How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

In other words, as the first magic exploded into the herd, a melee in the forest began.

Chapter 185 The Demon King's Order

The raging flames rising from the beasts in the distance were like the ignition of a war, or a signal to start a war.

Various magic spells and skills flew out from the defense circle formed by the players.

Poisonous vines, Ultimate Lightning Chain, Moon Shadow Strike...

The colorful lights that lit up the sky above the forest looked like fireworks rising from a festival, or colorful balloons tied together during a celebration, but neither description seemed to fit the fierceness of the attacks.

After all, nearly half of the players are members of large guilds such as Storm. Even if the other half lacks in equipment, they will not be too weak under the restrictions on accepting this special wartime mission.

In just a dozen seconds, bright red damage numbers appeared in the herd, and hundreds of unlucky monsters were overwhelmed by the players' explosive attacks.

Roar--

Furious voices rang out one after another.

The taste of blood and the severe pain can often stimulate the bloodiness of wild beasts. Even in games, there is no exception. How could a group of beasts under attack let it go?

With the tacit approval of dozens of leaders, the encirclement that was slowly closing in suddenly broke like a dam releasing a flood, and thousands of monsters rushed towards the defense circle formed by the players and the army in the middle.

The warriors and knights on the outermost side of the defense circle immediately raised their shields and used their defensive postures and the high defense provided by their other skills to keep these crazy monsters outside one by one.

Noisy.

The sounds of bodies colliding with steel shields rang out one after another, and soon the sounds of swords piercing flesh and blood mixed in to form a fierce sonata.

Unlike the front row that is as stable as an iron barrel, the thieves wandering around the outermost area are more like dancers on the edge of a knife.

Every time it appears, it will take away a few monsters with low health, and escape instantly before other monsters can react and attack, disappearing without a trace.

Ordinary monsters were just like toys in the hands of these thieves. Even the elites were played around by them like clumsy bears in a circus.

But even with such agile skills, he did not dare to provoke the chiefs and leaders whose huge figures emerged from the forest.

"Boss, there are six chiefs and twenty-one leaders nearby."

Lan Hai made statistics based on the feedback from the thieves.

The Black King Caesar, who was far outside the front line, used his shield to knock away several monsters, and swept the legendary weapon in his hand, the Slodic Blade. The rippling blade light instantly killed more than a dozen monsters around him.

"That's right, pull over four of the leaders, ten of the leaders, and leave the rest to others to deal with."

It seemed that the battle ignited his blood. Black King Caesar smiled heartily, and while speaking in the channel, he rushed forward. When the monsters were about to surround him from behind, he charged back.

The sharp edge of Slodik's Blade killed at least twenty or thirty monsters that came one after another, bringing up a bright rain of blood.

Such a clean and swift attack immediately earned admiring glances from many of the surrounding Storm front row members. At the same time, they were also infected by the heroism of Black King Caesar, and their reserved strength was revealed, fully displaying the might of Storm's No. 1 Guild.

Leaders and chieftains are serious threats, but also lucrative opportunities.

However, in the face of Baofeng's overbearing behavior, other small guilds or scattered players around only made some complaints.

After all, with Baofeng's strength, even if he snatched another leader and a few more chieftains, it would be a little troublesome but still solvable. It was already very good that the other party could make them drink soup.

The same approach is used for the Eternal Spire, Ares, and Valhalla.

When these big guilds formed a defense circle, they all tacitly distributed themselves in several directions to avoid unnecessary disputes with the other three guilds over monsters. Therefore, although they were not as strong as Baofeng, they all got the biggest piece of the pie.

As the battle intensified, subsequent waves of beasts continued to arrive in the forest. They were either attracted from nearby areas or sensed the call of their leader after refreshing.

Even though the monsters outnumber each other and come in like a tide, the players and their armies seem to be like isolated islands, shaky and in danger when the rainstorm hits.

But in fact, facing this shrinking defense circle, the beast tide is like a pack of wolves that have lost their sharp claws and fangs. Although they are powerful, they cannot pose too much threat to the iron-like front line in front, let alone cause damage to the back row inside.

What caused the most interference to the players was not the beast tide outside, but the shadowy tree spirits possessed on the trees within the defense circle.

Just as Yili Qingqiu thought.

The battle against the beast tide was extremely intense. Sometimes even the people in the back row could not take care of their own condition, let alone others.

This allowed these shadow tree spirits to easily extend their roots from the ground to control nearby players, and they killed four to five hundred back-row occupations in succession in the first moments after the battle began.

But the subsequent threat was not as big as imagined.

Because the players formed a defensive circle on the spot, instead of advancing into the forest as before and encountering more shadowy tree spirits.

The area of ​​the defense circle is fixed, the number of trees that can be possessed is fixed, and the number of Shadow Dryads that refresh is naturally fixed as well.

Moreover, those guilds, big and small, even the scattered teams, consciously called back some thieves and asked them to guard the safety of the back row in the defense circle.

After all, a qualified thief has agile skills and sharp eyesight, and can quickly resolve the threat posed by the Shadow Dryad compared to magic professions, priests and shooters.

The same is true for the players. The army in the defense circle can be said to be in the safest position. It is easier for them to deal with the beast tide. There were no casualties from beginning to end.

This situation is naturally great for everyone, but it is unsatisfactory in the eyes of some people.

"That's not okay."

I was protected at the innermost part and muttered softly, looking at the players around me who were well defended. It was obvious that I had underestimated the strength of these people, but fortunately I also had a trump card.

For example, after the Heart of Herontis was upgraded to level three, he never had the chance to use its new powers.

Demon King Power: [Command]

Cast an order on any monster above the boss level to greatly enhance an ability of the monster that casts the order.

Several invisible forces were bestowed on several leaders hiding in the forest through some kind of bond, causing their appearance to undergo peculiar changes. At the same time, their own abilities also changed.

As for the monsters and abilities chosen, they naturally have a purpose behind them.

Like the giant magic bullet flower.

Originally, they could only project the poisonous fruit bombs to the outer edge of the defense circle across the vast herd of beasts in front.

After the ability is enhanced, the fruit bomb thrown from a distance can easily fall into the middle of the back row of professions, and the poison damage is more severe.

Another example is the Screaming Worm.

Originally, it could only summon a few earthworms to absorb the life of surrounding players. After being strengthened, every time it is attacked within a certain range, there is a chance to summon an earthworm on the ground of the attacker, continuously providing the attacker with blood recovery.

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Today is a single update. I have organized the character pictures and listed them in the setting volume.

Chapter 186 Shadow Attacks

The same is true for other enhanced monsters, which pose great threats and troubles to players.

But the most crucial thing is the leader-level dark crow.

【Death Fog】

Gray-black mist emanated from its body surface. The mist, which was originally only able to cover a small area around it, actually covered nearly half of the defense circle.

Players in the fog will have their hit rate and defense reduced, and their vision will also be restricted.

Players shrouded in fog were unable to see the group of monsters in front of them. Magic and skills fell into the air due to reduced hit rates, resulting in a lot of output loss.

The players in the front row had not fully adapted to the drop in their defense and were repeatedly forced back by the successive groups of monsters.

Because the priest was unable to take precautions in the first place, several gaps appeared in the indestructible line. Fortunately, the warriors and knights behind immediately stepped forward and made up for it.

The Shadow Dryad's presence is more hidden in the fog, and even elite thieves with keen observation skills need to get closer than before to spot it, which greatly reduces their efficiency.

“This is really difficult.”

Black King Caesar had just dealt with a group of monsters when he was ambushed by several green poisonous scorpions that suddenly emerged from the fog. Even though he completed the counterattack with his rich combat experience, he inevitably fell into a state of poisoning.

He took out two bottles of potion from his backpack and drank them. The poison was removed and his vision was restored a little. "Lan Hai, notify the brothers to use the Farsightedness potion and have the thieves outside use the scrolls to clear the monsters around and ease the situation."

"Yes, boss."

Faced with the sudden and violent attack of the beast tide, each guild had no choice but to use most of the means they had reserved.

Potions, magic scrolls, alchemical props, or the wizard's temple magic, secret techniques, etc., all kinds of means were used to barely stabilize the front line again.

However, how could he not have expected that those guilds would retain their strength in the previous battles?

"I don't just rely on these monsters."

Otherwise, why would they deliberately let the beast tide fight with the players in this forest?

After roughly estimating the time, I released the Eye of Ugal and cast that iron eye into the distance.

As if in response to my words, at the end of the field of vision reflected by the Eye of Ugal, a group of black human figures slowly appeared in the depths of the forest.

It was after some players were killed by the Shadow Dryad that shadows similar to the killed players suddenly appeared somewhere in the forest, or perhaps there were hundreds of them added in between.

There are even a few pairs of identical figures here. This is the special effect brought by the terrain.

Shadowgrove: All creatures have a chance to spawn a hostile shadow at a random location on the terrain after death. The greater the damage suffered at the moment of death, the higher the probability.

Shadow: Inherits 60% of the attributes of the killed creature. If the main body dies or leaves the terrain, it will last for up to 60 seconds. If the main body does not leave the terrain, the shadow will extend its duration to 600 seconds and continuously increase its movement speed during the duration, tracking the main body to kill.

Because of the refresh mechanism, the refreshed monsters are all independent individuals. Therefore, even if the terrain effect is aimed at all creatures, in fact the monster's shadow will only trigger the former effect, appearing in a random location in the forest and lasting only 60 seconds.

It will not have any impact on the war situation here.

But the situation on the player's side is completely different. The resurrection and pull-up is the entity described in the effect.

Moreover, no matter whether it is a guild or an individual team, they will definitely revive the fallen teammates as soon as possible, especially when the battle is so fierce, the lack of one person means the loss of effective combat power.

Even if their own priest's resurrection spell is still on cooldown, I have given instructions to the clergy in the monastery elite group, so that those fallen players can be resurrected as soon as possible.

As a result, some players have died multiple times since entering the forest, and even in the most probabilistic cases, two or even three shadows that replicate their original bodies are born.

What's more, the terrain effect shows that the greater the damage suffered at the moment of death, the higher the probability. Combined with the Shadow Dryad's control and instant kill ability, it is a perfect combination.

And this is the moment when these shadows show their claws.

In the team of Ares Guild.

The residual heat was chanting magic, and the black robe on his body was covered with mysterious and obscure runes, with different patterns faintly emerging, looking mysterious and solemn. This set of equipment was one of the top dark gold suits of arcane magic at this stage, [Night of Winter].

Of course, he had some capital to be able to get this valuable suit. After all, he was the third arcane mage of the Ares Guild, and even if he was listed in the professional rankings of the entire empire, he would be ranked within the top 50.

He can be said to be an expert among experts.

But even such top masters can make mistakes sometimes, like when he was advancing in the forest earlier, he was accidentally hit by the roots of the Shadow Dryad and was killed.

Thinking of the embarrassing scene before, the remaining heat made him feel a little suffocated, and he cast the spell [Arcane Nebula] he had chanted towards the group of monsters in the distance.

Seeing a dozen monsters with low health falling down like harvested straw under the attack of the nebula transformed by arcane energy, the slight residual heat made them feel a little better.

But before he could prepare his next spell, he was suddenly hit by a shock wave.

-378

Nearly one-sixth of his blood volume suddenly dropped.

What kind of monster can attack from such a long distance! ?

Weire Yuwen was subconsciously stunned for a moment, but soon thought of something and opened the system's damage statistics. The information displayed on it indeed confirmed his thoughts.

This is the arcane magic's [Arcane Impact].

And what is this shadow?

The residual heat in his heart suddenly moved, and as if he had sensed something, he subconsciously looked into the distance.

A black figure that was very similar to him appeared in the forest in the distance. When he looked over, he had already raised the staff in his hand as if he had chanted a magic spell.

Shila-

A deep blue sphere passed through the dense front row and hit him accurately.

-415

One third of the health is lost.

Damn!

Weire Yuwen widened his eyes and felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart. After drinking a bottle of recovery potion, he quickly chanted a small arcane spell, aiming at the black figure in the distance.

Even though he didn't know what the other party was, he knew it would never be beneficial to him.

In my mind, I have already regarded the other party as a "red-name player".

"This guy's attack power is much lower than mine, and he doesn't seem to be very smart. As long as I interrupt his spellcasting first, I can get into my own attack rhythm and quickly get rid of him."