Chapter 46: Mystic Bird

The facts proved that everyone's speculation was not wrong.

As the last red giant peacock was slain, a soaring BGM rang out.

A massive silhouette leapt down from the fire‑red phoenix tree.

Is this… a bird?

Overall it looks like a peacock, but it differs greatly from a peacock.

However, its whole body is fire‑red, and atop its head burns a flickering flame reminiscent of the Da Gong Ji BOSS.

Taunt!

This time, Lin Huan didn't get a chance to act.

Su Sheng tossed a Taunt straight away.

He raised his middle finger.

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1 point of Force Flash damage.

I have to say the knight's Taunt skill is probably the knight's only ranged skill.

Phoenix Flame Mystic Bird (Elite BOSS)

Level: 25

Attack:??

Defense:??

HP:??

Skills:??

Description: A peacock that absorbed the flame left by the Divine Phoenix, its life form evolved into a Mystic Bird.

A sea of question marks.

Swish~

Familiar red light shot out at high speed from the Mystic Bird BOSS's tail feathers.

The same skill as that Da Gong Ji.

Indeed!

Shield Raise!

Now!

Block failed, saving throw in progress.

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Terrifying damage!

This damage is far scarier than that Da Gong Ji's.

In an instant Su Sheng lost half his HP.

Swish swish~

Two Healing Techniques fell simultaneously.

Su Sheng's HP recovered by a large margin.

+2200

A green number popped out from the Mystic Bird BOSS's head; although it only restored 1 HP, the BOSS template's regeneration still applied.

But the Elite BOSS regenerates 1% HP per second until full.

It can be calculated that this Mystic Bird BOSS has a full 220,000 HP.

Hard to beat.

But the reward is definitely high.

Su Sheng felt a bit excited.

"Be careful, you all!"

Su Sheng held his shield and charged forward with his sword.

Whoosh~

A line of fire surged forward.

Again the Da Gong Ji BOSS's Three Axe, spewing fire!

Shield can't block!

This was already verified during the Da Gong Ji BOSS.

So Su Sheng changed tactics, not raising his shield, but staring fixedly at the direction of the incoming flames.

At the instant the flame neared, Su Sheng instantly crouched and performed a Donkey Roll.

In Free Mode, this maneuver is entirely doable.

Miss!

The flame behind Su Sheng left a large charred patch where he had stood.

Force Flash!

Seeing Su Sheng's move, Lin Huan's eyes lit up.

This is also a high‑difficulty maneuver like Swimming Dragon Body or Shadow‑Step, not a skill but harder to master than any skill.

Force Flash, as the name suggests, is a forced dodge.

For regular projectile skills, like a Mage's Fireball or an archer's arrow, Swimming Dragon Body can dodge the vast majority.

But for lock‑on skills, if Swimming Dragon Body dodges, the skill also adjusts its trajectory.

Similar to this moment, the Mystic Bird's fire line, if Su Sheng dodges, the Mystic Bird will naturally shake its head and chase to burn.

So at this moment, Force Flash was born.

Even if it's a lock-on tracking skill, adjusting the angle still takes some time.

At the instant the skill arrives, directly dodge with a large magnitude, leaving no room for the skill to adjust its magnitude—this is Force Flash, forced dodge!

Too fast won't work; if the dodge is too quick, they'll adjust the magnitude; too slow also won't work; if too slow, you'll get hit.

So this technique doesn't depend on speed; it purely tests your grasp of timing.

"Impressive."

Huang Mingxin also spoke up in praise.

Huakai, having risen from the ranks of the heroes all the way, can naturally see the value of this maneuver.

"Alright, go ahead and attack the boss with peace of mind."

Lin Huan likewise praised in his heart, while also feeling curious—Ah Sheng… is this really your first time entering the game? These game techniques are even more familiar to you than to me.

At least, as for Force Flash, Lin Huan doubts she could do it—she herself is a famed honorary nickname player.

By this time, Su Sheng had already closed in to face the Mystic Bird BOSS.

Draw sword, normal attack!

The novice wooden sword struck the Mystic Bird BOSS's body.

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"…"

How long has it been.

Su Sheng somewhat wistfully gazed at that white damage number; feeling that, after reaching Level 18 and allocating points, his 379 attack power actually couldn't break through defense.

He himself didn't even remember how long it had been since he last dealt white damage.

This level‑25 boss must be pretty abnormal, but after all, it's only natural to give some respect to an elite BOSS.

No problem, this is just a probing attack; right after, the long sword thrust toward the Mystic Bird's eyes.

Fang!

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Weak point damage, no critical hit—a pity; moreover, Rend didn't trigger, otherwise it could have suppressed the BOSS's healing a bit.

Five seconds, capable of suppressing tens of thousands of healing.

Sweep, normal attack.

Normal attack!

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None were critical hits.

In one second, his attack could barely suppress the BOSS's healing.

Su Sheng felt depressed.

Looks like we're in for another grueling siege battle.

We must rely on weak point critical hits.

Shield Strike!

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Critical hit!

Stun!

Su Sheng opened his mouth, wondering what the heck?

Hitting the weak point without a critical hit, just slap the shield once, and it still crits—and also stuns at the same time.

After all, Shield Strike—with such a huge shield, even Su Sheng can't precisely control hitting the weak point.

Whoosh—

Sounds of tearing through the air came one after another.

Lin Huan immediately seized the opportunity when the BOSS was stunned by Shield Strike, and unleashed a burst of output onto the Mystic Bird BOSS's eyes.

Triple Arrow!

Shock Arrow!

Normal attack!

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Weak point critical hit, weak point critical hit, weak point critical hit! Still weak point critical hit.

As a result, Lin Huan's attacks were all weak point critical hits.

Really a great teammate.

However, with Lin Huan's output added in.

At least, while suppressing the boss's healing, we can still get some output.

Thus, the Mystic Bird BOSS's health bar began to show the 'Bungee Effect' phenomenon.

With the skill cooldown, it's a round of extreme burst.

During skill cooldown, I can only do my best to suppress the boss's healing, but often during this period the boss still manages to recover a chunk of HP.

Secondly, Su Sheng also had his father's Binding Talisman work with his own skill cooldown, trying to coordinate his and Huan Jie's skills for burst damage as much as possible.

As much as possible, before the Mystic Bird Boss's resistance stacks up, maximize the effect of the Binding Talisman.

In the midst of a stubborn struggle, the boss's HP was also gradually reduced.

The biggest damage contributor…

Fang's Rend!

Although the HP loss isn't much, suppressing healing for 5 seconds is incredibly strong.

Su Sheng also browsed the forums; it seems that currently other abnormal states also don't suppress healing, nor do they cause bleeding.

It now appears that this is likely a unique property of the Fang Skill's Rend effect.

Cry~!

A round of burst just ended.

The Mystic Bird Boss ahead suddenly lifted its head and let out a sharp screech.

"Be careful!"

At this moment, Su Sheng noticed that the boss's HP had dropped to fifty percent.

It should be about to unleash a burst skill.

Because the Mystic Bird Boss's HP bar has almost always been in a "Bungee Effect" state, Su Sheng also finds it hard to precisely control the boss's HP line.