Before a towering altar in the Trial Tunnel that had fallen into ruin, Water Rose and the others stood silently at a distance, watching it. Every one of them wore an extremely grim expression.
Besides the trial Boss they had discovered, the altar was surrounded by Trial Warriors and Trial Elites—two to three thousand of them in total. Four Magic Energy Towers had also been erected around the altar. Not only did they suppress the entire space, but players couldn't cast any spells within the towers' domain. They couldn't even use Skills.
"This is way too unfair! Fine, there are tons of monsters and a Boss, but there are even four Magic Energy Towers! Forget two hundred people—even two thousand people probably couldn't break through a defense like this." Floating Light stared at the four towering Magic Energy Towers, barely resisting the urge to curse.
Magic Energy Towers were war-grade defensive and offensive structures. Though they were considered ordinary structures, they were absolutely high-tier buildings, and Western Continent players were exceedingly familiar with them.
After all, every major NPC city on the Western Continent was equipped with such defensive structures.
A major reason the NPC cities across the Western Continent could remain so secure when facing monster armies was the existence of these Magic Energy Towers. When used against monster armies attacking a city, they were simply devastating.
The monsters already held an absolute advantage, and now they had four Magic Energy Towers protecting them. How were players supposed to fight this?
"Did we come here too early after all?" Silent Red Star glanced at the Lich resting on the altar with its eyes closed and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Zorok, Ancient Lich, Upper Legendary, Level 122, HP 3,700,000,000.
Although 3,700,000,000 HP wasn't much, for a Lich,