You Stay Here and Don't Move

When the BOSS's health dropped to its last two hundred thousand, Yingluo Yezakura requested outside assistance.

His health was still healthy, but the party's crowd-control skills had already run dry. They definitely wouldn't be able to hold on afterward.

If they had a healer to keep their health up, they could slowly whittle down the remaining health.

Unfortunately, they didn't have one, so Qin Chuan could only finish it off.

Qin Chuan did not refuse. A single Shadow Throwing Knife emptied the BOSS's remaining health bar.

Yingluo Yezakura looked somewhat ashamed. "Guild Leader, we originally didn't want you to step in for this BOSS, but we really couldn't hold on anymore."

Qin Chuan waved a hand. "You've already done very well. This is a Gold-rank BOSS, after all. Even a six-man party might not be able to beat it, let alone when there are only four of you. Add another damage dealer and a healer, and you'll be perfectly capable of it."

Even so, Yingluo Yezakura still felt a little embarrassed.

Xiao sheathed his daggers and walked over, his tone filled with self-reproach. "It would've been better if my damage were higher."

Jing refused to be outdone. "It would've been better if I had one more crowd-control skill."

"When you put it like that, where does that leave me?"

Sister Ji smiled bitterly. "My damage in this battle was practically nonexistent. I only contributed a few crowd-control effects. If we're being honest, I'm the one who held everyone back."

This dungeon was a must-run dungeon for mechanics to gather materials, but it was also particularly hostile toward mechanics.

Under the damage-reduction debuff, Sister Ji's damage was even lower than Main Tank Yingluo Yezakura's.

That left her deeply ashamed.

This was their first time applying to join the battle, yet they had failed to achieve their desired result. All of them felt that the problem lay with themselves.

Qin Chuan gave a grand wave of his hand and said boldly, "It's just a small setback. Why are you all being so timid about it? Be more open-minded. Hold your heads high. Peak people may die in battle, but they never die from regret."

Hearing Qin Chuan's words, the group calmed down considerably.

Indeed, a single BOSS did not prove anything.

Qin Chuan softened his tone. "On the other hand, you nearly killed the BOSS under those circumstances. When I find you two more teammates later, won't you be mowing down Gold-rank BOSSES left and right? Your goal should be Dark Gold-rank BOSSES, or even ones of higher quality!"

Yingluo Yezakura nodded. "You're right, boss. I got too caught up in it."

Sister Ji regained her confidence as well. "Once I make the Destroyer, even with the debuff, I'll be able to steamroll this dungeon!"

Xiao and Jing said nothing, but the light had already returned to their eyes.

Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Yingluo Yezakura and the others possessed top-tier talent and awareness, but they had not yet endured enough tempering for their sharpness to show.

They needed his timely guidance and correction.

Fortunately, judging by their expressions, they had already overcome the gloom in their hearts. With just a little more experience, they would rise to another level.

It wasn't for nothing that I brought them along to run dungeons.

Qin Chuan stepped forward and collected the two pieces of loot.

Rocket Backpack Design Blueprint (Gold-rank)

Materials Required: Precision Gunpowder ×10, Heat-Resistant Shell ×5, Mithril Ingot ×10...

Perhaps you should prepare a parachute in case of accidents?

Another blueprint.

There was nothing to discuss. He gave it directly to Sister Ji.

After all, she had opened this dungeon, and it was closely tied to mechanics. The BOSS loot table was basically all related to mechanics.

Still, getting two blueprints in a row meant Sister Ji's luck was quite good.

Flame Pistol: Gold-rank, Attack +1200, Spirit +50, Level Requirement: 20

Special Effect: Attacks deal an additional (200) fire damage

An automatic pistol, a mechanic's weapon.

Qin Chuan handed it directly to Sister Ji.

Sister Ji felt somewhat embarrassed.

Two BOSSES had dropped four pieces of loot, yet she alone took three despite contributing the least. The remaining one was something none of them could use.

This...

Seeing Sister Ji's hesitation, Qin Chuan said calmly, "The equipment isn't free. Later, make eight hundred or so Self-Destruct Robots and put them in the guild warehouse."

Sister Ji immediately complained, "Boss, you're working me like livestock. You can actually say something like eight hundred or so?"

Yingluo Yezakura laughed. "Sister Ji, I believe in you. Keep it up!"

Xiao and Jing gave her looks that could only be described as trust.

Sister Ji stopped being coy, accepted the blueprint, and declared boldly, "Isn't it just eight hundred or so Self-Destruct Robots? Just wait for my good news."

Qin Chuan watched them chat and laugh, feeling greatly satisfied.

They had finally become familiar with one another. Not bad. Keep it up.

After dealing with the equipment, the party continued onward.

They killed everything in seconds and advanced at full speed.

The third BOSS had arrived.

It was a stone giant over ten meters tall, its entire body pitch-black.

Azerite Giant (Gold-rank)

Level: 20

Health: 1500000/1500000

Attack: 5500

Defense: 8000

Skills: Ground Shattering Stomp, Hard Shell, Split, Dust Storm, Ground Spike Spread

Description: Due to the goblins' excessive mining, the mineral vein gave birth to an awareness of revenge

A BOSS with defense maxed out.

Qin Chuan began assigning tasks. "You stay here and don't move. I'll go one-shot a BOSS for fun."

With that, he activated Shadow Stealth.

Since they were in a party, Yingluo Yezakura and the others could see Qin Chuan's translucent figure.

They watched as he continuously moved away from the BOSS.

Moving, continuing to move, never stopping.

He kept going until he was more than a hundred meters away and had become a tiny dot before finally stopping.

Then, a pitch-black throwing knife tore through the air and directly emptied the BOSS's health bar.

The battle was over.

Xiao looked thoughtful. "I suspected before that the Guild Leader's talent was related to ranged attacks. Now it seems that's probably true."

Yingluo Yezakura sighed. "How did the Guild Leader even come up with such a strange combination—an assassin paired with a ranged-type talent?"

Sister Ji thought the same.

If it were her, and she had a talent that boosted ranged damage, she definitely would have chosen an archer.

Yet the Guild Leader had done the exact opposite.

And the result was especially effective.

That was absurd.

Jing idly fiddled with the gemstone atop her staff, her tone extremely firm. "I'm never running a dungeon with the Guild Leader again. It's way too demoralizing."

Yingluo Yezakura and the other two nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Indeed, running dungeons with the Guild Leader was easy enough, but the psychological pressure was enormous.

They were over there jumping around nonstop, chaining crowd control to the limit, just to have a chance against the BOSS.

Yet when it came to the Guild Leader, it was over with one skill.

The gap was simply too great.

Qin Chuan walked back from afar. Seeing the group chatting animatedly, he asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"

The group exchanged glances and said in unison, "Nothing, just chatting."

"Alright."

Qin Chuan shrugged and did not think much of it.

Just as he was about to step forward and pick up the loot, he stopped.

Judging from the previous two BOSSES, his luck did not seem all that good.

If it was good, then three of the items had gone to Sister Ji, while the one remaining item was unusable by everyone else.

A textbook case of sacrificing the whole party to gear up one person.

If it was bad, at least the items were usable.

With that in mind, Qin Chuan decided to let someone else loot the BOSS.

The others needed to gain something too.

His gaze shifted to Jing. "Jing, you go loot it."

Jing hesitated.

What if she opened equipment that nobody could use? Wouldn't that waste the Guild Leader's efforts?

Well, it did not seem like he had put in much effort. It had only taken one skill.

Seeing Jing's hesitation, Qin Chuan knew what she was thinking, but he had great confidence in her.

Perhaps Jing herself did not even know that her luck was actually quite good.