84: First kill on Elite difficulty

After defeating the second boss, Xu Shian continued quickly toward the final boss!

【Gemu Chew-Iron, the Bone Smasher】

【Level: 8】

【elite difficulty】

【HP: 70000】

【MP: 70000】

【Physical Attack: 600】

【Magic Attack: 700】

【Strength: 120】

【Agility: 100】

【Constitution: 140】

【Spirit: 140】

【Physical Defense: 125】

【Magic Defense: 125】

【Skills:】

【Slam: Chieftain Gemu swings the flail in his hand, dealing 300% area-of-effect damage to enemies in a fan-shaped area in front of him. Cooldown: 15 seconds.】

【Throw Earthen Jar: Chieftain Gemu throws a sticky earthen jar, contaminating an area and causing units staying within it to take 150 points of magic damage per second.】

【War Banner: Chieftain Gemu plants a tattered battle standard into the ground, granting the Chew-Iron clansmen on the battlefield a buff that increases attack speed by 30% and restores 300 HP per second. The battle standard has 15 HP, and each physical attack can reduce its HP by one point.】

【Chieftain's Horn: Blows the Chieftain's Horn to summon four Chew-Iron clansmen from the edge of the battlefield. This can be used once every thirty seconds, and the skill cannot be interrupted!】

Upon seeing the boss of the elite difficulty, Xu Shian, as usual, first inspected its attributes.

Honestly, it was a bit unexpected!

The HP and attack didn't matter much, but the enhancements from the War Banner and the Chieftain's Horn were a bit outrageous.

They were definitely party-wipe skills!

From the very first second of the fight, the boss was effectively already in a state of having four minions.

If the minions couldn't be taken out in time, then when the War Banner appeared, the party would inevitably be heavily drained by the increased attack speed and health regeneration!

An ordinary team would need to focus fire for three rounds just to take down this War Banner...

This final boss, which couldn't even last a minute and a half on normal difficulty, was buffed a bit too much on elite difficulty!

Isn't this a trap?

Xu Shian could already imagine the excitement of teams who didn't know better, having managed to get past the first two bosses, even if it was difficult!

And then the sense of powerlessness when they reached the final boss, couldn't beat it, and couldn't obtain the extra lifespan...

He activated Stealth and decided to steal a round first!

Two coin drops, one Black Iron equipment...

Could only say it was better than nothing!

He didn't know if it was because the boss drops were shared across the three difficulty levels or some other reason, but the 【Search】 skill was clearly not working very well later on!

He retreated to the entrance of the Dungeon and summoned his entire army outside the cave.

Then...

He initiated the fight with 【Savage Charge】...

-938, -938!

Xu Shian's various skills immediately followed up, while the six gray wolves at his feet stood still...

Gemu Chew-Iron was in no hurry to fight back; instead, he blew the horn!

This wasted another two seconds, and he took a beating for nothing.

Four Chew-Iron clan goblins rushed out from the direction where Xu Shian and his group were standing, and as soon as they appeared, they were swarmed by the main force.

Ten seconds later, they were all killed...

The ten seconds made Xu Shian frown!

On normal difficulty, these goblins only had a little over three thousand HP and 60 defense points.

But now, they had five thousand HP and 100 defense points...

This had a significant impact on the output of Xu Shian's side.

After finishing off the first wave of minions, Xu Shian arranged for his team to attack...

Three minutes later, Xu Shian, in his soul state, stared blankly at the swirling blue light gate in front of him!

How did he die just now?

Oh, the focus fire wasn't active enough... He always felt that if he touched the boss a few more times, it would die!

As a result, the minions kept gathering, and Xu Shian's side started losing members first.

The gray wolves were killed one by one, which meant there wasn't enough firepower to hit the banner later on...

Once the banner appeared, the attack speed of all units on the boss's side skyrocketed by 30%.

This was equivalent to fighting against someone with Bloodlust active...

He entered the Dungeon to revive and ate some food to restore his health!

He revived his minions one by one.

Although the Emerald Dream could automatically revive dead units, the speed was too slow.

If Xu Shian had nothing to do, he wouldn't bother, but he was fighting a boss right now! Better to revive them manually...

Wu Lun and 【Ben Boer Ba】 had been sent back to the card slot by Xu Shian, escaping death!

Xu Shian had actually realized something was wrong at the time!

He directly used 【Vanish】 to drop combat.

Unexpectedly, he was caught in the splash of one of the boss's flail 【Slam】 attacks and died on the spot...

It took Xu Shian five minutes to gather all fourteen of his minions.

Then, the group of fifteen "people" headed toward the cave where the boss was hiding once again, in a grand manner!

Actually, Xu Shian had a great advantage in fighting this boss!

When he gave orders, it was just a thought, and his minions would obey immediately...

The previous failure was entirely his own fault.

This second time, Xu Shian truly started fighting steadily and cautiously!

He dodged whatever was on the ground, and all his minions were positioned at the boss's side and rear to output damage.

As soon as the boss summoned, they attacked the minions immediately!

No need for any extra words, it was just a thought...

Three minutes later...

【Ding, congratulations on killing the 'Goblins Nest' Dungeon elite difficulty boss 'Gemu Chew-Iron, the Bone Smasher'. Obtained: Experience +4000 points.】

【Congratulations on obtaining: One Lifespan Chest (Bound)!】

【Congratulations on obtaining: Gold Coins +30, Equipment: Dazzling Step Leather Boots (Silver Tier), Equipment: Sturdy Belt (Silver Tier), Skill Book: Summon War Banner!】

Hiss...

【Ding, congratulations on completing the 'Goblins Nest' elite difficulty first clear. Obtained: free stat points +10, Gold Coins +10, All main city reputation +1000 points. The East Dragon Empire announcement is about to be made. Would you like to hide your name?】

"Don't hide it!"

【Ding, your talent 'Social Butterfly Syndrome' has triggered, main city reputation +500 points extra.】

...

【War God Xingtian】's team finally waited for the Silver Tier staff they had been longing for.

"Let's try one more time. If we still can't beat it, we'll stop for today!"

Xing Sifang looked at his teammates around him.

"Don't worry, as long as we don't reset the Dungeon, we can keep playing this same progress. It won't cause a massive waste of extra lifespan. You guys might not be afraid, but I am!"

The teammates around him all breathed a sigh of relief.

Just at this moment, the world announcement sounded!

【Ding, East Dragon Empire announcement: Congratulations to player 'Shi Chuan' for the server-wide first clear of the 'Goblins Nest' elite difficulty Dungeon. Obtained rich rewards. We hope everyone will continue to work hard and create more glory! This is hereby announced!】

【Ding, East Dragon Empire announcement: Congratulations...】

Three consecutive imperial announcements were truly shocking to everyone for miles around.

All the people of the Xia Kingdom were classified under the East Dragon Empire.

When Xu Shian heard this announcement, he was stunned. Was it because the Novice Village Dungeon was different for each country?

He couldn't figure it out, so he decided not to think about it for now!

【War God Xingtian】 was a bit bewildered, and not just him; his four teammates were also a bit at a loss.

Having struggled for almost two days, they understood better than those watching the spectacle just how hard the final Chieftain boss was to beat!

The damage output had to be precise; being even a little off wouldn't work. Being slow to switch targets wouldn't work, and not dodging the boss's skills definitely wouldn't work!

It could be said that every one of its skills was a potential point for a party wipe...

Unexpectedly, someone was actually able to solo the elite difficulty Goblins Nest!

"Brother Xing? Are we still going to fight?"

"Execute the order..."

"Yes!"