The seven-pointed star magic circle pressed down relentlessly on the Azure Fire Crow King, as if plunging it into a bog. Its movements slowed to a crawl in an instant.
The massive black wing that had been swooping toward Ke Le decelerated sharply.
"What a powerful spell!" Ke Le seized the opportunity to roll aside, barely dodging the Azure Fire Crow King's wing attack.
As the main tank, Ke Le being able to dodge the boss's attacks instantly made things much easier for the healers in the back row. Moreover, minimal healing wouldn't draw the boss's attention.
"Good, everyone attack!" Shi Feng nodded, signaling all DPS classes to begin their assault.
The Tier Two spell Judgment of the Seven Stars wasn't a damage-type magic, but it could severely restrict a single target—even a Great Lord-level boss would be affected.
With the Heart-Devouring Demon maintaining Judgment of the Seven Stars, both ranged and melee DPS found themselves in a much more comfortable position. Fire Dance and Flying Shadow, in particular, could afford to go all out—even if their high damage output drew the Azure Fire Crow King's attention and attacks, they could dodge them easily, with no need to worry about aggro.
When Qing Shuang had used the Demon Suppression Barrier against Great Lord bosses in the Dark Cavern, it provided even heavier suppression than Judgment of the Seven Stars, but players couldn't maintain it for long due to their limited mana pools.
Judgment of the Seven Stars, however, had no such limitation. The Heart-Devouring Demon was a Tier Two Leader-class entity with a vast mana pool—over ten times that of a player at the same level. It could sustain the spell for a very long time, well enough to last until the end of the battle.
Moreover, by using Judgment of the Seven Stars, the team didn't need to waste combat power by assigning a group to maintain the magic circle. The overall effect was actually slightly superior to using the Demon Suppression Barrier.
"The Book of Darkness really is terrifying. No wonder in my previous life, Qianhuan Wanmie could lead his team to clear any major raid dungeon at will." Shi Feng was immensely satisfied with the Book of Darkness—ordinary Legendary fragments simply couldn't compare.
Shi Feng then charged forward to join the DPS.
The Azure Fire Crow King was, after all, a Great Lord. Despite the various magical buffs, the damage everyone was dealing was still relatively low.
Fire Dance, currently ranked first in DPS, dealt only about nine hundred per basic attack. Using skills, she could surpass two thousand. The assassin's strongest Tier One burst skill, Shadowless Strike, managed five thousand at most.
Everyone else's output was mostly in the six to seven hundred range for basic attacks, breaking a thousand only with skills, and rarely exceeding two thousand.
But against the Azure Fire Crow King's twenty-seven million HP, it was all but negligible.
The Azure Fire Crow King recovered 270,000 HP every five seconds through combat recovery—equivalent to 54,000 HP per second—which effectively negated most of the damage everyone was dealing. Moreover, this was a dungeon encounter, not a target dummy. The entire team had to constantly watch for and dodge the Azure Fire Crow King's attacks, making sustained DPS impossible. If the damage output wasn't strong enough, they'd never be able to kill the Azure Fire Crow King—they'd simply be worn down and killed first.
Shi Feng activated Wind Walk and circled around to the Azure Fire Crow King's flank. He activated Ring of Fire, Power of Purgatory, Phantom Kill, and Nine-Headed Dragon Slash, then began his assault.
The Azure Fire Crow King's movements were restricted and couldn't evade Shi Feng's attacks at all.
Every basic attack from Shi Feng dealt over fifteen hundred damage, with critical hits reaching three thousand. But thanks to the Abyssal, his critical rate had soared to fifty percent, and landing hits further amplified his damage. After just a short while, his basic attacks reached over eighteen hundred, and crits hit for over thirty-six hundred.
Not to mention that his clone appeared and immediately activated Blade Release. Even though its stats were only seventy percent of Shi Feng's, the ninety percent boost to Strength and Agility from Blade Release made its damage surpass Shi Feng's main body—regular hits dealt over twenty-four hundred, crits hit around five thousand, and its attack speed was noticeably faster than Shi Feng's.
Shi Feng's basic attack damage alone already far exceeded Fire Dance's by several times over, let alone when he used skills.
Double Slash!
-11,420 / -15,432 Twin Blaze Thunderstorm!
-14,266 / -20,164 Damage numbers exceeding ten thousand popped up one after another above the Azure Fire Crow King's head, drawing constant shrieks of pain as its HP dropped bit by bit.
Everyone who saw these numbers couldn't close their mouths.