At the entrance to the Burning Throne dungeon, a forty-person elite team from the Divine Alliance simultaneously appeared.
The sky outside was green.
The land seemed to be burning with demonic energy.
There were no other players at the dungeon entrance.
After all, the average player level was around 100.
The vast majority of players were below level 100.
Only some powerful guild members had levels exceeding 100.
The level leaderboard was no longer a regional ranking.
It now encompassed the entire country.
The current rankings were for all players in the Dragon Country.
Chu Tian's level was far ahead, ranking first.
The second-place player was level 109.
The player's character name was someone Chu Tian was familiar with.
It was "Wo Shi Xiao Jiao Jiao."
Seeing the name on the leaderboard, Chu Tian felt amused.
He hadn't expected it to be this guy.
In his previous life, this guy had always been ranked first.
Here, he was completely outclassed by Chu Tian.
Furthermore, this guy owed him a favor.
That time with the splash damage god-tier talent.
It was Chu Tian who had helped him obtain it with his strategies.
He didn't pay much attention to the level leaderboard, merely glancing at it. He saw many legendary figures he had met before.
There were also some new character names that did not exist in his memories from his previous life.
They had just defeated the second boss of the Burning Throne's normal mode.
The team only took a look at the third boss.
Chu Tian explained the boss's mechanics to them, and they decided to give up directly.
Actually, this boss wasn't strictly the third one. After defeating the second boss, there was a teleportation array.
From the teleportation point, players could teleport in two directions.
Thus, they encountered two bosses.
They could choose one of them.
This dungeon was actually a massive spaceship.
By choosing to teleport, they could directly reach the second floor, where the boss was a female demon lord with six arms, her back covered in sharp blades.
This area was the dungeon's so-called Weapon Control Chamber.
The entire fight required quickly defeating the boss, demanding extremely high DPS output.
If the DPS was not high enough, after a certain amount of time, demon energy bombs would rain down from the sky, filling the screen and resulting in a team wipe.
Throughout the battle, such demon energy bombs would continuously drop in various phases.
However, there would always be a safe zone.
The tank needed to aggro the boss and quickly move into the safe zone when a phase transition occurred.
Anyone else entering would die.
In the third phase,
three hatches would open in sequence.
Upon entering these hatches,
players could use special abilities that would increase the boss's vulnerability, thus strengthening the damage it received.
They could also deploy shield generators to prevent damage from area-wide attacks.
Once all three hatches were entered,
it signified the soft enrage timer.
Without the protection of the deployed shield generators,
the previously mentioned full-screen demon energy bombs would fall, unmitigated.
Players would be instantly killed.
This damage could not be resisted with good gear.
It was a guaranteed death mechanic.
Chu Tian's current gear would also result in certain death.
After the explanation, everyone looked at each other in dismay.
They frequently missed attacks on monsters.
This was because their levels were not high enough.
Even with good output and high awareness,
they couldn't withstand the system's mandatory level suppression.
This boss had to be abandoned.
Turning back, they returned to the teleportation array and teleported in the other direction.
That direction led to the Bridge.
Upon arriving, they were immediately confronted by a massive behemoth.
This behemoth appeared to be humanoid.
It was even wearing armor.
However, it had only one eye.
This was the Demonic One-Eyed Behemoth Commander.
This boss required a back-and-forth battle on the bridge.
In each phase, mines would be laid on the bridge.
There were mines that dealt damage, mines that slowed players,
and mines that applied a demonic flame burning buff, causing continuous damage over time.
Regardless of the type of mine, the damage was explosive.
During phase transitions, all players needed to pass through quickly.
The most crucial part was for one tank and two healers to quickly move forward to engage the boss.
Otherwise, the boss would continue to throw demon energy fireballs outwards.
The demon energy fireballs would spawn on the left or right side of the bridge.
Additionally, it would generate strong winds.
The winds would cause players to move forward at a slower pace.
If you didn't run forward, you would be blown backward and fall off.
At this point, the tank must have a displacement skill.
Healers also needed to be able to move quickly.
Otherwise, even if the tank managed to engage the boss and interrupt its skill,
the tank themselves wouldn't be able to withstand the monster.
Furthermore, the mines on the ground required another tank to clear them.
This also necessitated high-intensity healing.
The tank clearing the mines also needed to be familiar with the shapes and properties of the mines.
They had to carve out a safe path for other players to pass.
They also couldn't move too quickly. If mines exploded in succession and the healers couldn't sustain the healing,
it would also result in death.
This boss required prolonged coordination. Chu Tian mentioned that
Zhao Lei's Grandmaster profession was quite suitable for this boss.
Because his movement speed was fast.
Coupled with "Dream's Shore,"
a Druid could transform into a cheetah during combat,
possessing the fastest movement speed among all healers.
However, another tank, a Warrior, was not as suitable for this boss.
The best mine-clearing tank for this boss was a Paladin.
A Paladin could activate an invincibility shield and "drive" through,
without needing to pay attention to any mines.
They could also clear all the mines, facilitating passage for subsequent players.
The Paladin's capabilities extended beyond just this. They had "Divine Shield."
This skill could immunize all physical damage.
When stepping on a mine and it exploded,
the initial explosion damage from the mine was physical.
The subsequent damage was magical.
Therefore, by stepping on a mine and activating Divine Shield, they could completely immunize themselves from the high damage of the mine explosion. The follow-up continuous damage could be healed by the healers.
Furthermore, the cooldown for Divine Shield was five minutes.
This meant the Paladin could only use it once throughout the entire fight.
However, the Paladin had other protective abilities.
They had "Blessing of Protection."
This skill could immunize all physical damage.
When stepping on a mine and it exploded,
the mine's initial explosion damage was physical.
The subsequent damage was magical.
Therefore, by stepping on a mine and activating Blessing of Protection, they could completely immunize themselves from the high damage of the mine explosion. The follow-up continuous damage could be healed by the healers.
Moreover, the cooldown for Blessing of Protection was five minutes.
Throughout the entire fight, they should be able to use it three times.
Interspersed with the invincibility shield, a total of four instances of near-immune mine clearing.
If the fight was fast, clearing the mines during four phase transitions should resolve the battle.
Even if it was slower, they had to pass within five transitions.
Otherwise, the entire bridge would fracture.
This would also result in a team wipe.
Upon hearing this, everyone felt enlightened.
They all wondered why Chu Tian knew such detailed information.
Only Zhao Lei and the others were not surprised.
This was because, at the very beginning of the game's launch,
Chu Tian had started selling dungeon guides.
And given how peculiar Chu Tian was, they even suspected whether Chu Tian had been reborn with his memories.
However, this conjecture was something they had never voiced.
Such secrets truly needed to be well-guarded.
Therefore, after defeating the Twin Demon Hounds,
they had essentially been sightseeing throughout the instance.
Now, returning to the dungeon entrance,
Chu Tian was also about to execute his subsequent plans.
The Northern War Zone... it was time to leave this place.