Chapter 176: Gateless Hell (16)
"What are you doing!" Erdman roared angrily.
"Stop!" Fu Qingshu shouted eagerly.
"Get out of the way!" Duke, who had always been calm, was also hoarse.
"Nayin!" Li Mengxi shouted hopefully.
"No! I can't see!" Hinata howled in despair
"Already, it's too late. Richard said helplessly.
"Whew!" In the midst of everyone's helplessness, the purple-black flames rose into the sky with a triumphant roar, and in the midst of the flames, the immortal bird seemed to be cocking the corners of its mouth to make a mockery.
......
The clock ticked back more than four hours.
"Whew!" After about half an hour of fierce battle with the Raiders and the loss of nearly six small blocks of HP, Phoenix finally activated a skill called "Fire Stars" that was very random from the timing of the attack to the target of the attack.
It first spread its wings like a shield to protect its head and chest, and then began to hide behind its wings and suck large swaths of gravel from the ground into its mouth. It deftly uses its tongue to roll the sand into balls and send them down its throat, coating them with a special mucus while applying pressure to harden them.
When the preparations were completed, Phoenix suddenly opened his wings, stretched out his neck, and "toot" fireballs were scattered like a machine gun.
Some of these fireballs smashed into the faces of the melee team members, and when they exploded, they also smashed their backs on their horses, and the fragments that exploded inevitably spread to those around them.
Some of the fireballs flew over the melee group's heads and smashed into the ranged group's array, causing chaos.
Unlike the melee group, the ranged group, especially the supporters and mages in it, do not have too high defense, and if they take a direct attack from a fireball head-on, they will not be good in terms of body or HP value.
This is where the chaos of the moment is triggered. Some people immediately ran in panic when they saw the fireball coming down, while others chose to stay put.
In this way, people who move collide with each other, and people who move collide with people who don't move, and it naturally becomes a pot of porridge. It's just that the remote output is out of gear, and the treatment is a big problem of life!
At this time, Richard was busy reorganizing the melee group, and he didn't even notice the confusion in the ranged group. Seeing this, Romania decisively exercised the authority of deputy commander.
"Don't panic!Mode 32, the supporter stands still, long-range one to three interceptions, four to six defenses!"
At the same time as giving a loud order, Romania waved the scepter "Merlin" in her hand, and instantly sent out a "flaming arrow" that smashed a fireball flying towards her in midair. Immediately afterward, she cast a "Water Shield" to block the flying debris.
Such a seamless spell casting without spells can only be achieved with the skill of "Momentary Divine Word".
And with Lomaria's orders and demonstrations, the long-range troops that had been training for a long time finally stabilized their positions and gradually regrouped.
Of the six teams of about thirty people in the ranged exporters, squads 1 to 3 intercept fireballs in mid-air with their attack skills to prevent them from falling entirely, while squads 4 to 6 are all mages who are responsible for deploying shield magic to block the falling debris like raindrops.
The melee team is simpler than the ranged group, with the tanks standing forward and the exporters temporarily back. Even if a fireball is occasionally missed, someone who has the ability can intercept it in time with a "half-volley".
Once the defense was on track, Richard's spirit naturally relaxed. His gaze swept to see Li Mengxi who was retreating to the side. The two of them also occasionally teamed up together, so Richard was a little surprised by this.
"My brother, why did you step down?
Indeed, if you want to, Li Mengxi can also shuttle between the fireballs with acrobatic movements and wait for the opportunity to output the boss. He really thought so, but eventually gave up.
"Huh. Then he replied to Richard with a wry smile, "Recently, I was taught by a partner not to be too heroic." ”
"I see, that's not bad. Take a break and fight harder later, won't you?"
"That's a good point. Then please carry it. ”
"Ahh
In this way, Phoenix used the "Fire Stars" skill to suppress the Raiders for about five minutes, but after that, it was a more stormy attack.
In Lomaria's research, the battle with the Third Apostle, the immortal bird, Phoenix, was divided into three phases, and "Burning the Plains", "Pecking", and "Fire Stars" were the three skills that the immortal bird would use in the first stage.
"Peck" is a normal attack with a certain amount of fire damage, which is equivalent to half the total HP of a standard level 26 tank. After using this skill for the first time ten times in a row, the boss will always use "Burning the Plain", then after four times in a row, then after seven times in a row, and then in this order.
This is Phoenix's standard skill set chain, which is occasionally interspersed with the use of "Fire Stars", which lasts about five minutes at a time, and the total number of fireballs spewed is estimated to be about 1,000 or more. And after using "Fire Stars", the boss's skill chain will start from scratch again.
After figuring out this rule, the Raiders Alliance has nothing to fear. "Peck Strike" is dealt with by tank rotation, "Burning Plain" is dealt with by sharing the damage among all members of the melee team, and "Fire Stars" temporarily discarded the output damage when it is activated to concentrate on defense.
As long as you make an appropriate response at the right time, and then it is a repetitive work to stabilize this rhythm and reduce the amount of boss HP little by little.
Then, two hours later, when Phoenix's health was reduced to just half, the strategy also moved to the second phase, the troublesome "Sky Phase".
"Whew!"
After the most manic howl yet, Phoenix fully spread his wings and flapped hard.
The "whirring" wind hits the players, and they have done everything they can just to stand firm and not let themselves be blown away, and they can't do anything at all in this state.
After feeling a tendency to leave the ground, Phoenix stomped both feet and flew backwards. Although it flies, it is only less than 10 meters high, and if it goes up, it will fall due to the disturbance of the air current, and even now this altitude requires constant flapping of wings to maintain it.
This is the second phase of the Phoenix Raiders, the "Soaring Phase", which is a moment that has nothing to do with melee combat and completely tests the wrist of the ranged team. Of course, the boss has no intention of simply being a target in the sky.
"Hurry up and get ready, the boss's attack is coming!" Richard shouted as the wind pressure weakened enough to move freely.
With his command, the entire team quickly shrunk into a ball. In the dense circle, all the mages were divided into two teams of roughly equal numbers and spread out at appropriate spacing, one team immediately spread out an aqua blue magic wall to cover the sky above the team, and the other team was ready to rotate at all times.
At the same time, Phoenix's wings shone red. Then, with each forward swing, it shoots its big red feathers like arrows at the Raiders.
The feathers turned into huge fireballs and smashed into the ground as they flew. This is exactly the skill that the boss will always use as long as he is in the sky, and Lomaria has the not-so-elegant but very vivid name "Carpet Bombing".
Countless fireballs rained down like a downpour, and just looking at them was enough to create a strong sense of powerlessness in the hearts of players. Moreover, these fireballs are different from the fireballs of the "Fire Stars", which are completely formed by Phoenix trying to stimulate the fire magic that burns itself in his body at the cost of damaging himself, and cannot be intercepted, so he can only use the shield of the water attribute to resist.
And this kind of attack is not a one-time attack or lasts for a period of time, but the boss will continue as long as it is in the sky. Although the actual damage is not high, it will have an unexpected blow to the physical and mental state of the magicians. If anyone can't support it because of mental and physical fatigue, everyone will be doomed in that instant.
Because once the fireball explodes on the ground, it will attach an abnormal state that continues to burn for a long time to all members, and if there are multiple fireballs falling to the ground, this abnormal state will be stacked accordingly, but the expulsion can only remove one layer at a time.
On this basis, taking into account the density of the attack, it can be said that as long as there is a gap in the defense, the retreat of all personnel is already the best result, and maybe it will be completely destroyed.
Although the safety of the whole regiment is in the hands of the magicians, it is the long-range exporters who control the key to victory or defeat.
If the boss keeps sprinkling fire and rain in the sky like this, then no matter how determined the person is, there will be times when he can't hold on. The archers had to seal one of Phoenix's wings in two volleys and let it fall from the sky.
They had long been extremely aware of the importance of their mission, and at this time, they used their most powerful common skills to aim at the right flank of the immortal birds.
"Put!"
With the order of Fu Qingshu, the commander of the archers, more than a dozen arrows shot out at once. Colorful effect lights converge and hit Phoenix's wings.
Although the number of archers is small, each of them is a first-class talent selected by the most powerful battle guild right now. Therefore, although the number of attacks was small, the results achieved far exceeded the expectations of Richard and others.
"Whew!"
Phoenix let out a terrible scream, and the pain made its right wing numb for a moment, and its body spun and smashed from the low air to the ground with a loud "boom".
"Up!"
Richard let out an imposing roar and then took the lead in charging towards Phoenix. Behind him, the members of the melee team who had endured for a long time also gathered up their strength and shouted wildly.
"Ahh
"Yikes!"
"Die!"
......
With a roar, the melee crew unleashed their most hearty attack yet.
Dizziness, pain, air congestion...... It will take three or four minutes for Phoenix to recover from the aftermath of this series of falls, during which time it will be a lamb to the slaughter for players to ravage.
However, even if all the melee team members were eager to shave all of the boss's HP in a few short minutes, it was actually impossible.
"Whew!"
Straightening his breath, Phoenix didn't want to endure any longer, and let out a roar.
As a result, the melee players had no choice but to stop attacking and shrink their formation again. The magicians had to unfurl the protective wall again, and everyone had a sad look on their faces.
"Come on!" at this moment, Lomaria shouted loudly, "Hold on! We have no way out! Either we succeed or we die! So, let's do our best!"
What Lomaria said was not wrong at all, once you enter the second stage, it is just an ideal.
If you don't want to die is yourself, if you don't want to die is your friends, if you don't want to die if you don't want to die, you can only support it, support it with cheers, and support it desperately!
And this support lasted for two hours. I don't know how many output loops were repeated in two hours, and the Raiders finally ran out of Phoenix's HP by nineteen segments.
However, everyone's spirit seems to have reached its limit.
"Edelman!"
Seeing the huge fiery red figure fall from the sky again, Richard shouted hoarsely.
In the midst of the call, the president of "Rex", Edman Shuzer, slowly walked to the front of the entire array with a confident smile. Then, he slumped over and struck, the charging motion of carrying his hideous two-handed sword behind his back.
At this time, everyone's eyes naturally converged on the sword.
It was a giant sword the size of a man that looked like a myriad of blood had congealed together, and the hilt was shaped like two large snakes with teeth and claws entwined together, and the artifact "Bloodthirsty Bone - Zahak" was its name.
Its special ability "Bone Eater" is to accumulate the damage caused by the wielder to the enemy, as well as the damage caused by the enemy to the wielder, and then release it in one go, and this accumulation is not capped.
Now, Edelman is going to use this skill, as proof of the sword's blade, which is becoming stronger and stronger with the blood light.
"Die!"
With a roar, Edman swung out a sword, and a crescent-shaped blood-colored sword qi suddenly burst out of the blade and slashed through the Phoenix that was falling in the middle of the sky, and then turned into a thick pillar of light that was grounded in the sky, engulfing the huge fiery red body.
"Whew!"
The most miserable wail since the beginning of the war marked the end of the Third Apostle. The damage that Erdman began to accumulate soon after he got the artifact in his hand, and he released it all at once, and it actually wiped out the last remaining HP of Phoenix in one go.
Soon the body of the undead bird was wiped out along with the blood-colored pillar of light, but the strategy was not over.
The third stage of this strategy, the final stage was presented in front of everyone's eyes, it was a small flame egg left from Phoenix's body, and the only thing that could shatter it was the key prop "Ice Crystal Chalcedony" that Li Mengxi and his party had worked so hard to get.
Hinata Naine took out the magician prop from her waist and used it as a wand to write a lengthy incantation in front of her. As long as this spell is completed, the "Ice Crystal Chalcedony" will turn into an icy arrow that pierces the nirvana egg of the undead bird, truly ending the strategy and achieving the final victory for the team.
Compared to everything so far, it couldn't be simpler, and everyone didn't think anything could go wrong, and everyone had already smiled in celebration.
It was at this moment that I don't know where a shout rang out.
"Hurry up and kill!"
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