Chapter 97 - The Moment of Life and Death

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Sun Conqueror led his teammates to attack with all their might. The Warriors and Tankers shouldered the damage and took the brunt of the Heroic Spirit General’s attacks.

The Healers kept casting Healing Spells and various buffs at the Warriors in the front row.

When Li Yi brought the other half of his team over, they quickly surrounded the Heroic Spirit General.

Sun Conqueror — who was still struggling — straightened his back when he saw Li Yi and the rest of the party approaching.

“Critical Hit!”

“-54,421!”

With a swish from Deaths Descent, another Heroic Spirit General’s head was chopped off!

Sun Conqueror and the rest were stunned when they saw this.

Li Yi was incredible!

“There’s no time. Everyone, focus your fire on the last boss. Don’t forget to provide buffs to us.”

Li Yi did not stop as he turned around and ran towards the Heroic Spirit Commander.

The countdown and Li Yi’s command instantly pulled everyone back from their amazement.

Now was not the time to be in awe.

Everyone followed Li Yi as they rushed towards the Heroic Spirit General.

The Healers were frantically casting spells as they rushed from behind.

They could not afford to waste even a second.

“Charge!”

“-12,458! Critical Hit!”

Li Yi raised his shield and charged towards the Heroic Spirit Commander. However, the Heroic Spirit Commander was not affected at all. The aura of death kept surging in from all directions. It seemed like it was accumulating power.

Originally, they wanted to use their skills to stun or interrupt the skill of the Commander. However, it seemed like the Commander was in a super defensive state and could not be interrupted at all by other skills. Fortunately, they could still deal damage to him.

“Hurry up and attack him! There’s no time!”

Hearing Li Yi’s words, Clutch King, Sun Conqueror, and the others who had rushed over immediately began to deal damage to the Heroic Spirit Commander.

“-2,554”

“-4,579”

“-3,222”

Although everyone was desperately attacking, the Heroic Spirit Commander’s HP was simply too high. Even the Healers tried to join in the attack after buffing everyone.

“Blazing Stab!”

“-7,858!”

“-1,321!”

“Combo!”

“-8,543!”

“-9,435!”

Death Descent release attack after attack. The Heroic Spirit Commander’s HP was decreasing very slowly due to its super high defense. However, there was not much time left for them to count down.

Everyone’s hearts were racing from what would happen next. Their hands never stopped moving, and their eyes stared at the boss’s slowly decreasing HP bar as if it was their only hope.

Clutch King waved the weapon in his hand frantically as he was the fastest attacker there.

“-5,221”

“-4,311”

“-4,115”

…

He waved his hands so fast that they almost turned into mirages of one another, and his heart grew more and more anxious.

“Bro I can’t do it, the time is almost up.”

“Keep moving your hands, don’t stop.”

Li Yi looked at the HP bar above the Commander’s head.

“18%”

“17%”

“15%”

“Heavy Strike!”

“-12,546”

“12%”

“Almost there, almost there.”

As the deathly aura continued to gather, the Commander’s body slowly darkened.

“-552!”

“-435!”

“Bro, our damage has decreased.”

Li Yi had noticed from the very beginning that this was the hidden mechanism of some bosses. When their HP gets close to 10%, they would slightly increase their defense mechanism.

This kind of hidden mechanism was normally based on luck. Some players may encounter it, some players may not.

However, there were not many bosses with this kind of mechanism, so Li Yi had totally forgotten about it. He did not expect this boss to have this kind of mechanism. Now, this mistake could possibly cost him the life of several players.

“Snow Chaser, quickly heal me!”

Snow Chaser, who was silently trying to deal damage, suddenly heard Li Yi’s order.

“Oh, okay.”

Snow Chaser immediately cast a Healing Spell at Li Yi.

“11%”

Li Yi looked at the HP bar on top of the boss’s head while he formulated an idea.

“Do not stop attacking.”

Li Yi shouted at his companions.

He looked at his own health bar increasing. He knew very well that he was in a race against time.

“10%”

Finally, the opportunity had come!

“Horizontal Sword Slash!”

“-17,351! Critical Hit!”

The sound of a hurricane raged on when Li Yi used his skill. The attack slashed the Commander’s body, dispersing the deathly aura that had enveloped the boss.

“5%.”

“We’re almost there!”

Clutch King looked at the health bar above the boss’s head, and the weapon in his hand slashed even faster.

[System Notification: The boss only has 5% health left.]

This was his chance to finally end it!

Li Yi had just finished casting a skill when he immediately raised his greatsword again and swung it at the Heroic Spirit Commander.

“Critical Hit!”

“-18,450! Critical Hit!”

Accompanied by a fierce roar, the Heroic Spirit Commander stopped what he was doing and raised his head to the sky in defiance, as if it was telling the world of its pain.

The armor on his body turned into a scene of light and cascaded shadows of everyone else around. The weapon in his hand fell to the ground and he let out a heavy wail.

The HP bar on the boss finally bottomed out. Everyone stopped what they were doing and quietly looked at the scene in front of them.

The ticking of the countdown could no longer be heard…

No one dared to move. Everyone was waiting for the other shoe to drop before celebrating.

[System Notification: Congratulations on successfully killing the boss. Rewarding 300,000 personal EXP and 200,000 party EXP.]

[Talent Trigger: Obtained 1,000 HP,10 HP recovery/second]

“Yay!!!”

After everyone heard the official system’s announcement, they were relieved from their initial nervous state. Once they heard the good news, only then did they put away their weapons and jumped for joy.

Li Yi was panting heavily as he lay on the ground. It was not only him, everyone else was sweating profusely from the nervousness they felt just now.

Everything that had happened was too much of a thrilling experience.

If they were two seconds later, the situation might have been in the favor of the boss.

A ray of light lit up on Li Yi’s body, and his level rose by another level.

He had not expected there to be a hidden boss mechanism amongst one of them. Moreover, three of them had appeared at the same time. For such a sudden situation, if he did not contain the memories of his previous life, even the current him might have been at a loss, fortunately, death was only a close call.

He did not have much strength left anymore, and all he wanted was to lie down and have a good rest. While he let out a heavy sigh, Clutch King could be seen jumping and cheering in the distance. He had clearly been the one who had worked the hardest just now, and yet was still so energetic.

Snow Chaser, who was at the side, looked at Clutch King and covered her mouth as she laughed.

Her smile was very warm, and it made people feel comfortable just by looking at it.

Sun Conqueror was celebrating his victory with his guild members as well. This victory could be said to have been hard fought.

Li Yi rested for a while and slowly stood up.

He brought everyone to the side of the defeated boss and looked at the unresponsive boss on the ground. Li Yi was deep in thought. He did not know if he would be able to take it if it released its skills in the end while defeated.

Due to his battle instinct in his previous life, Li Yi always chose the safest and best method in every battle. This was also what a main tanker should always do. However, now that he had an SSS-grade talent, he would always have some strange thoughts.

‘Forget it, I don’t want to think too much about it. We should split the equipment.’ Li Yi thought to himself..