Chapter 1114: Powerless

Everyone couldn't help but gasp in surprise; they had thought it was just something like a Teleport Array, but it turned out it could also attack.

And the damage was terrifyingly high—over 300,000 in a single hit, instantly killing Li Wenwan.

However, Li Wenwan already has two error‑tolerance chances… adding a Life Seed now makes three, so throwing one problem at her isn't a big deal.

Li Wenwan already has an Invincible Skill, and she also equipped Protective Gear with invincibility, giving her two error‑tolerance chances; although the Life Seed was given away, the remaining two chances should be fine as long as she's careful.

Su Sheng recalled the situation: "It wasn't without warning; during the Red Pupil attack just now, the pupil rotated like a vortex."

"It does seem that way. Though its attack speed is fast, if we're mentally prepared in advance, it should be fine," Shen Wang nodded.

"It looks like this Dungeon has no BOSS; if we take down the Abyss Eye in front of us, we can clear it," Xingchen said, looking at the vertical pupil.

"Three hours, hurry up!"

Su Sheng activated his Charge skill and rushed to the front of the vertical pupil, but couldn't enter; an air wall blocked him, though his spear attack could still reach.

The spear in Su Sheng's hand thrust straight forward!

The damage dealt was almost comparable to that against an Abyssal War Soldier.

But it's unclear how much health bar—or durability—it actually has.

Also, there's no Hate Value! That means any attack will target a random enemy; you can't generate aggro.

At this point, everyone else sprang into action; aside from Li Wenwan, still lying on the ground waiting 30 seconds to revive, everyone attacked, including healer Huang Mingxin.

Now she can't heal; without needing to refresh buffs, she can only use her Holy Light projectiles together with some damaging Holy Light skills to attack. It can pierce defense, but the damage… hmm…

Since the Priest class relies on spirit power, which grants magic penetration, priests usually have high magic penetration, but without intelligence‑based damage, naturally it…

Watching the durability slowly decline, Su Sheng roughly calculated in his mind that, under these conditions, three hours would be near the limit.

Although the exact total durability of the Abyss Eye is unknown, judging by the health‑bar percentage, as long as nothing unexpected happens, three hours is very tight but doable.

And this still… Su Sheng accounted for the damage Li Wenwan, now lying on the ground, has taken.

Mainly because so far the Abyss Eye hasn't shown any durability recovery; it seems it won't "heal."

…That's one of the few good news.

But soon, Su Sheng noticed a surprising development: the Abyss Eye was poisoned.

It turned out to be the plague effect of the Red Legend Plague Shoes under Su Sheng's feet.

It can still be poisoned? That's good news; the accumulation will deal considerable damage.

Thirty seconds later, the corpse of Li Wenwan on the ground scrambled to her feet.

"No honor in this thing."

Li Wenwan swung her staff fiercely, sending wave after wave of attacks.

With Li Wenwan's addition, the Abyss Eye's durability dropped instantly, and the rate of decline sped up.

Beside Su Sheng stood Shen Wang, and on both sides were a group of Xingchen's melee pets, ramming the Abyss Eye wildly.

After about a minute, Su Sheng saw the crimson pupil in the center of the Abyss Eye rotate slightly and become more vivid.

Su Sheng's expression tightened: "Everyone, pay attention, the Abyss Eye should be attacking again!"

At the same time, Su Sheng raised his shield, unsure whether his Shield Raise could withstand the blow.

Su Sheng looked at Shen Wang: "Boss Shen Wang, should you retreat a bit first? At this close range, if it attacks you I'm afraid you won't react in time."

Shen Wang shook his head: "It should be in time."

As the former big brother, Shen Wang was still fairly confident in his technique.

Su Sheng had nothing to add.

In any case, everyone present had about two error‑tolerance chances… except Huang Mingxin, because the Life Seed doesn't affect her, she only has one Protective Gear, and as for skills, the Holy Light Priest herself has no invincible skill for protection.

About a second later, another red beam shot out rapidly from the circular Red Pupil.

Puff!

A figure instantly turned into a burst of white light…

… "I guessed it," Xingchen said.

Indeed, the red beam that just attacked was actually from one of Xingchen's pets.

"That's fine, saves us from making a mistake," Shen Wang said with a smile, continuing to swing his weapon.

Su Sheng, holding his shield on the side, was fully focused, but didn't expect they'd completely ignore him… He had originally wanted to test whether he could withstand the red beam.

Xingchen silently drew his shortbow and loosed an arrow… what more can I say?

Then everyone kept dealing damage, for about another minute.

Another red ray shot out rapidly.

Swish~

Li Wenwan suddenly turned into a red flash of fire, sliding left a short distance and narrowly dodging the red ray.

"Is the Abyss Eye's pupil that bright? Is it because I'm pretty that it loves me?" Li Wenwan joked weakly.

Everyone just laughed; at least they dodged it.

"Hope the next one won't lock onto me; my short legs can't dodge, and the cooldown on that displacement skill isn't that fast."

Li Wenwan added.

Now it's clear that the red beam appears roughly every minute; besides that, so far the Abyss Eye has no other attack abilities.

Sure enough, about a minute later.

Another red beam shot out rapidly.

"Careful!" Su Sheng shouted.

The red beam locked onto Huang Mingxin!

The red beam targeted Huang Mingxin and Li Wenwan; they're the most worrisome because both have low agility, and Magic Class characters are generally short‑legged.

However, just as the red beam surged forward, Huang Mingxin's figure flickered, darting a short distance to the right, also evading the attack.

Su Sheng saw this and let out a sigh of relief.

Huang Mingxin is the chief senior healer of the Yanhuang Guild; although the Holy Light Priest has no movement skills herself, finding equipment that grants displacement is not a difficulty for the Yanhuang Guild.

Huang Mingxin wears an amulet that comes with a displacement skill; precisely, the gear on her, aside from spiritual attributes, centers on healing amount and survivability.

As the Yanhuang Guild's chief healer, her equipment is certainly lavish, arguably second only to Su Sheng's… If we ignore class distinctions, a comprehensive tally shows it even surpasses Lu Zhe's gear that wields the Tiancong Yun Artifact; Huang Mingxin merely lacks one Divine Artifact.

Continue!

However, just as everyone waited for the fifth red beam, this time three figures suddenly emerged.

Abyssal Demon Soldier!

Nevertheless, Su Sheng reacted swiftly… At once he taunted one, Shield Struck another off‑balance, and also controlled one with the Smoke Swirl Skill of the lion‑like beast.

All three Abyssal Demon Soldiers simultaneously drew Su Sheng's aggro.

"Focus fire and clear them first!" Su Sheng barked low.

The others were quick to respond, immediately focusing fire to help eliminate the three Abyssal Demon Soldiers.

But during this, the one‑minute mark arrived, and a red beam suddenly shot straight at Su Sheng.

Su Sheng was still tanking the monsters!

But it's no big problem!

Leap!!

Swish~

The lion‑like beast leapt forward in a pounce, shifting a short distance ahead and dodging the red beam.

Then the group coordinated, swiftly dealing with the three Abyssal Demon Soldiers.

Su Sheng watched the last Abyssal Demon Soldier fall; instead of relaxing, his expression grew even more serious.

"If nothing goes wrong, this Abyssal Pupil fires a red beam every minute and summons three minions every five minutes; if I'm not mistaken, the next summon will be an Abyssal War Soldier!" Su Sheng said.

Everyone gave a slight nod; none present were novices, and they had all discerned the pattern.

"Keep dealing damage!" Su Sheng activated the Falling Demon Body and attacked the Abyss Eye again.

Continuing like this won't work; without any mishaps, steady output will make it extremely tight to wear down the Abyss Eye's durability in the remaining time.

However, the three‑monster summon every five minutes counts as an unexpected situation.

These minions can't be ignored, yet clearing them consumes time.

Therefore… overall calculations show time is insufficient.

Just as Su Sheng was pondering, another red beam surged forward.

Su Sheng suddenly looked up, ready to raise his shield to Block.

Swish~

A pristine white rhombus‑shaped light shield suddenly appeared on Su Sheng.

Puff~

This time, when the Abyss Eye's attack struck Su Sheng's rhombus shield, it reflected straight back along the same path, hitting the red pupil at the very center of the Abyss Eye.

Boom!

The entire pupil quivered slightly, then a massive damage number popped up, and the pupil's durability dropped sharply.

This damage hit the ceiling; so far, no one's single‑hit damage has been this high… after all, the suppression effect is still active.

Su Sheng, startled, glanced back at Huang Mingxin.

"I didn't expect that either; I never thought it would have this effect," Huang Mingxin said with a smile.

Holy Light Prism!

An exceedingly rare Hidden Skill of the Holy Light Priest that can Block any projectile attack once.

However, the skill itself has no rebound effect; it can only Block.

I didn't expect it could reflect against this beam attack.

"Alright! From now on you don't need to attack; just watch that red beam, see who it targets, and apply the Holy Light Prism skill," Su Sheng said.

The damage from this single reflection far exceeds the damage Huang Mingxin deals over several minutes.

If Huang Mingxin could reflect each beam back, the damage would be sufficient.

"That won't work; this skill's cooldown is three minutes," Huang Mingxin said helplessly.

Ugh… Su Sheng went silent; he had forgotten to account for the Hidden Skill's cooldown.

Nevertheless, with a three‑minute interval, as long as the red beam can be reflected smoothly, the damage should barely make up.

Su Sheng smiled, "Then whether we can clear this Dungeon smoothly hinges on you; if you can reflect once every three minutes, the damage should suffice."

"I'll… do my best!" Hearing Su Sheng's words, Huang Mingxin clearly became nervous.

Although this puts some pressure on Huang Mingxin, Su Sheng believes she can manage.

"Come on!" Li Wenwan, standing nearby, punched the air for Huang Mingxin.

Huang Mingxin took a deep breath and nodded.

Sure enough, the subsequent rhythm unfolded exactly as everyone expected.

Every minute a red beam, and every five minutes a minion summon.

As the game time ticked away, the Dungeon's timer also ticked down.

Overall, whether red‑beam attacks or minion summons, once familiar with the Three Axe routine, they caused virtually no trouble.

No one was hit by the red beam again…

The only sacrifice was a portion of Star Dawn's pets; to make a pet dodge the red beam you must manually control it precisely. The problem is, with so many pets, Xingchen doesn't even know which one it will target, so pre‑emptive precise control is impossible.

Basically, once Xingchen's pet is locked, one must sacrifice one first.

Fortunately, Xingchen's professional trait, in Combat State, if these pets are killed, the loss is not too great.

Only a little time is needed to be able to resummon them.

But time quickly passed two hours; looking at the remaining durability of the Abyss Eye, everyone's faces became very solemn.

"It seems there isn't enough time!"

Li Wenwan said somewhat gloomily.

"Forget it, we have to go all out!"

Su Sheng's face hardened: "I'll block the next beam of light!"

Afterwards, Su Sheng jumped off his mount, activating all possible states on his body.

Attack!!

Soon, the beam arrived.

Su Sheng directly moved sideways, blocking in front of the beam, piercing and instant kill.

Lion King Stance!!

All buffs activated!

The ultimate move of the Monkey Technique, Demon God Lightning!!

Boom!!

The durability of the Abyss Eye directly decreased by a large amount.

Seeing this, Xingchen's face also turned fierce.

Afterwards, with a wave of his hand, all the pets swarmed to the edge of the Abyss Eye, immediately!

Boom!!!

Sacrifice!

In an instant, all the pets self-destructed.

This skill deals considerable damage to the pets, but there's nothing we can do about it now.

The durability of the Abyss Eye decreased again!

Everyone was bursting with power, including Shen Wang and Li Wenwan also unleashing their hidden trump cards!

But time quickly approached the limit!

Looking at the remaining durability of the Abyss Eye, everyone felt a sense of helplessness!

They were already at their limit burst, but still lacking a little, just a little bit short.

Amid everyone's unwilling expressions, the 12-hour limit of the dungeon arrived!!