"Get lost! Who asked you about pop stars? That's Mo Lishou!"
Hearing Ding Ye's offbeat reply, Jiang Yuan laughed and cursed.
The Mo Lishou who suddenly appeared before Jiang Yuan and the others stood seven meters tall, wearing a mask, holding a bronze mace in each hand, with a pouch tied at his waist. From the pouch poked out a flower-and-fox marten, glaring angrily at Jiang Yuan's group.
Glancing up, Jiang Yuan and the others immediately obtained information about the boss, Mo Lishou.
[Mythical Boss: Mo Lishou of the Four Mo Generals] Level: 130 Realm: First-Tier Demon Fiend HP: 300 million Attack: 100,000 Defense: 40,000 [Talent Skill]: Marten Transformation Mo Lishou releases the flower-and-fox marten, which transforms into a white elephant to assist in attacks. The white elephant has 100 million HP, 1 million attack, 10,000 defense, and lasts for one minute. Background: During the Fengshen era, he served under Grand Minister Wen Zhong of Shang, tasked with guarding Jiameng Pass, and was later killed by Huang Tianhua.
"Main tank up front, DPS spread out left and right, support classes refresh all buffs, get ready to pull!"
Wending Cangsheng, who often commanded guild wars in the mortal realm, volunteered as the team's commander. Jiang Yuan could have taken the role, but since he spoke up, Jiang Yuan was happy to relax and shifted to the right side of the formation.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Beams of various colors flashed as the team members with buff skills began layering buffs on themselves and their allies.
[Ding! Player Hamster Pudding has cast "Priest's Blessing" on you: Intelligence +20%, Magic Attack +25%, duration 30 minutes.] [Ding! Player Hamster Pudding has cast "Light's Power" on you: Damage to demon race +20%, duration 10 minutes.] [Ding! Player Chuangshi Xiaoyun has cast "Eagle Eye Aura": You are inspired by the aura, Hit Rate +10%.] [Ding! Player Wending Cangsheng has cast "War Drum of Passion": You are inspired by the aura, HP +10%.]
Four consecutive prompts rang in Jiang Yuan's ears as various buffs were applied to him.
"Blood oath covenant, draw the power of the stars to manifest as Xuanwu, pledge to me!" "Blood oath covenant, draw the power of the stars to manifest as Zhuque, pledge to me!" "Summon Sand River Turtle!" "Summon Beast Evolution!" "Summon Heaven-Tier Sand River Turtle!"
With the wide terrain here, Jiang Yuan stopped slacking off and cast several skills in succession, summoning a sacred beast Xuanwu, a sacred beast Zhuque, and a Heaven-Tier Dragon Beard Tiger, positioning them on either side.
When fighting a boss, to ensure stable aggro, Jiang Yuan usually summoned a Heaven-Tier Sand River Turtle to prevent sudden aggro loss from high DPS, which could wipe the team.
"Arcane Mark!"
Tossing a mark at the boss Mo Lishou, Jiang Yuan commanded the Heaven-Tier Sand River Turtle, which charged forward on all fours, lunging at Mo Lishou.
The battle erupted instantly!
Up front, main tank Ding Ye activated "Taunt and Mock" to boost his damage reduction; Wending Cangsheng triggered "War Cry" to add his exclusive buff.
"Who dares to bully us Mo brothers?"
The boss Mo Lishou was roused, letting out a furious roar as he swung his double maces with fierce momentum, smashing them down at Ding Ye's head!
Smack! -25,000
A damage number appeared above Ding Ye's head. With his damage reduction buff active, Ding Ye only took 25,000 damage—a mere scratch—and slashed back at the boss! -1,200
Even though the warrior class had received a +15% attack boost after the update, Ding Ye's strike was still like scraping a wound.
"Mountain-Crushing Strike!"
Wending Cangsheng bellowed, leaping high into the air, his broadsword—twice as wide as Ding Ye's—slammed heavily into Mo Lishou's shoulder blade.
Boom! -17.56 million (Critical)
A critical hit number appeared, and Wending Cangsheng dealt nearly 20 million damage in one blow!
"An infant soul with double crit rate and double crit damage is just too OP! So jealous!"
Watching Wending Cangsheng's critical hit, Jiang Yuan was full of envy, guessing that his crit damage stat had probably broken 1000%!
"Starfall Strike!"
At the farthest range, Chuangshi Xiaoyun's bow shimmered with starlight as three arrows shot out simultaneously, hitting Mo Lishou and also landing a critical hit! -1.24 million (Critical)
"Xiaoyun, amazing! Keep it up!"
Seeing Chuangshi Xiaoyun's million-damage hit, Ding Ye quickly turned back to smile at her.
"Xiaoyun really is impressive!"
Jiang Yuan chimed in, helping Chuangshi Xiaoyun rebuild her confidence.
"Thanks."
Chuangshi Xiaoyun smiled faintly, gradually regaining her confidence and starting to go all out.
"Zhuque's Ultimate: Bloodflame Feathers!" "Xuanwu's Ultimate: Flood of Eight Wastelands!"
Seeing the rest of the team start to DPS, Jiang Yuan didn't want to fall behind, commanding both sacred beasts to unleash their strongest ultimate skills!
-10.92 million -12.54 million -26.58 million (Critical) -27.4 million
The sacred beast Zhuque's ultimate dealt four hits, each stronger than the last. After all four strikes, including the critical third hit, Jiang Yuan had dealt nearly 60 million damage in total!
A rain of fire like a meteor shower fell, and a "Burn" debuff appeared on Mo Lishou's HP bar, draining 200,000 HP per second.
As the flames faded, thick pillars of water slammed into Mo Lishou. The sacred beast Xuanwu's ultimate was weaker, only managing around 4-5 million damage.
"Damn! Jiang Yuan, I didn't expect you to be the top DPS in our team!"
To track everyone's damage, before the fight, team leader Ding Ye had reset all previous damage counts and started fresh.
On the damage meter, Jiang Yuan topped the chart with over 69 million damage, followed by Wending Cangsheng with over 43 million.
Then came a sharp drop: Chuangshi Xiaoyun had less than 10 million, and Ding Ye was even worse—under 1 million!
After one burst rotation, the boss Mo Lishou's HP dropped by over 100 million, and only two minutes had passed since they pulled the boss!
After everyone unloaded their highest burst, their damage output decreased in the following moments.
Jiang Yuan's two sacred beasts only dealt 2-3 million per normal attack. Wending Cangsheng was steady, with smooth skill rotations and no gaps, maintaining damage between 8-10 million.
As time passed, Wending Cangsheng's damage began to close in on Jiang Yuan's, threatening to overtake him!