Chapter 484: Flame Blas (2/2)

He Yi was using her Whirlwind’s incredible passives and stats to deal a ridiculous amount of damage, so she had jumped to third on the list. After having reached Level 120, Li Chengfeng was able to equip his Tempest Sword, so he had received a similar boost in DPS as He Yi, allowing him to climb to the fifth spot. Gui Guzi had also been steadily climbing the rankings.

Warsky and October Rain were still on the leaderboard, which meant that Warsky Alliance hadn’t collapsed yet. They were still holding off the Night Creatures in the western part of the battlefield. Meanwhile, Hegemon Palace’s defense was on the verge of breaking since Little Piglet could barely hold on to the fifteenth spot on the rankings. In all honesty, Little Piglet’s mechanical skill wasn’t that much lousier than Li Chengfeng or Purple Marquis’s, and this was something that was acknowledged by everyone.

As long as a skilled person picked the right organization, their career was bound to rise like a rocket. Too bad for Little Piglet though. A skilled mercenary like him had chosen to take the huge amount of money that Wang Dongliang was offering him to become Hegemon Palace’s chief hatchet man. He’d even learned the Famous General Skill, Vajra! However, Hegemon Palace’s prospects didn’t look good and he didn’t have guildmates who could keep up with him. In the end, Little Piglet could only languish in Hegemon Palace as they suffered setback after setback.

……

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The light of Reverse Scale Slash and Burning Blade Slash intermingled as the fighters at the very forefront finished off the last few Giant Iceflame Beasts in front of us. There were still pockets of monsters putting up that last bit of resistance, but it was clear that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had finally finished taking care of business. We were now free to attack God Dancer!

I raised the Heaven-stealing Sword in the air and shouted to the guild members behind me, “All players Level 117 and above, follow me! It’s time to form a party and beat that boss. I also need a party of strong priests to follow us! We’ll distribute the boss’s loot using contribution points, no one is to take any drops for themselves!”

A group of high-level players immediately left the formation and formed up behind me.

In the distance, God Dancer’s body swayed as she continued to use Rally. The group of Giant Iceflame Beasts around her howled like they were in heat. They flailed their arms toward the riders of the Black Cavalry with no regard for their own safety and even the NPC soldiers couldn’t withstand the continuous pounding of these gigantic fists. Only a short period of time had passed since God Dancer had engaged the Black Cavalry in battle, but hundreds of knights had already lost their lives. Karinshan had really paid the butcher’s bill during this battle to retake Sky City.

I readied my sword as I shouted towards the distant Lin Yixin, “Yiyi, are you able to join us in killing this boss? We could really use the boost from your Famous General Skill!”

Lin Yixin nodded her head before turning to Purple Marquis. “Hold down the fort here, I’m off to kill the boss!”

“Okay, you can leave it to us, guild leader!” Purple Marquis said earnestly, looking just like a devoted and courageous general who had stepped out of the pages of a history book. But he also didn’t forget to add, “Boss, remember to come back to us. Don’t let that punk Lu Chen steal your soul…”

“Hmph…”

Lin Yixin gave a soft snort before saying, “If you want to die, I can send you to hell free of charge!”

“Our guild leader is wise, our guild leader is beautiful…”

……

After a few minutes, Lin Yixin galloped over and joined our party. I immediately made her the party leader and said, “We’ll need your Bombshell to even stand a chance against God Dancer!”

“Mn!”

Lin Yixin activated Bombshell, causing the stats of everyone in the party to rise dramatically.

Tsk tsk, this king-class Famous General Skill is really ridiculous.

The only person in our forty-man party who wasn’t a member of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was Lin Yixin herself, and she was here so we could borrow her Famous General Skill. As for our party composition, we were mainly made up of melee combatants. We had some archers and mages sprinkled in, but the main strength of our guild lay in our frontline fighters. Moon Dew was bringing up the rear with her forty-man priest squad. They had detached from our main formation to keep us alive during the upcoming boss fight.

I sucked in a deep breath as I stared at the distant God Dancer. “We’re about to fight a Level 151 Earth Rank boss. I don’t want anyone to be careless when fighting her. In fact… everyone should fight her expecting to die at any moment…”

Li Chengfeng waved his hands and laughed. “I already expected to die from the very first wave of monsters…”

“Okay, I’ll go pull the boss. Everyone else, wait here. Wait for me to pull the boss over here before engaging her in combat!”

“Alright!” everyone shouted as they looked at me expectantly.

After that, He Yi sent me off with a gentle warning. “Be careful!”

“I got it!”

……

I held my sword at ready as I zigzagged through eight Giant Iceflame Beasts. I ran this erratic path so I could avoid pulling any of their aggro.

When I was about seventy yards away from God Dancer, this powerful boss actually took notice of me! Her beautiful eyes swept toward me as she spoke in a shrill voice filled with raging bloodlust, “Hehe, I recognize you, you traitor! You are the traitor who killed Undead Swordmaster Suren. The traitor who betrayed his dignity as an undead to become humans’ lapdog! Well, it’s time for you to hand over your life!”

Her jade flute trembled as Flame Blast shot out of it!

I had been keenly observing her movements so I was ready to dodge before she even launched an attack at me. My boots suddenly slammed against the ground as I abruptly changed direction. I felt a scorching sensation burn past my face as the Flame Blast missed me by a few inches.

Holy shit, that was close! I had very nearly become a roasted pig!

Since I’d just barely dodged her Flame Blast seventy yards away from her, I’d be a sitting duck if I tried to get any closer.

Energy surged along the edge of my blade, forming a cyan crescent of sword energy in the air that I viciously slashed toward God Dancer’s head! This also interrupted her while she was casting another Flame Blast.

5982!