Absolute Death Game

Once they entered the instance, a tomb passage stretched ahead, shrouded in darkness with no end in sight. A chilling wind echoed in their ears as if they were truly in the passage, giving them an especially eerie feeling.

"Bai, could you share the quest?" Xiao Buli suddenly asked nonchalantly.

"Quest? What quest?"

"Don't tell me you had Liu Xing choose the Corpse King Ancient Tomb instance without reason. If I'm not wrong, you must have already accepted a Prestige quest from the Grand Yin Sect."

Bai Yunfei was stunned for a while, then he laughed, "Alright, I didn't expect you to guess it."

No sooner had he spoken than a dialogue box popped up on everyone's screen.

System Prompt: Your teammate Bai Yunfei wants to share the quest 'Purge the Heretics.' Do you accept?

Xiao Buli thought, sure enough, he had been suspicious this morning. Bai Yunfei wouldn't have Liu Xing pick such an instance for no reason. There had to be a purpose behind it.

Combining his Necromancer profession with the previous information about the Corpse King Ancient Tomb, the answer seemed self-evident. His query now had indeed confirmed his suspicion.

After choosing to accept the quest share, Xiao Buli looked at the quest's introduction.

Accept Quest: 'Purge the Heretics'.

Quest Introduction: The Taiyin Sect is a mysterious religious group made up of heretics who have defected from the Grand Yin Sect. Unlike the Grand Yin Sect's focus on the study of souls, the Taiyin Sect Followers advocate using the control of zombies for combat to seize mortal interests. In order to eradicate these rebels, the Grand Yin Sect is willing to offer generous rewards.

Kill the Corpse-driving Warlock entrenched in the Corpse King Ancient Tomb, and hand over its Soul Shards to the Dharma Protector of the Grand Yin Sect in exchange for a reward.

The other three also accepted the quest share. Wu Tao asked with some curiosity, from the sound of it the Grand Yin Sect and the Taiyin Sect both seemed to come from the same system, so why the hostility?

Xiao Buli said, "That's simple, as the saying goes, 'two of a trade seldom agree.' The more they come from the same source, the more they have to suppress each other. Many historical religious wars have been caused by different interpretations of the same faith, to prove that they are the orthodox while the other is the evil heresy. What is there that can't be done for that reason?

Such events have occurred far too often in history."

"Alright, I'll meditate to restore some mana, Bai, you go scout ahead." As he spoke, Xiao Buli entered a state of meditation, keen to use the skill whenever possible to level up his Taoist Heart quickly.

Bai Yunfei nodded, activated his Soul Out Of Body skill, and his translucent Primordial Spirit floated out from his body, drifting towards the depths of the tomb. Soon Bai Yunfei's Primordial Spirit floated back, and Xiao Buli's mana had also been almost fully restored.

After the Primordial Spirit returned to its place, Bai Yunfei began to talk about the situation inside the instance.

"So far, there are only two BOSSes. The first BOSS is a dual-bodied zombie BOSS, named Black Fiend and White Fiend, both are normal elites in light blue. The second BOSS is a Corpse-driving Warlock called Corpse Refiner Geng Lisong, a high-level elite in dark blue.

"Oh right, there's a branching path leading to a collateral burial chamber ahead, with a tomb raider named Wang Kaiguan, the Touch Gold Captain, who is a rare elite. He might drop some good stuff."

Xiao Buli nodded, applied the Spirit Armor Skills on everyone. His spiritual power was as high as 21 points now, so the armor provided by Spirit Armor Skills was a substantial ten points. Then he glanced at Bai Yunfei, "Any useful BUFFs, Bai?" Seeing his headshake, Xiao Buli continued, "Then let's set out."

They proceeded along the tomb passage without encountering a single Minion Monster, and soon arrived at the location of the first BOSS. It was right in the main entrance of the tomb chamber. Two zombies, one black and one white, stood guarding the entrance of the tomb chamber, their bodies covered in corpse hair, their fingers tipped with sharp claws.

They looked far more ferocious than the ordinary zombies outside—somewhat like the guardians of the underworld, Black Fiend and White Fiend, by name.

Xiao Buli had a lot of experience with dual-bodied BOSSes. Back in the days of playing World of Warcraft, he had encountered many, whether it was the Eredar Twins in the Sunwell or the Twin Emperors in Ahn'Qiraj. This type of BOSS usually had one thing in common: the abilities of the two BOSSes were vastly different and often opposite.

For example, if one was immune to physical attacks, the other would definitely be immune to magic attacks. Or, if one had a high physical attack, the other would have a high magic attack. In short, they had antagonistic abilities.

Xiao Buli didn't rush to make a judgment but instead cast Mind Revelation on White Fiend, prompting its health points of 1035 to appear above its head.

Casting it again on Black Fiend revealed its health points to be 1250.

Clearly, they did not share health points, which made things easier as they could deal with one at a time.

Combining his previous experience, Xiao Buli concluded that the one with fewer health points usually had a higher attack or some special ability, posing a greater threat. Without hesitation, he chose to kill White Fiend first.

"Alright, since we're all veteran players, I'll skip the needless talk. Wu Tao, as the tank, pull Black Fiend away. Try to keep it as far from us as possible, Liu Xing, you handle attracting White Fiend's attacks. Given the zombies' slow speed, you should be able to dodge his hits. Plus, with my Ethereal Armor, it should be safe.

Yaoyao, focus on DPS in the back, aiming to take down White Fiend quickly. Bai Yunfei, you handle the backup. Don't tell me you lack the ability to control undead. As for me, I'll focus on healing and shielding. Any objections?"

The others exchanged glances, none of them voicing any concerns; they seemed to find Xiao Buli's tactics unproblematic.

"Good, if no one objects then let's start the fight. Wu Tao, you're up first." Stay connected via empire

Wu Tao, without hesitation, sent out a Qigong Wave that hit Black Fiend, resulting in a damage figure of 14. This BOSS had quite a high resistance to attacks.

Black Fiend: "Master's experiment cannot be disturbed."

White Fiend: "My master's... must not...be disturbed."

At the same time, Liu Xing's Sword Qi Slash landed on White Fiend, and the battle immediately unfolded.

As Xiao Buli had surmised, Black Fiend exhibited an extremely high physical defense, but its attack methods were quite simple and clumsy, which made it easy for Wu Tao to draw its attention away.

White Fiend's attacks, on the other hand, were more fierce and rapid, but its defense was not as strong, with a random sword strike shedding fifteen or twenty drops of health. Xiao Buli used a Burst Talisman on White Fiend and found it only blew off 7 drops of health; evidently, it had a skill that reduced magic damage.

Therefore, he simply stopped using attack spells altogether and focused on healing and shielding the two players.

Soon White Fiend was felled, and the group turned to besiege Black Fiend. Despite its high physical defense, it stood no chance once buffed with Fire Blade Skills, and the battle was resolved in less than three minutes. After all, it was just a light blue normal elite monster, only slightly stronger than Lu Jiang's Remains had been.

"Heh, this dungeon is pretty easy, huh?"

Xiao Buli also breathed a sigh of relief, realizing his command abilities had not waned.

Upon searching the corpse, this dual-bodied BOSS yielded two pieces of equipment, both light blue.

Ghoul Skin Boots (Leather Armor—Boots): Armor +8, reduces physical damage taken by 1 point.

Equipment Introduction: This is one part of the Ghoul Skin Armor Set; collecting more pieces will grant set attributes.

Pale Claws (Off-hand Weapon—Claws): Attack 12–14, attack speed +2. Attacks have a chance to—reduce the target's armor by 10 points, stackable up to three times.

Since the dungeon was split into groups, there was no need to count DKP; loot was distributed based on need.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Xiao Buli gave the boots to Wu Tao and the fist weapon to Yaoyao, and no one objected.

Not far along a side path, the group arrived at the ear chamber where burial objects were stored and encountered a rare elite, Wang Kaiguan (Touch Gold Captain).

A chubby, fat man, bare-chested and holding a spade-like weapon, stood inside the ear chamber, fiercely smashing at a treasure chest. As soon as he saw the group enter, he promptly came forward to confront them.

Wang Kaiguan (Touch Gold Captain): "Eh, more grave robbers? Do you know the rules of first come, first served? I found this place first; go dig for treasures elsewhere. I'm going to count to ten—if you don't leave, I won't be polite!" He then stood there, intimidatingly watching them.

At the same time, a countdown indicator suddenly flashed on everyone's screen, decreasing from 10, 9, 8, 7, rapidly changing.

Wu Tao said: "Get lost, my foot!" and released a Qigong Wave.

The fight instantly began.

This one was even easier; despite his bluster, his strength was genuinely lacking. They killed him outright without any surprises or dangers. However, when Xiao Buli checked the corpse, he found the loot to be a bit odd this time.

Wang Kaiguan's Grave-Digging Shovel (Two-Handed Weapon): Attack 12–24.

Equipment Introduction: This is a tool commonly used by tomb robbers and can also be used for mining.

It was just a white piece of equipment, looking like an oversized entrenching tool.

The second item, however, was a rare necklace.

Tomb Raider's Talisman (Necklace): Luck +1.

Equipment Skill: Dragon Seeking Skills—while wearing this item, one can sense ancient tombs and hidden treasure chests within 30 meters.

Equipment Introduction: An amulet made from the claw of a pangolin, a professional symbol of the Touch Gold Captain, said to bring good fortune to its wearer.

The Grave-Digging Shovel was ignored by everyone, but the amulet caught everyone's attention.

Xiao Buli said, "What do you think, shall we roll for it?"

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