Chapter 1141: I'll Take the Damage

Is this disgusting mechanism purely to stall time?

Su Sheng glanced at the mission timer and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

But now that the boss is at full health, it rushed straight for Huang Mingxin, and the group had no time to consider anything else, so they could only keep intercepting.

Boom!!

Only this time, aside from Su Sheng, the group's attacks on the boss dealt noticeably higher damage.

"Demonic Qi Suppression Effect has decreased!" At that moment, Li Wenwan said excitedly.

Su Sheng checked the System Notification and indeed the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect had dropped from 30% to 20%.

As for why Su Sheng's damage didn't change, it was because he was equipped with a purple Magic Resistance Potion and a Demon-Suppressing Army centurion's plaque, allowing him to ignore the 30% Demonic Qi Suppression.

So the 10% reduction in Demonic Qi Suppression made no difference for Su Sheng.

"It seems the boss's regeneration absorbed the condensed air Demonic Qi, causing the suppression effect to drop; that's a silver lining, at least the boss's recovery isn't without cost," Su Sheng said.

The group kept dealing damage!

As time passed, the boss's Control Resistance grew higher, but the Hate Value remained locked onto Huang Mingxin.

However, slowdown and similar limiting skills lasted shorter and shorter; several times Huang Mingxin was nearly caught, but a Strong Control skill used at a critical moment, though brief, managed to pull her out of danger.

But now, with 10% less Demonic Qi Suppression, Shen Wang Li Wenwan and Xingchen's damage output surged, and in just over four minutes they stripped 50% of the boss's health.

And this time, unsurprisingly, just like before, the boss directly absorbed the stray Demonic Qi around it, restoring its health to full.

At this point, the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect had fallen to 10%.

Although the group's damage was higher, …

But this time, the boss's Control Resistance was nearly maxed; Huang Mingxin took a hit, yet her gear was quite lavish, so she wasn't instantly killed.

Li Wenwan summoned another Flame Wall, cutting off the distance between the boss and Huang Mingxin.

This round lasted about three minutes, and the boss's health was again reduced to 50%.

Again, the same trick was employed.

The boss healed again!

And this time the heal cleared all the Demonic Qi surrounding the plaza, wiping the suppression effect to zero.

But now, aside from Li Wenwan's Flame Wall which can forcibly separate, the boss is immune to all control; no control works.

Huang Mingxin's speed simply can't outrun the boss under these conditions.

However, Li Wenwan's Flame Wall has a long cooldown.

In this situation, Huang Mingxin didn't even last 20 seconds before the boss forced her Survival Skill.

The group watched this and felt a pang of frustration.

No one dares guarantee that the Dungeon won't fail after Huang Mingxin is sent out, since the priest is the key to this Dungeon.

But right now, Huang Mingxin's Survival Skill has been handed over.

Although Huang Mingxin herself has a Seed of Life ring, plus Resurrection and Mass Resurrection, which give the team three chances for error.

But those three error‑tolerance skills cannot be used on herself.

So Huang Mingxin's only personal safety net is the one Protective Gear she wears!

"You all keep dealing damage; I'll take the hit!"

Su Sheng saw this and spoke up, simultaneously flipping off the Suanni and landing.

The group was stunned, puzzled—the boss's Hate Value was fully locked onto Huang Mingxin, how could Su Sheng take the damage?

Huang Mingxin's Survival Skill lasts only a few seconds, so Su Sheng didn't have time for more explanation; after dismounting, he immediately activated the Lion Hunt skill!

Turn the tide!

Lion Hunt!

Go!

Then Su Sheng's agility surged to a terrifying level. Even the Fourth Rebirth Chasing Wind Thief couldn't match his exaggerated speed.

Swipe!

Facing the boss's attack, Su Sheng positioned himself at a strange angle between the boss and Huang Mingxin, and the boss's strike was blocked by Su Sheng's Shield.

Bang~

A damage hit just over ten thousand bounced off Su Sheng's head; he raised an eyebrow, as if the boss had weakened.

He recalled that at the start, a direct hit dealt over twenty thousand damage, now it's only half that.

Su Sheng was momentarily stunned, thinking of some possibilities.

Most likely it's the effect of the Demonic Qi Suppression; this boss's peculiarity is that the surrounding Demonic Qi not only suppresses players but also amplifies the boss.

Now the boss has consumed the surrounding Demonic Qi to heal; without that environment, its attributes have dropped.

Anyway, that's a good thing!

Roar!

The boss let out a roar, didn't continue attacking Su Sheng, but turned toward the retreating Huang Mingxin, took a step, and lunged at her again.

But Su Sheng was faster!

Empowered by Lion Hunt and his own predictive awareness, Su Sheng instantly moved to block the boss's attack trajectory.

Boom!

Su Sheng's Shield once again solidly blocked the boss's strike.

Xingchen and Shen Wang, watching this, couldn't help but be stunned— how could this be? Yet the game does have collision volumes, so this level of precision isn't unexpected.

Although they told themselves their skill and awareness weren't inferior to Su Sheng's.

But predicting the boss's attack path and timely shielding for Huang Mingxin— such maneuvers, they admit they could manage, yet achieving it as effortlessly as Su Sheng without any mistake is beyond them.

"Stop dazing off and attack quickly; this buff only lasts five minutes, and now there's no ambient Demonic Qi. This should be the boss's final health bar,"

"Strive to take it down within 5 minutes!"

Su Sheng watched as Li Wenwan attacked with a kut kut sound, while Shen Wang and Xingchen looked bewildered, and he couldn't help but speak up to remind them.

Xingchen and Shen Wang finally came to their senses, then began attacking the boss together with their left hands.

Su Sheng wanting to achieve this is not easy either; he must focus intently on the boss's movements and watch Huang Mingxin's running trajectory to predict the boss's attack and block it in time.

Otherwise, if it's too fast, it won't work; the boss will adjust its attack trajectory.

If it's too slow, the attack will land on Huang Mingxin.

So Su Sheng can hardly help attack; he must focus intently on the boss.

Moreover, without Lion Hunt's speed, with his pure physique attribute, he fundamentally can't keep up with the boss's attack movements.

If the boss is attacking him, that's naturally fine. But if he wants to predict and intercept, he must have great speed.

Five minutes, the Lion Hunt skill lasts only five minutes.

Of course, there's also Lion King Stance; if you insist on counting, you can actually open another one, and the time is actually quite ample.

Although his own output is reduced, there is no demon energy suppression state now, and plus there is no demon energy environment, so the boss's attributes have also been reduced.

Li Wenwan, Shen Wang, and Xingchen are putting out desperate damage.

Even Xingchen directly had his pet self-destruct again.

Su Sheng closely followed at Huang Mingxin's side, and Huang Mingxin would from time to time throw a healing skill at Su Sheng.

Five minutes!

Exactly five minutes, all of the boss's attacks were precisely blocked by Su Sheng.

However, it's a pity that although the boss's attributes were reduced and there was no demon energy suppression, lacking Su Sheng's core output, the boss wasn't defeated within five minutes.

However, there is one point that is not surprising: this time the boss did not heal when its HP reached 50%, because there is no demon energy environment around.

At this time, the boss's HP remains around 27%.

However, Su Sheng's Lion Hunt state has already ended.

Furthermore, having been controlled all the way to this point, the boss is now immune to all control and restriction skills.

However, it's not a big problem!

"Pull out the fire wall!!"

Su Sheng spoke without turning his head.

Li Wenwan's action was not slow either; she directly pulled out that isolation fire wall!

And Su Sheng had already arrived in front of the boss at this moment!

Demon Spirit Pain Strike, HP limit 99%!

Critical Hit Aura!

Golden Dragon Body!

Boom!

Critical Hit!

A damage over 500,000 true damage directly jumped out from the boss's head!

The boss's HP suddenly dropped a notch!

Roar!

Although the aggro is on Huang Mingxin, but right now can't go after her to chase, the boss also wasn't polite, swiped its claw, and slapped toward Su Sheng's side.

Su Sheng did not dodge or evade!

Only 1% HP left, it was directly cleared, leaving only 1 point of HP!

Lion King Stance!

Activated!

Lion Hunt! Activated again!

However, before that!

Su Sheng wanted to try, to see if he could instantly kill this guy.

Stack buffs stack buffs!

Or stack buffs!

Su Sheng's base attack power is 15943!

After the fourth rebirth, Huang Mingxin's buff addition reached about a 48% increase… 7652!

Lion's Fury 30% increase 4782!

Falling Demon Body 30% increase 4782!

Lion King Stance 50% increase 7971!

Furthermore, after the shield is activated for certain victory, there is a 20% increase… 3188!

15943+7652+4782+4782+7971+3188=44318!!

After stacking all buffs, Su Sheng's attack value directly reached over 44,000! Simply heaven-defying!

Not over yet!

Divine Dragon Sight! Activated! Directly marked a position on the boss's body, this skill comes from the Skeleton Dragon Head's attached skill; after marking the position, the next attack's position will definitely cause weak point damage.

Then Su Sheng directly unleashed a Demon God Lightning, the spear pointed at the marked position, thunder exploded.

A damage over 1,200,000 jumped out from the boss's head!

Seeing this damage, Su Sheng couldn't help but make a regretful face and curl his lips.

At the critical moment, the Critical Hit Aura actually pulled Curry.

Indeed, this attack actually did not cause a critical hit!

Although Critical Hit Aura greatly boosts crit rate, letting Su Sheng's crit reach about 90%, it's not 100% crit.

At this critical moment, not landing a crit feels really frustrating.

Finally only 1.5x Weak Point Damage, plus a 20% boost from Golden Dragon Body; if there were an extra crit, calculating 4x Weak Point Critical Hit Damage, this shot would deal at least over 5 million damage.

What a pity, no crit!

For this stage's boss, over a million damage isn't that high.

Although Su Sheng himself wasn't satisfied with this damage, Shen Wang and the others were already gritting their teeth.

They all knew Su Sheng was a monster, but seeing him deal over a million damage while he still looked disgusted, they felt like they'd been hit by a Weak Point Critical Hit.

If they could deal 100k damage they'd be happy, but this guy Mo Wen Qianchen dealt over a million and still wasn't satisfied.

…

The boss's Hate Value remained fixed on Huang Mingxin, but it no longer mattered.

Lion Hunt has been activated.

Five minutes…

The boss's remaining HP definitely couldn't last five minutes.

The upcoming rhythm seemed to return to the previous combat state!

But there's still one hurdle: whether the boss's final 10% HP will trigger berserk.

After about tens of seconds, the boss's HP dropped to 10%!

Everyone, including Su Sheng, braced themselves.

But, apparently…

Everyone was overthinking it; the boss showed no other abnormalities and continued attacking Huang Mingxin.

Indeed, this boss is a special case, lacking the traditional HP axis mechanism.

With only 10% HP left, there was hardly any need to struggle.

It was easy—its HP was cleared straight away!

"The Abyssal Gate will open again!!"

When its HP hit zero, the boss actually shouted a line before turning into a wisp of black smoke and dissipating.

Ding~

Congratulations to the player for clearing the dungeon…

As the boss turned into black smoke and dissipated, the dungeon clearance prompt finally sounded in the ears.

But now everyone's concern isn't the dungeon clearance prompt, but another server-wide announcement.

Ding~

Server Announcement: The player squad successfully stabilized the Magic Cave seal and cleared the sealed Magic Cave dungeon.

Dungeon: Magic Cave seal, becoming a Huangcheng Solidified Instance.

…

In an instant, the entire domestic server erupted!

The forum and world channel instantly flooded with posts about this dungeon solidification.

Once again we saw a solidified dungeon, and this time it was actually in Huangcheng; being able to solidify in Huangcheng means this dungeon will span roughly levels 80 to 100.

Su Sheng also couldn't help but smile; it seems he wasn't wrong—the ultimate reward for this unique quest is a Solidified Instance!!

Some old hero must be crying his eyes out, right?