Chapter 163: Cage

The BOSS's HP quickly dropped to fifty percent.

The Yin‑Yang Taoist once again hovered half a meter above the ground.

When everyone skillfully prepared to rotate shifts, this time the BOSS's words changed.

"Yin Yang Dual Birth, yin contains yang, yang bears yin."

Swish—

A Tai Chi Yin‑Yang Fish encircled the BOSS; immediately the Taoist BOSS stayed aloft, sitting cross‑legged within the floating Tai Chi Yin‑Yang Fish, and his robe reverted to its original black‑and‑white colors.

What's going on?

Everyone looked at each other.

Su Sheng noticed that the Yin‑Yang Fish had two gauges, one above and one below; the upper gauge was empty and was slowly gaining thin strands of white, while the lower gauge was black.

Su Sheng recalled the puppet BOSS from the Demon Energy Castle earlier.

"Kong Lang! Huan Jie! Deal damage with me, knock out the black gauge below!"

Su Sheng immediately launched an attack, and it helped that the BOSS was only hovering half a meter; otherwise he couldn't reach it.

Lin Huan and Chen Guan heard and, without hesitation, rushed to deal damage.

Puff—

Sure enough, as the three of them dealt damage, the black gauge beneath the Tai Chi Yin‑Yang Fish fell rapidly.

Li Wenwan, seeing this, joined the fun and tossed a fireball over.

"Sister Wenwan, stop!" Su Sheng hurriedly shouted, but it was too late; the fireball still struck.

Clang—

As Li Wenwan's fireball exploded on the Tai Chi Yin‑Yang Fish, the black gauge below remained unchanged, while the white gauge that had been slowly rising shot upward in a sudden surge.

Seeing this, Li Wenwan realized she had made things worse, stuck out her tongue apologetically and set her staff down; fortunately the attack was only a minor skill, not a major one, or she would have been in trouble.

The white gauge continued to rise slowly.

"Everyone, push harder; before the white gauge fills, we must knock out the black gauge!"

Su Sheng spoke to rally them.

But fortunately, given the momentum, the white gauge was only about a third full, so the black gauge could be cleared.

Under the vigorous damage from Su Sheng, Lin Huan, and Chen Guan, the black gauge beneath the Yin‑Yang Fish finally reached zero.

But at that moment, the Yin‑Yang Taoist BOSS moved again, gesturing with both hands as if shifting the upper and lower.

"Yin Yang Shift!"

The floating Tai Chi Yin‑Yang Fish slowly rotated, placing the empty black gauge at the top where it began to grow slowly, while only a third of the white gauge moved to the bottom.

Perhaps because the white gauge wasn't full, the black gauge's growth was especially sluggish.

"Kong Lang, Huan Jie, stop!"

Su Sheng quickly called for the two to cease.

Having seen Li Wenwan's blunder earlier, the two instantly guessed what would happen and halted their attacks.

"Sister Wenwan, it's your turn!" Su Sheng looked at Li Wenwan.

"Alright!" Li Wenwan smiled and raised her staff.

Screech!

A sharp phoenix cry!

She went straight for a big move.

A fire phoenix slammed into the Yin‑Yang Fish, and the white gauge below dropped a large chunk instantly.

Su Sheng couldn't help but give Li Wenwan a thumbs‑up.

Li Wenwan showed a faint smile, holding her staff aloft.

Gauge!

Two seconds later!

Boom!

A massive fire sphere nearly five meters in diameter fell from the sky, smashing hard into the Yin‑Yang Fish.

This was Li Wenwan's Phoenix Blood Mage level‑30 skill.

The white gauge almost instantly hit zero.

Li Wenwan kept swinging her staff, sending a fireball that completely eliminated the last bit of the white gauge.

As for the mage's other skill series—ice balls, lightning strikes, etc. —Li Wenwan hardly used them; she would only employ ordinary fire skills occasionally.

Because she is a Phoenix Blood Mage, Li Wenwan gains extra bonuses to fire skills; other series give none, and ice skills even weaken, so why waste mana?

Moreover, the Phoenix Flame passive triggers only with fire skills.

Boom!

The Tai Chi Yin‑Yang Fish shattered violently as both the black and white gauges were completely cleared.

The Yin‑Yang Taoist BOSS reappeared again.

Then the battle rhythm shifted back into the familiar black‑and‑white day‑night swap.

After figuring out this BOSS's mechanics, its difficulty isn't really high.

Of course, that's only relative to Su Sheng's squad.

A different squad would definitely be in trouble.

After all, few can withstand this BOSS's damage at this stage.

The black‑and‑white physical and magical damage conversion means that even a slight shortfall in damage can't curb the BOSS's healing, and even without Li Wenwan's Phoenix Flame passive suppressing its regen, it would still be fierce.

At least it's a level‑40 Pseudo Commander-level BOSS.

As time passes, the BOSS's HP slowly decreases.

When it nears ten percent, Su Sheng warns, "Everyone, pay attention: at ten percent it may go berserk, and we don't even know what the berserk skill is, so be careful."

When it was at fifty percent HP before, we disrupted the rhythm of the black‑and‑white robe; now the Yin‑Yang Taoist BOSS is in black‑robe mode, immune to magic.

"Huan Jie, Kong Lang, stay far away; Huang Mingxin, just heal me from maximum range."

"With this last bit of HP, I should be able to suppress it."

Su Sheng made the arrangement.

As for Li Wenwan, since the BOSS is currently magic‑immune, Li Wenwan had already dodged away.

"Alright, be careful," Lin Huan said, nodding after firing the final arrow.

The BOSS is left with only about eleven to twelve percent HP.

Dropping another one percent could trigger berserk.

If it weren't for Huang Mingxin's Healing Technique, I couldn't hold on myself; Su Sheng even considered having Huang Mingxin stay farther away.

Nevertheless, Su Sheng still instructed, "Huang Mingxin, when the BOSS's HP reaches ten percent, turn around and run!"

Huang Mingxin moved to maximum range and nodded.

After all, it's the berserk of a level‑40 pseudo‑commander BOSS; we must handle it carefully.

Deadly Lion Fang!

Rend!

Luck is pretty good!

Attack!

Binding Blade!

Anyway, we don't know the exact weak point, just keep hitting.

Swoosh~

A sword is delivered.

The BOSS's HP is officially locked at ten percent!

Boom!

In an instant, a black‑white Yin‑Yang Fish emerges from the BOSS.

"Yin‑Yang Reversal, you really are bold!"

"Ugh ugh~"

The BOSS seems to let out a wail, and its black robe turns into black and white.

"Join me, and return to void!"

Black‑white flames begin to rise, and the BOSS's HP drops rapidly while its dual‑colored robe slowly dissipates.

A yellow sigil flies out immediately.

It moves very fast.

"I'm going!"

Su Sheng sees the yellow talisman and prepares to run, because it's familiar.

But as Su Sheng turns, the yellow talisman explodes.

Boom!

Prison Cage Talisman!

A tan‑colored dome immediately encloses Su Sheng.

The area is huge!

Far surpassing the Prison Cage Talisman used by the former Higan Flower Guild's Higan Walker and the Demon Suppression Division chief.