Defeating the Snow Lotus
Zhou He's analysis was correct. When the black BOSS's health was down to 20%, three icy and snowy areas appeared on the surrounding ground.
However, two seconds before these three icy areas appeared, there was a red circle on the ground as a warning. Except for one Doctor who accidentally got frozen while nursing someone, everyone else successfully avoided them.
After Jian Qingfeng used <Soul Suppressor> to remove the control effects from the Doctor, the team continued fighting.
When the BOSS's health was close to 10%, Zhou He was extra careful, but fortunately the BOSS did not use any special mechanics.
"Could I have guessed wrong?" Zhou He muttered to himself.
However, he still dared not let his guard down.
As the BOSS's health dwindled, Zhou He grew increasingly nervous.
The cooldown for <Dispel Curse> had been over for a while, and Zhou He hadn't dared to use this skill in several critical situations, for fear of something unexpected happening later.
5.2%.
4.1%.
2.8%
0.4%
"Looks like I was overthinking it."
Before Zhou He could even breathe a sigh of relief, an unexpected change occurred.
When the BOSS's health was down to 0.1%, the pattern on its forehead began to change and flicker among Black Lotus and snowflakes.
At the same time, her body was also changing, sometimes as White Boss, sometimes as a black BOSS, flashing at an extremely fast speed, looking very strange.
Jian Qingfeng slashed at the BOSS again and again, but couldn't deal any damage.
The boss's health is locked at 0.1%.
"Commander, what's going on?" Da Fei's voice was both surprised and anxious.
They fought for ages and only managed to reduce the BOSS's health to 0.1%. At that moment, an accident occurred, and they failed at the last minute. Da Fei felt he would collapse.
Zhou He didn't speak; he didn't know what the situation was either.
During the battle, he couldn't ask Xiao Fan for help; he could only stare at the BOSS, not daring to blink, ready to activate his invincibility skill at any moment.
The BOSS's form kept changing, and five seconds later, the two BOSSes completely merged together. Her figure reappeared in the center of the square, turning into a strange half-white and half-black appearance.
Zhou He saw the BOSS slowly raise his hand.
"Is this action meant to unleash... a skill?"
Zhou He's arrow was already nocked on the bow.
He didn't know what the boss's next mechanics would be, and whether he should activate the skill or not.
"No! We can't open it now."
"Everyone be careful! The BOSS is about to use a skill," Zhou He warned everyone.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a lotus flower exploded beneath his feet, instantly reducing his health by a third.
"Ah, I've been blown up by the lotus!"
Me too! I lost a lot of health.
"I got bombed too."
Hearing his teammates' voices, Zhou He realized that everyone had been blown up by the lotus flowers that suddenly appeared beneath their feet.
"No!" Zhou He's expression changed. "Run! Split up! Don't stay together!"
Zhou He shouted and ran ahead towards the less crowded area on the outskirts.
Although the others didn't know what was happening, they still obeyed and started running.
The next second, a snowflake appeared behind them, the frigid temperature seeming to freeze them, followed by Black Lotus, then white snowflakes...
"Holy crap! How come this thing is getting faster and faster?!"
Da Fei ran as fast as he could, not daring to stop.
Behind you are either lotus flowers or snowflakes. Lotus flowers deal high damage, while snowflakes can freeze you; if you stop moving, you're dead.
As soon as Da Fei finished speaking, he found himself frozen in place.
It turned out that he had accidentally run behind someone and was hit by snowflakes falling from behind.
The square wasn't small, but with twenty people running, each with someone behind them, unable to slow down and having to avoid others, the scene quickly descended into chaos.
There was nothing they could do about it; they didn't know about the BOSS's skill before the fight, otherwise they could have planned everyone's running route in advance.
Jian Qingfeng was very fast. He ran to the outer part of the square and noticed that Da Fei was controlled again. He could only take out his flute while running to break the control.
Da Fei was hit by a lotus flower as soon as he broke free from the control, and was instantly left with only a sliver of health. As his health decreased, his body became weak.
Fortunately, two Doctor saw what was happening and each gave him a sip of milk, which made Da Fei feel like he could live again.
As their skills deteriorate faster and faster, the Doctor are struggling to survive themselves and can no longer afford to heal others.
"When will this skill end?!"
Zhou He grew increasingly anxious; given the current chaos, people would surely die soon.
Why does the skill take so long?
As Zhou He ran, he looked toward the BOSS in the center of the square.
He then realized that the BOSS's health was still 0.1%.
The two bosses were immune to damage when they merged. Now that the fusion is complete, are they still immune to damage?
Zhou He suddenly had a guess in his mind.
This skill will not end as long as the BOSS is alive.
In the current chaotic situation, melee fighters cannot get close to the BOSS at all.
"Zhou He, have you thought of a solution?" Jian Qingfeng caught up. He was in relatively good condition, but many of his teammates were on the verge of collapse, their health points dropping to dangerous levels.
Zhou He shared his conjecture with Jian Qingfeng.
Jian Qingfeng barely hesitated before replying, "Your Heaven-Tier Skill is invincible, right? Is it off cooldown? If it is, just activate it. I can run that distance."
"I'm not sure."
"Give it a try; we have no other choice."
Zhou He glanced at his teammates and said, "Okay, get ready."
Xiao Fan's skill was simple to use; even while running at high speed, Zhou He could easily activate it.
As a long arrow shot out, flashing with golden light, Zhou He shouted, "Qingfeng!"
Jian Qingfeng was already prepared. The instant his figure became ethereal, he activated his Heaven-Tier Skill. In the blink of an eye, he appeared behind the BOSS.
Before the BOSS could react, seven sword strikes landed on it in quick succession.
In a flash of golden light, the BOSS's health was depleted.
Whew~
"Thank goodness it's not immunity."
Jian Qingfeng closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down, though he was anything but calm.
Fortunately, they won their gamble.
Zhou He stopped, a smile tugging at his tired face.
"Luckily, I guessed right."
Just when many players were about to give up, they discovered that the cool gold color had reappeared!
Both his teammates and his own body became nothingness.
In that shocking moment, several players were overtaken by the lotus flowers or snowflakes behind them.
Just when they thought they were doomed, lotus flowers and snowflakes passed through their bodies and fell to the ground. Being incorporeal, they were completely immune to the impact of the skills.
Realizing this, many people came to their senses.
That dazzling gold color represents a skill, Heaven-Tier Skill!
If nothing unexpected happens, this is Zhou He's new skill.
By the time everyone realized what was happening, the BOSS had already been killed by Jian Qingfeng.
And the Frozen Dwarf Tree reappeared in the center of the square.
It has 40 Crimson Orbs on top.
Each person has two extra lives, yet no one can be happy.