When Bai Qingxue and the other guild executives heard Shi Feng's commands, they couldn't help but look puzzled.
On the surface, Ke Le was the main tank against the Rock King, so logically he should be given the best equipment. Yet Shi Feng had just swapped out the Dragon Scale Shield — this would only make fighting the Rock King harder.
What baffled them even more was that Shi Feng intended to serve as Ke Le's support.
As a main tank, there was a special advantage when fighting bosses: damage reduction and stagger time. But a Swordsman had no such advantage. If the stagger duration was too long when blocking, especially against modern bosses that were increasingly powerful, the stagger from blocking would be even longer. This could easily cause a coordination breakdown with the MT's defense, potentially wiping the entire raid.
That was why raids nowadays rarely used plate-armor classes as temporary support. Only Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights were trusted to hold the line.
Meanwhile, after Ke Le received the Titan's Guard and checked its stats, his jaw dropped open. He could hardly believe his eyes.
"Now these are some insane stats!"
Ke Le stared intently at the Titan's Guard. He had been somewhat reluctant to part with the Dragon Scale Shield, but now he was completely in love with the Titan's Guard.
Legendary-grade item fragments were the stuff of legend in the Divine Realm, and while the Titan's Guard was currently only Epic-grade, once he gathered a hundred thousand Magic Crystals it could be upgraded to a Legendary-grade item fragment. At that point, let alone high-tier Great Lord Primordial Species, he would even dare to go up and stroke the whiskers of a Mythic monster.
And even at its current Epic-grade tier, the Titan's Guard's stats and skills far surpassed those of the Dragon Scale Shield.
Before long, everyone had taken up their positions relative to the Rock King and the Rock Guardians. But even from a hundred yards away, the terrifying aura of the Rock King was clearly felt.
At this moment, everyone's breathing quickened.
Especially the melee players.
The Rock King stood over thirty meters tall, like a towering skyscraper. None of them doubted that a single misstep, a moment's delay in dodging, could result in instant death — so devastating that even healers wouldn't be able to save them.
"MT, pull the boss!" Shi Feng called out when he saw that everyone was ready.
At his command, Ke Le, Ban Jiu, and Ye Wumian immediately sprang into action, charging toward the level-60 Rock King and Rock Guardians.
The instant Ke Le and his group crossed the one-hundred-yard threshold of the Rock King and Rock Guardians, the massive stone figures standing atop the central altar of the gathering ground suddenly opened their eyes, blazing with piercing red light.
The moment their eyes opened, Shi Feng activated the Thunder Domain, suppressing the Rock King and Rock Guardians — but the effect was lackluster. It only reduced their stats by 20%.
The Rock King's HP dropped from the previous 200 million to a mere 180 million.
The domain's suppression enraged the Rock King on the spot. It let out a furious roar, its colossal arms swelling in size as it slammed them into the ground.
BOOM!
The earth shattered, and a shockwave rippled outward.
The ground rippled like ocean waves, rising over ten meters high and surging straight toward Ke Le and the other two — there was nowhere to dodge.
Third-tier magic — Earth Pulse!
Ke Le and his companions didn't dare hesitate. They immediately activated their life-saving skills.
Protection Blessing!