MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter

The Iron Tower transformed directly into Titan's Steel Battle and then charged forward, unleashing Thunder and Cleaving Strike.

"You can start outputting now. These monsters have low intelligence, so aggro should be stable."

At the same time, the Death Knight also activated a group pull skill, attracting several arcane abominations.

These monsters were originally arcane guardians, drawing power from the Eternal Well, pure arcane creations. However, due to energy transforming into fel energy, their long-term absorption of fel energy caused them to mutate.

The melee fighters then stepped forward to output damage, while the ranged attackers began casting spells.

"Don't kill them all at once; focus fire on the monster I marked first," Li Yao said.

Actually, the most challenging aspect of ancient god encounters is facing high-intelligence monsters. Even if they are boss-level, if their aggro is unstable, they can unexpectedly strike down fragile targets.

This is the most frustrating situation for tanks. In contrast, facing low-intelligence monsters means stable aggro.

But players still dislike low-intelligence monsters because the rewards for killing them are relatively low, except for certain materials.

Otherwise, they would risk battling high-intelligence ones because they yield more rewards, especially equipment and special item skill books.

Of course, here there is no choice; the action has a target, and monster clearing disregards rewards.

When the marked monster had about 5% health remaining, Li Yao said, "Mages control Water Elemental Freeze, all melee move away, or you can move behind the Iron Tower. Iron Tower enters defensive stance and raises the shield for defense."

The Iron Tower's arm instantly produced a large shield, which clang upon hitting the ground, as it lowered its body to lean behind the massive shield. Those with displacement skills moved away, others moved behind the Iron Tower.

Li Yao signaled with a leap to move away, and as the ranged attackers focused fire, the first arcane abomination was killed.

Boom!

The arcane abomination exploded directly, and arcane elements violently dispersed. The durability of the Magic Tower decreased by a segment. The health of other arcane abominations dropped as well, but as arcane creations, they had a certain immunity to force impact, so the health drop wasn't too much, but still significant.

Crackle!

The arcane impact pushed the Iron Tower back several yards, though its health loss wasn't significant.

"Such explosive power!" Iron Tower was shocked. Others of smaller stature would probably have been knocked away a great distance, maybe even killed instantly.

"Continue the rhythm we had before," Li Yao said after seeing the Death Knight's health still stable.

Understanding the correct battle rhythm naturally made it easier. As one of the top mercenary groups, relying on charging others to kill bosses, they generally wouldn't make mistakes in this situation.

One by one, the arcane abominations were killed, and the Magic Tower was basically destroyed. Li Yao directly put the super powerful magic power crystal from the ruined top of the Magic Tower into his backpack.

This is a good item; football-sized crystals are rare and contain massive fel energy. They can adjust mana, serve as the core of an array, or even be used directly as a magic bomb.

There were three Magic Towers in total, and the group smoothly cleared the tower monsters, with the crystals ending up in Li Yao's possession.

"Something is not right, it should be four, why are there only three here?" Blood Rose frowned, "And it seems I've seen this magic glow elsewhere."

Li Yao nodded in appreciation, "Indeed, keen observation. Yes, there are four magic towers outside, with one more in a courtyard we passed through. But that area is an armory, filled with armed Upper Elf ghosts that we cannot defeat. Moreover, a single magic tower is no longer a threat to our operation."

Li Yao left one thought unsaid, that he didn't want to completely destroy the array structure here. He has plans to use it later. Repairing damage versus rebuilding is entirely different, as the cost in materials is vastly different; this is his future abode.

"Alright, shall we kill the undead on the other side next?" Blood Rose asked.

Li Yao nodded, "This one must be killed, or risk alerting the monsters below. This undead coming down to support would spell trouble for us."

The group nodded, Blood Rose asked, "What's the strategy against this leader?"

Li Yao helplessly replied, "You really think I'm a god eh? This boss I haven't fought before. But the opponent is clearly a Hunter, this needs no mention. And the opponent carries a blade, so melee skills are evidently not weak. Ideally, separate and kill the opponent's pet first."

"Though it's a ghost, unlike typical ghosts it seems to have corporeal form, with clear appearance suggesting it retained high intelligence from its former life. Such a boss, even if we temporarily pull away her pet, she can still command the pet to attack the fragile targets behind," Blood Rose frowned and said.

"Thus, we need coordination. When the battle starts, Iron Tower is responsible for holding the War Bear, restrict it. Try to prevent the War Bear from attacking others, Death Knight Grasp of Death should be saved for my command. Everyone pay attention to surroundings, keep away from the War Bear, and try not to get attacked. As for the boss, rely on everyone's awareness, as we don't know the boss's skills," Li Yao stated.

He was naturally familiar with this dungeon, having earned money while being pursued, thanks to this dungeon, quite familiar indeed.

Back then, it was continuous farming of the dragon-slaying questline for money, part of a close-combat weapon quest.

The first to complete the quest could obtain a top-tier Legendary Weapon, and then it became a dungeon, acquiring the dragon-slaying measure allowed one to gain a top-grade Legendary Weapon. Although its attributes were not as good as the first completed, it was still a top-notch weapon sought by players.

Unfortunately, the drop rate of the dragon-slaying measure was disheartening, and subsequent quests were difficult to complete; even if players accepted the quest, most failed the follow-up tasks.

So ultimately, players obtaining this weapon were few, even in late-stage gameplay hard to achieve, becoming one of the resentment weapons.

Because subsequent tasks required finding a black dragon for quenching, forging the weapon, then using the strong black dragon's heart blood to ultimately complete and obtain the unparalleled weapon.

Few black dragons existed in this world, and finding an ordinary black dragon weapon quality wouldn't be high, lacking significance.

Thus, players' best choice at the time was the Black Dragon Princess entrenched in Dustwallow Marsh; as for the Black Dragon Prince of Blackrock Tower, no need to even consider.

The Black Dragon Princess wouldn't obediently help with her own Dragon Breath to temper a weapon, let alone pour her heart blood into it.

This marked the greatest challenge of the quest: Not simply killing the Black Dragon Princess to get the weapon...