Volume 4 Chapter 4 Monster Attack (4)
Fortunately, good news spreads fast. In a short while, only a hundred stone giants and dozens of desert stone monsters rushed in. The situation was not out of control. The most urgent thing was to prevent more monsters from entering the city! I angrily shouted at the remaining twenty or so members of the Thunder Group: "What's the point of you shooting at the Stone King? Seal the door, seal the door! Use the freezing skill to freeze the monsters in the passage! Quick!"
When the team members reacted, they were also confused. After experiencing the power of the Stone Man King, everyone was thinking about how to defeat this super boss so as to take back the city gate, but they did not realize that the most important thing was to slow down the "flow" of monsters entering the city.
No matter what skills are used, the freezing effect is not always effective. More than 20 people are indeed too few. A round of blue magic arrows shot towards the city gate passage, but only five or six monsters were frozen. However, the stone giants and desert stone monsters were huge in size, and at most twelve or thirteen of them could stand side by side in the passage, which had slowed down their speed of entering the city by nearly half!
Moreover, the allies and players who came after receiving my order also arrived one after another. Some warriors fought against the monsters that began to spread outwards, while the mages and archers did not need to be commanded. What did they not understand after seeing the actions of the Thunder Group members? They followed suit and fired countless skills with freezing effects towards the city gate!
At the beginning of the battle, we were at a disadvantage. Most players were unable to fight a stone giant alone. Especially since these monsters were different from those on the city wall, they could move freely and had a much larger attack range, which fully demonstrated their amazing lethality. If you were hit by a hammer on the city wall, you would be fine if you just stepped back a few steps. But now you have to pray that the hammer from the stone giant won't kill you! Therefore, in just over a minute, dozens of people turned into white light!
However, as more and more players arrived at the battlefield, the situation soon turned around. I mobilized half of the members of the Thunder Alliance, which was more than a thousand people, and the number of ordinary players exceeded 4,000. We formed an absolute advantage in military force. More than ten people surrounded a stone giant or a desert stone monster and hacked at it. The monster basically had no power to fight back, and the attacks on the players were also dispersed, so it was rare for anyone to die.
Moreover, with the increase in the number of magicians and archers, the dense rain of arrows and magic formed an almost uninterrupted stream of light at the city gate. Almost all the monsters near the exit of the passage were frozen. Some of them had just thawed, but before they could take a step, they were attacked countless times again and turned into ice sculptures. The city gate passage was basically completely cut off. Few monsters could continue to rush in, and the monsters in the city were reduced to one less each time they were eliminated. The remaining task was how to deal with the big guy, the Stone Man King?
The C-level Boss assessed the situation very quickly, changed his tactics before being left alone, and rushed towards the crowd!
Can you imagine how a group of jackals would feel when faced with an elephant charging towards them? Powerless to resist! Yes, even though there were more than 5,000 players surrounding the city gate, everyone felt powerless to resist when they saw the Stone King charging towards us! This guy's movements were definitely not as clumsy as those of ordinary stone giants. As soon as its big feet stepped out, it was faster than a galloping horse and instantly rushed to the front of the human wall who had not yet reacted. With a spin, the guillotine axe smashed the bodies of four players at the same time, smashing them, not chopping them off!
Blood splattered radially, and after killing four people in seconds, the Stone Man King was still not satisfied. He raised his right foot high and stomped hard on the ground. Suddenly, countless cracks appeared on the ground within 50 meters around him, and within a radius of 500 meters, one could feel the violent tremor coming from under his feet, like a magnitude 5 earthquake!
In order to block the city gate, the players stood very closely, forming a tight encirclement. The Stone Man King came so quickly that the players around him had no time to dodge. There were at least three hundred people standing within a range of fifty meters, and these players suddenly found that their HP was rapidly decreasing. The Stone Man King's move was not a demonstration, but a group attack skill "Earthquake"!
This skill is truly terrifying. Melee professions with thick skin and long blood can still support it, but more than a hundred mages, archers, priests, etc. were all killed in two or three seconds, and after another two seconds, dozens of lower-level warriors also fell one after another. The Stone King killed more than two hundred players in one move, and only a sparse circle of people were left around it!
Fortunately, this move only lasts for five seconds, otherwise no one would be able to survive due to its power!
After seeing the power of the C-level Boss, the army's morale was greatly reduced. Everyone showed fear and slowly retreated. No one dared to approach this god of death!
I got anxious and shouted, "Don't be afraid! We have more people, and we can use human wave tactics to wear this guy down! The monster's magic power is limited, and it can't use this trick many times. We must guard the city gate, otherwise the monster army will rush in and everyone will die. It's better to fight it! Those who are not afraid of death, follow me!" After saying that, I instigated Coco to rush forward first!
While other players were still hesitating, the Thunder Alliance was very disciplined. Who dared not obey the boss' orders? Hundreds of people rushed towards the Stoneman King from all directions, and the magicians and archers took the lead in launching long-range attacks!
Unfortunately, no matter magic or arrows, no one could break the Stoneman King's defense! Without breaking the defense, the freezing effect could not be exerted, otherwise, under such intensive attacks, the Stoneman King should have been frozen long ago.
I saw that ranged attacks were ineffective against the Stoneman King, so I charged forward while shouting, "Ranged professions, don't worry about the Boss. Your task is to continue to block the city gates!" Immediately, the ranged attack turned towards the city gate, and a few guys who had just thawed were frozen again when they were about to rush in.
Although the unicorn was fast, I was far away from the Stone King. Several allies rushed to the Stone King before me and chopped him hard with their weapons, but the result disappointed them. The close combat, which was more than twice as powerful as the long-range attack, did not have much effect. The person with the strongest attack power could only chop off about a hundred points of the Stone King's HP.
The Stoneman King fought back! Perhaps he thought it was unnecessary to use skills to deal with a few small fish, so he casually chopped a few times with his axe, but even so, he still killed one by one, and no one could withstand a single blow!
I had a plan in mind. During the siege, once you die, you cannot be resurrected until the defense is over! It doesn't matter if I die once, but after that, without anyone to command, Pojun City will be undefendable, so I have to find a way to save my life as the first priority!
But I have to go. If I just hide behind others and don't stand in the front line of the battle, but send others to die, then I will have no prestige in the hearts of ordinary players, and no one will be willing to obey my command. The various contradictions will also erupt, and I, the commander-in-chief, will lose the meaning of existence. Besides, I have already said "follow me", how can I be afraid of death? This will be a serious blow to my reputation and the reputation of the Thunder Alliance!
Damn it, I'll just have to force it! But I have to take some precautions!
I paused for a moment, strengthened myself, and shouted, "Which priest can help me and protect me?"
Guarding is a skill of priests above level 40. There are very few such people, but there are still some. Suddenly a golden light shot at me, and I took out my shield and equipped myself, using the iron wall. Now I am in the strongest defensive state, let's see if I can hold on!
I rushed towards the Stone Man King, and the Stone Man King also killed several players around him and focused his attention on me. The distance between us quickly closed, 30 meters, 20 meters, 10 meters, and then we made contact!
Tiger Soul swung out with one hand, causing stone chips to fly and leaving a deep knife mark on the Stone Man King's waist, deducting 1274 HP. This was the first attack that was truly "effective" for the Stone Man King, but I was seriously dissatisfied. If it weren't for the shield being equipped, Tiger Soul's attack power would only be 80% when used with one hand. How much more powerful would it be?
At the same time, the Stone Man King's axe came down on my head, so fast that I couldn't dodge it in time!
I raised my left hand to block the attack above my head. There was a loud bang, like thunder. If the people around had not witnessed the attack with their own eyes, they would have thought it was a huge thunder in the sky during the rainstorm!
I was in horrible pain after taking this blow. My left arm holding the shield seemed to be broken. An enormous force was transmitted from the shield, far stronger than the giant stone mechanism in the imperial maze. My whole body was shaking, and my chest felt indescribable discomfort. The unicorn under my crotch let out a neigh, and actually sank a few inches, with all four hooves stuck in the hard stone slabs on the city's ground!
With just one attack, I lost more than 2,100 HP. However, with the support of several defensive skills, as well as the Tiger King suit's super strong protection and damage reduction, I finally withstood the Stone King's attack!
Since the Stone Man King appeared, he has killed anyone he saw in the second. He is so majestic and powerful that no one can match him. Now, there is finally someone who can withstand his attack and survive. The morale of the players was boosted immediately. It seemed that the players felt that this guy was not so scary after all. In addition, with the members of the Thunder Alliance taking the lead, the heroic spirit was aroused in everyone's hearts, and they all rushed forward madly!
I knew that I would not be able to withstand two consecutive attacks from the Stone Man King, and its skills were not exhausted yet. I didn't know what more powerful moves it had. I had already saved my face after a hard fight, and it would be idiotic to fight this monster again. I pretended to charge with some strength left, squeezed my legs against the horse's belly, and rushed out with Coco carrying me like an arrow, passing the Stone Man King. The Stone Man King wanted to turn around and chase, but more players had already rushed towards him, so they left me aside.
However, the Stoneman King swung his axe, slashing left and right, but still no one could survive a single blow. However, this time, many people came up and surrounded the Stoneman King. One or two people fell down among the hundreds of people, which was not conspicuous and could not bring people the fear of the skill "Earthquake". At the same time, more people had already filled in. The Stoneman King was chopped by countless swords, spears, and halberds at the same time. Although the damage of each blow was not great, the cumulative damage was not a small number. Everyone saw the opportunity to win. Sacrifice was inevitable, but with the human sea tactics, it was only a matter of time to surround and kill the Stoneman King. And how could the equipment exploded by killing a C-level Boss be ordinary? Everyone has a greedy heart. You know, the closer you are to the Boss, the higher the possibility of grabbing the exploded equipment. So everyone killed fearlessly, hoping that "as long as I am lucky, it won't be me who dies; if I am a little luckier, maybe I can grab the top-level equipment!"
I certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to rush in, or remind them to be careful. I quickly swallowed a few potions, and after replenishing my HP, I held the Tiger Soul and monitored the periphery. I wasn't afraid that we couldn't kill the Stone King, but I was on guard against this guy's big trick, breaking through the siege and killing the mage archers to cause trouble. If the city gate was lost again, a few bosses like the Cyclops would rush in, which would be a lot of fun. Speaking of this, the super bosses have followers around them. This time, the small bosses under the Stone King didn't rush into the city. It must be because there were too many monsters, squeezing them behind. It was also a blessing in disguise for us!
Sure enough, how could a C-level Boss be easily dealt with? The players relied on their numbers to gain the upper hand for a while, but how could the Stoneman King be willing to be suppressed? He raised his axe to the sky and let the swords of the players chop him hard without fighting back. However, a layer of green light gradually appeared on his head-breaking axe!
My face turned pale and I said anxiously, "Danger! Everyone, retreat quickly!"
It was too late! Although a few players noticed something was wrong, the Stoneman King was surrounded by people in three layers inside and outside. They couldn't retreat even if they wanted to!
With a sharp "whoosh" sound, the Stoneman King moved! The sound of the guillotine axe splitting the air was so loud that it almost broke my eardrums! The Stoneman King's entire body began to spin, and the axe drew circles of brilliant arcs around it! Anyone who was slightly touched by the light would immediately turn into blood powder, floating in the air. It was really a dead end without a trace left!
The Stoneman King's figure spun faster and faster. As it accelerated like a spinning top, the flashes of arc light became more and more urgent, and the scope of the arc light became larger and larger. No matter how skilled you were, you would die if you touched it. In the end, there was no player around the Stoneman King anymore, and its figure was shrouded in a rapidly rotating light cocoon with a diameter of 20 meters. The sound of wind and thunder came from the core of the light cocoon, which even overwhelmed the thunderstorm in the sky! The Stoneman King slaughtered more than 300 people with one move. The ground was covered with a deep red color, which did not dissipate due to the heavy rain, because the raindrops in the air suddenly turned into a light red blood rain, which was mixed with the blood of the players whose bodies were smashed into pieces and drifted into the air!
All 5,000 players were terrified. The power of the Stoneman King's "Whirlwind Slash" was unimaginable if they hadn't seen it firsthand! And it was only a C-level boss, so how powerful would a B-level, A-level, S-level, or even SS-level boss be? Not to mention the average player who is less than level 40 now, even if they reach level 100, they can't be a match for that monster!
I was also shocked. I had known through internal testing that C-level was a watershed. It was almost an order of magnitude stronger than the D-level Boss. But at that time, I focused on collecting more game information and had no interest in fighting Bosses. Therefore, my understanding of these monsters was limited to a group of data. Today, after personally witnessing the power of the Stone Man King, I finally understood what those numbers represented!
The Stoneman King's figure slowly stopped, and the light cocoon gradually disappeared, but no one dared to step forward. Everyone was shocked by its terror! But I knew that we must not let this guy have a chance to breathe. The total HP of the C-level Boss is very long, and the amount of blood replenished each time is a huge value. We can only keep besieging it to make its blood recovery speed unable to keep up with the recovery speed, and then it is possible to kill it!
I rushed forward alone, shouting, "Everyone, hurry up! Whirlwind will consume a lot of MP, and the Stone King won't be able to use his ultimate move in a short period of time. This is a good opportunity to kill him!"
Under my instigation, everyone began to get restless. In order to strengthen their confidence, I did not use a shield this time. I held the Tiger Soul in both hands and launched a charge!
I calculated the timing just right. At the moment when the Stone Man King paused and had no time to catch his breath and attack, I charged forward, and both my horse and I slammed into him hard, and the Tiger Soul in my hand also pierced into his lower abdomen!
Even though the Stoneman King was huge and heavy, he was inevitably forced to retreat three steps after being hit by my fierce impact. The players cheered when they saw that the Stoneman King, who was like an invincible killer, was actually repelled by me. Finally, dozens of people mustered up the courage to rush forward! And under their leadership, more people rushed forward!
I took advantage of the Stoneman King's disadvantageous position and attacked him with another blow. After taking advantage of him twice, he dared not fight any more and rode his horse to the side. Sure enough, the Stoneman King immediately started to fight back, but the unicorn was still a little faster than it, and the Stoneman King's axe missed! I had already figured out some tricks and would never fight it head-on. I drove Coco to circle around the Stoneman King, intending to attack it from behind. Although the Stoneman King's movements were much faster than those of ordinary stone giants, his body was made of stone after all , and it was too big, so it was still a little inflexible to turn around. Although my plan had not succeeded for a while, it had no chance to hit me. The two sides entangled for a few seconds, and other players had already killed him, and the Stoneman King was surrounded again!
