Chapter 339: Ascending Mushroom Cloud

20 seconds.

The puppet BOSS's berserk phase, with the continuous bombardment, lasted only 20 seconds.

Su Sheng curled his lip and said, "That's all."

Other than a larger area and slightly higher damage, there's nothing else.

Then Su Sheng looked at the still‑lying puppet BOSS and, without hesitation, activated the Shield Rush skill.

While you're weakened, I'm going to finish you off!

Su Sheng noticed that under this form the BOSS's core was basically exposed, so an attack would likely deal massive damage.

Su Sheng also wanted to see if he could finish off the last ten percent of its HP before the BOSS reverts, but that relied on the BOSS's 20‑second regeneration not taking effect; otherwise Su Sheng would have gotten a scalp‑tingling shock.

"The BOSS's burst phase is over, let's go help with the damage!"

"Look, Chairman Mo Wen rushed over at once; sure enough, he's prepared to output damage immediately."

The members of the Dream Building Squad saw this and hurried to catch up.

Approaching~

One shot.

But the spear hadn't hit yet, and Su Sheng suddenly showed a strange expression.

Beep beep beep...

Warning...

Warning...

At this moment the BOSS still looked exactly as it did at the start, its whole body flashing red light, emitting beeps and warnings, showing no sign of reassembly.

This scene felt oddly familiar to Su Sheng.

No!

Swish~

Su Sheng immediately stopped the pistol attack; the force had already been released, and luckily this is a game, because in reality you couldn't force a spear that's already thrust out to retract.

He then turned around, ready to flee.

But immediately, Su Sheng felt an astonishing heat coming from behind.

Damn!

Too late!

As Su Sheng turned, he immediately saw the Dream Building Squad, faces excited, ready to rush in and deal damage.

They'd been stuck on this BOSS for so long; now they finally have a chance to clear it—could they not be excited?

"Don't come!"

Su Sheng let out a roar.

Then he spun rapidly, Shield Raise!

Defensive Stance! Can't run away! Even while still in Hunting Stance.

The bewildered suan ni perched on Su Sheng's head was also yanked down by Su Sheng and returned to his pet space.

Boom!!!

Immediately after, the puddle of puppet BOSS before him flickered with raging magical energy.

The Dream Building Squad members were startled; though they didn't understand why, their long‑standing obedience to Su Sheng's commands made all five of them halt instantly.

Zhu Meng Junjie opened his mouth, about to ask.

A blinding flash rose up at the BOSS's location.

Then a small mushroom cloud rose at the flash's spot; Su Sheng, holding Shield Raise in Defensive Stance, was instantly engulfed by the light.

"Damn!"

"Exploded?"

"What the heck?"

The mushroom cloud covered nearly twenty yards.

A strong gust slammed into their faces, whipping several people's hair into wild flight.

"Glug~"

All five members of the Dream Building Squad swallowed.

At their speed, if Chairman Mo Wen hadn't shouted a stop, Zhu Meng Ali and Zhu Meng Qipaoshui would certainly have rushed in.

At the moment of the explosion, they seemed to see an absurdly huge damage number floating above Chairman Mo Wen's head.

All five opened their combat alerts.

-112333

110,000!

"Chairman Mo Wen..."

"It's fine, Chairman Mo Wen wasn't blown up."

When they saw the damage number, they were briefly nervous, then realized that the Qian Chen associated with Chairman Mo Wen hadn't been killed.

Over a hundred thousand damage and still alive?

At this stage there can't be that much HP, so it must be a Bottom Card for survival.

"Pfft..."

Su Sheng, looking dusty and grimy, stared at the big crater before him, where a few glows shone at the bottom.

In the end, the Pseudo Nirvana Skill was still given up.

That's going too far, raging and then self‑destructing?

The paralysis state set earlier in the story was just a bait for players.

Any person with a normal way of thinking would take this stage to start dealing damage, right?

Who the hell could've thought this was a trap.

It's downright inhuman!

"Chairman Mo Wen, what do you think?"

At this moment, the Dream Building Squad members leaned over.

They've already seen the kill notification, indicating the BOSS is dead.

"No big deal, let's see what the BOSS dropped," Su Sheng waved his hand, releasing the little Suan Ni from the pet space. The instant it emerged, the little creature gave Su Sheng a plaintive look, then jumped onto Su Sheng's head and settled there again.

It doesn't like staying in the pet space.

Su Sheng saw the Suan Ni roll its eyes, a creature that doesn't recognize a good heart.

If Su Sheng hadn't summoned the Suan Ni back to the pet space, it would definitely have been killed by that explosion.

When a pet dies it also loses its level, and it can't be summoned again until half an hour later. Seeing the little guy nearing level 40, Su Sheng finally summoned it back.

Had I known it would be like this, I should've let the little guy take a blast once, so it could see how treacherous human hearts are.

"Ahem, Chairman Mo Wen, you should go collect the loot; it's all yours," Zhu Meng Junjie coughed lightly.

Su Sheng picks the loot first; that's how they cooperated before, unless it's a quest item.

"No problem, we're all comrades, you go pick it up first."

"This BOSS is level 58; even if there are good items, the level is probably a bit high," Su Sheng said, looking at the equipment at the bottom of the pit.

The highest tier is only purple, and with such a high level, even with a Heavenly Craft Stone it probably can't be equipped.

As for the Divine Craftsman Stone, whether it exists or not is another matter, but even if it does, it wouldn't be wasted on this gear; Su Sheng's mysterious ring is still waiting for one.

Su Sheng really has no particular thoughts.

"This..."

Zhu Meng Junjie hesitated a bit.

"It's fine, you go ahead; if there's something suitable for me, I'll just pick one."

"If the rest is useless to you, you can also stash it in the guild warehouse for contribution points," Su Sheng waved.

"Alright."

In the end, Zhu Meng Junjie nodded in agreement and walked toward the pit.

It wasn't deep, just a shallow circular dent a little over a meter across.

This...

Joining Yanhuang does seem to have quite a few benefits.

At least Mo Wen the great god has been much more generous to them, treating them as his own people.

Previously Mo Wen the great god helped them, but he'll never be polite about taking what's due.

The members of the Dream Building Squad couldn't help but think that.

Regarding Yanhuang, they couldn't help but feel a slight sense of belonging.

Now that you're in, don't even think about running.

Take it slow; you can't rush it.

The Dream Building Squad is already a dish on Yanhuang's plate.

Intense white light flared up.

A terrifying black aura surged like a tide, striking the Qiancheng Muxue players.

Whether it's a defending knight or any other class, touching it is almost certain death.

This is the hateful demon's Final Rage....

The Qiancheng Muxue players at the core were swept up in the black aura wave within moments, three to four hundred of them, and none could withstand it.