The Battle Begins
Meanwhile, Stormwind City, an ironclad warship floated silently on the sea, all its lights off, lurking quietly in the darkness. Through the pitch black, the crew could clearly see the outline of Stormwind City and the lights of its harbor in the distance.
Dark Rod stood at the bow of the ship, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty as he gazed at the distant harbor.
"Boss, is that Eric any good? I think that Goblin is just trying to fool people. How much trouble can a minor boss like him cause?" the Tauren first mate said with a look of disdain.
"That's not necessarily true. He used to be a Skeleton-level BOSS, so he must know a lot of powerful BOSSes. Maybe he asked someone for help," another ogre BOSS said.
"Forget it, who would help with this? Even a skeleton-level boss would be asking for death if it ran rampant in Stormwind City. Forget about the epic heroes in the city, even adventurers would be in for a world of trouble. Who would risk their life to help?" The speaker was a giant boar boss. It sounded quite incongruous for a boar to speak human language, but it seemed that the people on the ship were already used to it.
Dark Rod ignored his men's bickering, continuing to observe the port through his binoculars. Only when the commotion grew louder did he calmly say, "Regardless, we'll move out at 9 o'clock sharp. If he manages to make a scene, great; if not, we shouldn't be disappointed." As he spoke, his eyelids twitched. In the distance, above Stormwind City, flames suddenly shot into the sky, illuminating half the night sky, and a huge, phantom could be vaguely seen emerging from the city walls.
The alarm bells rang loudly, and the port's garrison could be seen beginning to assemble and move towards the city.
"The opportunity has come! That guy actually did it!" Dark Rod muttered to himself. Judging from the sight of the firelight, that guy must have summoned something extraordinary.
He suddenly regretted rejecting Xiao Yu's suggestion. If he had been in charge, they might have made it into the top three and become the big boss of the next expansion.
However, this regret only lasted a few seconds. Now was not the time to be preoccupied with gains and losses. Dark Rod's true colors returned, and he abruptly threw away the binoculars in his hand.
"Lights up, start the steam engines, target— Stormwind City! Get the landing forces ready! All of you, get moving!"
The crew of the Defiant were already prepared and immediately began to move upon hearing the order. The steam engine started, and as fuel was continuously filled into the combustion chamber, the Defiant set off towards Stormwind City Port.
The scene shifts back to the cathedral.
"Holy crap, that's terrifying! Wait, something's not right about this damage."
As soon as the Light of Dawn members saw the Balrog Lord appear, they quickly put on their previously prepared fire resistance gear and poured in fire resistance potions, since they hadn't used up all the ones they had bought before.
But when the fight started and they got burned, they realized something was wrong. The fire damage wasn't actually that strong, and looking at the Fire Demon Lord's health, it only had 1 million. What was going on? This Fire Demon Lord looked even bigger than the one before, so why was its combat power so weak?
Xiao Yu knew what was going on. The Shadow of Galax in front of him was not Galax's real body, but an otherworldly projection created by magic. Its combat power was only one-tenth of the real body. Its health and damage were incomparable. That's why he was able to survive that Greater Fireball. If it were Galax's real body, he would probably be killed in a second.
However, this only gave him a few more seconds to live.
If the main body unleashes a Super Fire Nova, it will deal at least tens of thousands of fire damage. However, if it is unleashed by a clone, it will only deal a few thousand fire damage. With the added damage reduction from higher resistance, a single burst of fire damage will only deal a few hundred points. Well-equipped adventurers can easily withstand it without any pressure.
The members of Light of Dawn could withstand the attack, but the Archbishop and his high-ranking Priest, who lacked fire resistance gear and fire potions, weren't so lucky. A single Super Fire Nova burned away several thousand of their health. And that Fire Nova was a continuous skill; wave after wave of fire caused their health to plummet. The high-ranking Priest, with tens of thousands of health points, simply couldn't hold on and were on the verge of dying.
"I can't take it anymore, Archbishop!" a high-ranking Priest said, interrupting the ritual and beginning to heal himself.
The other high-ranking Priest also gave up praying and began to heal themselves. The original pillar of Holy Light immediately began to thin and fade, Long Ao Jiutian's body, which was about to take shape, also began to become blurry.
Only one archbishop was still holding on. He was a hero-level NPC, so he could withstand the damage, but the problem was that this ritual couldn't be handled by him alone. As the pillar of light grew thinner and thinner and gradually disappeared, he could only sigh and give up his futile efforts.
"No!" "No!" "No!" Long Ao Jiutian shouted desperately, but it was no use. He only felt that the surroundings were gradually getting dark, and the Goblin's face became exceptionally clear in front of him.
"Hahaha, now you know how powerful I am! See if you're still so arrogant next time!" The Goblin in front of him laughed loudly as he was burned to Ashes in the flames. Because the plot had been triggered, he was obviously dead beyond any doubt. At this point, how could Long Ao Jiutian not realize what had happened? It was most likely the work of that guy, Lagrios. His vision finally went completely black, and he was kicked out of the game.
Damn it, oh damn it!
After exiting the game, Long Ao Jiutian felt as if his heart was on fire. He pounded on the game pod, shouting, "You just wait, you damned fire demon, you Goblin! Don't let me find you, you bastard, or you're dead!"
Meanwhile, in the game--
After his Goblin character was defeated, Xiao Yu didn't give up. He logged into the dwarf civilian character he had created during the day. This character logged off from the tower in Stormwind City, where he could overlook the surrounding situation. He was going to enjoy this grand spectacle that he had personally directed. He took out the snacks and drinks he had prepared (which he had bought with in-game currency during the day) and ate and drank while happily watching the show that was about to begin.