"Pitiful humans! Did you really think that just because I'm gravely wounded, beings like you can bully me?"
The Golden Whelp, a hundred meters tall, swept its gaze over Lion Heart Boiling Blood and the others as they charged forward. Fury blazed in its amber pupils, and it let loose a heaven-shaking roar.
Instantly, a shockwave radiated outward from the Golden Whelp.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of collisions echoed throughout the entire cavern. Lion Heart Boiling Blood and his companions were all struck by the shockwave one after another. Everyone present except Lion Heart Boiling Blood and Gu Jiuji was sent flying dozens of yards away, their entire bodies tingling with pain and numbness. Their HP losses all exceeded two million.
For Jing Wuming and the others, whose HP typically hovered around six or seven million, a full third of their health vanished in an instant…
"It's still this powerful even after being injured?!"
Everyone stared at their health bars and couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath.
The Golden Whelp was clearly in an extremely weakened state right now, yet even so, a single roar alone was enough to inflict devastating damage on them. The sheer terror of it was beyond imagination!
Even Shi Feng was dumbstruck as he watched.
What most people didn't realize was that this was already the whelp being suppressed by the Heavenly Dragon's Sacred Breath. Without that suppression, that single roar would have taken more than half their HP.
"Tier 3 healers, keep up! Full recovery on our DPS — don't stop for a single second!" Shi Feng, who still couldn't move from his distant position, immediately began issuing commands. They absolutely could not afford to be careless against the Golden Whelp. "Yu Luo, you and Yuan Wei focus on healing Lion Heart and Jiuji. Their HP must stay topped off at all times!"
An unsuppressed Tier 4 dragon, even one that had been gravely wounded, was not something Tier 4 Class holders could afford to provoke lightly. Otherwise, dragon slaying wouldn't have become the stuff of legend, recorded in the annals of history.
As Shi Feng called out his orders, Yuan Wei — a Tier 4 Oracle — waved her staff and instantly cast two Tier 3 Forbidden Spells.
Tier 3 Defensive Forbidden Spell: Covenant Barrier!
Tier 3 Enhancement Forbidden Spell: Divine Prayer!
In an instant, a semi-transparent barrier formed around both Lion Heart Boiling Blood and Gu Jiuji. Meanwhile, divine runes appeared on everyone present, doubling all of their resistances, boosting defense by 100%, and raising constitution by 20%, all lasting for twenty minutes.
"You know Tier 3 group enhancement forbidden spells too?" Shi Feng couldn't help but look at Yuan Wei, his eyes filled with astonishment.
Enhancement magic was extraordinarily rare across the entire Divine Realm — even more so than forbidden spells, by a factor of ten. Group enhancement magic, in particular, was on par with fragments of Mythic-grade items.
In his previous life, anyone who commanded enhancement magic was invariably a VIP guest of the great superpowers, treated with immense respect.
That was because it was fundamentally different from those burst magic skills — which lasted a short time and only targeted a single individual. Enhancement magic had a long duration, a short cooldown, and group enhancement magic could elevate an entire team's combat power by an entire tier in an instant.
In his previous life, Ziyan Liuyun had been known as one of the Ten Great Divine Healers precisely because she had mastered numerous group enhancement magic spells, forcing the great superpowers to court her favor.
And yet, at a time when not a single person in the entire Divine Realm had yet learned enhancement magic, Yuan Wei had somehow already mastered a group enhancement spell. How could anyone not be stunned?
With Yuan Wei's casting of Divine Prayer, everyone's combat power visibly jumped up by a noticeable tier.
"Good! Let's go again!"
Lion Heart Boiling Blood saw the protective buffs materialize around him and charged forward once more.
This time, the Golden Whelp didn't use its roar. Instead, it swung its massive tail with devastating force. Everywhere it passed, the very space dissolved into nothingness. But Lion Heart Boiling Blood stood his ground, raising his shield.
He immediately activated the Tier 3 defensive skill Blood Dawn Shield.
A crimson barrier instantly formed in front of him, capable of completely blocking the impact damage from six hits. Although this impact immunity only fully negated Tier 4 and below attacks, it could still partially reduce the impact damage from anything above Tier 4.
Boom!
The Blood Dawn Shield shattered outright, but Lion Heart Boiling Blood only stumbled back two steps. A damage number of over six million floated above his head. For a Level 137 player with HP as high as 17.2 million, this was perfectly acceptable.
With Lion Heart Boiling Blood absorbing the blow, the others breathed a collective sigh of relief and launched their own assaults against the Golden Whelp.
Bloodblade Returnless immediately unleashed the Tier 4 Legacy Skill: Storm Fury!
Jing Wuming cast the Tier 4 Legacy Skill: Thunder Serpent!
…
One Tier 4 magic skill after another hammered into the Golden Whelp's body. Damage numbers exceeding fifty million popped up above its head in rapid succession, with crits breaking past a hundred million.
But against the Golden Whelp's remaining HP — still well over sixty billion — these figures felt like a drop in the bucket…
"The damage still isn't enough?"
Shi Feng watched the relentless barrage from everyone, his brow furrowed tightly.
Although seven others besides Lion Heart Boiling Blood were attacking at full tilt, the total damage they were dealing only marginally exceeded the Golden Whelp's passive regeneration. And this was only because the whelp's combat recovery had been drastically reduced after its severe injury — otherwise, the seven of them probably wouldn't even have been able to outpace its natural healing.
The Tier 3 healers at the rear were getting anxious too.
At this rate of output, finishing the battle within a single hour was completely impossible. And an hour was more than enough time for the Golden Whelp to recover from its critical state. When that happened, they would all be dead for certain.
Lion Heart Boiling Blood and the others understood this better than anyone — this was already their maximum output.
They could theoretically activate their Burst Modes for a short burst of explosive damage, but doing so would accomplish nothing meaningful. It would only push the Golden Whelp into its Berserk phase early, and then they would have absolutely no way to survive it.
"Among the Tier 3 players — who has a combat resurrection?" Shi Feng turned to look at the twelve Tier 3 healers behind him and asked.
In the Ancient Divine Realm, while ordinary resurrection spells couldn't directly revive players on the spot, there existed a special type of resurrection that could — though the death penalty was significantly steeper.
"I do!" eight of the Tier 3 healers responded.
"Good! You eight, pick the eight people with the highest Strength stats and resurrect them!" Shi Feng breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this. There was still a slimmer of hope.
As Lion Heart Boiling Blood fought furiously, steadily whittling down the Golden Whelp's HP, the eight Tier 3 healers performed combat resurrections on the eight Sky Flame Adventuring Team members with the highest Strength attributes.
"All eight of you — divide these lances among yourselves." Shi Feng looked at the eight players and pulled out over six hundred Thunder Lances from his inventory. "Then drink a Master Strength Potion, activate your Burst Modes, and use every last one of these Thunder Lances to attack the Golden Whelp. Make sure you use them all while in Burst Mode! Absolutely no holding back!"