Ultimate Strength Break was a skill that ignored Magic Shield and dealt damage based on the Strength difference between the user and the target. Although Lin Xu was a holy magus, physically he was a weakling with around 5000 Strength at most. Currently, all eighth-promotion cavalrymen who dropped all their skill points into Strength possessed 8000 Strength at least, which translated to over 120k damage against the Level 280 boss. Not only that, Heartpiercer gave them 20% lifesteal, so they both dealt good damage to the boss and healed from it. October Rain’s tactic was sound for sure.

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The drizzle continued, and red maple leaves swayed to the wind as we watched the boss fight from the hills. Neither retreat nor advance looked very feasible right now.

"So, should we get down there and take them all out?" Lin Yixin asked while blinking.

I shook my head immediately. "No. Our relationship with Warsky Alliance—especially during the Nation Wars—isn’t so bad that we can afford to have an acrimonious fallout with them. I would rather negotiate with them first before deciding if we should...