Chapter 82

Whooshwhooshwhoosh…

In the glow of the three continuous [Heals], the monk’s HP was pulled back up . With tears, he raised his steel rod and aimed for the boss, but it barely did anything with an attack damage of under 100 .

Lime colored air swirled around General of the Everlasting Wind and suddenly his sword trembled with 4 golden hexagrams sweeping across his sword . Damn, it was a [Combo] LV-6! 4 strikes!

“690!”

“674!”

“710!”

“704!”

Luckily, the monk’s total HP was at least 2000, and with a close heal, he withstood it . He held his shield, slowly backed away, and yelled loudly, “Quickly, use [Hemostasis] and [Heal], get my health back to full!”

……

The battle continued ferociously while the Generals and I watched from a distance . I clenched my fists and frowned, “This isn’t too good . The boss’ attack is too high . Even if the monk has enough defense, he can’t dish out enough damage . Once he receives a large amount of damage, he can’t guarantee that the aggro will be on him . The aggro might switch to the higher priority healers . ”

Li Mu nodded and muttered, “Yeah, this isn’t going too well…”

……

Whoooooosh!

Under the ray of healing, his health returned to full once again . But at the same time, the General gave up on attacking the monk . He raised his sword, spread his arms, and bellowed, “Die!”

With a whoosh, he used [Biting Cold Blade], and the leaf-like skill landed in the middle of the 4 healers! It was an AOE attack!

The healers let out multiple large cries as a chain of damage numbers flew up . The 4 healers received over a thousand points of damage . They fell one after another and became the boss’ first victims .

I looked at the battle and quietly said, “The General’s [Combo] is a Level 6 skill so it can strike 3-4 times . The healing has to be very tight, or else I won’t able to tank through it . Also, his [Biting Cold Blade] is an AOE attack, so if there are over 2 players standing together, they can very easily attract the aggro . We will need to be careful as well . ”

Wang Jian clenched his teeth and asked, “Xiao Yao, is it possible that you can take on a boss like that?”

I smiled, “Give me 10 healers that will continuously heal me non stop, then I can!”

“Mm, then that’s good… . ”

……

In the battlefield, the General already started to ignore Goodbye Tears’ aggro control and he was raising his sword and causing destruction everywhere . Each of his attacks were in the form of an arc and spread death everywhere . Mages, musketeers, and archers all fell under the attack range of the General . Our first attacking group was almost annihilated .

“Damn…”

Feng Han clenched his fists and teeth while looking at the boss’ direction . He yelled, “The first group can’t take it anymore . Xiao Yao Zi Zai, Generals, you guys prepare to go, and continue attacking the boss!”

I nodded, “Feng Han, I’ll be the leader . Give me 9 healers, and concentrate their healing on me . Bring your best healers, and they need to heal one after another, or else I won’t be able to take on the boss’s attack!”

Feng Han’s gaze landed on Simple, “Sister?”

Simple raised her staff and said, “Duck, take 8 healers and join Xiao Yao’s party, concentrate all of the healing on him . I’ll make two mage and archer teams and we will control the boss . This is the second battle, we need to kill the boss in one go . If we leave it to the third group, then we might not have a chance to win!”

Very quickly, a Level 40 healer stood up, ID: Darling Duck . She should be the best healer in [Vanguard] . I’d give her a 7!

Tick!

System Notification: Player Darling Duck wants to join your party!

……

I immediately accepted and very soon, another 8 healers joined in the party one after another . They were really some top class healers, the lowest leveled one was already at level 39 . Duck was the only healer in my party that was Level 40 with the second promotion . She had [Healer Advent], [Revive], and [Group Heal], the three second promotion skills . With her, the success rate should increase quite a bit .

“Duck?” I asked .

Duck widened her eyes, “Mm, what’s the matter, Xiao Yao?”

I said, “When the boss uses [Combo], after his first strike, use [Heal] and then use [Hemostasis] to keep me alive . If I ever get killed, then use [Revive] on me as fast as possible, or else I won’t be able to control his aggro . ”

Duck smiled and nodded, “Mm, I understand!”

On the side, the Vice-Guildmaster raised her staff, and organized a 20-man group . She yelled, “Do not stand together, everyone spread apart, or else [Biting Cold Blade] will land on you!”

I looked to my right and saw General Li Mu raising his longsword . He gathered a 10-man party together with 3 healers and yelled, “Xiao Yao is the front line . If his health ever gets too low, then we will immediately go take on the boss to buy him some time . Be sharp healers, I might need to tank some damage . Remember to do some tight healing or else I’m just going to meet the grim reaper…”

The healers looked at each other, understanding that the pressure was on them . Tight healing . Easy to say but hard to do . To do Tight Healing, you needed to anticipate the attacking time of the boss, because all healing spells had a bit of lag time . [Hemostasis] had 0 . 1 seconds of lag time, which was near instant, but [Heal] had a lag time of 0 . 5 seconds, which was quite a bit confusing .

……

We finished preparing and Goodbye Tears was already kneeling in front of the General . Feng Han got agitated and said, “Xiao Yao Zi Zai . If you don’t go now, when will you go?!”

I bit my lip, grabbed my sword and ran over there . I needed to instantly grab the boss’ aggro!

A clear sharp sound came from the sword and 3 golden hexagrams swept along the blade . Without any hesitation, I attacked the General . The sword cut through the air and it struck the General’s hip . With 3 clangs, 3 damage numbers also flew up——

“311!”

“287!”

“325!”

Of course, the boss’ level was too high, to the point where even with [Turmoil Sword], [Encourage], and other buffs, I couldn’t penetrate its defense by a large amount . However, dealing 900+ damage with a single [Combo] was pretty good .

Growl… .

The General glared at 3 mages from afar with his blood-red eyes and seemed to be planning to charge at them . My aggro wasn’t high enough, this wouldn’t do!

With a circle of white light, Baby Bobo’s [Combo] attacked 3 times . The boss hesitated for an second before his body tilted slightly . This was the chance that I was waiting for!

Whoosh!

A white-glow appeared under my legs, it was the activation of [Strength of a Thousand Men]!

“147!”

“172!”

“155!”

“74!”

With those attacks, it was obvious that my attack damage and strength didn’t match my opponent’s . My head became purple from the ramming . Nevertheless, my sword collected the wind and after 0 . 2 of preparation, I used my strongest attack——[Wind Blade]!

Bang!

The sword’s edge sparked blue as it slashed the boss’ heavy armor and a huge damage number popped up——

“1544!”

A Critical hit! Not bad!

But the thing that broke my heart is that I still didn’t have the boss’ aggro . The ranged attacks from behind were way too strong and I immediately chased after the boss who was charging towards the back line . I checked my skills’ cooldowns and my sword started to emit a glow . Ice started to swirl around my sword and I struck powerfully at the General’s back——[Fierce Ice Blade]!

“679!”

Indeed, the skills gained from the second promotion were strong . Frost started to form on the boss’ armor and his speed was greatly decreased . The slowing effects from it were stronger than the ice spells’ from mages!

…… .

Growl…

The General finally turned around and with blood-red eyes, he stared at me . The corners of his mouth rose and he said, “Brat, are you looking for death? I’ll bring you into the depths of Hell!”

He raised his sword, and a blood-like glow appeared on it!

I instinctively stepped back but my body felt like it was attracted to a magnet and it was hard to move . I felt a wave of pain on my shoulder . The boss’ attack landed on me!

“987!”

Of course, I was no monk . I hadn’t put any points in endurance, so my defense was a bit weaker!

I had already cast a skill right when the boss was striking and with a flick of my wrist, I healed myself . [Heal] recovered 600 HP, and at the same time,

“Ding!”

LV+1 .

[Heal] rose to level 5 in the middle of a battle! Last night, when I kept on using this skill . I had forgotten to look at the skill proficiency!

The boss’ killing intent instantly rose since my [Heal] gathered a large amount of aggro . The guy swept his blade and started a Level 6 [Combo]! 4 strikes!

I saw through it instantly and jumped to the side to dodge it!

“MISS!”

I successfully dodged the first one, but I couldn’t do the same for the next 3!

“847!”

“+870!”

“821!”

“+614!”

“+434!”

“811!”

……

A chain of damage numbers and healing numbers blended together . Duck’s healing effect was quite good, she had a 750 base heal and with equipment and stat points, the heal effect rose to 870 . She also healed me the instant I took damage . There weren’t many healers like this and out all of Ba Huang City’s healers, her skills were at least in the top 5!

Right when my skill cooldown ended, I immediately used [Wind Blade] and [Fierce Ice Blade] . The two skills provided explosive damage and with the slow from [Fierce Ice Blade], the General bellowed in frustration . He tried to kill me but couldn’t . Even though he had a level 6 [Combo], he was a bit slow when it came to using it and I could usually dodge the first strike . With that, a lot of my pressure was reduced .

In the air, many high-leveled mages including Simple continuously cast freezing spells . On the tip of her staff, a curiously dangerous combination of fire and ice appeared . In the next instant, the Level 40 skill [Pillar of Fire and Ice] was cast!

“774!”

[Pillar of Fire and Ice] was a 5×5 meter AOE magic spell . Combined with such a high damage, it was really amazing .

“Careful, don’t get too close!” Feng Han warned from afar .

Sadly, the mages were a bit too slow . With a sweep of the boss’ blade, a leaf-like glow appeared between two mages and they were instantly killed!

“Damn…”

My heart sunk, but I continued slicing at the boss with my sword . After a few seconds, I used [Strength of a Thousand Men] again . The boss could only keep slashing at me . But with 9 healers healing me continuously and 1558 HP, it would be hard for me to die, even if I wanted to!

……

“Hehe, looks like Xiao Yao can tank everything on his own…” Li Mu smiled .

Wang Jian frowned, “Boss, we need to be careful . If he makes any mistakes then we need to save Xiao Yao instantly…”

Li Mu nodded and didn’t say anymore .