Fire at Me!!!

"Shared health? And triple health regeneration?"

Dragon Fighting in the Wild slashed his sword at Meat Mountain, but the damage, which barely chipped away a sliver of health, was instantly healed back in the next second. "How the hell are we supposed to fight this? This is equivalent to fighting the total health of three bosses at once, all while dealing with triple regeneration!"

Just as the players were stunned, the Plague Priest launched a counterattack.

Although it had been using support skills earlier, it was not a healer in the traditional sense, but a high-damage artillery piece!

It raised its bone staff high, and a purple-black void rift opened above the players' formation. Countless laser-like shadow rays rained down indiscriminately.

Zzzzt!

There was no logic to be found here.

Players struck by the rays, whether they were full-health Divine Guards or squishy mages, had their health bars instantly evaporated. Only top-tier Divine Guards could withstand one or two hits!

"Ahhh! The healers can't keep up! This is true damage!"

"Scatter! Its rays can refract!"

In just one wave of skills, nearly a hundred people in the front line fell. The previously tight formation was torn to shreds in an instant.

"Hold the line! Don't retreat!"

Feng Xing Tian Xia roared amidst the chaos, "Those who died, revive and run back immediately! As long as we don't get wiped out, we can wear them down!"

This was the players' greatest advantage—they didn't fear death.

The respawn points at Detoxification Camp and other player bases flashed with blinding white light.

Players who had just been insta-killed by the rays cursed as they rushed out of the respawn points, running back barefoot.

"Damn it, the armor I just bought broke! Brothers, hold on, I'll be right back!"

"Divine Guards, don't just stand there if you die, run back to the map! If the front line breaks, we're all finished!"

"Soldier! This is your mission!"

Relying on this shameless tactic, the three major guilds managed to pile up corpses to form a defensive line, pinning Meat Mountain and Hydra to the outskirts of the plaza.

Everyone here was an elite player; if I can't beat you, can't I at least kite you?

But this war of attrition was not a long-term solution. The bosses' damage was too high; every AOE could clear an entire area, and the speed of revival couldn't keep up with the speed of death. Moreover, as players' equipment continued to shatter, it became harder for them to contribute even after reviving.

On a high ground on the flank 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.

"Do you see it?" Data Maniac adjusted his glasses. In his field of vision, the data streams between the three bosses were as clear as a waterfall.

"Yeah." Tian Ce's expression was grave. "That 'Symbiotic Link' isn't just health sharing; it's a massive energy circulation network. The Plague Priest is the hub of the network; it draws life force from Meat Mountain and Hydra to cast high-damage magic, while simultaneously distributing the damage it receives among them."

"In other words, the three of them live and die together. Rationally speaking, we have no ability to fight through three times the health bar against three bosses."

"To break the stalemate, we must cut off this network." Maniac pointed to the air. "Pure physical or magic attacks will be distributed and are ineffective. Only interference on a mental level can disrupt this connection."

"But its level is too high." Tian Ce shook his head. "A Level 28 Lord has extremely high mental resistance. Relying solely on the two of us as Level 20 Mind Hackers, our interference skills will be resisted."

"If two aren't enough, then two hundred will do."

Data Maniac turned his head to look at Tian Ce. "Influenced by you, your Imperial Dynasty guild should have recruited quite a few players who changed classes to [Mind Hacker], right? Even if they just hit Level 10, that's fine!"

"Let me ask you, what is the most simple and unadorned hacker attack in the cybersecurity field?"

Tian Ce's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood his intention.

"You mean... a DDoS attack?"

"Exactly." A crazy smile curled the corners of Data Maniac's mouth. "We have very few ways to break the stalemate right now, and one of them is to use a massive stream of junk data to crash its mental network in an instant. We only need to break the connection for a few seconds! Look at the Priest's health bar; it's probably only a fraction of Meat Mountain's. We'll leave the rest to the damage dealers."

"Good idea."

Tian Ce immediately issued orders in the guild channel:

"All members who have changed to [Mind Hacker], regardless of level, gather at coordinates (xxxx, xxxx) immediately! Prepare to cast [Mental Shock]!"

"Li Ming, Dragon Fighting, and all other Mind Hackers, let's go!"

[Imperial Dynasty Guild Leader Tian Ce has marked a location.]

"Dragon! Don't hold back your skills! Take your men and hold the aggro of Meat Mountain and Hydra steady! Pull them to the sides! Clear an open space for me!"

In the center of the battlefield.

Dragon Fighting in the Wild, having received the signal, spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Damn it, finally a way? Brothers! Did you hear that? Push these two piles of rotten meat away for me! Don't let them interfere with the mage group!"

"ROAR!!"

The remaining warriors of the Dragon Fighting guild unleashed their final ferocity. They launched a charge regardless of the cost!

Even if their equipment broke and they were left bare-bottomed, they would use their bodies to block Meat Mountain's swings just to buy space for the back row!

And on the high ground, hundreds of Mind Hackers were already in position.

Data Maniac and Tian Ce stood at the very front, their mental energy acting like two sharp guide needles, locking onto the Plague Priest in mid-air.

"Listen to my command."

Tian Ce took a deep breath, pushing Cerebral Overclocking to its absolute limit.

"3, 2, 1... Detonate!"

Hum—!!!

An invisible ripple of mental energy converged into a visible, transparent torrent, slamming violently into the brain of the Plague Priest.

The Plague Priest, currently chanting a forbidden spell, suddenly stiffened.

Within its mental vision, the previously clear energy connections were suddenly drowned out by countless chaotic noises, garbled data, and shrill screams.

Furthermore, this interference came in wave after wave—a lethal, continuous chain of crowd control!

Zzzzt... Pop!

The chain of light connecting the three bosses flickered violently before snapping.

System Notification: Subjected to intense mental interference! "Symbiotic Link" has been forcibly interrupted!

"Now's our chance!"

The moment the priest faltered, the Flesh Artisan Corps sprang into action. Countless scarlet, vine-like objects erupted from the ground, binding it tightly.

Feng Xing Tian Xia, who had been lurking in the shadows, was waiting for exactly this moment.

"Da Qiang! Launch me!"

Dali Chu Qiji, already prepared, had veins bulging all over his body as he cupped his hands together. Feng Xing Tian Xia took a running start, stepped, and leaped, his entire body soaring into the sky like a black cruise missile!

At the same time, the Thunder King in the distance waved his hand—

"All mages, listen up—"

"Fry this old bastard!"

BOOM!

A bolt of lightning, several times thicker than before, struck the Plague Priest's magic shield with pinpoint accuracy. Having lost the damage distribution from the Symbiotic Link, the shield shattered like glass under the relentless ocean of thunder.

Chen Feng's figure passed through the shattered shield, instantly closing the distance to the Plague Priest's withered body.

The Plague Priest was currently reeling from the dizziness of the Mental Shock, its eyes filled with terror. Its pride and joy, the life-sharing link, was severed; its pride and joy, the shield, was shattered!

Now, it was nothing more than a squishy mage with a health pool several times that of a normal elite monster.

Origin Fang carved a shrill black line through the air!

"Die... for me!!"

Shadow Dance!

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

Sixteen strikes in one second!

Every hit a critical! Every hit dealing true damage!

The Plague Priest's health bar plummeted like a waterfall, but it was truly difficult to one-shot it with the strength of a single person! Seeing the priest about to break free from its restraints and re-establish the link, Feng Xing Tian Xia drove his short blade deep into the energy core in its chest and twisted with all his might. He then turned and roared at the mage corps:

"Mages!!! What the hell are you hesitating for? Are you going to stop dealing damage just because I'm there?! My life doesn't matter!"

"Don't overthink it!"

"Fire—at—me—"