Tear!
bleed!
-800! -800! -800! ...
Everyone was immediately afflicted with a double negative status effect. The tearing effect slows down movement speed: movement speed, attack speed, and casting speed of ranged classes are all affected.
To some extent.
This condition is more troublesome than bleeding, which causes continuous damage.
Healing Hands!
Su Bai was prepared in advance; the moment it unleashed its area-of-effect attack, he summoned a sacred artifact.
Whoosh!
A pure light swept across.
One of the negative statuses on everyone was immediately removed.
Nine Lives then activated a healing artifact, clearing the second negative status from everyone.
Although the Healing Hand is still in effect and the two effects overlap, at this time, reducing the team's risk as much as possible is still important. After all, they are facing a Tier 3 Lord, and any mistake could very likely result in casualties or even a total wipeout.
A glimmer of light!
Su Bai and others unleashed their skills as soon as they were ready.
Then, another round of attacks was launched, and the executioner's health dropped rapidly. In less than half a minute, his health had been reduced to 60%.
But at this time...
Its roll call mechanism hasn't been triggered yet.
To avoid the target-targeting mechanism overlapping with its half-health mechanism, Su Bai had to slow down his output speed.
Otherwise, if the executioner summons two more troublesome elite monsters while he is being called out, the entire group will definitely be wiped out.
He relaxed.
Ning Hongchen is about to suffer.
The executioner kept following the mechanics of losing health, and would suddenly stop after only a few attacks, so she wasn't under as much pressure.
However, the executioner has yet to trigger the roll call.
Su Bai dared not attack.
The frequency of attacks she endured immediately increased several times over.
boom!
boom!
Each of the executioner's frontal attacks was like a speeding truck crashing into her shield.
The durability of the protective shield also drops very quickly.
Despite its outstanding attributes, this shield is limited by its excellent quality, making it somewhat ineffective in high-intensity battles.
Click...
A faint cracking sound, audible only to Ning Hongchen, rang out.
A tiny crack had been blasted into the front of the protective shield, meaning it had suffered permanent damage. Even if it could be repaired later, its durability would never be fully restored.
Fortunately, Hu Xingxingren finally stopped his attack at this moment.
It suddenly looked up, and the giant axe in its hand became ethereal, turning into a long, blood-red chain. Before anyone could see what it was doing, it instantly bound Su Bai tightly.
[Notification: You have been placed under the 'Preparing for Execution' status!]
[Preparing for Execution: Passive - You are about to be taken to the execution ground. During this time, all your abilities will be sealed, and you will be unable to move or attack for 99 seconds.]
...
Whoosh!
With a tug on the chain, Su Bai vanished from his spot in an instant. The next moment, he lay motionless on the blood-stained guillotine, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
The executioner held the chains motionless, having completely given up on attacking or defending. But without Su Bai, the others, who hadn't even reached the second stage of cultivation, couldn't pose a threat to it either.
"Help!"
Nine Lives and Cuttlefish immediately sprang into action.
One of them rushed onto the execution ground and pulled the lever to prevent the executioner's axe from falling, while the other ran to Su Bai and began the loading screen to unlock it.
"Pay attention to the QTE, don't fail!"
At this moment, the only thing Su Bai could still move was his mouth.
The person pulling the mechanism doesn't need to do anything; they just need to stop it from turning. This mechanism doesn't require any force; as long as someone is doing it, it will be considered successful, but it can only delay things for a maximum of one minute.
The key lies with the person responsible for unlocking the chain.
Unlocking the chain requires three QTE (Quick Time Event) checks, and the process is extremely fast, allowing for two chances to fail. If you succeed on the first try, you can save the person.
But this also illustrates just how incredibly difficult this mechanism is.
"Hey, don't worry, I used to be the best at Audition in our village, known as the King of QTE! There's nothing I can't react to... Oops!"
Nine Lives had just finished boasting when he failed once, and he immediately scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Mistake, mistake..."
He explained repeatedly.
Fortunately, after failing once, he became much more cautious and ultimately did not let the title of "King of QTE" evolve into "King of QTE," succeeding smoothly on the second attempt.
Su Bai felt a sudden relief and immediately climbed up from the guillotine.
Whoosh!
The chains in the executioner's hands shattered into a pile of scarlet fragments. The executioner trembled and immediately knelt on one knee, as if he had suffered a great backlash.
Take advantage of its illness to kill it.
Su Bai did not hold back.
Instantly unleashing full firepower to reduce its health to below 50%.
"Huff..."
"Huff..."
The executioner, panting heavily, stood up again amidst the frantic roar of the metal device behind him.
"We're about to summon some monsters."
Su Bai reminded him.
The next moment, two blood-red magic arrays lit up in the arena, and two tall figures with black and red flames surging around them slowly took shape. One of them held a giant scythe of death, and the other carried a long-handled battle axe, like killers from hell.
[Phantom of the Dead Executioner: Elite, Level 35, Health: /, Special Skill: Instrument of Torture - Reaping Scythe (Deals massive damage when attacking torn or bleeding targets)]
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