Chapter 17: The Second BOSS

  The crowd continued to move forward, killing five waves of small monsters before they arrived in front of the second BOSS again.

  A giant, three times the height of a man, with green skin and sitting in front of an iron gate, dozing off, holding a sharp long spear, surrounded by silence, without any other small monsters.

  Barbaros the Sleepy (Black Iron Leader)

  Level: 13

  Life: 39,000

  "What's going on?" Everyone's gaze fell on Zhang Yang's body, and unintentionally, he had already become the team's absolute soul.

  "BOSS has only two skills: First, Water Fire Curse. It will randomly put a water curse on a non-first-hate target in close combat and a fire curse on a random remote target. Those who are cursed with these two curses will continue to lose blood, but as long as the two people move together, they can lift the curse."

  "So, can we all just fight in close combat positions? That way, we won't have to run around." Baifa Yizhong had a clever idea.

  Zhang Yang smiled and said: "If both of you are in close combat positions, the BOSS will only throw water curses. In that case, both of you will keep losing blood and won't be able to solve it!"

  "Oh!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

  "Alright, after we start fighting, ranged players stay together and keep a distance of at least 10 meters from the BOSS. I'll adjust the BOSS's position later, so don't go beyond this line or you'll be considered in melee range. Melee players, all attack from the BOSS's left side. If someone gets cursed, they should run to the middle immediately. React quickly, otherwise the healers will have a lot of pressure! After the curse is lifted, return to your original position!"

  "I understand!"

  BOSS's second skill is that every time his HP drops by 25%, he will summon a puppet to help him fight. The puppet doesn't have much blood, it seems like around 3000 points in normal mode, but its damage is extremely high! So as soon as the puppet appears, immediately focus fire and kill it quickly, don't worry about aggro, I'll take care of it right away!

  Everyone involuntarily turned their gaze to Chest Hair Burning, originally a Tank BOSS and a Tank little monster, working together just fine. But Chest Hair Burning was clearly unreliable, if he were to tank the little monster, that little monster would definitely be flying all over the sky!

  His chest hair was on fire and he was furious at being stared at by everyone, shouting: "What are you looking at!"

  "Note that even if a puppet appears, the BOSS will still drop the Water Fire Curse, so remember to move positions to dispel the curse!" Zhang Yang reminded.

  "I understand!" The crowd nodded again.

  "Alright, let's start!" Zhang Yang swung his warblade and then suddenly charged forward, rushing right in front of the BOSS.

  "Minus 78!" Normal attack.

  "Minus 135!" Sweep.

  Babur quickly came to and let out a sharp howl, raising his long spear to stab Zhang Yang.

  "Awesome!"

  "Minus 34!" The gear reversed and was injured.

  "Shield Bash - 99!"

  "Minus 55!" Normal Attack.

  "Hurry up and get out!" Zhang Yang said in the team channel.

  Everyone rushed forward together, melee units stood in a heap, and ranged units also stood in a pile.

  Soon, Babarbay launched a water and fire curse.

  "Ding! Player Snowkiller is affected by the Water Curse effect, losing 70 points of life every second until death!"

  "Ding! Player is affected by Fire Curse, losing 70 HP per second until death!"

  Before Zhang Yang reminded them, the two of them emerged from the crowd and approached each other, quickly standing together, then swiftly separated and returned to their original positions to continue attacking the BOSS. The two healers also gave them a few mouthfuls of blood, replenishing their health.

  "Great, just like that!" Zhang Yang praised with a sentence, to encourage him.

  About fifteen seconds later, Babarbay launched the Water Fire Curse again, this time targeting Huagun and Deep Sea Melancholy.

  The melancholy of the deep sea immediately ran to the middle position, but the flower shorts were still tirelessly poking at the BOSS's chrysanthemum.

  "Get out of the way!" Zhang Yang frowned and shouted.

  "Hurry up and ride faster, I need to pee!" said Hua Kuaishan carelessly.

  "Idiot!" The melancholy of the deep sea quickly ran to the edge of the flower shorts, and as soon as the two approached each other, the curse of water and fire was lifted by itself. However, because the flower shorts did not cooperate with the running position, it took a little longer, and both of them lost more than 200 blood points, which is almost two-thirds of their life value!

  The gloom of the deep sea rushed back to its own position, and even gave itself three "Holy Light" brushes before recovering the lost life value, looking very unsightly.

  Barbar's blood volume quickly dropped to 75%.

  "Damn invaders, you all must die!" Babarba raised his long spear and began to chant, "Demons from the abyss, bring evil to the human world!"

  "Ding! Babariba summoned the devil puppet Tasil!"

  A six-pointed star array appeared under the feet of Babarba, and in the dark flashing light, a demon with only half the height of a human appeared beside it, all over red, with a long tail at its buttocks, sharp teeth, and deep green eyes.

  Tasir, Puppet of the Barbary Demon (Elite)

  Level: 13

  Health: 3000

  This is a minor devil, also known as "imp", which is the lowest rank of devils.

  "Tasir needs sacrifices!" The demon let out a sharp, ear-piercing shriek and fixed its gaze on Ao Shi, pouncing towards him with a bounce.

  "Charge!"

  Zhang Yang took a step forward and rushed to Tasir's side. With a swing of his sword, he chopped down at the little demon.

  "Minus 62!" Normal attack.

  "Minus 142!" Swept away.

  "Switched to Fire-type Pokémon and finished it off in seconds!"

  Tasir woke up and bounced towards Zhang Yang.

  "Awesome!"

  "Minus 39!" The gear reversed and was injured.

  "Shield Bash - 98!"

  Zhang Yang led Tasiel to retreat in the direction of Babarba, and when the two monsters converged, he immediately ducked down, avoiding the attacks of both monsters, and returned to his original position.

  Tasir's blood volume was very low and he fell to the ground under everyone's firepower, then all the firepower poured towards Barbar again.

  Before long, Babariba's HP had dropped to 50%.

  "Intruders, you have provoked Babaalba! Babaalba is enraged!" Babaalba raised his long spear once more and chanted the incantation, "Demons from the depths, bring evil to the mortal realm!"

  "Ding! Babariba summoned the demon puppet Goutenii!"

  The six-pointed star formation flashed again, and beside Babarba appeared a demon that was entirely blue-green in color, with a very swollen body, no feet, and black evil fog floating beneath it. It had two faces, one on the front and one on the back, but only eyes without any other facial features.

  Gorthok the Unyielding (Elite)

  Level: 13

  Health: 3000

  Voidwalker, also known as "Blue Fatty" by players due to its blue body and chubby physique, is one rank higher than Lesser Imp. However, here, both monsters have the same attack power and HP, they just look different.

  "Ambaratuma kudo!" Gutulu let out a strange and low-pitched voice, his light body immediately moving swiftly into the snow.

  "Scoff!"

  Zhang Yang immediately took over, swinging out a flat slash, and the damage number "-59" floated up from Gutor's head.

  "Awesome!"

  "Minus 39!" The gear reversed and was injured.

  "Shield Bash - 98!"

  "Ding! Player's chest hair is on fire and affected by the water curse, losing 70 life points per second until death!"

  "Ding! Player 'Hao Shi Fa Shen' is affected by the fire curse, losing 70 life points per second until death!"

  At this time, Babarba also joined in and launched a water fire curse.

  "Quickly move over!" Zhang Yang reminded with a frown.

  Chest hair is burning, chopping crazy BOSS, as if unheard...

  The arrogant law god rubbed the ice arrow with all his might, unmoved...

  "Damn it, you two hurry up! This thing is bleeding out too fast, we can't keep up!" Deep Sea's melancholy yelled.

  "Bullshit, I'm in the middle of outputting, isn't adding blood what you healers are supposed to do? Otherwise, why bother coming to the instance?" Hao Shi Fa Shen hummed.

  "Go on, go on, I won't add any more!" The melancholy of the deep sea indeed stopped moving.

  The proud father was desperately adding blood, but even if he added one-on-one, he couldn't keep up, let alone two people? He hastily said: "Fa Shen, Da Mao, you two quickly take turns, I really can't add it up!"

  The two of them reluctantly stopped in their tracks, turned around and looked at each other, before running towards each other.

  Just a few steps away, Ao Shi Fa Shen's blood volume had reached rock bottom. Ao Shi Na Ba was still chanting his healing spell, but it was too late. Ao Shi Fa Shen was poisoned to death by the fire curse.

  "Ding! Player Hao Shi Fa Shen has died!"

  "Rotten Bird Knight, you're so useless!" The arrogant Law God cursed as soon as he opened his mouth. "How can you be a healer without adding blood?"

  "If I give you a few more of these beasts and add some blood, I'll really be a rotten bird!" The melancholy of the deep sea retorted.

  No fire curse, the chest hair is burning in the water curse can't be solved either. Fortunately, his blood volume is high and he's barely alive, shouting: "All of you are chattering, hurry up and add blood to me!"

  The melancholy of the deep sea is completely unmoved, and it can be said that it has thoroughly turned against the world.

  The arrogant father was constantly brushing away the burning chest hair with blood, but how could one person possibly keep up? The speed at which the chest hair burned away the blood was much faster than the treatment to restore blood flow. He didn't even last a few seconds before dying.

  "Ding! Player Chesthair has died in a blaze of fire!"

  "Son of a bitch, you damn knight! I curse your whole family!" Even Chest Hair burst into curses.

  "Ding! Player Hao Shi Fa Shen has been removed from the team!"

  "Ding! Player Chesthair has been removed from the group due to being on fire!"

  Two beeps sounded, Zhang Yang smiled faintly and said, "Too noisy, it affects leveling!"

  Hua Kuai thought of scolding someone, but then forced himself to hold back and said, "Hmm, let's finish the fight first and add them when they come back!"

  Gorthok was quickly taken down and the pace of battle returned to normal.

  In fact, dealing with the Water and Fire Curse is not difficult, after all, it's just normal mode. With two fewer arrogant players, everyone's efficiency actually increased a lot. As soon as someone was hit by the curse, they would immediately move positions, and after enduring until Barbalthar's third summoning ended, this BOSS quickly fell under everyone's feet.

  "Ding! Your party has killed Barbarbar, you have gained 4925 experience points (including a 50 point party bonus)!"