Chapter 79

Clearing the monsters in the town center hall was quite troublesome. Li Huailin's team had a high attack power, and they could directly one-shot the trainers, which would spawn three or four small monsters at most. These small monsters were not very durable, so it was still manageable. However, the problem was that they couldn't lure two trainers at once; otherwise, both would start summoning small monsters, resulting in a large number of them, which they would likely never be able to kill.

Without the help of area-of-effect damage spells due to their low level, Li Huailin and her team could only clear the trainers one by one. It wasn't dangerous, but the process was extremely slow. Clearing all the trainers in the center hall took almost as much time as running through the entire dungeon, truly testing their patience.

"Phew..." Li Huailin was the first to lose patience. As soon as they finished off the last trainer, she couldn't help but complain, "I absolutely won't do this dungeon again. It takes too long, and we have to deal with each trainer one by one, which is so annoying. If we had area-of-effect spells, we could just pull them all together and take them out."

"But we don't have them," Hongyue smiled and said, "Alright, that's the last one. The final boss is just ahead."

They entered the last room, and standing at the front was the final boss, the half-dragon Dideshit. Of course, Li Huailin couldn't see the attributes of the first boss, and this final boss was even more out of reach. Li Huailin didn't even bother to investigate, as everything was just a question mark.

"This boss's appearance is quite intimidating," Li Huailin commented. The half-dragon Dideshit's appearance was quite different from that of a lizardman, given his dragon bloodline. He had a four-legged lizard body, with a human torso and arms on top, and a dragon head, making him look quite strange.

Dideshit, with the bloodline of a fire dragon, was entirely red with black stripes. He was very tall, about two stories high, and he held a long spear taller than himself, which emitted fiery light, making him look quite terrifying.

"Alright, let's talk about the final boss fight. I'll explain the skills he has in the normal dungeon," Hongyue clapped her hands to get everyone's attention and began, "First, he can breathe fire like a regular lizardman, dealing high damage. Even with my fire resistance gear, he still deals over 300 damage, and it's an area attack."

"Next, the boss can use a cleave attack, hitting all targets in front of him. So, everyone except the main tank should avoid standing in front of him, or they'll be one-shot, especially squishy mages," Hongyue continued.

"Then, the boss has a skill called Flame Spike, which will cause a red spike to emerge from the ground, launching anyone hit into the air. In the normal dungeon, the spike deals around 300 damage, and the fall damage is over 100. It also reduces threat, and it targets the main tank. Everyone needs to be careful."

"Finally, when the boss's health drops below 20%, he will enter a berserk state, increasing his attack power and speed. He will also cast a group fireball, but we've tested it and found that it only hits three targets, the closest to him. We wiped once in the normal dungeon because of this, when the healer was one-shot and no one could heal. This time, I, Huailin, and Yan, who have higher magic resistance, will take the fire damage. It should be fine."

"Got it," Hongchen Yan and Li Huailin nodded.

"Alright, the abyssal dungeon will definitely have some changes from the normal one. What I said is just a reference. We've been doing well so far without any wipes. Let's try to clear it in one go. We've been in the dungeon for almost two hours, and everyone is a bit tired. Let's finish it quickly and rest," Hongyue waved her hand and said, "Everyone, take any potions you have. We're aiming to clear it in one go, not to test skills. Use your full strength."

"Understood," everyone nodded.

"Alright, check your buffs and get ready. If everything is fine, let's go," Hongyue said. Mentioning buffs, Li Huailin wanted to complain again. She had been under the effects of a Fortitude and Arcane Wisdom spell since entering, which reduced her health by 200 points and her intelligence by 10 points. Fortunately, it didn't affect her much, as everyone's skill levels were still low. In the future, with a professional dungeon team, everyone would have level 10 Arcane Wisdom and Fortitude, which would be much more detrimental.

"Wait a moment," Li Huailin suddenly said.

"What's wrong?" Hongyue asked.

"Is this boss going to be a DPS race later?" Li Huailin asked.

"Right, basically. Once his health drops below 20%, it will be a DPS race. It's either he dies or we die," Hongyue nodded.

"Then wait a minute," Li Huailin saw a skill in her skill bar, a rare skill given by the warrior mentor: Aura Burst.

Aura Burst (No Level): Instantly unleash your potential, increasing all attributes by 30% for 1 minute. After use, enter a weakened state, reducing all attributes by 50% for 10 minutes. Instant cast, no cost, 30-minute cooldown.

According to the system's usual behavior, Li Huailin would first have all attributes reduced by 30% for 1 minute, then increased by 50% for 10 minutes. This skill, originally a burst skill, had turned into a powerful sustained skill. Since it was a DPS race, she decided to use it now.

"Okay," Hongyue nodded without saying much. In "Heart of Glory," there was a temporary leave system that allowed players to leave the game pod temporarily. During this time, the character would not move, but they could still die. However, the player who killed a temporarily left character would not gain honor points, though they would still lose experience and equipment. The maximum duration for a temporary leave was 15 minutes, after which the player would be automatically logged out. This feature was designed to allow players to take care of their physiological needs, as everyone is human and needs to eat, drink, and use the bathroom.

So, Hongyue didn't find it strange that Li Huailin wanted to wait a minute. After all, it wouldn't be fair to make someone hold their bladder during such an important boss fight.

Just as Hongyue thought Li Huailin had gone to the bathroom, her character started moving again.

"Eh? So fast? Only ten seconds?" Hongyue was surprised.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Li Huailin turned back and asked.

"Oh, nothing," Hongyue waved her hand, "Are you ready?"

"Wait ten seconds," Li Huailin had already activated the skill before telling Hongyue to wait a minute. Saying one minute was just an estimate.

"Okay."

"Let's go." After ten seconds, Li Huailin received the 50% attribute increase buff, just as she had expected. She called out and immediately charged at the boss.

"Weaklings, how dare you invade my territory! You are courting death!" The half-dragon Dideshit immediately noticed Li Huailin charging at him and entered combat.

"Take this!" Without hesitation, Li Huailin used a Heroic Strike on the boss's stomach. At her height, that was the only part she could reach.

-1730 (Critical Hit)

With a 50% attribute increase, Li Huailin's attack power was incredible, and her critical hit rate had also increased. The first hit was a massive critical.

"Don't wait, start attacking!" The first hit was a critical, and Li Huailin was confident that she had secured the aggro. She immediately called out to Hongyue and Hongchen Yan.

"Let's go." Hongyue nodded and started attacking.

-319

The boss's first attack hit Li Huailin, dealing over 300 physical damage. This was the damage after her attributes were increased, which was acceptable.

"Slowly heal me," Li Huailin checked her health and told Hongyan Heishui, "No rush, save your mana."

"Got it, brother-in-law," Hongyan Heishui nodded.

"Ice Arrow deals close to 300 damage, it works," Hongchen Yan reported after casting her first Ice Arrow, "It seems this guy is weak against ice spells."

"Taste my wrath!" The half-dragon Dideshit suddenly roared, and a fire spike emerged from the ground beneath Hongchen Yan, launching her into the air.

"Damn, Hongchen Yan got impaled!" Li Huailin felt a tightness in her own stomach and shouted.

"Go to hell!" Hongchen Yan, still in mid-air, couldn't help but retort.

"Both of you, focus on the boss!" Hongyue shouted, "How much damage?"

"Spike damage over 500, fall damage over 100," Hongchen Yan reported as she fell back to the ground.

"A bit dangerous, Cuiwu, check the damage... no, the spike..."

"Ha ha ha, President, you just said something really bad..." Li Huailin couldn't help but tease.

"Go to hell!" Hongyue blushed and said, "It's all because of you!"