Chapter 157: The Source of Magic

Damn right this is exaggerated. No wonder nobody has ever laid eyes on the nine great demon gods outside the Royal City.

Step outside the city and you are dead.

Compared to those demon gods, what they had been fighting so far could only be considered minor bosses.

Even the summoned phantom wills of the demon gods were this powerful, so one could only imagine how ridiculously overpowered a real demon god must be.

Who knows how high a player's health pool needs to reach to withstand a demon god's full-map damage.

As for how to take down a demon god, that was completely unimaginable—what kind of strength would that even require?

A single round of the demon god's will skill had knocked down over a hundred of their people.

The rest only survived thanks to the healers continuously casting healing spells.

Because they had a sufficient number of healers, only about a hundred healers actually participated in the boss fight.

The remaining healers simply stood by to watch and act as backups.

"Bloody hell, that's terrifying. Losing a thousand health per second for fifteen seconds—which fragile class can possibly survive that?"

"God-Tier Artifact Brother can survive it."

"Artifact Brother doesn't count. Is there a second fragile class that can rely on themselves to survive this skill?"

"No way, you need to lose a total of fifteen thousand health. Unless you have a purple cape, it's impossible to endure."

"I'd like to name Chakravartin the strongest boss. He is too damn fierce."

"We've barely started; the fiercer stuff is still coming."

"A level 40 boss is already this fierce—I don't even know how we're supposed to play this game."

"Simple. P2W makes you stronger."

"How do you pay to win? Tell me, what kind of rare items can you actually buy?"

"Exactly. Let's not even talk about divine artifacts; I've never even seen a purple cape for sale."

"The best gear you can buy right now is red equipment; don't even bother thinking about anything else. You can't buy rare skill books either."

"I've been green-eyed with envy over Artifact Brother's berserk skill for ages, but I've never seen anyone selling it."

"There should only be one copy dropped so far. Haven't heard of anyone else using it."

"Artifact Brother, why are you always able to get your hands on such overpowered stuff?"

"Really? My gear is about the same as yours. I just happen to have one more divine artifact and one more spirit artifact."

"Damn it, is that even human speech? You say it as if having an extra divine and spirit artifact is nothing."

"Artifact Brother's supreme humumblebrag."

"By the way, what good stuff will Chakravartin drop for us?"

"Heaven knows. Let's blast him to pieces first."

Before long, the boss unleashed the demon god's will skill once again. This time, everyone had learned their lesson.

Those who weren't participating in the boss fight quickly ran over to the healers.

Begging for a mouthful of healing to cling to life.

After a round of the demon's will, not a single person died.

"Watch your positioning everyone! We're about to knock his health down to half, and the boss's ultimate skill is coming."

"All melee retreat! First team of warriors, get ready. Once the panda baby goes down, take turns pulling the boss's aggro."

Aside from the warrior class, other melee classes like rogues and magic swordsmen.

This boss had nothing to do with them anymore; they could no longer play any useful role.

The warrior class had it better, possessing at least a charge skill to quickly close in on the boss and hold aggro for even a single second was already a win.

When the health dropped to fifty percent, Chakravartin unleashed his ultimate skill.

Countless blade flashes swept across the surroundings, and almost all the damage dealers around dropped to the ground.

Only a portion of the hunter class remained standing temporarily due to their long attack range.

Zhang Shan's panda baby was also instantly killed. The ultimate skill dealt a terrifying eighteen thousand damage, meaning anything that touched it died instantly.

The warriors, who had been prepared in advance, quickly stepped forward in batches, each using a charge to grab the boss's aggro.

Not everyone could execute it well; out of every three or five people, only one warrior managed to reach the boss.

Everyone else died before they could even start their charge due to various reasons.

"Damn, too fierce!"

"No matter how fierce, he's going down. You really think our thousands of players are pushovers?"

Zhang Shan quickly summoned his panda baby back, fed it, and stepped forward again to tank the boss.

"Will this Chakravartin's ultimate skill be cast endlessly?"

"Who knows? Just attack as fast as you can, that's all."

Wind and Cloud Dominance had also hit the ground just now. A mage's attack range was less than fifty yards.

Chakravartin's Eight-Directional Chaotic Blades skill was instantaneous, with no casting time at all.

It gave no chance to dodge whatsoever; anyone within a fifty-yard radius of the boss had to die.

The healers resurrected a portion of the fallen players, while the rest continued attacking the boss.

The damage output could not stop, or the boss would quickly regenerate its health.

Before even half a minute had passed, Chakravartin unleashed another Eight-Directional Chaotic Blades, instantly killing the panda baby.

However, within that half a minute, they had lopped off another ten percent of the boss's health.

"Haha, keep going! It's not that hard; we can bury the boss just by throwing bodies at it."

就这样, Zhang Shan's panda baby died four or five times in succession, but they finally brought the boss down to a sliver of health.

Zhang Shan carefully calculated everyone's damage output, commanded the panda baby to use a combo skill, and directly blasted Chakravartin to pieces.

System Announcement: Congratulations to Wind and Cloud Dominance, Six-Tube Bodhisattva, Wind and Cloud Artillery... for successfully defeating Blade Demon Commander Chakravartin.

Reward: Skill Point +1, Merits +100.

"Damn it, that was so bloody hard to fight. We must have had close to a thousand casualties back and forth, right?"

"Yeah, there are still plenty of people lying on the ground right now. We'll have to wait for the healers' resurrection cooldowns to finish before picking them up."

This Chakravartin was truly strong. A health pool of eighty million wasn't even considered too much.

If all of them attacked together, they could blow him up in less than five minutes.

The crucial problem was that his damage output was simply too high.

A single ultimate skill wiped out a whole area, with nowhere to hide.

If you wanted to deal damage, you had to eat the boss's ultimate. Apart from hunters with the Eagle Eye skill,

who could attack from outside the boss's ultimate range, no one else could.

You had to hand it to them—increasing attack range truly was a divine special effect. Zhang Shan had previously underestimated the usefulness of the Eagle Eye skill.

Before, he just thought the Eagle Eye skill was great for fights.

When others couldn't hit him, he could beat them down.

Now it appeared that this skill was genuinely the most useful thing when dealing with a boss's ultimate attack.

Other classes without increased attack range, like mages such as Wind and Cloud Dominance,

were useless no matter how overpowered their gear was. He had hit the dirt countless times.

Whenever the boss used its ultimate, Wind and Cloud Dominance was bound to fall.

No matter how he maneuvered, it didn't matter. The boss's ultimate was instantaneous, leaving no chance to dodge.

The Wind and Cloud Guild's announcement of clearing the boss also caught the attention of others.
After all, just moments ago, they were clashing with Qi State players; why had they started fighting a boss instead?

World Channel:

"Wasn't the Wind and Cloud Guild fighting the Peerless Guild? How do they still have time to fight a boss?"

"Your news is outdated; the fight ended long ago, and the Peerless Guild members have already returned."

"What's going on? Why didn't I hear a single whisper about it? Which side won?"

"Who knows? Anyway, quite a few people returned to the Peerless Guild, so they probably didn't lose many men. Judging by the number of bounties they posted for healers to save people, maybe only one or two thousand died?"

"You mean the Wind and Cloud Guild lost? Then why do they still have time to do a boss?"

"I just want to know, did the Artifact Bigshot die?"

"Same question here. Both major guilds of Qi State took the field successively—did they manage to take down the Artifact Bigshot?"

"Just look at the level leaderboard and you'll know. Artifact Brother is still level 30; he definitely didn't die."

"That's not certain. Maybe he was resurrected by healers."

"Don't ask. If you have to ask, they didn't win. Didn't you see Peerless Gentleman already initiate a guild war? If they had won, why on earth would he issue a guild challenge?"

"Maybe Peerless Gentleman thinks the Wind and Cloud Guild is a soft persimmon and wants to farm some guild contribution."

"Are you kidding? Is the Wind and Cloud Guild a soft persimmon? Why don't you go challenge them with your guild?"

"I wouldn't dare. Didn't you see Artifact Brother taking out kids one shot at a time? If we happen to draw the arena mode, wouldn't we get crushed instantly?"

"You know that, so of course Peerless Gentleman knows it too. Yet he still initiated a guild challenge. Now think about why."

"Oh right. They lost, so they want to save face through a guild challenge?"

"Gentleman Bro, what's the situation? Make a sound."

"Dominance Bro, give us a shout."

No matter how heated the discussions on the world channel were, neither of the two guilds involved made a sound.

The Peerless Guild naturally had no face to speak of, and the Wind and Cloud Guild didn't care to say anything either.

To be fair, they hadn't won against the other side, and had even been cornered by them for quite a while.

There was nothing worth boasting about.

Right now, the members of the Wind and Cloud Guild only cared whether the boss had dropped any good loot.

Chakravartin was, after all, the first true-named boss killed by players in the New World.

And it was a world first kill; the drops couldn't possibly be too shabby.

Wind and Cloud Dominance displayed the dropped items.

Three pieces of red equipment, one piece of orange equipment, one red crafting material, one special item, and one skill book.

"Holy cow, look at that Source of Magic! A spirit-tier special item that increases mana capacity."

"This is overpowered! It adds fifty thousand to the mana cap. Once you equip the Source of Magic, you can unleash ultimate skills."

"Artifact Brother, you absolutely must sell this Source of Magic to me! With it, I can finally use my Wrath of the Constellations."

The archer bigshot in the guild who had previously acquired the ultimate skill Wrath of the Constellations screamed in excitement.

"Why must it be sold to you? Wouldn't it be sweet for a mage to use?"

"Yeah, I think the Source of Magic suits mages better. Adding fifty thousand mana and increasing mana regeneration speed by twenty percent—you could say you'll never run out of blue."

"It really is top-tier gear for mages. A mage equipped with the Source of Magic can cast skills infinitely, as long as they're off cooldown, and you won't even need to carry small mana pots anymore."

"Cut it out! What are you lot making a fuss for? If I had equipped the Source of Magic just now, would I have needed to truce with the Peerless Guild? I could've wiped their whole group with a single Wrath of the Constellations!"

Wind and Cloud Dominance quieted down the heated discussion among the crowd and spoke up.

"I'm posting the damage output rankings from just now's boss fight in the guild. Everyone will pick their items based on their ranking later."

Needless to say, the top damage dealer was definitely Zhang Shan. Ranked second in damage was surprisingly Wind and Cloud Artillery.

Hunters truly had an advantage when fighting bosses, not only because standing far away made them safer,

but also because their damage output was smooth and stable, making it easy to rack up high numbers.

Third place went to Wind and Cloud Dominance. Although he had hit the dirt several times, Lord Mage simply had high burst damage and was extremely powerful.

Fourth place was also a hunter, Desert Gun God, someone Zhang Shan wasn't familiar with.

Places five, six, and seven were all mages. There were indeed many high-burst Lord Mages in the guild.