Chapter 467: 09

Self-destruct!

The Shen Long Xu Ying boss, with only one percent of its HP left, directly self-destructed.

Everyone was still on guard, its Dragon Breath Fireball… and it just self-destructed outright?

Everyone's faces changed!

The terrifying self-destruct shockwave gave no one time to react, almost instantly sweeping across the entire plaza.

The first to bear the brunt was Su Sheng, who still had about seventy percent of his HP… over thirty thousand, but the shockwave instantly cleared it.

Pseudo Nirvana Trigger triggered.

It's over!

Seeing this damage, Su Sheng knew he was basically done for.

Huan Yu Nuwa had no Survival Tactic, and Li Xiao and Li Wenwan's Survival Tactics were already on cooldown.

I never expected that at this final moment, with only one percent HP left, they still had this trick up their sleeve…

Huh?

No…

At this moment, Su Sheng saw on the team panel… besides Huan Yu Houyi already having gone into the dungeon and temporarily showing grayed out, the others… weren't grayed out.

Su Sheng saw his experience points jump up a large chunk.

Knowing the boss was already dead…

At the same time, with a clatter, a large pile of loot fell from the sky.

Among them, two orange glows were especially eye-catching.

At this moment, Su Sheng carefully noted the HP of Li Xiao and the two others…

Each person still had only a thread of HP left…

Logically, that shouldn't be the case, as the three individuals have different defenses and total HP…

Moreover, my defense far exceeds theirs, yet I was insta-killed, even though I wasn't at full HP but still had more HP than theirs at full.

Then Su Sheng realized…

Damn…

Li Xiao, Li Wenwan, Huan Yu Nuwa—the three of them had their HP precisely… down to one percent.

So…

So damn it's percentage-based damage!

Unrelated to defense or max HP cap, it only looks at the current HP percentage.

True. Percentage-based damage… directly deducts ninety-nine percent of total HP!

In other words, as long as you're not at full HP, if your current HP is below ninety-nine percent, you're insta-killed outright!

The designer really isn't human—having this Reflect Damage mechanic, under normal circumstances, how many people could keep full HP when the boss is at one percent HP?

Li Xiao and Li Wenwan weren't insta-killed, purely because… they got lucky, and also thanks to not being greedy and reckless!

The designer isn't human!

After a moment of stupor, everyone reacted and understood the mechanism of this Netherworld boss.

"Looks like we've entered the Netherworld…" Li Xiao said, still a bit frightened.

Also thanks to me just now topping up my HP, otherwise I'd have really wasted it.

"But it's fine, a lucky coincidence, we can count it as passing." Huan Yu Nuwa also a bit frightened, began tossing Healing Technique to everyone to restore HP.

At this point, Su Sheng's Pseudo Nirvana Trigger state had also ended… even at the final moment, damn it, he had to force out his Survival Tactic Bottom Card.

Anyway, it doesn't matter; the dungeon calculates cooldown separately, after the dungeon ends and you exit, the cooldown recovers.

"Let's check the loot."

Su Sheng glanced at the game time; just this boss alone took nearly three hours.

"Mm…" Li Xiao nodded, excitedly rubbing his hands and moving forward.

Su Sheng glanced at the two orange glows, feeling that one of them was likely Li Xiao's quest item with high probability.

As for the other orange one, I don't know if it's equipment.

Although Su Sheng doesn't know what Li Xiao's quest is, given the boss's high difficulty, this quest probably isn't simple either.

Right…

Su Sheng recalled that just now, at the critical moment, several Private Chats came in, but he couldn't get distracted then, so he blocked them.

Taking this chance, Su Sheng opened the Private Chat messages… his face instantly darkened.

Originally, because he cleared the dungeon, his good mood was also gone.

"Bullshit!" Su Sheng muttered under his breath.

The two people who sent the Private Chat were Chen Guan and Huan Jie, respectively.

"What's wrong?" Li Wenwan noticed Su Sheng's situation.

"The Gentleman Rogue Combination is killing our Yan Huang members."

Su Sheng said with a dark face.

Huan Yu Nuwa beside them also curiously looked over…

The Gentleman Rogue Combination, she naturally knew as well.

Originally, during the time Su Sheng was in the dungeon…

The two guys of the Gentleman Rogue Combination launched assassinations against Yan Huang members.

These two guys' skills are not inferior to the Ten Court Yanluo in the slightest, and may even be a bit higher.

When they acted against ordinary Yan Huang members, truly few could withstand them.

This guild has already killed over forty Yanhuang members.

It also includes the two girls who originally belonged to Huakui Studio—Li Wenyan and Zhou Qiqi.

Chen Guan, with the Ten Court Yanluo, attempts to counter.

But the two fellows were slick and not lacking in skill; both interceptions failed. Though they didn't let the opponent kill anyone, they also didn't leave them behind.

Su Sheng, who single‑handedly founded the Assassin Alliance, knows well how hard gentleman‑rogue‑level assassins are to deal with on outdoor maps.

But… these two fellows inexplicably began causing trouble for me at the start, and I don't know their motive.

If they now assassinate Yanhuang members…

There would be many motives.

In Su Sheng's mind appeared the figure of Ye Tianzi, as well as Wei Cheng of Qiancheng's dusk snow…

Even other guild chairmen…

First, it's revenge on me; they attempted to assassinate me twice and failed, so now they begin targeting ordinary Yanhuang members, which is quite plausible.

Second, the chance that Ye Tianzi or Qiancheng Gongzi hired them to stir up trouble is also not nonexistent…

It could even be people from other guilds, simply hiring them to delay Yanhuang's progress, which is also possible.

No matter the reason, these two fellows must be dealt with.

"Hehe…"

At that moment, Li Xiao's smug laugh echoed from ahead.

Simultaneously, Li Xiao presented an item.

Dim Dragon Pearl (Orange)

Item.

Description: Effect unknown.

Sure enough, Su Sheng was correct: the orange one is Li Xiao's quest item.

There were also some purple gear and another epic‑grade item, which Li Xiao laid out one by one.

"This is my quest item; I'll take it. As for the others, per our agreement, let's roll the dice."

But Su Sheng's eyes widened, his gaze locked onto the other epic‑grade item.

Mysterious Component (Orange)

Component: 09

Description: None

Component!

"Long time no see!"

Since the Demon Suppression mission was halted, Su Sheng retrieved a 44 from the Elf Tomb that won't be useful until some distant future.

And this 09 right here is precisely the one Su Sheng can use at present.

"Deputy President Shen Xiao, that mysterious component—I need it; that component alone will do, I'll give up the other loot."

"If that's not enough, I can give up this commission," Su Sheng said immediately.

"Eh?" Li Xiao glanced at the component, a bizarre gadget of unknown purpose; since Su Sheng needs it…

Then let's do a favor.

"Since Chairman Mo Wen you have a need, I'll give it to you; you can abandon the other loot, but I'll still pay the commission," Li Xiao said with a smile.