268: Chapter 268: Attack and defense are both ineffective! A terrifying enemy!

Amidst the exclamation of the Will of the Heavenly Dao, the phantom gradually took shape.

He looked like a normal male human in terms of build, with nothing particularly special about him.

While Wang Fei was still pondering how he should command the team...

A tall, middle-aged man stepped forward.

He had a resolute face, and the mustache at the corners of his mouth gave him a very majestic appearance.

It was Nie Zhijun, the one with the highest defense and health, and the strongest overall resistance in the team.

As the former number one Shield Warrior of Huaxia, he had gone quiet for a while after reaching level 90 and completing his third job change.

After being found by Huang Tianfang and returning to the public eye, he had been continuously improving his strength with everyone's help.

Feeling that he had been following the team without making the proper contributions...

Nie Zhijun had proactively expressed his desire for Zhang Jian to help him raise his level.

Now, with a total level of 186 and a destructive power of 25,800, he was one of the Ninth-stage Planet Level powerhouses.

Although his destructive power was similar to the others, his base resistance was publicly recognized as the best among them.

He had also played a significant role during the previous waves against the Ninth-stage Planet Level BOSSes.

As he took the initiative to step out, Wang Fei instantly understood his intention.

He cautioned him.

“Be careful!”

Nie Zhijun nodded and lowered his stance.

He activated the max-level Divine-Grade skill [Fearless Charge]!

In an instant, he rushed right in front of the opponent.

The shield in his right hand radiated brilliant light.

Divine-Grade skill, [Desperate Barrier]!

It could instantly increase his defense by 500%.

Furthermore, after last week's Dungeon, he had taken a recipe for a level 99 mythical level shield and specifically asked Zhang Jian to forge it.

Its base attributes and various bonuses already made it a top-tier Divine Artifact that any tank class would dream of.

Under the dedicated bonuses, it completely surpassed the upper limits of mythical level equipment.

In terms of base resistance alone, he was already comparable to a Heavenly Dao Grade Sword Puppet.

He was very confident that no matter how strong the opponent was, he could withstand them!

But just as he activated his skill, Nie Zhijun discovered to his astonishment...

The opponent made no move to attack.

His combat experience was incredibly rich.

His expression shifted, and he immediately made a counter-move.

He swung the magnificent and exquisite iron hammer in his left hand, smashing it toward the opponent's body.

Bang!

This mythical level weapon had two attack speed bonuses, totaling a massive 70% increase.

In a mere instant, it landed a direct hit.

At the same time, Nie Zhijun even activated [Thunderclap].

He intended to use this active attack skill to inflict the corresponding negative stun status on the opponent.

The result...

Under his expectant gaze.

Hum!

A faint, transparent barrier suddenly rose up.

It directly blocked his attack.

A notification flashed before his eyes.

“This creature is a [Transcendence Realm] level BOSS. Your attack tier is too low to cause damage to it.”

Nie Zhijun's eyes constricted sharply.

The attack tier is too low to cause damage?

[Thunderclap] was a mythical level skill!

When facing high-tier planet-level BOSSes before, it could still achieve half of its effect.

But here, it simply failed to take effect entirely?

Then what kind of attack would work?

Just as many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant...

He suddenly saw a streak of starlight before him.

It was the opponent's attack!

Nie Zhijun focused his mind and held his breath, solemnly raising his shield.

At the same time, he had already activated all of his major active support skills.

Several beams of light rose one after another.

His resistance had reached a terrifying level at this moment.

It could be called the strongest defensive posture in history.

Previously, even when facing a Ninth-stage Planet Level BOSS, he could block at least a dozen consecutive attacks in this state.

Nie Zhijun felt that even if the opponent's strength was even greater than a ninth-stage BOSS, he could at least hold out for a few hits.

Not to mention...

He had many teammates behind him.

With a top-tier priest like Yun Haiyao around, it shouldn't be a problem.

When the starlight entered his body, Nie Zhijun's frame suddenly stiffened.

He had been hit by a negative status!

Nie Zhijun's heart sank.

However, his movements were not slow.

He used two consecutive support skills to remove negative statuses.

“The tier of this attack method is too high; your skill [Holy Dispel] has failed.”

“The tier of this attack method is too high; your skill [Light Prayer] has failed.”

The two consecutive notifications caused Nie Zhijun's expression to panic.

It can't be dispelled?

He hurriedly looked at his status panel.

He found that his health bar had unexpectedly dropped to less than half.

And the damage number caused by the opponent's strike just now wasn't even displayed.

Nie Zhijun quickly used two different mythical level potions from his backpack, preparing to restore his health.

At the same time, he shouted toward those behind him.

“Yaoyao, heal me!”

In reality...

He didn't even need to cry out for help in a hurry.

Wang Fei, who had been closely watching the battle, had already issued the command.

Yun Haiyao also waved her staff rapidly.

Two small and one large green light spheres instantly flew forward.

In the next moment...

They landed on Nie Zhijun's body.

Yun Haiyao's eyes were filled with joy.

The small green light spheres were single-target healing skills.

There was a chance to trigger them to be cast twice in a row.

Her luck was pretty good.

And the large sphere was an area-of-effect healing skill.

It even had a BUFF that continuously restored health.

With the simultaneous blessing of these three skills...

She felt that Nie Zhijun's health crisis should be resolved.

But in the next moment...

Her gaze froze.

Two consecutive System notifications, glowing with a dangerous red light, flashed before her eyes.

“The target is in a special state after being hit by a high-tier attack method and cannot restore health through conventional skills.”

“The BUFF effect in your skill has been invaded by Star Power and has reflected back onto yourself.”

Only then did Yun Haiyao discover...

That a faint starlight had landed on her at some unknown point.

Her health bar was slowly decreasing at a slight rate.

Even though she hurriedly used skills, she couldn't block the attack on herself.

She switched through three types of medicine in succession, but all of them prompted that they were ineffective.

The bizarre states on the two of them made Wang Fei's expression turn solemn.

This monster's attacks are too sinister!

While he was thinking rapidly about how to change this situation...

The mysterious BOSS's arm waved gently.

Another streak of starlight entered Nie Zhijun's body.

As the captain, Wang Fei immediately saw from the real-time status of his team members...

That Nie Zhijun's health had plummeted to the bottom.

Only a tiny sliver of health remained; he was about to die directly.

He hurriedly shouted.

“Brother Jun, retreat first!”

Although Nie Zhijun felt unwilling and even a bit humiliated...

As a top-tier tank, obeying the captain's orders was a gene almost etched into his brain.

As soon as Wang Fei gave the command, he immediately activated a skill and retreated rapidly.

But although his movements were fast...

And he had moved several meters in the blink of an eye...

Seeing that he was about to retreat back into the main group...

Wang Fei had just breathed a sigh of relief...

When he saw a small star suddenly float up above Nie Zhijun's head, and after it flickered gently...

Thump!

Nie Zhijun's movement came to a sudden halt.

His burly body collapsed directly!