Gulu Kaka

"Lord Azathoth, your tactical arrangements seem to have encountered some problems."

At this very moment, within the illusion reflected in the water, Wotkud spoke nervously.

"What happened?" Xiao Yu asked knowingly.

"The Lost Island has fallen, and we have now retreated to the Lost Temple for a final stand. The enemy has not yet launched an attack, but it seems only a matter of time before they do. I hope you will allow me to lead the Immortal Legion in retreat."

Xiao Yu knew what retreat meant. In the deepest part of the Lost Temple, there was a cave leading to the sea. It was from there that Xiao Yu entered the Bottomless Abyss, obtained the Scourge of the Ocean, and released N'Zoth.

Xiao Yu knew that if he agreed, Wotkud could immediately lead the remaining Elemental Legion to retreat and return to the Water Elemental Plane by sea. Of course, in that case, the Lost Temple dungeon would be a misnomer. Although there were some non-elemental bosses such as the Mermaid Ariel and Lady Xiwadelin defending the area, they alone could not support a raid dungeon for the expansion's storyline.

This expansion is, after all, based on elemental creatures. As the first expansion of Rise of the Elemental King, it would be a bit unreasonable not to include a few elemental bosses to fit the theme. Besides, what good will it do to escape back? In the end, they still have to go back into the dungeon.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu shook his head.

Azathoth (Elemental King): "The Lost Island is a vital stronghold for our race on the Prime Material Plane, and it must not be lost. Hold it, Wotkud. I believe you are strong enough to wait for my reinforcements to arrive. The Immortals are powerful Warrior and will not be defeated by those two-legged creatures."

"But, Lord Azathoth, we—"

"There are no 'buts'. I will soon bring reinforcements to your aid. This is all part of my plan. Defend the Lost Temple. May the elements be with you!"

After saying that, Xiao Yu turned off the video.

He sighed, a strange sense of guilt rising in his heart. He shook his head, putting that feeling out of his mind, and Xiao Yu went straight into the BOSS room.

Once a mirror system is activated in a dungeon, this space will appear within the dungeon. Players who are playing as bosses can stay here and observe the battle situation in the dungeon. After all, after the mirror system is activated, many dungeons will appear at the same time, and players cannot control so many bosses at the same time. Therefore, most of the time, players will hand over control of the bosses to the computer.

Since Xiao Yu is the hidden boss of this instance, even though he is not currently on the Lost Island, he still has access. At this moment, the instance mirror images on the screen in front of him have been activated.

Hundreds of images appeared on the screen, meaning that hundreds of teams were simultaneously attempting this dungeon.

This is not surprising, because the Lost Temple is an expansion's story dungeon, so the drops are undoubtedly excellent. Moreover, it doesn't require a dungeon key and allows you to experience the story. Such a good dungeon is rare in the Sky World of Rix. Therefore, more than half of these 100,000 adventurers came specifically for the Lost Temple dungeon.

Therefore, it's not surprising that hundreds of adventure teams would attempt to conquer this dungeon simultaneously.

Behind these hundreds of adventure teams are the top 100 guilds in the game. They enter the dungeons to compete for equipment and to pave the way for Heroic difficulty.

While the increased difficulty grants the boss greater power, the application of skills and tactics remains largely unchanged.

Thirdly, if we can get the first kill, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the guild's reputation.

This time, the game company has also specially opened up a first-kill system, but of course, it is limited to the expansion's story team dungeons.

As Xiao Yu looked at the screens, his eyelids twitched suddenly, and he saw a guild he recognized.

Glory War Soul, a renowned guild in the Alliance, played a significant role in Azathoth's attack on the Lost Island. They had learned from Big Water Cunt Glory War Soul Guild the Immortals was crucial and would yield substantial benefits in the expansion. Therefore, their guild leader War Soul King, ordered the entire guild to aggressively grind the Immortals reputation, reaching Exalted in one fell swoop. However, upon the expansion's release, the Immortals were transformed into major villains, rendering all their previous reputation efforts futile. This Glory War Soul, so upon hearing of the impending attack on the Lost Island, they immediately led a group of their followers to their aid.

There are several other guilds similar to them, such as High Heaven Pavilion, the old rival of Glory War Soul, and the War God Hall of the Horde.

At that moment, all these guilds suddenly crowded into the dungeon.

After entering the dungeon, War Soul King led his men deeper into the dungeon. He had been to the Lost Temple before, but the current Lost Temple had undergone significant changes, making it more suitable for the aesthetics of elemental creatures and thus unfamiliar to them.

The Lost Temple instance is a straightforward instance; although the path is winding, there are basically no side paths, so you just follow one path all the way through.

Entering the dungeon and walking along a long corridor, you encounter many elite murloc monsters and Water Elemental monsters along the way. These Water Elemental are all members of the Immortals, a whole host of elite monsters. Coupled with the buffs from [World Destroyer's Servant] and the dungeon's attribute adjustments, their combat power is extremely formidable, with most having over 100,000 HP. However, for an elite guild like Glory War Soul, these are naturally not difficult enemies to deal with. Although their efforts to gain the Immortals reputation are no longer useful, they have still acquired a considerable amount of ice resistance equipment. Therefore, they easily overcome all obstacles and soon arrive at the room of the first BOSS, a huge cavern filled with seawater, resembling a giant swimming pool.

At this moment, most of the guilds have already arrived at the location of Boss #1.

Xiao Yu checked the BOSS description for this dungeon.

Boss #1: The Murloc Knights.

This Murloc Knights is a team-type boss consisting of thirteen Murloc Knights. The leader of the Murloc Knights is the cute Little Murloc Gulu Kaka Xiao Yu used to trick the Moonlight Travel Group. Now, this Little Murloc has grown up and become a true Murloc Knight. He still holds the Sharkmaster Lord's Spear the players of the Moonlight Travel Group gave him, and his mount is a narwhal.

In addition to the Little Murloc, there are two other fishman turtle riders, who possess the skills of Ocean Current Impact and Turtle Shell Defense.

Four merman shark riders, possessing skills such as Bloodthirsty Frenzied Shark and Deep Sea Assault.

Six murloc swordfish knights, possessing the skill of Sharp Sword Charge.

Murlocs are usually used as cannon fodder wherever they go, and this place is no exception. When they saw the Glory War Soul rushing in, the Murloc Knights did not make a move. Under the restrictions of the dungeon rules, adventurers must enter the warning range before they can take action.

War Soul King: "Everyone, pay attention. This Murloc Knights is a group-type BOSS, similar to the Death Knight Order we fought before. Knight-type monsters all have Charge skills, and they are in the water, so we can't engage in a melee with them."

Here's my strategy: We'll all form a defensive circle in the shallow water area, with melee DPS on the outer circle and casters on the inner circle. The hunter will pull the monster directly towards us. Everyone, prepare for battle at this intersection. Tanks, hold the monster; healers, keep everyone alive; DPS, unleash your attacks! Under no circumstances should we disrupt the formation. Any questions? -- Okay, if not, then prepare to engage."

Forty adventurers quickly formed a tight defensive circle, since the enemy didn't seem to have any wide-range skills, so there was no need to worry about positioning.

Then the hunter stepped forward and fired an Arcane Shot.

-782! A bright red number appeared, and the BOSS's health was displayed.

Gulu Kaka (Fishman Knight Commander), a 3-skull-level BOSS with 4.38 million HP.

The Little Murloc was furious after taking that arrow.

Gulu Kaka (Commander of the Murloc Knights): "This is Lord Azathoth's territory, and you are absolutely forbidden from setting foot here! Intruders, you will all die! Waaaaaah~!"

With a howl, the thirteen merman knights Charge simultaneously.

The War Soul King shouted, "Front row, hold on! Back row, unleash your AOE attacks!"

Blizzard, Multishot, Rain of Fire —a variety of area-of-effect spells rained down on the front of the position.

They landed right in the path of the merman riders' Charge.

With a loud boom, the first few swordfish knights had already rushed past the spell's range and crashed into the row of melee fighters at the front. Those Warrior, Paladin, and bear druids all roared and charged towards the swordfish knights opposite them, and the battle instantly began.

As it turned out, War Soul King's tactical arrangement was very wise. Neither the Shark Knight nor the Swordfish Knight could do anything about the adventurers who had surrounded the city, and the damage caused by the Charge was quickly recovered by the healers.

The two dragon turtle knights did play a significant role; their Ocean Current Impact skill could deal massive AOE damage to adventurers huddled together. However, the damage was limited and was negligible thanks to the group healing.

"Maintain formation, maintain formation! Healers, keep healing! Focus fire on those two dragon turtle knights first! Good job! Now focus fire on the swordfish knights!" Under the command of the War Soul King, the fishman knights fell one after another, until only Gulu Kaka remained.

Gulu Kaka (Commander of the Murloc Knights): "The great shark is coming!" With a sudden swing of his Little Murloc, a giant shark burst from the water and snatched a mage into its mouth, dragging him into the water.

This mage became the only player to die in this battle.

Finally, the Little Murloc's health was depleted.

Gulu Kaka (Fishman Knight Commander): "Lord Azathoth... Gulu Kaka is going to die... huh... Gulu Kaka, do you still want to..."

Before he could finish his sentence, with a splash, the Little Murloc tumbled off the narwhal's back into the water, then quickly floated back to the surface.

"Yay!" The adventurers cheered, surprised that they had passed it in one go.

[System Notification: The Glory War Soul Guild has defeated the Murloc Knight Commander Gulu Kaka, achieving the first kill. This is to announce the achievement.]

"Holy crap, it's the first kill!" War Soul King exclaimed excitedly. Although it was only the first kill on normal difficulty, it was still a great start.

However, he also felt a bit emotional. Back when he was grinding reputation on the Lost Island, he had accepted a quest from this Gulu Kaka, but he stopped doing it after finding there was no reward. He never expected that he would be the first one to kill him today.

However, the initial excitement was quickly overshadowed by the joy of the loot. Although it wasn't a scripted kill, the boss dropped quite a lot of loot because it was the first kill.

Sharkmaster Lord's Spear (Epic Polearm).

Murloc Commander's Battle Armor (Epic Chestplate).

Murloc Commander's Gauntlets (Epic Gauntlets).

The One-Horned Brad's Reins (Rare Underwater Mount).

The Divine Artifact's Conch (Epic Trinket; Use to summon a murloc knight to fight for you).

Dragon Turtle's Reins (Rare Underwater Mount)

Frenzied Shark's Sharp-Toothed Fist Weapon (Epic One-Handed Weapon)

Seven items dropped at once! This expansion's story dungeons are really lucrative.

Everyone happily distributed the equipment, and War Soul King immediately led the team forward again.

Meanwhile, in the other mirrors, a similarly bustling scene unfolded.