079 Butcher of Demons!
Chapter 079: The Demonic Butcher!
Generally speaking, when an NPC hero kills a hostile hero, the player who assisted will only receive 100 contribution points, which is not very much. However, this time, due to Morning Breeze's joining, not only was the NPC hero saved, but he also assisted the NPC hero in slaying the Undead Archmage, multiplying the contribution points tenfold.
The two professional players being branded with high treason definitely broke the hearts of the Wind Chaser guild. If they cannot clear themselves of treason, they will have to reroll a new character, which will be extremely troublesome. By then, they will undoubtedly lag several steps behind others, and one can easily imagine their future achievements.
"Ah Feng and Xiao Lei committed treason while killing Duan Chenfeng?" Hearing that his two brothers had committed high treason, Wind Chaser Heavenly King realized they were in deep trouble. Both of them were dual-talent classes paired with talent stones, and the guild had heavily invested a lot of powerful equipment into them. Now, not only were they branded as traitors, but all their equipment had also been dropped and looted. The losses were devastating.
"Damn it, I'm going to kill that Duan Chenfeng! It was already bad enough that he lured the Undead Archmage over to wipe out our guild's players, but now he's managed to saddle Ah Feng and Xiao Lei with treason charges. I absolutely cannot let him go!" A Barbarian Weapon Warrior immediately flared with rage, itching to go right over and kill Morning Breeze.
Wind Chaser Heavenly King stopped him, saying, "With the Horde city siege event currently underway, we don't have time to deal with Duan Chenfeng. This guy has always been cunning, and it will be very difficult for us to track him down. If you attack him and incur treason charges yourself, it will only become even more troublesome. Let's settle accounts with him after this event is over!"
Circumstances dictate one's actions! Wind Chaser Heavenly King knew that Morning Breeze had come well-prepared this time. He could pull off such a stunt all by himself, but with so many members in the Wind Chaser team, plus an entire gaming guild, it was simply impossible to play along with Morning Breeze's games. If they wanted to target Morning Breeze, it would come at the cost of many people's interests, and the rewards they would obtain from this Horde siege event would plummet drastically.
The five major guilds had been played for fools by Morning Breeze this time. Many of their guild players had been forced offline by deaths, and their elite teams suffered heavy casualties. Originally intending to showcase the guild's strength during this Horde siege event, they no longer had the chance. Some members of the five major guilds deeply regretted driving Morning Breeze out of the Frost and Snow Guild in the first place. Otherwise, they could have used this opportunity to question Morning Breeze, but now that Morning Breeze was all by himself, what could they possibly do to him?
Having exacted revenge on the five major guilds once, Morning Breeze felt immensely satisfied. Initially, Morning Breeze wanted to continue luring hostile heroes to ambush them, but this time they had learned their lesson. They scattered their players and hid their guild information, making it much more troublesome for Morning Breeze to track them down. The five major guilds were terrified of him alone, and Morning Breeze felt that these 5,000 gold coins were well earned.
The Horde had more heroes than the Alliance, making it quite difficult to defend the main city. Although high-end players also helped resist the hostile heroes, none of them dared to confront them head-on, and currently, the Horde possessed even more heroes than the Alliance. If things continued this way, the Alliance would likely lose. That fellow Baldy had previously seen Morning Breeze dare to challenge a hero, so he went up to try it himself and was nearly killed offline. If Data Emperor hadn't cast a Hand of Protection on him, he would already be dead. Chapter 079: The Demonic Butcher!
The Demonic Butcher!
The hostile hero Morning Breeze had to deal with next was a demon corrupted by dark magic. Steel spikes protruded from its arms, legs, and back. The previous Human Warrior hero had his armor pierced and defense shattered by these steel spikes. After the hero fell, the players immediately scattered; no one dared to fight this Demonic Butcher, knowing that whoever was targeted by him would die.
Charge!
When no one else stepped forward, Morning Breeze raised the Shield of Oblivion, charged in, wielded Frostmourne in his main hand, and slashed directly at the Demonic Butcher. Against such a powerful boss, Morning Breeze had to use his shield to block, otherwise, if slashed twice by the boss, Morning Breeze feared he would fall.
Bloodthirst! Tiger Strikes! Thunder Strike!
Morning Breeze completed three skills instantly upon charging, pushing his hand speed to the limit. As soon as he landed the hits, he immediately started running circles around the Demonic Butcher, wasting as much of the boss's time as possible while it tried to catch him. However, this trick wouldn't work for long; hostile heroes would quickly adapt and rapidly catch up to Morning Breeze.
Shield Slam!
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Waiting for the boss to adapt, it turned around and raised its axe to slash at Morning Breeze, but Morning Breeze's left-hand shield had already smashed into the Demonic Butcher's head. A Shield Slam forced the Demonic Butcher to stagger back two steps, while Morning Breeze retreated to evade the counterattack.
Shield Reflect!
While previously observing the Demonic Butcher, Morning Breeze had already learned some of this hostile hero's moves. After calculation and deduction by Data Emperor, if a block against the Demonic Butcher's attack failed and the distance between them exceeded 3 meters, the boss would spew a corrosive fireball from its mouth, dealing damage capable of cutting Morning Breeze's health in half, accompanied by ongoing shadow damage. This time, after being knocked back, the Demonic Butcher spat out a corrosive fireball, but Morning Breeze had already cast Shield Reflect on himself, bouncing the attack right back.
"Attack failed. After retreating 3 meters, the chance of the boss using Spinning Flying Axes is 100%."
Listening to Data Emperor's instructions, Morning Breeze began retreating right after activating Shield Reflect. Once he reached a distance of 6 meters, the Demonic Butcher, taking the hit from its own corrosive fireball, instantly hurled two axes just like Blood Dragon's spinning flying axes, attempting to mince Morning Breeze. However, Morning Breeze had already dropped prone to the ground, dodging the attack.
As the boss caught its two returning axes, Morning Breeze had already switched to dual one-handed swords, closed the distance to within 8 meters, and used Intercept. The dual one-handed swords slashed across the Demonic Butcher's arms and yanked upward, successfully parrying and deflecting the boss's two axes.
"Once disarmed, the Demonic Butcher is very likely to attack you with the steel spikes on its body. Prepare to dodge." Data Emperor hadn't expected Morning Breeze to pull off a dual-wield disarm. While it was difficult for ordinary players to disarm at all, dual-wield disarming was practically a feat of near-impossibility, yet Morning Breeze had managed to pull it off.
Without weapons, the Demonic Butcher was nothing for Morning Breeze to fear, and he immediately engaged it in a fierce trade of blows. The Demonic Butcher's damage output wasn't high, and with Bloodthirst restoring his health, Morning Breeze had nothing to worry about. Chapter 079: The Demonic Butcher!
By the time the Demonic Butcher retrieved its two axes, Morning Breeze had already switched back to his shield and parried the boss's attack.
"The chance of it using Enhanced Mortal Strike is 100%. Avoid main-hand attacks as much as possible and take the off-hand attack instead. The shield must be angled at 37.5 degrees, and your right foot must firmly brace against the ground to prevent a parry failure caused by excessive force." The Demonic Butcher's Mortal Strike would trigger a guaranteed-hit Overpower skill, which launched an air pressure wave that hit anyone standing directly in front of it. Every time a Weapon Warrior successfully landed a Mortal Strike, they gained 2 chances to use Overpower. To avoid the boss's burst damage, one had to parry the Mortal Strike, because dodging a warrior's attack would grant the warrior an Overpower charge.
Fighting the Demonic Butcher put one's parry skills to the ultimate test. By parrying the Mortal Strike as much as possible, one could stall the boss indefinitely. Morning Breeze's skills were high, but he couldn't guarantee continuous parries, so he prioritized parrying the boss's main-hand Mortal Strike while absorbing the off-hand attacks, thereby minimizing the damage taken.
Shield Slam!
Bloodthirst!
Century-tier tanks were also dealing with hostile heroes, but the gap between them and Morning Breeze was that they lacked Morning Breeze's explosive power. If other players were needed to deal with the boss, those tanks would completely fail to hold aggro. The aggro calculation method for hostile heroes was quite complex; simply generating high threat wasn't enough to hold them. If other players attacked the boss, the boss would recalculate, and if another target was squishier yet dealt high damage, the boss would prioritize killing them. Therefore, trying to deal with hostile heroes using traditional tank, output, and healer compositions simply wouldn't work. If the Demonic Butcher charged into a crowd, a single Cleave or Whirlwind could wipe out a whole batch of players—making it even more ferocious than Blood Dragon.
Morning Breeze was currently leading the Demonic Butcher to a sparsely populated area to kill it, with only Data Emperor providing assistance. Everyone else wished someone would take the hostile heroes away; these bosses had massive health pools, incredible burst damage, and a modicum of intelligence. They were simply impossible to defeat by sheer numbers—the more players who went to kill them, the faster everyone died.
"Mortal Strike every 4.5 seconds, it must be parried. Upon consecutive successful parries, the boss has a 30% chance to use Bladestorm, a 40% chance to use Dragon Roar, and a 30% chance to transform into a Warlock class to fight you. The probability of it using Dragon Roar to deal massive damage and knock you back before charging is likely the highest."
Data Emperor was positioned 18 meters away from Morning Breeze, providing him with the opportunity to use Vigilance / Intervene. Morning Breeze raised his shield at a 37.5-degree angle to block the boss's axe chop. The moment he successfully blocked the attack with his shield, without a second thought, Morning Breeze immediately intervened to Data Emperor's side. Sure enough, the split-second Morning Breeze moved away via Intervene, the Demonic Butcher roared, unleashing a shockwave within an 8-meter radius. If he had been caught in it, Morning Breeze would have been instantly obliterated.
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The damage of Dragon Roar itself was extremely high, and coupled with a guaranteed critical strike, Morning Breeze had no way of withstanding it unless he activated Last Stand. Even activating Shield Wall was useless, as Dragon Roar ignored damage-reduction effects. Chapter 079: The Demonic Butcher!
The data collected by Data Emperor proved useful; facing the Demonic Butcher alone would indeed be extremely dangerous for Morning Breeze. Hostile heroes weren't so easily dealt with unless one encountered foes they could counter or had NPC heroes assisting in the fight. There were still many players in the game who, like Morning Breeze, dealt with hostile heroes—there were 8 of them in the China region alone—but all of them relied on large groups of helpers or NPCs. It was extremely rare for someone like Morning Breeze to take on a hostile hero with only Data Emperor by his side.
The Demonic Butcher transformed into a Demon Warlock class, which posed a bit of trouble for Morning Breeze. Demon Warlocks possessed numerous spell skills, making it very difficult for Morning Breeze to evade magical attacks.
"Close-in melee combat; the boss will prioritize melee physical attacks. After 5 seconds, the boss will use Demonic Leap to jump away. Get ready to Intercept; if you can't keep up with the boss's speed, use Shockwave or activate Shield Reflect."
Fighting a Demon Warlock meant Morning Breeze had no choice but to stay in close quarters. At this stage, the Demonic Butcher's defense was exceptionally high, placing Morning Breeze at a distinct disadvantage in damage dealing. However, because it relied on magic attacks, Morning Breeze could still block, parry, and use footwork to evade attacks.
"Demon Warlock has vanished, 100% chance of using spell attacks. Raise Shield Reflect. Watch my direction while I watch yours, to avoid being ambushed by the boss's spells."
Once the Demonic Butcher vanished, a barrage of spells would follow. Morning Breeze and Data Emperor faced each other so that they could instantly discern the position from which the Demonic Butcher cast its spells. As soon as a spell materialized, Morning Breeze could adjust his orientation and use Shield Reflect to bounce the attack back.
"9 o'clock direction, shield up," Data Emperor shouted. Morning Breeze instantly pivoted right, using his shield to deflect the Hellfire back. Then, Morning Breeze immediately intercepted, engaging the boss in close-quarters combat once again.
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15 minutes. It took Morning Breeze a full 15 minutes of continuous combat to finally slay the Demonic Butcher. After picking up the loot dropped by the Demonic Butcher, Morning Breeze sat down to rest. Slaying hostile heroes was indeed no easy task; although 15 minutes sounded short, maintaining such high-frequency, high-tempo positional shifts and combat tactics consumed an immense amount of stamina and focus.
Data Emperor only provided tactical prompts, so his consumption wasn't as high. He had previously assigned people to monitor certain hostile heroes and collect their data, so now all he had to do was analyze and summarize.
"Morning Breeze, a Legendary Beast-God has been spotted assisting the Horde siege. Should we go for it?" Data Emperor reviewed the information sent by others, discovering the presence of a Legendary Beast-God.
"What type of Legendary Beast-God?" Morning Breeze hadn't fully recovered his energy yet, but upon hearing 'Legendary Beast-God,' he was genuinely interested. Having previously seen the armored mantis beast-form of the Death Mantis, he knew how overpowered they could be. If he could acquire the physical body of a beast-form Legendary Beast-God, even if he didn't use it himself, selling it would fetch an astronomical price.
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