Chapter 554: Taking a Turn for the Worse (2/2)
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No one had imagined that this Heaven Rank boss would be this tyrannical. The Star Dragon’s attack power and attack speed was uncommonly high and we were still being hurled around like ragdolls in spite of our strength. I mean, the four main tanks were all people whose very footsteps could make Sky City shake, but we were still getting beaten to a pulp by this damned dragon. If it was hard to imagine that there would be another group of players who could take this boss on. Even Candlelight Shadow’s party would be one-shot because they didn’t have any Famous General Skill that could replicate the effects of Bombshell.
”Rooaar!”
As the Star Dragon blasted us with its breath, another group of mages, archers, and warriors were burned to ashes. We were rapidly losing party members and this was something that was very worrying.
I couldn’t help but say, ”Priests, I want all of you to scatter right now. Don’t stand clumped together. The dragon breath is a line attack, so it doesn’t cover much area.”
”Alright!”
Murong Mingyue, Moon Dew, and the rest of the priests swiftly formed a circle around us as we slowly surrounded the boss. Li Chengfeng, Xu Yang, High Fighting Spirits, and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun weren’t standing around doing nothing either. All of them swiftly activated Charge in an attempt to stun the boss, and even if they missed, they immediately used Barrier Break and their flurry skills to deal some damage to it. Once they finished their cycle of attacks, they retreated before the dragon could attack them. Their continuous attacks had actually chipped off quite a bit of the boss's HP.
It felt as if time had slowed down as the gigantic dragon’s roars reverberated in the valley. Its health was slowly but surely being whittled down but we were rapidly losing people as well. Our hundred-man party had been reduced to less than thirty and only our priests, who had been making sure to protect themselves, and our very best players remained. We even had to call a few dozen more priests from outside, if not, the situation would soon become untenable.
”Roooaar!”
The Star Dragon reared its head back as its wings unfurled. It suddenly attacked us with a Galaxy Storm, a skill which would continuously damage any target caught in a 5x5 yard square. The boss had already used this attack before and it was extremely terrifying. Gui Guzi furiously backpedaled as I retreated a few steps and shot a Dragon Slaying Slash at the dragon’s head. I firmly attracted the boss's aggro while also casting God Binding Art at it!
Alright, I finally succeeded!
Lin Yixin took advantage of my God Binding Art to use Extreme Break and everyone rushed forward to hack away at the Star Dragon furiously. We had actually shaved off 2% of the boss's HP in those fifteen seconds.
Yeah, Extreme Break was key to killing this boss. Without it, even experts like Li Chengfeng could barely deal 5000 damage to it. The Star Dragon’s Defense was nearly as horrid as its Attack!
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Our attacks kept whittling away at the Star Dragon’s health and after about forty minutes, we had finally gotten it down to 50%. However, it hadn’t been as easy as it sounded. There were a few times that the boss's dragon breath had scored a critical hit against one of the main tanks, and even Gui Guzi and I had been nearly one-shot. This wasn’t a fight we could afford to let their guard down in!
All of us began to see the light at the end of the tunnel once the Star Dragon’s health dropped to 50%, and joy started to creep into our eyes.
High Fighting Spirits yelled, ”Hahaha, the boss is about to fall. This boss is so strong so we might just be able to get one of those legendary Heaven-grade items from it, right? Hahaha, the first Heaven-grade item in the entire server. Sounds great, doesn’t it…”
Li Chengfeng replied, ”It’s honestly hard to say. Let’s focus on killing the boss first. I have this feeling that we’re in quite a bit of danger right now. Such a long time has passed since all of us entered the Star Dragon Domain. Logically speaking, Candlelight Shadow should have already explored the entire map by now. It’s only a matter of time before we’re found. This boss has way too much HP and health regeneration, so we’re actually killing it rather slowly.”
Xu Yang agreed with Li Chengfeng’s assessment. ”That’s right. A few vicious battles have already taken place while we’ve been fighting this boss. Farewell Song, October Rain, and Warsky encountered Purple Lily by accident and they immediately started fighting. Both sides suffered terrible losses before the fight finally stopped. Coincidentally, or perhaps not so coincidentally in this case, both parties seemed to be heading east, which also happens to be where we’re at right now…”
My heart sank a little as I shouted, ”Chengfeng, bring a few men to guard the entrance of the valley. You can’t let anyone enter this place before we finish killing the boss!”
”Yeah I got it!”
Li Chengfeng waved a hand and Xu Yang, High Fighting Spirits, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun, and a few other people fell in behind him. Their party was only eight strong, so it would be hard for them to prevent the other guilds from entering. But we really had no other choice. We only had this many people with us right now, and the rest of us had to focus our attention on this terrifying dragon at all times. So this was really the most we could spare.
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Time seemed to slow to a crawl as the boss's HP slowly dropped from 50% to 40%. It then dropped from 40% to 30%, 30% to 20%, and finally from 20% to 10%. When the dragon’s HP finally reached one tenth, my heart rose up to my throat. It was crunch time. Our chance of getting the final dragon scale depended on how well we performed during the final stage of this boss fight.
It was at this moment that Li Chengfeng’s startled voice suddenly reverberated through the party channel. ”Fucking hell! Candlelight Shadow is charging in with Candle Dragon, and… I also see people from Warsky Alliance and Purple Lily coming from different directions. What the hell! Why did they all come at the same time?!”
Xu Yang’s shocked voice sounded out over the party chat as well. ”What do we do now? If all three guilds come at us at the same time, there’s no way we can hold this position!”
I hurriedly yelled, ”I want all of you to retreat right now. Come back to where the main fighting force is. We need to hurry up and kill this boss! If not, all our efforts will have been for naught!”
It was at this precise moment that Gui Guzi suddenly shuddered. His body stiffened as it was rendered completely immobile. A high-level assassin appeared behind him, his dagger blinking with red light. He had blinded and stunned Gui Guzi at the same time! And this wasn’t any old assassin. It was our old friend, Farewell Song!
What was even worse was that another eight assassins appeared behind us. Their daggers whistled through the air as they targeted our priests first, and out of the eight priests that had been attacked, only Murong Mingyue and Moon Dew survived.
This boss really knew how to pick his moments. As our backline was being savaged by those assassins, its wings started flapping in the air. After that, it gave a great roar as a gigantic vortex that covered a 30x30 yard area formed in the middle of the battlefield. This was its ultimate technique, Galaxy Vortex!
Any player who was caught in Galaxy Vortex’s radius would be swiftly pulled into the center before being burned up by cosmic flames!
I swiftly backpedaled out of the attack’s radius, but I could only watch as the stunned Gui Guzi was dragged straight into the center of the gigantic vortex of cosmic energy!
”Roooooaaar...”
As violent flames engulfed him, Gui Guzi’s health started dropping like a rock. The Armored Swordback Dragon’s tenacity was depleted and Gui Guzi slowly began to sink to the ground. He pointed the tip of his Rainbow toward Farewell Song as he yelled, ”Fuck your mom, Farewell Song! Your daddy here is gonna kill you one day!”