Chapter 512: Chapter 512: The Final Struggle
After what had recently transpired, the team members didn’t dare to celebrate too early.
Li Yao was no different. In his previous life, he had seen too many examples of bosses wiping out groups even with their health at a mere 1%.
Now, there’s still 20% left, which was far from enough.
“Something’s not right, don’t most bosses unleash their ultimate abilities when their health is between 30% and 20%? Why is this guy so quiet?” the Guardian Angel asked.
Dumbfounded, Ditto immediately gave him a stern look, saying, “Shut up, jinx.”
As it turned out, the words of the Guardian Angel once again prove ominous.
“Prepare for the evil dream’s judgment.”
Having summoned the High Priest Staff, the souls of twelve treants appeared, each one connected to the High Priest by a spectral line.
An invisible shield enclosed the High Priest, and at the same time, the altar marked with arrays on the platform began to shine once more.
All attacks directed at the shield displayed ‘immune’.
The melee members of Starfire’s raid were knocked back as though they were hit by trucks, with damage numbers popping up above their heads.
The Guardian Angel was the worst off. His ‘Unmoving Bulwark’ was deflected once, but the power behind the second attack was much stronger.
His ‘Unmoving Bulwark’ shattered instantly, and his body got thrown off the platform.
“Damn, save me!”
The Guardian Angel’s face turned pale. As a character with no displacement abilities, if he fell, it would be certain death.
Upon hearing a clear cry, the Fire Hawk dove down and hit the Guardian Angel.
“Argh!”
The Guardian Angel screamed as if he’d been smashed between two trucks.
But he was knocked too far, and if he fell, he would still die.
Due to the delay, Li Yao had already activated Angel’s Wing and flew over like lightning. His Magic Spider Silk latched onto the distant Guardian Angel and then swung him back onto the platform.
Li Yao fell due to the sudden loss of momentum but did manage to ascend again. He grimly floated back to the group on the platform.
“Damn, that’s just plain revenge. They’re trying to kill me. I might as well have let myself fall to death,” the Guardian Angel hissed in pain.
It’s well known that as the level of the game increases, the realism becomes stronger. And although collisions and pressure cause relatively low damage, the pain is very real.
The continuous collisions had given the Guardian Angel a death wish.
“Enough talk. Hurry and pull the four treants,” the Fruit Knight shouted from afar.
“Roger that, on my way,” the Guardian Angel immediately wilted his expression, ignored the pain, and rushed over to taunt the enemies.
The group laughed out loud, appreciating him for being the knight he was.
Li Yao heaved a sigh of relief. In such a critical moment, he couldn’t afford to lose a strong tank. Their potential loss would make things extremely difficult.
Possibly leading to a group wipe-out. The Spider Tank is a tank too, and perhaps in terms of parameters, even surpassed the Guardian Angel and the Fruit Knight.
But when it comes to flexibility and versatility, they were far behind.
“Those treants are just physical attackers and won’t cast spells. Follow my marks and take them out. The boss’s health is slowly regenerating, we need to kill them fast,” said Li Yao who had already marked one of the treant souls, and everyone began targeting it.
This time, although the boss was healing, the rate was far less than when being healed by someone and Li Yao was not particularly worried.
With the death of the treant soul, the array on the platform shone even brighter.
Turns out, the treant was just like Li Yao said, they only relied on basic attacks and had no ability to use magic.
Even though they made the High Priest invincible, in reality, they could only delay and didn’t pose much of a threat to Li Yao’s team.
However, when the fifteenth soul was destroyed, the array’s radiance reached its peak and then suddenly disappeared, as if it had been sealed into the High Priest’s body.
Roar…
The High Priest roared madly, his body shrouded in a large amount of ethereal smoke. Even the keen players could see his skin continuously splitting as if there’s a demon inside.
He’s also rapidly growing, with his entire body becoming illusionary and distorted.
“Don’t just stand there, Dumbo, unleash your bloodlust. Go full force on the output.” Li Yao shouted loudly.
The Starfire team once again broke out. However, the boss didn’t give them too much time.
It only took ten seconds for the boss’s health to drop to 5%, but his transformation was already complete.
His antlers had turned a vivid red, as if they were made of fresh blood. His claws and eyes were the same.
The cracks in his body did not bleed out, but were blocked by a dazzling, crystal-like red body.
“I have been blessed by the God of Nightmares, now it’s time to face the wrath of God.”
At this moment, his staff appeared as if it was a transparent crystal, overflowing with dazzling colors akin to a dream.
Boom…
He suddenly struck the floor with his huge Crystal Staff, causing a red shockwave to blast open, immediately sending the melee fighters around him flying.
They also had ‘zzzz’ symbols appearing over their heads, indicating they were put to sleep.
“Ranged fighters spread out and hit the sleeping melee fighters with the lowest range spell you have. Hurry up, move,” Li Yao didn’t dare to take action himself. Even with friendly fire turned on, he could still kill his teammates given his terrifying attack power. It’s possible he could kill a teammate in a single hit.
If he killed a teammate while trying to save them, that would be embarrassing. When asked why the group wiped out so quickly, they would have to say, “Well, our leader’s attack was too strong, and he killed us,” which would be a complete joke.
Everyone kept their cool. They immediately understood why Li Yao didn’t attack and wanted to laugh, but now wasn’t the time to laugh.
Patiently holding back, they scattered and started attacking their teammates to wake them up.
“Do you weaklings think you can stop me?”
With traces of afterimages, the boss charged out like a runaway army. The entire platform shook with his movement.
And with his charge, it was as if there were ten-plus clones trailing behind him. Two melee fighters who just got revived and didn’t understand what was happening got ran over.
Without any suspense, they were instantly killed.
“Everyone stay scattered. This is the time to test your skills. Dodge the boss’s attacks yourselves. Prioritize survival over output,” Li Yao said as he used his back jump, easily evading the boss’s charge.
Right now, the boss’s health was less than 5%, but he had also become increasingly berserk and uncontrollable. At this point, no MT could withstand even a single hit from him…