More than 300 Inferior Fire Elves paced back and forth . Li Yi buffed himself appropriately and went forward, all by himself .
"Whoosh—"
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He shot out a Charged Arrow, penetrating several enemies and causing a ton of damage . The 300-odd Inferior Fire Elves were instantly infuriated, and they chased Li Yi .
Activating the Fiery Boots' special skill, Li Yi created a large distance between himself and the Inferior Fire Elf before shooting out yet another Charged Arrow .
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A string of damage figures rose into the air, stupefying the party members who were waiting behind him .
"Wind Shield Protection!"
Li Yi led the Inferior Fire Elves on a wild goose chase . When they were about to catch up to him, he used the Ring of Windstorms' special movement skill, distancing himself from them once more .
He repeated this several times . Although his ATK was not enough for him to kill off the Inferior Fire Elves, he still managed to keep a tight grip on their aggro .
"Attack!"
Li Yi barked, and the party moved as a whole . Icicles, fire, bullets, arrows and meteors, all of it rained down onto the Inferior Fire Elves madly .
"Miracle of Wind!" Little Elf from the Magical Realm used her Epic-level Skill at the first opportunity as well .
The Rind of Windstorms' SPD increase effect lasted for 30 seconds . Pulling aggro took 10 seconds, so there were still 20 seconds left for the party members to deal damage .
A lot could be done in 20 seconds!
Li Yi had gotten a decent grip on the aggro . As the Inferior Fire Elves were attacked by the party members, they still chased him relentlessly, not getting distracted in the slightest .
"So even an Archer can be a main tank, f*ck me sideways…" Even Mad Dragon, one of the Unmatched Dual Tanks, had to respect that .
Within those 20 seconds, at least half or more of those Inferior Fire Elves were wiped out . Just as the remaining Inferior Fire Elves' aggro was beginning to scatter, Li Yi called over his Mutated Small Wild Boar that had been awaiting orders .
"Go, Mutated Small Wild Boar!
"Solid Ice!"
The ultimate suicidal skill gave them another 12 seconds of DPS!
Other than a few of the remaining Inferior Fire Elves that had the Miss notification appear above their heads, the rest were all lured by the Mutated Small Wild Boar . The main tanks went up to challenge the singled-out ones while everyone else continued to deal damage relentlessly . With the help of Miracle of Wind's powerful supportive effects, only 20 Inferior Fire Elves were left by the time the 12 seconds of immunity was up .
The main tanks could not pull all 300 Inferior Fire Elves, but 20? That was a cinch .
They completed the segment easily and cheerfully . Not even 5 minutes had passed since the beginning of the battle .
They were through!
The party members were stunned . No one had thought that it would be this easy .
"It's no surprise . After all, our Guild Master is a monster, so it's only normal to not be normal . " In the end, Chen Yang was the one who understood this the best . His words just confused the party members even more .
They had killed more than 300 Inferior Fire Elves at once, leaving ash piled up all over the floor . With Li Yi's permission, everyone ran over to loot the bodies . There was a cacophony of "ding"s as they obtained a total of 20-odd pieces of green-colored equipment .
Li Yi collected all of the equipment and continued to lead the party forward .
The party walked for about a dozen minutes, finishing off the few remaining Inferior Fire Elves before they arrived at a vast and empty battlefield . When they raised their gazes, they saw several hundred Green Name Moderate Fire Elves gathered like a mass in the exact center of the arena .
This was the second pressure-point segment of the battle to defeat Ivrit .
The way Moderate Fire Elves attacked was completely different from that of the Inferior Fire Elves . Not only did these guys self-destruct to deal damage, but they were also equipped with ranged attacks as well . A hit from their fireball dealt about 500 in damage . If this many Moderate Fire Elves attacked at the same time, they could definitely destroy the whole party in an instant .
Of course, this segment may seem difficult, but the game designers would never create a challenge that could not be overcome . As long as the players used their wits, there would always be a way to deal with these guys .
On the ground not far ahead of the players, there were many blue Freeze Bombs piled up left and right . These were the products of the Dwarfs' most cutting-edge technology, left behind courtesy of Karone . If they wanted to defeat these Moderate Fire Elves, the only way was to use these powerful Freeze Bombs .
Anyone could throw these Freeze Bombs, and the effect was to freeze the target for 20 seconds . However, if the target was attacked, the Freeze effect would vanish immediately . This included hitting a frozen target with another Freeze Bomb . Once that happens, the target would become immune for 10 seconds .
The Super Freeze Bomb's attack range was a whopping 30 yards, and the most ridiculous part was that this thing did not distinguish between enemy and ally . Be it friend or foe, as long as you were hit, you would be frozen into a popsicle .
The Super Freeze Bomb dealt very little damage, however . Its main function lay in immobilizing the enemy . That was why the way they arranged how the bombs were to be used directly affected the outcome of the battle .
The Super Freeze Bombs on the ground could be used limitlessly . Before the battle began, all the members of the party could give the bombs a shot .
"Thieves, come take some bombs . Everyone else, retreat and await orders . Ranged attackers, dps as usual . "
Li Yi delegated the jobs simply .
When it came to fighting these Moderate Fire Elves, aside from the Thieves, all the melee attackers found themselves tragically useless .
In this battle, unless there were people who, like Li Yi, possessed equipment that could remove Abnormal Statuses, the only ones with the right to wield those bombs were the Thieves .
The reason behind that was very simple . The Dwarfs' masterpiece, these Freeze Bombs, were extremely volatile . Sometimes they would explode in your hands before you could even throw them . What would one do then? Li Yi could use his Dark Devour to remove the effects, and Thieves could use Death Cape to cancel them out .
The others had to stay 30 yards away from the members who were tossing the bombs . The ranged classes could still attack, but the melee classes were reduced to nothing more than a cheer squad . . .
"We'll throw these bombs in order . I'm number 1, Lil Man number 2…"
Lil Man glared at him, her intent very clear: You're the number 2 here .
"Alright, we'll split up too . Three people in each direction, surround 'em . "
The Thieves started to split up into their positions . Li Yi and Lil Man were sorted together .
"Go!"
Li Yi shouted loudly, grabbing a Freeze Bomb . He gave it a bite, and "Whoom—" Before he could even throw it, the Freeze Bomb exploded, freezing Lil Man and himself into popsicles .
"Hold on . . . "
Li Yi called for a time-out .
They sure were off to a bad start . The first try already went awry .
10 seconds later, Li Yi shouted again and tossed the Freeze Bomb .
"Boom!"
The bomb exploded in the middle of the Moderate Fire Elf swarm, instantly freezing more than 30 Fire Elves . The rest threw theirs as well, freezing all of the Moderate Fire Elves that had not been frozen earlier .
With a wave of his hand, Li Yi placed a Hunt Target on one of the Moderate Fire Elves as he barked, "Ranged classes, deal your damage, but remember not to use any AoE skills . Single target attacks, single target attacks!"
The ranged classes all attacked at once, pummeling the one Moderate Fire Elf that had been targeted .
The Moderate Fire Elf fought back, and the healers immediately began healing . Only the melee attackers stood there dumbly, unable to help in any way .
After 10 seconds or so, that Moderate Fire Elf was killed . Li Yi and the other did not get greedy . When the Freeze effect wore off, they retreated in unison .
The Moderate Fire Elves' aggro was a mess . They split into several groups, chasing the Thieves who ran away with Cyclone Step . Once the 10 seconds of immunity was up, the Thieves started tossing the Freeze Bombs in their hands once more .
This job could only be accomplished by the class that could remove Abnormal Statuses for no other reason than those stupid Freeze Bombs' ridiculous error rate .
Since their DPS was limited, they could only kill off two at the most each time . The Thieves took turns tossing bombs, kiting the Moderate Fire Elves all over the place . Quite a few had even run out of Li Yi's sight .
It could not be helped, they had no choice . The Moderate Fire Elves' ranged attacks were too brutal, and Li Yi's orders were simply to not die and not run toward the party . If they could do that, they would successfully complete their mission .
As expected of Platinum Hand's leader, Lil Man was extremely precise with her bombs . One bomb thrown could freeze at least 30+ enemies . Working with her significantly reduced Li Yi's pressure .
The number of Moderate Fire Elves declined slowly . There were also a few Thieves who could not coordinate well enough, and these ended up on the ground, one after the other . However, since they had led the enemy to the opposite direction of their party members, this did not affect the outcome of the battle . It merely greatly increased the pressure on the others' shoulders .
The party was constantly moving . When they froze the Moderate Fire Elves, they could deal damage without a worry, but the dangerous part was during the 10 seconds of immunity . As things went on, especially, the immunity times of the Moderate Fire Elves were no longer unified . They had to precisely decide when to attack and when to retreat .
"Retreat! Don't hit them now . Wait for the Freeze cooldown, let's sync it up before we attack!
"Go! On my mark, 1, 2, throw!"
As a commander, Li Yi didn't like giving long commands and preferred going straight to the point . Of course, the most important part was that he could always yell out his orders several seconds ahead of time, giving everyone time to prepare . This was unlike Royal Blue Sky's impromptu commands, where the time the party had to react was too short and too rushed .
A few more Thieves fell . Just then, the melee classes who had been stuck on the sidelines began to prove their worth .
"Melee classes, go forth . Those who can use Charge, take a bomb and Charge at the enemy . Those who can't, run into the herd of monsters!"
Once the Moderate Fire Elves' numbers dwindled down, the time came for the melee classes to shine . As long as they could be healed in time, this battle would only get easier as it went .
"Shield Wall!"
"Reinforced Block!"
"Whirlwind Slash!"
As soon as the repressed melee classes took the stage, they used all their might . The main tanks grabbed a tight hold of the aggro, the DPS showed off all their killer moves, dealing damage much more efficiently than the ranged classes did .
This battle took a very long time, lasting a full hour and more before it finally ended . A total of 36 people had died .
Just then, Fire Ice proved her usefulness .
The Reinforced Resurrection Spell did not have a cooldown time . As long as she had enough mana, she could save as many people as she wanted .
After she resurrected the dead members, everyone took a short break before proceeding forward once more .
They settled the straggler monsterlings they encountered along the way, and the group reached the peak of Pinnacle of the Fire in no time . There, they met the final mastermind behind the Pinnacle of the Fire Instance Group Dungeons, the Fire Devil Ivrit .
Ivrit had a pair of bat wings on its back and was more than three hundred meters tall . His entire body burned with flames, and even before he spoke, the heat waves from his very breathing were enough to distort the air .
The HP above Ivrit's head was a giant '?' mark .
"It's huge… Can we defeat it?" said Lil Man in surprise . This time, she forgot to type, so her melodic voice instantly caught the attention of every member in the party .
. . . Aside from the obvious meanings, 2 can also be Chinese slang for idiot .
Chapter end
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