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[Heng Dao] I'm home! When are we going to PK?

[Heng Dao] What's going on? How come when I asked about your account, you had it leveled by someone else? Didn't you go for an interview? Did you send your account to a studio along the way?

[Heng Dao] ...

[Heng Dao] You're not fooling me again, are you????

After finalizing the plans for directing the wild boss trial with Jiang Botao and finishing the hundred-man dungeon, Zhong Qing finally had time to open QQ, only to find her private messages from Sun Xiang had blown up.

[ZQ] ...

[ZQ] So you succeeded in the interview, huh? Not just a part-timer now.

[ZQ] I'll switch accounts and PK you tonight. My account is in the Realm of the Gods; you can use Heng Dao to challenge me, my ID is Wu Lan.

[Heng Dao] Okay.

[Heng Dao] Did you buy an account?

[ZQ] Just a work account. I'll explain later; I have some things to take care of.

Indeed, she had things to do.

Originally, Zhong Qing thought it would be tomorrow at the earliest before she could try directing a wild boss, but the last 70-level wild boss of the weekend had just spawned. The major guilds, despite being busy with the results of the playoffs—losers fighting with winners—also had to manage their elite teams to clear as many hundred-man dungeons as possible. However, there was no way to forget the approximate refresh time of the 70-level wild boss.

The spawn at the Sunset Waterfall was the last boss of the week, the Enigmatic Warrior Arian.

Although it wasn't like the bosses in the Dark Temple, like Sol, or the North Bridge boss, Modank, which were restricted by terrain (where usually only a limited number of players could attack), the position of the boss at the Sunset Waterfall wasn't easy to access either. Standing on the rugged waterfall cliffs were basically all top players from various guilds.

But when it really came to fighting, it wasn't just a matter of a few people.

"Looks like your test is coming up fast." Jiang Botao, who was originally about to leave, said to Zhou Zekai, deciding to stay and watch Zhong Qing's performance.

On the screen, the Elemental Mage quickly climbed along the rock face.

Her hands were remarkably steady, hardly pausing at any landing spot before accurately turning and jumping to the next rock. Jiang Botao thought that even those with fast hands would find it hard to achieve such operations.

It could only be said that she was perhaps very familiar with this boss.

As Zhong Qing climbed to the position she designated for the elite team to gather, she was internally mocking herself, thinking that if she weren't always drafted to handle wild maps, she wouldn't be so familiar with these landing points.

At her current location, marking the team points was quite convenient; adjusting her view, she could basically outline the climbing route clearly.

"Call for two more mechanics if you have them; they'll be useful."

Taking advantage of the dusky light of the Sunset Canyon, she had a good view of the people around the Enigmatic Warrior Arian standing on a slightly distant platform.

The small platforms around could accommodate hundreds of people, but each small stone platform was not very large, and the jostling could easily lead someone to fall off. The distant revival points made it challenging to return after dying, and at that moment, the platforms were already occupied by players from Baitu, Jiashi, and Weicao.

Zhong Qing didn't want to say anything that would demoralize her side, like how slow their actions were.

After all, the competition for this boss was never determined by who attacked first.

She used the remaining team markers to outline the route from her current position to a stone platform slightly above the boss.

This route would inevitably encounter Baitu's players.

However, it was a common situation that each guild's team typically consisted of their ace characters, and it was clear that Baitu's team mostly had Fist Masters and Priests. Even though they gathered faster, they were also the most likely to be scattered.

Using ranged to bully melee? That's not bullying; that's strategy.

"Mechanic, PM me a 1."

A hint of killing intent reflected in her eyes, but at that moment, no one could see her through the screen.

In her current hundred-man team, there were four mechanics; in fact, there were relatively more sharpshooters, but what she needed was the mechanics' mechanical drop and air compressor.

"Someone initiated the boss!"

The first to act was Zhongcao Tang, where the number of Mages made it quite comfortable to fight in this environment.

However, whether or not professional players were involved in this terrain didn't need much guessing.

If one had to say that there was…

Zhong Qing glanced at Jiang's vice-captain, who had moved a stool and sat down nearby.

"Did they hit the little Mage from Weicao? Will it attract their captain?"

She pointed to the Mage attracting the boss's attention, "This level seems like it's from the training camp, the successor to Wang Buling?"

Although Zhong Qing knew who that guy was, Gao Yingjie had only debuted in the eighth season. At this point, in the professional players' circle, some might be aware of Wang Jiexi's intention to cultivate someone from the training camp as a successor, but as an online game player, she probably didn't know; she could only judge the target opponent's level.

"Probably not; Wang's focus is on the playoffs."

"Well then." She replied to Jiang, then said to the team, "Did you hear? Mark that flying Mage. When I say to target someone to use skills, at least hit three skills."

"Three is not enough; the big sister said we must kill him!" Several voices chimed in from the team.

"Alright, stop joking. Mechanics 1 and 2, follow the routes 6-10-15; mechanics 3 and 4, follow 5-9-13. Each side should bring three sharpshooters. When you reach points 15 and 13, the mechanics immediately deploy their mechanical rotors ten units forward and drop mechanical supplies. The sharpshooters will take care of the Gunner at point 12."

She didn't ignore the actions of Jiayuan.

The president of Jiayuan, Chen Yehui, was a bit of a noob but seemed to have a deep understanding of the art of sneaky boss-stealing. She didn't know if Ye Zuo had given some wild boss strategy guidelines, but from the looks of their positioning, this was a spot where they could drop in to steal the boss and not easily be attacked.

But she didn't plan to wait for their actions to react.

The moment her mechanics and sharpshooters moved, she herself took another route, climbing and circling in a seemingly impossible manner, landing above another group of Baitu's main force.

Before the other party could react, she had already unleashed a Flame Strike, and in the floating skill, the firewall was enough to push at least a third of the people off this platform.

"Teams 3 and 4, Knights charge along the line connecting points 7 and 15."