Chapter 82
Chapter 82 – The Powerful Fire Cloud King
SnowPhoenix’s expression was filled with fear as she staggered back and her health rocketed down. Yet, no matter how much she tried to replenish her health, it was of no use. In a mere few seconds, her health bar emptied, and she turned back into a spark of white light that returned to Vermillion Bird City.
"What happened!?" XuanYuanSword exclaimed.
DreamButterfly’s face was stark white, she quickly retreated until she was out of the Fire Cloud King’s attack range.
"Be careful, it was the Fire Cloud King’s single-target skill – Firethorn," SnowPhoenix’s voice sounded out through the communicator.
"What do we do?" XuanYuanSword’s expression became sullen as he looked towards DreamButterfly.
"I can’t kill it by myself," DreamButterfly bit her lips and said after a brief hesitation.
"We hired you to kill it, and you’re telling us that you can’t!?" DragonSword roared in anger.
"I can return the down payment to you guys," DreamButterfly smiled as she glanced at the leaders of Myriad Swords. "I can even die if you want."
"Miss DreamButterfly, what are you saying? Since you can’t kill it yourself, let’s think of another way," XuanYuanSword was still the leader of a guild, so he naturally understood that there were times that you can’t force things. What’s more, he really did want to convince an expert like DreamButterfly to join them, so he naturally did not say anything too outrageous. "It has less than a third of its health remaining. Don’t you feel like it’s a bit of a waste if we give up now? SnowPhoenix is coming back soon. Lady DreamButterfly, let us think of another way."
DreamButterfly pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Although SnowPhoenix had not yet returned, XuanYuanSword and co. could not stand idle. Monsters on the level of the Fire Cloud King had shocking health regen rates. If they waited until SnowPhoenix returned, then the Fire Cloud King’s health would most likely be full once more.
"Hunters, great mages, gather over here!" XuanYuanSword shouted. There were only a hundred and seventy-eight left.
When the hunters and great mages rallied together, XuanYuanSword had a solemn look on his face. These people in front of him are all elite players of Myriad Swords, but they will have to pay the price of a level just for them to have a chance at getting a Guild Establishment Token.
"Hunters, listen to Lady DreamButterfly; great mages, listen to my command. Split into two squads and attack the Fire Cloud King. It is rather slow, so as long as we keep our distance carefully, we can prevent a good bit of damage," said XuanYuanSword.
He had no other choice. DreamButterfly and SnowPhoenix were attacking together previously, so the others were merely cheering on the sidelines and occasionally launching a few attacks here and there, the Fire Cloud King did not care at all. Even so, more than half of the players had already died. Now that they were in charge of the main damage, they had to be a lot more careful about the Fire Cloud King. Once the Fire Cloud King targets them, then it is very likely that they will all die with a single AoE attack.
DreamButterfly led the hunter squad and stood opposite where the great mage squad XuanYuanSword led stood. Both of them remained outside of the Fire Cloud King’s attack range. Then, after both squads readied themselves, they began to attack under XuanYuanSword’s orders.
Countless arrows and spells rained down upon the Fire Cloud King. The monster’s true form was a fiery red cloud, so it could separate itself and combine itself as it saw fit. Thus, the physical attacks merely passed through it and dealt very little damage. Only an expert like DreamButterfly could deal good damage to it.
On the other hand, the great mage squad’s water spells dealt more damage to the Fire Cloud King due to the countering of attributes. As the water-attribute spells landed on the boss monster, it sizzled as white smoke rose from its body, while its blurry face displayed a pained look.