Frost: Extreme Cold Grip!
Annihilation: Storm Arrow Rain!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two SSS-rank skills turned into a sky full of arrows, covering the Dark Ruler's body.
In an instant, a large wave of blood-red damage numbers rose above its head—
-16244! Freeze! Slow!
-18460! -18460! -18460! Paralysis!
Seeing this damage, Ning Xi said in surprise, "That's really high damage."
This is exactly why magic scrolls are considered the only bug-level existence in the Divine Oracle world capable of creating miracles.
Even though the few D-rank magic scrolls Lin Mo had casually crushed just now were each worth tens of thousands, as the saying goes, you have to spend to gain.
In his previous life, Wang Junjie even spent 30 million to buy three Shadow Hearts as entry tickets just to take down the elite hidden dungeon Shadow Temple.
Compared to that, Lin Mo using a few magic scrolls to kill this priceless Tier 5 BOSS was nothing at all.
And in fact, those two skills just now were only a warm-up.
What came next was Lin Mo's real domain.
The lingering effects of the SSS-rank skills, Extreme Cold Domain and Storm Arrow Formation, continued to envelop the Dark Ruler.
The former reduced the target's defense by 40% and increased damage taken by 30%.
The latter reduced the target's defense by 40%.
Combined with the Defense Reduction effect from the D-rank magic scroll, in that instant, the Dark Ruler's defense dropped by 90%.
Its defense plummeted from 7000 points down to just 700.
Then, after the Venom set's 1500 armor penetration, at this moment, the Dark Ruler's defense against Lin Mo was effectively reduced to zero.
Seizing the opportunity, Lin Mo drew his bow again.
SSS-rank Heavenfire: Scorched Earth!
SSS-rank Heaven-Slaying: Seven Star Volley!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The combo of two SSS-rank skills exploded on the Dark Ruler, now left with only 10% of its defense, producing a series of shocking massive damage numbers—
-67468!
-10745!
-11067!
-19378 (Critical)!
While Ning Xi stood there in shock, Lin Mo also handed her several magic scrolls, "The BOSS's attack is too high. We don't have any backup, so we can't drag this out. We need to finish this quickly."
"Got it!"
With that response, Ning Xi also used several buff-type magic scrolls.
Then she locked onto the Dark Ruler and launched her attack.
Fireball!
Ice Spike!
Boom!
Boom!
Enhanced tenfold by the SSS-rank talent Nine-Five Supreme, her skills slammed into the Dark Ruler, instantly producing two blood-red damage numbers—
-63254!
-62985!
Seeing this damage, Lin Mo couldn't help but marvel, 'That tenfold damage boost from Nine-Five Supreme is just insane.'
Not to mention anything else, just the poison damage provided by the Venom set, after being amplified tenfold, was a fixed 30,000 damage.
This meant that even though Ning Xi didn't have Lin Mo's SSS-rank skills with powerful armor break and damage amplification effects, the damage she dealt with B-rank skills was not inferior to Lin Mo's SSS-rank skills at all.
As a result, before the Dark Ruler could even get close, its HP had already dropped by a full 8%.
Enraged, it let out a furious roar, "Damn humans! Die!"
The Dark Ruler suddenly raised its greatsword high.
Rumble!
Lightning crackled across the sky.
At the same time, countless undead gathered around Lin Mo and Ning Xi, forming a massive storm that engulfed them.
A-rank skill, Soul Trample!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Under the continuous erosion of the undead, blood-red damage numbers popped up above Lin Mo and Ning Xi—
-1125!
-1177!
-1099!
Lin Mo had the Ancestral-grade Black Gold: Strong-Maned Pig absorbing 90% of the damage.
Ning Xi had her SSS-rank talent Nine-Five Supreme reducing 90% of damage.
Which meant that both of them were only taking 10% of the actual damage.
Even so, their HP bars were still dropping rapidly.
It was easy to imagine, if it were ordinary players, they would've been instantly killed by now.
The two quickly retreated out of the Soul Trample's range.
With only half her HP left, Ning Xi exclaimed, "This BOSS is really strong."
Lin Mo couldn't help but agree, "As expected of an A-rank hidden quest."
"The difficulty is high enough."
As he spoke, Lin Mo took out a health potion from his bag and drank it, restoring his HP.
Then, together with Ning Xi, he continued the assault on the BOSS.
Watching the scene of two people and one pig taking on a Tier 5 BOSS, Wang Junjie felt like his worldview was collapsing.
"Damn it!"
"Fack!"
"They're cheating! You two bastards are definitely cheating! If you're not cheating, I'll eat shit!"
As he said that, the only thing Wang Junjie could do was open the system report function on the spot and report both Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
[Ding~ Report on players Rulebound and Liuli successful. The system is analyzing data. Please wait for feedback. Thank you for your supervision!]
[Ding~ After system inspection, players Rulebound and Liuli show normal data. No cheating behavior detected.]
"???"
Wang Junjie was dumbfounded, "You damn trash system! Are you blind!? If they're not cheating, how can they solo a Tier 5 BOSS?"
"Open your damn eyes and look properly!"
[Ding~ Detected abusive behavior toward the system. Muted for 10 minutes!]
Wang Junjie: "..."
Clearly, the shallow-minded Wang Junjie only saw the surface.
How could he possibly understand how much effort Lin Mo had put in to take down this BOSS?
Completing the City Lord assessment to gain command authority.
Clearing four major dungeons.
Farming snake gall.
Farming poison gas bottles.
Farming corrosive agents.
Farming crystal cores.
Upgrading the Venom set.
Everything Lin Mo had done during this time was all for the sake of dealing with this Tier 5 BOSS, the Dark Ruler.
With that level of effort, combined with two top-tier SSS-rank talents, and the strength of two number-one players on the rankings, if they still couldn't defeat the Dark Ruler, then what difference would there be between Lin Mo and a failure like Wang Junjie?
The Tier 5 BOSS's damage was still extremely high.
Lin Mo had Strong-Maned Pig taking 90% of the damage for him, leaving him to take only 10%, and with potion recovery, his pressure was manageable.
The one suffering was Strong-Maned Pig.
Because most of the Dark Ruler's skills were AOE attacks.
Even Lin Mo and Ning Xi, positioned at the backline, couldn't avoid them.
So while tanking the BOSS in front, Strong-Maned Pig also had to bear the 90% transferred damage from Lin Mo in the back.
Fortunately, Strong-Maned Pig was an Ancestral-grade pet of the highest tier.
It wore a full level 40 Tier 3 golden-quality Venom set.
And had the SSS-rank passive skill Bloodbath: Iron Wall.
Without any one of these three, Strong-Maned Pig wouldn't have been able to withstand this Tier 5 BOSS.
The high growth from its Ancestral grade and the Venom set maximized its tankiness.
The passive Bloodbath: Iron Wall provided strong sustain, restoring 1% of max HP per second, which was over 3000 HP per second, and its 100% healing boost meant that a level 8 health potion that normally restored 10,000 HP would restore 20,000 HP when used on Strong-Maned Pig.
Extremely high durability plus powerful sustain, the combination allowed Strong-Maned Pig to completely withstand the attacks of the level 50 Tier 5 BOSS, Dark Ruler · Riga.
This scene left Wang Junjie completely stunned.
But at the same time, it made him "understand" something.
"I get it! I finally get it!"
"The system can't detect your cheats, not because you're not cheating, but because…"
"The cheat is on that pig!"
"Hahaha! Damn, I'm a genius!"
"Rulebound! I finally caught you! Just wait to get banned!"
As he spoke, Wang Junjie excitedly opened the system report function again and, without hesitation, reported Black Gold: Strong-Maned Pig.
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