The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 4274 Heroes Strike! (Part Six)
They had a great time fighting, but they hadn't left the combat area with the gray fog, which meant that whatever skills he used would hit the gray fog. The reflected damage brought them down to almost nothing.

Of course, Gray Mist wasn't faring any better, since the reflected damage was proportional, and he himself was taking 100% of the damage. Fortunately, his skill set was well-suited for looting, and in the first few rounds, they looted the most items. A few Greedy Bandages restored his health to full.

Peter realized something was wrong. He first looked at Natasha, then at the gray fog. Schiller must be among them.

“Let’s retreat first,” Natasha said. “If you really want to fight, we can go fight over there.”

Peter nodded, agreeing with her suggestion. The two then ran off towards the edge of the combat zone without looking back. Greed added regretfully, "It's a pity we don't have any control skills."

“You deserve your current reputation,” Gray Mist said, “but could you please stop tarnishing mine?”

"What do you know? I'm just protecting your reputation. It would be troublesome if I actually used your own Outer God descent skills. As it is now, everyone will think I'm unethical."

“That makes some sense,” Gray Mist said, “but they won’t think you’re being unethical; they’ll just think you’re performing normally.”

Peter and Natasha ran straight to the other side of the crater, but instead of fighting, they squatted there watching the spectacle. Sure enough, Stark and his companion arrived shortly after.

Stark is now very arrogant because on the way here he and Steve discussed it and found that their skill set was ridiculously strong.

Without his mech, Stark primarily uses a pay-to-win weapon strategy: he first summons a weapon airdrop, then upgrades it using his vault, followed by weapon selection. Each weapon has its own skill set, meaning different weapons grant different abilities. They tested them on their way here, and each one was incredibly powerful.

“Look at Tony’s face,” Peter said. “He definitely thinks he’s incredibly strong just because he killed a few monsters.”

"How many seconds do you think he can last?" Natasha asked with a hint of schadenfreude.

As he said this, Stark had already charged towards the gray fog. The combat zones merged, and the battle was immediately triggered.

Peter held up three fingers and began to count down: "Three, two, one..."

Stark roared and charged out. Although he was far enough away to see the health bar, he probably only had a sliver of health left.

Peter had anticipated that Stark would be very fragile without his armor. He was arguably the weakest in terms of physical attributes among the group, so it was impossible to give him a high amount of health, otherwise it would be completely unbalanced.

His mech was already like a metal shell, so its defense and speed must be incredibly high. If you break through that shell, the person inside will have even more health, making it like fighting a boss with two extra health bars, right?

Therefore, while Stark might still possess some offensive capabilities without his mech, his defensive capabilities are nonexistent. His greatest weakness is high-speed, high-damage monsters, and Grey Mist happens to be exactly that type of opponent. Sunfire Cape, Thornmail, and Landry—hitting me is like hitting yourself.

"What the hell?" Stark ran over and said, "What is that thing? A monster that escaped from the spaceship?"

“Why are you jumping to dialogue?” Natasha said with some exasperation. “That’s clearly gray fog.”

"Gray Mist? That's the symbiote that ate up my cafeteria?"

“That’s right, it’s that symbiote. He bought a Thornmail. If you don’t have much health, fighting him is suicide.” Peter sighed and said, “I really don’t know how there could be such an unbalanced item.”

"That can't be right," Stark said. "It's impossible for it to reflect damage unconditionally. Otherwise, whoever gets this equipment would be invincible, right?"

"There should be some conditions, but we don't know what those conditions are. We'll just have to wait for Batman to come and see."

So the three of them squatted down beside the pit, waiting for the next lucky winner. But Batman wouldn't be as careless as them; Batman is someone who never skips dialogue or cuts, even as Lord Batman.

After seeing the gray mist beside the pit, he chose to go around it. Lord Superman said in the channel, "We won last time, what are you afraid of this time?"

"Have you ever wondered why he's the only one there, while the other three are on the other side?"

"Because they came from different directions, right?"

“The footprints don’t say that,” said Lord Batman. “They clearly all went to challenge this gray monster, but failed to defeat it, so they hid on the other side to watch us make a scene.”

“But we fought him before, and he’s not that strong,” Lord Superman shook his head and said. “Besides, if we can’t beat him one by one, surely we can beat the three of us together?”

"They definitely tried, but failed. It's obvious that not just anyone can go to that spaceship; only the victors in battle can get a ticket. If they could win, they would definitely find a way to win. Since they didn't, it means that even three of them combined couldn't defeat it."

"How could this be?" Lord Superman frowned and said, "He wasn't that strong just now, but suddenly he can't even beat three people?"

“It’s possible he didn’t use any of his abilities when he was fighting us,” Lord Batman said, shaking his head. “Don’t you think his appearance doesn’t quite match the skills he uses?”

"Do you mean……"

"This mist looks more like a mental attack character, but whether it turns into fists to smash things or into arrows, it doesn't seem like a skill he would use. I suspect it might just be one of his forms. What do you think?"

“That’s certainly possible,” said Lord Superman. “Then let’s go fight someone else.”

The two of them headed straight for the three people. Gray Mist thought for a moment and said, "Should we chase after them?"

“No need,” Greed said. “We already have the pass anyway.”

Just as Peter and Natasha chose to retreat, the battle was over. The ultimate winner was, of course, Gray Mist. He dealt massive damage and, because he also absorbed a lot of damage, his stats were off the charts, securing his victory without a doubt.

The winner did indeed receive a prize: a "spaceship hatch pass."

“Then we don’t need to wait here,” Gray Mist said. “We can go down first and loot first. Let’s go.”

“Wait,” Greed said, “we can’t go down yet. Take a closer look at your pass.”

Gray Fog glanced at the hatch pass they had received and then noticed that the red on the back wasn't a pattern, but bloodstains.

“There are definitely monsters in this spaceship, and they’re definitely not ordinary monsters,” Greed said. “The regular monsters we encounter don’t have skill sets, so you can clear them without taking damage. But if there’s an elite monster inside that has cards just like the character, then we’ll be in trouble.”

“But I have damage reflection,” Gray Mist said. “That elite monster shouldn’t be much stronger than the player, so I should be able to kill it with damage reflection.”

"No, no, no, even if we can beat them, we won't fight, because they might not be able to." Greed shook his head and said, "If they can't beat them, they'll have to trade their lives. We're going to use the monsters to wear them down. Besides, I haven't gone all the way yet. If they're fighting the monsters, and you rush in, all their skills will hit both of them and the monsters at the same time. In that case, both of them and the monsters will die, and all the treasure will be ours."

“This item is too powerful,” Gray Mist said. “I feel like we’re already invincible.”

“Unlikely,” Greed said. “This equipment is somewhat like your exclusive equipment, but it’s impossible for you to be the only one with exclusive equipment in the dungeon. Others will definitely have it too. If they get exclusive equipment, they will be at the same strength as you, so we need to loot as quickly as possible to reduce the risk of them getting exclusive equipment.”

The two were poised to attack, while the other side was in complete chaos, as Bruce arrived from the other side and found himself in the middle of a melee, so he simply joined in.

Now, the four of them were locked in a brawl. Natasha stung one person after another, Peter swung his fists at lightning speed, Stark pulled out his gun and then his shield, Bruce was sometimes covered in black mist and sometimes glowing, and Batman rolled from left to right and then from right to left.

Bruce's skills are also unique. He has two forms that he can switch between outside of combat. One is Barbatos' "Child of Darkness" form, which mainly uses dark energy to deal mental damage, i.e., attacking the mana bar. The other is "Archangel," which uses holy power and wields a holy sword imbued with holy energy to deal physical damage.

After using both forms once and accumulating energy, the final form, "Lord of Light and Darkness," can be activated. This form distributes physical and mental damage proportionally based on the damage dealt in the previous two forms, resulting in massive mixed damage. The user is invincible in this state; no attack can harm them, but the duration is short.

Once the chaos begins, it becomes clear that some characters' skill sets are perfectly suited for such battles, like Bruce. Whether attacking with beams of dark energy or slashing wildly with his holy sword, all his skills deal area-of-effect damage, and in his final form, he charges into the crowd and unleashes a devastating attack.

After a short while, everyone else couldn't take it anymore. The others voluntarily withdrew, and when the damage was calculated, he naturally had the highest damage, so he also got the pass. However, he clearly had the same idea as Greed; he didn't plan to go in immediately but instead intended to wait for others to clear the way.

Secondly, Peter is more suitable for chaotic battles. Don't be fooled by his small skill range and lack of mixed damage; his attack frequency is incredibly high, filling the entire battlefield with shouts like, "Hey look here, hey look here, hey look here! Good neighbor, good neighbor, good neighbor, good neighbor! Sorry, buddy, sorry, buddy, sorry, buddy, sorry, buddy, sorry, buddy, sorry, buddy..."

The last sentence is especially infuriating. You painstakingly find a decent strategic position, only to have him grab your ankle and throw you to the edge of the arena. Not only do you get hit while airborne, but you also have to hear that smug "Sorry, buddy!" I don't know how much damage it does, but it definitely raises your blood pressure.

"The person who wrote this line is a fucking genius!" Natasha said, rubbing her forehead in exasperation. "Bucky, hurry up and find a mute button, I've really had enough!"

“Unfortunately, no,” Bucky said. “Besides, we’re running low on supplies, so let’s get out of here.”

“I feel like we’re really not suited for a free-for-all; we need to go for a sneak attack. I saw two spots on the way here that we didn’t search; let’s go straight there,” Natasha said.

Natasha's group decided to give up. After she left the battlefield, Stark and his team also left. Stark's attack power was decent, and he also had area-of-effect damage, but unfortunately, he was too fragile. Before he could activate his mech, a light touch would leave him with almost no health. In that case, even if they got the pass, they would be killed on the way to search the ship. It was better to search a few smaller places and collect more parts.

After he left, only Lord Batman and Peter remained. One was skilled at dodging, and the other was adept at high-frequency attacks; they were evenly matched, and a great battle was about to break out.

Destroy the heavens and the earth! Destroy the heavens and the earth! Destroy the heavens and the earth!

A spirit soaring high! A spirit soaring high! A spirit soaring high!