"An Earth Dragon?"
Shi Feng gazed at the towering monster in the valley, its body standing over fifty meters tall, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon — Primordial Species, Sub-Dragon type creature, High Grand Lord, Level 58, HP 270 million.
Compared to other Primordial Species, the Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon was noticeably stronger, especially in HP — on par with a Legendary Monster of the same level, completely unlike a typical High Grand Lord.
Moreover, aside from its extraordinary defensive capabilities, the entire battlefield was surrounded by scorching magma that constantly erupted and splashed across the arena. The intermittent magma rain was devastating — even a high-defense, high-HP main tank couldn't survive more than three or four hits. Even if they managed to block, their weapons and equipment durability would plummet.
On top of that, the Twin-Headed Earth Dragon's tail sweeps, combined with its periodic blasts of ice and fire breath, sent expert players from the major superpowers turning into pillars of white light one after another. In less than ten minutes, an expert force composed of over a thousand players had been completely wiped out.
The entire arena had become a world of ice and fire — a truly awe-inspiring sight.
At this moment, the various factions watching from the sidelines looked at the Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon standing proudly in the center, their faces turning ashen.
Its defenses were absurdly high, its HP was impossibly thick, and they constantly had to dodge magma flying at them from all directions. There was simply nothing they could do against the Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon.
When Shi Feng and his group arrived on the scene, the various superpowers couldn't help but shift their gazes over. They watched as Shi Feng's party walked forward step by step and planted themselves directly in front of the Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon. The various factions showed no hostility — they simply watched in silence from the sidelines.
Although there was only one boss on the entire fourth floor, they weren't in any rush.
They were fully confident in the Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon's strength. Taking it down was no longer something a single superpower or major guild could handle — they would need to join forces. Any single faction fighting alone would simply be courting death.
"They're here for the first time. They probably want to test the waters, right?" Huang Hai watched Zero Wing's group, who seemed intent on challenging the Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon, and scoffed.
The previous attempt had involved two guilds sending their absolute top experts to team up against the boss. And the result, as everyone had witnessed, was a total defeat.
The Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon was a massive challenge on its own, not to mention the magma rain that players had to constantly dodge. The skill floor required of players was a whole tier higher. And Zero Wing's members were far below them in caliber.
Unless Zero Wing could pull off some trick like they had on the third floor — but how could such a thing happen twice?
"Let them try. Once they realize they can't handle it and see where the difficulty truly lies, it'll be easier for us to negotiate a price when we invite them to team up," Duan Qingcheng said with an indifferent smile. "I just wonder how much of the boss's HP Zero Wing can chip away."
It was just like how the Red Emperor and Holy Law Temple had challenged the Ice-Fire Twin-Headed Earth Dragon earlier.
Both guilds had known the boss was tough, but on their first attempt, they were confident their combined forces could take it down. And the result spoke for itself — the boss still had over 80% of its HP remaining when the entire team was wiped out. The faces of both guilds' leadership were extremely grim.
"The combined experts of the Red Emperor and Holy Law Temple only managed to chip away a little over 18% of the boss's HP. I'd estimate Zero Wing will struggle to even hit 5%. The first two waves of magma rain alone would wipe out over 80% of their players. If the survivors can out-damage the boss's recovery rate even slightly, that would already be considered good." Qi Lian glanced at Zero Wing's team and shook her head.
Although Zero Wing's earlier performance had indeed exceeded their expectations, the gap in guild resources was starkly evident at this point. And this was only a fraction of each major guild's power.