Chapter 705: Stampede of the Hundred Beasts (1/2)
The situation was critical, and I consciously controlled the apparition to block in front of He Yi. After my apparition unleashed a Universe Break+ Burning Blade Slash to its head, and I hit it from behind with War Crush, I finally managed to drag its hate back to me again.
……
Swhoosh!
A cyan pond appeared beneath our feet. It was of course Murong Mingyue’s Life Pond. Besides that, she used a bunch other AoE heals to try and keep us healthy. The problem was that this boss had an AoE skill, so single target heals couldn’t keep up with the demand. However, it was also very easy to slip up and lose someone if she used AoE heals only. The demand for constant good decision making troubled Murong Mingyue deeply.
He Yi managed to keep her panic to a minimum and steady her footing. She then raised her hand and healed herself with War God Recovery, a skill that healed 100% HP over 60 seconds. In a crisis, the skill could be the difference between life and death.
”Roar roar!”
The boss roared angrily, and its horn shone a cold light once more. Dragonblade Pierce again? WTH, just how short is its cooldown? Is it 6 seconds just like my Universe Break? This is terrible!
I urged the Armored Ice Qilin Horse to move backward as I raised my arm to block the boss's skill. At the same time, I hit it with an Icy Cyclone Domain so that its movement speed would be greatly decreased, and moved the apparition into the Life Pond to heal itself.
Chiang chiang chiang!
I reacted the moment its horns moved toward me. I tried parrying the skill from three different angles, but unfortunately the gap between our Strength stat was just too big. The boss was able to knock away my arm three times in a row and gore my chest with its horns, but—
8932!
11293!
7261!
—thankfully, the parries weren’t completely useless, or I would’ve lost at least twice as much HP. After all, my Defense was ultimately inferior to He Yi’s.
At the same time, Beiming Xue hit the boss's chest with a Freezing Arrow+ Mountain Stagger Arrow, causing it to let out a mighty roar. Its hate toward us was growing by the second.
The boss almost 300k HP in just 10 short seconds. The apparition’s attack power was only 75% of mine, but it was more than good enough.
”Eve, keep the boss busy while I use another Purple Dragon Howl! We don’t have much time left, and we still have more Dragonlight Armored Horses to seal!” I ordered while moving backward.
He Yi responded affirmatively, ”Got it!”
After I moved a safe distance away from the boss, I relinquished my control over my apparition and focused on the Phantom Wolf King and myself only. Calmly, I switched back and forth between my view and the Phantom Wolf King’s view a dozen of times in an instant while activating God’s Rage, a property that gave me 100% critical hit chance for 60 seconds!
Purple Dragon Howl, go!
”Roar roar!”
An earthshaking roar erupted from my sword as a purple dragon soul climbed up the blade. Then, I sent it flying toward the boss and caused an entire column of 100k+ damage numbers to rise above its head!
The skill deleted over a million HP in just 10 seconds’ time. It was some of the most enjoyable hits I had ever done for sure. One problem though. The boss had so much health that 1 million HP was just a small chunk of HP in its health pool. It was a sad fact of life every MMO gamer had eventually learned to accept.
I entered a weakened state for 3 seconds. It was the negative side effect for using Purple Dragon Howl!
The boss raced toward me, but He Yi caught up from behind and pierced its back with an Ice Ray, greatly lowering its movement speed.
The Phantom Wolf King also did its utmost to block the boss with its body. Together, they bought just barely enough time for me to regain my strength and continue the fight!
I counter-Charged the boss and actually managed to stun it this time. However, I failed again when I tried to follow up with a God Binding Art. The Level 180 Heaven Rank boss was so powerful that the success rate of my CC skills was probably less than 10%. It was a tragedy.
Again, I hit the boss with Burning Blade Slash + War crush combo, but this time its HP finally dropped low enough for Dark Pupils to glimpse its weak point. There was a tiny gap between the scales about 5 centimeters long just below its eyes; possibly a flaw in the process while it was absorbing the dragon’s blood. However, it was only about as big as a coin. Only the absolute best of the best players would be able to hit a coin-sized target considering how erratic the boss's movement was.
I hurriedly marked the weak point in the shared party interface before calling out to Beiming Xue, ”Aim here, Beiming! This is its weak spot!”
I didn’t forget to attack the weak point myself while I was giving instructions. Universe Break!
Squelch!
I managed to hit the pathetically tiny weak point and draw a bloodcurdling scream from the boss. The fiery cone penetrated its head almost completely, and the damage number rising above its head reflected it—76273!
Moonlight Stone’s mouth fell open involuntarily. ”Wow…”
After receiving my order, Beiming Xue calmly moved to the side and jumped over a narrow ravine. While she was still in the air, she drew her bow and loosed an Evil Spirit Volley at its weak point! OMG, if all the skills she could use! Is she trying to show off or something?
The twelve arrows flew toward the boss's head seemingly without direction. However, it really was the result of careful aiming!
Bang bang bang bang...