Chapter 1747: 1747

Now that he had it in his hand, Lu Li was relieved . He had received a T3 item before, and now he was getting another . These were exactly the two items he needed to gain an effect from the Transmog Set .

Frankly, his current equipment wasn’t that much stronger than the rest . If he entered the top 100 of the Shadow Cup and faced someone like Blood Dagger, his victory would no longer be guaranteed .

As the leader, even if he was unlucky, he still needed to wear equipment that he was proud of .

The last item was a Splinter, which Lu Li temporarily held on to .

The day that they had spent on the First Clear was a great success and had ended perfectly . In the following day, when everyone came online, they had no reason to delay .

They met by the Spider Zone and immediately entered into the Instance Dungeon . Even though they had time, the other clubs and random players would soon start flooding into the Instance Dungeon . If that happened, they might not get the First Clear bonus on the first two Bosses .

They were free to attempt the Spider Zone, the Plague Zone, the Abomination Zone and the Death Knight Zone in any order they wanted . So, in order to get a few First Clears on the Bosses, some clubs decided to do them in a different sequence to the others . It was wishful thinking to try and get all the First Clears anyway .

However, if they could get even one more First Clear, that would be good too .

The Bosses in the Spider Zone had all been defeated . Lu Li announced that their goal for the day was to kill all four Bosses in the Abomination Zone . This was the only area with four Bosses, as the others only had three .

The monsters at the beginning were ones that they had killed countless times . If they ran into problems here, then they might as well give up now .

The Abomination Zone gatekeeper was the Boss Patchwerk .

His character was not as simple as he seemed . He was the most powerful creature in Kel’Thuzad’s Abomination army . Opponents that encountered him were often surprised and amazed at his strength and speed .

Unlike the slow-moving and predictable undead creatures, Patchwerk could use his inexhaustible strength to launch a barrage of attacks and crush any enemy that dared to face him . In his eyes, they were just little balls of meat to play with .

The Abominations had always been the backbone of the Scourge’s ground forces . Ghouls were always thinking about their stomachs and wouldn’t take a step if they hadn’t eaten enough . Crypt Fiends were more concerned about how they could torture their prey . However, the Abominations were always loyal to their master’s commands, which made them the perfect war machines . As such, Scourge scientists were also constantly trying to improve their abilities .

The birth of Patchwerk could be considered a miracle .

At the time, in the city of Stratholme, countless bodies were being transported into the huge slaughterhouse . The Scourge’s slaves, the Acolytes, were working to move the bodies around . Heigan directed the Acolytes to dismantle a Horde Tauren Shaman body . By using dark magic, this corpse constituted the main body of the Abomination . The body of a Dwarf Paladin became the arm of the Abomination, and its brain was put together with Orc corpses to form its head .

When the huge Abomination was assembled, Kel’Thuzad appeared in the slaughterhouse . Dark magic flowed from the high lich and the inanimate Abomination suddenly stood up .

This behemoth was 4 metres tall (Abominations were usually only 3 metres tall), and had a tough skin that had been enchanted by dark magic . It wielded a giant axe and could cut an unwitting target to pieces within seconds .

He was the Abomination that Kel’Thuzad had personally given life, and so became the King of Abominations upon birth .

Most of the clubs that chose the Abomination Zone as their first suffered at the hands of Patchwerk . Some even abandoned the Abomination Zone and moved on .

Lu Li didn’t want to leave the Abomination Zone until the end, but he knew that the Death Knight Zone was even more difficult . If they couldn’t defeat the Abomination Zone, then there was no point trying the Death Knight Zone .

The reason for Patchwerk’s strength was not because of how many skills he had or how complicated his behaviour was . It was just that his ordinary attacks were devastating once he went Berserk .

He was a typical tanky, high-damage Boss with high HP, and would go Berserk after 7 minutes, which would increase his damage by 400% .

This kind of damage was unbelievable; a normal Main Tank would basically get one-shot . After this happened, the rest of the players would just be a feast for the Boss .

One skill that it had was called Hateful Strike . This skill guaranteed that the next attack would be a critical hit . Patchwerk would select his target by picking someone who proportionally had higher HP than him .

These two factors made it very difficult for the Main Tank . The first made it such that the Main Tank needed to keep their HP high, but the second required the Main Tank to not have too much HP . Otherwise, if the Main Tank received a 400% damage attack with a critical hit, then even Azure Sea Breeze with 20,000 HP would fall .

This was where most of the clubs died .

Any club could enter the Berserk Stage, but they would inevitably be wiped . Even though they were playing as a three-guild alliance, Azure Sea Breeze was still being killed over and over .

“Wandering get out . Let’s get another Warrior in here . This way, we’ll have four of them,” Lu Li began to adjust the team composition .

With Azure Sea Breeze and three Warriors standing in a line, Lu Li instructed that Azure Sea Breeze’s HP should never be full . Instead, the three others should always be at full HP, even if that meant they were being over-healed .

In fact, keeping the three other Warriors at full HP wasn’t that difficult as long as the Healers kept healing .

The key point was that Azure Sea Breeze’s HP would remain a little lower, but this was difficult to coordinate . Darkness, who was responsible for healing, bit her lip and nodded . She was calm on the surface, but was actually feeling quite flustered . This was the first time she had been asked to heal in this way .

However, even after that, they still got wiped .

It was then that Lu Li finally came up with his trump card .

It was a bottle of orange-coloured potion which gave off a pungent smell after unscrewing the lid . Azure Sea Breeze had no desire to drink it .

“Drink it . Nothing bad will happen to you I promise,” Lu Li said, trying to console him . This was the last idea that he had, and it could only last one battle . They had been wiped so many times, but he didn’t take it out before because he wanted to ensure that it would work .

“Tch, why don’t you drink it then?”

Azure Sea Breeze really wanted to throw up .

Lu Li decided to give up on reasoning with him and said, “I’m not a Main Tank – why would I drink it? If you drink it, I’ll give you 20 DKP . ”

“No, 100,” Azure Sea Breeze bargained .

“Uh, the most I can give you is 30 . You can only get 10 from defeating a Boss, so how could I give you 100 just to drink this thing? What a shameless request . ”

Lu Li wasn’t so easily convinced .

“80 . I think that drink will probably cause me nightmares . Where did you even find such a smelly thing? I don’t want to do it . ”

Azure Sea Breeze smelled the potion again and couldn’t take it .

“Big bro, 50 points then . If you really don’t want to, then I’ll let one of the other Warriors drink it,” Lu Li said, feeling somewhat guilty .

This potion was the smelliest potion he had ever held, so it was quite heartless to force Azure Sea Breeze to drink it .

However, the effects were very suitable for fighting this Boss . It was not really a potion, but a poison, as it would cap his HP at 90% for half an hour .

This would solve the problem of the Boss attacking the Main Tank with Hateful Strike .

Lu Li had deliberately searched for this item so they could fight this Boss . He had watched it for a few days in the Exchange Hall . The purchase had gone smoothly, but the smell was clearly foul .

Fortunately, Lu Li didn’t have to drink it, and could order Azure Sea Breeze to do it instead .