Shutout

"This Ice Armor skill is a pain. It's practically a melee fighter's worst nightmare."

Wu Guangzong glared at Princess Angina. A ring of fine blue ice crystals surrounded her—the effect of her Ice Armor skill.

Ice Armor could briefly freeze melee attackers. And because Princess Angina was a level 10 boss, her universal boss skill enhanced it further: enemies within melee range were slowed and took continuous magic damage.

That meant melee fighters like Wu Guangzong and Tan Xiong couldn't keep attacking. They had to rush in, unleash a combo, then retreat. Otherwise, the continuous area-of-effect frost damage would overwhelm them. If the team's health dropped too far, food and the support player's Holy Light wouldn't be enough to bring it back up.

While Wu Guangzong and Tan Xiong waited for their skills to cool down, they had to rely on the Energy Shaper Wu Sihao and the Huntsman Pang Yu to chip away at Princess Angina's health from a distance.

Without Ice Armor, the Jingwu Team would have taken down this delicate-looking mage princess long ago.

"Think the White Phoenix Team has reached their mission boss yet?" Wu Guangzong asked, making conversation while he had nothing else to do.

"They should have. Their damage output is fierce. Even on the normal route, they'd be there by now. If they took the secret shortcut, they might not even be behind us," Tan Xiong said cautiously. After their last fight, he no longer dared underestimate the up-and-coming team.

Wu Guangzong nodded. "Right. To be safe, we go all in once the boss drops below 25% health. I'll use my set's ultimate, and you provide crowd control. We'll try to kill her in one burst. Even if we can't, we'll have to push through the area damage. We can't leave the White