Chapter 91

“This Boss seems to be a berserker type . ” Li Mu takes a deep breath: “A level 57 Purple Tier Boss . This one should be stronger than the General of Everlasting Wind . Xiao Yao, will you be able to tank through this?”

I look at my character panel . My palms begin to sweat: “I don’t know . It depends on how lucky I am . If the Boss lands continuous critical hits then even god would not be able to defend against that, let alone me . ”

General Ba Qi lifts up his battle axe: ”Doesn’t matter . If you cannot withstand it then I will take your place . ”

I shoot him a glance: “You wouldn’t last that long . As a berserker, your defense hasn’t even reached 600 . ”

Ba Qi scratches his nose: “I know… . ”

…

Behind me Who’s Blue says: “Xiao Yao Zi Zai, are you ready?”

I mutter: “Ok . I’ll go first as our tank . For the first 30 seconds mages and musketeers do not attack the Boss . Let me go alone and then a healer will heal me back to full . Everyone have your pets summoned to surround the Boss and don’t let it rampage!”

“Okay!”

Hexagons shimmer in the canyon . Only 11 pets were summoned . Most of them were Bumble Bees, Vampire Bats and other low end pets . They would not be able to tank the boss but at least they can divert its attention for a bit .

Gripping my Jade City Sword tightly, I am still unsure if this is going to work . As I slowly walk towards the Boss, I say: “Healers follow me and spread out . Don’t get too close . Stay at least 30 yards from the boss . Be careful, the Boss might have a ranged attack!”

As I approach 4 hexagons begin to glow on my Jade City Sword . I activate my LV 5 [Combo] and attack the monster!

“274!”

“301!”

“278!”

“289!”

… .

It’s defense is pretty high but I was still able to do 1100+ damage . I raise my blade and activate a LV 1 [Fierce Ice Blade] . With a laugh I stab at the Corpse Chief’s body . Ice begins to freeze around his body and slows his speed . I then rush forward and start my custom combo [Strength of a Thousand Men] . After three strikes I ram my shoulder into the Corpse Chief’s abdomen and stomp hard on the ground . I slash at him with my LV 5 [Wind Blade] and the Boss loses 900+ health . My proudest skill!

“Growl…”

After my blade first touches him, I’ve already let out a bunch of continuous attacks . The level 57 Purple tier Boss even took a few steps back when I rammed into him . Bellowing loudly with a face full of complete hatred, his 4 hands begin swinging randomly . One of the hands is holding a sword and another one is holding a hammer . The two hands smash down at the same time . Dammit, because the boss has many arms, he can strike me with multiple attacks simultaneously!

“Bang Bang”

My Dawn Chestplate trembles . Above my head two damage numbers appear——

“774!”

“801!”

… .

Seeing the numbers my heart almost stops . With only two normal attacks I almost died! I quickly use [Heal] and recover 750 health . At the same time Who’s Blue and Not Red Yet both use [Heal] on me causing my Hp to fill up .

“Roar!”

As I slowly recover my strength, the Boss quickly moves forward . His abdomen fills up and pushes out . A “Bang” sound appears as he hits me!

“1028!”

My whole body recoils back and for 2 seconds, I am completely disoriented . This must be the Boss’s skill —— [Merciless Strike]!

“Quick, treat me . Use [Homeostasis]!” I urge the group .

Fortunately within 1 second of [Merciless Strike] hitting, many healers wave their staffs, and immediately my HP goes back above 1000 .

After the disorientation, I quickly summon Baby Bobo and we attack together . My [Combo] comes off its 6 second cooldown so I activate a LV 5 [Combo] . [Combo] doesn’t use much MP: a LV 5 [Combo] only uses 25 MP . So I use the highest Level of [Combo] freely .

As blood splashes forth, an unbearable stench from the blood enters my nose . As the main tank against this monster, I definitely am not an average person, this scent can kill!! The Corpse Chief bellows loudly and swings at me while using [Merciless Strike] .

… .

General Li Mu tightens his grip on his sword . He stands at the edge of the fight watching us with a stunned expression . He purses his lips: ”Dammit! Even Xiao Yao with 872 defense takes that much damage . If it were me,… . I don’t even want to imagine it . This level 57 Purple tier Boss indeed surpasses us by a lot . Luckily we brought a lot of healers or else we would have been beaten already!”

General Lian Po raises his longbow and aims at the Boss . With a “woosh” sound he fires an arrow that knocks off a part of one of the Boss’ arms .

“Bang”

Blood starts flowing out of the hole and the Corpse Chief’s attack are delayed by 0 . 2 seconds . This gives me a chance to recover; this old veteran isn’t bad . The 50+ year old curls his lips downwards: ”Don’t lower your guard! I just looked at the forums and learned that the Corpse Chief has a special ranged attack . It starts using it when its health falls below 50% . We need to be careful . The special attack wiped out the idiotic group of [Wrath of the Heroes] 3 times . It is its final desperate attack…”

“Ha!”

With one cut I slice off a chunk of flesh from the Corpse Chief’s arm . I ask: “Uncle Lian Po what is the attack called? What happens when this thing uses it?”

Lian Po shakes his head: “Umm, the dead [Wrath of the Heroes] members are not saying . Right now I can’t find any information about the Boss’ special attack . We can only keep going forward and hope for the best!”

“Ok . Mages begin your attack! Be careful not to use up all your MP!” I duck down and a Miss appears as the Corpse Chief swings at me with his axe . I twist my sword and say: “Healers also take note of your MP . Do not waste your heals by healing when I am almost full . Make sure I am missing the amount that you are healing . ”

Not Red Yet pouts: “You speak as if that is easy . Your health falls like a waterfall . If we stopped treatment you would have been dead awhile ago . ”

I think for a bit and laugh: “Do as you wish . Just limit the usage and remember to use the mana pills . Don’t use up all your MP . ”

“Relax we all have experience in this . ”

“Ok . ”

… .

Almost 20 minutes have passed since we started this fight . The Boss’s health finally reaches 50% . The mages, Baby Bobo and my damage output are all surprisingly high . My damage output was especially high because the Jade City Sword is second on the leaderboard . It might not be able to compare to the Heavenly Plan Sword which is number one but its damage output is good enough for this boss .

“Everyone be careful . ” Li Mu raises his long sword . He looks around at the Boss’s surrounding . He was afraid to jump in in fear of breaking my attack rhythm . If my attack rhythm breaks, we could all be dead within minutes .

The Corpse Chief snarls loudly and raises all 4 of his arms . Suddenly inside the sandy canyon, a red marking 30 yards from the Boss appears, his attack range is quite far! I immediately raise my sword and start slashing while activating [Strength of a Thousand Men] . I continuously hack at the Boss as my health slowly falls——

“541!”

“532!”

“499!”

Most of my HP disappears in a flash even though I immediately used [Heal] on myself when my health started dropping . The Boss finally reveals his special attack —— [Desert’s Scar] . His special attack’s range is 30×30 yards . Unfortunately, with a cry 3 healers and an assassin fall to the ground . 9 damage numbers spring up and all 4 die!

“Fuck… . ” Li Mu’s eyes turn red: “Healers quickly [Heal] Xiao Yao!”

Who’s Blue uses [Heal] once more and my health almost goes back to full .

General Wang Jian grips his sword and clenches his teeth: “Fuck . It killed 20% of our group with one special attack . How are we going to do this… . . ”

General Lian Po says: “Hold your positions . Continue healing Xiao Yao . The rest of us continue attacking . Start measuring the time so we can discern the cooldown of the Boss’s special attack . Pay attention to what will trigger it . ”

I raise my eyebrows: “Just now the 3 healers were too close . That was probably what caused the [Desert’s Scar] attack . Everyone, scatter out more!”

“Ok!”

The group of mages and healers spread out even more . This should prevent triggering the Boss’s [Desert’s Scar] attack .

… .

After 25 seconds a second [Desert’s Scar] attack comes and a mage dies to it . There was no difference between this attack and the last one . It seems like the spell locks onto a player!

“Bah…” Li Mu’s complexion turns purple: “If it kills one person every time it uses that skill, everyone will be dead within 10 minutes . What can we do? We need to figure out a strategy to react to the Desert’s Scar attack…”

“Keng!”

I clash my sword with the Boss’s battle axe . Taking a few steps back, I avoid the Boss’ [Merciless Strike] . I clench my teeth: “Quickly think of something!”

Li Mu hurriedly says: “I was asking you to think of something . Now you ask me to think of something . It’s up to you…”

I fight while thinking of some strategy: “You think . I told the 13 remaining people in our group to spread out!”

General Lian Po lifts his head and looks at the surrounding . He thinks for a bit and points to the cliff walls: “Destiny is coded so that firing downhill gives a 50% range increase while attacking uphill causes a 50% range decrease . Xiao Yao, lure the Corpse Chief closer to the cliff walls . The range attackers of our group will go up to the mountains and stay 50 yards from the boss . Mages use [Icicles] now . Healers will also climb up the cliff later”

I nod: “Everyone take turns climbing the mountain . Healers keep healing me . ”

Who’s Blue and Not Yet Red says: “Lose health first . We’ve already healed you to full . ”

… .

With a strategy drawn up, a few archers start climbing up the mountain . I fight while retreating back to the cliff wall . After Who’s Blue and Not Yet Red climb the mountain, the Boss finally decides to use [Desert’s Scar] for me . The Desert’s Scar attack makes a “Keng Keng Keng” sound as it hits the stone tablet on my back . Rays of light blossom from the tablet . It seems like it is satisfied from being hit by the Boss .

Time slowly ticks on . Not long afterwards, the Boss’s HP finally falls to 7% . We could hear everyone’s heartbeat . A level 57 Purple Tier Boss being brought down with one try; the items that it will drop should not be bad . It is even possible that everyone will get something good .

“Not good… . ”

On the mountain General Lian Po looks out in the distance . He says: “At least one hundred players are coming . Why are there players coming here? We were hiding ourselves so well!”

… .

At the Ferocious Demon Canyon entrance many people stream in . In front of the group stood a 28 year old player with a Gold Tier staff . His face was filled with scars . He smiles and laughs: “How lucky . Our work has been almost done for us… . “

My heart sank glancing at the words above the player’s head——

ID：Soaring Dragon　Lv 43　Mage

Unique Title: 4th in Ba Huang City