Chapter 992: The Three Axe of the Demon‑Armored Commander

Of course, Su Sheng also knows he was overthinking; if stacking were possible it would be way too overpowered, leaving no difficulty at all.

Normally there are no missions that can't be cleared; it's just a matter of difficulty level.

So this time the darkness contains Dalian, which greatly reduces the boss's difficulty, bringing it down to a level that current players can barely tolerate.

Likewise, the game basically won't leave any exploitable loopholes.

"How does it feel like this level‑80 Commander‑level Boss isn't that hard?"

"Yeah, seems average, just a bit high on defense."

"Stop the nonsense, hurry up and deal damage, or keep listening to you guys? If it weren't for Mo Wen and Qian Chen taking the lead, see if you could even hit it?"

Over at the Universe side, a few guys started whispering, only to be cut off by the command layer immediately.

The boss's health steadily dropped, but at 92% health—clearly before the Health Axis—it suddenly activated a skill.

The massive dual‑handed meteor hammer in his hand swung in a full circle, then rose high and slammed down hard on Su Sheng.

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes, raised his shield forward!

Shield Strike!

Boom!!

The meteor hammer collided with the shield.

A terrifying shockwave burst outward from the point of impact in all directions.

But... Block Exemption!

This terrifying blow turned into four huge characters that rose from above Su Sheng's head.

Everyone was stunned, especially the on‑lookers watching from the side.

"Are you kidding? Is this a performance?"

"How could such a terrifying attack be blocked?"

"Doesn't that just further prove Mo Wen's terrifying nature?"

Su Sheng couldn't help but laugh; he was getting more and more adept at using the Shield Strike, finding it increasingly handy—using Shield Strike to block skills, combined with his own mitigation techniques, made the block chance really high.

Of course, this assumes Su Sheng's Giant Elephant passive; otherwise, sheer size suppression could break the block outright, let alone any mitigation.

"Don't just stand there, keep dealing damage!"

Su Sheng saw the boss start to heal and quickly spoke up.

The stunned onlookers immediately snapped out of it and began dealing damage.

"What a pervert."

Shen Wang muttered, then rode his Tyrannosaur mount forward, slashing his massive sword straight into the demon‑armored commander's backside thigh.

The damage was decent... but on an level‑80 Commander‑level Boss, it's just a light tap.

Still, a light tap may be weak, but this is a scrape by nearly 30,000 people!

Each person dealt a tiny bit of damage, together amounting to 30,000 health.

Of course you can't calculate it that way; with collision volumes, melee players have few chances to land hits, yet even so, ranged players' damage remains basically steady.

With Li Wenwan's Phoenix Flame activating, the boss's health was immediately pushed below 90%.

All things considered, the fight wasn't slow; aside from Li Wenwan's Phoenix Flame, Su Sheng's Rend skill, boosted by the Elf Buff, triggered quite frequently.

Clack~

Health at 90%, the first Health Axis arrives.

The Demon‑Armored Commander began exhaling denser black smoke.

The massive dual‑handed meteor hammer in his hand tipped backward, then arced in a half‑circle sweep!

Boom!

In this frontal area, only Su Sheng remained to raise his shield in defense.

Falling Demon Body, Smoke Swirl, Defensive Stance.

Su Sheng activated every skill he could possibly use.

Boom!

The shield‑raising Su Sheng was violently knocked back, about four or five yards away.

Even with the Giant Elephant effect, he was still knocked back.

However, the Defensive Stance remained.

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A single hammer strike dealt up to 70,000 damage, even after the Smoke Swirl shield mitigated it.

Without that 10% Elf curse reduction and the Smoke Swirl shield, plus a series of damage‑reduction mitigations, that hammer could have reached over a hundred thousand damage.

Terrifying as it is, this is the Demon Race's level‑80 Commander‑level boss!

The battle then continued!

After fighting for a while, they basically figured out the boss's Three Axe: the random hammer swings paired with the Health Axis sweep.

After all, such a massive monster has simple mechanics but terrifying stats.

However, Su Sheng almost always predicted the hammer skill and blocked it with Shield Strike, succeeding nearly every time.

Su Sheng even tried to use Shield Strike to block the Demon‑Armored Commander's Health Axis sweep, but unfortunately failed; the block didn't succeed, and the Defensive Stance bonus was lost.

Su Sheng was swept away by a single strike that removed 140,000 health, clearing more than half his HP.

After all, with the Elf Buff active.

The shock scared Su Sheng, who then dared not act recklessly; thanks to the supportive healers behind, they quickly restored Su Sheng's health bar.

Moreover, Su Sheng's reckless move triggered a chain reaction: after the Health Axis, the boss immediately unleashed a hammer skill.

But at this moment Su Sheng didn't have Shield Strike, because it was still on cooldown.

Thus, Su Sheng could only raise his shield, combining it with a Defensive Stance to bluntly take this skill, losing over 50,000 HP.

This was still secondary; the attack, upon hitting, simultaneously generated an AOE shockwave that directly dealt damage to all melee players within a 50×50 range.

It was directly a splash damage as high as seventy to eighty thousand…

It also helped that the melee fighters who came up nearby were all elites, and they also had the Holy Word buff from Feng Wu Jiu Tian.

So they weren't about to be instantly killed; otherwise this strike would have caused heavy casualties, and the splash damage wouldn't be as high as the main damage.

After this incident, things proceeded according to the usual strategy.

Su Sheng steadily absorbed damage, while the rear ranged attackers went all‑out on output, with no worry of pulling aggro.

There was nothing to be done; their damage was really just scratching.

On the damage rankings, Su Sheng was still firmly in first place—how could he possibly pull aggro?

After about two and a half hours, they safely passed the 40% health mark, and each of the four Health Axis phases was a swinging great hammer.

That meteor hammer, spiked and wielded with both hands, came down with Forceful Heavy Pressure; just watching it made others tremble, let alone bearing the hit.

It was only because they were up against such a monster as Su Sheng, with a Dalian elf helping from the shadows, that they could possibly withstand it.

Everyone's faces were not exactly relaxed, because the Little Frenzy phase was about to begin.

An 80‑level Commander‑level Boss—who knows how terrifying this Little Frenzy phase will be.

But no matter what, this phase must be gotten through.

As time passed and the strategy continued to advance, the Boss's HP finally dropped to fifty‑one percent.

"Withdraw."

"Get ready for Little Frenzy!"

All the melee fighters withdrew one after another… only Su Sheng remained, unleashing his Fang Skill!