now. Killing an opponent would give you one point, so there was a total of three points. Then, there was the group round. There were five players on stage, and there were more than 400 maps. What was different from before was that there wasn't a limit on the number of substitutes. As long as the club was willing, they could arrange 100 players on the substitutes. The problem was that there could only be one player on the substitutes, so there was no point in having more substitutes.
There wasn't a difference in the importance of these three things; they were all very important things.
As for the first thing, there wasn't much pressure in defending the Stronghold. It was almost impossible to get their hands on Winterspring. What Lu Li needed to do was to raise a sum of money and wait for someone to take Winterspring before taking it down.
Of course, this would have to wait until after the Stronghold had been modified.
China had always had a saying that going too far was as bad as not going far enough. In the early stages of a Stronghold battle, it was advantageous for the defending side. Ruling Sword was able to withstand the full attack of The Capital of Glory. There were two times when Lu Li used the convenience of his reborn memories, but the last time, he really had to go all out.
It wasn't that Ruling Sword's strength was stronger than The Capital of Glory's. At the very most, the core members of Ruling Sword weren't much weaker than the top fighters of The Capital of Glory. In terms of overall strength, Ruling Sword was actually quite far behind.
Xiao Mo was a genius. It was as if he had opened a cheat code for many years before managing such a large business.
For many years, there wasn't even a club that could challenge their position. Lu Li wanted to replace them with just a few Instance Dungeon First Clears and two championships, unless Lu Li was the main character of a stupid novel.
The real reason was that the current Stronghold system was very advantageous for the defending side.
The officials were also clearly aware of this phenomenon. During this time, they had been researching how to improve the Stronghold system. They couldn't make it too advantageous for the defending side, but they also couldn't make it too easy for the attacking side to take the Stronghold.
For this reason, they would introduce a Stronghold version innovation.
The upcoming Stronghold system innovation was called Stronghold Battle 2.0. This was the shortest Stronghold Battle version in the history of Dawnlight. In just a week's time, the officials rushed to release version 3.0. It wasn't like version 1.0. Currently, it was version 1.5, which had gone through five small innovations.
The reason was very simple. This revision was really too much of a failure.
It could almost be called a bug. At that time, the defending side suffered heavy losses. Nearly half of the Strongholds changed hands when facing a strong enemy. This caused resentment to soar, and the officials had no choice but to rush to release the new version.
As someone who had been reborn, Lu Li didn't have the qualifications to participate, but he had a very deep impression of that time.
So, he planned to wait until the next version update to make a big move and seize Winterspring's Stronghold. Before that, he just needed to accumulate strength.
Then there was the Instance Dungeon. In fact, Lu Li didn't intend to go all out.
He let Sky Moon command because he knew that no matter what they did, they couldn't beat C 'Thun at the moment. It was better to let Sky Moon do what he wanted.
If Sky Moon could torment C 'Thun to death like Ouro, then Lu Li might as well just give the position of commander to this guy.
Only when the next cooldown was over would the System stab C 'Thun and turn him into a eunuch. Only then would everyone have a chance of beating him. And Lu Li also knew a way to make it easier for C' Thun. He just had to wait until next week to take it out.
As for the last Shadow Cup, there wasn't much to prepare.
Everyone just had to do their best.
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