97: A level 50 high-level lord, a terrifying phoenix!

This was quite terrifying.

That old man was different; his strength lay in his bizarre spatial power and high-burst single-target damage.

The Phoenix's move was just a casual skill, yet its area of effect exceeded a hundred meters.

The quantity of feathers reached as many as several thousand.

As long as he was within the attack range, no matter how Lin Yue dodged, there was a high probability of being hit by the flaming feathers.

Although the damage dealt to Lin Yue seemed to be only ten thousand or so, in that split second just now, he had been hit by at least eight feathers.

His health bar had instantly evaporated by over a hundred thousand.

This Phoenix's Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens was equivalent to a synchronized volley from a thousand-man Archer team.

This forced Lin Yue to become cautious.

"It seems I still underestimated the difficulty of the Ruins of the Four Divine Beasts. This is much more frightening than an ordinary purgatory level Instance."

Watching his health bar plummet, Lin Yue continued his counterattack.

He still had Spell Lifesteal; as long as he could deal damage, lifestealing it back wouldn't be a problem.

With a combined thirty percent Spell Lifesteal, Lin Yue could fire 4.5 rounds of Chain Fireball per second.

Adding the 27 blossoms of Explosive Flame for maximum output, that was 36 Spell attacks.

The total damage was approximately 300,000, allowing him to recover 90,000 health per second, which was still acceptable.

Suddenly...

The Phoenix transformed into a mass of fire and plunged into the magma, causing Lin Yue to lose sight of his target.

"Isn't this just being a sore loser?"

He had just lifestolen back nearly a hundred thousand health when the Phoenix simply made the target disappear. How was Lin Yue supposed to fight?

Before Lin Yue could react, the Phoenix suddenly burst out of the magma, transforming into a form dozens of meters tall and snapping down fiercely at Lin Yue.

Lin Yue immediately rolled to avoid it, and at the same time, a Fireball Spell left his hand.

Phoenix (Advanced Lord): Rank 50.

health: 50,000,000 / 50,000,000

Attack: 20,000.

Skills: ???

It was actually an Advanced Lord!

And its health was fully restored.

If it were just a Rank 50 Lord-tier, Lin Yue felt he could handle it, but this was a Rank 50 Advanced Lord.

Its health was comparable to a world boss!

This forced Lin Yue to focus with twelve-tenths of his attention.

Even though Lin Yue made fighting world bosses look easy, this was completely different.

The strength of monsters in the ruins was greater than those in ordinary Instances, as evidenced by the battle with the old man.

Advanced combat techniques and abilities were the most terrifying aspects.

Theoretically, if Lin Yue went all out for one minute, he could shave off 9 million of the Phoenix's health; 50 million health would only take six or seven minutes.

But that assumed Lin Yue was in peak condition and the target wouldn't randomly disappear.

Now, not only was the terrain an issue, but once the Phoenix dove into the magma, Lin Yue had strength but nowhere to use it, unable to deal damage to the target at all.

The opponent could also recover health, making this very difficult.

Lin Yue even began to suspect if this Phoenix was simply unkillable.

With a high-pitched cry from the Phoenix, seeing that Lin Yue was as slippery as a loach, it gave up on close-quarters combat and unleashed Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens once again.

A vast number of flaming feathers rained down like a violent storm. Lin Yue rolled around frantically, trying to dodge them.

Even with dodging, about a dozen feathers still managed to hit Lin Yue.

If Lin Yue had stood still, at least a hundred feathers would have hit him simultaneously.

Giving up on the method of trading health head-on, he focused on dodging first.

As soon as the three-second fire rain stopped, seizing the opening, Lin Yue immediately began his counterattack.

Boom, boom, boom!

Lin Yue continuously kited the boss, and Chain Fireballs were launched incessantly.

-9199

-9288!

...After attacking for about five seconds, the Phoenix wasn't stupid either; knowing the lethality of Lin Yue's True Damage, a halo from the void was immediately placed upon Lin Yue.

"Ding! You have been afflicted by the Phoenix's Curse. Your fire Spell damage is reduced by 50%."

A targeted Curse instantly cut Lin Yue's Chain Fireball output in half.

Even with the heart-protecting mirror reducing resistances, the passive damage of Chain Fireball and Explosive Flame was crippled.

His output was instantly halved.

Good grief.

He had just managed to chip away 1.5 million health from the Phoenix, and now, his total damage for one second of full output dropped to 150,000. The time needed to grind the Phoenix down had doubled.

As the Phoenix turned into a ball of fire and dove into the magma...

By the time the Phoenix reappeared, its health had recovered by one million points.

Great.

After working hard for over ten seconds, he was right back where he started.

However, Lin Yue didn't lose heart. After all, Chaos Class Change was a Supreme-tier class change; if it were normal difficulty, that would be what's abnormal.

Moreover, the Phoenix's fast health recovery was actually a benefit for Lin Yue.

General Instances and monsters could no longer satisfy Lin Yue's appetite for stacking health; in a situation like the Phoenix's, he could stack health even better.

Rank experience and such were not important to him now; health was his capital for strength.

From the current perspective, with a Casting Speed as high as 4.5 plus his ability to fire over thirty rounds of Spell attacks per second, he could now stack eight thousand health per minute.

Discounting the time the Phoenix spent missing and his own movement to dodge, stacking five thousand health per minute consistently was not a problem.

Calculating this in his head, Lin Yue finally relaxed.

While he currently couldn't do anything to the Phoenix, the Phoenix couldn't really do anything to him either.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

...Fireballs were launched continuously.

This was currently the method with the lowest mana consumption and the most suitable for stacking health.

It was perfect for a long war of attrition.

Just like that, after trading Spells with the Phoenix for about a minute, Lin Yue did a simple calculation.

In this minute, he had stacked five thousand health, which was about what he had estimated.

The Phoenix's health had also been ground down by two million.

At this rate, if no accidents occurred, the battle could be resolved within 25 minutes.

Of course, that was assuming the Phoenix had no other recovery skills.

If it did, the time would be extended further.

Phantom Clone!

Seeing that it couldn't take down Lin Yue for a long time, how could the proud Phoenix endure it?

It was as if Lin Yue's Fireball Spells were giving it a scratch, while the Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens it unleashed didn't cause much damage to Lin Yue either.

The opponent could just lifesteal it back.

The Phoenix's main body flying in mid-air began to shrink, and from its massive body, individual flaming phoenixes were divided out. At a rough glance, there were about fifty of them.

These fifty flaming Phoenix phantoms let out a long cry in unison and dove from high altitude, flying straight toward Lin Yue.

Boom, boom, boom!

Each Phoenix phantom was like a shell packed with explosives; as soon as they touched the ground, a massive explosion occurred.

Pits about a meter wide were blasted into the ground.

Sprint activated instantly!

Lin Yue darted left and right. Had it not been for his quick reactions, these Phoenix phantoms would have definitely dealt him massive damage.

In an instant, goosebumps erupted all over Lin Yue's body. This feeling was just like facing the Bagua Palm unleashed by the old man's Clones.