Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the passive effect of the Dark Ruler's S-rank Dark Devour kept stacking, its damage increase, damage reduction, and skill range all rose across the board.
One AOE skill would cover an enormous area, instantly killing all players and Lin Mo's NPC soldiers caught within it.
Wang Junjie grew more and more carried away.
"So many NPCs are dead. Rulebound, this time, even if you're insanely capable, you're finished! Unless you can bring these NPCs back to life or something?"
But even that still didn't satisfy Wang Junjie.
He shouted, "Keep feeding it! Keep feeding the BOSS!"
"Let it wipe out that entire NPC army under Rulebound!"
Lin Mo had already stopped caring about losses.
Because to him, this NPC army only had two outcomes: zero losses or total annihilation.
Dozens were already dead anyway.
Even if they all died, the penalty wouldn't be much different.
He and Ning Xi were still doing everything they could to attack the BOSS.
In the world of Divine Oracle, damage reduction caps at 90%.
So even though the Dark Ruler's buffs had stacked over a hundred layers, its damage reduction was locked at 90% and couldn't increase further.
For Lin Mo and Ning Xi, even with just 10% effectiveness left, they wouldn't give up.
Under the BOSS's overwhelming attacks that wiped out everything in sight, whether human or ghost, everything was instantly killed.
Only Lin Mo and Ning Xi, relying on 90% damage reduction and sustained by potions, managed to withstand it and remain standing.
To the bystander players outside, the two of them looked no less terrifying than monsters.
"Holy crap! Even Level 50 NPCs get one-shot by the BOSS, but Rulebound and Liuli can tank so many hits without dying?"
"That's insane!"
"What the hell! Not only are they tanking the BOSS, they're still killing it!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Under Lin Mo and Ning Xi's full-force assault, even though each hit was reduced to just a few thousand damage, it was still enough to slowly chip away at the BOSS's HP.
The BOSS's HP dropped bit by bit from 10% to 5%.
Wang Junjie was shocked out of his wits.
"WCNM!"
"This still works?"
"Fine, fine, fine! Rulebound, you really want to kill this BOSS, huh? Then I absolutely won't let you!"
Since the BOSS's passive buffs were already stacked high enough, stacking further didn't matter much anymore.
Wang Junjie shouted, "Stop feeding the BOSS! Kill Rulebound instead! If you die to him, I'll still compensate 100,000! Whoever kills Rulebound gets a 10 million bonus!"
However, as soon as he said that, there was no response at all.
Wang Junjie looked around, only to realize: at some point, all the bystander players had already been wiped out, none left.
"Damn it!"
Wang Junjie fumed, "So useless? I've been killed over a hundred times and I'm still standing! And you guys are already all dead?"
"Trash! A bunch of trash!"
Victory was within reach, yet he had no more cannon fodder left.
Wang Junjie was filled with unwillingness.
At that moment, a commotion suddenly came from outside the city.
All of a sudden, a large group of Chaotic World Guild players charged straight in through the south gate of Shadow City.
Wang Junjie was just wondering, he hadn't even called them, so why were his people back, when Chaotic World Zhuge sent him a message, ["Brother Jie, I already led the brothers back from Blazing Ember City earlier. We've been hiding outside Shadow City, waiting for the right moment."]
"Now that the BOSS is heavily injured, we'll kill Rulebound first, then snatch the BOSS from him."
Seeing the message from Chaotic World Zhuge, Wang Junjie's eyes lit up.
He burst into laughter, ["Hahahaha! Well done, strategist! You finally did something that satisfies me."]
["Once it's done, I'll give you a 10 million bonus!"]
Chaotic World Zhuge was overjoyed, ["Thank you, Brother Jie!"]
So, Wang Junjie pointed at Lin Mo and ordered the Chaotic World Guild players charging into the city, ["Blow up Rulebound for me!"]
Chaotic World Zhuge already looked like victory was in hand. He adjusted his glasses and said casually, "The BOSS's damage is already maxed out. Just get a few mages to control Rulebound so he can't move. Let the BOSS kill him, it'll be effortless!"
Under Lin Mo and Ning Xi's relentless assault, the BOSS's HP had already dropped to just 3%.
At this moment, seeing the Chaotic World Guild army surging in from behind like a tidal wave, they had overwhelming numbers, and even the NPC army couldn't fully hold them back.
A large group of Chaotic World mages rushed forward, staff in hand.
Whoosh!
A dark gray beam descended from the sky, enveloping Lin Mo.
Lin Mo, who had been attacking the BOSS, was instantly immobilized.
"The Dark Mage's ultimate, Soul Suppression!"
The reason Lin Mo had been able to withstand the Dark Ruler in its berserk state with over two hundred layers of damage buffs, was because he avoided many attacks through movement. Even with Strong-Maned Pig taking 90% of the damage, Lin Mo wouldn't have lasted this long otherwise.
But now, immobilized and unable to move, he became a live target in the Dark Ruler's eyes.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Dark Ruler seized the opportunity, charging toward Lin Mo on its warhorse, greatsword in hand, with overwhelming momentum.
It clearly hated Lin Mo, the one who had once broken into the Shadow Temple and taken the Shadow Clan's secret, the Shadow Codex.
Even Ning Xi going all out wasn't enough to pull aggro away from the BOSS.
And just as the wind of death closed in, the dark gray beam surrounding Lin Mo suddenly disappeared.
The Soul Suppression effect was interrupted.
At the critical moment, Lin Mo swiftly dashed to the right, brushing past the Dark Ruler and narrowly avoiding its fatal strike.
Just as he wondered how he had suddenly been freed, he turned back and saw dozens of beams of white light shooting into the sky.
The Chaotic World Guild's group of mages had been wiped out by another group of players.
At the front, the Level 35 sword-and-shield warrior Dragon Soul Aoshi pulled his longsword out of a Chaotic World mage beneath his feet with a "puchi," then looked toward Lin Mo and said, "Go kill the BOSS. Leave this to us."
With that, Dragon Soul Aoshi led over a thousand elite players from the Dragon Soul Guild, joining forces with the NPC army to hold back the Chaotic World Guild forces with everything they had!
Lin Mo was a bit surprised.
He hadn't expected the Dragon Soul Guild to come help this time without any benefit involved.
Some things didn't need to be said.
With the defensive line built by the Dragon Soul players using their lives, Lin Mo locked onto the low-HP BOSS again and launched the final assault.
———
At the same time, elsewhere—
Han Ruoxi was leading several hundred Blood Dance Guild players into Shadow City.
The situation on the battlefield was clear at a glance.
Seeing the Dark Ruler with only 3% HP left, the Blood Dance players were ecstatic.
"A Level 50 Tier 5 BOSS! And it's almost dead!"
"Second Miss, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Should we seize the chance to intercept and kill the BOSS?"
"That Rulebound is ungrateful! He wiped us out at the Ghost Graveyard last night! Now's the perfect time to get revenge!"
"I heard Dragon Soul is also an affiliated force under Divine Kingdom. We can take this chance to join forces with Chaotic World Guild, wipe out Dragon Soul, and kill Rulebound!"
But just as the Blood Dance players were fired up and ready to take revenge on Lin Mo and steal the BOSS, they suddenly heard Han Ruoxi give an order, "Do not attack Rulebound!"
"All of you, hide your IDs and assist Dragon Soul in resisting Chaotic World!"
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