Chapter 444 Set Your Sights Forward, Heski and Mona! (2/2)
When Zi Yi gave the command, the members of the raid group wasted no time switching their focus to Heski. The raid group had experienced this before and knew that after one of the bosses received too much damage, they would enter into an absolute state of invulnerability. The good news was that the boss who entered into this state was incapable of taking action. Otherwise, if a boss went around with full invulnerability all the time, what could players do but accept their fate?
Although the invulnerability aura was not the unique thing about this fight, what came as a shock to the raid group was that the two bosses actually shared HP! This meant that when one of them received damage, the other's HP was reduced by the same amount—even if one of them were in their state of invulnerability.
[Heski HP Remaining: 45.08%]
[Mona HP Remaining: 45.08%]
While it was a shock to the raid group, it was also a sense of relief. After all, fighting two raid boss monsters at full HP in one battle almost immediately after fighting waves of elite monsters would be too much—even for players fully equipped in rare equipment.
Of course, what helped to relieve most of the pressure of this fight was the temporary buff they obtained after completing the second phase of the raid, Touch of a Water Sprite.
A 15% damage reduction along with the 0.5% HP and mana regeneration it provided reduced a lot of stress for the healers. Both Heski and Mona had a full a.r.s.enal of attacks at their disposal with no shortage of AOE skills.
”Don't get c.o.c.ky, Oversiders.” Heski said as he charged towards Izroth with his arm gauntlet in front of his body using a skill that was eerily similar to a warrior's Unimpeded Rus.h.!.+
Izroth sidestepped the attack at the last moment as Heski sped past him. Then, in a fraction of time, Heski changed the direction after missing and targeted Halls, who held the second-highest aggro.
Halls took a defensive stance, and just when Heski was about to crash into him, a thin transparent barrier formed on the surface of his s.h.i.+eld.
Ding! BANG!
A loud cras.h.i.+ng sound filled up the entire colosseum Heski's gauntlet met with Halls' s.h.i.+eld.
«Blocked»
-4,130
The next moment, Heski's shook violently as an overwhelming force swept across him. Then, a second later, a streak of green light could be seen soaring away from Halls, and Heski, who was just there, had disappeared!
But, in truth, he did not disappear. This was the effect of Halls' skill Rebound. Since Heski was moving at such great speeds, the impact of Halls' Rebound increased in strength and sent him flying back at a much greater distance than usual.
After finding a rhythm to the battle and having avoided major mistakes along the way, the raid group swiftly shaved away at the HP of the boss monsters.
30%...
20%...
10%...!
〈System Alert: Raid Boss Mona has entered into an enraged state!〉
〈System Alert: Raid Boss Heski has entered into an enraged state!〉
When Heski and Mona's HP reached the 10% mark, and they entered into an enraged state, an aura of invulnerability appeared around both of their bodies simultaneously.
”Heski!” Mona cried out.
”Mona!” Heski yelled.
The colosseum began to shake violently as Heski and Mona rushed towards one another at full speed! Without stopping, the two collided and created a large discharge of green and silver lights.
BOOOOOM!
The walls of the colosseum collapsed as water started to flood into the arena, quickly filling up every corner. If it were not for the Resistant To Flow pa.s.sive, the raid group would have been scattered throughout the colosseum when the flood of water entered.
Fortunately, it was similar to the water produced by the Great Tidal Wave, where they could move around freely—for the most part. Their movement speed was reduced by 10% as a side effect of the water. As for Heski and Mona, the two bosses were nowhere to be found!
Izroth narrowed his eyes as he observed two faint lights no bigger than a small marble in the near distance. One was green, and the other was silver. The danger from those lights far exceeded that of both Heski and Mona!
'How strange.'
Izroth activated his Energy Vision Sense and soon discovered that something was off. The green and silver flames no longer existed! They had simply vanished into thin air! Now, what he sensed was a light green-silver flame that was far more concentrated, connected, and violent in intent.
-2,500
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-2,500
All of a sudden, the raid group started to lose 2,500 HP per second—regardless of their maximum health!