At Shi Feng's command, Kele, who had been ready for this, began chanting Divine Script. Golden characters shot toward Shi Feng.
Blessing of Protection!
In an instant, countless golden characters enveloped Shi Feng, shining with dazzling light.
Meanwhile, Sleepy Sloth kept casting healing spells and Life Prayer from the back, restoring Shi Feng to full health and his peak condition.
"Prepare for the impact. No one is to leave my side." Seeing Werewolf Ferrot turn his gaze toward them, Shi Feng held the Abyssal Walker across his chest and spoke quickly.
At his words, everyone tensed up.
Their already nervous hearts began pounding wildly. Werewolf Ferrot hadn't even used his skill yet, and they were already breaking out in cold sweat.
Suddenly, Werewolf Ferrot moved. His bulging chest began to swell upward, rising through his neck and toward his mouth.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
In an instant, everyone except Shi Feng felt their hearts stop beating. The world seemed to fall silent and turn gray, while the birds and beasts soaring through the sky froze in place.
Everyone could clearly see wave after wave of dark-gray ripples spreading out from Werewolf Ferrot, expanding farther with each pulse.
The dark-gray ripples quickly reached them, but no one could move. It wasn't that they didn't want to; their bodies simply couldn't keep up with their thoughts.
They could all feel time moving unusually slowly. Yet they understood that, despite appearances, everything was happening at incredible speed. It was like watching two peerless experts clash with swords: in the instant they exchanged blows, time seemed to pass extraordinarily slowly.
At that moment, only Shi Feng managed to move slightly.
Phantom Kill!
Just before the dark-gray ripples reached him, Shi Feng's clone stepped in front of him and used Parry.
The ripples struck the clone, but its Parry blocked them. The clone staggered backward and collided with Shi Feng's real body before regaining its balance.
As soon as the clone steadied itself, another ripple surged toward them.
This time, the ripple passed through the clone, instantly removing 300 HP. Shi Feng, standing behind it, also took 30 damage, while everyone farther back lost 20 HP.
But the dark-gray ripples kept coming. When the third one passed through the clone, it shattered, and 100 damage appeared above Shi Feng's head.
Then the dark-gray ripples came one after another.
-100, -100, -100, -100,...
Shi Feng's HP kept falling until only 90 remained. Just as the final ripple was about to finish him off, he used Parry.
With a boom, Shi Feng staggered a full step backward, but took no damage. The people behind him were unharmed as well. However, after enduring several shock waves, everyone was below 50% HP.
Only then did Sleepy Sloth's healing reach Shi Feng, restoring his HP to 140. Then came Life Payment, healing him for another 130 HP and bringing him back above 50%.
"That roar was terrifying. I thought we were done for." Heizi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. If Shi Feng hadn't stood in front of them, they would all have been finished. Remembering how close Shi Feng had come to dying made his heart pound wildly—probably a hundred and eighty beats a minute.
If Shi Feng died, they were finished too. No one else could keep Werewolf Ferrot occupied for long.
Everyone was staring at Shi Feng like he was a monster. They hadn't expected him to use his clone so cleverly to block two of the shock waves, then Parry the final one. His calculations of the damage and his HP had been so precise that his technique seemed almost divine.
"Stop gawking and attack the BOSS! It's weakened now." Shi Feng shrugged at their reaction, but didn't let his guard down. A few years from now, plenty of experts would be able to pull off a trick like that.
Right now, the BOSS was the real concern. Shi Feng knew Werewolf Ferrot was far from easy to deal with.
Wind Chasing Sword!
With Gravity Liberation active, Shi Feng instantly reached Werewolf Ferrot. Gripping the Abyssal Walker tightly, he repeatedly struck Ferrot in the chest.
Wind Thunder Flash!
Double Strike!
Slash!
Hits dealing over 100 damage appeared above Werewolf Ferrot's head, while the others dealt over 20 damage each. Before long, Ferrot's HP had fallen to 15%.
Seeing that Ferrot was about to die, everyone broke into excited smiles.
"Don't let your guard down. Heizi, use Evil Lash. Lonely As Snow, get ready to Charge and Hamstring." As he dodged Werewolf Ferrot's attacks, Shi Feng issued his orders.
Shi Feng's words made everyone tense up.
Death Gaze and Hell Roar had already been unimaginably terrifying. Other teams would have been sent back to the graveyard long ago.
Could Werewolf Ferrot still have another ultimate move? Just how terrifying was Hell-Grade difficulty?
Shi Feng kept his eyes on Werewolf Ferrot's HP. When it dropped to 10%, the third ultimate move came.
Death Frenzy!
This skill increased Werewolf Ferrot's attack speed by 100%, movement speed by 40%, and attack power by 100%, lasting until his death. Because of this move, countless elite teams had cursed Ferrot to high heaven.
As Death Frenzy took effect, Werewolf Ferrot's fur began to turn red. In moments, it was a vivid scarlet. With his blood-red eyes and sharp fangs, he looked like a blood demon. His terrifying appearance made everyone take an involuntary step back, and they could all clearly sense the danger radiating from Ferrot.
After using Double Strike to stack his bleeding effect to five layers, Shi Feng turned and ran.
With Death Frenzy active, no one below Level 5 could hold off Ferrot—not even Shi Feng, despite wielding a magic weapon. Their only option was to kite him and slowly wear him down.
As soon as Shi Feng had run 10 yards, Ferrot's thick thighs swelled to nearly twice their size. He kicked off violently and shot toward Shi Feng like a blood-red arrow.
Shi Feng was almost at the giant boulder, but Ferrot was moving too fast. There was no time to reach it, so Shi Feng abruptly turned and made a sharp 90-degree turn.
Boom!
Unable to turn in time, Werewolf Ferrot smashed through the boulder in his path. Stones the size of heads flew more than 10 yards, and the sheer force made even Kele, the burly warrior, tremble.
If that claw had hit him, he would have been turned into a lump of flesh...
Shi Feng was already 20 yards away, having opened up a considerable gap. The magic classes never stopped attacking, steadily wearing down Ferrot's HP.
Shi Feng's kiting strategy worked perfectly. Whenever Werewolf Ferrot was about to catch up, Lonely As Snow would use Charge and follow with Hamstring, greatly reducing Ferrot's speed and creating distance again. While Lonely As Snow's skills were on cooldown, Heizi would use Evil Lash to hold him back. Both of their skills had relatively short cooldowns, and Shi Feng would occasionally add Abyssal Bind to the mix. Their skills linked together seamlessly, letting them toy with Werewolf Ferrot.
7% 6% 5% 3%
When Ferrot's HP finally fell to 1%, Shi Feng spun around.
Wind Chasing Sword, Wind Thunder Flash, Slash, Double Strike!
His sword struck Werewolf Ferrot in the chest, taking the last 1% of his HP.
System: Your party is the first in God's Domain to clear a Hell-Grade dungeon. Rewards increased by 100%; drops increased by 100%.
System: Cleared the Hell-Grade Dead Silence Forest. Awarded 8,000 experience points.
Werewolf Ferrot exploded, dropping more than ten items. One of them caught Shi Feng's eye.
He couldn't believe that the item with an absurdly low drop rate had actually appeared.
Blood-Red Blade!
The scarlet sword gave off a faint red glow, and red liquid seemed to drip from its blade. The whole weapon radiated an intense aura of slaughter.