Black Gold · Strong-Maned Pig held the BOSS in check at the front with all his strength.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi were responsible for maximizing the damage output.
Under their steady coordination, the BOSS's HP kept dropping.
92%!
83%!
75%!
64%!
For Lin Mo and Ning Xi, the clouds were finally parting to reveal the moon.
All those days of hard work hadn't been in vain.
"As long as we take down this BOSS, we can complete the A-rank hidden quest and grab the divine pet White Fox along the way."
The anticipation in Lin Mo's heart was beyond words.
But for Wang Junjie, watching with his own eyes as his enemy was about to take down this immensely valuable Tier 5 BOSS step by step, while he himself could do nothing but stand there and watch, that feeling was even more painful than being killed.
Especially since just now, he had reported Lin Mo, Ning Xi, and Strong-Maned Pig no fewer than ten times.
Equipment, skills, stats, he reported everything.
Yet not a single report succeeded. The system's feedback was all "normal".
He was even banned from using the report function for 24 hours due to malicious abuse.
Wang Junjie's mentality had completely collapsed.
He clawed at his hair in frustration, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, "Why? What the hell went wrong?"
"Damn it! I spent so much money, hired so many experts!"
"And my gear isn't bad either, Level 30 Tier 3 full gold Venom set! There isn't a second set like it in all of Blazing Ember City! So why the hell can't I beat Rulebound?"
"Why? Why? Aaaaah!"
"You shameless pair! You damn shameless pair!"
Spoiled since childhood, never having endured any anger or even the slightest grievance, Wang Junjie was, for the first time, so furious he was on the verge of losing his mind.
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[Meanwhile, on the Battlefield]
The BOSS's HP had steadily dropped to just 13%.
At this moment, it had only been fifty minutes since the Shadow Gate was reopened to release the BOSS.
There were still ten minutes left.
Taking down the BOSS was already a sure thing.
Lin Mo said to Ning Xi beside him, "Later, you take the final hit and trigger your talent's tenfold reward boost."
Ning Xi nodded, "Okay!"
As they spoke, just as the two were waiting for a round of skill cooldowns, preparing for the final wave of harvesting—
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A chain of skills landed, dropping the BOSS's HP from 13% to 10%. Suddenly, a red energy shield formed around its body.
After that, all attacks became ineffective, no more damage could be dealt to the Dark Ruler.
"What's going on?"
Ning Xi immediately noticed something was wrong, her brows knitting slightly, "The BOSS seems to have entered absolute immunity!"
"Not absolute immunity!", Lin Mo frowned tightly and said in a deep voice, "It's going berserk!"
In the world of Divine Oracle, when a BOSS's HP drops below 10%, there's a chance it will enter a berserk state.
But the probability of triggering this berserk state is extremely low.
Even when Lin Mo and Ning Xi killed over a hundred BOSSes yesterday, not a single one triggered berserk.
Yet now, this BOSS had actually gone berserk.
"When a BOSS goes berserk, its kill value increases significantly."
That was the good part.
But the downside was: "During berserk, the BOSS's strength also increases dramatically."
Sure enough, as the Dark Ruler's body began glowing red, its form started to evolve.
Crack! Crack!
The armor on its body began to swell and shatter, and from the gaps of the broken armor, bursts of flame erupted.
Its height shot up from two meters to three meters in an instant.
Its entire body was engulfed in raging flames, like a demon stepping out of hell.
At the same time, a system notification descended.
[Ding~ Players please note! BOSS Dark Ruler · Riga has entered berserk state. For the next ten minutes, all attributes of the BOSS increase by 30%, and it gains S-rank skill · Dark Devour, S-rank skill · Shadow Revival.]
Fortunately, even in berserk, it only increased by 30%, which wasn't too outrageous.
And with Lin Mo and Ning Xi's strength, even if the Dark Ruler's power increased by 30%, taking down the remaining 10% HP within ten minutes was still no problem.
There was just one thing to note, "At the initial phase of berserk, the BOSS has one minute of invincibility."
Lin Mo instructed Ning Xi, "Let's avoid its edge for now. After its invincibility ends, we'll kill it."
Ning Xi nodded, "Got it!"
With that, the two of them, along with Strong-Maned Pig, quickly withdrew from the BOSS's attack range.
But when the fully berserk Dark Ruler looked around and found no one, its gaze immediately locked onto Wang Junjie not far away.
Was it because Wang Junjie didn't want to run after seeing the BOSS go berserk? Of course not.
It was simply because Wang Junjie had been killed back to level 0. With his current single-digit agility, even using all his strength, he moved as slow as a turtle.
"You damn human insect! And you dare try to harm my Shadow Race?"
"The Shadow Race will never perish! Insects, die!"
With a roar, the Dark Ruler charged toward Wang Junjie on its warhorse.
Wang Junjie turned his head and saw the BOSS rushing toward him. His whole body jolted, and everything clenched tight.
"Damn your mother's kiss!"
"I didn't even mess with you!"
"It was Rulebound and Liuli who hit you! If you want revenge, go find them!"
The Dark Ruler didn't care about any of that. In its berserk state, it killed anyone it saw.
Wang Junjie's face turned ashen as he turned and ran.
But in just an instant, he was caught.
Puchi!
The massive greatsword pierced straight through his back and out his chest.
No doubt about it, Wang Junjie died again.
And at this moment, the effect of the B-rank magic scroll [Soul Imprisonment] was still active.
The moment he died, Wang Junjie revived on the spot at full HP.
The Dark Ruler saw that the human it had just killed had come back to life.
Without hesitation, it stabbed again with another "puchi."
So, Wang Junjie died again.
In the blink of an eye, he revived once more.
Puchi!
The Dark Ruler brought down another sword.
He died again.
Wang Junjie revived again.
"Rulebound! Damn your mother's kiss!"
Wang Junjie died again.
"I'll screw your ancestors!"
Wang Junjie revived again.
"WCNM!" (Fack your mother!)
Wang Junjie died again.
Amid screams like a pig being slaughtered, Wang Junjie bounced back and forth between life and death, unable to stop.
Even Ning Xi couldn't bear to watch anymore.
"Wang Junjie is so pitiful…"
Lin Mo said, "If you don't court death, you won't die."
Luckily, the levels that could drop had already dropped, and everything that could be dropped had already been dropped.
Wang Junjie had completely given up.
At level 0, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts, no matter how the Dark Ruler ravaged him, aside from the mental torment, he had already gone numb.
And just as Wang Junjie was being repeatedly corpse-whipped by the Dark Ruler, too lazy to even stand up after reviving and simply lying on the ground waiting for death, looking utterly lifeless, he suddenly noticed: every time he was killed, a flash of red light would briefly appear on the Dark Ruler's body.
And each time the Dark Ruler attacked, even though it was still a basic attack, the damage kept increasing.
"Wait a second!"
"Why the hell is this BOSS getting stronger? Is it enjoying killing me or something?"
Wang Junjie suddenly felt his head itching, like he was about to grow a brain.
He opened the combat log and took a look:
[Ding~ Dark Ruler · Riga dealt 27253 damage to you. You have died. The Dark Ruler has devoured your soul. S-rank skill Dark Devour stack +1!]
[Ding~ Dark Ruler · Riga dealt 27526 damage to you. You have died! The Dark Ruler has devoured your soul. S-rank skill Dark Devour stack +1!]
[Ding~ Dark Ruler · Riga dealt 27798 damage to you. You have died! The Dark Ruler has devoured your soul. S-rank skill Dark Devour stack +1!]
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