If the mana is drained dry, it means all the mages would be disabled.
“You each take turns sitting down to restore mana. Badguy, you go first!” Nie Yan thought for a moment and said in the team chat. It was indeed a feasible approach.
“Okay.” Badguy nodded in agreement, quickly stepping aside and sitting down on the nearby open ground. He drank a bottle of mana potion and began restoring his health.
Once Badguy’s mana was fully restored, he immediately stood up and re-entered the battle. Then Xia Chong Yu Bing went to restore mana. After a while, they rotated again. Although Drakru’s health was dropping much slower now, their sustainability had significantly improved, and the mana consumption wasn’t as fast as before.
Drakru’s roars echoed repeatedly throughout the chamber. The battle lasted for about three days, and finally Drakru’s health dropped to around 20%.
As his health approached the critical line, Drakru became extremely frenzied. His skin turned an eerie shade of red, and he roared furiously, desperately trying to break free from the chains. The chains emitted loud clanging sounds, and the stone pillars behind him trembled violently, as if the immense force would snap them apart. Chunks of stone shattered and fell.
This situation placed immense pressure on Nie Yan and the others. If Drakru managed to snap the chains behind him, they would be finished, and all their previous efforts would be in vain.
Just as Drakru was frantically pulling at the chains, dark magical runes appeared on the stone pillars behind him, swirling in a spiral pattern around the pillars and emitting beams of black light. The pillars immediately became much more stable.
“Cursed Mephisto, even in death, you won’t let me go!” Drakru cursed in demonic language, but the chains around his wrists tightened further, preventing him from breaking free.
“Everyone, push harder! He only has 20% health left!” Seeing this, Nie Yan immediately realized what was happening—Mephisto’s magic was binding Drakru!
“No good, boss! I’m out of mana! I’ve used up all my instant mana potions and mana potions,” Badguy said anxiously. Not only had the potions been exhausted, but their own mana reserves were nearly depleted as well.
“I’m drained too!”
“Same here!”
Everyone chimed in. Even Tang Yao, who had the most mana, had run low since he had given most of his potions to other teammates.
This time, they were truly out of mana. Moreover, once Drakru’s health dropped below 20%, his health regeneration rate increased significantly. If they couldn’t maintain sufficient damage output, his health would gradually recover.
“Frustrating! Boss, what do we do?”
“Wish we had brought more mana potions.”
“Now’s not the time to say that.”
Everyone felt frustrated, watching helplessly as their damage output couldn’t continue.
Badguy cast his last fireball, then helplessly lowered his staff. Checking his mana, he couldn’t even cast another fireball. He immediately stepped aside, sat down to restore mana, but without mana potions, the mana regeneration was extremely slow, causing anxiety.
Soon, Xia Chong Yu Bing, Desire Ran Zhi Qing Chun, Xie Yao, and others also ran out of mana. They sat down helplessly, looking at Nie Yan.
With the mages unable to deal damage, Drakru’s health slowly rose back to 21% and continued increasing gradually.
As their previous efforts seemed about to be wasted, Nie Yan said in the team chat, “Sun, King, come with me.”
“Got it.”
Three rogues rushed forward, circling around Drakru and continuously attacking with daggers.
Nie Yan swung Zennarde’s Sword. After a few attacks, he landed a critical hit dealing over 30,000 damage, bringing Drakru’s health back down to 20%.
To protect Nie Yan and others, Cui Lan Dao Guang activated War God’s Protection and charged forward, continuously striking Drakru with his heavy shield.
After enduring relentless assaults, Drakru continued to roar in fury. His hatred zeroed in on Nie Yan as he repeatedly swung his massive fists—boom, boom, boom!
Facing Drakru’s relentless attacks, Nie Yan could only keep dodging. The space around him was too confined, making evasion extremely difficult and perilous.
Drakru swung another punch downward. As the massive fist descended, Nie Yan rolled and barely dodged, landing at the edge of the bridge. Suddenly, Drakru opened his fist and swung his massive palm like a fan towards him.
There was no space left to evade.
It’s over, Nie Yan sighed inwardly. Indeed, their struggle was futile—they were destined to be wiped out.
“Brother Nie, watch out!” Sun shouted urgently.
With a loud thud, Nie Yan was knocked off the bridge, plummeting toward the river of molten lava below. As everyone nearly despaired, Nie Yan suddenly extended his left hand, shooting out a spider silk thread that stuck to the stone bridge. It extended about three or four yards, swinging like a swing beneath the bridge, then he flipped back up onto the stone bridge.
Seeing this, everyone exhaled in relief. That moment had truly frightened them.
Dai Tou Da Ge Qi Zi waved his right hand, casting a healing spell on Nie Yan, restoring his health to full.
After Nie Yan withdrew from the battle, Drakru’s attacks didn’t stop. Sun and King Tian Xia became his primary targets. Under his furious assault, Sun and King Tian Xia couldn’t even find footing. Drakru roared, raised his right foot, and slammed it down. With a tremendous boom, a powerful shockwave swept across a radius of over ten yards. Sun and King Tian Xia couldn’t evade in time, were swept away, and fell toward the river of molten lava below.
He could only save one!
Sun was too far away. Nie Yan extended his left hand, shooting out a silk thread, attempting to pull King Tian Xia back.
At that moment, Drakru swung his right hand, slapping toward Nie Yan.
Seeing the impending attack, Nie Yan quickly rolled to evade. However, the silk thread was slightly off-target and missed King Tian Xia. King Tian Xia plummeted downward.
Drakru’s health rose back to 21%.
“Yi Chui Ding Qing, Xiao Rong, come with me!” Nie Yan said. Although he knew it was extremely dangerous and essentially a suicide mission, they had no other choice.
Before they could even begin, Drakru roared furiously, continuously striking the golden earth dragon.
The golden earth dragon kept retreating, already reaching the edge of the stone bridge. It tried to move toward the center but was blocked by Drakru, who slapped it again. With a slap to its belly, the golden earth dragon took a step back, missed its footing, and fell backward into the river of molten lava.
Seeing the golden earth dragon fall, Nie Yan couldn’t save it. Using spider silk would only drag him down too, as the dragon was too heavy. Retrieving it into his pet space was also impossible due to the short time available—there wasn’t enough time to chant the spell during the dragon’s fall.
With a splash, the golden earth dragon plunged into the rolling river of molten lava. A system message appeared.
System: The golden earth dragon has died.
Receiving this message, Nie Yan felt a slight sinking in his heart. Losing the golden earth dragon meant losing a strong tank and a major damage dealer. Things would become even more difficult from now on.
In an instant, all of Drakru’s attacks focused on Cui Lan Dao Guang. Under Drakru’s relentless assault, Cui Lan Dao Guang kept retreating, seemingly destined to share the golden earth dragon’s fate. Shui Se Yan Tou and Lei Su rushed forward, flanking Drakru in an attempt to rescue Cui Lan Dao Guang. However, Drakru continued attacking Cui Lan Dao Guang relentlessly, landing several critical hits.
Cui Lan Dao Guang gradually retreated to the edge of the bridge. One more step back would send him into the rolling lava.
Just as everyone nearly lost hope, Guardian Angel Kalena on Nie Yan’s shoulder waved her staff. A beam of white light fell on Cui Lan Dao Guang, forming a white protective shield around him.
Drakru took a few steps back, visibly wary of the white light surrounding Cui Lan Dao Guang.
Seizing the opportunity, Cui Lan Dao Guang charged forward, returning to the center of the stone bridge.
Drakru swung a punch at Cui Lan Dao Guang, and a damage number over 500 floated above his head.
Drakru’s damage output had significantly decreased, making Cui Lan Dao Guang extremely excited. If Drakru could only deal such low damage, he could attack Drakru without restraint.
As soon as Guardian Angel Kalena finished casting her skill, she waved her staff again. Beams of blue light fell on Tang Yao, Xie Yao, Badguy, and others, and their mana began to surge rapidly.
“Damn, mana regeneration increased by 500%!” Tang Yao looked at his status, stunned. With a 500% increase in mana regeneration, he practically no longer needed to worry about mana consumption. Other team members could simply sit down briefly to rest, and their mana would surge back rapidly.
Seeing their mana rapidly recovering, Tang Yao, Xie Yao, and others stood up and began casting spells to attack Drakru.
“Everyone, keep up the damage!”
“Unleash the firepower!”
During the previous period, Drakru’s health had already recovered to around 25%, but now it began to drop slowly again.
The power of Guardian Angel Kalena exceeded everyone’s expectations. Besides enhancing Tang Yao and others’ mana regeneration, she also applied numerous beneficial buffs, increasing their damage output by over 200%.
What an incredible guardian angel!
“Everyone, push hard and finish him off!”
A barrage of magical projectiles tore through the sky, exploding on Drakru’s body with loud booms.
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