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Accompanied by the blue magic array, deep blue sword marks spread across the ground.

The initial rebound damage prevented all but the tank from dealing damage. While ice walls and fire walls could be set up in advance, Zhongqing was very clear that they were currently fighting a hundred-man dungeon, and with all the interference on the ground, her own output wasn't that important.

"Main tank, watch out for debuffs, over 10 layers, deduct 1 from the team channel."

"Output!"

The two bosses were pulled apart by the main and vice tanks. The vice tank was the team leader himself, and he certainly knew the number of layers of the damage vulnerability debuff on him. After being pulled far enough away, the rebound damage disappeared, officially entering phase one.

Zhongqing's assigned output team was dealing with the swordsman.

Compared to the mage, who could be held steady and dealt slightly higher damage, the swordsman was much more agile. It was uncertain whether the officials had used the common image of a swordsman as reference when designing this boss.

"Little Jing's CP will never BE." This dog boss was bound to be defeated; the psychological damage to the fragile healer was too great.

During the opening, she mainly needed to heal the tank, and Shaoguang sent a complaint.

But she wasn't wrong. The melee output classes running around dodging swords made it difficult for even the ranged output members to perform well.

The swordsman occasionally left behind not only sword marks from charging strikes but also a field of falling swords. Taking damage from this meant losing almost half of one's health.

At this point, Shaoguang couldn't afford to type anymore. She was already busy calculating her healing strategy and had been assigned to monitor the tank's health bar, leaving her no time to check where the top elemental mage was standing.

The sword formations covering almost half the field indicated that the boss was about to enter the second phase.

But before the phase transition, the main tank first sent a "1" in the team channel.

"Switch tanks."

The aggro tank switched to the main tank position while the main tank moved to the vice tank position, allowing the team leader to finally focus on coordinating for the upcoming team adjustments.

Both bosses' health dropped below 80%.

"Stop attacking."

Zhongqing had been paying attention to the health bars. At this moment, she used an instant skill, and upon seeing the interlocking sword formations starting to flash with light, she began to shift to the other side of the field, casually casting a magic imprisonment to interrupt the elf mage's skill casting, taking the initiative before the team leader.

This main tank... she truly felt a bit exasperated.

The team leader likely only focused on his health fluctuations and the stacking negative effects, believing everything was still under control. However, this knight's skills had been used too urgently, and now that he had switched to the mage tank, it became glaringly obvious. Under the influence of the mana-draining formation beneath the mage, his mana bar would definitely not support him in casting for the entire duration.

Helping him save a mana-consuming interrupt was one thing.

The exploding sword formations scattered debris across the ground. The locations of the two bosses, initially a clearing in the woods, had turned into a mess.

Fortunately, the main group had already moved to the other side of the field.

After the swordsman finished exploding the sword formations, he didn't return directly to the vice tank's side but randomly chose a target, dashing toward the nearest assassin. With a thrust, he almost simultaneously pulled the assassin in with a chain extending from the mage's position, dragging him to his feet.

"Healers, pay attention."

This random targeting was unavoidable. Although, in the hands of professional players, there would at least be several ways to counter that airborne effect.

Fortunately, the boss's damage wasn't lethal, and the assassin's skill level was barely sufficient to navigate through the newly spread formations, returning to the main group.

"1." The main tank sent out the number again.

Even if he wasn't very perceptive, the team leader should have noticed the main tank's request to switch aggro came a bit too quickly, and he hurriedly issued orders.

"Switch..."

However, before he finished saying "switch," everyone could hear the electrical sound from the external voice channel, and then the team leader froze.

No... he wasn't moving?

Zhongqing suppressed her urge to exclaim, not wanting to guess whether the team leader's internet had been pulled or if the internet café had cut off power. She quickly pressed to open her free mic.

"Prepare the tank to take on the swordsman, Tank 3 to take the mage."

"The priest should give the main tank a hope prayer."

Tank 3's equipment was really inadequate, originally meant to deal with minor monsters in clearing dungeons. After stacking three layers of buffs, he began to bleed health rapidly. Zhongqing glanced at the main tank's mana recovery, "Main tank, take the swordsman."

"Main tank, activate fortress, use calm waters, Tank 3 output normally, activate spell reflection, interrupt me if needed."

"Pull the swordsman to coordinates 55,120."

The main tank was of average skill, but he could follow orders without much issue. Pulling the swordsman to this coordinate, while the sword formations still littered the ground, at least reduced the chance of overlapping effects. It wouldn't lead to ranged players interfering with each other's skills.

"Mage, pull him back facing away."

Once again, the swordsman charged toward the distant gunner, who had been idling, instead of targeting someone nearby, indicating his luck was pretty terrible.

After all, the second round of targeted attacks wasn't a one-shot kill mechanism. Pulling him away would also reduce the damage from the chains. Zhongqing only issued a single order, "Main tank, activate calm waters."

This skill used to clear negative states allowed the swordsman boss to stack two fewer layers of damage vulnerability, at least delaying the main tank's switch to the mage to draw mana.

However, Zhongqing was a bit surprised when the gunner, who had been idling, suddenly slid and moved while leaping up with his gun, avoiding both the ground sword formations and the swordsman's targeting skill before returning to his idle output state.

But she couldn't afford to care about him now.

Having Tank 3 take the mage was almost impossible; he had all physical defense equipment on and was already struggling to withstand the swordsman's damage. The main tank still hadn't cleared his mage vulnerability debuff.

"Tank 3, take the swordsman, mage, aggro on me."

As soon as her words fell, a series of ice walls had already risen between the elf mage and the second aggro tank.

"Switch sides."

According to the system mechanism, the exploded sword formations and the ice walls that had risen with the moving spell casting became obstacles preventing the mage from rushing toward the second aggro tank for ranged output. Zhongqing even didn't forget to supplement with an interrupt during this process.

"Main tank, take the mage."

The mage, forced into the main tank by the taunt, had his first attack land on the main tank just as the vulnerability debuff faded away.

After that, it was just a cycle of phases.

Both the elf mage and swordsman fell to the ground together. Even in the red health phase of rage, they couldn't cause any further destruction.

Zhongqing let out a sigh of relief.

"Damn, sis, your commanding skills are amazing!" The gunner, Lonely Drink, excitedly slapped Zhongqing's shoulder, startling her so much that she nearly dropped her mouse.

Turning around, she realized that Lonely Drink, the gunner, was indeed standing behind her, while controlling his character was none other than the captain of the Reincarnation team, Zhou Zekai.

With an overly handsome face that was hard to read, the young man put down his mouse and looked at her thoughtfully, while Jiang's vice-captain smiled in greeting.

Author's Note: In order to maintain the continuity of the plot, I've painfully released a draft today for a double update qwq

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Zhongqing felt that her luck seemed to be pretty good.

Seeing the two people who were supposed to be in the training room here, helping to fight the boss, she didn't feel any pressure at all. After all, she had basically seen all the professional players in the league, except for those who retired early. Under Ye Xiu's guidance, she wouldn't hesitate to challenge even the league president, Feng Xianjun.

On the contrary, she genuinely felt that the captain of the fifth elite team was quite a burden.

It seemed that he had intended to assess whether to make this person a permanent member, but an unexpected power outage occurred. She had no idea what was happening on that side; they hadn't appeared even after finishing the third boss.

Zhongqing glanced at the team channel, where someone was typing to ask whether they were going to continue. She decided to turn off the mic.

"I'll finish directing this instance first; it shouldn't take long."

"Sure." Zhou Zekai put on his headset again.

His decisive response didn't seem to indicate any problem with professional players coming to help with a hundred-man dungeon.

In fact, his presence didn't affect Zhongqing at all. She aimed to showcase her commanding skills, and the peak level of the team members could only be considered based on the high-level players in the game, serving as a good luck charm.

Moreover, after passing the twin bosses, the fourth boss only required consideration for inner and outer field switching, while the fifth boss was simply about quickly pointing out positions during fire-dragging.