When they entered the game, they were still on the stone bridge. Almost the moment they logged in, everyone immediately entered combat mode.
Brilliant blade light surged forward, drawing Dirakuru’s attention.
Dirakuru’s health had not regenerated because the time offline did not count for bosses in the game.
Nie Yan quickly summoned the golden earth dragon again. The golden earth dragon let out a low roar, then charged forward.
As soon as the golden earth dragon appeared, Dirakuru’s aggro shifted to it, because previously the golden earth dragon had dealt significantly more damage than Cui Can Daoguang.
The two massive creatures collided heavily, causing the stone bridge to tremble continuously.
Nie Yan summoned the paladin Lai Fusi again, and immediately the paladin began casting healing spells on the golden earth dragon.
The coordination was excellent, and the mages in the back began attacking confidently.
The group scattered across the bridge, continuing to deal steady damage. Nie Yan took out the Headless Knight Doro’s crossbow, pulled the trigger, and shot several bolts, but the damage was extremely low, nearly negligible. Dirakuru had very high resistance to piercing damage.
Nie Yan thought for a moment, activated stealth, carefully circled around Dirakuru, and with his Zein Nad sword, stabbed down viciously, followed by a brutal Rupture.
Floating above Dirakuru’s head, damage numbers exceeding 3000 appeared one by one. He lifted his foot and stepped down toward Nie Yan. Just as it was about to hit, Nie Yan rolled away. With a loud crash, Dirakuru missed and lifted his foot again.
Nie Yan slipped between Dirakuru’s legs, barely avoiding the stomp, escaping in a very disheveled state.
Whenever Nie Yan approached Dirakuru, situations like this would occur, and the same happened to the other rogue teammates. They weren’t like Cui Can Daoguang, who could use his shield to knock back Dirakuru if attacked, but they, as rogues, lacked such capabilities.
Dirakuru’s health dropped slowly, barely noticeable. It seemed like ages passed before his health bar moved even slightly.
Nie Yan and the others were facing such a high-health boss for the first time, and they were at a loss.
Nie Yan opened the paladin Lai Fusi’s skill menu, attempting to find some effective skills. There were over a hundred skills in total, dazzling and overwhelming. As Nie Yan grew stronger, the paladin Lai Fusi also became more powerful and learned new skills, so his skill list kept expanding, many of which Nie Yan had never seen before.
After a quick search, Nie Yan’s eyes settled on one skill. It was called Magic Suppression Circle. It required certain materials to create a small array. Any demonic creature within a 50-yard radius of the array would suffer a significant reduction in health regeneration speed.
Looking at the requirements, the needed materials were: ten Light Scrolls, three Silver Radiant Stones, and five Light Stones.
“Does anyone have Light Scrolls, Silver Radiant Stones, or Light Stones?” Nie Yan asked in the team chat. These were materials used by paladins, priests, or holy mages for spellcasting, so it was normal for him not to have any.
“I have three Light Scrolls and two Silver Radiant Stones,” Qi Zai, the team leader, checked his backpack and replied.
“I have nine Light Stones,” Xie Yao said after checking her inventory.
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Soon, Nie Yan gathered all the required materials. Following the instructions, he found an open spot and began setting up the array. Before long, on the stone bridge, about five yards away from Dirakuru, a magical circle appeared. As the array formed, a white beam of light descended, gradually spreading outward and creating a brilliant white glow within a 50-yard radius, looking magnificent and dazzling.
When illuminated by these rays, Dirakuru let out an angry roar. He tried to rush forward to destroy the array, but after taking a few steps, the heavy chains at his back pulled him back forcefully, making it hard for him to advance even a single step, let alone destroy the array.
After the Magic Suppression Circle was formed, Nie Yan and the others clearly felt Dirakuru’s health dropping significantly faster than before. The array greatly reduced Dirakuru’s health regeneration speed.
At this rate, Nie Yan and the team could deplete approximately 1.5% of Dirakuru’s health per hour. Although still relatively slow, it was much better than before.
Seeing the effectiveness of the Magic Suppression Circle, Nie Yan immediately continued searching the paladin Lai Fusi’s skill menu for similar abilities. Soon, using the materials carried by Xie Yao and others, he created three arrays that could significantly weaken Dirakuru’s attributes.
Such arrays, like the Magic Suppression Circle, were quite situational for players because they drew too much aggro. Ordinary demonic creatures, upon detecting such arrays nearby, would prioritize destroying them. Coupled with the complexity of setting them up, few players used these arrays against boss-level creatures. However, in this particular situation, things were different, and the effect was entirely different.
Dirakuru was bound by chains and completely unable to destroy the arrays.
They continued depleting Dirakuru’s health. After a full day, they had consumed about 38% of his total health.
Although it was slow, it at least gave them some hope. At least they now saw a chance to defeat the traitor Dirakuru! If they truly managed to kill Dirakuru, who knows what kind of loot they would obtain—it was a level 180 demon lord after all!
Besides Dirakuru’s loot, Nie Yan would also obtain the legendary Assassin’s Heart, which would undoubtedly be of great benefit to his future development.
“Boss Nieyan, I’ve already used up all my expert-level instant mana potions. I only have a dozen or so advanced mana instant recovery potions left,” Sha Bu Si de Huai Dan looked at his inventory with some concern.
“Same here,” Xia Chong Yu Bing said.
“Me too,” Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun also checked his inventory.
Their mana potions were consumed quickly. Although they had been very conservative, their bags were soon nearly empty. Normally, instant mana potions were reserved for unexpected situations and rarely used. But now, they were constantly chugging them. The amount they had used just now would have lasted them one or two months under normal circumstances.
Among them, only Tang Yao and Xie Yao had slightly more mana potions remaining.
“I still have nine expert-level instant mana potions. You guys can take them,” Tang Yao said, handing several mana potions to Sha Bu Si de Huai Dan, Xia Chong Yu Bing, and Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun.
“I have eight expert-level and six advanced-level mana potions left,” Xie Yao said. That was all she had left in her inventory.
The mana potions they had retained were merely a drop in the bucket.
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