Update Time: 2014-02-25
Gargoyle Leader SS, Physical Attack 3240-4450, Physical Defense 1700, Magic Defense 1300, HP 550000, Skills — Petrification, Fatal Pierce, Flame Breath! The Gargoyle Leader is another proud creation of Ouna. Its body, taken from a demon's corpse, possesses extremely powerful defense and magic resistance. However, because it was transformed from a hell creature, its resistance to light attacks is negative, and it takes double damage from light attacks.
“This guy’s stats are too monstrous!” Lin Zheng shook his head. To deal with this guy, he wouldn’t be able to hold on without Ghost God State. The attack cap of 4450 was simply too high; even parrying wouldn’t be enough. Moreover, the boss had two ultimate skills that looked like offensive abilities, and who knew if they would instantly kill him! So, to be safe, Lin Zheng immediately used Ghost God State!
“Ghost God State!” Lin Zheng roared, and the black Ghost God State roared into existence, attaching itself to him. Looking at the boss’s stats again, they had already been halved! “I’ll go first. You pay attention to your output; don’t pull the boss’s aggro like you did with the Abomination!” With that, Lin Zheng unsheathed his shattered moon and charged towards the boss. Seeing Lin Zheng rush over recklessly, the boss unceremoniously gave Lin Zheng a sword strike. To save time, Lin Zheng didn’t even bother to dodge, directly tanking the boss’s attack, then fiercely stabbed his sword into the boss’s navel, -4550! A very powerful hit! Lin Zheng’s eyes immediately lit up. He hadn’t expected a casual strike to hit the boss’s weak point, dealing weak point damage!
With its weak point attacked, the boss roared in fury, raising the greatsword in its hand and stabbing towards Lin Zheng. The greatsword emitted an eerie red light, clearly not a simple normal attack; it was probably that Fatal Pierce! Lin Zheng noticed it, but didn't pay much attention. He now had 110% damage reduction, basically making him immune to any attack! However, Lin Zheng's carelessness cost him!
“Swish—” The boss’s sword pierced through Lin Zheng, -8267! A huge damage number floated up from Lin Zheng’s head, and his full HP was instantly reduced by 90%! Lin Zheng was horrified. This Fatal Pierce was direct damage, completely ignoring damage reduction! And it took away 90% of his HP in one hit; this was too brutal! Fortunately, this attack was caused by the boss’s skill, and skills have cooldowns. But Lin Zheng didn’t know how long the cooldown was for this damned skill, so he quickly ate some roasted snake meat to restore his HP, lest he get instantly killed again!
Xiao Mo was also startled to see Lin Zheng lose 90% of his HP instantly and immediately prepared to charge forward with her sword! Seeing this, Lin Zheng immediately shouted, “Don’t come over! If you attack, you’ll pull the boss’s aggro!”
“You’re about to die, and you still won’t let me come over!?” Xiao Mo stomped her foot but still stopped.
“Don’t worry, that was the boss using a skill just now. Look, its normal attacks can’t even hurt me!” Lin Zheng wasn’t just boasting; it was the truth. Xiao Mo saw that the boss’s greatsword only dealt a few points of damage each time it struck Lin Zheng, and only then did she relax! Lin Zheng, who was almost instantly killed by the boss, also became ruthless. All his attacks targeted the boss’s navel, each hit taking away over 4000 HP from the boss! This was a savage and extremely unfair duel. Lin Zheng’s every attack could take away a large amount of the boss’s life, yet the boss’s every attack could only cause him a few points of damage. In a blink of an eye, the boss’s HP had already been reduced by one-fifth. At this point, without Lin Zheng saying anything, Xiao Mo had already charged forward. After a round of Chain Strike, the boss instantly lost nearly 18000 HP! This damage was truly frightening; Lin Zheng even worried that the boss’s aggro would be pulled by Xiao Mo again! However, this time Xiao Mo was smarter. She paid attention to Lin Zheng’s damage output, which was basically around 4500. So, after each attack, Xiao Mo would wait for Lin Zheng to hit the boss four times before she continued, thereby avoiding pulling the boss’s aggro onto herself!
When the boss’s HP dropped to half, it began to go berserk, opening its mouth and spewing out a large area of flames. Moreover, this wasn't a single burst but a continuous spray. In a moment, the entire platform was covered in raging flames! The instant damage of this Flame Breath wasn't high; even Xiao Mo could withstand it, but the sustained damage was very deadly! It drained 700 HP per second, and damage reduction had no effect on it!
This move would definitely be very tricky for a regular dungeon team! All members would lose HP, and they would lose it rapidly! Healers wouldn't be able to keep up with healing everyone because they simply couldn't cover everyone! To withstand the Flame Breath attack, one would need to bring high-grade healing cooked food! Lin Zheng and Xiao Mo were undoubtedly very lucky! Because Lin Zheng had a large pile of roasted snake meat on him, although the 600 HP per second recovery speed couldn't keep up with the HP loss, they at least managed to hold on, suppressing the HP loss to 100 HP per second, which was completely within their tolerable range! But this also meant they couldn't engage in a prolonged battle! Because the flames covering the ground showed no signs of dying down, a long-term fight would be enough to take both Lin Zheng and Xiao Mo's lives!
Fortunately! Their damage to the boss was extremely high! The boss’s HP was quickly reduced to only one-tenth. At this point, the boss petrified itself, just like the small gargoyles, intending to quickly restore its HP! This move would definitely be a headache for players who would challenge this dungeon in the future! The boss’s defense reached 1700 points, and with an additional 50%, it could reach 2550 points! Most players would find it difficult to stack their attack so high around level 60! And if they couldn’t kill the petrified boss, the boss would fully restore all its HP, and then, it would fall into a dead loop! But for Lin Zheng, who had the “Meridian Severing” attribute, the boss’s petrification was undoubtedly seeking its own demise! With one dagger stab, the boss couldn’t recover any HP, and then, under Xiao Mo’s furious attacks, it turned into a pile of shattered moon!
“Swish! Swish!” Both of them leveled up! Killing a golden boss while being over ten levels lower yielded generous experience! Lin Zheng gained one level, and Xiao Mo was almost two levels away from leveling up!
Killing the Gargoyle Leader only took less than 3 minutes, and Lin Zheng didn't want to waste the nearly two minutes of buff time remaining, so he instructed Xiao Mo to clear the boss drops while he immediately stepped into the teleportation portal, leaving the spiral staircase! The next moment, Lin Zheng appeared in a dimly lit hall. According to the quest log, this stage required killing 12 elite Black Warrior and the Black Warrior Leader boss!
As soon as Lin Zheng appeared, before he could even investigate, 12 swordsmen in black armor charged at him. Almost simultaneously, Lin Zheng was struck by 12 black greatswords. Although he didn't lose HP, it hurt! Frustrated, Lin Zheng immediately Stomped his foot on the ground, “Explosion!”
“Boom—” A violent Explosion raged through the warrior hall. A massive -22600 damage number floated above the heads of all the Black Warrior surrounding Lin Zheng. However, to Lin Zheng’s astonishment, this damage, which would have instantly killed even the Gargoyle, did not have a fatal effect on the Black Warrior, whose HP had been halved. One by one, they were still lively, raising their swords to greet him! In that moment of distraction, he had already been struck 24 times. Luckily, he had activated Ghost God State, otherwise he would have been instantly killed by now!
“Damn it! This is too ridiculous!”
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