44: Chapter 44: The Essence of Support Roles Liking a Powerful Partner

Following two consecutive rounds of damage from the dual auras, Ashen Bone also lost over 7,000 HP.

It only had 14,000 HP in total, and now its health was directly cut in half.

At this rate of blood loss, in another two seconds, this Goblin High Shaman could ascend to heaven right on the spot and go meet its Goblin god.

You must know that this was an 8th-level hero template boss!

Its health bar was emptied in just 4 seconds!

One could imagine just how exaggerated this damage was.

Even up until now, Lu Yang was still more than a hundred meters away from Ashen Bone, yet Ashen Bone hadn't even managed to land a single attack, standing on the skull altar the entire time and passively losing health.

In Ashen Bone's murky, yellowish single eye, the initial bewilderment gradually faded, replaced by an increasingly intense fear.

It gazed at the young human walking slowly in the distance, its hand gripping the bone staff trembling slightly.

"I won't die so easily! O Goblin god above, please protect me!"

Ashen Bone cried out loudly and slammed the giant bone staff heavily against the altar.

The next moment, dim green rays shot out from the tops of the totem pillars in the four corners, connecting with Ashen Bone's body.

The instant the rays fell on it, Ashen Bone, who had previously suffered massive damage, miraculously recovered its health to around 10,000.

In contrast, the health bars at the tops of those four totem pillars dropped by a chunk.

Rebecca and the other three watching from a distance all gasped in unison.

Shen Qingci's pretty face wore a look of shock as she said, "This boss actually has a damage-sharing skill?!"

You must know that the boss's own combat power was already strong enough.

The entire boss battle seemed to last only a few minutes, but the intensity was maxed out the whole way through.

If the boss also possessed a damage-sharing skill, it meant that the time required to kill the boss would be significantly prolonged.

For an intense boss battle, every extra second of combat would add another fraction of pressure and even greater danger for professionals!

In the rankings of boss skills most hated by all professionals, damage-sharing skills definitely firmly occupied the top ranks!

Lance grinned. "This is only the second boss, and it already pulled out something so disgusting. For an ordinary team wanting to clear this dungeon, the difficulty is simply too high."

Zhu Tongchen nodded silently.

Rebecca crossed her arms over her chest, watching the distant battle quietly without participating in the discussion.

She was observing whether Ashen Bone had any subsequent new skills.

After using the Soul Link skill to share the damage, Ashen Bone jumped straight down from the skull altar.

Its emaciated soles stepped onto the gravel ground, producing a muffled thud.

Immediately afterward, it waved the bone staff in its hand, and white bone spears condensed out of thin air around the tip of the staff, their tips flashing with cold light as they shot toward Lu Yang with a sharp whistling sound.

The range of the bone spears was quite far, actually able to reach over eighty meters away.

But they were still a long way off from touching Lu Yang.

Seeing that its attacks didn't even graze the enemy, Ashen Bone let out an angry roar. Enduring the slowing white frost covering its body from the Frost Aura, it strode on its two short legs and huffed and puffed as it ran toward Lu Yang.

Seeing this, Lu Yang couldn't help but reveal a kindly smile.

He said cheerfully, "Want to attack me? Isn't that simple? Just say so!"

Lu Yang's figure flashed, moving so fast that neither the four Shen Qingci nor Ashen Bone could see clearly.

In less than a second, Lu Yang had already arrived right in front of Ashen Bone, as if the hundred-plus meters in between had never existed!

It was just like teleportation!

Zhu Tongchen, whose expression had been fairly calm originally, was completely dumbfounded.

His eyes widened, his eyeballs practically falling out, and he opened his mouth, unable to say a single word for a long time.

Lance jumped straight up, shouting with an incredulous expression, "A teleportation skill?? Isn't Brother Lu a warrior? Why does he even have teleportation??"

Shen Qingci gave Lance a speechless look and corrected him, "Student Lu Yang is just too fast; there is actually still a bit of a trajectory!"

Rebecca's blue eyes were filled with shock, and even the arms crossed over her chest dropped down. "Is this guy too omnipotent?! His attacks are strong, his attack range is large and far, his defense is invincible, and now even his speed is this fast? Is there anything he can't do?y"

Zhu Tongchen had by now recovered his senses, his gaze looking at Lu Yang filled with envy.

As an assassin, he dreamed of having this kind of speed!

He muttered, "...What level is Brother Lu's Soul Talent anyway? Could it be a red demigod-rank Soul Talent with all-attribute bonuses?"

The other three looked at each other and also had similar guesses.

Shen Qingci spoke up, "I think it's very likely. I heard that demigod-rank talents are extremely strong, more than just one or twice as powerful as golden legendary-rank ones."

Lance looked at Lu Yang with eyes full of adoration, his little round face filled with determination. "From now on, I will be Brother Lu's most loyal subordinate! Once I level up, I'll buff Brother Lu!"

As a support-type combat professional, knowing how to properly ride coattails is the true essence!

After all, when adding buffs, is adding them to a big shot the same as adding them to a noob?

And Brother Lu was the strongest big shot he, Lance, had ever seen!

As a support professional, naturally supporting the big shot Lu Yang was the most suitable choice!

Rebecca glanced at Lance speechlessly, a half-smile on her face as she said, "Do you think that with Lu Yang's strength, he's lacking your little buffs?"

The smile on Lance's face instantly stiffened, his round face wrinkling into a ball with a miserable expression.

That's true... Even nightmare-difficulty dungeons could be easily soloed by Brother Lu.

With him or without him, it really seemed to make no difference.

Just as the four Shen Qingci were chatting, the battle scythe in Lu Yang's hand had already slashed toward Ashen Bone.

The attack speed bonus brought by Streamer Speed allowed Lu Yang, even though he was holding a polearm battle scythe with relatively slow attack speed, to still attack more than once per second.

This was still because Lu Yang's agility attribute wasn't high enough right now.

If Lu Yang's agility were high enough, his attack speed would only be even faster.

However, since he was a warrior-class professional whose main attribute was strength, naturally he couldn't spend precious free attribute points to raise his agility attribute.

He could only wait to see if there would be similar Soul Talents in the future.

Ashen Bone's reaction was quite fast, hurriedly raising its bone staff to parry Lu Yang's battle scythe.

Yet even so, Lu Yang still dealt two substantial damages.

"–1011!"

"–1009! (Dual Basic Attacks)"

The next second, the dual auras' damage popped up again, and Ashen Bone's health evaporated by nearly 4,000 once more.

In just this one second, Ashen Bone's health directly dropped by over 6,000, leaving only 4,000 of its HP that had just recovered to 10,000.

Not only that, as Ashen Bone linked the four totems with Soul Chain, health bars also appeared on the four totem pillars.

Lu Yang's dual auras naturally could also attack these four totems.

The massive damage of over 4,000 directly emptied the health bars of the four totems, the runes on them dimmed on the spot, and the entire totem pillars cracked inch by inch.

Ashen Bone couldn't even manage to continue sharing the damage!

From the moment these four totems were planted to the time they broke down, the role they played was quite limited.

The healing totem restored a bit of health to Ashen Bone, and the defense totem made its defense slightly higher.

The acceleration totem felt like it didn't even play any role.

As for the swamp totem, because it belonged to a slowing skill and was also classified as control, it instead allowed Lu Yang to stack two layers of [Vajra], gaining 60% more defense and max health.

Although facing Ashen Bone, he didn't lack this 60% defense and max health anyway.

Suffering such massive damage, Ashen Bone let out a painful scream, its murky single eye filled with bloodshot veins.

And as the totem pillars were destroyed, he let out a nearly frantic roar: "For the Goblin god!"

Countless fragments flew out from the four shattered totem pillars, converging toward Ashen Bone.

After Ashen Bone absorbed the fragments, its originally emaciated and hunchbacked body instantly expanded.

Its left arm, torso, and legs all transformed into a body shape similar to its right arm, which resembled a withered tree branch.

The bone chains were stretched taut, and its whole body emitted a berserk and cold aura.

"Feel the wrath of the Goblin god!"

The magnified Ashen Bone roared angrily, raising that giant bone staff, attempting to attack.

However, the next moment, Lu Yang's battle scythe and the dual auras' damage appeared simultaneously.

The massive damage exceeding 6,000 points directly emptied Ashen Bone's health bar.

Its newly expanded giant body suddenly froze in place, the giant bone staff maintaining its high-raised posture for several seconds, and then its entire giant body swayed slightly, crashing heavily to the ground like a withered tree chopped down by its roots.

The bone chains scattered all over the ground with a clatter, and the light in that murky single eye went out.

Lu Yang stood in place, looking at Ashen Bone's corpse with a slightly awkward expression. "Uh... If you had said so earlier, I might have let you hit me."

After all, the atmosphere had already been built up to this point, so they should at least let the guy show off a bit, right?

It was a pity that this guy's pre-transformation lines were too long, and he himself hadn't managed to hold back his hand.

When all is said and done, one could only blame this boss for being too weak!

If you had just lasted one more second, wouldn't you have been able to make me feel the wrath of the Goblin god?!

Your faith just isn't firm enough, kid!