Perfect Coordination! A Grand Performance of Combos!
After slashing away half of the four health bars,
Lucas didn't continue to pursue the attack, but retreated two steps backward.
"Human!"
"You seek death!"
The Celestial Arbiter never expected Lucas to attack him without warning!
And with this attack, he had directly inflicted severe damage!
"Aaaaaah!!!!"
The Celestial Arbiter roared to the sky! Accompanied by the roar, a golden shield unfolded around its body!
The flame pillars and ice spikes in the distance were already bearing down!
The flame pillars and ice spikes collided with each other, instantly creating a huge explosion!
Behind Winter, a ferocious explosion followed closely.
"Azure!"
This explosion was a full-room, map-wide blast!
Seeing the full-map explosion chasing after him,
Lucas didn't delay and immediately ran towards the stone gate.
The stone gate had already been opened by Lucas.
Seeing this, Winter naturally knew where to run, and the two directly passed under the Celestial Arbiter's crotch and entered the stone gate.
*Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!*
The explosion stopped in front of the stone gate.
The Celestial Arbiter radiated golden light, and the explosion didn't cause any damage to it.
Having been reduced to half health by Lucas, it directly activated an invincible golden body to lock its health.
It had also reached the second phase.
"So, I want a tank or a healer."
That way, they probably wouldn't have to dodge this full-map AOE.
As long as they were tanky enough to withstand it, they could directly stand and fight.
Otherwise, no matter how skilled they were, they would be afraid of map-wide cannons.
No matter how well they could run and dodge, if someone cleared the entire map, where could they hide?
"What do we do now?" Winter frowned slightly.
The aftershocks of the explosion on the outside had subsided, and the entire swamp was glowing red.
It was clear that stepping into it would cause burning similar to lava.
If they were tanks, it would be fine, but they were two squishies, how could they withstand this fire roast?
"Don't worry, wait a while." Lucas summoned all his clones to his side.
Winter's clones were also retained.
Currently, if they couldn't continue to deal attacks and damage, the clones would dissipate in 18 seconds.
This time was based on level.
"The BOSS is still invincible."
At this moment, the Celestial Arbiter was shimmering with gold, and its entire body was filled with golden crystalline light.
Looking at the status bar,
There was a status named \[Celestial Protection].
\[Celestial Protection – Cannot receive any active malicious damage]
Although it wasn't truly complete invincibility, it was basically impossible to deal any damage to it.
They could only wait for this status to pass before they could continue to kill it.
As for the two-headed serpent.
Now they had to kill the \[Celestial Arbiter] to kill that serpent.
As for why...
It could only be said that this was the mechanism.
If they had to interpret it from the background story, it was that the giant serpent had stolen the power from the celestial realm, perfecting its own existence.
Without killing the Celestial Arbiter, it was impossible to stop the theft of its power.
"Can you jump rope?" Suddenly, Lucas asked.
"What?"
*Whoosh!*
The Celestial Arbiter floated up, striking a posture as if ascending in the not-so-large cavern.
Then, a golden light swept across the ground!
This golden light directly swept into the stone cave!
Lucas jumped up lightly.
Winter's actions were not slow either, and she immediately jumped!
But that wasn't the end! After landing!
Then, another one came!
The golden light rotated like a fan!
*Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!*
One after another!
The two were constantly jumping, jumping, jumping. Suddenly, a golden light no longer skimmed the ground, but swept through the air.
"Crouch!"
Lucas crouched down sharply, and although Winter wasn't familiar with the mechanism of this instance, she was quick to react!
She managed to dodge this attack in time.
That ray almost sliced off Winter's head.
But after that, Winter became familiar with the mechanism and no longer made any near-miss mistakes.
After five consecutive waves of light swept through, dodging about seventy "fan blades,"
The Celestial Arbiter's attack finally stopped completely.
After the attack stopped, they saw that the shield on its body had changed again.
The gold on its body gradually faded.
The \[Celestial Protection] status disappeared.
The golden shield turned into a semi-transparent white shield, with some black stains on the shield.
\[Impure Shield: Reduces all damage taken by 90%. When continuously attacked by the same unit, nullifies its attack completely.]
\[If two consecutive attacks come from different units, reduces Impure Shield's damage reduction by 5%.]
At this time, some footholds gradually appeared on the scorched earth.
Some black swamps appeared in the scarlet lava.
"Let's move."
Winter nodded slightly. Not only was she good at PVP, but she was also proficient in PVE.
After seeing the change in the BOSS's status, Winter knew that now was the time to attack!
At the same time, she also knew why Azure had asked her to help.
Lucas transformed the dagger in his hand into a war spear. Stepping forward, he thrust the spear out at the BOSS at the furthest distance!
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Then, a clone holding a giant sword in a ready-to-draw sword pose appeared behind Lucas.
The "jump rope" segment had passed 18 seconds, and the clones had to be summoned again.
"Switch!"
The clone didn't attack. Lucas shouted, "Switch!"
What followed was Winter stepping out from behind Lucas, Arcane Flash!
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\[This attack comes from a different unit – Current Impure Shield damage reduction is 85%]
At the same moment the Arcane Flash damage appeared, the clone swung the sword horizontally!
\[Howl of the Dragon Slash]
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\[This attack comes from a different unit – Current Impure Shield damage reduction is 80%]
"Switch!"
Winter's main body landed, and the clone immediately followed up with \[Swift Light Slash]
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\[This attack comes from a different unit – Current Impure Shield damage reduction is 75%]
Again, at the instant the damage was dealt, \[Howl of the Dragon Slash – Second Sword Draw] followed closely!
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\[Impure Shield damage reduction 70%]
Winter unleashed \[Swift Light Slash] at the BOSS's feet.
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\[Impure Shield damage reduction 65%]
Lucas followed with War Spear Sky Strike.
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\[Impure Shield damage reduction 60%]
Winter clone \[Swift Light Slash], Azure clone Howl of the Dragon Slash, Winter clone Arcane Flash, Azure clone Twin Draw!
The two alternated their attacks continuously!
Their cooperation was so close that it was like they were completing a grand performance!
The damage reduction of the Impure Shield dropped rapidly.
\[Impure Shield damage reduction 55%]
\[Impure Shield damage reduction 50%]
\[Impure Shield damage reduction 45%]
\[Impure Shield damage reduction 40%]
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With one attack after another alternating,
The damage the BOSS received was getting higher and higher, and higher.
The Celestial Arbiter swung the giant sword in its hand, slashing out a blazing counterattack at the earth.
*Boom!*
The blazing light streaked across the earth, leaving a golden gully.
But this attack didn't even graze a corner of their clothes.
With \[Shadowstrike], a talent with high mobility, how could this clumsy BOSS even hope to touch them?
It was simply a pipe dream!
Arcane Flash, Howl of the Dragon Slash, Shadow Assault Backstab, Howl of the Dragon Slash!
"Stupid serpent! What are you still watching!" the Celestial Arbiter roared at the Twin Black Serpent!
"If I die, don't even think about living!"
He was a unique creature, with his own intelligence.
The Twin Black Serpent also seemed to have gained intelligence.
It realized that the situation was not good, and its two long heads spat out a series of fireballs and ice cones at Lucas and Winter!
The number was so great that the entire space was almost filled!
*Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!*
Ice and fire bombarded, and the explosions produced by the ice and fire exploded again between the entire cave!
But Lucas and Winter constantly switched positions through phantoms, easily dodging all the explosive attacks.
This time the attack was dense, but not covering the entire map.
Although Winter's skills were far inferior to Lucas, they could be considered the strongest among the best in Epochal World.
Coping with this level of attack was more than enough.
Howl of the Dragon slashed again!
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This time, the sword draw directly dealt 250,000 damage.
\[Impure Shield damage reduction 10%]
...
The Impure Shield's damage reduction effect was almost gone.
*Boom!*
The Celestial Arbiter rotated the giant sword in its hand, slashing out a golden light in all directions.
Lucas and Winter exchanged phantom positions and retreated, landing in a safe position at the extreme range of the area attack.
The two briefly stopped attacking, and Lucas gave instructions: "Remove the shield, you go kill the Serpent King, I'll kill this one."
Winter hummed in agreement, indicating understanding.
*Bang!*
The golden light dissipated.
The Celestial Arbiter's skill ended, and the two immediately separated. Azure came to the front, and Winter came to the back.
It was the familiar combo again!
Sword drawing paired with Arcane Flash, Swift Light Slash followed by sword drawing!
*Bang!*
Only a cracking sound was heard!
\[Impure Shield Damage Reduction – 0% Impure Shield is shattered!]
The next moment, Winter immediately switched to the phantom position closest to the Serpent King, and sprinted towards the Serpent King at an extremely fast speed.
On the other side.
The five Azure phantoms launched an attack on the Celestial Arbiter from different angles!
\[Power Five-Segment Slash]
\[Howl of the Dragon Slash]
\[Earth Shattering Strike]
Because they needed to coordinate with each other, the cooldown times of each phantom were different.
At this moment, the one thing each phantom needed to do was to immediately complete all the charging skills and reset the cooldown of the sword drawing.
When the cooldown was good, directly draw the sword!
Five-Segment Slash, Crushing Slash, Oblique Slash, Normal Attack!
The combos of the five Azure's were completed one after another, and the cooldown of Howl of the Dragon Slash was reset at different times.
Then, five sword lights were slashed out one after another!
*Swish swish swish swish swish!*
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Immediately following, was the second sword slash, Twin Draw!
*Buzz!*
*Swish swish swish swish swish*, another five sword lights!
After these five golden lights slashed,
The Celestial Arbiter's body suddenly froze, and its armor and skin were covered with cracks.
The scorching light inside seemed to be about to burst out!
*Bang!*
It was as if the pressure cooker couldn't withstand the heavy pressure!
The next moment, the light shattered!
The Celestial Arbiter turned into fragments of light and died completely.
On the other side.
The Black Serpent King itself only had 10% health left.
After the Celestial Arbiter died, Winter gathered five clones and, without giving it any chance, used the highest output combo to the fullest!
Shadow Assault Arcane Flash quickly approached, Backstab A Rapid Thrust Double A Swift Light Slash A
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If Dauntless's attack was a powerful and swift strike, then Winter's attack was like a continuous storm.
Within one second of approaching, all output skills were chained with normal attacks.
150,000 damage poured in! The last bit of the Twin Black Serpent's health bar reached zero.
She had just killed the Twin Black Serpent!
\[Congratulations to players: Azure, Dauntless, Bella, Winter for clearing the level 18 Nightmare difficulty instance - Blackwater Grotto]
\[Clearance Time: 00 hours 04 minutes 23 seconds]
\[Godslayer Guild has obtained the first clear of the Blackwater Grotto instance!]
\[Congratulations to Godslayer Guild players for killing the unique hidden BOSS of Blackwater Grotto - Celestial Arbiter (Level 30)]
\[Godslayer Guild has become the first guild in this server to kill the hidden BOSS!]
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Outside the Blackwater Grotto instance, nearly a hundred players were ambushing nearby.
The Blackwater Stream area was a high-level map, and few players would come here in the early stages.
Even fewer people were in the Blackwater Grotto instance.
Perhaps some players guessed that Lucas might come here to run the instance, and might want to pay homage to the celebrity.
But the monsters along the way in Blackwater Stream would make them stop.
So, the only ones who could wait outside the Blackwater Grotto instance were this group of well-trained elite troops from the Umbral Syndicate.
"I'll go!"
"The Godslayer Guild really took down the hidden BOSS!"
"Vice President, are they about to come out?"
Dim Radiance took a big puff of smoke: "Isn't that obvious? Can they stay inside if they've finished the instance?"
"Everyone, get ready, don't screw up. This operation is only allowed to succeed, not to fail."
"A hundred people going to catch four, a sneak attack, and if we still fail, our Umbral Syndicate's face will be completely lost."
But after Dim Radiance finished speaking, a player below whispered: "A hundred people catching four, it's not much of an honor if we succeed either."
Hearing this whisper, Dim Radiance immediately shouted loudly, "Who said that?"
"Come out!"
The players looked at each other, and finally everyone's eyes fell on the player named \[Dark Ice Unfrozen].
Dim Radiance stared at Dark Ice Unfrozen for a while, and said sternly: "You should be glad that I'm leading the team this time. If the president heard what you said, you wouldn't have a good time."
Dim Radiance sternly reprimanded: "Don't do it again."
Dark Ice Unfrozen's body trembled: "Yes."
Then Dim Radiance spoke to the entire team: "How to manage public opinion is the matter of the public relations department, you don't need to worry about it. All we have to do is intercept the Godslayer Guild here."
Dim Radiance changed his tone: "If we're lucky, we can get some good stuff from them."
In Epochal World, killing in the wild not only dropped the equipment on the body, but also the items in the backpack.
However, the probability was even lower.
If they could drop the rewards obtained after killing the hidden BOSS, it would undoubtedly be a huge improvement.
Hearing Dim Radiance's words, Umbral Void's eyes couldn't help but become sharp, and his hands trembled slightly.
Kill Lucas, and prove himself.
Although Umbral Void had never appeared in front of Lucas, for Umbral Void,
Lucas was like a mountain.
It was because of Lucas's existence that he had to hide all the time, and could not be known by anyone.
It was as if he was always living in Lucas's dark side, was his appendage, and was Lucas's substitute.
For the Umbral Syndicate, he was only more loyal than Lucas, and used to replace Lucas.
If Lucas was loyal to the Umbral Syndicate, he wouldn't have anything to do at all.
"Concentrate, Lucas and the others are level 19." Dim Radiance patted Umbral Void.
"Killing them can get the experience they lost from death."
"10% of level 19 is not a small amount. If we can successfully kill Lucas, our progress will not only not fall behind, but will also be surpassed."
"Killing four level 19 players at once, you should be able to directly reach level 15."
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\[Blackwater Grotto instance -]
Dauntless and Bella entered the BOSS cave.
They had been watching outside all the time, and the outside of the BOSS room was safe.
The two saw Lucas and Winter cooperating with each other outside the cave, beating the BOSS until it had no power to fight back.
It had to be admitted that the cooperation between experts was simply a visual feast!
"Boss, I really admire you so much!" Dauntless directly slid to his knees and hugged his thigh.
"Go away." Lucas kicked him aside.
Can Dauntless change this habit of hugging thighs? It was really embarrassing.
"Brother, I'm sorry, I couldn't help much."
In this battle, Bella felt that she had basically played no role.
The strongest output, Meteor, was disabled.
Its strength had been greatly reduced.
This made Bella realize her shortcomings.
Seeing his sister being so self-blaming, Lucas comforted with a smile: "What are you talking about? If it weren't for Bella giving us Gust, we would be dead people now."
The poisonous miasma in this instance was a big problem.
The normal way to play was to complete the quests on Blackwater Stream to get the \[Poison Amulet] before entering this instance.
Otherwise, staying in this instance for a minute or two.
The poison damage would be hundreds of points per second, and it would be impossible to play at all.
Poisoning was not something that could be dodged with footwork.
Gust could solve it, but how big was the range of the little Gust?
Only Bella's 30x range Gust could directly clear out most of the poisonous miasma in the instance.
The four came to the treasure chest.
The two BOSSes dropped two different treasure chests, one golden and one black.
The locations where the two treasure chests dropped were in the same place, in the very center of the field.
Lucas didn't delay and directly opened the two treasure chests.
Golden light sprayed out from the treasure chest!
Seeing Lucas directly opening the chest, Bella was a little surprised: "Ah, are you opening it now? Is there no opening ceremony?"
This instance was the longest instance they had ever played.
This was a memorable thing.
Lucas replied mercilessly: "What kind of ceremony do we need? Do we need to bathe, burn incense, and fast, or kowtow to this treasure chest?"
Bella was too lazy to respond to Lucas's complaints, and directly looked at the treasure chest's loot.
What came into view were two gold-quality equipment.
\[Battle Mage Ring (Gold)][Feather Boots (Gold)]
Behind the two gold equipment, there were 12 silver equipment.
Among them, there was actually a unique item!
\[Luminous Revival Banner]
A unique item! Bella had been playing Epochal World for so long, she had only heard of it, but never seen it!
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\[Luminous Revival Banner (Unique): Activate this banner, and the location of this banner will become the revival point for all dead players within a radius of 5555 meters. It can also designate a single player to revive here. Duration: 2 hours, Cooldown: 12 hours]
\[This item is unique in Epochal World]
\[Description: A special item that can control the revival location.]
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Lucas picked up the Luminous Revival Banner, and had a faint smile on his face.
"Heh, isn't this a coincidence? It just happens to be useful."
Actually, it wasn't a coincidence. Lucas knew that this hidden BOSS was guaranteed to drop this item.
But Lucas still pretended a bit, anyway, his luck stat was high, and being lucky wouldn't seem abnormal.
Farming the first clear was just a bonus, this banner was Lucas's purpose for this trip.
Then, it was the familiar equipment distribution session.
Now, everyone in the Godslayer Guild was familiar with the equipment distribution process.
First, Lucas took what he needed, and then everyone took the rest.
Dauntless didn't need to ask what equipment he should take.
Following the big shots, he had long since learned how to choose equipment.
Anyway, when he saw equipment that added strength, he would just take it without thinking, as long as a warrior could wear it.
Level 18 equipment was definitely better than the previous levels.
In a short two minutes, the Godslayer Guild's equipment ushered in a wave of major renovations.
Except for not having a personalized weapon, Winter's other equipment was considered to have caught up with everyone.
Bella naturally got the \[Battle Mage Ring (Gold)]
It added 620 points of spirit.
And it also came with an effect - \[Mana Shield]
Half of all damage received would be borne by mana.
In addition to the shield that the chanting robe gave, Bella was no longer a complete squishy.
Her survivability might be among the top in Zone Three.
After all, there weren't many high-level tanks in Zone Three right now.
As for the \[Feather Boots (Gold)], Lucas took them.
It added 620 agility, and additionally increased the maximum running speed by 4 meters per second.
The effect of the equipment was \[Triple Jump]
After jumping, they could jump twice more in the air, the height of each jump depending on the character's own stats.
Jump height was also linked to strength, agility, and physique.
After taking the equipment, Winter looked at Lucas and asked calmly, "What do you plan to do now? The Umbral Syndicate is probably waiting outside."
"Going out now will probably be ambushed."
Lucas replied in a very casual tone: "It's very simple, you stay in the instance for a while, and go out after I send a message."
"In that stone cave, there is also the BOSS's background story. You can go take a look if you're bored."
After clearing the instance, they could stay inside for as long as they wanted.
However, no one would usually be bored enough to stay in the instance.
Seeing Lucas make this decision, Winter couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to solo?"
"Yes."
"Do you need help?"
"No, you'll be a burden to me."
After speaking, Lucas stepped onto the teleportation array to leave the instance alone.
The corners of Winter's mouth twitched slightly.
Did he have to show off?