Chapter 240: Flagg?
Hey—hey—
Gal’s attack was not without effect; at least it woke up the sleeping giant dragon.
And the consequences…
With the slight tremor of the giant claws, the earth and walls emitted a tearing scream.
At this rate, they might be crushed by the terrain before the battle even began!
“This is…” Gal looked incredulously at the creature before him; if this wasn’t an illusion… the Shadow Lord had resurrected the ancient giant dragon!?
“Interesting, it seems you are not entirely ignorant. So in this situation, how will you respond?” The man across from him crossed his arms, seemingly confident of victory.
Crash!
As the wall cracked, the upper passage was completely destroyed, and broken stones rolled down the slope, crushing several players on the way!
And this was just a precursor to the earthquake.
More and more rolling stones fell, sealing off the paths leading everywhere.
In less than a minute, the available space had become extremely cramped.
They could only see the Shadow Lord’s movements through the gaps between the stones.
Gal desperately smashed the falling stones; even with the blessings of his prayers, he was still struggling.
“Damn it!” After smashing another boulder, he seemed to realize that this was just a futile effort.
If they exhausted their stamina over something like this, they’d only end up dead.
And what about the Shadow Lord? With the light from the magical lantern, he could vaguely see that he was hidden between the giant dragon’s claws, almost not facing any attacks at all.
Moreover, he could faintly see the Shadow Lord bowing his head, his right hand constantly shaking, as a purple-blue disc floated in the low air.
What was he doing?
Suddenly, Gal’s loud shout interrupted Chen Chen’s thoughts.
“Yun Shui’s Mud Kid, break this stone for me, quick!” Gal shouted at the giant boulder blocking their path.
“…Okay!” Instinctively wanting to step forward, Kurei took a step ahead of her.
“Ha! Heavy Strike!”
With terrifying strength, the stone was split in two in an instant.
Gal’s figure surged out the next moment.
Just as Chen Chen intended to follow, another boulder crashed down!
With a loud bang, it sealed their way forward completely.
“Captain—! What happened—!?” The NPC left above didn’t know about the changes inside and could only shout from a distance.
But Gal had no time to understand the situation outside; he had to directly attack the Shadow Lord! As long as this guy died, everything would naturally return to peace.
This time, his view was severely obstructed, and Zha sat unable to see anything clearly.
About three seconds passed, and brilliant light filled the entire underground space, then two astonishing numbers floated into the air.
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Then the light faded, and the space returned to darkness.
“Miss… he can’t be…”
“…I’m not sure either.”
Gal’s total health exceeded 200,000; that attack definitely wouldn’t kill him, but what about the next one…? That was hard to say.
However, it seemed the enemy had no intention of finishing him off. After a few minutes of silence, the fallen stones above had mostly stopped dropping, and in some angles, they could even see the moonlight.
“Heh—whoosh!!!”
In the night, a colossal creature shot up into the sky, sweeping everything in its path away, its skeletal wings flapped up and down, creating currents of strong wind.
Through the livestream footage, Chen Chen could clearly see the enormous Bone Dragon, over twenty meters long, flying in the air.
It would dive down sometimes, rise up at others, either breathing down or sweeping the ground with its hard wings.
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-12694
-20550
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No one could withstand a strike from the Bone Dragon; even the weaker mages took over 20,000 damage in one hit.
As for attacks, some people did try.
But even skills like Explosive Fire, which had a certain restraint, could only deal less than 1,000 damage.
The mages’ proud Sea of Fire was just a ground attack, completely ineffective against the creature!
Moreover, the Bone Dragon’s health bar had already risen from 94% to 95%; its regeneration speed was comparable to a healed potion! This was useless!!
“MD, is this thing not meant for us? What about the NPCs!?”
“It seems the capable ones have been buried… now we only have those outside!”
“Damn, get out quickly; let the NPCs focus fire on this dragon; otherwise, we won’t be able to fight at all!”
After the Bone Dragon wiped out countless teams, the players finally realized that this boss was probably a scripted monster!
Scripted monsters have attributes far exceeding those of normal creatures and only appear in special plots—they are nearly invincible.
It is almost impossible for players to take down such a monster on their own.
Normally, a powerful NPC would show up to fight the Bone Dragon, or some change would give players a collective buff.
In short, running away was the right thing to do!
As the livestream player was taken down by the Bone Dragon in one bite, the broadcast cut off completely.
…
No one expected that the current underground space would turn out to be the safest place, at least for now.
Chen Chen looked at the dozens of meters high pit above, lost in thought.
Who could tell her what had happened?
First, the forces of the Light faction had entered the barrier at some point. Gal was responsible for the west and quickly broke through that part, rushing in to tackle the Shadow Lord.
Then… it just so happened that they ran into the Shadow Lord resurrecting the giant dragon.
Gal’s status was still unknown.
The important question now was… how to get out? There had originally been stairs to descend, but with the Steel Bone Dragon’s rampage, the underground space had expanded to double its size, becoming a deep pit.
“Miss, we need to get out quickly! The outside can’t hold for long!” Kurei said anxiously; those people outside were his brothers brought from Holy Water City! If left unchecked, something bad would definitely happen!
“…So how do you plan to get out?” Huachen retorted.
In this situation, if Mo Se could just dig a tunnel, he could get everyone to the surface.
However… the missing Shadow Lord was a huge hidden danger. Now, no one knew where he had gone; if something happened to Mo Se, there would be no chance to regret it.
“…Climb out!” Kurei gritted his teeth and resolutely said, “Miss, you stay here; I’ll go out first, and once everything is over, I’ll come back to get you!”
“…You don’t need to be so hasty with the flag; isn’t it better to suffer here?” Huachen facepalmed; if he waited for Kurei to climb out, the flowers would have wilted.
“Flagg? What does that mean?”
“…”
In the end, Kurei was persuaded by Chen Chen and abandoned the thought of climbing up.
For one, there wasn’t enough time, and for another, the Shadow Lord was likely still hidden here.
While exploring, they could also check if Gal could still be rescued. By tempering his bad temper, his strength was sufficient to serve as the main C.
That last blow had dealt 60,000 damage to the Bone Dragon!
If he were to die, they would have to think about waiting for reinforcements from the East Gate and North Gate.
“The Shadow Lord is nearby, he hasn’t left yet.” [Starry] stood alone in the corner for a while, suddenly saying.
