Chapter 1053

After physical damage takes effect, the team's monster-killing speed becomes much faster.

After physical damage takes effect, the team's monster-killing speed becomes much faster.

Three archers are even more terrifying than the mages, especially Mang Mei's basic attack: three hits in two seconds, and it only takes a few hits to take down a monster, with astonishing efficiency.

After defeating the second wave of monsters, everyone's coordination improved.

Dun Dun shouted arrogantly: 'Smelly senior, go pull monsters quickly, we're dying of thirst!'

Originally everyone felt helpless about Xiao Feng's monster-pulling behavior, but now they seem to wish he would pull even more.

Xiao Feng smiled with relief and said: 'Yes, my lord knight!'

Then he swiftly swept across the plain and arrived near the gate of the ruined ancient city ahead.

The background story of the Soul Forbidden Zone dungeon is an ancient war of the Soul God Kingdom; this Chengshi is called Greed City and was the main battlefield at that time.

The background story of the Soul Forbidden Zone dungeon is an ancient war of the Soul God Kingdom; this Chengshi is called Greed City and was the main battlefield at that time.

The two sides in the war were the Rebel Army and the Pacification Army, both very strong.

Now the players play the role of the Pacification Army and need to defeat the lord and generals of Greed City.

Near the city gate, a small armored unit lay in wait, consisting of 20 zombies, 20 wraiths, plus a mounted general.

The zombies and wraiths are just minor monsters; we've seen them before, nothing special.

The mounted general's steed is actually not a horse but a Nightmare Beast, resembling a black horse but with a pair of wings and a pair of sharp goat horns on its head, like a demon.

【Greed City City Defense Army Commander — Nightmare Knight】

Level: 500 (Upper God)

HP: 32 billion/32 billion

Note: It walks between the virtual and the real; when virtual, it is immune to physical damage; when real, immune to magical damage.

Obviously, this is a boss fight!

The boss is a 500-level titled deity; its HP is not huge, but it will have a situation where physical and magical damage are one-sidedly reduced, switching states from time to time, requiring targeted output.

Plus 40 minor monsters, this battle is not easy.

Xiao Feng shouted in the team channel: 'Come fight the boss, I can't pull it over.'

The boss fight has an air wall; after combat begins, the playable area is a flat square of 500 meters outside the city gate, and you cannot leave unless the team is wiped out.

This area is still quite large; with 20 people facing 41 monsters, you can run quite far.

All team members were advancing; by the time Xiao Feng spoke, they had already entered within 1000 meters.

There were no minor monsters along the way, and soon they arrived outside the city gate.

The boss Nightmare Knight saw them all arrive and shouted: 'Who dares to step forward as the enemy commander?'

Does this mean a pre-battle duel of commanders?

The Son of God immediately said: 'The boss invites one of us to duel him; should we accept? If we win, we'll get a buff.'

'A duel? I'm afraid we can't win...' Zhang Fan frowned.

In a commander's duel, teammates certainly can't give any buffs; relying solely on one's own strength makes it extremely difficult.

Even a blood-sucking War Heaven probably couldn't withstand the boss's high damage.

But...

Mang Mei rode the deer forward and said: 'Let me try; I'll switch to a lifesteal ring and kite tactics—maybe it'll work.'

'Um, you're an archer with high attack, but... are you sure?' The Son of God said, a little worried.

Mang Mei smiled and said: 'I have confidence!'

'Alright, let's give it a try; losing isn't a big loss,' Li Li immediately agreed.

Xing Yun Miao and Dun Dun also really wanted to watch Mang Mei duel the boss.

But actually, losing does incur a loss!

Seeing no one object, the Son of God said: 'Well, I'll take the challenge. Be careful—if you lose, the whole team will have 30% of their stats deducted.'

'Hmm.' Mang Mei remained calm, rode the deer forward, and came to the front.

The Nightmare Knight held a long spear, and the skull face beneath its armor laughed: 'Hahaha, a little girl, such a weak commander—you pose no threat. Enemy commander, blind archer, take your life!'

It immediately spurred its mount and charged forward.

'General will surely win!'

'General will surely win!'

Those minor monsters were still there shouting encouragement, even though they'd been dead for tens of thousands of years, their corpses rotted, yet they acted like fervent spectators.

The Nightmare Beast's four hooves flew, its speed very fast.

'Xiao Bai, lead him!' Mang Mei lightly clamped her legs around the Light God Deer's belly and began to move.

The god deer also moved with four hooves flying, but after just two steps it took off and soared straight into the sky.

Whoosh!

An energy arrow basic attack was released, hitting a weak point and dealing 460 million critical damage.

The Nightmare Knight was prepared, making a critical hit impossible, but such damage was still very considerable.

In a commander's duel, it's not necessary to deplete all 32 billion HP; reducing it by 30% counts as a win, which is about 10 billion.

'Enemy commander, don't flee!'

After taking an arrow, the Nightmare Knight immediately pulled the reins and also took flight; the Nightmare Beast chased the Light God Deer through the air, the knight thrust its long spear forward, and the spear light burst out over a hundred meters, attacking Mang Mei.

Fortunately, the Light God Deer reacted nimbly, lifting a leg and side-stepping to dodge in midair.

'Nice move!' Dun Dun jumped up and cheered.

Whoosh whoosh

Two more basic attacks followed; the Nightmare Knight's HP kept dropping, each basic attack dealing 15% more damage than the previous one, and even without crits, the damage was in the hundreds of millions.

Xiao Feng watched the battle from a crane, looking relieved.

Mang Mei is getting stronger and stronger, already able to stand on her own; at this time, wearing the blood-sucking ring, each strike can recover 10% HP, not inferior to the priest's healing effect.

As long as you don't get insta-killed, winning the fight is still not difficult!

"You sly little lass, take my battle skill!"

The Nightmare Knight's three consecutive attacks all missed, angering it; deep cyan battle aura flared on its body, its mount's speed suddenly tripled, and it swiftly gave chase.

Meanwhile, the long spear was held high, and a powerful overbearing attack struck Mang Mei's back!

"Mang Mei, be careful!" teammates shouted.

The Holy Light Divine Deer sensed danger and tried to accelerate away, but its acceleration was noticeably inferior to the speed boost granted by its mount's owner, and for a moment it couldn't dodge.

At this critical moment, Mang Mei suddenly put away her mount!

Without the mount's flight ability, her body immediately plummeted, falling from a height of 300 meters.

This falling motion directly avoided the Nightmare Knight's ultimate attack, and while falling she also landed a basic attack.

By this time, the Nightmare Knight had already lost over 4 billion HP.

The Nightmare Knight's strike missed again. Seeing the enemy dismount, he let out a sinister laugh, swooped down from the air, and thrust his spear once more!

Whoosh!

The spear aura burst forth again for a hundred meters; Mang Mei couldn't dodge and took the hit head-on.

-42,110,000 (critical hit)

The boss's damage is incredibly terrifying, enough to instantly kill most players.

Fortunately, Mang Mei had just received two pieces of defensive gear from Xiao Feng; her HP surged from over 27 million to 85 million, making her tankier than most knights, and with the Immortal Gold Treasure Armor protecting her, she wouldn't be insta-killed.

As she lost HP, her sixth basic attack also landed, hitting the Nightmare Knight for 8 billion damage, draining 80 million HP, and her HP was instantly filled to full.

The Nightmare Knight snorted: "Still quite a handful."

Both fell to the ground in succession; Mang Mei took tens of thousands of damage from the fall, then immediately used a jump skill to retreat dozens of meters, drew her bow, and continued basic attacks to stack buffs.

Her attack speed was fast, and before she knew it, her buffs were nearly maxed out.

The Nightmare Beast swayed to dodge an attack, pulling the knight forward in a dash.

One had a mount, the other didn't; Mang Mei clearly couldn't outrun the boss.

She didn't plan to keep running either; she dumped 5 billion HP into defense, only needing to withstand the boss for two or three seconds to pretty much end the fight!

Swish swish swish

Basic attacks came one after another, damage climbing higher and higher.

The boss's attacks also came, each dealing tens of millions, incredibly terrifying.

But his attack speed wasn't as fast as Mang Mei's; each time he barely wounded her, a basic attack immediately drained and refilled her HP, locking the rhythm in place.

"What an amazing girl, this operation, this sense of rhythm—world‑class player!" Fellow archer Chuanyue Xing Kong saw Mang Mei seize the initiative and couldn't help exclaim.

Everyone had been worried for her, but after seeing her actual skill, they ended up worrying for the boss instead.