Chapter 179 Retreat

Just as Shi Feng slowly circled to the other side of the battlefield, Great Lord Noire’s HP was also plummeting.

The drop in HP was almost visible to the naked eye, decreasing at a rate of 1% per second, which was much higher than the damage dealt by the First Team.

“Has it gotten dark?” The team leader, an Elementalist, couldn’t help but look up at the dim sky.

The moon had already emerged.

Under the moonlight, Noire was also changing.

Her body, which had been as tall as a three-story building, began to shrink, and her maximum HP quickly dropped from 10 million to 6 million. However, as her size decreased, her strength continued to increase, dealing more and more damage than before.

Originally, one attack could only deal two or three thousand damage to the MT, but now it directly rose to over four thousand.

The six MTs, who took turns defending against the onslaught, had over eight thousand HP. Even if Noire accidentally landed a critical hit, they could survive. But now, as long as there was a critical hit, the MT would definitely lose aggro (OT).

“Well done, take turns using life-saving skills to tank the Boss, healers focus on healing the main tank.” The team leader, an Elementalist, was well prepared and gave an order.

Immediately, the Shield Warrior activated the Tier 1 Shield Wall, directly halving the damage received, which could last for 20 seconds.

Noire’s damage immediately dropped from nearly five thousand to over two thousand.

The healers in the back cast healing spells on the main tank, and the lost two thousand plus HP was immediately restored.

However, the time only lasted for about five seconds before the Shield Warrior, who had activated Shield Wall, couldn’t hold on any longer.

This was because Noire’s damage had risen from over two thousand to nearly four thousand again. If it weren’t for activating a life-saving skill like Shield Wall, he might have been instantly killed.

“Captain, Noire is even more powerful than expected. If the damage keeps increasing, the MT will be finished,” a beautiful female Priest said anxiously.

Up until now, these healers had no problems.

The reason they chose this time to attack Noire was because, according to previous observations, Noire's HP was too high during the day, reaching as much as ten million. At night, her HP would drop to six million, but her damage would increase significantly. Facing ten million HP, their team's output simply couldn't support the Demon Suppression Barrier for so long. Only with six million HP could they give it a try.

However, Noire’s damage would increase the longer the battle lasted at night.

That was why they chose a time close to nightfall. However, the damage increase of this monster still exceeded expectations.

"Damn it, this damage is increasing too fast!" The team leader, an Elementalist, looked at his remaining mana. At most, he could support the Demon Suppression Barrier for a few more minutes before it collapsed. In those few minutes, there was no way to defeat Noire with the remaining three million plus HP. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "We retreat!"

Subsequently, everyone began to retreat in an orderly manner, and the main tank also began to withdraw step by step towards the outside of the barrier.

The Demon Suppression Barrier not only had the effect of suppressing demons but also restricted their range of movement. However, without anyone to resist Noire's attacks, the barrier would suffer damage, greatly accelerating the mana consumption of the twelve Elementalists, easily depleting all of their mana.

After everyone had retreated from the Demon Suppression Barrier, Noire narrowed her eyes, a sneer appearing on the corner of her mouth, and then roared.

Instantly, Noire split into more than a dozen Little Noires, each only as tall as a person.

However, these Little Noires were no small matter. Although their HP was only 200,000, their level was that of a Level 40 Elite monster. These monsters constantly bombarded the Demon Suppression Barrier. In less than five seconds, the mana of the twelve Elementalists was completely depleted, and the Demon Suppression Barrier collapsed.

Immediately, these Elite-level Noires spread their wings and chased after the retreating crowd.

It was easy for flying monsters to hunt down walking players. In a short while, the crowd was caught up, and an encounter battle began.

These Little Noires could deal over three thousand damage to an MT with just one attack. Against non-plate armor classes, they could almost kill with one hit. Their attack power was comparable to a Lord.

"Damn it, how can an Elite monster have such high attack power!" A Guardian Knight, who was defending against three Little Noires, was unwillingly beaten to death by the siege of the three Little Noires. Even the healers couldn’t keep up.

In just a moment, seven members of the hundred-man team had died.

The Great Lord Noire simply stood in front of the giant stone gate of the valley, looking down on everything. While guarding the Chapter of Darkness, she watched the members of the First Team being killed one by one.

A hundred-man team simultaneously facing more than a dozen Elite monsters, each with the attack power comparable to a Lord, had almost zero chance of survival.

"This Great Lord is really powerful, even knowing how to split. Even a war of attrition wouldn't make any sense." Shi Feng clicked his tongue in amazement not far away.

The Split skill allows a monster to split into many weakened versions of itself. If these split monsters are not killed in time, they will become nutrients for the main body, greatly restoring its HP. It is one of the most troublesome Boss skills.

As long as a Boss has this skill, a war of attrition is meaningless. Because if a hundred people can’t defeat it, no matter how many people are rotated in, the result will not change.

However, the Split skill is not without its weaknesses.

After using Split, the main body cannot attack, which is a great opportunity to severely damage the main body. But there is one prerequisite, and that is to eliminate all the split bodies. Otherwise, no matter how severely the main body is damaged, it will be meaningless, because it can instantly recover by absorbing the split bodies.

Now that the split bodies were chasing after the First Team players, Shi Feng immediately rushed towards the gray protective shield.

"Damn human, you dare to covet the Chapter of Darkness!" Great Lord Noire immediately noticed Shi Feng in front of the gray protective shield and roared angrily.

Shi Feng glanced at Great Lord Noire, as if to say, what can you do about it?

Then, Shi Feng ignored Noire and began to attack the gray protective shield.

At this time, Great Lord Noire could only stare blankly.

As long as the split bodies existed, the main body could not attack. This was the rule of the Split skill. Even the Great Lord could not change it.

As the Abyssal Blade appeared, several silver rays flickered, as if they could pierce through space, and bombarded the gray protective shield.

Boom boom boom…

After more than a dozen strikes, a crack appeared in the gray protective shield, but the crack quickly recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye and then disappeared.

"There's a chance." Shi Feng's eyes lit up.

Immediately, Shi Feng frantically attacked, constantly increasing his attack frequency.

There are only two ways to break a protective shield: one is to crack it, and the other is to destroy it with brute force. However, the latter requires a very high level of strength. Without reaching a certain level of strength, it is impossible to achieve any effect. Ordinary players simply cannot reach that level and can only try to crack it.

However, Shi Feng was different. The Abyssal Blade was already at the level of an Epic weapon. Not to mention that he was also wearing a Fragmented Legendary item and an exquisite Epic ring, the Seven Luminaries Ring. Wearing a set of Tier 1 Swordsman equipment, his attributes far exceeded those of normal players.

"Damn it!"

"Humble ant, stop for me!"

Great Lord Noire’s eyes were bloodshot, but the split bodies were still there, and she couldn't attack at all. She could only watch Shi Feng constantly damage the protective shield, causing the cracks in the protective shield to increase. Even with the Chapter of Darkness constantly providing power to restore it, the repair speed couldn’t keep up with the destruction speed.

Seeing the cracks in the gray protective shield constantly spreading, almost covering the entire giant stone gate.

"Human, you have truly angered me, Great Lord Noire!" Great Lord Noire let out a earth-shattering roar.

The split bodies chasing in the distance all collapsed.

That's right, collapsed, not absorbed.

She directly interrupted the Split skill and leaped towards Shi Feng.

At this time, a pitch-black scythe suddenly appeared in Noire's hand, and countless wraiths emerged from the snow-white scythe, emitting piercing wails that echoed throughout the valley.

Great Lord Noire suddenly swung the scythe at Shi Feng.

The scythe directly turned into a black seam thinner than a strand of hair. This black seam was a phenomenon caused by completely tearing through space, as if dividing the entire space into two, and this black seam spread directly towards Shi Feng.