154: Chapter 154 You're just going to watch?

The world changed at the moment the Shadow Monarch completely solidified.

A cold system notification sounded simultaneously in every player's ear.

A blood-red world announcement flashed at the top of their vision.

【World Announcement: world boss · Shadow Monarch has descended. The Wind and Snow Divine Mountain region will be transformed into 'Polluted Land'!】

【World Event: Monarch's Wrath has begun!】

【Damage Contribution Ranking has been activated. Good luck.】

The moment the voice faded, a translucent golden leaderboard popped up in the top right corner of everyone's retinas.

At the very top of the list was the Shadow Monarch's health bar, so massive its end was almost invisible.

Below it was a blank ranking list with three columns: 【Rank】, 【Player Nickname】, and 【Damage Percentage】.

Before anyone could react to this sudden change—

“Boom—!”

A visible black shockwave, centered on the Shadow Monarch, swept across the entire Wind and Snow Plain with a roar!

“Pfft!”

“Ah—!”

Those Adventurers with poor equipment and insufficient stats couldn't even let out a full scream.

Their bodies instantly exploded into blood mist, then dissipated into white light.

“Roar!”

The warriors of the Titan Temple roared in unison, earthy yellow light shields lighting up on their bodies as they tanked the shockwave.

A trace of solemnity flashed in Guild Leader Salos's massive eyes, and he immediately issued a thundering command.

“'Slayer' squads one and two! 'Destroyer' squad one! Prepare to deal damage!”

He himself, along with his most elite personal guard, actually took half a step back.

On the other side, within the Moon Gods Radiance camp, Arrow of the Moon also calmly gave orders: “Begin the attack according to the predetermined plan!”

Shadow of Roman's Guild Leader, Oro, was even more direct, his codex floating before his chest.

Dozens of silver-glowing portals opened behind him, and mages in purple robes stepped out, quickly forming a mysterious magic circle.

Chen You watched this scene, a bit confused.

Why were the leaders of these Three Great Guilds only commanding and not acting themselves?

Was it some special tactic?

Sending the underlings first to test the boss's skills?

He didn't quite understand the thought processes of these top-tier players.

He had heard before that a world boss's stats would dynamically scale based on the challengers' levels.

But he didn't know that this “dynamic scaling” wasn't a smooth transition.

Instead, it moved in 10-level increments.

Levels 1-9 were one difficulty, 10-19 were another, and so on.

Level 80 players and level 89 players faced a boss with the same stats.

But what level 90 players faced was a completely different existence.

Therefore, to maximize damage, the Three Great Guilds had all formed “Extreme Damage Squads” made up of their top level 79 and level 89 players.

“Attack!”

With Salos's command, the Titan Temple's “Slayer” and “Destroyer” squads moved.

Dozens of Titan Warriors wielding giant axes charged simultaneously, their blades igniting with blinding flames as they hacked fiercely at the Shadow Monarch's ankles.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of massive damage numbers exploded from beneath the boss's feet.

【-1,234,500!】

【-1,567,800!】

【-1,199,999!】

Meanwhile, the assassins and archers of Moon Gods Radiance launched their attacks like ghosts.

Arrows infused with armor-piercing runes and poisoned daggers accurately struck the energy nodes they had scouted beforehand.

【-987,654! (Weak Point Attack)】

【-1,590,000! (Critical Hit)】

The Shadow of Roman's mage corps finished their incantations, and dozens of blazing white pillars of light descended from the sky like divine punishment.

【-1,345,678! (Spell Penetration)】

【-1,343,529! (Spell Penetration)】

Instantly!

The damage leaderboard refreshed frantically like a waterfall!

【Rank: 1】【Player Nickname: Blood Axes Squad】【Damage Percentage: 8.3%】

【Rank: 2】【Player Nickname: Moon Scars Squad】【Damage Percentage: 7.9%】

【Rank: 3】【Player Nickname: Ao Bi's Squad】【Damage Percentage: 7.4%】

...

The top ten—no, the top hundred—were instantly dominated by the elite damage dealers of the Three Great Guilds.

Chen You temporarily pushed the doubts in his mind aside.

Whatever, he'd just do his own thing.

He didn't even bother to move, simply shifting his thoughts.

Swish! Swish!

The twin jade brilliance swords floating by his side let out a clear chime and instantly transformed into two streaks of light, soaring into the sky in a crisscross pattern.

They shot straight toward the Shadow Monarch's mountain-like head.

Those two streaks of light were far too thin and fast.

Compared to the Shadow Monarch's thousand-meter demonic body that blotted out the sky, the twin jade brilliance swords were as tiny as two fireflies.

However, when they touched the boss's mountain-range-like forehead, every player on the Wind and Snow Plain witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

Strings of red, specially enlarged damage numbers erupted frantically from the Shadow Monarch's head!

Players of different levels saw damage values corresponding to their own tiers.

But without a doubt, these values exceeded all players' imaginations.

In the eyes of those level 80+ players, it was absolutely mind-blowing.

【-18,765,432! (Weak Point Critical Hit)】

【-18,987,654! (Weak Point Critical Hit)】

【-18,888,888! (Weak Point Critical Hit)】

...

No flashy special effects, no deafening roars—only the purest, most primitive, and most unreasonable damage numbers.

The twin jade brilliance swords turned into two tireless bolts of golden lightning.

They performed high-speed, repetitive piercing and slashing between the Shadow Monarch's vital points, such as the glabella and eye sockets!

The refresh rate of the damage numbers was so fast they blurred into a golden screen of light!

Within the Wind and Snow Divine Mountain region, the golden damage leaderboard in the top right corner of every player's screen underwent a revolutionary change.

The top hundred rankings, which had been firmly occupied by the elite squads of the Three Great Guilds, were instantly wiped clean by a single, solitary name in an utterly tyrannical fashion!

【Rank: 1】【Player Nickname: Chen You】【Damage Percentage: 22.1%】

【Rank: 2】【Player Nickname: Blood Axes Squad】【Damage Percentage: 19.3%】

【Rank: 3】【Player Nickname: Moon Scars Squad】【Damage Percentage: 19.1%】

...

The whole world seemed to fall silent.

“What... what is this?”

Titan Temple's Guild Leader Salos stared fixedly at the leaderboard with eyes like copper bells, his voice filled with unbelievable horror.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

That was an level 89 Extreme Damage Squad!

A war machine the Titan Temple had poured countless resources into building!

A Brutal Physical Damage Team composed of five pure attackers!

To think they were overtaken so easily?