TSA Chapter 12

Just like its name, Dark Tombs dungeon’s map was a closed tomb. What appeared before them once they entered was a narrow and dimly lit tunnel. Dirty dust and cobwebs covered the tunnel, and even messy weeds grew in the cracks of the rocks. It reeked of horror.

However, they were men, not afraid of ghosts. They just frowned and moved forward.

Pushing open the first tomb’s rickety black door, swarms of blood-sucking bats and ugly-faced zombies with greenish-gray skin greeted them. Upon seeing this, timid people would probably have nightmares.

The blood-sucking bats’ speed was extremely fast. They would have a negative status of bleeding when bitten. Zombies were slow, but they had thick HP and high defense. They also had corpse poison on their bodies. So, if they were scratched and bitten, they would also have a negative status of poison.

These two negative statuses would not only make the player’s HP drop continuously, but it could stack. After it stacked more than three layers, their HP would collapse.

Luckily, they had Ran Qi, who had the Purification skill to remove all negative statuses. In this way, the most powerful attack of this group of monsters did not threaten them.

Because it was an Experience Dungeon, the difficulty had been reduced. They only needed to keep a suitable distance from the monsters and attack together. It was still very easy to take all the monsters in one wave. The difficult thing was the three bosses on the back.

The first boss was a Zombie Sorcerer with a high magic defense. It would also teleport instantaneously and had a group silencing skill. Players might get blocked, such as losing the target while releasing skills. It was a very tricky boss.

“Soul Chaser and Plume Ink are in charge of long-range attacks and dispersing. If the boss moves, everyone should run in the opposite direction. Plume Ink, you need to interrupt the boss as it uses the group skill. Sword at Fleeting Time handles close-range attacks, Coke draws the boss’s attention, and Bai Ran monitors everyone’s HP.”

The boss had a very high magic defense. Over 70% of Night Owl’s damage was nullified, so he could only assist.

Gu Le went up to hit the monster first, muttering, “Oh shit. This monster looks too ugly…”

The skeleton sorcerer roared and chased him with a grim face, not sure if it was anger at being taunted.

Gu Le pulled the boss to the center position, absorbing the monster’s skills and struggling to attack. Ran Qi immediately followed up with healing skills, and quickly filled his HP.

Gu Le’s actions provoked the boss’s hatred, leading the others to launch their attacks.

Sword at Fleeting Time took the lead and rushed over, joining Gu Le in the close-range attack, but he couldn’t help but open his mouth. “Shit. This is really ugly when you look at it close up ah…”

Ran Qi couldn’t help but laugh at his words. He didn’t blame them for being frightened by the monster’s face. This zombie sorcerer looked scary, not to mention the skin and bones of a skeleton. It had weird green color skin and a pair of black hole eyes as if it came out from a horror movie full of thrillers.

In the past, when Ran Qi played the dungeon through the screen, he never looked closely at the boss’s appearance. He had received a tremendous impact now that he experienced it. He couldn’t help but be glad that his profession was a priest and didn’t need to run over to fight the boss at close range. He was afraid that he wouldn’t even be able to eat after the fight.

At this time, the boss began to chant a group silencing a big move. If the boss successfully cast this skill, it would silence all of them, rendering them unable to use their skills for 5 seconds.

Of course, they would not give it such an opportunity.

Almost at the same time, the boss began to chant, Plume Ink immediately raised his hand and sent out a triple strike, knocking the Zombie Sorcerer back a few steps and interrupting the big move’s chant.

The Triple Strike skill he had just acquired came with a knockdown effect. When he was pk’ing with players, he could knock them down, but when he used it on a boss, he could only knock it back, but that was already enough to cancel the boss’s skill.

“Good job! Focus on attack!” Taking advantage of these few seconds when the boss’s skill was interrupted, Night Owl immediately led the others to attack. The boss’s HP began to fall rapidly.

Whenever the boss wanted to release group silence, Plume Ink would always interrupt it with Triple Strike. After that, the boss began to teleport frequently and attack the other members of the team.

If other teams replace us in this situation, there might be casualties. The boss’s attack was not low after all. If the person being attacked did not have full HP, they would have been killed instantly.

However, in Ran Qi’s case, this couldn’t happen. He was well aware of this boss’s attack mechanism. It seemed to be a randomly selected attack target, but in reality, it was traceable. It attacks the one with the least amount of HP on the team. It would only randomly attack if everyone was at full HP.

Ran Qi consciously controlled Night Owl’s HP, not even giving him a recovery state. He only ensured that his HP would always be the lowest on the team. He had the same magic profession as the boss. Although his magic defense wasn’t as high as the boss’s, he was still able to offset some of the damage. His HP was the highest one on the team besides Gu Le. So there was no way that he would get killed instantly by the boss.

Moreover, when the boss’s attack fell, Ran Qi’s heal would arrive at the same time, ensuring that his HP would be pulled back to the safety line as soon as possible.

If it was just once or twice, everyone might have thought it was a coincidence, but after more times and realizing that every instantaneous attack of the boss was on Night Owl, everyone became aware of the boss’s attack mechanism. They were impressed with Ran Qi’s accurate prediction and HP control.

Finally, the boss let out a mournful and miserable howl before turning into rich experience points.

“Awesome, Bai Ran.” Soul Chaser strode over and patted Ran Qi’s shoulder.

They were all beta players and knew how difficult this boss was to deal with. They used to rely on their high level and strong resistance to damage. However, now, with Plume Ink’s interruptions and Bai Ran’s precise control, they could beat it easily.

“Bai Ran, have you also participated in the beta test?” Plume Ink asked.

“No, it’s my first time playing. However, my brother had participated in the beta test and I heard him talk about some strategies.” Ran Qi once again pulled out his cheap brother to act as a shield.

“I see! Your brother must be a very powerful player. We’ve played this dungeon so many times before, but we have never discovered the teleportation attack mechanism of this boss.”

“It’s alright. You’re all attacker and can fight through it with strong resistance.”

“So, do you know any other ways to fight the second boss?” Sword at Fleeting Time couldn’t help but ask curiously.

Ran Qi was upfront and shared what he knew. “The second boss is a spider boss. When its HP drops by 20%, it will summon small spiders four times. Additionally, it will shoot sticky spider webs that immobilize us. The small spiders have a low attack, but their numbers and ability to use poison make them a threat. One warrior alone can’t handle them. When the small spiders appear, the rest of the team needs to lure them away immediately and slowly eliminate them.”

“If someone gets sprayed by a spider web, Night Owl can use Fireball to burn the spider webs. All the spiders have poison. Don’t panic if you are poisoned. If you are slightly poisoned, your HP will also lose slightly. When you are moderately poisoned, call me to help you purify it immediately. Don’t wait until it is severe to call me. It may be too late by then.”

“Okay, got it.”

Everyone rested a little to get their HP and mana back up and then continued to depart for the second boss.

Passing through the first tomb, they continued along the tunnel of the tomb and soon came to the second tomb.

This tomb was covered in spider silk everywhere. The second boss, the Giant Spider, was perched in the center of a giant web, covered in gray fuzz, with eight eyes growing from the front of its head. Pairing with long chelicerae, it gave people a creepy feeling just looking at it.

After everyone entered the room, the door behind them closed.

“Go!” Following Night Owl’s command, everyone rushed forward.

This spider had a very low magic defense. Because he held back hard at the previous boss, Night Owl once again displayed his terrifying attack power, knocking the spider boss’s HP down as if it was bleeding. The boss summoned two waves of small spiders at once. Soul Chaser and Plume Ink squealed while quickly pulling these small spiders away.

Soon, the third wave of small spiders appeared again. Luckily, there were three professions with high agility on their team. Sword at Fleeting Time also pulled a group of small spiders away.

“Boss! Control your attack ah! If there is another batch of small spiders, no one will be able to pull it!” Soul Chaser shouted loudly while kiting.

Night Owl then reluctantly slowed down his attack speed, waiting until Plume Ink returned from killing all the small spiders behind his ass, and then started attacking violently again.

Night Owl was the first on the Ranking List. His initial attributes were extremely high, and now he had a purple weapon, with the ring that added attack, and the Fireball skill, as well as the attribute additions from his various titles. The combination resulted in his attack power being so high as to reach an unbelievable level, almost like a mobile turret.

Soon, the second boss fell to the ground with a loud bang. He didn’t know if it lasted more than five minutes…

“Those small spiders run very slowly. Next time, we can try having one person drag all of them along. As long as our attack is fast enough, we may not need to waste time to fight these inexperienced mobs,” Night Owl said.

Everyone: “…”

‘You’re strong. Everything you say is right.’

Only their team dared to use this extremely aggressive style of play. They had four attackers with excellent combat awareness and a superb healer. If any other team replaced them, it would undoubtedly lead to their demise.

However, that was just the simple Experience Dungeon. So, they dared to be so arrogant. If it was Challenge Dungeon, they still had to play it step by step obediently.

After a brief rest, the team moved again and pushed open the door to the third tomb.