Chapter 44: Flame Kun Ge

The rousing BGM drew everyone's attention.

Turning around, they saw that where the demonic roosters had been, a gigantic two‑meter‑tall Da Gong Ji fell from the sky.

Its massive wings flapped, stirring gusts of wind.

Kun Ge makes his entrance, complete with his own BGM!

BOSS!

The location of that big tree should be the mission target, but they're still far from it.

So this Dungeon has more than one BOSS.

The Da Gong Ji that landed looks very proud.

Its fiery red feathers are vivid, looking like bursts of leaping flames.

Moreover, the comb atop its head is replaced by a blazing flame, and the flame… is split down the middle.

Su Sheng seems to vaguely see a former companion's figure, almost…

"What a beautiful Da Gong Ji." Huang Mingxin, looking at the rooster, instinctively praised.

"Indeed, it's quite wondrous."

Su Wenhao also nodded.

"Huan Jie."

Su Sheng immediately raised his sword and shield.

Swish~

A sharp arrow pierces the air.

Phoenix Flame Rooster King (Normal BOSS)

Level: 20

Attack: 330

Defense: 320

HP: 120000

Skills: Phoenix Breath Feather, Phoenix Breath Flame

Description: The king among Da Gong Ji, infused with phoenix breath, has gained the Divine Phoenix's flame ability.

Both attack and defense are high, but still within Su Sheng's tolerance.

After level 15, Lin Huan can also read this BOSS's attribute panel.

With 120,000 HP, a Normal BOSS recovers 600 HP per second.

With such high defense, aside from Su Sheng, others likely can't break through.

And judging by the skills, they all seem magical.

Cluck~

The attacked Da Gong Ji flapped its wings, sending a wave of wind outward.

At the same time, two red beams, moving at extreme speed, hurled toward Lin Huan.

Fortunately, Su Sheng was standing in front of Lin Huan from the start.

Shield Raise!

Now!

A deafening boom.

Su Sheng's whole body shivered.

The red light was blocked by the Dragon Scale Shield.

Block Exemption check in progress.

Check failed.

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A huge red number leapt out above Su Sheng's head.

At this moment, two fiery red feathers could be clearly seen lodged in Su Sheng's Dragon Scale Shield.

Phoenix Breath Feather!

Opening the skill right on sight!

Moreover, Su Sheng's combined defense is 375, yet this time the Block check didn't succeed, and it still dealt over four hundred damage.

Although the Block failed, some damage was still exempted,

meaning the skill's multiplier is close to three times, and the actual damage is roughly a thousand HP.

An ordinary knight would be instantly killed.

Let alone Lin Huan, whose HP is only a thousand and is a fragile archer.

Good fellow, if Su Sheng hadn't been a bit cautious, Lin Huan would have been instantly killed.

Swish~

A green light flashed, raising Su Sheng's HP a bit.

Huang Mingxin, as Huakai's chief priest, reacted promptly.

Immediately, Mom Huang Hui followed suit, casting a Healing Technique.

Su Sheng's HP has basically been restored.

"Everyone be careful, keep some distance; the BOSS's skill could one‑shot you." Su Sheng turned and warned.

Lin Huan nodded; basically only he remained within combat range.

While finishing Su Sheng's heal, Huang Mingxin had already pulled Su Ba and Su Mom out of combat range.

Su Sheng directly raised his middle finger at the Da Gong Ji BOSS.

Knight skill, Taunt!

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Forced a little damage, but greatly attracted monster aggro.

However many BOSS have aggro loss or aggro reset mechanics, and some also have a kill mechanism.

Cackle!

The Da Gong Ji instantly glared with angry eyes, staring at Su Sheng.

Su Sheng Shield Raise, then charged forward.

But at that moment, the flame on the Da Gong Ji BOSS's crest flickered, and the Da Gong Ji opened its mouth and spewed a flame.

Oh my, flame‑spitting Da Gong Ji!

This is clearly another BOSS skill, Phoenix Breath Flame.

With his Shield, Su Sheng kept advancing through the fire line.

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At the start, two skills were used immediately; this BOSS's mechanics are overpowered, and the skill's multiplier feels higher than the previous feather.

Moreover, it also carries a burning debuff that loses 30 HP per second.

And both skills are magical damage.

If it were a normal assault team, this opening would already require losing two members.

There's simply no way to fight it.

And it seems this is not even the final BOSS.

When Su Sheng Shield Raise reached the Da Gong Ji BOSS, even Su Sheng was down to nearly half health.

Su Sheng didn't hold back, Fang strikes!

He jabbed directly at the Da Gong Ji's crest, and from clearing ordinary roosters before, he already knew the crest is the weak point of these Da Gong Ji.

Even as a BOSS, it should remain unchanged, even if now it's a split‑style flame.

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The fact proves Su Sheng didn't guess wrong.

Weak Point Critical Hit!

Heroic Strike, Sweep.

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Normal Attack!

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Normal Attack! Weak Point Critical Hit!

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In just a one‑second glance, Su Sheng reduced the BOSS by over five thousand HP.

Terrifying indeed!

Cackle!

The split‑style hair was messed up.

Kun Ge, very angry.

Jumped up and clawed.

Block Exemption!

Skills can't be blocked, but this normal attack is still easy.

Aggro has fully settled on Su Sheng, and Huang Mingxin came up to heal Su Sheng.

A priest over level 10 still lacks Purification, and can only stare at the debuff.

Lin Huan also started drawing bow and arrow for damage, aiming at the crest as much as possible.

Su Ba and Su Ma only started to come up and try to help at this point.

Su Ba and Su Wenhao's Binding Talisman, being a BOSS template, was directly resisted by toughness; the 2‑second Stasis became only a little over one second.

And with several more Stasis applications.

Stasis time was almost gone.

This is the BOSS template's toughness resistance to Control Skill.

This Da Gong Ji BOSS has high attack, low defense, and its two magical skills with extremely high damage are its traits.

Moreover it has innate magical penetration; Su Sheng's 375 dual defense struggles to withstand these two skills.

However the problem isn't big; behind Su Sheng are two priests, and although Mom lacks technique, the healing skill is still fine.

Also this Da Gong Ji BOSS has no other complicated mechanisms.

Two instant‑kill skills at the start are its core difficulty.

After about five minutes, with Su Sheng's final blow, the Da Gong Ji let out a terrible scream and fell.

Su Sheng looked back at everyone, feeling a bit emotional, still comfortable with the team.

If only relying on Su Sheng himself, it would definitely take a lot of effort; mainly because that penetration skill is too much to handle.

Su Sheng felt somewhat moved, glanced back, and estimated that the upcoming BOSS would be even harder.

The difficulty of this dungeon is somewhat beyond the syllabus.