Time rewound to the moment they entered the secret realm.
After looking over the secret realm's map, Ye Xiu immediately came up with an entirely new strategy and laid it out for his teammates:
"On this map, both the Elite Monsters and the Elite Bosses slow us down."
"If we use skills to clear them, even instant kills will still waste time."
"So this time, we're ignoring the Minions altogether!"
Wan Jiang, Jiang Che, and Zhou Mo Yao all responded in confusion: "Huh?"
After running so many dungeons, this was the first time they had ever heard anyone suggest ignoring the Minions!
Bai Qiu Li quickly considered whether it was feasible. "True. Ignoring the Minions would be the fastest way to speedrun this."
Even the fastest instant kill couldn't beat running straight to the boss!
"Because this secret realm has no barriers between stages, there's a straight path from the entrance to the boss area."
"But how do we handle the monsters' damage along the way and keep the Minions from surrounding us?"
If they wanted to ignore the monsters, they couldn't underestimate the damage dealt by the Elite Monsters and Elite Bosses. They were all tier two, after all. A moment of carelessness could leave someone badly injured and slow them down instead.
Ye Xiu turned to Zhou Mo Yao. "Mo Yao, we'll be relying on your [Tracing Light] for that."
As the captain, Ye Xiu had made sure he understood his teammates' skills before entering the secret realm.
[Tracing Light] granted the entire group a shield equal to 500% of her spirit, along with immunity to crowd control and increased defense.
An ordinary shield wouldn't let everyone ignore a miniboss's damage.
But Zhou Mo Yao was different. Her spirit was a whopping 1,080!
That was a stat an