Qiu Yu City Square.
The whole team had just gotten wiped out by the Drunken Sword of the Phantom of Avery Snow.
"Damn it!!!" Sword of Love angrily grabbed Cherished Dream and started punching him furiously.
"Get off me, are you mad!?" Cherished Dream tried to pull away from him.
"We need to change our lineup, right?"
Lady Lam turned on her mic to ask No One.
No One nodded, pondering for a moment before speaking.
"We'll probably need to reduce our damage and bring in a class that can avoid control states and damage.
If we can't block that drunken effect, we'll definitely all die. That true damage slash is instant death.
The more we fight, the more No One realized that the Divine Druid was meant to handle the Boss.
He sighed, then reorganized the team.
At this point, we can only use the simplest method to tackle the dungeon.
Enter, die, enter, die, enter, die.
Each time we die, we learn from the previous mistakes, change our lineup or battle strategy.
. . .
Snow Vixen was still at the company. She and many people from DMG were watching the live streams of teams tackling the dungeon.
On days when the number of people raiding the dungeon reaches a certain peak, with top guilds doing multiple runs after every update, the company staff would monitor the dungeon battles closely.Avoid unnecessary mistakes and correct errors immediately if necessary.
She was closely watching the live stream of the Moonlight Clan.
They still seemed to be struggling quite a bit.
The Moonlight Clan had been under DMG's watch since the event of crossing the Sea of Flames.
They were also one of the few guilds tackling the Phantom of The Immortal Blade in its original state.
DMG's initial plan was to have everyone get past the First Boss in the Demonic state first.
After that, they would reach the final Boss, where they would have the equipment and levels required to fight the First Boss in the Phantom of Avery Snow state.
That was the intention, but currently level 79 and the Almighty Technique have been unlocked.
Not all of the functions DMG anticipated to confront the Phantom of Avery Snow are available.
With some reluctant calculations, there's still a very low chance of success.
Each dungeon released undergoes two tests.
The first is a simulation. The computer will run countless hypothetical scenarios with different lineups to beat the dungeon.
After that, the viable team lineups to clear the dungeon are tested internally by the company staff.
Then a small number of beta testers are allowed to attempt it once again.
Three stages of testing before officially launching, to ensure the dungeon can be cleared.
However, these tests are based on the premise that the predefined equipment and items are already available.
Currently, those pieces of equipment and items are still missing.
The outcome for the Moonlight Clan remains uncertain.Many people in the company are even betting on whether the original state will be defeated before the Third Boss.
Snow Vixen looked at the whole Moonlight Clan team trying their best and couldn't help but smile.
"Keep it up."
She also felt a little tempted to join them in facing the dungeon.
But it was too risky, so she kept silent.
Director Minh was also standing behind Snow Vixen, watching the Moonlight Clan.
Hearing Snow Vixen mutter encouragement to the Moonlight Clan, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Snow Vixen had always taken her work seriously and had a bit of disdain for players.
And yet, here she was cheering them on?
He hadn't thought such a thing was possible.
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They had attempted the dungeon ten times.
Each attempt brought about a slight change.
Most of the strategies involved lineup compositions like Earth Dreamer, Phantom Blade, Musician, and Onmyoji.
They sacrificed damage output to bring in the Musician to help escape the Drunken Sword.
However, the situation wasn't very promising.
The problem was that the Musician could remove debuffs but couldn't prevent them.
This meant when Drunken Sword was activated, Hana was also controlled.
She couldn't perform the Parade of People Who Lost Their Home to remove the Drunken effect for her teammates.The Musician's shield should have been their saving grace at this moment.
But unfortunately, the Drunken Sword didn't stop at just one strike.
After the first swing, the Phantom of Avery Snow continued her sword dance, striking each player.
Every strike was a guaranteed deadly hit.
No One wasn't sure about the mechanism, but it seemed likely that they first needed to remove the drunken effect.
Because they just realized another thing.
The Drunken effect was inescapable!
Therefore, even if Hana wanted to, she couldn't break free and then remove the debuff for her teammates.
What they needed to overcome this predicament was resistance to negative effects.
At this moment, Hau Hau had an idea.
"Use the Ranger's escape skill."
[Aerial Escape]
[Escape Skill]
[Launches an explosive bullet to the ground, propelling the user into the air for 1 second. Can execute Rain of Bullets while airborne.]
[While airborne, can be attacked by enemies using aerial skills.]
[Rain of Bullets]
[Prolongs time in the air, inflicting large area damage to all enemies.]
Ah, so that's it.
"Damn it, Hao Hao, you're a genius," No One burst out laughing.
When airborne, one cannot be suppressed by other controls.
When stunned or knocked over, subsequent stuns or knockdowns can extend the control effect.
But how can you stun someone when they're in the air?
Hao Hao's idea was to use the escape skill just before the Phantom of Avery Snow activated the Drunken Sword.
Avoid the Drunken effect by being propelled into the air.No One forgot about this.
Too many skills to read made him almost overlook this game mechanic.
There was still a possibility that the Drunken effect could activate when airborne, but it was worth trying.
...
At the same time, Black & White's team was pushing the Boss's health bar.
As usual, due to high damage, the Phantom Demonic Form would target the Flying Blade.
The Flying Blade's damage at level 75 combined with the Almighty Technique was incredibly high.
No One looked at the screen and suddenly saw a familiar face.
"Wow. Can anyone guess who Black & White's Flying Blade is?"
"Hmm? Isn't it the Soybean Swordsman?" Lady Lam was curious.
"No. They've changed."
He pulled up the screen and sent it for everyone to see.
"That bastard." Sword of Love gritted his teeth.
It was Snow Step.
After the Fire&Ice Camp's event of crossing the Sea of Flames, many old scandals about their past bullying of other guilds came to light, leading to their rapid dissolution.
Rumor has it that Ice Fire Song changed his name, unfriended his entire friend list, and disappeared.Most members of the Fire&Ice Camp joined other guilds. Quite a few joined Black & White and the Noodle Shop.
The Eastern Joy Club influenced their current state, so it was understandable that some members didn't want to join them.
Snow Step was added to the main team of Black & White, obviously because of his equipment.
Any Flying Blade looking at his gear would drool.
The Fire&Ice Camp's past dungeon achievements weren't bad, but they weren't top-tier either.
Partly because they mimicked the Fighting Monk and Flying Blade strategy of the Noodle Shop, then utilized Snow Step's equipment to maximize damage.
Of course, many players disliked Snow Step and would go on Black & White's streams to rant.
But Mujou... fundamentally, he didn't care.
So gradually, things calmed down.
No One looked at Black & White's lineup and could predict what they were planning.
They used the Divine Druid to escape the instant death attacks from the Phantom Demonic Form targeting the Flying Blade.
Then, while the Phantom was continuously attacking, after the Forest Of Thousand Wonders effect ended, the damage reflected back was incredibly high.
On the screen, Snow Step's body was glowing green, and his flying blades vanished just before hitting the Phantom.
But the Phantom's instant death attacks kept coming, yet they didn't harm Snow Step.
After a while, the effect ended.
The first flying blade then sliced through space, striking the Phantom's face, causing it to stagger back.
Its health dropped from 40% to 29% instantly.
The chat channel went wild.[30% ! 30% ! 30%]
[It's here! The 30% mechanic!!!]
[Hurry, take a look!!!]
No One did not take his eyes off the screen.
All information about Phantom of The Immortal Blade was crucial for overcoming it.