Chapter 988: Ascension

Only under the white light's shroud did the bodies of those Shadow Leopards all become a grayish, faded blur—clearly an Illusion.

Before this, although attacks could not land on them, they looked indistinguishable from normal Shadow Leopards.

Su Sheng raised an eyebrow, and then seemed to have an answer in mind.

His gaze swept the arena, and indeed…

Besides all the faded Shadow Leopards, there was one Shadow Leopard that, under the white light's shroud, remained solid as ever; without doubt, that was the true body!

Since there is essentially no way to break these shadows now, the way to break the deadlock must lie on the Shadow Leopard's true body!

According to the game's nature, although the designed mechanism is relatively hard to crack, there cannot be a problem with absolutely no solution!

At this thought, Su Sheng acted immediately.

His speed wasn't fast yet; at this moment Su Sheng was still some distance from the Shadow Leopard's true body, so… Su Sheng could no longer hold back.

Lion Hunt!

In an instant, Su Sheng's speed surged dramatically, and almost dragging a trail of afterimages, he rushed straight to the side of the Shadow Leopard's true form, swinging his long spear fiercely… Domineering Fierce Lion!

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Holy Words, basic attack, Falling Demon Body… at this moment Su Sheng's attack power was just over 18,000.

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Moreover, this spear strike precisely pierced right into the Shadow Leopard's eye.

This Shadow Leopard clearly hadn't expected Su Sheng to directly target its true form.

Weak Spot Attack, and it was a critical!

Combined with the Domineering Fierce Lion skill's 500% multiplier, that single spear dealt over three hundred thousand damage.

In an instant the Hate Value spiked and steadied.

As this burst of damage erupted, the Illusions of the Shadow Leopards instantly dissipated by about half.

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes.

Just as expected!

"Everyone, focus fire on the target in front of the Chairman."

Zhang Zhi also issued the latest command at the perfect moment.

Focus fire begins!

Swish swish swish~

Damage afterdamage afterdamage appeared.

As the output took effect, the shadows of the Shadow Leopards dwindled. Seeing this, everyone let out a sigh of relief.

But when all the Illusions vanished, the Shadow Leopard's health had dropped to percent!!

After the Little Frenzy, it seamlessly linked into the Health Axis!

This move was indeed a bit underhanded.

Moreover, the Health Axis after the Little Frenzy changed; it became an AoE directly.

Initially the group wondered whether this time the Shadow Leopard would again use Invisibility for a sneak attack.

But the Shadow Leopard swung its twin claws, and Cold Ray merged into a sheet, covering an area of 30 by 30 directly.

Fortunately, aside from Su Sheng, only Shen Xiao, Shen Wang, and Wang Shan and other melee DPS players were in that area.

They were mainly focused on quickly eliminating those Illusions, otherwise they'd multiply; unexpectedly, a Little Frenzy came, seamlessly linking into the Health Axis.

So they couldn't retreat in time…

Su Sheng raised his Shield, and Shen Wang also deployed his arm Shield.

Shen Xiao and Wang Shan could only watch helplessly as the claws flashed by.

Puff puff puff~

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Su Sheng took over 60,000 damage on his head, but that was with only about half of the Fireworks Blessing Shield remaining; otherwise the damage would have been close to 70,000.

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This is the damage that hit Shen Wang's head, but he wasn't instantly killed; with the Priest Buff, Shen Wang still had over 100,000 health, and he was also in Mounted State.

Although it's unclear what situation allows Mounted Combat, it likely provides some attribute bonus.

But Shen Wang, seeing his health bar nearly empty, couldn't help a twitch of his eye.

Looking back at Su Sheng, who still had more than half his health left, a flash of frustration crossed his eyes again.

As for Shen Xiao and Wang Shan, both had their health completely drained. Though their levels and gear were decent, both are DPS-oriented classes with a strength focus, so their survivability is naturally a bit lower.

Now being hit by a Health Axis skill from this level 75 Demon Race boss, they were instantly killed.

However, Shen Xiao triggered a Survival Skill and stayed standing, while Wang Shan fell flat; but he has Huang Mingxing's Life Seed attached, so he'll get up after 30 seconds.

After the Health Axis skill passed, Su Sheng kept pulling Hate.

All the Illusions vanished, and the battle returned to its normal rhythm.

At a 30% Health Axis, everyone dodged, but this time the Shadow Leopard entered Invisibility again.

Moreover, there was no encirclement this time, but fortunately Su Sheng reacted quickly, found and intercepted the invisible boss ahead of the archer line, and at that moment his ongoing Lion Hunt state ended.

The raid then continued.

Having learned from earlier, this time Zhang Zhi deployed more guard knights, extending the encirclement farther to ensure they wouldn't be caught in the boss's AOE, even if the boss used Invisibility to attempt encirclement.

20% Health Axis, another AOE.

With everyone prepared, only the Scholar stood his ground to absorb the Health Axis AOE damage.

The raid then continued; the whole thing with the intelligent boss was estimated to take less than an hour to finish.

As long as they get past its 10% frenzy phase.

Only a few minutes later, the health value dropped to ten percent!

When it reached the Rage Blood Axis, everyone stared warily at the phantom shadow leopard before them, not knowing what trick it had.

But the phantom shadow leopard simply stayed in place, showing no intent to attack, then directly raised its head and let out a howl!

Howl!!

Accompanying the phantom shadow leopard's howl, its health actually began to drop rapidly.

Each second of howling reduced it by 1%.

Meanwhile, as the phantom shadow leopard howled, everyone noticed that the faint black mist permeating the surroundings began to undulate with the sound of the howl.

Su Sheng saw this, his brows slightly furrowed.

The undulation of this faint black mist affected not a fixed point, but the entire expanse of black mist was undulating.

"Demonic Qi Suppression Effect increased again!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise; just then his Magic Resistance Potion's duration ended, so he saw the increase in the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect.

Su Sheng the clerk glanced at the skill panel; sure enough, the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect was increasing.

At that moment, the phantom shadow leopard's health also dropped to zero.

Whoosh~

Afterward, the phantom shadow leopard's body truly dissipated like a puff of smoke.

It turned into a thick black mist, merging into the surrounding undulating black mist.

Instantly, the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect increased again!

Originally only 5%, but during the boss's howling it rose to 10%.

After the boss died, as it turned into mist and merged, the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect jumped directly to 15%,