"Clang!"
The sound of metal clashing. Xia Feng was the first to make contact with the Fire Spirit King. He crossed his scabbard in front of him and blocked the Boss 'sword. Although the block was successful, Xia Feng's health bar still instantly dropped by half. The scabbard style allowed him to block and dodge at the same time. However, compared to blocking, Xiafeng preferred to dodge. Wearing heavy armor would affect his agility and dodge. Therefore, Xiafeng no longer wore armor and changed to cloth armor, which also caused his HP to be lower.
Looking at his rapidly decreasing health bar, Xia Feng understood that blocking was no longer possible. He pulled out his sword and stabbed towards the BOSS's thigh. However, he could only stab up to this point. The BOSS was five to six meters tall, and Xia Feng's entire body could only reach his thigh.
The sword pierced through the boss, but there was almost no change in the BOSS 'health bar. The Fire Spirit King retracted his sword and slashed. Xia Feng hurriedly dodged to the side.
The young players behind him also rushed forward.
"Commander, let me help you." The young player shouted.
"Stay behind and attack." Xia Feng didn't look at him and directly commanded. This kid was a damage dealer, unlike him, who was half-tank and half-damage dealer. If he came to tank the BOSS, he would be courting death.
The other players of Team D also joined in the battle. Those who should resist, those who should attack, and those who should support. With Xia Feng's on-the-spot command, they managed to stabilize the front line. However, there were not enough people. The injured and replaced midfielders did not have enough time to recover their full health and had to rejoin the battle. They could barely hold on for the first few rounds, but the longer the battle went on, the lower the overall health of the midfielders.
"This can't go on." Xia Feng said. "DPS and Support, come and help tank. Everyone tank and buy time for the tank.”
"But if we withdraw from the battle to recover, how can we fight with only tanks?”A DPS player asked.
"You guys don't leave the battle after tanking. Return to the output position and continue to output. As long as the tank can hold on, you guys will be fine.”Xia Feng said.
"But if we don't reply, who will take the tank when the tank can't take it anymore?”The player continued to ask.
"Our current mission is to stall for time until Team A, B, and C regain their combat ability. We just need to hold on for two rounds.”Xia Feng explained.
Under Xia Feng's command, the DPS and Support players took turns to stand in front of the BOSS. Each of them took a hit and retreated. Then, a group of red and yellow HP players fought fiercely with the BOSS.
Seeing that Team D could not hold on any longer, the players of Team A, B, C, and C rejoined the battle under the command of Heathcliffe, Asuna, Egil, and the others. The players of Team D filled the empty spots left by the dead players, and the battle situation stabilized. It was back to the time when they were dealing with the first HP bar of the BOSS.
Seeing that another HP bar of the BOSS was about to be taken down, everyone's hearts clenched.
"Xia Feng, what should we do?" Asuna asked anxiously.
"What should we do? What should we do?" Xia Feng was also extremely anxious and desperately tried to think of a way. "Why don't we let the players behind retreat first? However, just relying on the vanguard might not be enough to clear the remaining HP of the BOSS. Moreover, the vanguard was the most dangerous and difficult to escape from. Or should they leave the high-agility vanguard behind and let the rest run first? It was still the same problem. Just relying on the vanguard might not be able to use the BOSS's skills. They might not even be able to withstand it. What should they do? The army did not even encounter this problem when dealing with the BOSS.”
"That's right, why didn't the BOSS use this skill when the army attacked the BOSS? It was impossible for the BOSS to suddenly have an extra skill. There must be something that he missed.”Xia Feng thought to himself. "There must be a trigger condition for such a big move. For example, the trigger condition for Blade Storm is to lose one HP bar. The reason why the army didn't see this skill was because they didn't meet the requirements to trigger it. But what exactly was this requirement?”
Xiafeng racked his brains to think about what the trigger conditions were. These things must be related to the Boss and the players. As for the Boss 'background, the quest had mentioned that the Fire Spirit King had dominated the 25th floor with his bravery, but was later tempted by a demon. Xiafeng thought about the information he had as he fought. There was nothing useful in the background.
Could it be the environment? However, he couldn't think of any connection in this empty palace.
Or was it the BOSS's performance? Language? His behavior? Clothes? Suddenly, Xia Feng had a flash of inspiration.
"Language! That's right, it's language. The language spoken before the skill is released must be related to the skill!”Xia Feng started to recall the words the BOSS said before he used the Super Fireball.
"Do you think you can escape?" These were the original words.
"Can't we escape? But why didn't he use this skill when the injured forward left the formation?”
Xia Feng's train of thought fell into a dead end.
"Since we can't find it from the BOSS, we'll find it from the players. The army didn't encounter this skill, but we did. The difference in performance between the two should be the trigger. Moreover, it should be based on the performance of both parties before the BOSS uses the Super Fireball.
What was the difference? Tactics? It shouldn't be. It was always the midfielders in front, the damage dealers and the support behind. The only difference was that I had sent a team of frontline guards to block the fireball. This was possible, but the frontline guards had retreated from the beginning. They didn't see the BOSS release a huge fireball from the beginning. Moreover, when the BOSS said to escape, the frontline guards didn't escape. They all took the fireball head-on.”
"That's right, escape!" Xia Feng's mind suddenly became clear. "It was only then that the army did not flee, but we did.”
Xia Feng finally figured everything out, but he couldn't be sure without concrete evidence. He couldn't use other people's lives to test it, so he could only try it himself.
"Very good, you can actually hurt this king. Then I'll let you all witness this king's invincible ultimate skill!”
The second HP bar of the BOSS had been taken down. He was ready to use Blade Storm.
"Everyone, retreat. Run as far as you can. The vanguard should hide in the pool.”Xia Feng ordered as he looked at the anxious crowd.
Everyone was a little disappointed. They had hoped that Xia Feng would give them a different order, one that could deal with the giant fireball, but Xia Feng only told them to run faster. What was the use of this? This palace could hold more than two hundred people in battle, so one could imagine how big it was. The vanguard with slow movement speed could not escape at all, and the pool could not hold so many vanguard.
"Since Xia Feng has no other way, we can only rely on ourselves. Run as fast as we can.”This was what everyone was thinking.
Everyone retreated quickly, except for one person-Xia Feng.
"Xia Feng, why aren't you running?" Asuna shouted anxiously.
Xiafeng ignored her and raised his sword and scabbard, preparing to block the BOSS 'Blade Storm. Seeing Xia Feng overestimate his own strength and plan to take the BOSS 'Blade Storm head-on, some people even thought with ill intentions,"Could it be that he was provoked and became stupid?”
Asuna was the most anxious. Although it was not publicly announced, the two of them had indeed become lovers. Seeing that her lover was acting so foolishly, Asuna wanted to rush up and pull him back without thinking.
"No, it's too late." Kirito grabbed Asuna tightly. "Xiafeng can still resist for a while, but you will definitely die if you go up!”
"Are we just going to watch him die?”Asuna said angrily. "Are you still his friend?"
Kirito did not know what to say, but he still held Asuna tightly. Asuna's strength was not as good as his, so she could not break free.
"Let me go!"
"No, Xia Feng won't agree to this.”
"If anything happens to him, I will never forgive you!”
Before Kirito could reply, the BOSS had already activated its Blade Storm.
"Xia Feng!" Asuna looked at this scene in despair, tears flowing out of her eyes.
Xia Feng was no longer in the mood to care about this. His mind was completely focused on the BOSS. When the Fire Spirit King swung his sword for the first time, he used his scabbard to block, but the block failed. The reason was simple. The BOSS was taller than him, and the sword swung directly over his head. Although the sword did not hit him, the sword wind still swept through his body, and his HP was reduced by half.
"No, I can't take it head-on."
Xia Feng thought that this was the key to breaking the situation. Back then, the army did not know about the Boss 'skill, so they did not dodge in time. However, this time, they all dodged. This was the difference between " running " and " not running ". Therefore, Xia Feng speculated that the trigger condition for the Boss to release a huge fireball should be that no one was able to resist his Blade Storm. Now, the only problem was how many people needed to hold on and how long they needed to hold on. Xia Feng didn't plan to let more people fight. If his deduction was wrong, the only outcome would be death. Therefore, he could only try it alone. As for how long he could last, there was no need to say. He could not withstand two hits at all. He would run after taking a hit.
As he thought about it, the BOSS had only managed to swing its 12-hit combo for the first time. Before it could swing back for the second time, Xia Feng was about to retreat. As he retreated, his expression immediately changed. This sword skill actually had its own attractive force. His body was pulled, and it was difficult for him to retreat. He could not escape for a moment.
"Damn it, how can I die here!”Xia Feng gritted his teeth and desperately retreated. He suddenly realized that he had made a fatal mistake. He subconsciously thought that he was the protagonist of the legend, and his deduction must be correct, so he would not die. It wasn't until the accident that he realized that he would die and was afraid of death.
"Faster, faster!" Seeing the blade turn back, he desperately fought against the gravity generated by the blade storm, wanting to speed up and retreat.
His will to live triumphed over everything. At this moment, he felt a surge of power in his body, and then an indescribable change occurred. To put it bluntly, the BOSS's movements slowed down in his eyes, but he himself became faster.
Xia Feng retreated from the attack range.
Feeling the sword wind sweeping past him, Xia Feng let out a long sigh of relief. He stood where he was and waited patiently. In any case, he couldn't run out of the attack range of the super large fireball. The BOSS's sword skill was also executed on the spot. As long as he left the skill range, he would be fine. He would not receive any damage, nor would he be attracted by gravity.
Finally, the 12 rounds were completed. It was time to decide whether Xia Feng's speculation was correct or not, or whether he could keep his life.
The BOSS spoke.
The moment he saw the BOSS open his mouth, Xia Feng's face turned ashen. He had deduced wrongly. His life was over! Wasn't this the same as before? The BOSS would release a skill after saying its lines.
However…
"That's right, you dare to receive this king's sword. You are a warrior, and this king will defeat you fair and square.”
The lines were different. There was no skill!
"Hahaha!" Xia Feng laughed. He laughed proudly and wantonly. His laughter spread throughout the entire palace and reached everyone's ears. His laughter was not only filled with joy that he had guessed correctly, but also joy that he had obtained the method to defeat the BOSS. It was also joy that he had saved his life. Behind him, Asuna also smiled. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled happily because of the safety of her lover.
"Everyone, come back and fight!" Xia Feng ordered in high spirits.
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