Since the stronghold battle, someone had been relentlessly bombing three major battlefields, causing Infinite Dimensions players to develop a good habit:
No matter if it's useful or not, always carry a bunch of magic resistance potions.
This had driven countless mage players crazy. Every opponent was incredibly tough to fight, making it a daily torment.
Resistance auras flared up on players as priests immediately started healing and reviving those who had fallen.
"Only 50,000 health for an elite boss? Charge! Kill it!" shouted one player.
"Do I even need to say it? Ugly bastard, move out of my way!" Ride Donkey rushed in first, a giant sword swinging fiercely.
The Cursed Evil Spirit let out a chilling shriek and extended its bone claws toward him.
Ride Donkey grinned, quickly activating his taunt skill to take the damage, and his teammates, including Old Yin, fell into position, preparing to focus fire.
However, to everyone's surprise, Ride Donkey's expression changed. His sword slashed through the air, splitting a nearby table in half.
Then the Cursed Evil Spirit passed right through his body.
He turned stiffly to look behind him, and the evil spirit's bone claws were holding onto a white humanoid spiritual figure.
"I… I can't move!" Ride Donkey's back chilled as he was affected by the Soul Lock effect, becoming immobilized for three seconds.
The evil spirit let out a sinister laugh, tightening its grip, and the spirit in its claws screamed in agony.
Soul Strike -4000
Critical Hit -8000!
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"Such an idiot," Blank sneered, retreating to a corner to watch the chaos unfold.
"Holy crap… what kind of ridiculous attack is this? Physical immunity?" Ride Donkey's senses went numb, his health dropping rapidly.
"Not that, bro. Why is the healing effect halved on top of everything?"
Absolute Kid quickly cast a healing spell on him, but as a violence-focused healer, healing wasn't his forte.
Combined with the Cursed Evil Spirit's self-applied healing debuff, his healing was barely enough to make a dent. He could only watch as Ride Donkey's health was wiped out.
mlss!
mlss!
...
At the same time, more than ten melee players, seeing that the elite boss only had 50,000 health, became greedy and rushed in to grab the loot.
However, another Cursed Evil Spirit transformed into black mist and passed through the players' bodies, quickly collecting a bunch of souls.
It squeezed each one to death in a cruel display.
Ride Donkey shouted: "It's a trap! You guys head to the revival point and wait for me… damn it, why hasn't anyone tried to resurrect me yet?"
Before he could finish, the Godslayer Guild players demonstrated their usual "when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter" mentality, and long before he could say anything, they had already vanished without a trace.
Absolute Kid: "It's okay, bro, I'll grab your loot for you. We'll hold out at the revival point and fight this boss to the end!"
ChewChew Bro: "Keep the green hills, and you won't run out of firewood. Let's go, guys!"
...
A group of them charged through the main gates toward the revival point, determined to die as many times as possible while leaving the tank in front to absorb all the damage.
"Good, you prefer to conserve strength, huh? Under my leadership, let's all exceed our limits!"
Orson sat in the lord's throne with a fatherly smile, controlling a Cursed Evil Spirit to follow the group.
"Eh? You guys are running so fast, cover me as a backline damage dealer!"
ChewChew Bro, the Godslayer archer, cursed, forced to turn back and shoot an enchanted arrow that struck the Cursed Evil Spirit.
Critical Hit -1800!
"Damage taken. Now I know how to fight this boss…"
ChewChew Bro turned to shout at his teammates to engage the boss, but as he turned, he noticed the priest in his team was running faster than him.
"F*ck…"
ChewChew Bro closed his eyes, completely defeated, and was instantly killed by the Cursed Evil Spirit.
Heartbroken Loli: "Big brothers, save your soft sister warrior!"
The newly joined sister warrior Heartbroken Loli fell into despair, experiencing the true care of her older brothers.
Originally, the four were running together, but the moment the evil spirit appeared, the rest of Old Yin and his teammates quickly split up, running in all directions, and they immediately sold out Heartbroken Loli.
"Ah… f*cking hell!" Heartbroken Loli cursed.
The older brothers swallowed hard in unison, secretly cursing, "Even if the guild leader himself came, he couldn't stop us from running!"
"I knew it, why does this damn thing only target us?!"
"Yeah? I haven't even touched it, so why's it coming after us?"
"Could it be that we three are too good-looking? Even the dead can't stand to look at us?"
Approaching the revival point, Absolute Kid and the others realized something was wrong. They all felt that the problem had to be with the others, or else how could the aggro have shifted to them?
The suspicion over aggro quickly led to the inevitable blame-shifting.
Old Yin acted first: "Absolute Kid, I told you not to cast Holy Light on random players, and now look, all the aggro is on us."
Absolute Kid: "Shut your mouth, you big idiot. You're a 18-year-old headstrong mage, trying to play the role of some old wizard? Who's the real problem here?"
Old Yin: "Do you know Gandalf, mage? This is called a classic character creation, perfect immersion!"
The two argued non-stop, while another archer was more direct, shooting two arrows at the feet of the two fastest runners, forcing them to stop.
Burnt Chicken Wings: "Sorry, I've got too much money on me. If I die, all the gold will drop."
"I'll be damned!"
"Despicable!"
The two players cursed loudly, and as their speed slowed, the Cursed Evil Spirit lunged at them, killing them instantly.
Burnt Chicken Wings: "Ride Donkey, it's your turn now! You tank while I deal damage. This boss takes magic damage, so I'll use enchanted arrows…"
At the revival point, Ride Donkey successfully respawned. He shook his armored body, and his battle armor glowed red.
Flame Armor!
This skill had a magical burning effect and was particularly effective against undead creatures. It was one of the signature moves of the Earth Fire Knight.
Burnt Chicken Wings thought he was being clever, waiting for Ride Donkey to arrive so he could mindlessly deal damage and finish off the boss.
Then the loot would be his. After all, as a high-dexterity archer with over 300 agility, no one could beat him to the loot.
However, his plan was ruined by someone even more enraged.
"Get lost, I don't need your reminder. I'm soloing this!"
Ride Donkey charged forward, slashing two brutal blows at Burnt Chicken Wings, forcing him to retreat.
Ride Donkey sneered, "Whoever gets in the way, just go revive."
Burnt Chicken Wings was stunned. "Are these people really from the same guild as me?"
"Sell me out again! This is karma!" Absolute Kid laughed maliciously, while Ride Donkey charged at the boss. With the Flame Armor protecting him, he held up much better than before.
-400
-500
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Even though his great sword couldn't deal damage to the Cursed Evil Spirit, Ride Donkey relied on his skillful positioning, staying close to the boss and using the Flame Armor aura to burn it. Gradually, they gained the upper hand.
But while Flame Armor was powerful, it had a shield value limit, and against the Cursed Evil Spirit's insane 4000 attack, the armor cracked quickly.
"I'll allow one person to attack. Healer, get in there!" Ride Donkey said shamelessly.
Unfortunately, he overestimated his influence. As soon as the words were out, the others ignored him and began launching their enchanted attacks at the boss.
No team coordination, no spirit of teamwork—just everyone relying on their own gear and skills to hit the Cursed Evil Spirit.
A magic eye appeared overhead, and someone took over the Cursed Evil Spirit's control.
A dark six-pointed star lit up, and Absolute Kid's expression changed: "Get back, he's about to reduce healing! Potions won't stop it!"
Despite the chaos, the team quickly spread out, creating distance.
Just as the six-pointed star began to glow, it suddenly vanished, and the team froze. "Did he cancel the casting?"
The Cursed Evil Spirit let out a mournful cry and vanished in front of Ride Donkey, who thought he had drawn aggro, instead prioritizing the nearly-dead archer, Burnt Chicken Wings.