Know Yourself and Your Enemy

Alfred (The Great Warlock) - Level 44 High-Level Boss.

Looking at this familiar face, Xiao Yu knew that the real BOSS battle was about to begin. Compared to the previous Death Knight, this Great Alchemist was not only nearly 10 levels higher, but his template had also been upgraded by one tier, and his health was as high as 338,750, which was definitely a very high amount of health for a mage-type BOSS.

However, Xiao Yu was not nervous. The biggest advantage that gave him confidence to challenge such a difficult dungeon was that he had been a BOSS before and had an exceptional understanding of the dungeon's mechanics. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy and you will never be defeated." Xiao Yu was very familiar with the entire process of the BOSS battle. After taking a quick look around, Xiao Yu already had a good idea of what the battle would entail.

Within a dungeon, everything can be divided into two types: one is simply the dungeon background, and the other is things that interact with the boss battle.

For example, there was that pile of lifeless skeletons, that pile of zombies lying on the ground, and those huge metal coffins, not to mention the strange Undead lying on the lab table.

[Let me guess, the upcoming boss battle will probably be like this.]

Xiao Yu's mind raced.

First of all, since the Warlock mentioned some kind of Undead Enhancement Potion, it's obvious that these Undead in an inactive state will be resurrected and enhanced to fight us. The strange Undead lying on the experimental table will also most likely join the BOSS battle. Based on the usual progression of BOSS battles from easy to difficult, the skeletons should be resurrected first, then the zombies, then the BOSS will release the monster from the iron coffin, and finally the strange giant corpse lying on the experimental table.

Then, once all the summoned creatures have been given a few hundred points, the BOSS will personally intervene, and might even buff himself. In that case, let's arrange the tactics accordingly.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Everyone, from now on, follow my commands. All Frost Mages, including you, Little Ai, spread out in a fan shape at the entrance. The BOSS will resurrect those Undead in a moment. You need to apply slow effects to them immediately, and then let me deal with them, understand? Little Ai, save your Frost Nova for the third wave of monsters."

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "All hunters, once the boss fight begins, immediately circle around behind the boss and spread out. DPS from the testing platform. If the boss summons that monster, be sure to apply Misdirection to me immediately and draw its aggro to me."

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Healers, spread out and heal me for the entire battle, understand?"

Seeing everyone nodding eagerly, he nodded and said, "Then let's begin." As he spoke, he fired Frostfire Bolt at the alchemist and summoned his fire elemental servant at the same time.

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "An interesting attempt, but it's far inferior to my summoned creatures."

With a wave of his hand, he revived the lifeless skeletons on the ground, then suddenly threw a potion at them.

These skeletons were only level 5-10, the most common monsters in the Western Plaguelands. But when the potion was applied to them, they immediately changed. Their originally pale bones turned pitch black, as if they were coated with armor, and their eyes ignited with crimson soul fire. The level of these skeletons also jumped to 17-19, and their names changed to 'Mutated Skeletons'.

"Go, my servants!" Dozens of skeletons rushed towards the group, but the ice mages were already prepared. With a few swift Frost Nova spells, they Freeze all the skeletons in place.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Let the flames purify everything!" Flame Hurricane! A burst of flames swept across, and in just two or three seconds, all the skeletons were reduced to Ashes.

"Good, that's it. I've established aggro. Everyone, start dealing damage."

At his command, both the ice mage and the hunter focused their fire on the alchemist.

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "Oh dear, you've got some skills, but it's alright, I have plenty of other experiments to do!"

Another bottle of potion was thrown out, this time spraying a group of newly resurrected zombies. These level 15 zombies were far more powerful than skeletons. Although they moved slowly, they were thick-skinned and had an astonishing amount of health. Even a level 20 adventurer would have to put in a lot of effort to take one down. After being sprayed with the potion, these zombies instantly leveled up to level 25, their muscles bulging, looking like bio-engineered monsters, and they ferociously pounced on the surrounding adventurers.

However, their fate was no different from that of the skeletons before them.

Frost Nova, Freeze in place in two swift movements.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Let the flames purify everything!" Flame Hurricane! A burst of flames swept across, and in just three or four seconds, all the zombies were reduced to Ashes.

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "Wow, amazing! Even my zombie was killed. But it's alright, there are even more powerful monsters waiting for you. Look at this, the mighty skeletal giant."

With a few clicks, the huge iron coffins placed in the corner suddenly opened, and four skeletal giants made entirely of bones walked out.

These four skeletal giants were all around level 30, over three meters tall, and their bodies were composed of the bones of countless dead. Due to their large size, their health was nearly ten thousand. As soon as the potion was applied, their bones immediately trembled and made a series of creaking sounds, as if Bone Hyperplasia had occurred. Each of them was covered in a layer of bone armor, and huge bone scythes appeared in their hands as if by magic.

Frost Nova! Several streaks of white light flashed by, but to no avail; these mutated skeletal giants were already elite units.

However, Esmehalda always listened to Xiao Yu and kept her skills to herself.

Frost Nova! A chilling aura swept outwards, and Esmehalda, being a hero, had a significantly higher skill threshold, meaning even the four elite units couldn't escape being bound.

Frost Detonation! A series of explosions instantly reduced the health of the four skeletal giants by about a quarter.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Let the flames purify everything!" A Flame Hurricane swept across! This time, the flames burned longer, by a full five or six seconds, and the four skeletal giants were reduced to ashes.

There's nothing we can do; the boss's skills are just that unreasonable.