Chapter 1025: A Single Misstep? (4000 words)

Su Sheng plans to unleash his own ultimate burst directly.

Demon Spirit Pain Strike!

The numbers maxed out at 99%!!

Then he immediately activated the Explosive Aura!

As the BOSS just recovered its health, Su Sheng's long spear, wrapped in terrifying black aura, slammed down!

-412288!!

Critical Hit!!

True Damage Critical Hit!

Ignores both defenses!

Su Sheng's HP is over 200,000!

He drew a 99% HP sacrifice, combined with critical damage, ignored armor and magic resistance, and aside from some resistances… directly dealt over 400,000 damage!

But for this BOSS's total durability of over 100 million, 18% is already more than 18 million, so this 400,000 damage doesn't seem much.

Su Sheng saw the damage, furrowed his brows slightly, clearly unsatisfied with his damage.

By this calculation, his later output might not reach the value he expected.

If so, the effect may not meet his initial expectations.

If the expected effect can't be achieved, given the current time, the strategy against this BOSS is likely impossible.

He still has to find the weak point!

Only by a Weak Point Critical Hit can he likely achieve the expected outcome.

But how to locate the BOSS's weak point is the problem.

The strategy against this BOSS has been ongoing for many hours, yet so far no attack has dealt Weak Point Damage.

Even a few Mages kept a watchful eye, blasting the BOSS's head with magic, but still no Weak Point Damage emerged.

So where exactly is the BOSS's weak point? Su Sheng doesn't know.

Or perhaps this BOSS simply has no weak point mechanic?

But that seems unlikely; yet the visible parts of the BOSS currently have no weak point.

However, due to the BOSS's size, everyone's perspective is almost top‑down, or at best level view even for distant players.

Thus, the exact location of the BOSS's vital spot still requires careful observation.

The only unobserved area right now should be the top!

Anyway, if the weak point can't be found to land a critical, time will likely run out, so why not take a gamble.

Thinking this, Su Sheng immediately drank a Blood Bottle, then activated the Falling Demon Body, staying in a low‑HP state.

Because he plans to make a final desperate move, if his HP rises again, his preparation would be wasted.

Thus, Su Sheng kept his low‑HP state.

Then Su Sheng directly triggered the BOSS's Wing‑Shaking skill.

Su Sheng immediately took flight.

From high above, he looked down on the BOSS's figure.

Because Su Sheng was low‑HP, some Priests who tried to cast Healing Technique on him were stunned to find it had no effect.

"Chairman, why didn't you remove that Buff?"

The priests preparing to heal felt awkward; they knew their Chairman had a Forbidden Healing buff, but normally, to cooperate with their healing, the Chairman would cancel that buff during attack intervals.

But clearly, in this situation, the Chairman hasn't cancelled that Buff.

"Don't worry, the Chairman probably has his own plan. While the Hate Value is still on the Chairman, we should output quickly; time is short."

Zhang Zhi furrowed his brow slightly.

Indeed, Su Sheng just dealt over 400,000 damage with a single spear and used a Taunt skill, so the Hate Value remains on Su Sheng.

But now Su Sheng has taken to the air; the BOSS stands still, looking up at Su Sheng as if waiting for his descent.

Su Sheng's gaze hardened at the same time!

It seems he found what he needed…

When he first rose into the air, even from high above Su Sheng saw no obvious weak point on the BOSS.

Even Su Sheng, controlling the suanni and having regained a bit of Prayer Power, exhaled a burst of Fireworks Dragon Breath at the BOSS's crown.

But it was only regular damage!

However, because the Hate Value is still on Su Sheng, when the BOSS looks up, Su Sheng directly sees…

When the BOSS lifts its head, a sliver of gap appears in the armor linking its neck and body!

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes!

He could even see some internal mechanisms through that gap.

This gap only shows when the BOSS lifts its head!

Normally, the BOSS wouldn't lift its head.

After all, when the BOSS attacks from height, it doesn't need to look up; it even needs to look down.

In such cases, they naturally can't discover the gap.

But now…

At this point, Su Sheng didn't hesitate and lowered his altitude.

The instant Su Sheng lowered his height into the BOSS's attack range, the BOSS immediately swung its great sword to strike.

Su Sheng didn't dodge or evade at all!

Chairman!!

Some elite players of the Yanhuang Guild below saw this scene and couldn't help but exclaim.

The Chairman is currently at low health, and with the BOSS's attack power, the Chairman would be instantly killed by this hit.

Of course, they all know their Chairman has a Survival Tactic, but letting it go to waste like this seems a bit wasteful, right? After all, this Dungeon is only in its second stage, and no one knows what difficulty the next stage will bring.

Even though the difficulty is already high at this point in the Dungeon, they don't think this is the final level.

But after thinking, today's playtime is almost over, and continuing to the next stage would be a matter for after tomorrow, so handing over the Survival Tactic doesn't seem much of a problem.

However, while they were still daydreaming, the BOSS's great sword slammed directly onto Su Sheng.

Puff~

A massive damage burst erupted from Su Sheng's head, and the little health Su Sheng had left couldn't possibly withstand the hit.

Thus, they watched Su Sheng's health drop to zero instantly!

Immediately after, a magnificent golden aura appeared around Su Sheng.

Although Su Sheng had entered the BOSS's attack range, he was still positioned above the BOSS's head, so the BOSS still had to look up.

Moreover, the crack at that distance was right in front of Su.

At the same time, as Su Sheng's health emptied, Lion King Stance activated!

It directly conquers 50% of attack and defense and grants 5 seconds of invincibility!

And 50% lifesteal!

However, Su Sheng still maintains the Falling Demon Body state. The lifesteal, even if present, basically doesn't work!

Similarly, aside from equipment‑granted skills, all of Su Sheng's skills have their cooldowns reset!

Then Su Sheng's body is covered with multiple aura effects!

Begin Ascension!

War Rhythm!

Lion's Fury!

Fake. Golden Dragon Body!

…

With a stack of buffs, Su Sheng's attack value has become terrifyingly high.

Su Sheng's base attack at this moment is: 10489

Feng Wu Jiu Tian's Holy Words can boost by about forty‑nine percent, already nearly fifty percent.

10489*0.49=5139.61 (Holy Word Buff)

10489*0.5=5244.5 (Lion King Stance)

10489*0.3=3146.7*2=6293.4 (Lion King Stance + Falling Demon Body)

10489+6293+5244+5193=27219

At this point, Su Sheng's basic attack and defense have both exceeded 27,000!

Additionally, Golden Dragon Body provides a 20% damage increase, though this boost doesn't appear on the panel, along with bonuses like War Rhythm!

At that moment, after all auras stacked, the spear in Su Sheng's hand emitted Thunder Light.

Then, wielding a force of ten‑thousand jin, it slammed hard under the crack at boss Nai Yi's neck!

Demon God Lightning!!

Terrifying thunder instantly enveloped the entire head of the boss!!

Weak Spot Attack!

Critical Hit!

Weak Point Critical Hit!

-3102884!!

The sum of attack and defense from Demon God Lightning contributes an eight‑fold base damage multiplier, plus adaptive damage; because the boss's physical resistance is high, this damage becomes magical!

Combined with damage‑increase effects like Golden Dragon Body!

It dealt this so far extraordinarily flashy damage!

A terrifying seven‑digit damage leapt from the boss's head.

But just like that, even with the over 400,000 true damage earlier, it only shaved off a little over 3% of the boss's health, less than four percent.

The boss's base HP—or durability—is a hopelessly large number.

At this point the boss still has a little over 14% health!

Even so, that's roughly 14 million plus health!

That's almost equivalent to the total HP of a typical BOSS plus...

But regarding this, the Yanhuang side has already done their best.

And it also owes to the presence of Yanhuang's elite Thousand-Person Team; otherwise, they probably couldn't have reduced the BOSS to this extent.

Su Sheng, seeing this, felt a bit depressed…

He didn't expect the boss's mechanics to be so nasty; its overpowered stats are one thing, but the final berserk mechanic even includes a heal!

Given the boss's terrifying durability, that single heal is truly lethal.

Su Sheng glanced at the time, showing a hint of helplessness—damn!

Even with another half hour, this round would definitely be secure.

Does it have to wait until tomorrow again?!

No!

Su Sheng cast a glance at his Hunting Skill!

Although Su Sheng doesn't know the exact probability of this skill, moreover, when he previously fought that Ghost-faced Spider Emperor, he had already triggered it by sheer dumb luck.

As for the unit before us, according to detailed classification, it's not even considered a monster. It has a durability bar, not a health bar—can this Hunting Skill still work?

Furthermore. This boss's panel is classified as a Quasi-Commander Rank boss.

I'd estimate that, given this grade, the trigger probability of this Hunting Skill is even lower, right?

But Su Sheng is really unwilling.

He glanced at the Yanhuang Immortal Team below; their eyes also showed some unwillingness.

Since they are an elite team, they naturally have their own discernment.

Basically, everyone can tell that this boss strategy is bound to fail.

After all this hard work and fighting for so long, they are equally unwilling.

Even some ranged professionals have grown dispirited and stopped attacking… because the remaining time probably isn't enough either; continuing to waste energy on attacks seems pointless.

Although the Chairman just dealt over 3 million damage, it was truly spectacular.

But against the boss's terrifying durability value, it's still not enough!

But they naturally can't blame their Group Leader. They also know their Group Leader did his best!

That's over 3 million damage! If it were them, not to mention 3 million, even dealing 30,000 damage would be hard!

The morale of the entire Yanhuang Thousand-Person Squad was extremely low at this moment.

And as Commander, Zhang Zhi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but still couldn't get it out.

Even ordinary elite members could see it—how could the Commander possibly miss it?

Seeing this, Su Sheng gritted his teeth.

No matter what, we've come this far—let's give it a shot!

I hope this time my Hunting Skill actually works a bit better!

"Do your best, leave the rest to fate; don't lose heart. As long as it's not the final moment, we still have a chance—keep attacking."

"Don't forget that Ghost-faced Spider Yellow boss just now!!"

Su Sheng spoke up to boost morale.

"Huh?!"

Zhang Zhi reacted immediately.

He also realized that the Ghost-faced Spider Emperor clearly still had so much health—how did it just get instantly killed!!

The other elite team members were still somewhat dazed.

But at this moment, the Command Channel transmitted Zhang Zhi's roar.

"What the hell are you standing around for?! Attack!!"

Hearing Zhang Zhi's counter-anger, the others also snapped back to, seeing their Chairman still fighting, they couldn't help but blush.

They are among Yanhuang's top elite teams, and their Chairman hasn't given up yet—how could they act so dispirited?

Thus, everyone raised their weapons again!

A dense barrage of attacks once again covered the area!

Su Sheng saw this and couldn't help but grin!

Afterwards, taking advantage of the last 5 seconds of the Lion King Stance, Su Sheng unleashed all his high-multiplier skills that weren't on cooldown, naturally aiming at the weak point of that crack.

For a moment, the boss's health—or rather, durability—was indeed still dropping, and the drop was rapid.

Although these skills' multipliers aren't as high as Demon God Lightning's, with various Buffs, plus the damage from Weak Point Damage and Weak Point Critical Hit, it's still not low!!

Even some skilled archers and mages likewise bombarded their skills onto that crack position.

In a very short time, the boss's health had already dropped to ten percent!

After Su Sheng saw the boss's health drop to 10%, he stopped using skills, landed directly, even dispelling his Shield and Mounted State.