Queen Ayi
Countless facts have proven that the Vengeful Spirit's Vengeful Venomous Resentment skill performs exceptionally well against violent bosses with low Divine Might. The only downside is Venomous Resentment skill's long cooldown. For example, in this Trial Space, once you use Venomous Resentment, you can't use it again until you clear the level.
However, based on experience, the three bosses in a trial dungeon usually have different specializations. If one is a strength-type boss here, the probability of another strength-type boss appearing later is relatively low.
Although this boss is only level 5, with the buffs from the Extreme difficulty, its strength reaches a whopping 69 points, probably the highest among mid-level bosses. Only high-level strength-type Boss Tier can surpass it. Therefore, using the Vengeful Spirit's skill is not a loss.
The Vengeful Spirit raised its hand, unleashing its Venomous Resentment skills, and began to continuously drain King Akanna's Divine Might.
King Akanna had little combat wisdom and was unaware that the Vengeful Spirit was immune to 99% of physical attacks. The unpleasant feeling of having his mana drained made him quickly lock onto his target, stride close to the vengeful Vengeful Spirit, and unleash a Earth-Shattering Strike.
Bai Xiaowen kept the Vengeful Spirit stationary while draining its mana, and manipulated the other summoned creatures to move away from the Vengeful Spirit's vicinity beforehand. He knew that the King Akanna's primary target was the Vengeful Spirit, and as long as the Vengeful Spirit remained within its attack range, the King Akanna would attack according to its original battle plan.
This is taking advantage of the low combat intelligence of the trial dungeon boss. If it were Spirit Realm boss, seeing this bizarre scene, it might think twice.
Boom!
The giant hammer crashed down, sending mud and rocks flying in a cone-shaped area in front of King Akanna!
However, the Vengeful Spirit was completely unaffected, like a phantom. Bai Xiaowen could even see a piece of earth or stone that had been knocked away pass through its body, as if it had passed through thin air.
Skill expired!
King Akanna did not give up on his goal, but instead swung his great hammer at the Vengeful Spirit. The seemingly fierce hammer blows all went through the air and were of no use.
Bai Xiaowen used ranged attacks to slowly deplete King Akanna's Life Value. After a few more seconds, King Akanna finally exhausted his Divine Might and fell into Stunned Status.
With his original 19 points of Divine Might, he wouldn't have been drained of his Divine Might by the Vengeful Spirit spirit's Venomous Resentment. However, he used a skill, which cost him a lot of Divine Might, so it was naturally insufficient to withstand the Venomous Resentment's draining.
Next, Bai Xiaowen commanded his summoned creatures to swarm and gang up on King Akanna. Although the opponent had a divine skill like "War Roar," which combined control removal and counter-control, it was powerless to use it with his Divine Might below 2 points.
After King Akanna awoke from his Stunned Status, he couldn't cause any trouble. If he could only perform ordinary hammer blows, the Butcher could withstand his damage with his own flesh and blood.
With a loud crash, King Akanna's massive body fell to the ground. Bai Xiaowen, accompanied by his summoned creatures, headed towards the second ancient city.
The Elite Tier minions of the second ancient city are called "King Morpheus's Guards." They are also level 5 Elite Tier, but they are rare physical specialties, and their skills are mainly focused on slowing, Blind, and taunting effects.
These guards already have over 30 points in Constitution, and with the "Morpheus's Toughness Aura" buff, their Constitution increases by 10 points and their Life Value by 100 points! That's 40 points in Constitution and 500 points in Life Value...
Although the guards' attack power is not high, their various abnormal statuses and negative effects are still quite disgusting.
Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen had a large number of summoned creatures, and with Bai Xiaowen controlling them, the effects of Blind and other negative effects were basically negligible. They pushed their way through, taking twice as long as the first ancient city, but still successfully reached the foot of the ancient city's spire.
"Guards! Where are my guards?"
The lower portal of the spire opened, and King Morpheus's stout body squeezed out, brandishing a one-handed warhammer and a heavy shield as he shouted.
Needless to say, this is a tank-type BOSS.
[King Morpheus (Level 5 Boss Tier) / King Morpheus's Tenacity]
[Race: Human Species / Human Race]
[Class: Heavy Shield Guard Commander]
[Attributes: Strength 28, Agility 19, Constitution 45, Spirit 21]
[Skill 1: Defensive Stance: King Morpheus raises his heavy shield, increasing the efficiency of his shield Block and reducing all physical damage from the front by 50%. While in Defensive Stance, King Morpheus cannot actively use other skills.]
[Skill 2: Skull Splitter: Omitted.]
[Skill 3: Heavy Shield Sweep: King Morpheus swings his heavy shield, dealing moderate physical damage to the primary target and minor damage to other targets in front of him.]
[Skill 4: Rolling Charge: King Morpheus spins at high speed and Charge forward, dealing moderate physical damage to every enemy in his path. Targets smaller than King Morpheus will be knocked back.]
Bai Xiaowen rarely encounters bosses with special physical attributes. This King Morpheus is clearly a tank among bosses, a cunning and gruff fat guy—the kind that you can't beat but will annoy you to death...
The buff effect "King Morpheus's Tenacity" increases his Constitution by 20 points and his extra Life Value by 200 points. Combined with his original 45 points of Constitution, he has a total of 850 points of health! Moreover, high Constitution results in high armor, and his skills can also reduce damage.
"Go!" Bai Xiaowen raised his hand, commanding the summoned army to swarm forward.
King Morpheus's small eyes flashed with a fierce light as he assumed a horse stance, raising the heavy shield on his left arm and activating his Defensive Stance.
This is a skill that remains effective once activated, unless the Defensive Stance is actively canceled.
Having Insight, Bai Xiaowen had already devised a countermeasure. In front of King Morpheus, he only left one Butcher to delay him. The other summoned creatures circled around to attack from behind King Morpheus, thus rendering King Morpheus's 50% damage reduction in front of him useless.
King Morpheus roared and turned to face the horde of summoned creatures. However, Bai Xiaowen simultaneously manipulated the summoned creatures to circle and attack, all of them moving in unison, maintaining their rhythm even in mobile combat. This was all thanks to Bai Xiaowen's unified command.
Finding that damage reduction was useless and instead prevented him from using skills to counterattack, King Morpheus angrily canceled his Defensive Stance, straightened his back, and unleashed a Skull Splitter, his heavy hammer striking the Butcher's skull, instantly reducing the Butcher's movement speed.
King Morpheus turned again, facing the summoned creatures, roaring as he swung his shield, Heavy Shield Sweep!
This time, the summoned creatures can't circle in sync because the Butcher is severely slowed and can't keep up with the group! If the other summoned creatures try to circle, they'll inevitably bump into the Butcher...
Bai Xiaowen used mind control to make Rageclaw leap up and deliberately crash into the seemingly ferocious-looking shield of spikes and barbs! Instantly, a wolf howl rang out, Rageclaw's Life Value dropped by a quarter, and the other summoned creatures also took some damage.
However, this only fueled the Blood Frenzy the Rageclaw! With each swing of its Claw, King Morpheus was struck by bursts of crimson light, a sign that he had been hit by Critical Hit.
King Morpheus's Life Value was rapidly decreasing, soon dropping below 40%.
"Go to hell!"
King Morpheus shouted another line, arched his body into a ball, and began to roll and crash like a giant meatball, using his shield as a vanguard! This guy was over two meters tall, fat and strong, and when he rolled, he looked like a war chariot, full of imposing presence.
The Shadow Assassin, who was the first to be hit, was sent flying, followed by two Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier. King Morpheus's fleshy chariot broke through the encirclement, drifted a short distance away, and then rumbled around again to continue its Charge.
"They're actually using it as an offensive skill... Is it a one-trick pony?"
Bai Xiaowen muttered something, then waved his hand lightly. The Butcher took two quick steps, standing like a wall in front of King Morpheus's Charge.
Thump!
King Morpheus seemed to have crashed into a mountain; the Butcher merely swayed slightly, grunted, then raised his cleaver and viciously slashed down.
This Charge skill can only knock back enemies smaller than yourself.
While King Morpheus was tall and stout, he was still ultimately a humanoid being, whereas the Butcher, as an evolved form of a Frankenstein's monster, was no longer human... Comparing their sizes, the Butcher was significantly larger than King Morpheus...
King Morpheus stopped.
Rageclaw was the first to pounce, followed by Bai Xiaowen's Rapid Fire and the swarm of summoned creatures... In the end, the wall of flesh finally collapsed.
Bai Xiaowen let out a soft breath.
"This dungeon is quite difficult. My seniors, like Ling Feng, a tank-type class, managed to clear it in under 60 minutes... that's really impressive."
Bai Xiaowen's attitude towards the trial dungeon was casual; as long as he could finish 40% of the time ahead of schedule and get the three treasure chest rewards, that would be fine. He didn't do any preparation beforehand.
His seniors had all gone through the challenge more than once, accumulating ample experience before preparing targeted props and equipment, racing against time to compress the time into 60 minutes.
Take the route of advancement as an example. After playing a few times and having a clearer understanding of the monster patrol routes and timelines, you will find that some of the smaller monsters can be avoided, which can save a lot of time. Bai Xiaowen, on the other hand, just attacked them all the way through.
The third ancient city City Defense a boss named "Queen Ayi," and the city's Elite Tier minions are all women dressed in linen robes, headscarves, and veils, known as "Queen Ayi's Handmaidens."
The maids are beings with Mental Specialty, which suggests that Queen Ayi is also a mentally-based boss.
Against creatures with Mental Specialty, Bai Xiaowen's Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier are virtually invincible. You think you can cast a spell? One Shield Bash and you're done for...
The Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier's Strength is quite high. Having undergone two enhancements of +2 to all attributes, and with Bai Xiaowen's Spirit Channeling bonus of 20% and Divine Might bonus, his Strength reaches 21 points. Interrupting the spellcasting of these Elite Tier level 5 Mental Specialty maidens is a sure thing.
Although the maids have a buff called "Queen Ayi's Guidance," which adds 10 points to Spirit and 100 points to Life Value, it's like putting a paper over an egg; it still doesn't change the fact that the egg is fragile.
With little effort, Bai Xiaowen commanded his summoned creature army to reach Queen Ayi.
"Ignorant and lowly people!"
Queen Ayi said her usual line and then entered the battle... Bai Xiaowen also used Insight.
[Queen Ayi (Level 5 Boss Tier) / Queen Ayi's Wisdom]
[Race: Human Species / Human Race]
[Class: Sandstorm Mage Commander]
[Attributes: Strength 25, Agility 19, Constitution 33, Spirit 43]
[Skill 1: Quicksand Spear: Condenses a spear of yellow sand to pierce enemies. The sand spear will deal moderate physical and magical damage to enemies in its path. The damage will decrease by 20% for each enemy pierced.]
[Skill 2: Sand-Gathering Coffin: Summons quicksand at the target's feet, Imprisonment the target and continuously dealing crushing damage.]
[Skill 3: Yellow Sand Golem: Summons a Yellow Sand Golem to fight for you. The Yellow Sand Golem has self-destruct and slow abilities. Queen Ayi can swap positions with the Yellow Sand Golem.]
[Skill 4: Sandstorm: Queen Ayi summons a large-scale sandstorm centered on herself, dealing continuous mixed damage to all enemies within a 500-meter radius and reducing their speed by 50%. This skill requires continuous casting and consumes Divine Might.]
"It has crowd control, mobility, summoned creatures, and large-scale area-of-effect attacks... What a standard mage template!"
Bai Xiaowen gently rubbed her left eye and shook her head. "If I didn't know your skills, I might have suffered in silence... but now..."
It must be said that Queen Ayi, as the boss guarding the level, has much stronger combat intelligence than King Akanna in the first level. Faced with the swarm of summoned creatures, she immediately targeted Bai Xiaowen, the summoner, and a quicksand spear flew towards him.
Although Bai Xiaowen tried to dodge, he still couldn't avoid the curved spear and was immediately hit. He felt a tingling sensation in the area that was hit, as if the yellow sand was sucking blood from his body. It seemed that the Severe Injury of this move was quite deadly.
Bai Xiaowen, of course, would not passively take the beating. He immediately summoned creatures to rush over, with the Skeleton Champion leading the charge.
Queen Ayi pointed her staff diagonally, and quicksand rolled across the flat ground, rapidly forming Yellow Sand Golem taller than a person. The Yellow Sand Golem slapped the Skeleton Champion Skeleton Champion, instantly slowing him down and forcing him to stop and fight the Yellow Sand Golem.
However, even the most Yellow Sand Golem was only one; the other summoned creatures still bypassed it and rushed towards Queen Ayi.
The Rageclaw roared to the sky, and a layer of bloody light enveloped everyone, increasing everyone's attack power and attack speed by 20%!
The final hurdle, no need to hold back anymore. Although Bai Xiaowen knew he would definitely break the record, he wasn't particularly concerned about time, but finishing the battle sooner was always a good thing.
The first wave of attacks took away a quarter of Queen Ayi's Life Value! Blood splattered from the queen's body, like specks of blood-red plum blossoms.
Queen Ayi let out a sharp cry, her figure instantly turning into sand, appearing a second later at the location of the Yellow Sand Golem. The Yellow Sand Golem, in turn, appeared at Queen Ayi's location—within the swarm of summoned creatures!
Then, the Yellow Sand Golem exploded, and the swirling sand slowed down all the summoned creatures.
However, the prepared Butcher threw out Meat Hook, precisely in the direction where the Yellow Sand Golem had been! Queen Ayi, who had just switched positions, was hooked back...