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Dukeette then sent over a screenshot. It contained information on the equipment sets currently circulating among players.

At present, the Pursuit of the Frostcrystal Giant dungeon could drop three different armor sets in total. Broadly speaking, they were divided into three categories: defense, offense, and support.

The set effects would only reveal themselves after collecting multiple pieces, though the base attributes of the equipment themselves were not standardized.

At the moment, the highest anyone had managed to collect was only a three-piece set. Of course, it was also possible that some players possessed more pieces and simply chose not to reveal them.

Even so, the attributes of just the three-piece set alone were already incredibly tempting.

What an incredible set!

Just the two-piece bonus alone granted a 12% increase in Attack Power, and the passive effect from the three-piece bonus was practically god-tier. Even warriors could make full use of it. Just imagine it, every time the icicle triggered, you gained an additional 500-point shield. Even ignoring the extra ice damage, the survivability boost alone was already on another level. And if a mage used it… one Flameburst cast would unleash both fire and ice at the same time.

The fact that it was labeled 3/4 also meant there was still one final set effect left. And the final effect was usually the strongest. Completing a full set like this would definitely make it capable of rivaling a mixed set of Unique equipment.

It seemed this dungeon would massively increase the combat strength of mid and lower-tier players.

Incidentally, the reason why the highest collected set was only three pieces was because equipment dropped from the dungeon could not be traded outside of it. That was practically a standard setting in many online game dungeons.

“Zane, are you going to use this equipment?” Shiu asked with a conflicted expression.

Zane could not help but chuckle. “You reacted like that already, how could I possibly snatch it from you? Besides, I can’t bear to replace my current Unique gear either. You can use it.”

“But…” He hesitated for a moment before finally nodding. “Alright then, I’ll hold onto it for now. I’m already Level 28, so I should be able to use it in another two days or so. Oh right, since I got an Epic item, let me split some gold among everyone first.”

“We haven’t even finished the dungeon yet. Let’s wait until the end and sort everything out together,” Zane said with a wave of his hand.

“Fair enough.”

***

“After we finish these five mobs, it’ll be Phase One,” Shiu explained.

“Phase One?”

“That’s right. The dungeon’s called Pursuit of the Frostcrystal Giant. See that stone pillar over there? The boss is hiding behind it. The moment we get within twenty yards of him or attack him directly, the pursuit battle officially begins.”

“He starts in a heavily injured state with roughly 20% HP. He’ll keep eating Frostcrystal Ore to recover health, and the surrounding frostcrystals will periodically spawn monsters. Before he recovers to 50% HP, he won’t attack us. During that window, we need to kill as many mobs as possible, otherwise the fight afterward will become extremely troublesome.”

“Wait, that doesn’t sound right. I heard people talking about a setup with five healers and one tank on the way here. How were they clearing it?” Zane asked in confusion.

“Uh… that’s a heretical strategy. They abuse the entrance cave. After triggering the boss, they focus entirely on killing the mobs while ignoring the boss itself. Once they’re done, they reset the dungeon and repeat.”

“…” Zane was momentarily speechless before nodding. “I see. But we can just kill the boss directly, right?”

“Wake up. The boss has 400,000 HP, and it’s not some stationary training dummy either. Its mobility is insanely high.”

Four hundred thousand HP… even Zedana’s 250,000 HP paled in comparison to this monster.

“I get it now. I completely get it. Let’s do this!”

“…”

No one responded for quite a while. Weren’t they supposed to trigger it already?

“Zanny… you’re the main tank…” YoyoPink reminded weakly.

“Oh, right right, I almost forgot.”

“Idiot!” DumbCitrus immediately seized the chance to mock him.

“Stupid Orange, you’re getting cocky. Next time I’ll secretly dump medicine residue into your alchemy furnace!”

“Y-You!” She clearly imagined herself getting blown up by another bizarre explosion until she was covered head to toe in soot.

“Alright, stop bullying the little girl already. Hurry up and pull the boss!” Shiu urged.

They headed toward the massive stone pillar Shiu had pointed out earlier. Faintly, they could already hear the boss’ heavy breathing. Starry stayed close by Zane’s side in support, while the others cautiously approached from farther away.

After taking a few more steps, they estimated they were already within thirty yards.

‘Let’s go around and take a look.’ As his line of sight shifted, the boss’ enormous body, brimming with raw power, gradually came into view.

Those attributes were absurdly high, and the skill set looked overwhelmingly violent. As for that last bizarre skill, it was probably the ability to recover HP by eating Frostcrystal Ore.

At that moment, the giant slowly turned around, its eyes filled with hostility.

‘Crap, we’ve been spotted!’

The giant calmly rose to its feet and grabbed a chunk of Frostcrystal Ore.

**Gak crunch—**

A massive green healing number floated upward, and in the blink of an eye, its HP had recovered to 30%. Not only that, the surrounding blue crystals all began to glow as something slowly took shape around them!

Zane frowned slightly. ‘Let’s test the giant’s toughness first!”

In the next instant, the white wolf charged forward at high speed with Starry riding atop it!

**Bang!!**

The boss was knocked back half a step from the impact.

“ROOOAR—! ROOOAR!” It apparently could not speak, only roaring furiously to express its rage.

At the same time, three Deep Frostcrystal Souls condensed into existence on either side, while volleys of arrows slowly aimed in their direction. Zane’s own Magic Resistance was high enough that he did not care much, but if Starry took a full volley of those arrows, she’d definitely lose more than half her HP.

“Awoooo—!” Zane immediately activated the Warcry buff first.

Starry lightly leaped off the wolf’s back, and the Autumn Moon Sword slashed upward from below.

The damage was far too low. The boss had extremely strong resistance against ice-element attacks, and even the frost effect had completely disappeared. However, a massive sword wound surprisingly remained on the giant’s leg without fading away.

It was the Rend effect attached to Warcry! Only then did Zane remember it. Because the trigger rate was so low, and many bosses were immune to it, he had practically forgotten the skill effect even existed.

Sure enough, the boss’ healing effect had already weakened significantly.

**Fwoosh—!**

Flames spread across the ground, while lightning flickered through the air above the already dim cavern. Thunder was about to strike down!

The HP of the Deep Frostcrystal Souls rapidly plummeted. In less than three seconds, they had already lost over 3000 HP. As a result, all aggro immediately shifted toward the backline.

Shiu swallowed hard. “Zane, we’re counting on you now!”

Zane froze for a moment before replying emotionally, “Alright! I’ll try to insta-kill the boss!”

“No, that’s not what I mea—” Before he could finish speaking, a rain of arrows suddenly poured down, scaring the little mage into turning around and sprinting away.

“Lordsey!” YoyoPink also reacted in time and summoned the goblin. The Throwing Master easily intercepted and scattered part of the incoming attacks. Still, one or two arrows slipped through.

Looking at his remaining 85 HP, Shiu’s face turned green. Dukeette hurriedly cast a heal, while DumbCitrus also released Leaping Melody. The healing output was low, but at least it was better than nothing.