Chapter 362: The Boss’s Zone (1/2)
Ziyu the Silver Radiance was a Level 140 Spirit Rank boss and 40 levels higher than I was. This meant that he dealt an additional 100% damage or so to me, and even the success rate of powerful skills like Thunderous Charge would be greatly reduced. Therefore, there was no way we could fight him head on unless we wanted a swift and brutal death.
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I held my breath and watched Ziyu coldly. Then, I sucked in a deep breath and asked, ”How do we fight this, Yiyi?”
But Lin Yixin looked pretty lost herself. She shook her head and replied, ”I don’t know…”
”Never mind. I’ll use Dragon Slaying Slash to aggro him and Charge him afterward. If I fail to stun him, you Charge as well. After that, I will use Dragon Slaying Slash to regain the aggro while you zigzag around these twelve pillars and slow him down. Let’s see if it’s possible to kill the boss from a distance!”
”Mn!” Lin Yixin gave me a praising smile. ”That actually sounds like a good strategy. Alright then!”
I nodded and pointed at a pair of totems less than three meters away from us. ”It should take me around half a second to dash in from the left totem and dash out from the right, so you should time your Charge between this period…”
”Don’t worry, go!”
”Mn!”
I looked at Ziyu. It was impressive that the loyal commander was still obeying the sacred command of his dead princess, Fia, to this day. Unfortunately, the Night Creatures had extracted his soul a long time ago, and the vessel he left behind was just an undead creature overflowing with violence and killing intent.
I raised my Purgatory Sword and charged my left hand with cyan energy. The next moment, I fired a gigantic energy blade that hit him squarely on the head!
954!
I was beyond words. Fuck! Is this real? Did my Dragon Slaying Slash really deal less than a thousand damage? Just how high is this boss's Magic Resist?
The boss abruptly looked up and stared at me with murderous brown eyes. Then, he raised his fiery sword and rushed me with incredible speed!
I hastily raised my hand a second time and backed up a few steps. Then, I activated Thunderous Charge!
Whoosh!
I zipped across the floor and hit the boss like a lightning bolt, but it only resulted in a big fat MISS. The next moment, the boss slammed his blade into my Obsidian Dragon Scale Armor and sent me flying across the room! My chest was burning like something was tearing it apart!
Beep!
Combat Log: Ziyu the Silver Radiance used ”Armor Piercing Thrust”, dealing 6984 damage!
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Oh no, this is bad. If the boss could almost one-shot me in a single hit, it can almost certainly one-shot Lin Yixin!
Nice, she pierced his Defense! Extreme Break was as good as ever!
While the boss was turning around to face Lin Yixin, I gulped down a health potion and rushed toward his exposed back. Then, I executed a Pardon + Desperate Gambit + basic attack, triple-hit combo!
MISS!
4109!
2574!
But even with Extreme Break, I wasn’t able to do too much damage to the undead commander. This Level 140 Spirit Rank boss seriously was a powerhouse!
Luckily for me, my third strike activated the Paralysis Ring’s effect and saved my life in the nick of time. Normally my target would be paralyzed for 3 seconds, but considering how high his resistances were, I estimated that he would only be paralyzed for 1.5 seconds!
I hurriedly retreated a couple of steps and swung my arm again. Dragon Slaying Slash!
3109!
Not bad. The 15-second defense debuff brought by Extreme Break was incredibly valuable in situations like this!
After that, I started running around the ice totems while launching one Dragon Slaying Slash after another. At the same time, I locked onto the boss and marked a trail of red dots with coordinates on them on the mini map. This was the time to show off my powerful skills.
Lin Yixin herself was carefully zigzagging in front of the boss and wasting his time. She was able to repeatedly determine the direction he was running and block him completely. No wonder she was called the Beautiful Little Pepper back in Spirit of Grief. Her incredible reaction and judgment impressed even me.
However, seven or eight Dragon Slaying Slashes later, the boss's health bar looked the same as ever. At most, we had deleted 1% from his health pool even though we had dealt at least 20k damage to him, meaning that the Level 140 Spirit Rank boss had at least 2 million total HP, if not more. All we could do was despair. If this situation continued, how long would it take for me to kill it? Next month?
Worse, the boss was regenerating health at an incredible rate. It regenerated almost all the HP it lost for every hit I dealt!
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