Wiping Till They Coughed Up Blood

Upon seeing this, the Priest hurriedly cast the spell again. "Departed souls, abandon your futile struggles and return to where you belong— the Let the Dead Return to Death!"

Another white light flashed, but the Let the Dead Return to Death skill was a single-target attack. The white light landed on a Naga Warrior, but the Naga Warrior still did not react at all.

"No, these Naga are not Undead —they are alive."

"Let me handle this!" Gimli charged forward again, wielding his great axe with incredible speed and agility, quickly drawing the aggro of several Naga Warrior. Just as the mages and Warlock were preparing to unleash their powerful spells, Lady Xiwadelin began to attack again.

Lady Xiwadelin (Naga Tidecaller): "Brave adventurers, now receive the blessings of the great Old Gods!"

A purple beam of light shot out from his hand, striking Gimli squarely. The dwarf Warrior's eyes instantly turned purple, and as if he had gone mad, he abandoned the mutated Naga Warrior around him and launched a frenzied attack on his teammates.

Moreover, after the mutation, this dwarf Warrior seemed to have become stronger. He chopped down Priest who was casting a spell with one axe, and then chopped down a mage with another. Leading a group of Naga Warrior, he smashed the adventurers' formation to pieces in one fell swoop.

They were wiped out without any suspense.

Running back to his corpse and resurrecting again, Angmar was starting to feel numb.

"Holy crap, this is way too difficult! They can revive their minions and Mind Control, how are we supposed to fight this?"

Angmar looked at his equipment and sighed. The Sea Serpent Hide Battle Armor he had obtained earlier had been lost; this was a huge loss.

Boss, what do we do? Keep fighting?

"Fight! Why not fight? This is nothing! We've already lost our equipment, it'd be a waste not to fight back. Let's rearrange our tactics this time."

"The first phase is the same as before: tanks hold aggro, healers keep them alive, and DPS unleash their attacks. For the second phase, we need to change our tactics. Don't kill the Naga Warrior; you hunters just need to keep them far away."

"Then we'll focus all our firepower on the boss. In the second phase, she'll control one target, so we need to send the least useful one to let her control it."

"Hey Priest, in the first two phases, focus on healing until you're out of mana. In the third phase, get close to the boss and use the Vicious Whip on her to make her control you."

The Vicious Whip is a consumable item manufactured by leatherworking professionals.

[Vicious Whip: Unleashes a Lash on a target, dealing 1 damage and generating significant threat.]

"Understood," the Priest nodded.

"Okay, let's continue now that we're ready."

The battle began again, and the first phase, just like before, was easily overcome.

In the second phase, after Lady Xiwadelin summoned a group of Naga Warrior, two hunters in the party immediately stepped forward to shoot arrows and release the hounds, leading the four Naga Warrior far away.

"Hit harder, hit harder, well done, that's it!" Lady Xiwadelin's health had dropped to 50%.

"Now! Priest, hurry up!"

The Priest had already exhausted his magic, so he pulled a leather whip from his bag and rushed forward, lashing it out at Lady Xiwadelin.

Lady Xiwadelin (Naga Tidecaller): "Brave adventurers, now receive the blessings of the great Old Gods!"

A flash of purple light, and the Priest was indeed controlled.

"Haha, you've got a screw loose now, controlling a Priest who's out of mana!" Angmar laughed smugly.

But the next second, the Priest cast a Mass Curse, instantly reducing everyone's attributes by 20%.

Before the Druid and priest Dispel the spell's effects, the Priest unleashed a Mass Shadow Bolt, followed by Dark Flame Curse, Soul Burn, and a barrage of negative spells.

Angmar was completely dumbfounded, but it was too late. Once the Priest with no mana was controlled, he immediately started casting spells one after another, all of them mutated versions, as if he had taken a huge dose of drugs.

Unsurprisingly, they were wiped out once again.

"I'm so screwed, why did this happen?"

"Boss, I think that no matter who is controlled, their strength will increase significantly, and they will mutate."

"How come this Naga is so powerful? I didn't know Naga could use this kind of skill?"

Angmar was speechless at the barrage of suggestions from his subordinates. "No, let's try again. This time, everyone will switch to store-bought gear and try them one by one. I refuse to believe it."

The third time, a Druid was controlled and transformed into a mutated beast. It single-handedly clawed and bit several backline enemies, resulting in another team wipe.

The fourth time, the one being controlled was a Warlock who sacrificed himself to activate an Otherworldly Summoning, summoning a giant interdimensional octopus monster covered in tentacles, which easily wiped out the entire group.

The fifth time, the controlled character was a rogue who was transformed into a Shadow Specter. Physical attacks were ineffective, Shadowstep had no cooldown, and he could use Backstab infinitely. In less than a minute, he wiped out the backline, resulting in another team wipe.

At the entrance to the Naga Cavern, a group of people sat on the ground, eating and drinking to recover, while silently exchanging glances.

"Boss, shall we continue?" Gandalf asked Angmar calmly.

"Stop fighting, or we'll lose a level!" Angmar said, looking at the experience bar. After fighting in the dungeon for so long, the experience points had decreased instead of increased, and a lot of equipment had been lost. Fortunately, when he saw that things were not going well, he had his subordinates put on environmentally friendly gear (a mix of blue and green) before fighting. Although they lost a lot of equipment, it was still acceptable.

Angmar was not giving up and contacted several other raid groups, only to find that they were all in the same boat, basically stuck on the last boss.

However, until a solution is found, it's probably not worth trying further.

"Perhaps we can bring in a low-level Warrior, then have the low-level Warrior strip naked and controlled, so we can focus fire and kill them instantly."

"That makes sense!" Angmar's eyes lit up. "Great idea, Boromir! But let's do it another time. I'm too exhausted to fight today, and my gear is all worn out and needs repairs."

Angmar was truly terrified. The ambition they had when they conquered the Sgelari Lair had all been wiped out by the Naga boss.

The group left the instance dejectedly and returned to Yarvis City, where they each went to the blacksmith to repair their equipment. Angmar spent over a dozen gold coins just on repairs, and the total repair cost for the entire raid was estimated to be several hundred gold coins.

After repairing the equipment, Angmar ordered his men to clear a few more Ring of Elements. The Ring of Elements were a landmark of Yarvis City, located right in the city center. He checked the location of his men on the map and was surprised to find a dungeon sign right behind him. Turning around, he saw a huge arena-like building with the words "Elemental Proving Ground" written on the door in Common.