Chapter 382: Bombshell (1/2)
Gui Guzi pulled back to try and take back the boss's aggro to no avail. Growing increasingly anxious, I pulled out the Heaven-stealing Sword, predicted the boss's next position and activated Thunderous Charge!
Whoosh!
I hit the boss's thigh like a lightning bolt. The thunderous energy circulated throughout its body and stunned it immediately!
Bang!
At the same time, I stomped the ground and hit it three times in a row with War Crush—
2475!
2298!
2364!
After that, I attacked its groin area with Pardon + basic attack on purpose. I mean, it looked like the Desert Giant King’s groin area was covered in a patch of stony skin, so why not?
MISS!
6984!
Heh, not bad at all!
Finally figuring out the boss's weak point, I shouted to everyone, ”All archers, aim at its groin area, understand?”
At the distance, Beiming Xue turned as red as an apple. ”No I don’t…”
It didn’t matter though. Archers weren’t meant to be this boss's killer, mages were. It was because archers couldn’t penetrate the Desert Giant King’s stone-skin armor with their arrows.
In total, my 5-hit combo hit the boss for over 14000 HP and captured its attention completely. A boss usually attacked the player who did the most damage or healed the most in a party, and right now I was undoubtedly the most hated enemy.
Whoosh!
Fire surrounded the boss as it swung its arms at me. It was yet another double-hit skill. I hurriedly raised my arms to reduce the damage I would take as much as possible. In VR, the amount of damage taken was deeply connected to stats, positioning, distance, and many other factors. Long story short, a player would always take less damage if they blocked an attack with their arms instead of their face.
Bang bang!
4120!
4098!
I could feel the blood in my face draining away after taking over 8000 damage in one go. I quickly attacked the boss twice and used Tenacity of the Dead at the same time, healing myself for over 2000 HP. Behind me, Murong Mingyue and the others also threw all their healing spells on me and dragged me back to full health!
Unfortunately, this setup still wasn’t perfect. I could still die if the boss scored a critical hit on me!
It was at this moment Pure Love put her flute to her lips and blew a melodious tune. Several lines of text immediately appeared in my combat log—
Combat Log: Player ”Pure Love” used ”Divine Valor”, increasing your Attack by 20% (Tactics +59%)!
Combat Log: Player ”Pure Love” used ”Death Match”, increasing your Defense by 20% (Tactics +59%)!
Combat Log: Player ”Pure Love” used ”Nichang”, increasing your critical rate by 25% (Tactics +59%)!
Combat Log: Player ”Pure Love” used ”Forge”, increasing your hit rate by 25% (Tactics +59%)!
……
My Attack and Defense stats were especially eye-catching. My stats were already pretty high to begin with, but it was downright ridiculous if you factored in the 75% buff from my Martial God, the 10% buff from War Holy Temple and now the 30% buff from Divine Valor. At my current level of attack power, I could hit the boss for over 4000 damage with a single basic attack. High Fighting Spirits and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun couldn’t help but click their tongues in shock. ”Fuck, how the heck is the vice leader so powerful…”
Xu Yang smiled. ”That’s just the norm for a top-class CGL Hall of Famer, hahaha!”
Everyone laughed heartily alongside him. The boss fight was now a lot safer since I was just tanky enough to tank the boss, and most definitely powerful enough to keep all its attention on me. Gui Guzi was a fine tank, but his offensive power was so lacking that the boss had run amok like a thirsty wife who had been left hanging for several centuries straight...
Meanwhile, Li Chengfeng jumped into fray himself after acquiring the buffs of another beautiful bard. His sword cut through the boss's stone skin three times in a row!
Clang clang clang!
Three damage numbers appeared above the boss's thigh—
2084!
2174!
1937!
……
Not bad! At the very least, his attack power was way higher than Gui Guzi’s. It was no wonder he managed to solo Laughing At The Heavens and Farewell Song and come out the decisive victor. This dragon warrior was even stronger than I initially imagined him to be!
Seemingly enraged by our success, the boss abruptly raised his arms and let out a throaty roar. A swirl of fiery red clouds appeared on the cave ceiling, and burning rocks suddenly rained from above! It was an AoE skill! A powerful one, no less!