Chapter 178 (1/2)
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Murong Mingyue didn't even know where to begin. “Eve, you can attack the boss! As long as Lu Chen doesn't retreat and reset the boss's aggro, it will never attack you!”
He Yi nodded and rushed at the boss like a beautiful silver b.u.t.terfly. She was a lot more beautiful than the Poison Beautiflies on this floor!
Crack!
Her blade cut through the boss's posterior. As usual, He Yi's attack was absolutely on point.
117!
“OMG, is my Attack really that lousy?” He Yi complained with a displeased look.
Murong Mingyue gave up. “Just come back. You're practically taunting the boss at this point, and it won't be funny anymore if it actually gets angry…”
He Yi went away, and it was back to me fighting the boss alone. The Dark Wasp was doing okay, but everyone else's pets were decorations at best. Although the Wasp was heralded as the king of offensive pets during the early game, here they couldn't even do enough damage to pierce through the boss's Defense. The two-digit damage they dealt made me feel like crying on their behalf.
I shouted to boost everyone's morale. “This fight's turning out to be a slog, but if we win it doesn't matter, does it? Keep it up, everyone! We're definitely on the right track!”
The girls nodded in agreement, but not the boss. It suddenly rushed me and stabbed my shoulder armor with its sharp, poisonous posterior!
Puchi!
Blood spilled all over the place. A wave of numbness and near-lethal dose of pain made me feel like I was about to join my ancestors in heaven!
1102!
Beep!
Combat Log: Myriad Poison Scorpion King used “Poison Sting”, dealing 1102 damage to you. You have been poisoned, and you will lose 100% of your max HP over 30 seconds!
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f.u.c.k! This is bad! I'm going to lose all my HP in 30 seconds?
I pulled out an HP pot and drank it immediately. At the same time, I started running away from the boss. I absolutely couldn't take any more damage until this poison effect was over!
Murong Mingyue gritted her teeth as she cast heal after heal on me. Everyone saw the combat log in the party channel, so they knew that they had to do everything in their power to keep me alive. If the main tank died, then it'd only be a matter of time before the party got wiped.
Thirty painful seconds later, I was hovering around 245 HP. The boss had already crushed the Dark Wasp and the Wasps into pancakes while I was busy running for my life. There just wasn't much a low-rank pet could do now that everyone's equipment and levels were so much better than before!
The Myriad Poison Scorpion King charged me again. Clearly, it wasn't going to give me too much time to heal myself!
Swhoos.h.!.+
+765!
Murong Mingyue said urgently after healing my HP to over 1000, “Go, Lu Chen!”
I frowned. G.o.d dammit, is this how it'll always be for melee fighters? Must I deliver myself into the boss's pincer even though I'm battered and bruised?
I drank a Rank 6 Health Potion the moment its cooldown was up!
+1500!
And just like that, I was almost back to full health. It feels so nice to be rejuvenated again!
I rushed toward the boss and dished out my signature combo: Pardon + Desperate Gambit!
MISS!
2247!
Go Pardon! The Myriad Poison Scorpion King had high Defense, but I was still able to deal a lot of damage thanks to this skill!
After the temporary crisis caused by the boss's skill was over, the situation stabilized and returned to normal.
Suddenly, Murong Mingyue shouted, “Oh no! I'm about to run out of Magic Consumables! I won't be able to cast any spells if I don't get any supplies within a minute! GG!”
He Yi exclaimed in shock, “OMG, why are you only saying it now?”
Murong Mingyue smiled apologetically. “Sorry, I was a bit too engrossed in the fight. Please go to Lu Chen and grab some supplies for me, will you? Be careful!”
“Mn!”
I sent the boss stumbling half a step backward as He Yi ran toward me. Then, I quickly pa.s.sed 10 stacks of Rank 6 Steamed Fish Soup to He Yi and smiled. “Be careful…”
“Mn…”
He Yi giggled before running back to Murong Mingyue. What a shame that our beautiful leader was nothing more but a porter right now.
Ten minutes later, the boss's HP dropped to less than 10%. This was important because many high-rank bosses would enter a berserk state or transform to make intruding players' lives into h.e.l.l.
“Roar!”
The scorpion king let out an angry roar before transforming its sh.e.l.l into sharp needles. It was going to unleash its power again!
I shouted urgently, “It's Poison Needle Storm, an AoE skill! Back off now!”
The girls obeyed my order and backed away from the boss quickly. Three seconds later, the boss finished channeling its skill and roared a second time, unleas.h.i.+ng a storm of needles to its surroundings!
Boom!
An “exhilarating” feeling erupted across my body as the needles turned me into a human porcupine.
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