Otherworldly Skeleton Evolution

“So you’re saying, in that 0.3 seconds, he struck three slashes, each dealing 6999 damage, but because the game’s HP display couldn’t keep up, we only saw one damage number?”

“Exactly, that’s right!” 36D Inflatable nodded in deep agreement.

“Awesome!”

“Wow, Big Bro 36D, you can analyze things so clearly, and you even played Mythic. Looks like you’re also a great expert?”

Milk Tea in the Air gazed at him with admiration, her tone extremely excited.

The others also expressed similar sentiments, initially thinking everyone here was a noob, but then suddenly a Mythic veteran expert appeared.

Everyone felt a sense of pleasant surprise.

“Ah, I’m quite ashamed, I’ve just played games for a few more years,” 36D Inflatable wore a humble expression.

But inside, he felt immensely gratified.

However, he also knew that compared to that person, he was probably nothing.

“Actually, this captain must be someone of great importance, right? So where did this black skeleton come from? Could it be a hidden job class that can summon it?”

“Damn, the captain is actually the rare hidden job? Then for this dungeon… does that mean we’ve got it secured?”

Milk Tea in the Air asked impatiently.

Originally thinking they had been tricked, she felt extremely annoyed.
Unexpectedly, it took a dramatic turn – the original captain was actually a top-tier expert who had switched to the hidden job class!

The others also looked at him with hopeful gazes.
Effortlessly clearing a dungeon was something they had never imagined, the mere thought exciting them.
Moreover, their captain leading them was the rarely-seen hidden job class in the game!

However, 36D Inflatable poured cold water over their hopes:

“That’s not necessarily true. The game isn’t about dealing high damage to be invincible. With poor technique, you could still get one-shot by the Boss, right?”

Seeing Jiang Cheng unsurprisingly slay the ten thrower goblins, 36D Inflatable cautioned seriously,

“Actually, let’s not even talk about the Boss. I’m wondering how they plan to handle the second stage? For the first stage’s thrower goblins with slow attack speed and low damage output, once boarded it was just a matter of time to kill them.”

“But in this second stage, we’ll face 100 fire goblins with fast casting speed and additional burn damage of 100 HP per second that ignores defense.”

“And most crucially, there’s a 1,000,000 HP wooden barrier blocking the way!”

“Only Extreme Flame Mages or Elemental Mages using fire-attribute weapons can deal 500% bonus fire damage against the wooden barrier.”

“Other mage jobs can only deal 100% regular damage to it. How long would it take them to burn through 1,000,000 HP?”

“And without Knights tanking in front, without any spell attacks of our own, all we can do is uselessly bash it with our staves, we can’t even get close to the barrier!”

*Bang!*

Regardless of their actions, the ship carrying the nine caught up to the Goblin King Ship, as the dungeon mechanics required clearing the first stage before triggering the second.

Everyone stopped talking and boarded with somewhat skeptical and unpleasant expressions.

“The crux of this second stage is this 1,000,000 HP wooden barrier. It has 200 physical defense, is immune to lifesteal effects, and cannot be armor pierced. Only fire spells from certain jobs deal a 500% bonus damage to it. Other jobs can’t do much damage.”

Jiang Cheng explained while standing beside A Silly Cutie, pointing at the wooden barrier ahead.

“The blazing goblins also inflict unmitigated burn damage that ignores defenses. Even with my HP pool, without lifesteal, it’ll be hard to tank the barrier’s fire attacks.”

Goblins are not classified as dark creatures, so Jiang Cheng’s Dark Intimidation double damage didn’t apply.

Although his attack power increased significantly after evolving, without Dark Intimidation his overall damage output was actually lower.

Of course, this was just his own misconception.

In reality, he was very clear that if he fought Blood Fiend Machete Soldiers again, he could probably deal twice as much damage as before.

Moreover, this damage reduction only applied to himself.

Compared to other players who could only deal 200-300 damage, his current damage was still outrageous.

And in most dungeons, there were very few non-dark creature enemies present.

In the next dungeon, he would be able to properly test his maximum damage potential.

“Ah… so what should we do?” A Silly Cutie was a bit puzzled, feeling this wooden barrier was a major obstacle.

But Jiang Cheng slightly opened his jaw bones in a smile as he swung his sword wings. “It’s simple, just fly over it.”

“Eh… just that simple?” A Silly Cutie was utterly speechless.

“Indeed, it’s that simple for my method. Next, let me demonstrate another extreme speed clearing method.”

Jiang Cheng finished speaking, transforming his weapon into a staff. He extended his hand towards A Silly Cutie.

“I need 5 bottles of Fen wine, 5 bottles of grape wine, and 10 magic potions.”