Chapter 186: Wooden Frame?

How should I put it…

This is the most sloppy BOSS Su Sheng has ever seen.

Rather than call it a BOSS, it's more like a wooden puppet assembled from wooden frames, its joints wrapped in Demon Energy, looking as if the Demon Energy barely stitches the pieces of wood together.

And at a glance you can tell the material of this wooden puppet is the red cedar wood.

Inside the puppet, a few Demon Craftsmen fixed by Demon Energy can be seen controlling it.

A pile of wooden frames, plus a few Demon Craftsmen minions, plus some wrapped Demon Energy, together form this BOSS.

But it looks huge.

About seven or eight meters tall.

Attack power is fairly high, 900+.

Defense…

100.

?? Seriously?

But its HP reaches over a million; a Normal BOSS with a million HP is a bit excessive.

Also, at the end of the BOSS panel, there's a note.

(Siege Engine, unfinished.)

No wonder the monsters here are Demon Craftsmen; they're apparently building siege engines here, and this wooden frame is so crude.

Turns out it's an unfinished piece.

It's likely that during the Demon Siege of Hongshan Town, these engines will appear.

But if I destroy this Dungeon…

I won't know whether the Demon Siege later will still have these siege engines.

However, Su Sheng assumes that if he breaks through this Dungeon, it's highly likely that future Demon Sieges of Hongshan Town won't feature these siege engines.

In that case, the players of Hongshan Town should thank him; even though he "ate" the one‑off Dungeon of Hongshan Town, he at least helped eliminate a future threat.

"Spawn!"

Su Sheng immediately brandishes his sword and raises his shield!

Shield Rush!

-1517

-120 (wound)

The BOSS has just over a hundred defense, essentially zero.

The only tricky part is the million‑plus HP, and then…

Su Sheng is at a loss for how to proceed.

Fang!

-2457

Deadly Lion Fang!

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-241 (wound)

It's too massive—just a few wooden frames stacked together, and Su Sheng has no idea where its weak spot is.

If he doesn't hit the weak spot, Su Sheng's attack isn't bad, but against a million‑plus HP bar it's insufficient; although a Normal BOSS regenerates 0.05% per second, with a million HP that still means 5,000 HP per second.

Moreover, Rend didn't trigger.

These wooden frames don't seem to bleed either.

It should be possible; this game isn't that realistic—previously Skeleton Frames could trigger Rend.

Su Sheng repeatedly tested several spots, even the Demon Energy linking the wood blocks, but still none counted as a Weak Spot Attack.

Whoa~

The BOSS's attack arrives.

Su Sheng glances at it without concern; after all, the BOSS's attack is only 900, and Su Sheng's defense, boosted by Huang Mingxin's buff, is nearing 1,400+.

Logically, this BOSS shouldn't break his defense.

Now Su Sheng's lavish gear is almost entirely purple; at the BOSS tier, aside from HP, he's roughly on par with a level‑35 Commander-level BOSS.

Moreover, this siege engine BOSS attacks by swinging two massive "arms" down—essentially two huge red‑capped wooden trunks linked by Demon Energy—its attack speed is abnormally slow, and Su Sheng can easily dodge when it raises them.

But relying on numerical superiority, Su Sheng makes no move and continues to output damage.

Boom!

-171

A massive wooden rod slams down; seeing the Forceful Heavy Pressure, Su Sheng steps aside a bit—after all, the pain gauge is at 70%, such a huge rod should hurt.

Although it doesn't hit Su Sheng directly, the huge rod striking the ground generates a circular shockwave.

The shockwave spreads, Su Sheng loses balance, and over a hundred damage flashes on him.

Su Sheng is surprised—this can break defense? Could this be a skill too?

Without giving Su Sheng time to think, another wooden rod comes crashing down.

Boom!

-168!

Again the same shockwave.

It reverberates within a 3×3 area, and Su Sheng's stance wavers again.

Su Sheng creates a bit more distance and looks at the BOSS as it sluggishly raises its "arms" again.

Boom!

Shockwave!

Got!

Su Sheng has come to understand that, although this BOSS is clumsy, each strike is Forceful Heavy Pressure, forcibly unbalancing the impact; truly a siege weapon.

At the same time Su Sheng noticed the Demon Craftsmen operating inside the wooden frame; could their weakness be those Demon Craftsmen, perhaps because they are unfinished products, as there is no protection around them, leaving them exposed.

But they're too high. Those Demon Craftsmen are at the top of the wooden frame, nearly five meters up, and Su Sheng can't reach them at all.

Screech~!

A massive Fire Phoenix charges forward.

-17811!

(Counter!)

Damage is unexpectedly high, countering damage!

Right, it's just a wooden frame; wood is definitely afraid of fire.

Whoosh~

A layer of pale red flame quickly envelops the BOSS's whole body, triggering Phoenix Flame.

-200

-200

-200

Even the damage caused by Phoenix Flame has increased a lot, and it also suppresses healing.

Swish~

At this moment, Su Ba and Su Wenhao's various talismans also explode, dealing considerable damage; a single hit may not match Su Sheng's, but they can frequently trigger two stages, and the damage barely catches up with Su Sheng.

Yin Yang Dual Birth, really perverse enough.

Comparing like this, Su Sheng feels his Lion Knight seems just the same.

"Li Wenwan, go for it, I'm counting on you!"

Su Sheng flips the middle finger at the BOSS.

-1

Taunt!

Li Wenwan's pure fire output precisely counters this 'wooden frame', so she can comfortably take the T position.

Fang!

Rend Trigger!

-50

-50

-50

It's unknown how many attacks there were, but Rend finally triggered; Su Sheng shakes his head helplessly. Although it can trigger, this BOSS likely has resistance to Rend, making the trigger chance pitifully low.

Fortunately, perhaps due to the counter relationship, Li Wenwan's attacks have a very high chance to trigger Phoenix Flame.

At the same time Su Sheng also noticed Su Ba's Yin Yang Taoist's shortcoming: like Shen Yang's Hidden Class, it doesn't have any special abnormal status to suppress the BOSS's healing.

It seems not all Hidden Classes have the ability to suppress the BOSS's healing.

Even so, the Yin Yang Taoist and Shen Yang's Shadow Walker are both very distinctive.

The Yin Yang Taoist should be a damage dealer, with a focus on heat control.

That Yin Yang Slowing Talisman can directly turn the monster into a turtle...

Boom!

As a fireball explodes, the BOSS's health drops by 90%!

Clack clack~

Health Axis Trigger...