"Roar!"
Accompanied by Overlord Tiger's thunderous roar, his burly figure, like a heavy tank with its engine revving, fearlessly charged towards the Necromancer, Mars, floating in mid-air. Battle was, at this moment, imminent!
The entire Skeleton Altar was instantly enveloped by the violent aftermath of the battle.
"Shadow Bolt!"
In the Necromancer's hollow eye sockets, two clumps of ghastly green soul fire fiercely flickered. He raised the bone staff in his hand, pointing it from afar at the charging Overlord Tiger. A black magical orb, the size of a human head and condensed from pure shadow energy, tore through the air with a sharp whistle, arriving in an instant!
"Good timing!"
Overlord Tiger did not dodge or evade. His rich combat experience allowed him to make the most correct judgment immediately. He slammed his huge tower shield in front of him, simultaneously activating the Shield Warrior's core defensive skill.
"Shield Wall!"
"Bang!"
The Shadow Bolt squarely struck the tower shield, exploding into a dense black mist. The immense impact caused Overlord Tiger's burly body to slide back half a meter, plowing two deep furrows in the muddy ground.
"-125!"
An astonishing damage number floated above his head!
"Damn it! Such high damage!" Overlord Tiger couldn't help but curse, feeling a tingling sensation in his left arm holding the shield. One had to know that even after activating Shield Wall, a skill that reduces damage by 30%, the opponent still took away more than a tenth of his Life! If that were a normal attack, wouldn't it instantly kill a squishy character?
"Little Hand! Heal me!" He hastily shouted in the team channel.
"Coming, coming!"
Little Hands Icy Cold, the Healer, dared not delay in the slightest. Her staff waved continuously, and streaks of sacred healing light, as if limitless, furiously landed on Overlord Tiger's body, forcefully pulling his precarious Life bar back from the brink of death.
"Ba Tian 'Fire Mage', Knife, keep up the output!"
The Fire Mage and Rogue in the team immediately launched their attacks. Blazing fireballs and poisoned daggers, with deadly whistles, fiercely struck the Necromancer's body.
"-98!"
"-65!"
The damage was considerable, but against the BOSS's terrifying 15,000 Life points, it still seemed like a drop in the ocean.
Lin Mo, however, was like the calmest hunter, not rushing to output damage immediately. His figure moved swiftly in the shadows at the edge of the altar, his deep eyes, like a hawk's, locked onto every movement of the Necromancer. His brain operated at an unprecedented speed, analyzing the BOSS's attack patterns and skill wind-ups.
"Summon Skeleton!"
Just then, the Necromancer raised his staff again. The ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently. Accompanied by a "crackling" sound, five Skeleton Archers, holding bone spears, slowly crawled out of the cracked earth. Eerie blue flames burned in their hollow eye sockets, and they immediately locked their attack target onto Little Hands Icy Cold, the Healer at the back of the team!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Five arrows, polished from bone, shot out with the whistle of death, one after another!
"Not good! Summons!" Overlord Tiger's expression changed drastically. "Knife, go cut the backline!"
"Understood!"
The Rogue, Blade, swayed and immediately activated Sprint, charging towards the Skeleton Archers.
However, Lin Mo's movement was even faster!
"Ba Tian 'Fire Mage', cast Flame Storm at ten o'clock to split the battlefield!"
"Overlord Tiger, activate Taunt in place and stabilize the BOSS's aggro for me!"
Lin Mo's concise, emotionless commands exploded like thunder in the team channel.
Although they didn't know Lin Mo's intention, out of the absolute trust established earlier, Overlord Tiger and Ba Tian 'Fire Mage' didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately followed suit.
"Roar!" Overlord Tiger struck his shield with his great axe, letting out a deafening roar.
A scorching wall of fire instantly rose between the Skeleton Archers and Little Hands Icy Cold, temporarily blocking their attack route.
Just in this flash of lightning, Lin Mo's figure moved!
He was like a bolt of lightning in the night, suddenly cutting into the edge of the battlefield at an extreme speed that surpassed everyone's dynamic vision! His target was not those annoying Skeleton Archers, but... the BOSS itself!
"What is he doing?!" Little Hands Icy Cold couldn't help but exclaim.
Under everyone's horrified gaze, Lin Mo's figure had already approached the Necromancer floating in mid-air.
"Poison Blade!"
"Venom Spray!"
A punch, a spit! The two skills were unleashed almost simultaneously, flowing like water!
"-42!"
"-21!"
Two damage numbers floated above the BOSS's head. Although not high, the gray Endless Poison Source icon, like a maggot in the bone, quietly appeared on the Necromancer's status bar.
Having completed all this, Lin Mo did not linger in battle. His figure flickered, retreating back into the shadows again, as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion.
"Lin Mo! Are you crazy?!" Overlord Tiger was both shocked and angry. "I told you to output, not to commit suicide! The BOSS's aggro is about to go wild!"
However, Lin Mo acted as if he hadn't heard him, calmly uttering two words in the team channel.
"Wait."
A single word, yet it carried an undeniable authority.
Although Overlord Tiger was anxious, he instinctively chose to trust him.
And the subsequent battle situation confirmed Lin Mo's god-like prediction!
After being attacked by Lin Mo, the Necromancer's aggro did indeed become momentarily chaotic, and the ghastly green soul fire turned in Lin Mo's direction. But only one-tenth of a second later, Overlord Tiger's powerful Void Rend had already landed, coupled with the forced effect of the Taunt skill, firmly pulling the BOSS's aggro back again.
And the five Skeleton Archers, blocked by the wall of fire, after losing their primary target, immediately turned their attack to the closest Rogue, Blade.
The entire battle situation, far from collapsing due to Lin Mo's "recklessness," was instead pulled back to a delicate balance by him in an unpredictable manner!
"This..." Overlord Tiger was completely stunned. Only then did he understand that Lin Mo's seemingly suicidal action earlier was actually an "extreme damage burst" that had been calculated with such precision! He not only perfectly utilized his Super high agility to weave through the BOSS's attack gaps, but he even calculated the Tank's aggro generation ability and skill cooldowns clearly!
Is this something a human can do?!
Just as everyone was shocked, Lin Mo's voice rang out again.
"Now! Everyone, focus fire on the BOSS!"
Following the command, he once again transformed into a ghost, joining the battle.
And at this moment, the not-so-high layers of poison on the Necromancer's body finally began to show its ferocious fangs!
Corrosion effect triggered!
The BOSS's already meager dual resistances were completely zeroed out!
"-155!" (Overlord Tiger)
"-130!" (Ba Tian 'Fire Mage')
"-95!" (Blade)
A series of damage numbers, significantly higher than before, invigorated the members of the Ba Tian Squad!
"Good opportunity!"
As if injected with a stimulant, they unleashed all their skills onto the Necromancer.
However, the BOSS's power was far more than that.
"Despicable ants... feel the Curse of the Dead!"
The Necromancer let out a hoarse and venomous roar, suddenly pointing his bone staff at the sky. The next second, a huge black magic circle, composed of countless vengeful spirits, suddenly appeared on the altar's ground, enveloping everyone within it!
Curse of the Dead!
"Quick! Get out of the black circle on the ground!" Lin Mo's pupils suddenly contracted, issuing a warning immediately.
But, it was too late.
The black magic circle spread extremely fast, almost instantly. Except for Lin Mo and the Rogue, who were the fastest to react and always moving, Overlord Tiger, Ba Tian 'Fire Mage', and Little Hands Icy Cold, the Healer, were all squarely hit by the magic circle!
"Ding! You have been affected by 'Curse of the Dead', losing 50 Life points per second, and your healing effectiveness is reduced by 75%! Lasts 10 seconds!"
"What?!"
The moment she saw this DEBUFF effect, Little Hands Icy Cold, the Healer's face, instantly turned ashen!
Healing effectiveness reduced by 75%! For a Healer who relies on healing to survive, this was simply the most fatal blow!
She tried to cast a healing spell on Overlord Tiger.
"+28"
A green, almost negligible number floated above Overlord Tiger's head.
It's over!
These two words appeared in everyone's hearts.
Without healing, the main Tank, Overlord Tiger, under the focused fire of the BOSS and five Skeleton Archers, could only last ten seconds at most!
After ten seconds, it would be a wipe!
"Lin Mo..." For the first time, Overlord Tiger's face showed despair. "It seems... we're going to die here today."
However, at this critical juncture, the man who had always maintained absolute calm did something that everyone would never forget for the rest of their lives.
Not only did he not retreat, but he charged forward, directly facing the Necromancer's attack!
"Brother Mo! No!" Little Hands Icy Cold shrieked.
But Lin Mo's figure had already collided with the Necromancer's deadly Shadow Bolt!
The imagined scene of him being instantly killed did not appear.
A system prompt that made everyone's eyes almost pop out appeared above Lin Mo's head.
"'Poison Immunity' effect triggered, you are immune to part of the damage from 'Curse of the Dead'!"
"-25!"
The damage was actually halved!
"This... how is this possible?!" Overlord Tiger was completely dumbfounded.
Lin Mo's lips curved into a cold arc. He had long guessed that this so-called Curse of the Dead, its damage type, must also belong to "poison" in a broad sense! And his toad's protection was precisely its nemesis!
"Overlord Tiger, retreat! Everyone, give the BOSS's aggro to me!"
Lin Mo's voice, like thunder, echoed in everyone's ears.
Under everyone's stunned gaze, he, alone, with a single fist, charged forward without hesitation, facing that level 16, arrogant Necromancer Lord!
At this moment, his desire for "job advancement" reached its peak. If he had a true profession, and more control and Life-saving skills, why would he have to fight so dangerously! This seemingly unsolvable curse, perhaps a simple interrupt skill could resolve it!
The problem of job advancement must be solved as soon as possible! And the BOSS in front of him was his only key!
A solo battle began!