Chapter 1 A Silent Tomb

Everyone stood silently inside the brightly lit tomb hall.

A long while passed.

"Brother Feng, what do we do now? This Boss is too terrifying. There's no way we can defeat it," Heizi asked Shi Feng.

On the other side, Zhao Yueru also said helplessly, "Qingxue, it seems we can't get through."

The others agreed. It was foolish to knowingly attempt the impossible.

"Are we just giving up like this?" Bai Qingxue's slender eyelashes trembled slightly, her bright, beautiful eyes shifting back to the Kobold King. They had finally made it this far; were they really going to give up?

Kobold King Pachi Leo, Lord rank, Level 6, HP 120,000.

Leaving aside the terrifying health points, the mere words "Lord rank" were enough to make players tremble. It meant the monster was terrifying in some aspect – either speed, strength, or magic. Just from the terrifying aura the Kobold King exuded, its bulging, steel-like muscles, and the pitch-black greatsword as tall as a person, deeply embedded in the ground, it was clear even before the fight that it couldn't be fought head-on.

"How about we try it out first? Guizhan, go test the Boss's abilities, and the rest of us will leave the hall first," Bai Qingxue said after thinking for a moment.

Bai Qingxue still intended to try and see if she could find a way to defeat it.

"Then let's go out," Shi Feng said.

Bai Qingxue's idea was exactly what he had in mind. First, let the MT (Main Tank) try it out while they watched. This would also give him a suitable reason to reveal the strategy.

Subsequently, the Shield Warrior Guizhan turned on video recording and charged towards the Kobold King alone.

At the same time, the heavy stone doors of the hall began to close.

Just as Guizhan charged halfway, the Kobold King suddenly opened its eyes. With a snap, it casually pulled out the pitch-black greatsword, its thick legs forcefully pushing off the ground as it charged towards Guizhan as well.

The speed was like a gust of wind, sweeping towards Guizhan.

Guizhan was startled and quickly reacted, raising his shield in front of his chest.

In an instant, a black beam with a sonic boom struck the shield.

With a bang!

Guizhan flew backward, taking 633 points of damage. His entire arm was numb. If it weren't for the shield, he would have been killed in one hit.

Guizhan believed his skills were decent, and he was also an elite member of the Snake Swallowing the Body guild. He wasn't trying to kill the Boss, but if he couldn't even probe the Boss's strengths and weaknesses, he would be utterly disgraced.

He quickly stood up, downed a bottle of Beginner Recovery Potion, restoring his health to over half. Just as he wanted to hit the Boss, he suddenly realized that the Boss was already behind him, raising its greatsword high and fiercely slashing down at Guizhan.

Shield Wall!

Guizhan had no chance to dodge and could only use a life-saving skill to resist.

Using Shield Wall reduced damage by half for 12 seconds.

The pitch-black rune greatsword fell again. Although Guizhan blocked it with his shield, he immediately knelt down. The stone bricks under his feet cracked like a spider web, and his health instantly dropped by 426 points, leaving him with only a sliver of health.

Immediately afterward, the Kobold King kicked Guizhan in the side, sending him flying into the wall without any suspense, his health points instantly dropping to zero.

The entire battle process took less than 3 seconds. A currently top-tier geared MT was killed.

Even the stone doors of the hall hadn't fully closed before they opened again.

Seeing Guizhan imprinted on the wall, everyone was stunned.

What was going on?

The door had just closed and then opened, and the MT was already dead...

"Yue'er, revive Guizhan," Bai Qingxue said with a gloomy face.

The speed at which he was killed only further highlighted the Boss's strength.

After Guizhan was revived, he kept his head down, reluctantly sending the recorded video to everyone to analyze the Boss's specific strength.

"So strong!" Zhao Yueru exclaimed in surprise. "This speed, this power, this reaction speed, and the varied attack patterns… is this really an NPC? Could it be a martial arts expert in disguise?"

Before seeing it in person, they already thought it was powerful, but now that they saw it, they were filled with nothing but shock. With Guizhan's skill, he couldn't even deal damage to the Boss. It was simply too terrifying.

Even the strongest Elite monster she had ever seen was like a little rabbit in front of the Kobold King.

After watching the video, Shi Feng's team, who had fought Lord-ranked Bosses before, also felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

It had to be said that Lord Bosses in team dungeons were much stronger than Lord Bosses in small dungeons. It wasn't just a matter of speed and strength, but also the attack patterns, which were too varied, as if they were fighting a master. However, this master's physical attributes were several times higher than theirs. How could they fight this?

Even if Brother Feng was very strong, he probably wouldn't last long. After all, this Boss had 120,000 health points, and their health points were less than a thousand.

"Let's retreat," Bai Qingxue said after thinking for a long time, running various simulations. The final result was always a team wipe. She didn't want to waste any more time and decided to go conquer the Normal-level Darkmoon Tomb. The Normal-level Darkmoon Tomb Boss should be an Elite rank, much weaker. With their current equipment, they had at least a 20-30% chance of defeating the Boss.

Hearing Bai Qingxue say that, everyone had no choice but to give up and take out their Return Scrolls.

At this moment, Shi Feng suddenly said in the team chat, "I've been watching the Kobold King's attack patterns. If I and Miss Bai plus two MTs, the four of us switching combat, we might have a chance. Does Miss Bai still want to conquer the Boss?"

Shi Feng's voice was small, but it was like a light in the darkness, illuminating everyone's hearts.

"Brother Feng, are we really going to fight?" Heizi swallowed hard, looking at the Kobold King. Just this distance was enough to make his legs tremble. If they got any closer, he might just kneel.

In fact, it wasn't just Heizi; everyone else was affected by this aura and instinctively thought they couldn't win and wanted to escape.

"You have a way?" Zhao Yueru asked, a hint of shock flashing in her eyes as she looked at Shi Feng.

This was a Lord-ranked Boss in a team dungeon. Its strength was several times that of a Lord in the wild, and its attacks and attack patterns were there for all to see, strong enough to be despairing. She didn't think Shi Feng had a way to conquer it.

Shi Feng shrugged and looked at the Kobold King, saying, "I'm not very confident, but we can try. It's just a 10% loss of experience points. We've gained far more than 10% of experience points getting here. Even if we die, we've gotten a lot of equipment. Are you really willing to give up like this?"

Bai Qingxue was taken aback, not expecting Shi Feng to give her so many surprises. Even if they didn't conquer the Boss this time, she would definitely recruit Shi Feng into the Snake Swallowing the Body guild.

"What are your chances of success?" Bai Qingxue's icy expression finally showed a hint of a warm smile.

"20% chance," Shi Feng said with a very conservative estimate. In reality, he estimated it to be 50%, but he was worried that saying so would be too shocking and arouse suspicion.

"What? You said 20%!" Zhao Yueru rolled her eyes at Shi Feng. With such a low success rate, who would dare to do it?

"Okay, tell us how to fight it. I will fully support you," Bai Qingxue interrupted Zhao Yueru and said softly.

Bai Qingxue herself estimated the success rate of defeating the Lord-ranked Boss to be zero, but she had a 20-30% chance of defeating the Elite-ranked Boss. From Shi Feng's previous performance, Shi Feng was not a person who exaggerated. With the same 20% chance, wouldn't it be better to defeat the Lord-ranked Boss?

Moreover, she was very interested in Shi Feng's idea of four people switching combat. She wondered what kind of fighting method it was that could have such a high success rate against the Lord-ranked Kobold King.

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