Chapter 1059

Then he raised both hands holding the black soul flag, swung it wildly in a circle, and a strong wind flapped.

Strands of black qi drifted out from the black soul flag, swirling around the entire arena.

"Dodge quickly!" Li Li shouted urgently.

But it was useless; Yàsè, who was first in line, was hit by the black qi and his health bar emptied instantly.

Then Zhang Fan, Wula, and Shashen were also hit in succession; the professional hunter and Sword Slaying the Heavenly Beings couldn't even last a second.

"This is a doomed mechanism; we must have a knight alive." Zhulong lying on the ground said helplessly.

The black qi spread outward, and the priests, mages, and archers all fell one by one.

Finally, only Xiao Feng remained.

"Big brother, what should we do?"

Seeing the black qi quickly flying toward them, Da Bai anxiously asked.

Xiao Feng smiled and said: "Leave the instance!"

He directly used the exit function, leaving the instance space, and wasn't killed by the boss.

"Ah? Holy crap, we could have run just now!" Seeing Xiao Feng run, Li Li regretted deeply.

They all died once, needing to deduct 20% experience; the loss was still considerable.

In the wilderness area, Xiao Feng, via the team channel, told everyone: "Try once more; if you can't beat it, forget it—I'll directly finish the boss with one strike."

The synergy effect of this instance was still quite good; although the process was short, everyone improved rapidly and quickly found their coordination rhythm.

The main reason they couldn't beat the boss was that the boss was too strong—both its attributes and its mechanics were hard to deal with.

Anyway, the goal has already been achieved; if they still can't win, just instantly kill it to avoid many deaths and the extra experience penalty.

Hearing Xiao Feng's words, the team members were nevertheless unconvinced!

Li Li said: "Don't move, leave it to us! I still don't believe that a mere level 655 chief god can stop us!"

Chuzhu also said: "I just thought about it, actually we can still fight. As long as when the boss smashes the flag and applies the death shadow, we quickly switch positions letting other teammates go up to take that hit, we won't get the debuff. After gaining time like that, we will definitely be able to win!"

"Exactly! If we can't beat it head-on, we use our brains. Our DPS is higher than that of a normal player team of level 500; the dungeon couldn't possibly require at least six or seven tanks to take turns dying. Doing it the way Chuzhu said, I think it could work!" Xing Kong expressed agreement.

Xiao Feng heard it, nodded slightly: "Alright, let's try again."

The hit when the boss smashes the flag and applies death shadow cannot be dodged; if you dodge it, the boss will immediately smash again, applying two layers of death shadow at once.

Just now, when Dun Dun dodged the fifth layer, it was like that.

But if we switch someone to take the hit, it might work!

The boss's speed isn't too fast, its attack wind-up is very obvious, we have plenty of time to switch positions to take the skill!

After discussing, everyone quickly revived, then used the dungeon's quick entrance, directly teleporting into the dungeon they were challenging.

Twenty people appeared on the plain where they had previously fought, flying toward the city.

Soon after, they arrived at the No. 5 boss room again.

The boss, the city lord's wife, planted her flag and stood guard in the garden.

Seeing them arrive, she coldly muttered: "Not bad nourishment, actually coming to us on your own. Well, let's start with you!"

This line is fixed; every time they return after a team wipe, she says it once.

Chuzhu said: "I'll be the main tank, Dun Dun will supplement aggro as needed. The order for taking the death shadow later will be Old Zhang, Ya Se, Wu La, Jian Zan Cang Sheng. You four will take turns, each taking one hit, until each has four layers. If we haven't finished by then, it'll be me and Dun Dun taking them; others stay back, your defense isn't enough—taking it means certain death!"

For this kind of high-difficulty boss, the veteran commander is still the most reliable.

After Chuzhu spoke, everyone had no objections, preparing to fight according to this plan.

Li Li whispered: "Actually I have 99% evasion; taking one hit probably won't kill me."

Xing Yun Miao laughed: "Your face is so dark; what if that 1% happens? Better let them come; even if they go down, we can revive them."

After tactics were ready, the priests buffed to full, and Chuzhu immediately jumped up to pull the monster!

"Resistance is meaningless; death is only a matter of time."

The boss waved the black soul flag, sweeping in a circle, dealing decent damage.

But everyone already had experience; aside from the main tank, no one was injured, and they all dodged very well.

Soon, 30 seconds arrived; the boss let out a low shout: "Come forth, dark spirits! Grant these ants the shadow of death!" The mechanic skill was about to come.

"Old Zhang!" Chuzhu gave a low shout reminder, then rolled twice to the left to dodge.

Zhang Fan was already in position; seeing the boss smash down the black soul flag, he quickly took Chuzhu's spot and bore the hit head-on.

Bang!

That hit directly subtracted 78,000,000 HP from Zhang Fan.

Fortunately, his own HP was plentiful, with three pieces of main god defensive gear, his HP cap had reached 90,000,000, so taking the hit didn't immediately down him.

A wisp of ghostly light from the black soul flag clung to him; the death shadow debuff was indeed borne by him, not appearing on Chuzhu.

"We can do it!"

Everyone was overjoyed.

Chuzhu used "Heroic Descent" to jump onto the boss's face, continuing to solidify aggro and steadily chip away at its HP.

Every 30 seconds, a melee steps up to take the "death shadow"; teamwork gradually becomes proficient, and the boss's HP gradually decreases.

When the boss's HP reached 70%, the mechanic skill triggered.

The black soul flag was planted in the ground, and everyone once again received a negative state reducing a single attribute by 30%.

The warriors' defense dropped by 15%, and the risk of taking the flag smash increased greatly.

At the 4th minute of battle, Wula took a single hit alone, couldn't withstand it, and was smashed to death.

The death shadow did not appear on him; instead, the judgment failed, the boss struck again, smashing once more.

Dun Dun quickly stepped up to take a hit, gaining two layers of death shadow all at once.

"It seems you can't absorb the status if you're killed; you must stay alive! Let's revive Wula, and for the remaining times, let Old Zhang, Ya Se, and us two knights take them!" Chuzhu analyzed decisively.

Wula and the Sword Slaying the Heavens' armor have one piece less than Zhang Fan and Yase's; unable to withstand the heavy blow of smashing the flag, they can only give up.

The battle continues, the boss's HP slowly drops below 60%.

When the HP drops to near 50%, Zhang Fan and Yase each have four layers of buffs, Sword Slaying the Heavens and Wula have two layers, and Little Unlucky Egg Dun Dun also has two layers.

Zhulong reckons that he and Dun Dun together can at most withstand another six hits, or if one dies counts as seven, buying three and a half minutes.

But… it still seems impossible to kill the boss!

Not enough time!

"Is there anyone with high defense who can take a hit?" he asked.

"I can!"

"I should be able to."

Xing Yun Miao and Mang Mei almost spoke at the same time.

Both of them have a Supreme Treasure that gives extra damage reduction; their ability to withstand attacks is actually not much worse than a warrior's, and they haven't had their defense reduced—what's lowered is healing amount and crit rate, making them more stable.

If they two take the hits, the chance is also great.

However, at this moment, a handsome daoist in flowing robes suddenly walked over and said, "Let me take the hit; after all, I'm a team member—though I don't deal damage, I can still take a skill."