Chapter 17 Third Stage

After the Azurefire Crow King was suppressed by the Seven Luminaries' Sanction, the Azurefire was basically no threat to everyone. In addition, Shi Feng reminded everyone of the timing and direction of the fire-breathing, so no one in the team was hit.

However, the Azurefire Crow King only truly unleashed its power in the third stage.

The team had fought the Azurefire Crow King no less than dozens of times, and had always been stuck in the third stage.

Now that the Azurefire Crow King had entered the third stage, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous.

If it were the Hard Mode Azurefire Crow King, they wouldn't be worried. After all, their combat power had increased by more than one level, so it would be too easy to pass. But this was Hell Mode, and the skills would naturally be strengthened.

The Azurefire Crow King let out an angry roar, and a full eighteen Azurefire Crows descended from the sky.

Compared to the Hard Mode's third stage, the Hell Mode's third stage not only starts when the health reaches 70%, but these Azurefire Crows are all Elite rank from the start...

In Hard Mode, they were just Special Elites at the start, and a single member of the main force could deal with one. But Elite rank was a completely different story, and no more than ten people in the entire team could handle them.

Moreover, the Hell Mode Elite Azurefire Crows had even more health, a full 900,000 HP, which was 200,000 HP more than the Hard Mode Elite Azurefire Crows. This raised the DPS requirements to an outrageous degree.

You have to know that with the Azurefire Crows' growth skills, it only takes two minutes for them to turn into Lord rank, which would be even harder to deal with. But the total health of the eighteen Azurefire Crows was as high as 16.2 million...

"This Boss is too shameless," Hei Zi said with a solemn expression.

If it were Hard Mode, the Light of Stars he had been saving would still be helpful, but with 900,000 HP, even the Light of Stars wouldn't have much effect.

"Everyone, activate Dark Force!"

With Shi Feng's order, everyone activated Dark Force, increasing their attributes by 30%.

As the main MT, Cola's health instantly soared to over 20,000, and the Shield Warrior Ye Wumian's health was also at 19,000. Both of them were much faster in terms of damage and reaction speed.

With the Seven Luminaries' Sanction suppressing the Azurefire Crow King, and Zi Yan Liuyun's healing buffing their stats, the three of them could withstand the Azurefire Crow King for a short time.

"Icarus, go establish aggro on the Azurefire Crows. All magic classes, listen to my command and use AoE skills!" Shi Feng said unhurriedly.

The Guardian Knight Icarus, with more than 17,000 health, immediately rushed into the Azurefire Crow swarm and used Steel Will, attracting all eighteen Azurefire Crows in the area.

Then Icarus used Blessing of Protection.

The Tier 1 Blessing of Protection could reduce damage by 70%, which was much stronger than the 50% at Tier 0, and the duration was also a little longer, a full 20 seconds.

However, the Elite Azurefire Crows were no ordinary creatures. There were a full eighteen of them, and a single peck from an Azurefire Crow dealt nearly 500 damage to Icarus. Fortunately, the number of Azurefire Crows that could surround Icarus was at most six, which meant that a wave of damage was nearly 3,000. This was not a threat to Icarus, who had more than 17,000 health.

As a series of healing spells landed, each one could restore 1,000 to 2,000 health, easily stabilizing Icarus's health.

However, Blessing of Protection could only last for twenty seconds. Once the time was up, it wouldn't be able to withstand the damage from six Azurefire Crows.

"Good!"

Shi Feng smiled, found the right position, and used Heavenly Wheel of Holy Swords. Golden holy swords fell from the sky, immediately sealing off the eighteen Azurefire Crows.

Instantly, a series of damage numbers over 4,000 appeared. Some critical hits were even over 8,000. Of course, Icarus, who was standing in the middle, would also take damage. This was also the reason why it was not easy to use AoE skills in dungeons. However, because of the effects of Blessing of Protection and Steel Will, Icarus only took more than 700 damage, which was nothing to Icarus.

However, Shi Feng was not satisfied.

"Hei Zi, use Light's Protection on Icarus!" Shi Feng said.

Light's Protection could make the target immune to all magic damage, reduce physical damage by 80%, and restore 5% of health per second. It lasted for 20 seconds, and was an absolute super-survival skill.

Hei Zi waved his staff, and a faint golden halo bloomed around Icarus's body.

Then, Shi Feng no longer held back, and used Dragon Strength, increasing his Strength by 100%. Then, he used the Fire Ring's skill, Flame Spirit Storm.

Seeing that the towering flames were about to engulf Icarus, Shi Feng switched the Fire Ring to the Water Ring and used the Life Bloom skill on Icarus. Because the healing effect was increased by 100%, Icarus could recover 60% of her health every second, lasting for 40 seconds. With Icarus's health, she was practically immortal.

Although Flame Spirit Storm could deal more than 40,000 damage per second to the Azurefire Crows, and critical hits were more than 80,000, it had no effect on Icarus at all, because she was immune to all magic damage, and also had Life Bloom, which restored more than 10,000 health per second. Added to the healing spells from the healers and the Priest's Prayer Shield, facing the Azurefire Crows' attacks was like scratching an itch. She could stand still and not die.

Everyone was stunned.

They saw the female knight Icarus fighting the Azurefire Crows in the raging fire. These destructive flames seemed like a gentle breeze, and she was not only unharmed, but also became more and more courageous, like a goddess of fire, awe-inspiring.

"Use all AoE skills to attack!" Shi Feng ordered repeatedly.

Soon, the magic classes in the team also used AoE skills, which were not as powerful as large-scale destruction magic, but could also deal several thousand damage to the Azurefire Crows.

Among them, Hei Zi's Light of Stars dealt a lot of damage to the Azurefire Crows again. The first star could deal more than 4,000 damage, and each subsequent star increased the damage by 10%, lasting for 15 seconds.

Shi Feng also found opportunities to use AoE skills such as Dragon Breath, Wind Lightning Flash, Flame God's Wrath, Earth Shattering Strike, and Yan Lei Burst.

Fifteen seconds later, all eighteen Azurefire Crows were in a semi-crippled state, with less than one-twentieth of their health left. Some Azurefire Crows even triggered too many critical hits and died directly.

The number of Azurefire Crows was reduced to eleven.

Shi Feng moved swiftly, killing the Azurefire Crows with a few sword strikes each. With the team's output, they were all eliminated in less than ten seconds.

After all the Azurefire Crows were destroyed, it was much easier to deal with the Azurefire Crow King. Moreover, Shi Feng activated Dragon Strength, and his damage increased by another fold.

In less than three minutes, the Azurefire Crow King's health was reduced to just over one million.

"It's finally here," Shi Feng smiled faintly.

The Azurefire Crow King had a total of four stages. Everyone had always thought that the third stage was the most deadly, but they didn't know that the fourth stage was the Azurefire Crow King's greatest trump card.

The fourth stage was triggered when the Azurefire Crow King's health was below one million. It was also the time when the entire team was the most tired and relaxed. At this time, the Azurefire Crow King would transform into a raging flame and become a fire crow. Anyone within 50 yards would take 1,000 damage per second, but that was in Hard Mode. In Hell Mode, it was 1,600 damage per second. If they couldn't kill the Azurefire Crow King's one million health before the entire team died, it would be a team wipe.

In the previous life, countless teams had died again and again in the fourth stage. The problem was that the entire team lacked a true finishing skill, so they could never get through it.

Seeing that the Azurefire Crow King's health was about to drop to one million, Shi Feng activated Blade Liberation, increasing his Strength by 90% and his Agility by 90%. A Silent Steps brought him behind the Azurefire Crow King. His body exuded a faint halo, and the Abyssal Blade in his hand bloomed with a dazzling flame.

God's Grace!

Flame Burst!

Sword after sword struck the Azurefire Crow King's back.

-122154!

-61846!

-122454!

...

Fifteen swords in a row, and the health of just over one million was immediately reduced to zero. The Azurefire Crow King only let out a mournful cry and fell heavily to the ground.