Top-Tier Commander

Xiao Liang put away his hostility towards Zheng Yuan and the others, following behind Lu Yang. Fierce Wine Clear Wind also followed, feeling that arguing with someone like Zheng Yuan lowered his status.

The group walked deeper into the cave. Lan Yu, walking beside Xia Yuwei, noticed the worry on Xia Yuwei's face. She hurried two steps to catch up with Lu Yang, nudging him in the chest with her elbow and secretly sending him a message, saying, "Expert, you're really wicked, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger all this way."

Lu Yang didn't understand at first when Lan Yu nudged him, but when he saw the message, he couldn't help but smile and reply, "No way."

"No way? You've almost scared us to death. One is second on the entire game's level ranking, one is first, and now there's another vice president of the number one guild." Lan Yu pouted, feigning unhappiness.

A smile tugged at the corner of Lu Yang's mouth as he replied, "Alright, alright, it's my fault. I promise to tell you everything beforehand in the future."

He couldn't bear to see the little girl angry. In his previous life, after his parents died, Lu Yang was forced to flee abroad. During those most difficult times, Lan Yu had always been by his side in the game. If there was anyone besides Shen Mengyao that Lu Yang cared about the most, it was Lan Yu.

He remembered that it was in his third year abroad when he logged in one day and heard Lan Yu crying, telling him that her family had arranged for her to marry someone she didn't like. Lu Yang hated himself for being useless, but he couldn't do anything. He didn't have the ability to protect the little girl.

But this life was different. In this life, Lu Yang believed that he must be a good older brother and give Lan Yu the greatest protection.

"Smile, don't be angry," Lu Yang coaxed Lan Yu.

Lan Yu thought Lu Yang was very angry, but she didn't expect him to coax her instead. She couldn't help but want to tease Lu Yang, pretending to still be angry as she said, "I'm not angry. It's good as long as you're not angry."

Lu Yang raised his hands in surrender and said, "Alright, alright, I was wrong. I'll give you a gift later."

"I don't care," Lan Yu pouted and walked away…

Fierce Wine Clear Wind and Xiao Liang exchanged glances, both revealing expressions of "understanding." Fierce Wine Clear Wind secretly sent Xiao Liang a message, saying, "No wonder your boss is willing to take them leveling. So he's got his eye on this little girl."

Xiao Liang secretly nodded and said, "Yeah, yeah, I have that feeling too."

The two became friends just like that, with great understanding!

Lan Yu returned to Xia Yuwei's side and gave her a reassuring look. This time, Xia Yuwei didn't say anything. She instinctively felt that Lu Yang's future achievements in this game would definitely not be what they saw now.

Zhang Zibo and the others thought the same way. When the few of them secretly communicated using messages, they all agreed that Lu Yang was very unusual.

Only Zheng Yuan's gaze towards Lu Yang was filled with more resentment. When Lan Yu nudged Lu Yang's chest with her elbow, that intimate action made Zheng Yuan almost go crazy with jealousy.

The twenty-person team continued to explore deeper into the tunnel. After passing the turning point of the tunnel, Lu Yang saw two NPCs wearing light leather armor ahead. Their names were uniformly Rebel Soldier.

According to official information, the Death Cave dungeon tells the story of the rebels and St. Gall City.

In the past, St. Gall City was not called by this name, but was called Fars Imperial Capital. Later, the empire was captured by King Gall's army, Fars was killed, and the empire collapsed.

A small number of Fars Imperial officers were unwilling to accept defeat and secretly gathered members, preparing to restore the country. This Death Cave was the rebels' outpost. It was originally a secret location, but they saw that the main force of St. Gall City had been transferred to the border to deal with the tense war situation. With the permission of their superiors, they began to attack and kill passing merchants in order to create tension.

Fierce Wine Clear Wind looked at the monster's health, which was actually 8,000 points. He clicked his tongue and said, "It really is an epic dungeon. The health is twice as much as a normal dungeon."

Xia Yuwei, Zhang Zibo, and the others were frightened. The health of a level 3 monster was 8,000. Their average output was only about 50 points. Excluding the 3 warriors and 5 priests, there were only 12 people dealing damage. It would be quite difficult to kill a single monster.

Lu Yang said, "Don't worry about it. They're just small monsters. Fierce Wine Clear Wind, kill the one on the left. Black Armor, kill the one on the right. Everyone wait for Fierce Wine Clear Wind to establish aggro for three seconds, then attack the monster he's holding with me."

"Understood," everyone said together.

Lu Yang said, "Start the attack."

Xiao Liang and Fierce Wine Clear Wind nodded. The two of them charged and collided with the monsters, stunning the two Rebel Soldiers for one second.

"Let the monsters face away from us. Warriors, move behind the monsters," Lu Yang said.

This was the simplest positioning method in his previous life. It could prevent the monster from suddenly running away and also make it easier for players to deal damage. However, in this game, no player had ever noticed this.

Fierce Wine Clear Wind didn't understand Lu Yang's idea at first, but then he understood and couldn't help but look at Lu Yang with admiration.

"Rogues, don't stand on the side of the monster. Stand behind it to deal damage. Hunters, use Serpent Sting first, then use Arcane Shot," Lu Yang said.

Rogues deal 30% more damage when attacking humanoids from behind. There was only one hunter in the team, but his Serpent Sting was a poison attack that could deal continuous damage. Using Serpent Sting first would allow the hunter to deal more damage.

"Warlocks, use Curse of Agony first, then use Shadow Bolt. Paladins, use regular attacks. Mages, all use fire magic," Lu Yang said while applying Sear to the monster.

Sear
Type: Fire Spell
Cost: 12 Mana
Cast Time: 1.5 seconds
Range: 30 yards
Effect: Releases a flame at the target, enveloping the target in flames, making it more susceptible to fire damage. Stacks up to five times, each stack increasing fire spell damage by 15 points and dealing 10 points of fire spell damage, lasting 30 seconds.

This was a god-level skill for fire mages in early dungeons. After stacking five times, the target would take an additional 75 points of fire damage each time they were attacked by fire.

There were five mages in Xia Yuwei's team, including Zheng Yuan. None of these five people had high-end magic equipment. With full magic stats, the damage dealt by their Fireball was only about 50 points. With Lu Yang's five-stack Sear, the damage increased by 2.5 times, and each attack could deal about 125 points of damage.

Even though the monster had 8,000 Blood Essence, the five of them could deal over 600 Blood Essence every 3 seconds. Including the damage from the others, they killed a Rebel Soldier in less than 20 seconds.

Lu Yang's plan was good, but when dealing damage, only four mages in Xia Yuwei's team were using Fireball. Lu Yang scanned the mages' positions and saw that Zheng Yuan was using Arcane Impact.