Dragon Fighting in the Wild struck Meat Mountain with his sword, but the damage that barely chipped off a sliver of health was instantly restored the next second. "How the hell are we supposed to fight this? It's like fighting the combined health bars of three bosses at once, while dealing with triple regeneration!"
Just as the players froze in shock, the Plague Priest counterattacked.
Although the skill it had used earlier was a support skill, it was no traditional healer. It was the highest-damage turret!
It raised its bone staff, opening a purple-black Void Rift above the player formation. Countless laser-like shadow rays rained down indiscriminately.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
There was no reasoning with it.
Any player swept by the rays—whether a full-health Divine Guard or a fragile mage—had their health bar instantly erased. Only top-tier Divine Guards could endure two more hits!
"Ahhh! The healers can't keep up at all! This is true damage!"
"Spread out! Its rays can refract!"
With just one wave of skills, nearly a hundred people on the front line fell. The formerly orderly formation was torn apart in an instant.
"Hold the line! Don't retreat!"
Vanguard Across the Realm roared amid the chaos. "Those who died, revive and run back here! As long as we don't get wiped out, we can wear them down!"
This was the players' greatest advantage—they were not afraid of dying.
The Respawn Points at player bases such as Detoxification Camp flashed with white light nonstop.
Players who had just been instantly killed by the rays rushed out of the Respawn Points cursing, charging back barefoot.
"Damn it, the armor I just bought exploded! Hold on, brothers, I'll be right back!"
"Divine Guards, don't stand around after dying! Run back already! If the front line breaks, we're all finished!"
"Soldier! This is your mission!"
Relying on this shameless tactic, the three major guilds forcibly piled up a defensive line with corpses, firmly pinning Meat Mountain and Hydra outside the plaza.
They were all elite players. If they could not beat them head-on, could they not kite them around?
But this war of attrition could not last. The bosses' damage was too high; every AOE could wipe out an entire area. Players could not revive as fast as they died. Moreover, as their equipment exploded one after another, even reviving and rushing back did little good.
On a high ground at the edge of the battlefield.
Two figures stood side by side. They were the only two Level 20 Mind Hackers on the entire server—Data Maniac and Tian Ce.
"Did you see it?" Data Maniac adjusted his glasses. In his vision, the data streams among the three bosses were as clear as waterfalls.
"Yeah." Tian Ce looked grave. "That 'Symbiotic Link' isn't merely shared health. It's also a massive Energy Circulation network. The Plague Priest is the network's core. It draws the life force of Meat Mountain and Hydra to cast high-damage spells while distributing the damage it receives to them."
"In other words, all three live and die together. Rationally speaking, we simply don't have the ability to fight three bosses through triple health bars."
"To break this deadlock, we must sever that network." Maniac pointed into the air. "Pure physical or magical attacks will be distributed and are ineffective. Only interference on the mental level can disrupt this link."
"But its level is too high." Tian Ce shook his head. "A Level 28 lord has extremely high mental resistance. With only the two of us, Level 20 Mind Hackers, our interference skills will be resisted."
"If two aren't enough, then use two hundred."
Data Maniac turned to Tian Ce. "Influenced by you, Imperial Dynasty Guild should have recruited quite a few players who changed class to [Mind Hacker], right? Even if they've only just reached Level 10!"
"Tell me, what's the simplest and most unpretentious hacker attack in cybersecurity?"
Tian Ce's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what he meant.
"You mean... a DDoS Attack?"
"That's right." A mad smile curled across Data Maniac's lips. "We have very few ways to break this situation right now. One is to use an enormous amount of junk data streams to overwhelm its mental network in an instant. We only need to break the link for a few seconds! Looking at that priest's health bar, it probably has only a fraction of Meat Mountain's health. Leave the rest to the damage dealers."
"Good idea."
Tian Ce immediately issued an order in the guild channel:
"All members who have changed class to [Mind Hacker], regardless of level, gather at coordinates (xxxx, xxxx) immediately! Prepare to cast [Mental Shock]!"
"Mind Hackers from Dawn, Dragon War, and every other guild, come too!"
["Imperial Dynasty" Guild President Tian Ce marked a location.]
"Dragon War! Stop saving your skills! Take your men and keep Meat Mountain and Hydra's aggro steady! Pull them apart! Clear out an open area for me!"
At the center of the battlefield.
Having received the signal, Dragon Fighting in the Wild spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.
"Damn it, we finally have a way? Brothers! Did you hear that? Push those two lumps of rotten meat away! Don't let them interfere with the Mage Corps!"
Roar!!
The remaining warriors of Dragon War Guild erupted with their last reserves of ferocity. They charged forward at any cost!
Even if their equipment had exploded and they were naked, they used their bodies to block Meat Mountain's slashes, all to create space for the rear line!
Meanwhile, hundreds of Mind Hackers had already taken position on the high ground.
Data Maniac and Tian Ce stood at the front. Their mental power was like two sharp guiding needles, locking onto the Plague Priest in midair.
"Listen for my command."
Tian Ce took a deep breath, pushing [Cerebral Overclocking] to its limit.
"Three, two, one... detonate!"
Bzzzz—!!!
Invisible mental ripples converged into a transparent torrent visible to the naked eye, crashing viciously into the Plague Priest's brain.
The Plague Priest, who had been chanting a forbidden spell, suddenly stiffened.
In its mental vision, the once-clear energy links were suddenly drowned beneath countless chaotic noises, garbled data, and piercing shrieks.
And the interference came wave after wave, a relentless chain of lethal crowd control!
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle... crack!
The chain of light connecting the three bosses broke after flickering violently.
[System Notification: Subjected to intense mental interference! "Symbiotic Link" has been forcibly interrupted!]
"Now's our chance!"
The moment the priest fell, the Flesh Artisan Corps sprang into action. Countless scarlet vine-like tendrils burst from the ground and bound it tightly.
Vanguard Across the Realm, who had been lurking in the shadows all along, had been waiting for this exact moment.
"Brute Force! Send me over!"
Brute Force Yields Miracles, who had long been prepared, bulged with veins all over his body as he raised both hands. Vanguard Across the Realm took a running start, stepped down, and leaped. His entire body shot toward the sky like a black cruise missile!
At the same time, Thunder King in the distance swept out a hand—
"All mages—"
"Fry this old bastard!"
Lightning several times thicker than before blasted precisely onto the Plague Priest's magic shield. Without the Symbiotic Link to distribute the damage, the shield shattered like glass beneath the endless sea of lightning.
Chen Feng's figure passed through the shattered shield and instantly closed in on the Plague Priest's shriveled body.
The Plague Priest was still stunned by Mental Shock, its eyes filled with terror. The life-sharing link it had taken such pride in was gone, and the shield it had been so proud of had shattered!
Now, it was merely a fragile mage with several times the health of an ordinary elite monster.
[Origin Fang] carved a shrill black line through the air!
"Die... for me!!"
[Shadow Dance!]
Slash slash slash slash!
Sixteen strikes in one second!
Every strike was a critical hit! Every strike dealt true damage!
The Plague Priest's health bar plummeted like a waterfall, but one person alone could not instantly kill it! The priest was about to break free from its restraints and reestablish the link.
Vanguard Across the Realm viciously plunged his dagger into the energy core in its chest and twisted it hard. Then he turned toward the Mage Corps and roared:
"Mages!!! What the fuck are you hesitating for? Are you not attacking just because I'm here?! Is my life not important?!"
"Stop worrying about that!"
"Fire—at—me—"
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