Chapter 385: Darkened Item

Clack clack clack~

The giant crab's HP finally fell to ten percent.

The massive crab immediately began to mutate, and its already huge claws started to continuously swell.

"Quick!"

At that moment, Ye Tianzi spoke with a worried expression.

The shield cage launched a charge, but it wasn't attacking the crab that had entered the Health Axis.

Instead, it charged past from the side, precisely controlling a redirected charge.

The instant it passed the giant crab, a black object was thrown directly out by the shield cage, slamming into the mutating crab.

As the black object struck the giant crab,

Boom!

It shattered instantly into a cloud of black mist.

The black mist quickly enveloped the entire mutating crab.

From a distance, Su Sheng saw the scene and raised an eyebrow.

That is…

A lump of solid Demon Energy.

The black aura that burst open was clearly Demon Energy.

From this, the Imperial Guild seems to be preparing… an artificial Commander-level Boss?

Following the principle of whitening the weak by three points and darkening the strong tenfold, if this giant crab can successfully "demonize", it could indeed become a Commander-level Boss.

Just then…

The situation in the arena changed.

The black Demon Energy that had been swirling around the crab suddenly began to contract.

It was as if a huge vortex in the center rapidly sucked in that Demon Energy.

Seeing this, Ye Tianzi and the other Imperial high officials all showed delighted expressions.

Obviously, the mutating crab was now absorbing Demon Energy.

"If nothing goes wrong, it's most likely done!" Ye Tianzi clenched his fist.

Everyone, including Su Sheng, stared intently at the location of the black Demon Energy.

Squeak~

A sharp screech rang out from within the black mist.

Immediately after, the entire black mist mass explosively burst.

Boom…

A ring of black wave surged outward.

The melee players of the Imperial Guild in the innermost circle were jolted by the black wave, then lost balance and were flung backward.

At the same time, a massive damage burst forth from above those flung players' heads.

Even a few relatively fragile Furious Warriors were instantly turned into white light by the black wave's impact, teleporting home for free.

A Demon Energy version of the anti‑fire ring, and it's an enlarged, reinforced version.

But Ye Tianzi, seeing this, was not startled but pleased.

"Done!"

At that moment, the giant crab that had been in the arena also revealed itself.

The crab, which had originally been just a regular Elite BOSS, now had black markings winding around its body.

Its previously swollen, mutating size not only didn't increase, but actually seemed to shrink a bit.

However, the spikes, ridges, and claws, highlighted by the black patterns, looked more ferocious.

Compact and fierce…

That phrase instinctively sprang to everyone's mind.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning struck the demon‑marked crab's head.

Immediately after, the Imperial Guild's Mage shared the demon‑marked crab's attributes.

"Done! Hahaha! A ten-percent HP, level 60 Commander-level BOSS!" Ye Tianzi instantly showed a delighted grin, laughing wildly.

A single item directly evolved a raging Elite BOSS into a Commander-level BOSS, and it happened to lock onto the final ten-percent Rage Blood Axis.

Under these circumstances, it completely disabled the HP Axis Mechanism.

If it were a proper level‑60 Commander-level BOSS, even the entire Imperial forces pressing together now might still not be able to defeat it.

Without Qiancheng Muxue, just taking on a level‑40 Commander-level BOSS already pulled eight thousand elites.

But a level‑60 Commander-level BOSS with only ten percent HP and no HP Axis Mechanism at all is not that unattainable.

Su Sheng was also curious where the Imperial had obtained such an item.

No kidding, this item is actually pretty good.

"Defender Knight, give it to me on top!"

Ye Tianzi waved his hand grandly.

The Imperial melee players who had been knocked back pressed forward again.

Meanwhile…

Su Sheng also slowly approached.

At this moment…

The three thousand people of the Imperial Dynasty focused all their attention on that magic-pattern crab.

Even Ye Tianzi did not let the archers conduct any further scouting; although it only had ten percent of its HP, it was still a level 60 Commander-level Boss.

Their three thousand elites must give it their all.

On the Imperial Dynasty's side, from Zhuque City to here, the opening route had Ye Tianzi arranging to leave behind 'dark sentries'… invisible thieves.

If any guild's large force really came over, they would definitely be discovered immediately.

So Ye Tianzi also let loose…

Click!

One claw, a flash of white light.

Only a defensive knight under Defensive Stance could barely resist the first hit, and couldn't withstand the second.

As for other melee professions, including Trap Formation Warriors…

None of them could withstand even a single hit.

Although it lacked any HP Axis Mechanism, and its 'darkening' was relatively rushed, this giant crab had no overly exaggerated skills or mechanisms.

But its stats truly reached the level of a level 60 Commander-level Boss.

So, aside from defensive knights who specialize in defense and have high damage reduction… players at this stage couldn't withstand a direct hit.

"Aside from defensive knights, all other melee professions keep distance, watch attack frequency, and swap out when a defensive knight takes a hit!"

"Team one fell as a T, team two hurry up and cover! Team three on standby! Standby personnel, fill in team one!"

"Priest, quickly raise the HP for the rotating T position!"

Under Ye Tianzi's command, aside from the initial confusion caused by casualties, they quickly mastered the rhythm.

The Imperial Dynasty's arrangements were still quite good.

The Imperial Dynasty's defensive knights formed three-man teams, with one taking a hit while they rotated aggro; the three-man rotation worked perfectly, and after the third defensive knight took a hit, the first defensive knight's HP was pulled back by the Priest Guild.

Under these circumstances, the pressure on the Imperial Dynasty's priests wasn't that great.

As long as aggro swapping didn't go wrong, the Imperial Dynasty's priest players only needed to watch the HP of the three defensive knights.

Besides that, there were several reserve teams; if one team made a mistake, the next would take over.

Under these circumstances, the Imperial Dynasty didn't need to assign too many Holy Light Priests.

So…

Among these three thousand people, mages and archers alone made up half!

Among them, the mage lords numbered nearly a thousand!

If it weren't for this setup, we couldn't suppress the HP of this darkened Commander Rank crab.

Its thick shell gave this giant crab high physical defense.

The main damage output still came from these mage lords.

Chaotic yet orderly…

The Imperial Guild truly lived up to being once the fifth-largest guild; just in terms of strategic deployment, it was far superior to the original Qiancheng Muxue.

However…

It seems…

The original Qiancheng Muxue… was fourth, you know…