"Wait a minute. Is that why our armoury is filled with shit loads of different elemental shells?" Bu Dong brought up and it also dawned on Bin Yong that what the soldiers said must have a correlation to the damage dealt with the Ooofpa Loopa.
"This would also explain why the Southern Ooofpa Loopa in the seas has taken more damage compared to the one in the North. I saw them take lightning-based artillery shells to hit it, thinking that it might be more effective since it is submerged in the seas." Bin Yong reported as he picked up his phone to check the status of both Ooofpa Loopa to see how much of a hit point difference they had.
"Some of us theorised that the boss has entered a sort of invincible mode until we clear the Bone Spirit Hordes. So you're saying that's not the case?" Ruo Ying asked but the soldiers shook their heads.
"Since Boss Jin has messed with it, we can't completely eliminate the possibility that he wants us to fight them in phases. We're just saying that based on our own experience, those Bone Spirit Demons were endless. We had been fighting against them the entire time when-" Zhang Min stopped since his buddy poked him in his ribs. He had nearly forgotten that they were not allowed to use the Dungeon Supplier's name.
That was one of the secrets that their General had explicitly stated that they must not reveal despite the fact that a number knew that Boss Jin had worked behind the scenes to aid them like with those portal trucks. Still it was not too hurt for them to figure out, seeing as they had the Sea Mesh official logo had a small panda next to it. Although it had not been an official logo, some people managed to connect it since there was a proper affiliation between Sea Mesh and 'Dungeons and Pandas'.
"…when other State Agents came into the scenes." Zhang Min whispered, making it seem as if it was already a stretch to bring the Ministry of State Security into the picture and the Pandawans could see why they struggled to say it out loud. They instantly understood and decided not to ponder over their incident especially when they just met.
"I just checked and numbers wise, we managed to damage the Southern Ooofpa Loopa down to 85% of its health while the Northern Ooofpa Loopa still has 90% of its health intact despite a fiercer barrage ongoing. We'll have to check how much damage the next element will inflict on it." Bing Yong reported and the two other Pandawans beside him immediately got into action to tell the Pandarens responsible for the transfer of inventory in the armoury to start moving a water based elemental shell to the Northern borders next.
"Hey, why did you not tell them about the explosive feedback when the abomination got immune to the attacks? Isn't that more of a pressing concern?" Meng Ruo asked after the trio of soldiers had bid the Pandawans goodbye and proceeded towards the Northern Demopolis Walls.
"The feedback should have already occurred based on the theoretical papers created by the Royal Zodiac Monkey Researchers. Maybe Boss Jin just decided to dial the monster down a fair bit? It would truly be unfair to the Pandarens if they encounter such a crazy a.s.s monster in their raid instance." Zhang Min answered as they started to leap with their qing gong, jumping from one trench site to another and all the Pandarens in the vicinity who saw the qin gong style recognised them as being part of the military. No Pandaren without proper training would be able to do what the Royal Snake Soldiers were doing.
"Only real life is that unfair, giving us such a troublesome monster to deal with back then. Without Boss Jin's intervention, I honestly doubt our battalions would have been able to defeat it. Also, I am secretly hoping that the Pandawan lady is right and once the Bone Spirit Horde has been defeated that those abominations become vulnerable to attacks again, since that immunity trick really sucks." Wei Yi remarked as he followed closely behind them.
"I don't believe that will be the case. It would be too easy, all we would have to do would be to keep shooting from afar. You think Boss Jin will give his cultivators such a comfortable route of cultivation? Did you already forget about the Pandapolis Raid Instance and how that massive fight was too damn real and chaotic at the end despite all the preparations that we had?" Meng Ruo commented.
"All I remember is that someone tried to rescue a feisty 'damsel in distress." Wei Yi pointed out and they all laughed.
"Alright, enough nonsense, you guys. We have a boss to take revenge on and we don't know whether the mechanics still apply here." Zhang Min stressed as they climbed over the Suburban buildings and managed to reach the Northern Demopolis Walls. The horror of seeing those Bone Spirit Demons never left them and the view from the top of the Demopolis Wall had brought back some horrific memories that remained suppressed until now.
"Gee, seeing them again isn't the greatest feeling ever. It's like we are going through some psychotherapy against traumatic events. We were really lucky that our battalion did not suffer as badly as the Royal Horse Battalion." Meng Ruo said as he took his sword and gun out.
"Have you tried Jin's inscriptions? They are pretty fun to use." Wei Yi tried to change the topic since it was getting way too heavy in the reminiscent part as he threw a pack of them towards Meng Ruo.
"Use whatever you need. We are going to release hell and show these small-time Pandarens what it means to be a Soldier in the Royal Snake Battalion!" Zhang Min supported the diversion as he took his standard load out of a sword and gun.
"Right, just make sure we won't have to save you from another Bone Spirit Gorilla again!" Meng Ruo nudged Zhang Min with his elbow and Wei Yi got to laugh at their supposed leader. As much as they could not stand the Bone Spirits, the trio could gauge that the monsters were as deadly as the ones they had encountered before.
The Pandarens who had charged in earlier than them were having difficulty staying on the offensive against them. A number had already lost while some used the invincible shield that was bestowed to them at the start of the fight to prolong their life.
However, from the Royal Snake Soldiers' perspective, the worst has yet to come. Those Bone Spirit Demons they encountered were the easier lot like the Bone Spirit Monkeys and Bone Spirit Dogs.
Individually they were not too strong, but underestimating them as they hunted in groups or packs was foolish. Regardless, this was still a Raid Instance and those soldiers rushed in to save people, kill monsters and earn more points before the rest of their buddies came in to join the fight.
As for the Ooofpa Loopa, it was up to the Pandawans' coordination to ensure that they could reduce the health of the abominations using their elemental shells before they broke through Demopolis walls and started to wreak serious havoc.
