Chapter 1 The Entire Audience Fell Silent

"Can this really work?" Cola couldn't help but ask, looking at Krodia, who was now even more engulfed in deathly aura.

A Tier 3, Level 120 Superior Legendary monster was already incredibly powerful, and whether they could kill it was still unknown. Now, after obtaining the sword from the fountain, Krodia's aura had clearly intensified, and even its stats had undergone noticeable changes.

Krodia (Lord of Poison Misery City), Undead Creature, Superior Legendary, Level 120, HP 5,400,000,000.

A staggering 5.4 billion HP was simply despair-inducing.

Keep in mind that Combat Recovery restored 54 million HP every five seconds, which equated to over 10 million HP restored every second...

Combat Recovery aside, after wielding the dark gray longsword, the deathly aura surrounding the Boss had actually formed a domain, covering a radius of twenty or thirty yards. Even without getting close, the power of this dense deathly aura could be clearly felt.

The area covered by this deathly aura was completely barren. The hard stone pavement visibly decayed, turning directly into sand, devoid of any trace of life, and even a hint of mana. If players were inside, the situation would be unimaginable.

At this point, not just Cola, but even Hell狂啸 and the others were dumbfounded. They never expected the Boss to have such a move.

Ordinary monsters didn't have any weapons or equipment, meaning they lacked any stat bonuses from those items. They relied solely on their own attributes, which was already enough to give players a headache. Now that the Boss was equipped with weapons and equipment, how were they supposed to fight?

"It really doesn't give us any chance," Shi Feng said, smiling wryly as he looked at Krodia.

Originally, he had some confidence in defeating a normal Krodia with the help of the Ring of Gospel, but facing the current Krodia, even he wasn't sure.

Superior Legendary Bosses weren't like ordinary Legendary monsters. They weren't just high in defense and HP. These humanoid Bosses usually possessed domains that weakened players' combat power, and their fighting skills were also very high.

Generally, to deal with a Superior Legendary Boss without exploiting weaknesses or using special items, a Tier 3 team of players would need to be five to ten levels higher to stand a chance.

In the Secret Realm, they couldn't summon their direct subordinates, and their levels were generally five levels or more lower than the Boss. Forget about killing the Boss, they probably wouldn't even survive the Boss's first phase before being wiped out.

Just as everyone fell silent, unsure of how to deal with Krodia, who was now wielding a real weapon, Qing Hong and Jin Lao in the team suddenly turned pale.

"What's wrong?" Shi Feng asked, noticing the strange expressions on Qing Hong and Jin Lao's faces.

"Our guild just received news that the allied team led by Demonheart has taken down the second Boss of the Ancient God's Tower and only needs to defeat the last two Bosses to activate the magic array on the first floor of the Ancient God's Tower and become the master of the first floor," Qing Hong said to Shi Feng with a troubled expression.

Because their two major guilds were cooperating with Zero Wing, players from the Dark World could only travel to the God's Domain continent through the teleportation gate, which allowed their two major guilds to develop rapidly in the Dark World. This deterred the various forces and players of the Dark World from taking any action.

But if Demonheart's alliance activated the Ancient God's Tower, then it would all be over.

And it wasn't just a simple matter of things ending. Zero Wing's control of the teleportation gate had made the various forces and players of the Dark World very resentful. If Demonheart's alliance controlled the Ancient God's Tower, the consequences for their two major guilds would be unimaginable.

They didn't have Zero Wing's methods to sweep across the board with an NPC army. As long as the various forces and expert players of the Dark World targeted the members of their two major guilds, the only outcome would be annihilation.

"Have they already started preparing to attack the third Boss?" Shi Feng asked, slightly surprised.

Conquering the Ancient God's Tower wasn't any easier than a Level 100+ Super-Large Team Dungeon. Based on the levels and strength of the players in the Dark World, it would probably take at least ten days to half a month, but only three days had passed, and they had already taken down two Bosses. Their progress was faster than expected.

"Guild Leader Black Flame, what do we do now? At this rate, it probably won't take two or three days for Demonheart's allied team to complete the conquest of the Ancient God's Tower..." Jin Lao asked anxiously.

They hadn't expected Demonheart to be so powerful. Logically speaking, even with Demonheart acting as a go-between, they shouldn't have such a foundation. After all, conquering the Ancient God's Tower required not only a large number of Tier 3 experts but also the corresponding weapons and equipment.

They were currently trapped in Poison Misery City and might not be able to leave for ten days to half a month. Even if they could leave now, they probably wouldn't be able to catch up with the progress of Demonheart's allied team.

"It seems we can only try," Shi Feng said, turning to look at Krodia.

"Guild Leader, do you have a way?" Aqua Rose couldn't help but ask curiously.

Faced with the strengthened Krodia, not to mention their current team, even a hundred Tier 3 experts with magic bodies unlocked at Level 120 might not be a match.

Just the fact that it recovered ten million HP per second with its combat recovery was a hurdle that was impossible to cross.

Their entire team only had a little over seven hundred people, less than a thousand. The output requirement was at least 15,000 DPS per person.

Keep in mind that this was a Superior Legendary monster. The normal DPS of a Tier 3 expert was around 10,000. After the strengthening, the domain would be further enhanced, and the damage they could deal would probably be even lower. Relying on them to make up for the damage of dozens of people might be possible, but hundreds of people was simply a joke. Even if Shi Feng joined in, it wouldn't be possible, because it wasn't something that could be solved by a few or a dozen players.

"Yeah, this Boss has a weakness, but we can only try. As for whether we succeed, I don't know," Shi Feng nodded.

Normally, he wouldn't rush into battle. Instead, he would take everyone to level up first. After all, Red-Eye Sword Saint Elwaze only said to kill the Boss, but didn't limit them to killing it now. They could freely move around and improve in Poison Misery City.

But it seemed that was impossible now.

Demonheart's progress had exceeded his expectations too much. If they couldn't kill the Boss in a short amount of time, and Demonheart occupied the Ancient God's Tower, it wouldn't just be unfavorable to the two major dark guilds, it would also be very unfavorable to Zero Wing.

Previously, he could rely on the teleportation gate to greatly limit the number of dark players entering the God's Domain continent, but if there were no such restrictions, the players of the Dark World might not be able to do anything in the Cold Spring Forest, but they could do whatever they wanted outside of the Cold Spring Forest. This was why he wanted to occupy the teleportation gate, because he only had one knight order, and the area they could protect was quite limited.

Shi Feng immediately began to arrange everyone, directly having Cola stay near the Boss, while everyone else hid in the city's alleys. All the melee classes set up various traps in the alleys, while all the ranged classes output from the rooftops.

"Everyone remember, there can only be a maximum of one hundred people within the Boss's two-hundred-yard radius. All melee classes stay away from the Boss. Healers only heal the MT tanking the Boss, ignore the output. If the MT's deathly aura accumulation reaches three stacks, switch!" Shi Feng said slowly, looking at everyone who was in position. "If there are no problems, start the aggro!"

Normally, conquering the final Boss of Poison Misery City would require a thousand-man Tier 3 team, but since they couldn't gather a thousand people, they could only fight with a hundred-man team, and the Boss's HP in the Secret Realm was determined by the number of players it sensed.

One hundred people was a threshold, and it was also the limit of combat power, requiring very, very high stats from the hundred people. In the situation where everyone's strength was generally insufficient, that was the only thing they could do.

With Shi Feng's command, Cola charged directly towards the Boss.

After Cola approached within a hundred yards of the Boss, everyone was dumbfounded, because the Boss's HP instantly dropped to 2.1 billion, decreasing by more than half.

But the problem also arose, which was that they were no longer dealing with 5.4 billion HP with seven hundred people, but with a hundred people dealing with a Boss with 2.1 billion HP. The difficulty could be said to have increased rather than decreased.

Before everyone could react, Krodia took a step and appeared in front of Cola. Its speed was so fast that even the top experts present couldn't react, as if it were a ghost.

Krodia swung the blade in its hand.

A black light cut through the space, leaving a black seam. Then, Cola flew out more than twenty yards like a cannonball. Even though Cola used its shield to block the attack, its HP was lost as if it were free. In the blink of an eye, its HP dropped to half...

Fortunately, it was knocked away, giving Cola time to create distance from the Boss. It immediately activated Shield Wall, a life-saving skill, and turned around to run into the alley. The three healers, who were more than fifty yards away, frantically healed Cola, and beams of holy light and healing spells restored Cola's HP to barely two-thirds.

In less than two seconds, Cola was chopped away again, directly crashing into the wall, its HP dropping to less than a third. The three healers barely managed to pull it back to more than half.

While Cola was being constantly chopped away, Krodia also rushed into the alley to chase Cola. Because the alley's terrain was complex, it temporarily reduced the frequency of Cola's attacks.

During the chase, Krodia directly stepped on a landmine trap that had been set up in advance.

Boom!

A loud noise echoed throughout Poison Misery City. A damage number of over one million appeared above Krodia's head. After Krodia took a few steps, a magic trap exploded again, with a damage number of over seven hundred thousand appearing.

Just as Krodia was about to turn around to look for the person who set up the trap, Cola rushed up and slammed a Tier 3 Righteous Roar on Krodia's body, dealing over 50,000 damage.

"Good! There's a chance! Ranged classes, attack with all your might! Everyone, pay attention to your positioning! Melee classes, continue to set up traps!" Shi Feng, seeing Krodia being held back, directly activated the Ring of Gospel.