Chu Tian saw Zhao Lei's health bar fluctuating.
Although Qin Yao was helping to stabilize the damage he was taking, it was still a bit dangerous.
After speaking, Chu Tian disengaged from the battle, circled around, and dove into the cave where the group of monsters had emerged.
Upon entering, it was a long corridor that changed further inside, resembling cells.
Inside, one could see remnants of stone beds and the like that had weathered away.
They had all collapsed now.
Seeing the danger here, Chu Tian turned and ran out.
"Everyone come over here, Lei Zi, you pull the aggro and retreat!"
Chu Tian planned to use the narrowness of the corridor to reduce the number of monsters attacking Zhao Lei.
Currently, Zhao Lei was almost surrounded, being hacked at from all directions.
Hearing Chu Tian's call, everyone bypassed the monsters and followed Chu Tian into the cave.
Zhao Lei covered the rear, and as soon as he saw everyone in position.
Sweep the Leg...
All the monsters close to him were afflicted with a stunned effect.
It turned out to be a melee area-of-effect crowd control skill.
Then, with a True Qi Strike, he broke out of the monster encirclement.
He followed up with a Boomerang Throw, blocking the monsters.
Another True Qi Strike, and like a monkey, he leaped and dodged, reaching Chu Tian.
The speed was incredible...
Much more agile than a Shield Warrior.
"Can you use that True Qi Strike continuously?" Chu Tian's eyes widened.
The speed was like a charge; if it could be used consecutively, his tank could become a kiting profession.
He had crowd control, mobility, and the ability to block monster advancement.
Even his attack skill, Drunken Brew, had a slowing effect.
"It can stack up to two uses, and after use, it grants a speed boost, increasing movement speed by 30% for 8 seconds... if used again within those eight seconds, it stacks.
The duration refreshes to 8 seconds, and two stacks can reach 60% movement speed!"
Zhao Lei blocked the entrance of the corridor, waiting for the monsters to approach.
He explained his skills to everyone.
Chu Tian suddenly understood why he moved like a monkey after using True Qi Strike twice.
Leaping and dodging, with such speed.
As expected, once they entered the corridor, only two monsters could move side-by-side to face Zhao Lei.
He formed a triangular formation with the monsters.
Beside Zhao Lei, on the left were Jing Kaiyu and Ma Deju.
On the right was My Brother is a Dog... Lin Ran.
Chu Tian saw that there was no more space for his melee.
Including Zhao Lei, the four of them were squeezed together, already very crowded.
Helplessly, he transformed into his Owl Beast form.
And positioned himself in the ranged area.
[Soulsoulresher Imprisoned for Ten Thousand Years]
Roaring wildly, it swung its weapon and smashed down heavily on Zhao Lei.
However, its wine barrel and club could be used as parrying objects.
Boom, boom, boom...
Each collision caused vibrations.
The Soulsoulreshers behind, unable to advance, angrily pounded the wall with their weapons.
Chu Tian's skills and area-of-effect buffs were all applied to the monsters behind.
The fierce battle continued for a while.
Zhao Lei, tanking two monsters, was more than capable.
Chu Tian raised his hand, and skills like Fury of the Sun were unleashed like a machine gun.
His agility was very high, so his casting speed was naturally much faster.
The monster he and Luoluo were fighting saw its health drop like water flowing from a tap.
As the health reached twenty percent.
Zhao Lei suddenly roared...
"Touch of Reincarnation..."
He swung his club, pointing it directly forward.
Bang...
The club directly struck the forehead of the low-health monster.
A red mark flashed and disappeared as it was removed.
The monster, with 20% health remaining, instantly went limp and slowly collapsed to the ground.
It was stepped on by those behind who came to take its place.
"You hit me for so long, now I'm returning all the damage... Feels good!"
Zhao Lei's eyes were excited, and he mumbled to himself.
There was a clear hint of showing off in his words.
"Holy crap, what kind of skill is that? Just as it reached my kill threshold, you instantly killed it!" Lin Ran asked.
Zhao Lei heard this and became even more smug.
"Touch of Reincarnation, my ultimate skill that can be used once every ten minutes. When a monster's health is below 20%, it can unleash all the damage stored in the Wine Pool at once.
How about that, impressive, right?" The guy was clearly showing off.
"Damn... if no one is hitting you, isn't this skill useless?" Ma Deju, unable to stand his attitude, retorted directly.
"I'm the tank..." Zhao Lei shot him a glance.
Meaning, if you compare damage with me, I'm the one tanking monsters; if no monsters are hitting me, aren't you dead?
"Lei Zi, the loot is for you, pick up that thing on the ground."
Chu Tian noticed a shimmering object on the ground, buried under the corpses.
He couldn't see what it was clearly.
Zhao Lei also looked for a while before finding it.
He bent down and dug the thing out.
Zhao Lei picked it up and immediately threw it backward.
Chu Tian caught it.
Upon touching it, it felt like a glove.
[Soulsoulresher Gauntlets]
Grade: Bronze (Set)
Armor Type: Leather Armor [Changes with Profession]
Profession Restriction: None
Equip Requirement: Any Attribute 1100.
Agility: +10.
Strength: +10.
Intelligence: +10.
Spirit: +10.
Defense: 162-243.
Specialized Attribute (Output Profession): When attacking, deals an additional 19% damage.
Specialized Attribute (Output Profession): When attacking critically, deals an additional 14% damage.
Specialized Attribute (Healing Profession): When healing, increases healing by 19%.
Specialized Attribute (Healing Profession): When critically healing, increases critical healing by 14%.
Specialized Attribute (Tank Profession): When attacked, if health reaches zero, instantly restores 19% of health, can only trigger once per battle.
Specialized Attribute (Tank Profession): When attacked critically: Gain a shield of 14% of maximum health, lasting 30 seconds, with a 45-second cooldown.
Description: Equipment lost for ten thousand years, can only be dropped by Soulsoulresher monsters. Collecting the full set activates set bonuses. Profession-specific attributes are only activated under the corresponding specialization.
...
When Chu Tian saw the name Soulsoulresher Gauntlets.
He was stunned.
The Soulsoulresher Set...
It instantly appeared in his mind.
One of the top ten god-tier sets from his previous life.
This "god-tier" wasn't about its grade.
It was about its powerful attributes.
And the owners of each god-tier set were overlords of their respective regions, god-tier players.
The Soulsoulresher Set was originally worn by the overlord of Dragon City, [Zui Xiaoyao], in his previous life.
[Zui Xiaoyao] was the overlord of the Southern War Zone. Later, Dragon City was opened.
He led his brethren to conquer Dragon City and held it for two full years.
However, no one knew where his Soulsoulresher Set was produced.
Chu Tian thought back; the opening of the speed-leveling experience dungeon was initiated by the Southern War Zone.
And it was precisely by that overlord-level figure, [Zui Xiaoyao].
Now, it seemed his set's production location should be from clearing the seventh floor of this nameless dungeon.
"Lei Zi... this thing is for you!"
When Zhao Lei first picked it up, he didn't look at it.
He just saw it was a Bronze equipment.
So he casually threw it to Chu Tian.
Zhao Lei was taken aback when Chu Tian threw it back, reaching out to catch it.
"Boss, my gauntlets are Gold grade. Why are you giving me this Bronze one? Throw it in the guild warehouse!"
This guy, along with the others, hadn't looked at the attributes.
"The first set item in the entire world, and you don't want it?" Chu Tian said calmly.
"What?" Almost everyone exclaimed in surprise.