The tentacles loosened due to the excruciating pain suffered by Gasares's main body, and it simultaneously entered a self-sealing state—namely, Combat Recovery.
This was a skill that restored a certain amount of HP every second during combat. Once a BOSS possessed it, it became extremely troublesome. The Gasares before them was a perfect example.
The pupils' condition had nothing to do with HP. Even a skill like Combat Recovery could not heal them. Only after Gasares's pupils refreshed following a certain period of time could it use skills of the Evil Eye type again.
The ray was only one of the Evil Eye skills. There were other Evil Eye skills that were even more powerful than the ray.
"Bang!"
Striking the unrecovered pupil was currently the most effective attack against Gasares. Since they did not need to worry about its subsequent actions, the BOSS would definitely shift all its attention to the pupil. The tentacles changed from attacking to defending, lashing the floor in an erratic manner. Destroying the floor and using the tiles or rocks thrown up by the impact to smash people was also a fairly common type of skill in SAO.
Gasares's HP bar instantly dropped into the yellow zone—merely shaving off 50% of its HP had already forced Feng Chen to fight this desperately.
Do I really have to use that?
This was not a matter of doubt, but of genuine necessity. Feng Chen believed that if he did not use that skill, he absolutely would not be able to kill Gasares.
"Haah—!"
The coordinated attacks of the black one-handed sword and the white rapier left Gasares unable to react or defend itself for a moment.
After Feng Chen and Asuna's Sword Skill attacks, there was another strike—Bella's attack, which combined three different elements.
Three different