Chapter 117 - 111: A Dungeon Boss That Doesn’t Die in One Hit

Chapter 117: Chapter 111: A Dungeon Boss That Doesn’t Die in One Hit

[Attributes:

Life Value: 5,000,000

Mana: 50,000

Physical Attack: 35,000

Magic Attack: 35,000

Physical Defense: 18,000

Magic Defense: 18,000]

[Skill 1...]

"My name is Yu Zhun."

Too lazy to continue reading his opponent’s skills, Yu Zhun stomped his foot and leaped high, raising [Nether’s Sigh] in his hand.

"At this moment, death is with you!"

DING—

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the sharp blade of [Nether’s Sigh] was blocked by an invisible force in the void. In the next instant, a terrifying force erupted from the void, violently launching Yu Zhun’s body away.

Yu Zhun was speechless.

"No... I’ve already made my grand declaration. You’re making it really awkward for me by doing this!" he thought.

The expected one-hit kill didn’t work. Yu Zhun, who had stabilized his body in the air and landed, lost a bit of his impatience and calmly checked his opponent’s skills.

[Skill 1 (Scale Return): Immune to one attack, and inflicts a brief knock-up effect on the attacker. Refreshes cooling for every two hits received.]

[Skill 2 (Dragon Breath): Breathes out a Dragon Breath, dealing Physical Attack and Magic Attack damage to all targets in its path, and reducing the targets’ Physical Attack and Magic Attack by an amount equal to the damage taken for 3 seconds.]

[Skill 3 (Trample): Tramples the earth with full force, dealing 150% Physical Attack and Magic Attack damage to all targets within range, and inflicting additional damage equal to 100% of the targets’ lost Life Value.]

"No... Hold on a minute? What kind of bullshit skills are these?" he thought.

Before Yu Zhun could complain, a Dark energy breath blasted out of Demon Commander Long Xie’s mouth like a heavy cannon. The coverage diameter of tens of meters locked onto all of Yu Zhun’s paths, instantly engulfing him.

When the breath dissipated, Yu Zhun—whose shield of several million points had dropped by about one percent—stomped his foot and charged at the Boss again.

"Taking two hits triggers one [Scale Return]?" With a sharp light bursting from his eyes, Yu Zhun ruthlessly thrust [Nether’s Sigh] at his opponent.

"To kill you, one strike is enough!"

[Life Value -5,000,000]

Demon Commander Long Xie let out a wail and crashed to the ground.

Having successfully killed the Boss, Yu Zhun looked at his fallen opponent with a thoughtful expression.

He realized that ever since entering the [Nether Abyss], he had ignored a very crucial problem.

The Dungeon Boss!

Because it was his first time entering a 4A Dungeon, his attention had been completely focused on the Alien Race players. But in fact, as the advanced Dungeon of the [Nether Trial], the Bosses in the [Nether Abyss] were extremely terrifying!

The stats of the Boss on the twenty-third floor were already comparable to the clone of the Deep Red Demon Lord, and the Boss on the twenty-fourth floor was even stronger.

And in terms of skill Mechanisms, these Bosses were equally formidable.

He had killed the Boss on the previous floor too quickly, so he hadn’t had time to look.

But the Boss on this floor had already proven a point.

Aside from facing the Red Moon Golem with eight lives, this was his first time failing to land a lethal blow in one strike.

Further down, the strength of the Dungeon Bosses would definitely continue to increase.

If he continued to underestimate the Dungeon’s inherent monsters like he just did, he might suffer losses because of it.

Patting his cheeks, Yu Zhun took a deep breath and strode toward the Teleportation Array behind the Boss.

[Congratulations! You have successfully cleared the twenty-fourth floor of the Nether Land!]

[Current Stage Rewards: Experience +500,000, Self-Selected Lv. 25 Epic Equipment x1, Personal Divine Demon Medals x5, World God-Demon Medals x5, Special Buff [Holdfast]!] ℴℴ𝗺

[[Holdfast]: Gain the following temporary buff in the [Nether Abyss] Dungeon: Physical Defense +20%]

[Proceed to the Next Floor]

"Huh?" Yu Zhun’s eyes lit up. "This special buff isn’t bad; at least it’s better than the last one," he thought.

With a flash, Yu Zhun disappeared into the Teleportation Array.

At the same time, in other locations on the twenty-fourth floor, players looked toward the direction of Yu Zhun’s Teleportation Array in astonishment.

This was the second Teleportation Array to change from Golden to white.

Many of them had just arrived on this floor, yet the players ahead had already entered the next floor?

Such a stark contrast caused awful expressions to appear on the faces of many players.

The vast majority of them were the possessors of the strongest talents in this generation, or even past generations. They were highly praised in their home worlds, but here, they realized there was always someone better out there.

Inside a palace beneath a Teleportation Array pillar of Light that still remained Golden, two players were engaged in a fierce battle with Demon Commander Long Xie.

If anyone else were present, they would be surprised to find that the two of them came from entirely different server numbers, yet they cooperated perfectly, trusting each other as if there was absolutely no hostility between them.

The Warrior player, responsible for drawing aggro, precisely attacked during the gaps between the Mage player’s strikes, forcing out Long Xie’s [Scale Return]. He even relied on his [Taunt] skill and positioning multiple times to attract the [Dragon Breath].

From beginning to end, all the Mage player had to do was output damage.

Under their close cooperation, Long Xie, who had a Life Value of up to 5,000,000, finally let out a wail and crashed to the ground.

The deeper one went into the [Nether Abyss], the stronger the Bosses they encountered.

SSS-rank players were not invincible. Everyone had their own limitations. When facing Bosses with entirely different Mechanisms, it was easy to get stuck at a certain Boss. Teaming up with multiple players could significantly improve fault tolerance and allow them to look out for each other when facing other players.

But the [Nether Abyss] was a single-player Dungeon.

If they wanted to form a same-world team, two players from the same world would have to obtain the [Nether Abyss Invitation Letter] at the exact same time. But even for top-ranked servers, this was very rare.

After all, talent extraction was random. Even if, by some small probability, multiple SSS-rank talents appeared at the same time, they wouldn’t necessarily all get the invitation letter.

Therefore, some servers chose another method.

Cross-server teaming.

The relationship between different servers wasn’t completely hostile. Some servers could become allies by chance, using 4A Dungeons as a communication channel to pass information and provide help to each other.

These two players in the palace were a perfect example. Their worlds had communicated in advance and agreed to let them enter the Dungeon at the same time.

Unless they were unlucky and got killed by other players before meeting each other, they would rendezvous at a fixed location on the twenty-third floor of the Nether Land, transitioning from a solo run to a duo run.

"Nice!" The Warrior player laughed heartily and high-fived the Mage player. "I told you, with our cooperation, we could definitely take it down."

"We should be the second ones to kill the Boss," the Mage player said calmly. "Let’s maintain our current advantage. That lone wolf can’t stay ahead forever."

"About that..." The Warrior player’s mouth twitched as he pointed outside the hall to the second pillar of Light that had already turned from Golden to white. "We are now third."

The Mage player fell silent.

"Other than that lone wolf, there’s someone else faster than us?" he said in disbelief. "Could it also be players who formed an alliance in advance?"

"I don’t know," the Warrior player scratched his head. "Anyway, we need to speed up."

"Yeah." The Mage player nodded with a solemn expression.

The two quickly stepped into the Teleportation Array and disappeared from the spot.

Under another Golden pillar of Light, a young girl with short crimson hair stood in front of the main palace, looking at the third pillar of Light that had changed from Golden to white.

"Have three guys already killed the Boss..." the young girl sighed. "I wasted a little time on the previous floor, so it’s a bit hard to catch up.

"But fortunately, I got a very interesting talent. The teacher was right. The [Nether Abyss] is the most suitable place for me, because everyone who can come here is a player with a top-tier talent," the young girl said, her eyes filled with anticipation. "[Scale Return] Long Xie.

"If I had my previous talent, it would probably take me quite a while to deal with it, and I would only fall further behind.

"But now, relying on the SSS-rank talent [Close Combat and Long-range Attack] that I just borrowed, two strikes are enough to empty its health bar."

As her voice fell, the young girl violently pushed open the doors and looked at the towering figure sitting in the grand hall.

The moment Demon Commander Long Xie’s health bar lit up, the young girl threw out a basic attack. Right as [Scale Return] took effect, she crushed a consumable item to dispel her knock-up effect, then quickly stepped in front of Long Xie.

A Dark Dragon Breath swallowed her body. When the Dragon Breath dispersed, the young girl’s expression was somewhat strange.

"So this is what tickle damage feels like..." she muttered.

Stomping her foot, the young girl quickly pulled away and threw out two Magic spells, instantly emptying Demon Commander Long Xie’s massive 5,000,000 Life Value.

As Long Xie crashed to the ground, the young girl swung the Magic Staff in her hand and hummed a little tune as she walked toward the Teleportation Array.

Before stepping onto it, she looked through the hall’s window at the three pillars of Light outside that had already turned white and smiled faintly.

"I hope the talents of these players will satisfy me."