Chapter 244: Wrath of the Mad Bones
On the other side, facing a level 42 golden boss, Sword Fire Burning the Plains narrowly dodged one of the Stitch Monster’s thick, gorilla-like arms.
However, the players behind him were not so lucky.
Bang!
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The knight, already at half health from the virus, couldn’t withstand such a brutal attack and died on the spot.
The Stitch Monster’s attack power was even lower than that of the Underworld Boss; the terrifying damage dealt was due to the level suppression bringing a damage increase.
Moreover, the corpse of the fallen player did not immediately disappear but was grabbed by one of the countless limbs of the boss— and swallowed.
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His originally 92% health was instantly restored to full.
“…Well, now this is good, after outputting for half a day, dying once gives a direct 10% health back.”
“Those with low health should retreat!” Sword Fire Burning the Plains said in a low voice. Now, almost all the players surrounding the Stitch Monster were infected with the plague.
Plague: Deals 1% of maximum health as damage per second, lasting 600 seconds.
The boss itself was the epitome of toughness, and with the skills, Resilient Hook and Devour, utilizing the plague to deplete health made it nearly invincible!
—Time was running out, with only a few knights possessing strong recovery abilities still holding on.
Others had retreated to the edges.
But death was just a matter of time; the plague could not be removed by regular potions, and it would slowly consume their lives, while the potion cooldowns could not keep up.
“I can’t heal it back! Even if I survive later, it’s better to output more now!” A rogue stared at his health bar dropping rapidly, feeling discouraged, and prepared to touch the boss again.
“Damn, don’t come over!” Sword Fire Burning the Plains panicked. “If you die here, the boss will eat the corpse for health! Figure out a way to heal yourself!”
“Heal my ass! Both potions are on cooldown. Do you want to watch yourself die from the poison?”
“Right! I remember that NPC can heal! We need to find her now!” A sharp-eyed rogue recalled the Wishcaster’s healing skill.
The healing amount of the Plague’s Echo critical hit is over 10,000+, and it could definitely heal us!
“Coward.” Insidious Watermelon disdainfully said, looking at the panicked rogue with contempt.
“What did you say? Coward? Brother, do you think you’re strong? Don’t forget, everyone is currently suffering from the plague. In a while, everyone here will be dead!” Moonlit Bamboo Forest, the anxious rogue, replied fiercely.
“That’s why a coward is just a coward, only barking for favor.” Insidious Watermelon spoke casually before taking off his headgear.
Under the furious gaze of Moonlit Bamboo Forest, Insidious Watermelon calmly removed every piece of his equipment.
In the end, he was left wearing only the default beginner’s cloth.
What is this? He couldn’t understand it. Does equipping items in the bag lower the drop rate upon death?
He had never heard of such a mechanism.
However, the next second, the damage from the plague changed.
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What?! Only 6 points of damage?! If that’s the case, he could drink a high-level HP potion and restore a third of his health instantly.
“…” Moonlit Bamboo Forest fell silent.
He had to admit, this was a clever move.
By unequipping his gear, he reduced his attributes, thereby lowering his maximum health, which naturally also reduced the damage inflicted by the plague.
Conversely, the high-level HP potion became a miraculous cure, healing a large portion of his health.
“Awesome, man! And you have this trick!” Others saw this scene, quickly unequipped their gear, and what had been a health bar barely above the red line now became healthy. At this point, no one was dying from the plague.
Moonlit Bamboo Forest’s face turned green and white. After giving a deep look at Insidious Watermelon, he also followed suit and unequipped his gear.
Unfortunately, while this trick could resist the plague, it couldn’t heal in proportion.
In Dream of the Mists, removing gear causes health to be inherited as a percentage; when worn back, the health reverts to the previous value.
For example, when fully equipped at 2100/2333, after unequipping, it changes to 900/1000. Upon re-equipping, the health would still be 900/2333.
By the way, this mechanism doesn’t trigger when equipping at full health.
This is to prevent players from using gear changes to quickly heal.
Regardless, this trick could temporarily mitigate the damage from the plague.
In less than 2 minutes, four more players were killed by the Stitch Monster as it restored itself back to full health by devouring more health.
Only Sword Fire Burning the Plains was left, struggling with less than 30% health while fighting and retreating alongside a group of whiteboard players behind him.
“Someone come help me, I can’t hold on much longer!”
Liucheng turned around and saw that the original team of thirteen men now only had seven left.
And the Stitch Monster? It still had 100% health.
The remaining players were all entwined with thick green toxic mist; if any one of them ran over, they would definitely be infected collectively!
What was feared came true, and the group of whiteboard players scattered, with three of them charging over here!
Of course, it’s shocking that novice gear could withstand it. Just a touch would make it vanish!
At this time, if they didn’t run, would they wait to die?
“Don’t come over!!” Endless Sea heard something was off and turned around while shouting! A group of “zombies” with pale faces and surrounded by poisonous clouds charged over!
Knowing that in order to conquer Giant Ye lay down, everyone’s health had dropped to below a third of a dangerous line, being infected with the plague… was simply unbearable.
“Drip!”
System Notification: Giant Ye lay down has activated “Wrath of the Mad Bones,” increasing attack power by 30%, critical hit rate by 50%, reducing damage taken by 30%, and granting immunity to regular control effects, lasting 20 seconds.
Wow!!
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The boss’s ember suddenly locked onto them, and a dim red light flickered in the depths of its eyes. At the moment the notification sounded, it broke free from the chaos!
Two NPC soldiers were sliced down in an instant, and the second attack crit for over 20,000 damage!
What a Wrath of the Mad Bones! This enhancement skill was enough to counter most teams.
If it were only by itself, avoiding sharp edges and waiting for the 20 seconds to end could easily deal with it.
But… it erupted at the worst possible time.
The Stitch Monster chased over from the other side, and the teammates carrying the plague were just a few steps away from them.
It’s over…
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At this moment, the North Gate had become a hell on earth.
Even with reinforcements from before working in concert, the elves still suffered heavy losses.
This was because, at the onset of battle, countless enemy troops appeared on the northern horizon.
Just as Light Yinyin had anticipated, the Dark Fortress indeed sent reinforcements.
If that were all, it wouldn’t matter, after all, the North Gate’s original mission was to attack.
However…
The vanguard of these reinforcements was a full 1,000 Undead Iron Cavalry!!
In the vast flatland before the city gate, it was the most suitable terrain for cavalry.
Like the Valorous Cavalry, the Undead Iron Cavalry also had their attributes enhanced.
They transformed into a sharp blade, fiercely piercing into the elves’ rear.
