Only when the system notification chimed did everyone realize that they had unknowingly completed the Thunder God's Trial.
All this time, they had been focused on dealing with the half-serpent guards and the half-serpent captain, trying to collect as many Thunder Demon Stone fragments as they could — after all, the effects of the Thunder Demon Stones were simply astonishing.
Now, apart from Lunhui and Yiyun, the two main tanks, everyone had already gathered three Thunder Demon Stones, boosting their base attributes by a full 25%. Their Stamina alone was now comparable to a Tier 1 class, and with their levels already at 80, cutting down half-serpent guards and captains had become considerably easier.
Even Lunhui and Yiyun, who hadn't yet collected a full set of Thunder Demon Stones, could now tank a half-serpent captain solo.
However, tanking monsters still put far too much pressure on the healers. To ease their burden, the group opted for a kiting strategy against the half-serpentians. That way, both healers could chip in damage as well, only pausing to heal now and then, which sped up the kills considerably.
The Thunder God's Trial quest had long since slipped everyone's minds.
"It's finally done."
Shi Feng glanced at the system notification, feeling that this quest had been anything but easy. If they hadn't been trapped here, no one would have bothered with it — it was simply too time-consuming.
System: Player has completed the Thunder God's Trial. Reward: Thunder God Orb.
Thunder God Orb, Dark Gold grade. Contains the power of the Thunder God. Can be used within the Thunder God's Secret Realm to deploy a Thunder Demon Barrier. The more Thunder God Orbs used, the stronger the barrier's effect. Up to six orbs may be used simultaneously, lasting twenty minutes with a one-hour cooldown.
"A Thunder Demon Barrier?" Shi Feng stared at the Thunder God Orb, a flash of wild joy crossing his eyes. He hadn't expected the Thunder God's Trial to be the key to conquering the Thunder God's Secret Realm.
Inside the secret realm, players were unable to use any of the powerful tools brought in from the outside — powerful magic arrays, summoned beasts, and so on. That alone would have been manageable, but players themselves were suppressed all the way down to Tier Zero, making the clearing of the Thunder God's Secret Realm exponentially harder.
Especially when it came to the dungeon bosses.
Under normal circumstances, a Tier Zero class facing a Grand Lord of the same level without any external aids was already operating at its absolute limit. But the bosses inside this dungeon were all at least High Grand Lords — and not ordinary ones at that. Each possessed a special bloodline, making them far stronger than a typical High Grand Lord. Taking them down was nothing short of a pipe dream.
It was only after the various superpowers had obtained Legendary item fragments that they could truly begin attempting the Thunder God's Secret Realm in earnest.
If those superpowers had Thunder God Orbs, their clearing speed would likely improve by at least 50%. Legendary item fragments were simply too rare — even for the major powers, acquiring a single one required an enormous amount of effort. In many cases, it wasn't something you could obtain even if you threw everything you had at it.
Without hesitation, Shi Feng used the Thunder God Orb, instantly deploying a magical barrier that encompassed a radius of a full two hundred yards. Arcs of dark lightning crackled around the entire barrier, and in that instant, the attributes of every half-serpent guard and captain within it plummeted.
In the blink of an eye, the half-serpent guards' stats had dropped by a staggering 30%, while the captains lost 25%. Their reaction speeds were reduced by 20% as well.
The pressure they had been facing was instantly cut nearly in half.
"That's insane! I feel like I could take on a half-serpent guard one-on-one with ease." Zhuohai watched the slightly sluggish half-serpent guard, clicking his tongue in amazement.
For fighters of their caliber, what they hated more than raw monster stats was fast reaction speed. When a monster could react quickly, attacks aimed at its weak points were easily blocked, dealing virtually no damage. Coupled with the monsters' absurd health pools and combat recovery, fighting them head-on was simply unworkable.