Chapter 617: Play It Safe

"Durability twenty million; so far it's like an immobile Demon Energy spirit, HP twenty million!"

Su Sheng spoke up as a reminder.

It won't move, it won't regenerate health.

Hoo~

But at that moment, a whistling sound came.

A massive stalactite behind Su Sheng, moving at breakneck speed with a whooshing sound, slammed down.

Dodge!

Too late!

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes!

The password is, behind this spot is the Demon Energy Well; although we don't know what lies below, the pitch‑black Demon Energy inside clearly won't end well.

Going left or right is too late; this stalactite strikes horizontally, sweeping across at high speed, and it's very long.

I don't know if it's because we're attacking the Demon Energy Well, hitting this guy's weak spot, the attack speed just got even faster.

We can only brace hard!

Shield Raise!

Defensive Stance!

Falling Demon Body!

Fireworks Blessing!

At this moment there's no Mounted State; after Bai Pang's buff, Su Sheng has just over forty‑thousand HP, under fifty thousand.

This attack is clearly fiercer than the previous one.

Boom!

Indeed!

The Demon Energy‑wrapped stalactite slammed hard onto Su Sheng's Shield.

Clack!

Su Sheng only felt a massive force emanating from his Shield, sending his whole body flying sideways.

The password… is stalactite, or the 'Four Horsemen of Revelation'?

Su Sheng flew sideways, instantly passing the Demon Energy spirit, and with a Pak‑chi sound slammed into the Cave's stone wall.

It felt like a little chick being smashed and flung.

-50990

-5600

Two damage numbers burst from Su Sheng's head.

The first damage is from the stalactite; even while maintaining Defensive Stance, it's a whopping fifty thousand damage—hard to imagine how absurd its attack power is.

The second damage is the impact damage from Su Sheng colliding with the Cave wall.

It's also thanks to activating Fireworks Blessing.

Otherwise, this hit would have almost killed Su Sheng instantly.

Nevertheless, after landing, Su Sheng was left with critically low health.

Swish~

The knock‑back effect was absurd, flinging Su Sheng nearly ten to twenty yards away.

It already exceeded Bai Pangpang's Healing Technique range.

Initially, Bai Pangpang and the others hadn't entered the Cave.

This time they really couldn't make it in time.

That ultimate Demon Energy spirit's attack arrived before Bai Pangpang's Healing Technique.

Su Sheng didn't have time to think, hurriedly sidestepping.

Otherwise he'd have to play his Bottom Card for survival.

In this Dungeon, Huang Mingxin didn't follow, so without a Life Seed there was one less margin of error.

Smoke Swirl!

In desperation, Su Sheng performed a reckless cure, directly triggering Xiao Jia Huo's skill.

Clack!

Hmm?

Su Sheng unexpectedly discovered that the stalactite attacking him stopped.

It worked?!

Right!

Su Sheng realized this thing is a special monster; although it's immune to damage, it isn't the boss itself and has no Control Resistance.

Su Sheng's eyes lit up!

Smoke Swirl! Five‑second Stasis!

Su Sheng sprinted straight out.

Then his spear repeatedly hammered into the Demon Energy Well.

It blasted away a huge chunk of durability.

Swish swish swish~

At this point, Bai Pangpang and the others finally caught up.

Healing Technique fell, lifting Su Sheng's HP out of the danger zone.

"This monster isn't the boss itself; it has no control resistance, it absorbs all control skills!" Su Sheng spoke to remind everyone.

"Understood!"

Everyone also felt a surge of delight.

So that's it—this monster is immune to damage, but it soaks up control.

It comes from the demon energy well—destroy the well and it should die.

Boom boom boom!

In an instant, everyone unleashed full firepower.

They directed their firepower straight at the demon energy well.

The demon energy well's durability dropped rapidly, section by section.

The demon energy well is just like a building—it can't heal, but its defense resistance seems exceptionally high.

But it has a health bar and no heal—given time, you can wear it down.

The only snag is an immortal guard that is damage-immune.

The upside is, this guard is susceptible to control.

Heads up, my control time's up!

Su Sheng saw the five-second control in the swirling smoke was nearly over.

I've got it—three seconds!

Li Wenwan flung out a fire ring!

Swish~

Binding fire ring!

It almost seamlessly chained control.

Keep outputting!

Su Sheng glanced, surprised—regular mages don't have this skill; it must be from her hidden class.

But having control is good.

Next up, it's my turn!

Yin-Yang singularity!

Yin-Yang force field!

Never mind the rest—when it comes to control, Su Ba is a pro.

Prison Cage Talisman!

Binding Talisman!

Yin-Yang prison!

Su Ba's new skill!

It works like the Prison Cage Talisman but lasts one second longer—four seconds total.

Together with the Void Seal's effect, Su Ba alone kept the monster under control for almost a minute.

He has no control resistance at all, so he soaks up every control.

Magnetic pull~

Then came Lu Zhe—his control isn't strong; it's all soft control with added damage.

But it's a pity…

The monster is immune to damage; attacks and soft control both fail.

Lu Zhe, meanwhile, felt glum.

No worries, Xiao Zhe—just focus on damage!

Watch the control skill cooldown—when it's down, we pull back to let it recharge, then return to DPS.

Play it safe!

Su Sheng set the plan.

This ultimate demon energy spirit is immune to damage and hits absurdly hard.

Apart from Su Sheng, nobody else can survive a hit.

They each have some skill, though.

But Su Ba, Lu Zhe, Bai Pangpang, and Li Wenwan are all short-legged classes.

Their agility is limited; the monster can mess up repeatedly, but they can afford only one mistake.

So it's best to play it safe.

Actually, it's four people—Bai Pangpang's holy light bullets are just a tickle.

With clone control still needed, wearing down its 20+ million HP will take ages.

Now it's just a grind.

Unfortunately, Su Sheng is the only melee fighter.

Despite being heavy armor, Lu Zhe fights at range.

So everyone else just stays at max range, turning to flee when control is on cooldown.

Su Sheng just needs to aggro the monster, then pull back.

Just…

At this rate, the battle will…