Chapter 802: Unable to Conquer?

"Still holding up, engage the monsters!"

Su Sheng called out.

Clatter~

At this moment, that huge stone was slowly rising again, being pulled back by the demon energy.

The guardian demon spirit only has half its body; that doesn't mean it's immobile.

Just from its attack range, it doesn't mean it can be kited…

Su Sheng was performing the taunt at the limit range, meaning the normal attack range lies within the guardian demon spirit boss's attack range.

Perhaps only Lin Huan's Meteor Arrow skill has the attack range to kite… but this is a commander-level boss that regenerates 1.5% of its HP per second.

Moreover, Meteor Arrow has a cooldown… trying to safely kill this boss with that skill is utterly impossible.

Furthermore, the boss setting in 'Chasing the Deer' is also quite interesting, preventing this kind of loophole… Boss, if it fails to detect hatred for a long time, the target will be forced into a reset state. (Similar to monsters in LOL that lose aggro.)

A boss in reset state has all its HP axis mechanisms reset, and its HP is filled to max.

So… there's basically no chance to exploit a bug.

The people behind spread out their battle formation.

Su Sheng directly controlled the lion-like beast to prepare a charge; at this distance, Su Sheng couldn't hit the boss.

He could only charge forward.

Just…

As the lion-like beast charged, Su Sheng's face darkened…

He moved forward another distance, and his face sank again.

Swish~

At this moment, the huge stone on the boss's other hand, wrapped in a dark magic implement, came crashing down toward Su Sheng.

But this strike, Su Sheng dared not take head-on.

However, in the mounted state, dodging is hardly possible.

Even though the lion-like beast's agility far exceeds that of ordinary mounts.

Yet facing this huge stone, in this situation, dodging is also difficult.

Fortunately, the mount is the lion-like beast,

Otherwise, this blow would likely force him to use a life-saving trump card.

"Leap!"

Su Sheng directly commanded the lion-like beast to activate its Leap technique, jumping back to the rear position.

"Melee fighters, don't come forward; ranged attackers, temporarily halt your attacks!"

Boom—

The ground trembled slightly.

After Su Sheng dodged, the huge stone smashed directly into the ground, kicking up a ring of air waves.

At this moment, Su Sheng had already returned to his original position via the lion-like beast's Leap, and then let out a long breath.

It's also my carelessness; the demon energy well is right over there.

Meanwhile, the melee players who had been preparing to charge forward, because of Su Sheng's shout earlier, all stopped at the periphery and then turned their heads, looking at Su Sheng with eager eyes.

At the same time, the ranged players who had been ready to launch attacks also waited for Su Sheng's explanation.

However, Su Sheng didn't say much more; he simply sent a screenshot of his previous combat state to the team channel.

Environmental prompt:

Demon energy concentration increased.

Demonic Qi suppression effect increased.

All attributes reduced: 15%.

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All attributes reduced: 20%

…

All attributes reduced: 30%.

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…35%

This is also why Su Sheng chose to dodge…

Really, the attribute reduction is too great; taking a hit could easily cause problems.

The lion-like beast hasn't even gotten close to the boss yet, and its attributes have already been suppressed to thirty‑five percent.

If we kept charging forward, how much more would be suppressed?

Fifty percent?

"This is troublesome."

Su Sheng furrowed his brows.

Others' complexions weren't looking good either.

Now… the fact that the boss can't move, which should have been a disadvantage, has instead become an advantage.

Being unable to move means they can't drag the boss out to fight.

But… the boss's position is somewhere these melee players simply can't reach.

Besides, their levels are far behind; it's uncertain whether they could even withstand a single hit from the boss.

If we charge past, after attribute suppression… we would really just die outright from an unknown AOE; moreover, for this group of melee, whether they can break defense is still a problem… the level suppression is too great.

After charging past and attribute suppression, it's uncertain whether we'd die or not, and even if we survive it's useless… just scratching an itch.

Of the over ninety people present, melee players make up nearly more than one-third.

We haven't even used our big moves yet, and already we've crippled one-third of the people.

This still isn't the most critical point.

The most critical point is that, when melee players cannot attack, it's also hard to pull steady hate.

In this situation, as long as ranged players exert a little effort.

The hate value then goes entirely onto the ranged players.

Although this boss possesses a trace of a true spirit from a major demon race figure, it likewise possesses hate value.

Although it doesn't have the hate-value mechanism like that previous siege skeleton, right now… it does have a hate-value mechanism, but it's still useless.

Besides Su Sheng and Wu Zhaodi, the chances of other melee professions being able to withstand this boss are very low, let alone ranged players.

This is also why Su Sheng had the ranged players stop their attacks.

"Hahaha… Are you scared?!"

"Prepare to die!"

Swish~

Meanwhile, the Guardian Demon Spirit Boss continued to roar loudly, and the huge stone ball in its hand kept flying over under the pull of demon energy.

Su Sheng raised his shield!

Boom!

Block!

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Under normal conditions, with only about ten percent attribute suppression, Su Sheng can withstand this boss's attack without problem.

Moreover… Su Sheng's toughness is especially high under the colossus's buff.

Toughness still offers some resistance to various abnormalities; although the suppression effect is indicated as ten percent, the actual calculation is surely a bit less.

However, just tanking it is useless for Su Sheng.

As for the current situation.

There's simply no way to fight.

"Huan Jie, at maximum range, give it a try!"

Su Sheng again threw a taunt onto the boss.

"Understood!"

Lin Huan immediately retreated to a far position, then directly raised his hand and shot an arrow.

Swish~

The red fire-element arrow drew a red line and slammed into the giant stone head of the Guardian Demon Spirit Boss.

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The damage is quite considerable; this is merely… a normal attack.

Furthermore, it also triggered the fire element's burning state.

However, this burning state has no significant suppression of healing.

Su Sheng observed the hate value…

Sure enough, the hate value has already begun to shift toward Huan Jie's side.

"Huan Jie, continue."

Su Sheng looked up at another stone and smashed it toward himself.

Swish swish swish~

Lin Huan repeatedly nocked and drew arrows.

Finally…

The hate value completely shifted toward Lin Huan's side.

"Damned flea!"

"I'll flatten you!"

Swish~

One of the huge stones flew out…

Its target was straight at Lin Huan.

Lin Huan had prepared beforehand; at the moment the hate value shifted, he immediately retreated backward, just happening to withdraw into the passage.

As Lin Huan completely withdrew from the boss's hate range and attack distance, the Guardian Demon Spirit Boss's hate value fell back onto Su Sheng.