Chapter 22: Roar

Can't block it?

Again!

The unyielding Su Sheng raises his Shield again; his HP is still healthy, so there's room for error.

Shield Raise! Bow stance!

Boom!

A massive greatsword slashes down; Su Sheng feels his whole body shudder and releases the maintained Block stance.

Block check failed.

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A massive damage number popped up over Su Sheng's head.

The terrifying damage was only survivable because Su Sheng's gear isn't bad; otherwise these two hits would have killed a regular player.

Even Su Sheng lost half his HP.

But it's not a big problem; after stepping back, Su Sheng looked at the bandit boss before him.

If an ordinary player without a full party faced this bandit boss, they'd be at a loss.

Yet Su Sheng still has a way; this bandit boss is clearly a high‑attack, high‑defense template, but correspondingly very clumsy.

A regular knight would have no way.

But Su Sheng has Lion Hunt!

Although it hasn't been used for PvP for two hours, the Dungeon calculates cooldowns separately, and when a player enters a Dungeon, all skill cooldowns reset.

Now, Su Sheng's Lion Hunt skill can still be used.

Then, finish the battle within five minutes!

Lion Hunt!

Activate!

Instant agility, synchronizing offense and defense balance, reached 185.

At this level, even a fully agile assassin couldn't have this agility.

Fang!

First, see if triggering Rend can suppress the boss's healing.

400 HP per second healing is a headache; if it can be suppressed, the strategy becomes much easier.

Even if Rend only suppresses for 5 seconds, that's a 2,000‑HP difference.

With a step, Su Sheng turned directly to the boss's back, his long sword turning into a Fang that struck the back of the boss's neck hard.

Such high agility made Su Sheng instinctively revert to the assassin mode from the era of warlords, attacking the weak point from behind.

Weak Point Critical Hit!

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Wolf Fang Pendant's healing effect triggered.

Rend triggered!

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Fortunately, the suppression effect still exists; the bleeding duration does not heal.

Nevertheless, Su Sheng's Novice Long Sword continues to strike.

Sweep! Sweep!

The agility boost greatly increased attack speed, and under Free Mode, Su Sheng can easily soften attack Stiffness,

originally a 2‑attacks‑per‑second rate, Su Sheng can raise it to 3–4.

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Three numbers per second already exceed the boss's per‑second healing rate.

Moreover, the Wolf Fang Pendant continuously provides lifesteal to Su Sheng.

Thus, within five minutes, there is a chance to finish the battle.

Clear!

The boss swings a great sword, but Su Sheng's 185 agility lets him treat the knight‑template character as an assassin.

Miss!

Empty!

"Ah, you little fry!"

Swing!

Miss!

Su Sheng is confident that before the hunting state ends, the boss's attacks won't touch him.

At this moment, Su Sheng is like a precise machine, each attack landing precisely on the boss's back‑neck.

And each time the boss attacks, it must turn sluggishly, searching for Su Sheng.

But when he caught sight of Su Sheng and swung his attacking hand, Su Sheng was already behind him again.

Shadow Step!

The typical move of an assassin player was literally executed by Su Sheng with a knight, and it was used on this BOSS.

As time passed, the Mountain Bandit Leader's HP quickly dropped to fifty percent.

At this moment, Su Sheng's Lion Hunt still had three minutes remaining.

More than enough!

Just then, the Mountain Bandit Leader, panting heavily, planted his great sword into the ground and stared wide‑eyed.

Su Sheng knew the BOSS was about to use a skill.

Forceful Heavy Pressure and Furious Slash, Su Sheng had already experienced.

So, only a Roar Skill remained; it seemed to be another control skill, but it only activates at fifty percent HP, which feels off.

Being cautious, after finally landing a Fang Skill, Su Sheng retreated a short distance.

"Hey! You leaping little thief, if you have the guts, face me one‑on‑one!"

The Mountain Bandit Leader pointed at Su Sheng and shouted profusely, while a sound wave surged toward him.

It looked like a control skill.

Boom!

The sound wave struck Su Sheng.

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Damage, not high.

The Wolf Fang Pendant's lifesteal, plus automatic regeneration, filled Su Sheng's HP.

This time, not too exaggerated.

But immediately after, Su Sheng's complexion darkened slightly.

You have no sense of martial virtue!

System Notification:

Due to the Mountain Bandit Leader's Roar, courage lost, your attack and defense drop fifty percent for 30 seconds.

deBuff!

Su Sheng thought it was a control‑type skill, but it turned out to be a deBUFF.

It reduces attack and defense by almost half.

For anyone, that's fatal.

However, Su Sheng glanced at Agility; fortunately the Lion Hunt's agility boost was unchanged.

Anyway, the Mountain Bandit Leader can't reach him; for thirty seconds, though attack and defense are lowered, suppressing the opponent's healing shouldn't be a problem.

So, Su Sheng surged forward again.

The next round of battle resumed.

Shadow Step!

Although the damage was greatly reduced.

Nevertheless it can barely suppress the BOSS's healing; of course the biggest contributor is the occasional Rend triggered by the Fang.

While the Mountain Bandit Leader fumed, the thirty‑second deBuff finally expired.

Fang!

Heroic Strike!

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Shield Strike!

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The Shield Strike skill, with a defense value of 170%, is not a low multiplier, but because the Shield is huge it can only hit the back of the head; this isn't a weak‑point hit, and is weaker than a normal attack that lands on a weak point.

So Su Sheng uses it sparingly.

However, this time its use pleasantly surprised Su Sheng.

With that Shield Strike, a string of star icons appeared over the Mountain Bandit Leader's head, and his movements abruptly halted.

Dizziness!

It actually triggered Dizziness.

It was a pleasant surprise, since the BOSS's template normally has relatively high resistance to such abnormal states.

So, this time landing a Dizziness status was really lucky.

The long sword is drawn.

With the BOSS in Dizziness, Su Sheng need not Prediction; he rained crazy damage on the Mountain Bandit Leader's neck.

Without needing Prediction, Su Sheng could just unleash freely.

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Three seconds—the BOSS's Dizziness lasts only three seconds.

But in those three seconds, Su Sheng achieved peak attack speed, striking twelve times.

After all, it doesn't need Prediction, just mindless attack.