Absolutely Explosive

Some adventurers were giving instructions to their teams, some were chatting with each other, some were adding buffs, some were dueling, some were setting up stoves to cook food, and some were using repair robots to repair equipment. Xiao Yu also saw a team of twenty adventurers entering the Tower of Amalarui instance's light curtain in an orderly line, creating a lively scene.

Normally, such a lively scene can only be seen outside those particularly popular dungeons.

The strangest thing is that these adventurer Alliance and Horde, though present, did not fight each other, but rather clearly divided their territories and each occupied half of the land, which is quite astonishing.

(Huh, I didn't expect that after so long, the Tower of Amalarui has become a dungeon.) This was quite unexpected for Xiao Yu. He originally thought that after the Scarlet Crusade occupied the Tower of Amalarui, they would only use it as a stronghold, and he would just need to kill the enemies inside the tower. He didn't expect there to be so many adventurers, which was a bit troublesome.

Seeing the elemental and Undead armies approaching, the adventurers were not nervous at all; instead, they reacted with excitement.

"Holy crap, a boss has delivered itself to our doorstep! Quick, call out the second raid group in the dungeon, get ready to fight."

"Haha, I was just getting bored, now I finally have something to play."

"I never expected this, I never thought I'd finally have my day!"

What the Scarlet Crusade see are powerful enemies, terrifying Undead, and bizarre elemental creatures. But what adventurers see are piles of experience points and a large group of bosses that can drop good equipment. Especially when there are many of them, no matter how many monsters there are, they are all equipment and experience to them.

Xiao Yu also figured it out. This Scarlet Glory was clearly a business-oriented guild, just like the Defias Brotherhood. These adventurers had actually formed a symbiotic relationship with them, running dungeons and getting equipment. Maybe the Tower of Amalarui was even selling dungeon keys.

Therefore, these adventurers have become his enemies. Just as the adventurers on the Lost Island help him defend against foreign invaders, these adventurers will absolutely not allow him to easily occupy the Tower of Amalarui and kill the Crimson Boss inside.

In the past, hundreds of adventurers would have given him a real headache, but now, these adventurers were nothing more than ants in his eyes.

He waved.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Estero, you and your men stay here. I will deal with this rabble."

After saying that, he didn't take his men or wait for anyone else, and walked towards the adventurers alone. When he was still a few dozen yards away, he stopped.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Insects, I am Azathoth, the great King of The Immortals! I now declare that the Tower of Alamarui will become my domain, and all who dare to trespass upon it will perish. However, Azathoth is merciful; get out of my way before I am enraged, or else, meet your destined demise!"

His voice was filled with an aura of destruction, and the elemental power around him surged, spreading out with an astonishing invisible force.

However, his threats had no effect. The adventurers were already used to being bombarded with the BOSS's arrogant and domineering lines, such as "[In my eyes you are not worth mentioning]", "[I will destroy this world, anyone who stands in my way will die]", "humble ants", "insignificant mortals", "foolish elves". They heard these lines ten or eight times a day and were already used to them.

So when faced with Azathoth's domineering lines, these adventurers either gasped in amazement and went about their business, or they simply ignored him completely.

Anyway, it would be strange if any BOSS didn't use this tactic, so these adventurers were not afraid at all, and even ignored it, continuing to talk to themselves.

"Quickly, buff up, get ready to raid."

Do you have any Mage Armor scrolls? I can attach one, I'll pay you when I get back.

"Selling healing potions? Who would buy healing potions?"

"Hey you over there, mage, quickly pull up a table and distribute the bread."

"Are the tanks ready? All tanks that are ready, move to the front line. When the monsters start moving, be the first to Taunt!"

"What the hell!" Xiao Yu thought to himself. "They really don't treat me like an outsider. They're ignoring me like this because I'm here. Do they think I'm one of those trash bosses who sell dungeon keys and let people win? Fine, you asked for it."

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Such recklessness, such arrogance and conceit, you must be punished! Die, you insects!"

After saying that, Xiao Yu immediately unleashed Fission Orb.

Boom! A silent explosion resounded through the crowd. The Fission Orb had a kill radius of eight yards, and this single shot instantly killed seven or eight adventurers.

"Damn it, the boss has attacked! Tanks, get in there!"

"Quickly, quick, form a formation!"

"Get out of my way, all of you, and see what I'm capable of!"

Amidst the commotion, a group of tanks finally emerged.

There were Druid had transformed into giant bears, Paladin radiating golden Holy Light, and Warrior clad in steel armor—a total of twenty or thirty of them—who charged forward all at once.

Behind them were hundreds of melee classes of various kinds, who also swarmed forward. Behind them were Priest, clerics, and Druid casting various support spells. As for ranged DPS classes such as mages, Warlock, and hunters, they simply ran to their maximum range and started firing from a distance, since they weren't worried about missing such a Big Guy target.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Witness the Power of Pure Water!" Faced with such a large group of adventurers, he couldn't possibly bombard them all one by one with the Fission Orb, so he directly released Ice Barrier. Instantly, the temperature of the surrounding air dropped sharply. Unlike the invisible chill of snowflakes falling slowly in the past, this cold current swept around like a storm, the cold as fierce as a knife, and the gale as treacherous as a storm.

Those adventurers Charge felt as if they had been instantly frozen solid.

"It's the Water Elemental Lord's Frost Barrier! Quickly use Frost Resistance Barrier!"

Someone shouted something, and one by one, semi-transparent magical barriers were erected, and people rushed inside to keep the cold out.

Of course, not every team has such advanced skills, so some people simply create Wall of Fire on the ground or summon rain of fire, and stand directly in the flames to avoid the damage from the cold.

Mages also unleashed fireballs and fire rain upon the adventurers who had been frozen into ice sculptures, freeing them from their icy state.

These adventurers, each displaying their unique abilities, operated methodically and without causing a collapse.

"Huh, we've been targeted?" Xiao Yu was taken aback. This was the first time he'd encountered this. It was likely that the opponent was too high-level and experienced, and instantly came up with a counter-tactic. After all, adventurers who could come to the Eastern Plaguelands to run dungeons were basically high-end players of level 40 or 50. Or perhaps they had watched his combat videos, knew his skills, and prepared tactics in advance. In any case, it seemed that the first wave of attacks had already failed.

But the attack from the other side had already landed on him.

Arrows, fireballs, and all sorts of ranged attacks rained down on the Water Elemental Lord, whose health began to plummet.

(Interesting, then I'll play along.) Xiao Yu thought with a cold smile, and once again circulated the elemental power within his body.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Your efforts are meaningless before my overwhelming power. Now, tremble before the power of the elements!" Furious Tornado!

Strictly speaking, this skill is relatively easy to dodge if you move well, but the problem is that these adventurers are all huddled inside the Frost Resistance Barrier and have no way to move. So when the Furious Tornado appeared, these adventurers were dumbfounded.

You either stay where you are and wait to die, or you break out of the barrier and seek death.

"Damn it, how are we supposed to fight this?!"

"This is a bug! This boss gives us absolutely no chance of survival!"

Some who were close by were swept up by the Tornado and sent flying into the sky, while others who ran out of the barrier were instantly frozen into ice sculptures. The adventurers' formation was thrown into chaos. However, this was only the beginning.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Let death and screams echo through the heavens, let fear and despair devour your souls!" Deep Sea Maelstrom.

The enormous whirlpool expanded in all directions, and the Enrage ocean currents made the adventurers feel as if they were in Hell. Howling winds, polar cold, and deep-sea whirlpools—all these disasters unfolded on this small piece of land at this moment. When it all ended, there was no one left alive on the ground.

Azathoth looked at the corpses scattered everywhere and the equipment dropped by the adventurers, and nodded in satisfaction. The power of Annihilation was indeed powerful, but looking at the health points, the cost was also staggering. In just a few minutes, he had lost nearly two million health points, of which more than one million were killed by the adventurers, and another seven or eight hundred thousand were consumed by his own skills.

This Power of Annihilation is indeed powerful, but the energy consumption is also a bit too high.

Xiao Yu quickly cast Elemental Absorption, restoring over a million health points. The sea siren priests and water siren priests behind him rushed to heal him, finally restoring his health to full.

(Those adventurers probably won't be coming back anytime soon, so the next step is to take over this tower), Xiao Yu thought, his gaze fixed on the Tower of Amalarui before him.

System notification: You have reached level 55. You have learned a new skill. Please select it from your skill bar.

Regional Announcement: Orland Tirion Fordring (Commander of the Scarlet Crusade) has left Tower of Alamarui Tower of Alamarui has been changed from a 20-player raid to a 10-player raid.

Regional Announcement: Lilith the Holy (High Inquisitor) has left the Tower of Alamarui Tower of Alamarui, which has been changed from a 10-player raid instance to a 5-player mini-raid instance.