Chapter 74

At the entrance of the town center hall, the lizardmen warriors had all retreated to help the lizardmen outside, and the human warriors were mostly taken down by the BOSS, Haijia, who had emerged. The remaining humans were also starting to flee. For a creature that could take out ten people with a single fireball, anyone with a bit of sense knew they couldn't win.

"What have you done to my subordinates!" Duke Dehua Rien stood among the wounded, angrily shouting. He was holding his just-shot adjutant, Maente, who had been hit by a fireball and was severely injured, half his body burned, lying on the ground gasping for breath. Duke Dehua Rien was using holy light to heal him.

"I will make you watch as each of your subordinates dies before you, and only then will it be your turn, Dehua Rien!" Haijia seemed to have a deep-seated grudge against Duke Dehua Rien; the hatred in her voice was palpable.

"I will stop you," Duke Dehua Rien said, but he did not stand up. Instead, he looked around and saw Li Huailin, "Brave warriors over there, quickly come forward and stop her. I am currently healing Maente, whose condition is very critical. If I stop my holy light, he will die immediately, so I cannot fight now. Please help me!"

"I see," Li Huailin nodded. He had expected that they would eventually have to take action, after all, this was a dungeon, and they couldn't just watch the NPCs fight. It seemed the system had found a reason for them to intervene.

"This guy is so strong, how are we supposed to fight him?" Hongyan said, drinking water.

"Although I cannot fight, I will use holy light to assist you. Do not fear, glory is with you," Duke Dehua Rien immediately said.

"Looks like we have to fight. Everyone, let's go. This BOSS doesn't appear in the normal dungeon, so I don't know his skills. Be careful and report any situation immediately," Hongyue said, then charged toward Haijia, shouting, "Huailin and Yan, start attacking in 30 seconds. Both healers, follow me closely."

"You are also here to die, fools!" Haijia immediately changed her target to Hongyue and the others, and like a typical mage, she started casting a fireball.

However, even though she was powerful, her fireball casting speed was not much different from that of a regular monster. Before her first fireball was cast, Hongyue had already attacked her.

"Ah?" Seeing the first hit, Hongyue's expression changed, and he immediately said in the party chat, "Something's wrong, it only did 12 points of damage."

"12 points of damage?" Hongchen Yan was shocked. It was only slightly better than not breaking through her defenses. How could they fight this?

"Boom," a fireball exploded on Hongyue's face, and his health bar dropped by half.

"Over 550 damage, and this is with me wearing fire resistance gear," Hongyue immediately said, "We can't fight this."

"Do not fear, warriors, let me help you!" Just as they were confused, Duke Dehua Rien on the ground suddenly shouted, and a beam of light appeared above each of the five people, including Li Huailin.

Li Huailin immediately checked his status bar.

Strength Blessing: Reduces 100% strength, lasts for 2 minutes.

"Damn, this is a joke," Li Huailin almost spat blood. It was bad enough that this guy wasn't helping, but now he was causing trouble.

"It works," Hongyue, on the other hand, received a 100% strength boost and could now fight the BOSS.

"I hate the power of holy light," the BOSS suddenly frowned and waved her hand. A black sphere appeared in the center of the arena, about one meter in diameter, emitting black light and moving slowly toward Li Huailin.

"This is the power of darkness, Haijia Fogweid, you have fallen so far!" Duke Dehua Rien's face changed, and he shouted to Hongyue and the others, "Avoid this black sphere, or it will dispel the holy light. My holy light is limited, and I need to heal as well. I can only give you a blessing every 30 seconds, so try to avoid it!"

"Understood," Hongyue understood the situation. The BOSS could only be fought with the strength blessing, but if the black sphere touched them, the blessing would be dispelled, so they had to avoid it.

"Huailin, the black sphere seems to be following you," Hongyue looked at the direction the black sphere was moving.

"Should I touch it to see what happens or drag it around for a while?" Li Huailin asked.

"Let's drag it around for a while first," Hongyue said, checking his health. Fortunately, Haijia's attack frequency was not very high, and although her single attack was powerful, the two healers could keep his health up.

"Keep your health up! Maintain full health," Hongyue shouted, "Huailin, drag the sphere around for a while. Yan, you can start attacking now, let's see how much spell damage you can do."

A frost arrow flew past and hit Haijia's waist, but it did not overtake the tank. Haijia continued to attack Hongyue.

"270, the damage is boosted like a regular monster, I can fight," Hongchen Yan said.

"The tank must not be touched by the black sphere. If it is, the damage output must stop immediately, or the tank will lose aggro and be overtaken," Hongyue immediately analyzed.

"Damn, the black sphere is speeding up," Li Huailin suddenly noticed that the black sphere, which was moving slowly, was gradually increasing its speed. Although Li Huailin's movement speed had been increased by 50%, it would eventually be caught if it kept accelerating.

"It seems we can't always avoid it. Otherwise, Duke Dehua Rien wouldn't have said he can give a strength blessing every 30 seconds," Hongyue said, "Alright, Huailin, touch the black sphere and see what happens, how much health it takes."

"Okay," Li Huailin nodded and stopped to let the black sphere hit him.

-200.

The black sphere hit Li Huailin, and a damage number immediately appeared. At the same time, Li Huailin noticed that the debuff reducing his strength by 100% had disappeared.

"The BOSS is better. Look at this brain-dead NPC, always causing trouble for himself. The BOSS dispelling it is a relief," Li Huailin felt a bit of goodwill toward the BOSS.

"It seems to take 200 health and dispel the strength buff. Wait, the damage increased to 220, is it variable?" Li Huailin said, then was hit again, and the damage increased.

"Not good, this is a dark sphere that consumes holy light. If it consumes a holy light, it will become stronger. Warriors, you must act quickly!" Duke Dehua Rien immediately said.

"In other words, each time the buff is consumed, the black sphere's damage increases. This is not good," Hongyue realized, "Everyone, if the black sphere chases you, run immediately. Delay a bit, Cuiwu, the black sphere is chasing you."

The black sphere, after consuming Li Huailin's debuff, abandoned him and slowly moved toward Hongfei Cuiwu.

"I need to heal, I can't move now," Hongfei Cuiwu said, as Hongyue's health was still fluctuating.

"Never mind, just heal. Ignore the black sphere," Li Huailin said, "I'll start attacking. Let's try to speed up and take down the BOSS."

Li Huailin ran back to the BOSS and started attacking, but the first hit did only 340 damage.

"Really tough, I can't get the 100% strength buff," Li Huailin felt his abilities were not as effective.

However, with reduced damage, Li Huailin didn't have to worry about aggro. He started attacking fiercely. The battle continued for a while, and the black sphere finally caught up to Hongfei Cuiwu, who was still healing.

"The damage increased to 240," Hongfei Cuiwu said, "I'll drink a health potion, Shui, don't heal me, focus on the tank."

"The black sphere is heading toward you, Yan, drag it around for a while," Hongyue said, watching the black sphere move.

"Okay," Hongchen Yan nodded.

At this moment, the BOSS suddenly spread her hands, and two fireballs appeared in her palms, the same skill that had killed a dozen people earlier.

"Hey, she's using her ultimate," Li Huailin said, checking the BOSS's health, which was at 80%. It seemed to be triggered by health.

"Everyone, quickly get behind me, I will protect you with holy light!" Duke Dehua Rien immediately shouted to the group.

"Get over there quickly!" Hongyue understood what was happening and immediately shouted.