Upon seeing Zero Wingâs members dash straight toward the nearest group of trial monsters, Violet Swordâs and Azureâs members gaped in shock.
They were going up against several thousand monsters here. Moreover, even the weakest of these monsters was a Level 120 Great Lord, yet Shi Feng didnât even bother to discuss positioning and individual assignments before having Zero Wingâs members charge straight into battle. This was the first time Violet Swordâs and Azureâs members had seen such leadership. To make matters worse, every one of Zero Wingâs members actually obeyed Shi Fengâs command.
âThis is just too reckless!â Wildfighter could not help feeling anxious when he saw Shi Feng proceeding with utter disregard for their opinions. âThere are several thousand monsters! Even if they have fully unlocked Mana Bodies and can take some hits, if they canât dodge attacks, theyâll still end up dead!â
He admitted that Zero Wingâs members were very high-leveled. In addition, every one of them also had a fully unlocked Mana Body. Zero Wingâs members definitely had a greater advantage when going up against the trial monsters than Violet Swordâs peak experts did.
However, the system was clearly trying to test playersâ combat standards in this tunnel. Levels and fully unlocked Mana Bodies were only secondary.
Currently, they were already tight for time because the trial duration was only five days instead of the expected seven days. If they died here and lost a dayâs worth of progress, they definitely wouldnât be able to complete the trial.
âWe have no choice but to go along with them,â Crimson Star sighed when she saw Zero Wingâs members getting close to the nearest group of trial monsters. âIâll activate my magic array in a moment. Everyone else, focus fire on the Trial Elites. So long as we reduce the number of penetrating attacks we have to deal with, we can stop the remaining trial monsters much more easily.â
Sinful Flame and the other members of Azure nodded in agreement with Crimson Starâs plan before charging toward the nearest Trial Elite. They intended to get rid of a few Trial Elites as soon as the battle between both sides started, so that they could lessen the pressure on Zero Wingâs members and minimize casualties.
The instant Zero Wingâs members entered the trial monstersâ perception range, the Trial Warriors and Trial Elites promptly sprang into action like veterans of the battlefield.
In no time at all, 400 Trial Warriors spread out into a square formation around the main army. They then stabbed the iron shields they carried into the ground, creating an iron wall that protected the several thousand other trial monsters within their formation. As for the trial monsters inside the square formation, they unslung their bows, split up into several divisions, and fired arrows at Zero Wingâs members in intervals.
This scene stunned Violet Swordâs and Azureâs members momentarily.
They had seen monsters attacking as an orderly group before, but this was definitely their first time seeing monsters attacking in such a well-trained fashion. In fact, the coordination of these trial monsters rivaled that of NPCs.
Volleys of arrows rained down on Zero Wingâs members, each volley consisting of more than a thousand arrows. Moreover, the intervals between the volleys were incredibly short. The arrows in each volley were also well-spaced, leaving no room for Zero Wingâs members to exploit.
âItâs over⌠Even peak experts will have difficulty dodging and blocking all those arrows. With the combat standards of Zero Wingâs members, several volleys would be enough to annihilate themâŚâ Wildfighterâs complexion darkened significantly when he saw the spate of arrows bombarding Zero Wingâs members.
Against such a coordinated and accurate assault, let alone Zero Wingâs members, even a group of peak experts wouldnât survive for very long.
Although the attack pattern was very monotonous, the arrows flew incredibly fast. In addition, they came in torrents. There was a limit to the number of actions and reactions a person could make within a certain period. Over this limit, even Domain Realm experts would be rendered powerless and could only watch as they got killed.
Although these arrows didnât carry a lot of power, they still werenât attacks players like themselves could afford to receive casually.
At this moment, every one of Zero Wingâs members would have to go up against at least ten arrows simultaneously, with some unlucky ones having to go up against as many as 20. After factoring in the speed of the arrows, these numbers had already exceeded the limits of even Tier 3 peak experts. Only Domain Realm experts would be able to accurately determine the trajectories of these arrows and react to them in time.
Just when the first volley of arrows was about to land on Zero Wingâs members, a voice appeared in the team chat.
âVice Commander Crimson, activate your defensive magic array!â Shi Feng ordered unhurriedly as he looked at the descending arrows.
âGot it!â
Upon hearing Shi Fengâs command, Crimson Star snapped out of her daze and waved her staff, completing the activation of the magic array she had prepared beforehand.
A silver barrier bloomed from the center of Zero Wingâs formation, instantly expanding to cover a 200-yard radius and enveloping all of Zero Wingâs members within it.
Tier 3 Curse, Aerial Defense!
Aerial Defense was a Curse that had a certain probability of invalidating the flying tools within its range; it was similarly effective against arrows. In the next moment, more than 20% of the first arrow volley clattered to the ground. Now, only about 900 arrows continued flying toward Zero Wingâs members.
Even so, Violet Swordâs and Azureâs members still wore grim expressions on their faces.
Although the number of arrows had been reduced to around 900, the number of attacks each of Zero Wingâs members had to face still exceeded the limit of peak experts, let alone Refinement Realm experts.
As Violet Swordâs and Azureâs members were shaking their heads and sighing, Zero Wingâs members started maneuvering around the arrows, dodging them effortlessly as if they had long since known the trajectories of these arrows. From afar, it seemed as if Zero Wingâs members were dancing in a rain of arrows.
When the first volley of arrows ended, not a single Zero Wing member had suffered a direct hit. While some Zero Wing members had lost roughly a quarter of their HP, that was merely a result of them defending against the Trial Elitesâ Penetrating Arrows. The HP they lost was also instantly replenished by the healers on the team.
âHow is that possible?!â Floating Lightâs eyes bulged when he saw this scene.
Against that volley of arrows, even he wouldnât have such an easy time blocking and defending. However, Zero Wingâs members had dealt with the volley of arrows as if they were just strolling through their backyard.
At this moment, let alone Floating Light, even Solitary Frost and Yan Xiaoqian, who had trained with Zero Wingâs members for the past few days, were astonished by this scene.
Despite the majority of Zero Wingâs members being only at the Refinement Realm, they had easily dealt with an attack that even peak experts would find troublesome. This was simply unbelievable.
âThey can actually block and dodge that kind of attack so easily? Just what kind of training do they normally undergo?â Yan Xiaoqianâs heart roiled with confusion as she looked at Zero Wingâs Refinement Realm experts.
What Yan Xiaoqian and the others did not know was that Zero Wingâs core members had long since familiarized themselves with attacks like the trial monstersâ arrow attacks. After all, they faced much worse when they were training at the Extraordinary Towerâs first floor. In fact, in the opinions of Zero Wingâs members, blocking and dodging the trial monstersâ arrow attacks would still be a cakewalk even without Crimson Starâs support.
After enduring several volleys of arrows, Shi Feng noticed that all of the agitated trial monsters had shifted their attention to Zero Wingâs members. He then ordered through the team chat, âWeâve stabilized the aggro! Everyone, start attacking!â
Upon hearing Shi Fengâs command, Violet Swordâs and Azureâs members snapped out of their daze and started launching attacks at the trial monsters, together with Zero Wingâs members.
Because Zero Wingâs members were holding aggro, everyone else could attack freely without having to worry about getting attacked themselves. As a result, the trial monsters fell rapidly, one after another.
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Meanwhile, everyone discovered that these trial monsters granted a surprisingly large amount of EXPâbasically three times higher than normal. At this discovery, Violet Swordâs and Azureâs members grew ecstatic.
The only disappointing thing about these trial monsters was that they did not drop any loot.
After the team grinded the trial monsters for more than half a day, something strange occurred. One of the Trial Elites killed suddenly burst into flames and transformed into a dilapidated, crystal stele that hovered quietly in the air. The stele radiated frightening Mana fluctuations that sent many of the Tier 3 experts present stumbling back.
An Ancient Legacy Stele?!
When Shi Feng saw this worn stele, his eyes widened in shock, and he could not help wondering whether he was hallucinating.