"Tingye, how's it going? Can you hold on?"
As time passed, Wending Cangsheng noticed the boss's attacks were getting stronger and quickly asked Ding Ye.
*Smack!*
Taking a hit from the boss, Ding Ye suffered over 200,000 damage. He turned to Wending Cangsheng and shook his head, signaling he could still manage for now.
"Don't worry, with me here, he won't die!"
Hamster Pudding raised a hand and cast a healing skill, instantly restoring the 200,000 HP Ding Ye had lost!
The group unleashed another round of attacks, bringing the boss's HP down to around 70%.
"Flower Fox Mink, come out!"
At that moment, the boss Mo Lishou muttered softly, reaching out to pat the pouch at his waist. A flash of white light appeared, and the Flower Fox Mink inside shot out, its size swelling instantly!
In the blink of an eye, the Flower Fox Mink, originally about the same size as Beiluo Shimen, transformed into a massive white elephant with wings sprouting from its ribs. Its two ivory tusks jutted out, nearly a meter long!
【Mutated Flower Fox Mink】 HP: 100 million Attack: 1 million Defense: 100,000 Duration: One minute
"Watch out!"
As soon as the Flower Fox Mink appeared, everyone in the team saw its stats. Jiang Yuan quickly warned.
*Whoosh!*
The white elephant form of the Flower Fox Mink locked onto Chuangshi Xiaoyun, who was farthest away. A flash of white light later, a damage number of 1 million appeared above Chuangshi Xiaoyun's head. His HP bar vanished instantly, and he collapsed to the ground.
After one-shotting Chuangshi Xiaoyun, the white elephant obediently returned to Mo Lishou's side, temporarily halting its attacks.
"Revive him quickly!"
Jiang Yuan said urgently. Hamster Pudding immediately cast a "Resurrection" spell, and Chuangshi Xiaoyun stood back up, his HP and mana fully restored.
"Ding Ye, hold the boss. Everyone else, focus fire on this big guy with me. Its attack is too high; we can't take it."
Wending Cangsheng, with his rich command experience, made the right call on the spot.
Ding Ye cooperated by pulling Mo Lishou aside, silently taking hits to clear space for Jiang Yuan and Wending Cangsheng to attack.
"Mystic Mark!"
"Heaven-tier Sand River Turtle, go!"
Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Yuan quickly threw a mark and then commanded the Heaven-tier Sand River Turtle to taunt Mo Lishou's pet.
But unexpectedly, the white elephant merely nudged forward, and the Heaven-tier Sand River Turtle, with only over 100,000 HP, instantly turned into a flash of white light and dissipated!
"Summon Sacred Beast Xuanwu!"
"Water Healing Shield!"
Seeing the white elephant's attack was too fierce, Jiang Yuan quickly summoned the Sacred Beast Xuanwu, cast a light shield on himself, and stepped in front of the white elephant, using his own body to form a defense line for his teammates behind him!
*Smack!*
As expected, the white elephant charged at Jiang Yuan instantly. Its sharp tusks struck the blue shimmering shield on Jiang Yuan's body, producing a damage number of -1 million.
"Summon Sacred Beast Zhuque!"
"Summon Heaven-tier Dragon Beard Tiger!"
Jiang Yuan cast two skills, then turned to signal Hamster Pudding to buff him.
"Blazing Blood Feathers!"
At full buffs, Jiang Yuan unleashed his highest burst damage!
-55.84 million
After four attacks, Jiang Yuan alone had taken down half of the white elephant's HP!
At that point, Wending Cangsheng also executed his combo, adding the finishing damage to help Jiang Yuan take down Mo Lishou's pet, the Flower Fox Mink!
"Phew! Alright! Danger's over, let's keep hitting the boss!"
Although the white elephant form of the Flower Fox Mink had high attack, its HP was low. After Wending Cangsheng and Jiang Yuan teamed up to kill it, he breathed a sigh of relief and addressed the team.
With the crisis resolved, everyone resumed attacking the boss that Ding Ye had pulled aside. Since the battle began, Mo Lishou's attacks had stayed between 100,000 and 200,000 damage. As long as Ding Ye held aggro, it should be fine.
But Jiang Yuan underestimated his own damage output—or overestimated Ding Ye's ability to hold aggro. He forgot to summon the Heaven-tier Sand River Turtle to assist Ding Ye in tanking, and that caused trouble!
The Sacred Beast Zhuque spat a flame at Mo Lishou, dealing over 3 million damage, instantly pulling aggro from Ding Ye and throwing the boss's hate into chaos!
*Smack!*
Mo Lishou hurled a bronze mace from his hand, hitting Hamster Pudding squarely. She screamed in pain, and her HP bar vanished instantly!
Anyone who's played games knows that once the healer falls in a dungeon, the team's situation turns dire.
"Damn! It's over!"
Seeing the only healer in the team die, Wending Cangsheng, the commander, panicked!
"Don't panic! I'll hold the boss. Pudding, revive and run back quickly!"
Jiang Yuan immediately summoned ten thousand Sand River Turtles, evolved one into a Heaven-tier Sand River Turtle to take aggro from Mo Lishou, and quickly told Hamster Pudding.
"Okay! Hold on!"
Hamster Pudding, now a corpse on the ground, said in the team channel, then her body turned into a white light and appeared at the resurrection point of the Life Gate.
Taking advantage of the "Water Healing Shield" still active from the Sacred Beast Xuanwu, Jiang Yuan swapped positions with Ding Ye, temporarily acting as the tank.
It took about three minutes to run from the Life Gate to the Alarm Gate, with elite monsters lining the entire path.
But Hamster Pudding was clever. She cast "Stealth" on herself, allowing her to slip past the monsters unnoticed as she ran toward the Alarm Gate.
Soon, when Hamster Pudding returned to the Alarm Gate, she glanced at the boss Mo Lishou's HP bar and was slightly surprised!
During her absence, not only had no one died, but they'd even brought the boss's HP down to a third!
All thanks to Jiang Yuan's steady aggro management.
What Hamster Pudding didn't know was that during this time, Mo Lishou had summoned the Flower Fox Mink again. It happened to target Jiang Yuan, who had the Water Healing Shield, and under the team's relentless barrage, the Flower Fox Mink was quickly killed.
"My brothers will avenge me... ugh!"
About ten minutes later, Mo Lishou, the boss guarding the Alarm Gate's formation eye, let out a scream and collapsed heavily to the ground!
【Ding! Congratulations to your team for defeating Mo Lishou! Rewards: 200 Taiji Golden Pills, 1000 Creation Pearls, 1000 Spirit Pearls, 10 Victory Stones, 10 Immortal Crystals!】
A notification sounded, and the fixed rewards for defeating the boss flew into Jiang Yuan and the others' bags. A pile of loot lay scattered on the ground ahead!
"Haha! Quick! Let's see what good stuff dropped!"
Successfully taking down the first gate's guardian, Ding Ye was thrilled and rushed toward the glowing beams of light ahead.