A massive raid of seventy players was assembled in no time, with the raid leader being Wen Ding Cang Sheng, the Dragon Head of the Tianbo Mansion Alliance. The three deputy leader positions were assigned to Ao Shi Long Huang, Jiang Yuan, and Please Call Me God of War.
"Brother Long Huang, could you explain the boss's mechanics?"
Once the four-alliance raid was formed, Wen Ding Cang Sheng asked Ao Shi Long Huang in the raid channel.
"Ahem!"
Ao Shi Long Huang cleared his throat, looked at all the players from the four alliances, and said, "The main tank responsible for holding aggro takes one direction. All other melee classes stand opposite the main tank. Mages and archers split to the left and right sides. All healers stay far away and are not allowed to enter the combat zone. Otherwise, if you can't break combat and can't revive anyone, it will cause a full raid wipe!"
"Does everyone understand?"
After Ao Shi Long Huang finished, Wen Ding Cang Sheng immediately shouted to the entire raid.
"Understood!"
Several dozen players replied in unison.
"Additionally, the boss will unleash a cone-shaped skill every fifteen seconds and a line-shaped skill every ten seconds. The main tank holding the boss must maintain the correct facing, making sure these two skills never point toward the raid members. The skill damage is very high; if you get hit by accident, the healers won't have time to save you. Also, the main tank must keep their mobility skills ready. When these skills appear, dodge immediately to the left or right, but never run toward the raid's direction, or you'll bring the skills over."
Ao Shi Long Huang looked at Wen Ding Cang Sheng and added.
"Ding Ye, can you hold aggro?"
Although Wen Ding Cang Sheng was also a warrior class, his specialization leaned toward offense with fewer taunt skills than Ding Ye, so he turned to Ding Ye and asked.
"Don't worry, leave it to me! I'm the number one MT of Hanjiang City!"
Ding Ye patted his chest, looking at Wen Ding Cang Sheng with confidence.
"Alright, Ding Ye goes in first. Once the facing is set, the rest can start dealing damage!"
Wen Ding Cang Sheng glanced at everyone, then patted Ding Ye on the shoulder, signaling him to pull the boss.
"Got it!"
Ding Ye mounted his cloud horse, brandished his long blade, charged toward the Kui Niu, adjusted its direction so the Kui Niu's back faced the four-alliance members, and then unleashed his taunt skill.
"Cold Taunt!"
As soon as Ding Ye used the skill, the Kui Niu's lantern-sized eyes turned bloodshot, glaring at Ding Ye as if he were its mortal enemy, and roared as it launched an attack!
"Smack!"
Ding Ye slashed his blade against the Kui Niu's tough hide, and an embarrassingly low damage number popped up.
-10000
The so-called number one MT of Hanjiang City only dealt ten thousand damage!
In truth, this wasn't Ding Ye's fault. The Tiger Guard Cavalry class was essentially a human sandbag—boasting incredible defense and massive health but lacking in offensive power.
When the other damage dealers in the raid saw Ding Ye had aggro on the Kui Niu, they rushed forward, took their designated positions, and unleashed their skills.
"Moo!"
But just then, the Kui Niu, which had been facing away, suddenly turned around to face the group, raised its thick single leg, and stomped down hard!
"Ahhh!"
The sudden change caught some melee assassins off guard, and they screamed as they fell to the ground, dead!
"Ding Ye, what's going on?"
Wen Ding Cang Sheng was startled and shouted at Ding Ye.
"Damn it, your damage is too high—I lost aggro!"
Ding Ye looked helpless, quickly used another taunt skill to re-establish the Kui Niu's facing, and yelled.
The healers revived the fallen assassins and swiftly retreated, staying far away to cast healing spells.
"Everyone, slow down on the damage! Don't steal Ding Ye's aggro!"
Wen Ding Cang Sheng, seeing the revived melee classes, quickly said in the raid channel.
Jiang Yuan, positioned near a group of mages, had a comfortable damage environment. He first summoned a Dragon Beard Tiger, used "Soul Sacrifice" to inherit its stats, then summoned a hundred Dragon Beard Tigers to test the damage.
A hundred Dragon Beard Tigers charged at the Kui Niu. Jiang Yuan checked—not bad, each one dealt around forty to fifty thousand damage.
The situation began to stabilize. Ding Ye seemed to find his rhythm, weaving taunt skills into his damage rotation to form a taunt chain, locking the Kui Niu's massive body firmly in front of him.
Wen Ding Cang Sheng kept his eyes fixed on Ding Ye. Whenever Ding Ye used a taunt skill to lock the Kui Niu, he would remind the damage dealers in the raid channel to unleash a burst.
About ten seconds later, a massive red line appeared in front of Ding Ye, stretching over ten meters long.
"Tiger Leap at the Moon!"
Ding Ye reacted quickly, shouting as his body turned into a blur, dashing to the right just barely grazing the edge of the line and dodging it.
"Get back in position and hold aggro!"
After the red line disappeared, raid commander Wen Ding Cang Sheng shouted to Ding Ye.
"Aggro is secured! Start dealing damage!"
Ding Ye rolled twice, returned to the Kui Niu's front, used his taunt skill, and called out in the raid channel.
"All damage dealers, use your highest damage skills!"
As Wen Ding Cang Sheng finished speaking, a barrage of large skills rained down on the Kui Niu like a storm.
"Xiang Wang Strikes the Cauldron!"
One Slash Breaks Ten Thousand Laws, the vice leader of the Aoshi Guild in Emperor Province, unleashed his ultimate skill again. Unlike his earlier fight with Jiang Yuan, with buffs active, this skill dealt a whopping two million damage!
After a round of skills, the Kui Niu's health bar plummeted. Facing a siege of over seventy players from four alliances, even the Kui Niu with its 500 million health couldn't hold up, losing 50 million health.
Jiang Yuan hesitated briefly upon hearing Wen Ding Cang Sheng's command, then unleashed his most powerful skill.
"By the covenant's scroll, I call upon the stars' power to manifest the Black Tortoise, bound to my will."
Ancient chants echoed through the air as a Black Tortoise, half the Kui Niu's height, slowly appeared. A water shield wrapped around Jiang Yuan, and then the sacred beast unleashed its ultimate skill.
"Black Tortoise's Ultimate: Water Annihilation of the Eight Wastelands!"
Jiang Yuan was now stacked with several buffs, boosting his magic attack by 50%, magic crit by 50%, and damage by 50%.
A wave crashed against the Kui Niu's massive body. Jiang Yuan checked the damage and was stunned.
A full twelve million!
But just then, something went wrong!