Reincarnation of the Strongest Healer

Chapter 459: Cracked Fountain Water

A few minutes had gone by since OneManMedia dashed off to the passage led by Gentle Wind, and Xu Feng promptly returned to his team.

”Youʼre back…” Iceheart quickly exclaimed upon spotting him, her expression showing some suspicions and doubts about his disappearance.

Having been ruthlessly lectured by him, Iceheart was quick to notice his disappearance after a while.

Although Carmen was constantly taking the lead and commanding a charisma aura, it was hard for her to maintain that state. Hence, she noticed the damnable person was gone from the team.

Who knew where he had slipped away?

”What do you mean, Iceheart?” Meanwhile, Xu Feng feigned ignorance and questioned her confusingly. ”Iʼve always been here.”

”No, you were not.” Iceheart rolled her eyes, finding him baffling to lie with such an honest tone.

”Okay, so if I donʼt lecture you, then Iʼm not here? I didnʼt expect you to be the masochist kind.” Xu Feng took a step back and promptly avoided her, causing Iceheart to nearly launch an attack.

”You—” Baffled, Iceheart finally understood the true meaning of shameless.

No, even shameless was an understatement to describe Xu Feng.

ʼUgh, why did the guild send me here in the first place?ʼ Iceheart pursed her lips, finding it very frustrating to continue the raid.

While Iceheart contemplated her Guild Leaderʼs action, Xu Feng had already taken the stage away from Carmen.

”Iʼm sure you all realized the raid is not as simple as everyone thought. The mechanic and system prompt when we enter are all hints.” Xu Feng announced.

”The cracked fountain is not just a cleansing effect, but it is also used to deal with the monsters here. What Lunar Wraith have been dealing with were nothing but a bunch of small fries.” He continued, explaining the circumstances to them.

Sometimes, things were better off understandable once they experienced it.

Hence, he didnʼt bother wasting his saliva to over-explain things to them until they discovered the cracked fountain effect.

”Raid Leader, so does that mean we can exploit this to our benefit?” Zhao Kai suddenly raised his hands and asked.

”The cracked fountain water is capable of cleansing curses, but it also helped nullify the reduced healing effectiveness. By that logic, the debuffs that we have could also be ignored as long as we splash ourselves with the fountain water.”

Zhao Kai seriously pondered this matter over, but without Xu Fengʼs presence, the theory could not be tested.

After all, only Xu Feng was capable of buffing compared to the rest of them.

And although they could buff themselves with their own skills, it would be hard to differentiate much, given their buffs were subpar.

Meanwhile, Xu Feng remained silent for a second. It was not because Zhao Kai had said something foolish, but rather he had made a clever point.

Of course, clever might be an overstatement, but he sure as hell was proud that Zhao Kai was starting to understand the Divine World mechanics and its operations.

As harsh as the setting had been set for the players, the Divine World had always been fair and just, albeit with some confusion matter revolving around him.

Therefore, with the presence of the severe debuff, there were also solutions available for the player to extinguish the debuff.

Take the oppressive pillars that had been scattered across 10 passages. So long as the players were clever enough to destroy them all, then the status ailment of their overall stats being reduced by 35% will disappear.

”Yes, the cracked fountain could indeed help ignore the debuff, but itʼs only temporary.” Xu Feng responded, and continued, ”However, the waters in the cracked fountain are limited. Once used up, there would be no replenishment.”

Startled, Zhao Kai was slightly taken aback as his expression turned solemn.

It wasnʼt him either, but the rest also understood one thing based on his words.

Since the Obsidian Sludgeʼs death could cause a major headache, then in theory, the other monsters that Xu Feng mentioned which were way more difficult than the Sludges would bring more obstacles.

”Thank goodness we only used a little bit of the water to extinguish the Burning Trail.” Carmen suddenly exclaimed.

”Was that why you told me not to waste all the water and use the bare minimum?” She gazed at him and inquired.

Nodding, Xu Feng opened his map and shared it to the others. ”Do you see how the map shows 5 stars?” My Virtual Library Empire

He then pointed at a glittering star that had been lit up. ”This star lit up because we have dealt with the lowest monster in this Fallen Swamp, namely the sludges.”

”So we need to search for other varieties of monsters to light up the other stars?” Before Xu Feng could finish, SilentWhisper chimed in.

As realization struck that she had unintentionally interrupted Xu Feng, her face turned pale, afraid she might receive another reprimand.

However, none of that happened as she slowly gazed at Xu Feng.

”Thatʼs correct, SilentWhisper. You are finally showing some improvement.” Xu Feng praised, clearly not minding that he was interrupted. If the interruption was filled with good points or questions, he would gladly welcome them.

Only through critical thinking could these people continuously improve and save him quite the trouble from hard carrying them.

Shortly after, Xu Feng closed the map and began organizing the team structure.

”Tanks such as Ardent Lance and Iceheart will be situated in the front and back. Shadow Blade would be in the center, defending the Sorcerer, Arcane Mage, and Summoner.” He commanded before staring at DeathLingers.

”DeathLingers, as an Assassin, your task would be the most tedious one. There will be traps as we advance from here, so Iʼll need you to constantly use detection traps and disable them.”

”Leave them to me.” DeathLingers flatly replied, seemingly unhindered by the task assignment.

”Good,” Xu Feng nodded and retrieved nearly three-fourths of the water from the cracked fountain.

”From here on out, I do not expect anyone to take action without my permission. Is that clear?” He declared, his gaze locking on Iceheart, who had a prior history of the offense.