The Snow Ape King's health was less than one percent, at 400,000 out of 45,000,000.
With forty to fifty thousand ranged players on the field, it was estimated that ten concentrated volleys of attacks would bring it down.
Chu Tian had already prepared himself, ready to rush forward and claim the loot as soon as the Snow Ape King fell.
Suddenly, a powerful, unusual magical fluctuation swept through.
Although magic was flying everywhere on the field, the fluctuations incredibly chaotic, this peculiar wave of energy directly overshadowed the chaotic casting of tens of thousands of people.
Chu Tian's tensed body instantly retreated over ten meters, looking towards the source of the fluctuation.
About a hundred meters to his front left, seven or eight people stood.
Chu Tian guessed they were likely the guild leaders or management personnel participating in this battle.
The overwhelming magical fluctuation originated from a mage clad in a water-blue robe.
He was a very handsome man.
More precisely, it was the scroll in his hand, glowing with a seven-colored light, that was the source.
Chu Tian's eyes narrowed. "A God-Tier scroll!" he thought.
What was he doing? His target was the Snow Ape King on the field, whose health was already below two hundred thousand.
He hadn't used it when the boss had more health, and now, when it was about to be defeated, he wanted to use a God-Tier scroll? Was he foolish?
Moreover, even if he directly used the God-Tier scroll to instantly kill a Commander-level Boss, it wouldn't be cost-effective.
In Tiandao, scroll items were absolutely rare. Even a low-level scroll was worth at least thousands of gold coins.
However, in the next second, Chu Tian finally understood what he was doing.
The scroll in his hand flashed with a powerful light before flying into the air.
It hovered over the Snow Ape King's head, about twenty meters high.
A five-colored beam of light shone down, completely engulfing the Snow Ape King.
Upon looking at the Snow Ape King, it was being continuously attacked, yet its health not only didn't decrease but actually increased.
Its health, which was only ninety thousand moments ago, had now risen to 450,000.
However, the percentage of its health remained unchanged because its total health cap had also increased.
Its current health was: 450,000 / 225,000,000.
This sight instantly brought to Chu Tian's mind the name of the scroll: [Creature Promotion Scroll (God-Tier)].
The reason he deemed it God-Tier was because the Snow Ape King's grade had changed.
The fact that its maximum HP had increased fivefold also indicated that the Snow Ape King had been promoted to God-Tier.
He hadn't expected anyone in Black Earth City to possess such a scroll.
However, this scroll was likely for creatures up to level forty-five; otherwise, they would have certainly chosen a higher-level Boss to target.
No wonder several guilds were cooperating and strictly guarding this area.
This was because in the Tiandao world, there was no loot ownership system for wild drops.
As long as an item dropped on the ground, anyone could pick it up.
This setting was much closer to reality.
It differed from previous games, making wild areas much more active.
In the wild, the fun of killing for loot was greater, and it significantly increased the importance of team coordination.
When any member of a team picked up an item, it directly entered the guild leader's backpack for distribution.
Of course, there were drawbacks. Cases of treacherous and greedy individuals within the team quitting to pick up items did occur.
However, after leaving the team, they could not pick up items for five minutes.
Furthermore, the guild leader would receive a notification and would usually immediately order people to focus fire on that person.
Gradually, this situation became rare, as they knew leaving the team wouldn't allow them to obtain the items, and they would also lose their equipment.
Afterward, they would be hunted down.
As for wild players trying to steal the loot, if it was snatched, it simply meant their team was too weak.
In Tiandao, opportunity belonged to the capable; that was the situation.
Chu Tian looked at this group of people and thought, "I have to say, the method they devised is quite good."
First, they weakened the original creature to low health, then used the scroll. Although the creature's health would still increase, it was much simpler than fighting a God-Tier creature at full health.
The next second, his eyes lit up. What kind of loot would a level forty-five God-Tier Boss drop?
Since he had stumbled upon this, he couldn't leave empty-handed.
As ranged players unleashed waves of instant skills,
"-1!" floated above the head of the God-Tier Snow Ape King.
It was like a dense snowfall.
However, the players were also suffering significant casualties.
After being promoted to God-Tier, the Snow Ape King surprisingly gained two new skills.
One was Ground Splinter Wave, a mid-to-long-range skill.
It pounded the ground with its fists, creating numerous spikes of earth that attacked in a straight line.
The other was Snowball Toss, a long-range area-of-effect attack.
Often, when it threw a snowball, several or even a dozen ranged players would be instantly killed.
However, the number of cooperating guilds in Black Earth City was immense this time.
Moreover, the respawn point closest to the Snow Ape King's spawn location was very near.
Returning after death only took a little over a minute.
Although various guilds suffered continuous casualties, countless players resurrected and ran back.
After another ten minutes, its health finally read: 30,000 / 225,000,000.
Chu Tian had already moved into the inner circle. To avoid the Snow Ape King's attacks, this group of people was extremely dispersed.
This allowed Chu Tian to easily infiltrate.
Roar...
As the final wave of attacks landed,
The God-Tier Snow Ape King let out a sky-piercing roar and fell to the ground in unwilling defeat.
Clatter... More than a dozen items erupted from its corpse.
Everyone stopped attacking, and not a single person rushed forward to grab the loot.
Chu Tian chuckled inwardly. His stealthy figure rapidly moved towards the Snow Ape King's corpse.
His target was a glowing item with seven colors.
He didn't know what kind of item it was, but with that color, its grade was bound to be God-Tier.
"All priests, illuminate with Holy Light!" a voice called from afar.
Chu Tian's heart tightened upon hearing this!
These people were not simple. They were much smarter than those fools from Slaughter Guild.
After defeating the monster, they knew to spread Holy Light illumination over the drop location to prevent wild rogues from sneakily stealing.
He gritted his teeth and lunged even more ferociously towards the Snow Ape King's corpse.
Hum...
Chu Tian was still two meters away from the God-Tier item.
Countless beams of Holy Light rained down from the sky.
His figure was immediately exposed.
"It's a Druid! Take him down! Sharpshooters, Gunners, mark him, don't let him stealth!"
Chu Tian's appearance made the other side tense.
He himself was also excited. He reached out and casually scooped up the seven-colored glowing item.
After picking up the item, he immediately prepared to flee, but his peripheral vision caught sight of a treasure chest nearby.
Countless spells whizzed through the sky.
Chu Tian knew that even transforming into bear form wouldn't allow him to withstand this concentrated barrage.
The arcs drawn by various attacks in the sky.
He calculated the timing of their descent; he could still make it if he ran now.
But that was a treasure chest dropped by a God-Tier monster!
Damn it... I have to risk it!