Chapter 508: Chapter 508: The Shadow of the High Priest
 

Dream Fury!

With the casting of the centaur High Priest, the body of the Treant burst open, transforming into a sphere of light that floated above the High Priest’s Magic Wand.

The wand then split the sphere into four, distributing them into himself and the three other Treants.

His size remained the same, but his aura increased significantly for sure.

The once bewildered eyes of the other Treants turned blood red and their bodies grew even larger.

Their attack and defense both had seen a significant boost.

“Too OP! The qualities of these Treants have all gone up by a star,” Shadow Dance said in the team channel.

“What do you think? Feeling any pressure?” Li Yao asked.

“No.” The several tank players all stated they were handling the pressure fine.

“That’s good. Activate all the Equilibrium Treants,” Li Yao declared before he activated Rapid Shooting and started putting out maximum damage.

Treants and Druids are practically similar, nature-type refers to the healing class, using natural forces to heal teammates.

The Equilibrium Treants (Ancient Trees) are actually the spellcasting branch of the nature class, harnessing the force of the sun, moon, wind, and lightning to cause damage, they’re like mages proficient in various spells.

However, unlike mages, who need to connect to the Magic Net, the equilibrium Druids use input; they need to commune with nature.

And the so-called Ancient Tree of War and Tree Guardians were essentially warriors, but due to their nature, they also knew some basic spells.

Equilibrium input isn’t to be underestimated either, with the activation of fury, it’s not just their size that increases; their attack power, defense, and health all experience a significant boost.

The Starfire Team noticed clearly that their damage inflicted on the Treants had decreased quite a bit compared to before.

Most importantly, the input’s spell damage amplified with the onset of fury, significantly raising the pressure on the healers.

“Boss, we can’t hold on much longer, the healing pressure is too great,” Da Vinci, who had been quiet for a while, spoke out for the first time.

Li Yao frowned, “Everyone spread out. Melee of Teams one and two switch targets, go after the one Jin Jin has aggroed. But be wary! Don’t stray too far from the center, beware the boss’s Nightmare Ball.”

“Understood.”

As the formation adjusted, the Starfire Team’s health bars again stabilized.

As the Treant’s health depleted, Fruit Knight held the boss’ aggro firmly. Along with the Nightmare Counterattack Shield, her quick reactions could even counter some of the boss’s individual spell attacks.

Sometimes, these individual spell attacks were the most devastating.

“This Nightmare Counter Shield is too good, it makes the crap I have look like garbage! Damn it, I wonder when I can get my hands on something like this,” Guardian Angel jealously remarked.

Servering as the tank for a defensive Ancient Tree of War, he felt no pressure and kept an eye on the situation around them. Seeing Fruit Knight utilize the Nightmare Counter Shield to its fullest potential filled him with envy.

It’s always like this with gaming; as a main tank, nothing is more attractive than a powerful shield.

“Those who get marked by the Sun Moon Mark, immediately scatter from the crowd. Don’t be greedy for damage output. Have you forgotten what we discussed? You three nearly wiped out your teammates out of greed for just a bit of extra damage. I don’t want to see another mistake.” Li Yao sternly reprimanded.

Li Yao was generally a pretty mild-tempered person, and even when he used to command the team, he was never this harsh.

But Li Yao understood very clearly that this new instance dungeon was extremely different, if they continued with their previous state, they would never get past this boss.

So when he saw some members making mistakes, he became especially strict. After all, in the previous dungeons, they could still recover from small mistakes, but in this kind of dungeon, his strength might be strong, but it was hard-pressed to offer much more than small enhancements, and it would be too difficult to salvage the situation like in ten-player dungeons.

“Finally, liberation.” When the Equilibrium Treants died, their eyes showed relief and joy, completely devoid of the despair associated with the loss of life.

“Your doom is now.” The centaur High Priest cast his magic and the body of the equilibrium Treant exploded.

Three even more potent forces were infused into their bodies and the Treant’s body made a creaking sound, abruptly becoming larger.

Both their attack and defense had turned extremely formidable. The two tanks holding the Treant are now under a lot of pressure, no longer at ease as they were before.

With the death of the third Treant, a red glow began to appear on the centaur High Priest’s body, his quality level also increased by a star.

The last defensive Ancient Tree underwent even more drastic changes, its size had at least doubled compared to the start.

“Ignorant mortals, accept the baptism of the nightmare.”

The centaur High Priest swung his magic wand and patches of green fog randomly appeared within the arena, causing the team members to disperse in various directions.

“Dodge accordingly,” Li Yao instructed, “All firepower, kill the last Ancient Tree.”

“All of you killed my companions, you will all die,” The Ancient Tree of War let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Chain Thorn!

With the activation of the skill, a large number of thorns randomly sprung from the ground. They erupted too fast, even Li Yao didn’t have the reaction time, let alone the rest of the team.

The combined skills of the two bosses were lethal; they had to dodge both the Poison Fog and the thorns, Starfire’s members were dying one after another.

“Mortals never know the true terrifying power of the gods,” a flash shone within the High Priest’s eyes.

Life Equilibrium!

A red line linked the Ancient Tree and himself, and both their health bars increased significantly. This was an increase in their maximum health, and it also restored a portion of their lost health.

“Damn it, what the hell is this?” The Guardian Angel was hit by the thorns, leaving him in a semi-paralyzed state and with the emergence of the Poison Fog, his health rapidly depleted, eventually collapsing on the floor.

As the majority of the Starfire members fell, this instance raid was declared a failure.

The group respawned far away, gathering together, Li Yao asked: “Everyone, discuss. Why do you think we failed to get through?”

“We didn’t kill the last Ancient Tree fast enough,” Fruit Knight suggested.

“Yes, the combined skills were too overpowering,” Unparalleled Beauty agreed, “And every time we killed a Treant, the ones left became stronger.”

“What if we only kill the nature and equilibrium Treants and leave the rest, then go straight on the boss?” The newbie, Mu Zi, proposed.

Li Yao shook his head, “Impossible, you saw the Life Equilibrium skill too. He won’t cast it only once. As long as there are Treants, the boss will have unlimited health.”