Chapter 1299
Not only was Gaith harder to deal with than Rend, but he was also a Chromatic dragon .
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In Dawn, the Dragon race had five main types, as well as a few other subtypes .
Firstly, there was the Nether dragon . In the Second War, Deathwing stole the dragon eggs and went into the Nether . There, they were exposed to arcane magic, mutating into the Nether Dragons . Those that did not mutate were killed off by Gruul the Dragon Slayer .
During this time, Deathwing was defeated by Khadgar and escaped back to Azeroth . Because of the special conditions, Nether dragons were not affected by the Ancient Gods and therefore, they were no longer members of the Dragonflight .
Then, there were the Twilight Dragons . This time it wasn’t Deathwing that stole the eggs, but Sinestra, the consort of Deathwing who was often referred to as the Mother Dragon . When the Mother Dragon stole the eggs, she hid in Grim-Batol and created the Twilight Dragons, assisted by the Windrunner Zendarin .
The Blood Elf was able to extract the essence of Nether Dragon Eggs and infused it into the Black Dragon Eggs, creating the Twilight Dragons .
The Twilight Dragon developed very quickly and fed on the energy of crystals, only requiring a few weeks to reach full maturity . Sinestra planned on ruling over Azeroth with her new creations and defeating all the Dragons, including her own consort Deathwing .
The most powerful of all the Twilight Dragons was Dargonax, the first of their kind . Sinestra treated him like her own child .
Dargonax was the most powerful Twilight Dragon because of the Demon Soul that was infused within him . He could probably take on Deathwing by himself and so he was dearly loved by Sinestra . However, Dargonax proved too cunning and powerful for Sinestra to completely control . Eventually he fought his own ‘mother’ and the two of them were both slain .
Deathwing further experimented with Twilight Dragons to improve the species, but eventually, this also let to his demise .
This couple had brought upon so much chaos, not only to others, but also to themselves .
The last kind were the Chromatic Dragons that Lu Li and the others were facing against .
Chromatic Dragons had nothing to do with Deathwing or Sinestra, but were actually created by Deathwing’s eldest son Nefarian .
Nefarian wasn’t as powerful as his father, but he was much better at experimenting and innovating .
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Chromatic Dragons were the most powerful dragons of all types . They were created with the blood of dragonlings of all the different species .
The blood mixture was infused into a mature Black Dragon, giving him an incredible amount of power, but the disadvantage was that he would have a shorter life span .
The strongest of them all was Chromaggus, who had five different heads, each possessing the power of the five main dragon species . Similar to Dargonax and Sinestra, Nefarian treated Chromaggus like his own son . However, Chromaggus did not murder his ‘parents’ . Unfortunately, before Nefarian could achieve anything with Chromaggus, he had already passed away, leaving behind nothing but a body .
Unfortunately, Nefarian could not find a way to bring him back to life .
Archbishop Benedictus suggested that if he found a way to channel an immense amount of energy into his corpse, he would be able to be revived . Then, he would become the strongest creature on the face of Azeroth .
Eventually Benedictus found a way to funnel all the Arcane energy from the Arcane War into Chromaggus, reviving the five-headed beast .
Ysera the Emerald Dragon foresaw that the other four Dragon Kings will die at the hands of Chromaggus .
This was a terrifying vision .
The entire family were geniuses and wanted to create the strongest Dragon in Azeroth . If there were nobel prizes in Dawn, they would have probably each won one .
“Be careful of his mount . Wandering, prepare to take aggro of it . ”
Lu Li knew not to underestimate the mount .
The Chromatic Dragon had two heads; one was slightly red and the other was green .
“You will all die!”
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Rend charged towards the players and even Azure’s taunt couldn’t stop him as he went straight for Fat Monkey .
Usually, Mages had two options in this situation – either teleport away or use Ice Block .
Fat Monkey was very calm . As a tournament player, if he couldn’t even handle this situation, then Lu Li should consider kicking him out .
Fat Monkey did not teleport away because he could still have the aggro after . Therefore, he decided to use Ice Block and became completely invulnerable .
This time, Azure Sea Breeze casted Taunt again and successfully drew the aggro .
“He’s pretty strong but I can tank this,” Azure Sea Breeze concluded after taking a few hits . His words made everyone felt safer .
As long as he didn’t have some kind of overpowered skill, it would be an easy clear .
However, the Boss cleaved him on the head and if it wasn’t for Lu Li’s reminder to activate his defensives and March Rain’s quick reactions, Azure Sea Breeze would have died .
Mortal Strike – Inflicts physical damage to target and reduces effectiveness of healing by 50% . Duration 50 seconds .
Enrage – Increases Rend Blackhand’s attack speed and attack damage by 60% . Duration 1 minute .
These two skills combined together could inflict massive amounts of damage and would mostly result in certain death if they weren’t careful .
The first stage was the easiest for teams to be wiped .
“Puff!”
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The Chromatic Dragon wasn’t doing much before, but it suddenly let out of huge puff of smoke .
Moonlight was completely frozen and he continuously took damage .
“Dont…” Lu Li cried out, but he was too late .
When Hachi Chan tried to heal him, she was also instantly frozen and began taking damage . Even Remnant Dream who was nearby was also affected .
March Rain hesitated but her healer instincts made her heal Hachi Chan . Expectedly, she too was frozen and died .
Two out of the three healers were dead and the rest were all frozen .
Warchief Rend Blackhand managed to wipe them out completely and bowed respectfully . He was very proud of his achievement .
Nefarian scoffed and walked away .
Rend was still useless in his eyes because it had taken him so long to finish off his opponents . The one who won them the battle was clearly Nefarian’s own creation, the Chromatic dragon .
Rend stood there awkwardly and followed behind .
“Those that are frozen can’t be healed because it can spread to others . Let’s start again . Whoever gets hit by Freeze, just pray that you’ll survive,” Lu Li instructed .
“Hachi Chan was losing more HP than Moonlight and I barely had any time to react . I think the more it spreads, the more damage it deals,” March Rain agreed .
In order to counter Contagious Freeze, Lu Li organised a new formation .
Rend was a very challenging Boss that required individual skills . Not only did the freeze deal a significant amount of damage, but they also couldn’t rely on ally healers .
“Curse you, mortals!” Rend shouted as he faced off against the same people again .
The second time around, they managed to get past the first stage with ease .
Everyone agreed that it was best not to heal those that were affected by the freeze in the second stage .
The Chromatic Dragon cast Freeze again and Azure Sea Breeze was directly affected .
Lu Li brought along three healers this run . March Rain was responsible for healing the main tank, Hachi Chan was responsible for the melee players, and the Shaman healer was responsible for the rest of the team .
Restoration Shamans specialized in AOE healing . They might not be as good as Priests, but their AOE heals were definitely the strongest .
Azure Sea Breeze was in a dangerous position . Without the Main Tank, the team had lost its defensive anchor . Rend took advantage of this and used this opportunity to relentlessly attack him .
Azure Sea Breeze used up everything he had but still couldn’t hold on .
The third time they returned to the Boss, it was clear that he wasn’t very intelligent . Otherwise, he would be questioning reality upon seeing the same group of people coming back to life for the third time .
“The dragon only enters the fight in stage two . Before then, he cannot be targeted,” Wandering said .
“Then see if you can taunt it at the right time . ”
This was the benefit of doing dungeons with intelligent teammates . Wandering wanted to Taunt the Chromatic Dragon away so that he cannot freeze Azure .
Wandering was a tank with high HP and defense, so he probably won’t die from the Freeze .
From his past life, Lu Li obviously knew what the strategy was to clear this Boss . However, this wasn’t beneficial for himself or the team . He wanted to train up his teammates so that they could learn through their failures and clear dungeons independently .