The Great Thief - Chapter 588

Chapter 588

Fire Nova Totem, Healing Totem and Earthgrab Totem – these were the three totems that Antu’sul knew how to use .

The Earthgrab totem snared everyone, the Fire Nova Totem dealt a high amount of AoE damage, while the Healing totem, as its name suggested, healed the Boss and his minions .

The advantage of totems compared to regular skills was that they would remain in effect until they timed out . However, they barely had any health and could be easily taken out .

Besides dealing damage, Lu Li paid attention to the totems .

He could one-shot the Earthgrab Totem and the Healing Totem . The Fire Nova Totem was the only one that was a bit little troublesome – it had 300 points of health and decent armor . Lu Li needed two or three hits to destroy it .

It was easier for Hunters to do this job compared to Thieves, as they were the fastest with their arrows . Unfortunately, Remnant Dream’s game sense and reaction time didn’t qualify for this .

At around 30% health, Lu Li and his team ran into another wave of the lizards . This time, the wave was much larger, and they were wiped a second time .

"Nope, this tested our luck too much . " Azure Sea Breeze was depressed .

This was the first Boss they had fought that required luck to defeat .

Other major guilds were stuck at the same spot .

Lu Li soon received a message from Water Fairy; she was also enquiring about how to deal with these lizards .

How would Lu Li know the solution to these monsters? He had entered the game after about a year of its release . At that point in time, Silver grade items had already depreciated by a lot in price . Although they didn’t have any Dark Gold or Gold equips, the teams were much stronger than they currently were .

Any team member would be able to tank the damage of two monsters without using their damage reduction .

Before he had entered this dungeon, he had already read some guides, but he still felt like he had underestimated these monsters .

The third wipe came even quicker and it was still the same issue .

At the same time, countless teams were struggling at the second boss . Lu Li and his team had wiped three times and they all felt quite down . However, no one would claim that they were exploring a new dungeon without dying three to fifty times .

Exploring!

This was a term that appeared more and more often into the lives of players . When people hired others in the world channel, they had to first announce their dungeon exploration system . A guild that didn’t explore a dungeon had no hope at all .

However, only those who had actually explored a dungeon would understand how hard the task was .

The amount of time that people could focus was limited, especially after repeated failures . Their rate of exploration would gradually become worse and worse .

"Everyone, take a break . I"ll have a think about what to do with these monsters . "

Lu Li had thought about dragging the boss into the cave, but the space was too small to fit all of them .

Or perhaps, he could drag the Boss somewhere else, but it wasn’t as though no one had tried this . If he was dragged too far away from the cave, Antu’sul would take his spoon back to the pot to stir his human flesh soup .

At last, Lu Li thought up a very stupid idea . He decided to let the healers and the players who couldn’t tank the monsters hide in the cave .

March Rain, Remnant Dream, Hachi Chan and Sesame Rice Ball – these four stood at the entrance of the cave, while the others stood outside . In order to prevent themselves from being rushed by multiple lizards, Lu Li asked everyone to position themselves apart from each other .

"Don’t worry about it when you’re hitting the monsters . As soon as the monsters appear, make sure to stand at the position that you were assigned to . This time, Flower…never mind . Moonlight, you’re in charge of observing the movement of the monsters . " In a situation like this where a strong game sense and reaction was required, Lu Li trusted Moonlight more since he was a professional competitor .

Moonlight had to deal damage while paying attention to the monsters that could appear on top of the hill at any given moment . Lu Li had to deal damage while ensuring that he took out the totem as quickly as possible . Two strong damage dealers lost half of their damage output because of this .

March Rain was stuck at the entrance of the cave . Her vision was affected and it wasn’t as convenient for her to heal .

This was a virtual reality game, after all . It wasn’t possible for a player to have their back facing another while healing them . The direction, hand movement and vision were all important .

This kind of positioning seemed like a failure right from the start, but the lizards had already been aggravated and they could only fight, regardless of the outcome .

"Monsters!" Moonlight wasn’t the type to talk much, and it was the same when he was making calls .

Six lizards kicked up a cloud of dust as they charged down the mountain .

With this formation, they didn’t need instructions from Lu Li . Everyone paid attention to the number of monsters that ran into them .

Although there was a wide gap between each player’s position, there was no way that the lizards would miss them completely . They changed their direction depending on the positioning of the players, so there would always be someone who would be caught .

Someone tried to dodge at the very last moment .

The results weren’t great – the lizard changed directions slightly and ran into the Boss, instantly dying while the Boss recovered a large amount of health . A monster that didn’t run into a player was like a big, moving healing potion for Antu’sul .

"Flower, shield and damage reduction," Lu Li reminded after estimating that two or three lizards were coming in Lonesome Flower’s way .

Lonesome Flower used his shield and damage reduction skills as he was asked . He was a proud man, but he wasn’t someone who would turn down the suggestion of a professional player . If Lu Li asked him to use his damage reduction, then he would use it . He could even save energy since he didn’t have to think about it .

This time, six monsters charged down from the mountain . Two of them ran onto Lonesome Flower . Wandering caught one, Lu Li caught one, and Azure Sea Breeze caught two . Sakura Memories and Moonlight were lucky – they didn’t run into any .

"Seems alright so far . We’ll slightly adjust our positions so that it’s easier for March Rain to heal and wait for the next wave of monsters . " This stupid idea had its benefits – it was much more reliable than depending on luck .

As long as eight monsters didn’t rush out at the same time, they would have a chance to take out Antu’sul .

Lu Li never relied on luck .

There was no guarantee for the number of monsters in each wave . Sometimes it would be four, sometimes six, and the maximum was eight . In Zul’Farrk, eight was the number of death . Even Lu Li and his team wiped when eight monsters came out . Unless your team consisted entirely of main tanks, it was a guaranteed wipe .

Eight monsters finally appeared after the boss reached half-health . There were four on each side as they ferociously charged down .