bookrebus Chapter 204 Unmovable Mountains 2
Chapter 204 Unmovable Mountains 2
The unyielding [Stomper - Boulder]'s fists, feet, and various physical attacks were mostly blocked by him with his shield and body.
Occasionally, a few fish would slip through his net and rush over, only to be stunned by a [Shield Slam] or knocked down in droves by [War Stomp].
But he's not made of iron.
The BOSS's attacks had a shock effect, causing his internal organs to ache terribly. His hands were already split open, and his gloves were soaked with blood.
With the priests relentlessly healing him, the health bar fluctuated wildly, like bungee jumping, a terrifying sight to behold.
"President! My mana is almost depleted!"
"Three tanks are down! Quick, cover them!"
"An elite monster is breaking through on the right! Quickly, someone stop it!"
The battlefield is fraught with danger. Players constantly fall, turning into white light to respawn at the respawn point.
The defenses were constantly being compressed under immense pressure, becoming increasingly shaky. Everyone's nerves were stretched to the limit.
"Brother Shan! This can't go on! The casualties are too high!" Situ Zhen shouted anxiously as he guided [Blizzard]. His mana was also running low.
Chen Shan, panting heavily, looked at the seemingly tireless [Trampler - Boulder] before him, then at his brothers behind him, who were covered in blood but still fighting desperately, and a resolute glint flashed in his eyes.
"Damn it, let's fight it! Situ, I'll count to three, two, one, and you unleash your strongest single-target spell on that glowing bone in its chest! That might be its core!" Chen Shan roared.
"Everyone else, unleash every single control and burst skill on it! Just this once! It's kill or die!"
"three!"
"two!"
"One! Let's get it!"
With Chen Shan's command, he slammed his shield into the ground, and an unprecedented earthy yellow light erupted from his body, making him appear as if rooted to the earth! [Immovable as a Mountain]!
He abandoned dodging and blocking, using his body and talent to absorb all of the BOSS's aggro!
The fists of [The Trampler - Boulder] rained down on him, producing dull, resounding thuds.
Chen Shan's health bar was dropping at an unprecedented rate, and the priests' healing beams almost overwhelmed him.
"Now! Situ!"
A chilling light condensed at the tip of Situ Zhen's staff, and a ray of extreme cold, like an ice crystal dragon, roared out and accurately struck the slightly glowing bone core on the BOSS's chest!
Meanwhile, all the players who could still move were attacked with arrows, fireballs, lightning, sword energy...
A variety of colorful skills rained down on [Trampler - Boulder] like fireworks!
-98,451!
-12,587!
-8,924!
......
Countless damage numbers instantly overwhelmed the BOSS!
【The Trampler - Boulder】 let out a painful and angry roar, its massive body trembling violently, and the bone core in its chest was covered with cracks.
It mustered its last strength, wanting to smash this hateful "iron lump" in front of it.
Chen Shan grinned, revealing blood-stained teeth, as the massive fist was about to fall. "You beast, you think you can kill me? You're still too green!"
He yanked the shield out of the ground and, with his last ounce of strength, unleashed a [Shield Slam] to meet the attack head-on!
"clang--!!!"
The final impact echoed across the battlefield.
The giant fist and the shield were locked in a stalemate for a moment.
Then, to everyone's anticipation, the massive body of [Trampler - Boulder] collapsed with a crash, shattering into a pile of lifeless bones and stones.
[System Notification: Successfully defeated the level 35 Undead Overlord [Stone Trampler]!]
Won!
But there was no cheering, either inside or outside Shixia City.
The surviving players were almost all wounded, collapsed on the ground, too weak to even move a finger.
The priests sat down on the ground, panting heavily, their mana bars completely empty.
The city walls were damaged in many places, and the ground was littered with corpses, some of which belonged to players and others to the undead. Equipment was scattered all over the place and had not yet respawned.
A scene of utter devastation; a Pyrrhic victory that felt like a defeat.
Chen Shan leaned on his shield, barely managing to stand. His armor was badly damaged, and blood was constantly seeping from the cracks.
He looked at the horrific scene before him, then at the kill notification in the system message, and sighed heavily.
"Those who are still alive, quickly clean up the battlefield and get the brothers up." His voice was weary. "Situ, take stock of the casualties and losses."
"I understand, Brother Shan." Situ Zhen's voice was also very weak.
Stone Gorge City held, that's true. But the price they paid was far too heavy.
Compared to the crushing victory of Luoxia City with zero casualties, theirs was like a victory won by rolling in the mud and risking their lives.
Chen Shan looked up to the south, as if he could see through space to the direction of Luoxia City.
"Lin Tian..." he muttered to himself, shaking his head with a complex tone, "That guy, he's a monster..."
He turned his gaze back to his brothers who were struggling to rebuild their defenses, his eyes regaining their resolve.
Regardless, they protected their home. That's enough.
The walls of the North stand firm, their peaks unyielding. This is not due to the invincibility of any one individual, but rather the courage and perseverance of every single person.
However, the price of persisting is far too high.
......
In Yunxi City, surrounded by mountains and shrouded in mist, the battle to defend the city presented a completely different picture.
The players in Yunxi City are feeling incredibly frustrated right now.
They weren't facing those big, dumb guys who charged forward yelling; they were facing a bunch of cunning, old-timers.
The leading BOSS is a level 35 [Trickster Lich]. This thing looks like a mummy draped in rags, floating in mid-air, holding a green glowing skull staff in its hand, and it doesn't fight you head-on at all.
It's incredibly cunning, hiding behind the undead army, sometimes summoning a horde of [Ghost Assassins] to sneak into the shadows and slit the throats of those in the back row, and other times casting all sorts of disgusting [curses] on the front-line players:
It slows you down, reduces your health, lowers your attack power... What's even more insidious is that it can revive fallen undead. Although the revived ones are mostly squishy, there are just too many of them to kill them all.
"Damn it! That lich is too despicable! Come out and fight me one-on-one if you dare!" A warrior had just killed a resurrected skeleton when he was simultaneously struck by the [Slow Curse] and [Pain Curse]. His movements instantly slowed down to the point of being as slow as an old woman's, and his health bar was dripping away. He was so angry that he cursed loudly.
"Priest! Dispel! Dispel now!" the captain shouted at the top of his lungs.
The female priest in the back row was in a flurry of activity, the light of dispelling spells rising and falling, but the curses were being cast too quickly to be dispelled.
Players were constantly being killed by the [Ghost Assassins] that suddenly appeared from the shadows. One white light after another flashed, and the defense line was thrown into chaos.