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Chapter 773: Chapter 773: Killing the BOSS

All the healing professionals had fallen, and even if the Abyss Shield Striker was formidable, he couldn’t withstand the attack of a World Boss. Failure was certain. To keep going would only unnecessarily sacrifice the lives of their brotherhood.

Thomas’s heart was bleeding, not only because those who died were the elites of the Fallen Angel Alliance, but moreover, the World Boss only had 3% Vitality Points left. If they retreated now, all their hard work over the past few days would be in vain.

“Issue a city-wide manhunt. I want his skin hung on our alliance’s flagpole!” Rage consumed Thomas as he looked at Song Jian’s figure in the distance and roared through gritted teeth.

“Boss, we should get out of here quickly. The duration of your Abyssal Exile is almost up!” a player reminded from the side.

Only then did it dawn on Thomas. A tale beast was eyeing them, and once the Abyssal Exile ended, they likely wouldn’t escape.

“Retreat, retreat!” Thomas bellowed twice and, flapping his Fallen Angel Wings twice, fled into the distance.

The remaining alliance players had no heart to continue fighting. Even if they killed the World Boss, the loot wouldn’t be shared with them. At most, they would gain some alliance contributions. At the end of the day, their own lives mattered most.

The Abyss Shield Striker, who had been tanking the World Boss, saw the other players in his alliance scatter and lost the will to fight. Without a priest to heal him and, regardless of how high his armor value was, he couldn’t withstand the attack of a World Boss. After stunning the Boss with a shield strike, he retreated quickly.

The Abyss Shield Strike that could normally stun its target for three seconds only stunned the World Boss for half a second. The World Boss roared upon seeing the Abyss Shield Striker retreating and charged at him, swinging its weapon.

Bang!

The flaming weapon forcefully collided with his shield. The impact sent him flying away.

It took the Abyss Shield Striker over a dozen retreats before he steadied himself. Looking at his shield, he saw a delicate crack in the center – a sight that pained him. This shield was of Dark Gold quality; other than requiring a lot of Doomsday Coins for repairs, it would also need many precious ores. But then wasn’t the time to sorrow over a shield, his life was at stake. If he didn’t find a way to break from the aggro of the World Boss, he might leave his corpse right there.

“Where are the healers? Are they all dead? Heal me!” The Abyss Shield Striker, whose vitality points had dropped to less than half, roared. Unbeknownst to him, all the healing professionals in his team had indeed died.

Hu~

Strong wind pressure rushed at him. A huge weapon swiftly swept him off his feet. The World Boss, now low on health, had become even fiercer, relentlessly hacking at him. Had it been any other player, they would have been instantly killed by the World Boss.

The Abyss Shield Striker crashed into a black rock, blood spewing from his mouth. He was shocked to find that his defense had decreased by 15% and his movement speed by 30% due to a negative weak-status effect.

“Damn!” Struggling to stand, the only thing on his mind was to run. He didn’t want to face this rampaging demon guard anymore.

He glanced at the Boss and put his shield away, emptying his hands to run. Running with a shield in hand was too inconvenient. Running with empty hands allowed him a bit more speed.

Just then, a crimson longsword suddenly appeared before him, like a demon’s fang, thrusting toward his chest.

The Abyss Shield Striker’s face drained of color. He wanted to bring out his shield to block the sword but the sword was too fast, it didn’t give him a chance to react before it had pierced his chest.

Blood spewed out, reducing his vitality points to almost zero. @@novelbin@@

Ignoring everything else, the Abyss Shield Striker quickly reached into his item bag to produce a potion, but just as he was about to drink it, the longsword in his chest was pulled out and, like it was being controlled, began to swirl in the air, blades flashing with electricity.

Flash Thunder Strike!

Kakakaka~

Three electrical Sword Qi strikes landed on him, immediately draining his remaining vitality points.

Gulu, a potion bottle with a faint golden glow rolled out of the Abyss Shield Striker’s hand. His body fell, his face filled with bitterness.

Song Jian picked up the potion and found it to be a Complete Recovery Potion which could fully restore one’s vitality points.

“Lucky!” A smile appeared on Song Jian’s face. The lower the vitality points, the higher the potion’s effectiveness. But the lower the vitality points, the more dangerous it gets. You might end up like the Abyss Shield Striker, dead before you even had the chance to use it.

After stashing the Complete Recovery Potion, Song Jian found an item, radiating a dark gold light, squashed under the fallen Abyss Shield Striker. Looking closely, he realized he had looted the other guy’s shield.

“Dark Gold Quality, not bad, not bad!” A smile of surprise appeared on Song Jian’s face as he gathered the shield. He then looked at the World Boss who was currently chasing and killing other players.

After losing the aggro of the Abyss Shield Striker, the World Boss started to charge at those inflicting the highest damage. Often those were squishy characters who wouldn’t even have a chance to escape if chased by the Boss. Even though the World Boss only had 3% vitality points left, it still had nearly ten thousand points of health. These players stood no chance against it.

Song Jian also seized the opportunity to slaughter the players. Humans and Abyss players were inherently enemies to the death. Killing these players was no burden to Song Jian, if anything, he regretted not killing more.

With a dragon’s cry, the Black Dragon above him ended its exile status. A scorching Dragon Breath billowed toward the scattered players. Under Song Jian’s control, the Black Dragon’s attack intentionally stayed away from the World Boss. He wouldn’t want to unnecessarily attract the Boss’s aggression now.

After a rush, many bodies lay on the ground. Only a handful of them escaped the World Boss’s chasing range, the rest were all killed there. Many items, some gleaming silver and gold, were scattered on the ground.

“It’s no wonder they’re considered the top alliance in Flame Furnace. Their equipment is significantly better than the rest!” Song Jian quickly gathered all the equipment dropped by the players and then his gaze landed on the Boss with only 3% vitality points left.

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