Originally, they had not held any hope, because the title of a level 180 demonized lord was simply too terrifying. They had already resolved themselves to die, so they never expected such a turn of events. After being bound by chains, the level 180 demonized lord’s power dropped drastically. Combined with the recent 35% attribute reduction caused by Nirvana’s guardian angel, Kalenna, its strength had successively weakened to its current state.
After being attacked twice by the Betrayer Dirakaru, the Gold Earth Dragon launched a Counter Storm, which actually made Dirakaru’s figure pause momentarily, dealing over 5,000 damage.
“How much health does Dirakaru have?”
“We can’t even see his health value!”
Everyone exchanged glances. The fact that the health bar showed no specific numbers meant his health was over ten million. Whether it was exactly ten million or even tens of millions remained unclear.
That alone was terrifying enough. How long would it take to deplete Dirakaru’s ten million health points?
Despite knowing this, they still had to grit their teeth and keep fighting.
Paladin Lefus swung his greatsword, casting a healing spell on the Gold Earth Dragon.
The Betrayer Dirakaru did not use any skills. He continuously lashed with his whip, occasionally striking Cui Can Dao Guang (Blazing Blade).
“Mages, start attacking! Don’t use fire-elemental magic!” Nirvana shouted in the party chat. Demon creatures had strong resistance to fire-elemental magic, so its damage was quite limited.
Streams of ice or lightning magic shot toward Dirakaru, exploding with loud bangs, dealing damage in the range of two to three thousand each.
Nirvana and the other rogues dared not approach Dirakaru. They couldn’t withstand his attacks. Moreover, the area around Dirakaru was extremely narrow. The bridge’s width was only five yards. With Dirakaru standing in the middle, only a tiny space remained, insufficient for so many people to stand.
With nothing else to do, Nirvana and others could only rely on the mages for damage output.
Since Dirakaru’s attack frequency wasn’t very high, the main tank didn’t face much pressure. Everyone was organized and didn’t feel much pressure.
Minute by minute passed. About an hour later, Nirvana and others noticed that Dirakaru’s health had only dropped by around 1%.
Nirvana felt a slight shock in his heart. No wonder Dirakaru attacked so calmly without using any skills. Their damage was simply too limited; Dirakaru barely felt it.
“My God, how much health does he actually have?”
“I estimate at least thirty million.”
“What a monstrous guy!”
Everyone felt a bit disheartened. Although Dirakaru’s defense wasn’t extremely high, such a massive health pool meant even if Dirakaru stood still, it would take them about one hundred hours to defeat him.
“Nie Yan, what should we do? If we keep attacking like this, we’ll run out of mana before Dirakaru’s health is depleted.”
“Just keep attacking for now! Deal as much damage as you can!”
Nirvana replied in the party chat, looking up at Dirakaru. This was a level 180 demonized lord, incredibly powerful—practically a semi-divine existence. He felt helpless about it.
The mages continued their hopeless barrage of attacks.
Dirakaru tried to whip the mages behind him, but the massive body of the Gold Earth Dragon blocked the way entirely. He couldn’t bypass it. He attempted to charge forward, but as he prepared to throw a punch, the chains behind him suddenly tightened with a metallic twang, halting his arm mid-air.
The sturdy chains completely restricted his movement. Otherwise, with the overwhelming power of a level 180 demonized lord, everyone present would certainly die.
After a full seven hours, Dirakaru’s health had only dropped by 6%. The team’s firepower was beginning to falter.
“Boss, we’re running low on mana!”
“What should we do, boss? Even if we drink Expert-level Instant Mana Recovery Potions to replenish our mana two or three times, we still can’t kill Dirakaru.”
Everyone looked at Nirvana with disappointment. For the first time, they felt so powerless against a boss. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t defeat Dirakaru. Everything seemed futile.
“Boss, should we drink the Expert-level Instant Recovery Potions?”
“Yeah, rather than wasting our efforts like this, we might as well give up.”
“Drink the potions. It’s not time to surrender yet. Let’s keep draining his health first. If we really can’t manage it, we’ll handle it ourselves later.” Nirvana thought for a moment and replied. If it came to the worst, they would have to step in. Right now, the area was too congested. If they went forward, they might be pushed off the bridge. They had to wait for the right moment.
After Nirvana said this, the archmages thought for a moment and drank the Expert-level Instant Mana Recovery Potions. Since Nirvana had spoken, they followed his instructions.
Nirvana wouldn’t give up easily until the last moment.
Since it was a final gamble anyway, Nirvana looked at his left shoulder where his guardian angel, Kalenna, rested. Kalenna flapped her wings and hovered in the air, completely ignoring him.
The reason Nirvana persisted was because there was still hope. Even at the last moment, his guardian angel Kalenna might still bring some unexpected change. Perhaps she would intervene.
Among the present mages, Xie Yao and Tang Yao had the most mana. While attacking, they could ensure Dirakaru’s health wouldn’t regenerate because their damage was enough to counteract his recovery speed.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Streams of magic soared through the air.
The battle on this stone bridge continued, with no idea when it would end. The Betrayer Dirakaru’s roar echoed far and wide in this vast space.
Just as Nirvana and others were attacking the Betrayer Dirakaru, Guo Huai sent a message to Nirvana. The Moonlight City’s Mona Fortress had been attacked by the Blood Demon Knight Corps, suffering over 3,000 casualties. The fortress nearly fell, but fortunately, the fortress quickly activated its defensive shield and a large number of elite members from the Bull Tribe arrived in time to defend it. However, they estimated the enemy hadn’t left yet. Mona Fortress had strengthened its defenses, and people from Black Heaven, Beginners, and others were already heading there.
“Why would the Blood Demon Knight Corps attack Mona Fortress?” Nirvana asked in confusion.
“Unknown. It might be the same as before, killing lawful good players to accumulate reverence points.” Guo Huai replied. Previously, the Blood Demon Knight Corps had just fought against several guilds like Angel Tyranny, eliminating many from Angel Tyranny. Shifting from the Sater Empire to Greenlan and targeting a fortress of the Bull Tribe was probably a normal occurrence.
“They might launch another attack. Be careful.” Nirvana warned. The Blood Demon Knight Corps was merely a small player team, with a total of sixty Silver Wings. If they were sixty Archmages or Holy Priests of top-tier professions, he might feel a bit nervous. However, with just sixty Silver Wings, there wasn’t much to fear. At least they didn’t have any level-destroying spells that could pose a fatal threat to the fortress.
“It won’t be easy for them to capture Mona Fortress.” Guo Huai confidently replied. With six top-tier professions and so many elite players present, he had great confidence.
Nirvana gave Guo Huai some instructions regarding precautions, saying, “Go online and download all the battle videos of the Blood Demon Knight Corps. Have someone edit them, extract the more distinctive segments, and send them to our elite team members. The reason why high-level players from Greenlan Empire and Sater Empire repeatedly suffer at the hands of the Blood Demon Knight Corps isn’t because they’re extremely strong, but because their tactics are unique. When facing them initially, it’s easy to be caught off guard and suffer losses. Since they’ve come, we have no choice but to prepare accordingly.”
At this moment, on the plains outside Mona Fortress, a team of sixty people was grinding monsters.
“Blood Demon, why don’t we seize Mona Fortress in one fell swoop?” Deep Autumn’s Cold Wind asked beside him.
“Not necessary for now.” Blood Demon shook his head. His thoughts were beyond Deep Autumn’s Cold Wind’s understanding. He glanced at a private message and then spoke in the team chat, “The reconnaissance attack has been reported. Nirvana hasn’t appeared at Mona Fortress. Only six top-tier professions have arrived there. According to their report, since Nirvana’s several appearances in the Sater Empire, he hasn’t been seen for nearly three months. It’s preliminarily estimated he might be in a quest dungeon.”
“The top-tier professions of the Bull Tribe aren’t present. This is a good opportunity. We can complete the mission relatively easily.” Dark Shadow smiled.
“A bit of a pity we can’t fight Nirvana.” Blood Demon sighed, turning to his team, “Everyone prepare. We’ll depart in twenty minutes and launch the second attack.”
At this moment, Mona Fortress was bustling with activity, gathering about two thousand plus players from the Bull Tribe. Most ordinary players had already been evacuated. Those remaining were Bull Tribe experts. There were six top-tier professions, approximately six hundred frontline players, and the rest were second-line players.
Black Heaven, Beginners, and over thirty others gathered in the central meeting hall of Mona Fortress. Guo Huai had assigned them to defend Mona Fortress and handle any emergencies.
“If the Blood Demon Knight Corps comes, we must severely punish them!” Wu Dao coldly said. So far, over three thousand Bull Tribe players had fallen to the Blood Demon Knight Corps. This score must be settled.
“We six might not be their match.” Black Heaven replied, remaining relatively calm.
“Guo Huai said we need to defend Mona Fortress. The fortress’s defense isn’t problematic. With such dense defenses, they can’t capture this fortress without level-destroying spells.” The Knight’s Elegy said. He was more familiar with the fortress’s situation.
“If we strike them one by one, we might not be their match. Let them come!”
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