This boss is also over 5 meters long, with a huge tail spike that gleams with a cold light at the end.
"Xiahou Dun, this boss's attack is almost 200. Can you withstand it?"
"Don't worry, boss. My defense is 125 right now. This boss can only deal a little over 150 damage per hit. With Xiahou Yuan's healing and health regeneration potions, I can withstand it."
"It's just that the boss's skill to summon a swarm of bees, I wonder how many monsters it will summon. If there are too many, then it will be dangerous."
"Xiahou Dun, you initiate the fight first. We'll decide what to do when the boss is summoned."
"Okay, I'm going."
"Shield Charge!" Xiahou Dun rushed in front of the boss and grabbed it. Seeing this, the others followed Xiahou Dun's footsteps and attacked the boss.
"Buzz~"
An angry expression appeared above the boss's head, then its tail bent, and its huge tail spike stabbed fiercely at Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun's health dropped sharply. At the same time, after being attacked by the boss, Xiahou Dun's entire body turned green, and -8 health points kept appearing above his head.
"Oh no, this boss's attacks are poisonous, everyone be careful." Xiahou Dun warned everyone, then used a health restoration potion.
Poisoning is an abnormal state in the metaverse, also known as soft control. When a character is poisoned, they will continuously lose health.
There are many other soft controls like poisoning, such as icing, slowing, paralysis, and bleeding.
There are two main ways to trigger these soft controls.
One type is linked to elemental enhancement.
Metallic trigger bleeding;
Wood attribute triggers weakness;
Water element triggers chill;
Fire attribute triggers burn;
Earth attribute triggers slowly;
The higher the attacker's elemental enhancement value, the lower the elemental resistance of the player being attacked, and the greater the chance of entering a soft control state.
For example: If attacker A has a fire attribute enhancement of 50 and defender B has a fire attribute resistance of 30, then after A attacks B, B has a 20% chance of being burned.
If attacker A is a mutated fire-type spiritual root with lightning, then in addition to a 20% chance of inflicting a burn status on attacker B, there is also a 10% chance (half the base spiritual root abnormality) to trigger an additional abnormal status of lightning attribute.
The second type is abnormal attacks.
Some monsters or skills inherently possess abnormal damage. This abnormal damage does not require elemental triggering, so attacking it will inevitably cause the attacker to enter an abnormal state.
Upon hearing Xiahou Dun's words, Xiahou Yuan's treatment was promptly transferred to Xiahou Dun.
Xiahou Dun's health was then restored to full.
However, Xiahou Yuan's healing had a cooldown, and Xiahou Dun's health was gradually decreasing under the boss's constant attacks.
Seeing this, everyone knew that it was too much for Xiahou Dun to handle the boss, so they could only increase their attack power and attack the boss.
After a series of attacks, the boss's health was reduced by 20%. At this moment, the boss let out a hiss, its tail trembled rapidly, and then several poison needles shot towards Xiahou Dun.
This is the boss's skill: Poison Needle Spray.
Xiahou Dun's health was instantly reduced by more than half under the boss's skill attack.
"Xiahou Yuan, heal him."
"Your skills are on cooldown, you hold on for now."
"What a load of crap! I only have a little over 300 HP left. I'll be killed by the boss in two hits at most."
"But my skill still has a 4-second cooldown."
"Damn, this has taken so long, boss, what do we do now?"
Cao Cao, a figure from the Three Kingdoms period, was at a loss as to how to handle the situation.
Just when everyone was at a loss for what to do, Wang Ming spoke up.
"Xiahou Dun, step back, I'll tank the boss."
"Are you sure you can do this?"
"Don't worry, I cleared the first floor by myself. This boss's attacks are strong, but I can withstand them."
"Alright." Hearing Wang Ming say this, Xiahou Dun decisively retreated, because he knew that if he did not retreat, he would surely die.
Seeing Xiahou Dun retreat, the boss's eyes turned red, and he attacked Wang Ming directly.
Because Wang Ming inflicted so much damage on it, in just a short while, more than half of the boss's lost health was caused by Wang Ming.
If Xiahou Dun hadn't forcibly restrained the boss, it would have already attacked Wang Ming.
-139.
-8.
-8.
"System notification: You have been attacked by a demonized killer bee queen, HP -139."
"System notification: You are infected with a virus, hp-8, hp-8..."
Wang Ming's current stamina is as high as 140, so even if the boss's attack is close to 200, it will not cause much damage.
"That's it?" Wang Ming casually used a basic health recovery potion and then attacked the boss.
-212.
-193.
-73.
-65.
-72.
-140.
...
The boss roared, and its massive tail spikes attacked Wang Ming once more.
Wang Ming sidestepped the boss's attack, and at the same time swung his left fist at the boss.
After a few rounds, the boss's health dropped again under the combined attack of the group, while Wang Ming still had about 3/4 of his health remaining.
This truly surprised everyone in the Three Kingdoms period.
Seeing that it couldn't take down Wang Ming, the boss twitched its tail and was about to unleash its skill again - Poison Needle Spray.
"Young man, get out of the way! This skill's damage is too high; you can't withstand it."
"Xiahou Yuan, heal the little brother."
When Cao Cao saw that the boss was about to unleash another skill, he quickly reminded Wang Ming and asked Xiahou Yuan to heal Wang Ming.
"Boss, I've given all my skills to Xiahou Dun, and I'm out of mana."
"Damn it, little brother, run!"
"Mr. Cao, don't be so nervous."
Compared to the tense atmosphere among everyone, Wang Ming seemed somewhat relaxed, and used a bottle of basic health-restoring potion that he hadn't used before.
-208.
-208.
-208.
“mISS”.
...
"System notification: You have been attacked by the demonized killer bee queen's skill - Poison Sting Spray, HP -208, HP -208..."
Wang Ming had a total of over 1400 HP, but he didn't dare to take the boss's skill head-on. He retreated while the boss was charging up, but even so, he still lost more than 600 HP.
Seeing that Wang Ming dared not confront him, the boss seemed somewhat smug and continued to attack Wang Ming with its tail spikes.
"Little brother, I'm ready. I'll take over the boss's aggro." Xiahou Dun's health and mana had almost recovered, so he took over the boss's aggro from Wang Ming.
Before long, the boss's health dropped rapidly under the attack of the group, leaving less than 20% of its health. At this moment, the boss let out a scream.
Suddenly, more than a dozen killer bees appeared from all directions.
As soon as these killer bees appeared, they attacked the group.
"Xiahou Dun, pull the small monsters."
"Young man, the boss is yours for now. We'll clear out the mobs." After witnessing Wang Ming's defense, Cao Cao from the Three Kingdoms period didn't stand on ceremony and directly told Wang Ming to hold off the boss.
"Okay, no problem."
Wang Ming took over the boss again, while the others cleared out the spawned mobs.
Without Wang Ming's damage output, the group struggled to clear the mobs. Fortunately, Wang Ming's stats were high enough that he could easily take on the boss alone.
After everyone cleared out the mobs, Xiahou Dun took over the boss's aggro again, and the boss's health was down to only 10%.
In no time, he was killed by the combined efforts of the group.
"System notification: Congratulations, your team has killed the Yellow-rank boss, the Demonized Killer Bee Queen. You have gained 3000 experience points, an additional 600 experience points + 2400 experience points, 20 silver coins, and +10 merit points."
"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, granting you 2 Strength points, 3 Free Attribute Points, 2 Intelligence points, 2 Stamina points, and 1 Spirit point."
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