Killing Cliff

In less than 3 minutes, Cliff's Blood Essence total had dropped to around 50%, allowing everyone to relax a little.

"This boss is actually pretty easy."

"Yeah, not as hard as I thought."

Lu Yang, however, did not relax. As he watched the boss's health drop below 50%, he began to observe Cliff's left hand.

"Insignificant humans, taste Cliff's fury!" Cliff's left hand, which wasn't holding a weapon, suddenly surged with a ball of ice energy and threw it towards Lan Yu's location.

"Lan Yu, stop casting! Dodge Cliff's skill!" Lu Yang shouted.

Lan Yu was halfway through her casting animation and was still hesitating. Hearing Lu Yang's words, she immediately ran a few steps to the right, dodging the skill.

The ice energy landed in a parabolic arc at the spot where Lan Yu had been standing, turning into a puddle of water with a plop.

"What kind of skill is that? Doesn't seem to have any damage," Lan Yu asked.

"Is it a slowing skill?"

"He doesn't have a second aggro target either, so it's pointless."

Everyone was puzzled.

Lu Yang shouted, "Everyone, don't be careless. There are no useless skills from a boss. There must be a purpose. Remember, everyone must dodge the skills the moment they see them."

"What about us melee fighters?" Xia Yuwei shouted.

"Melee too, dodge," Lu Yang said.

Xia Yuwei hummed in acknowledgement, becoming more cautious. Half-Life Morningstar and the other mages also began to be more careful.

Ten seconds later.

Cliff's right hand once again condensed a ball of ice energy, this time smashing it towards Lu Yang. Lu Yang ran two steps to the left, dodging the ice energy.

However, another puddle of water appeared on the ground.

Zheng Yuan saw Lu Yang's movements and a look of disdain appeared on his face. He thought to himself, "It's just a slowing skill, what's there to worry about?"

Coincidentally, ten seconds later, Cliff's hand condensed another ball of ice energy and threw it towards Zheng Yuan.

"Dodge quickly!" Lu Yang shouted.

Zheng Yuan was in the middle of casting and ignored Lu Yang. He stood there until the Fireball was released before he wanted to move, but it was too late. The ice energy ball hit Zheng Yuan directly.

With a plop, a buff appeared on Zheng Yuan.

System Prompt: You have been hit by ice energy, reducing movement speed by 70%.

"Oh, my food, your body has been cleansed, now let me roast you and eat you!" Cliff's left hand suddenly condensed a ball of scorching flame energy and threw it at Zheng Yuan.

A look of horror appeared on Zheng Yuan's face, and he hurriedly ran to the side. However, Zheng Yuan's movement speed was reduced by 70%, making his escape as slow as a snail, and he was hit directly by the flame energy.

A burning flame rose from under Zheng Yuan's feet.

"100"

Zheng Yuan's Blood Essence total was less than 90 points, and he was burned to death on the spot.

"The damage is so high?" Zhang Zibo exclaimed.

Lu Yang shouted, "Everyone must be careful, don't get hit by the water ball again."

He was worried that too many deaths would result in insufficient damage output.

Xia Yuwei and the others nodded one after another. After witnessing the boss's skills, no one took the water ball lightly anymore.

Continuing the damage output, the boss's health quickly dropped below 10%. Seeing that the boss's health was less than 5,000 points, everyone's faces showed excitement.

"Great, we're going to succeed."

"We're really going to kill it."

Xia Yuwei's face also showed an excited expression, but at this moment, Half-Life Morningstar suddenly shouted, "Guild leader, I'm out of mana."

"Me too, I can't use Fireball anymore."

"Me neither."

"Mine's gone too."

The four mages ran out of magic one after another. In fact, their magic should have run out long ago, but in the process of outputting damage, Cliff repeatedly threw water balls at them, forcing them to stop outputting and dodge, which is why they lasted until now.

Lan Yu said, "My magic is almost gone too."

Watching the boss's Blood Essence turn into 9%, 8%, 7%, if the priest also runs out of mana, and the defense warrior has no one to heal, they will not be able to pass.

Seeing this situation, Xia Yuwei gritted her teeth and shouted, "All melee, speed up your damage output, we must kill the boss."

Epic bosses have a high probability of dropping silver equipment. Even if all 20 people in the team die, it is worth it as long as they can get the equipment.

"Let's go!" Zhang Zibo and the others also understood this principle and shouted together.

But as soon as the words fell, Cliff threw the blue ice ball in his hand towards the ground.

Fierce Wine Clear Wind and Xia Yuwei and others were so frightened that they hurriedly jumped back.

With a bang, a blue circle formed around Cliff.

Lan Yu was out of mana, and Fierce Wine Clear Wind had less than 300 Blood Essence left. If he continued to tank, he would definitely die. But no one else had his tanking skills. Faced with this situation, Fierce Wine Clear Wind gritted his teeth, preparing to use Taunt again.

Just then, Lu Yang suddenly shouted, "Fierce Wine Clear Wind, back off! Black Armor, Taunt! Activate Shield Wall!"

"Finally, it's my turn!" Xiao Liang roared at Cliff. Cliff was about to run towards Fierce Wine Clear Wind, but halfway there, he turned around and chased after Xiao Liang, reaching him and smashing down with his club.

"Shield Wall!" Xiao Liang jammed his shield into the ground at an angle, hiding his entire body behind it.

With a "bang," the wooden club slammed into the shield. Just when everyone thought Xiao Liang would take over 170 damage, a red "102" popped up above Xiao Liang's head.

"Why so little?" Fierce Wine Clear Wind asked.

"That's the Shield Warrior's defensive skill, Shield Wall. I'll explain it to you in detail later," Lu Yang shouted. "Xiao Liang, don't move. You're surrounded by water."

Xia Yuwei and the others saw that Xiao Liang had aggroed the monster and wanted to come up and deal damage, but Cliff blocked the path with three water balls, leaving Xia Yuwei and other melee classes stuck on the outside, unable to attack.

"We're done for, we can't get in. What do we do?" Zhang Zibo shouted.

The ranged classes were out of mana, the melee classes couldn't get in, and Xiao Liang, with Shield Wall active and potions, could only withstand ten hits at most, while the boss only had 4% of its health left.

Despair appeared on the faces of Xia Yuwei and Zhang Zibo, but at that moment, a Fireball accurately struck Cliff's head.

"400" (Critical Hit)

Xia Yuwei and the others turned their heads and saw Lu Yang just putting the potion bottle back into his backpack, and a second Fireball was already forming in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

Another Fireball hit the boss's face.

"400" (Critical Hit)

The boss's health dropped to 3%, 1200 points.

"Lu Yang still has mana, keep going!" Lan Yu shouted excitedly.

"Keep going!" Half-Life Morningstar shouted.

"Keep going!" Zhang Zibo shouted.

"Keep going!" Xia Yuwei shouted.

If Lu Yang could land three more Fireballs, the boss would be finished. The boss finally noticed Lu Yang's location, and with only 2% of its Blood Essence remaining, it threw a water ball at Lu Yang.

Watching the water ball arc towards Lu Yang, Xia Yuwei and the others shouted, "Dodge!"

Lu Yang knew he should dodge, but he couldn't. Xiao Liang had less than 200 Blood Essence left, and the boss could kill him in two more hits.

To prevent Xiao Liang from losing experience, Lu Yang decided to show off his Fire Mage skills.

"Hold on, brother, I absolutely won't let you die!" Lu Yang shouted.

Xiao Liang had complete faith in Lu Yang. Watching his health dwindle, he remained steadfast, tanking the boss.

A second later, the water ball exploded on Lu Yang. If Lu Yang had dodged, the boss would have smashed Xiao Liang with its club.

In that case, even if Lu Yang killed the boss, Xiao Liang would definitely die. Now that Lu Yang had been hit by the water ball, the boss's next attack would be a Fireball.

"Oh, my food, I've washed you clean. Let me roast you and eat you!" With only 1% of its Blood Essence remaining, Cliff threw a Fireball at Lu Yang.

The small, red-glowing Fireball arced towards Lu Yang. Lu Yang was slowed, and it was too late to run. Just when everyone thought Lu Yang was about to be burned to death by the Fireball, a burst of white light erupted from Lu Yang's body.

"Blink."

Lu Yang blinked to another puddle of water, re-entering the slowed state.

Cliff had just over 100 Blood Essence left. After throwing the Fireball, Cliff hit Xiao Liang again. One more hit, and Cliff could kill Xiao Liang. But when Lu Yang stepped on the water again, Cliff switched its target back to Lu Yang.

Just as Cliff was gathering fire elements, Lu Yang's Fireball streaked through the air in a beautiful, fiery-red line.

With a "bang," it accurately struck Cliff's head.

"400" (Critical Hit)

Cliff's eyes went blank. His left arm, half-raised, dropped to his side. His body tilted back, and he fell to the ground.

System Notification: Cliff has been defeated.

System Notification: You have gained 4128 experience points.

System Notification: The team led by Lu Yang has successfully defeated the Epic-level dungeon Cliff, entering the official history of Second World. Congratulations to all players in the team.

The three system notifications in a row almost made everyone, who hadn't yet recovered from Cliff's defeat, cheer with excitement.