GTA Chapter 166

In the depths of the Inferno Volcano, Sun Xing’s death elicited no sympathy.

As the boss’s invincibility ended, Late Night Light Rain led the team in unleashing ranged skills at the towering female figure atop the massive flower.

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-169!
-428 (Weak Point)!
-172!

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Despite the barrage, the boss’s health bar barely budged, leaving the team with a crushing sense of helplessness.

In stark contrast, witnessing Shadow’s terrifying damage output hammered home just how far he had developed compared to them.

“Rain, have everyone stop attacking.”
“I’ll calculate the damage and take the boss out myself,” Qin Feng calmly announced in the team channel.

The words sent a ripple of shock through the group.

“Calculate damage?”
“One-shot a Diamond-tier boss?”
“But doesn’t the boss have another phase left?”

Though nervous, the team followed his orders and ceased their attacks.

By now, the team members’ Nightmare Meters had reached 32%, while Qin Feng’s, thanks to his Devourer bloodline granting 15 points of universal resistance, was slightly lower at 27%.

It was clear:

Relying on the team’s damage alone would never bring the boss down before they succumbed to the nightmare mechanic.

Their only hope was Shadow.

Even though Qin Feng remained in stealth, being in the same party allowed the team to see his translucent outline.

There he stood—unshaken and calculating.

Nine years of experience in his past life had made him intimately familiar with the damage formulas of Godforsaken Game.

“To skip the phase and kill the boss, I need to burst its remaining 12 million HP in one go.”

“The highest single-hit damage must come from Crimson Blade combined with the Throat Cut effect of Mercy Execution.”

With Crimson Blade’s execute effect, the lower the target’s HP, the higher the damage dealt. However, the boss’s health had to remain just above 12 million after the first attack. Otherwise, it would re-enter its invincible phase.

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“Shadow of Slaughter, Mercy Execution, Crimson Blade.”
“The first Crimson Blade must leave the boss with just over 12 million HP to allow Throat Cut’s massive 380% damage multiplier to finish it off.”

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Qin Feng silently calculated.

Even with his current strength, he doubted he could achieve it without careful precision.

He continued hurling Shadow Blades to strip the boss of its buffs while refining his damage equations.

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“Crimson Blade deals blood-element damage, which scales off base elemental attack.”
“My base elemental attack is 3,399.”

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“Blacklight Shield’s legendary effect boosts base attack by 30% when a shield is active, raising it to roughly 4,400.”

“Stealth level 21 grants 335 points of hidden attack per level—roughly 7,000 in total. Add Silent Concealment for an extra 800.”

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“Crimson Blade adds approximately 10,000 blood-element attack damage, resulting in a base damage output of 21,200.”

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He adjusted for bonuses:

“Class passive triples base damage. Weak point damage triples it again. Backstab multiplies it by 2.8. The raw damage is roughly 570,000.”

Now for the boss’s resistances:

Qin Feng’s Bone Thorn reduced the target’s elemental resistance by 30%.
He ignored an additional 37.5% resistance.
His Blackflame Regalia armor, despite halved effectiveness against Diamond-tier bosses, reduced resistance by another 17.5%.

Combined, the boss’s elemental resistance was effectively nullified.

Only damage reduction remained—70%.

“So without the execute bonus, Crimson Blade plus Shadow of Slaughter deals around 684,000 damage.”

“But the execute effect is key…”

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Crimson Blade’s maximum execute multiplier, 200%, triggered at 30% of the boss’s health. Qin Feng estimated the bonus scaled linearly—about 2.86% per 1% of HP lost.

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After a flurry of mental calculations, he concluded:

“At 14 million HP, I’ll start the sequence. The execute multiplier will be 175%, raising damage to around 1.9 million.”

This would leave the boss with just over 12 million HP, avoiding another invincibility phase.

Even so, the Throat Cut effect alone wouldn’t be enough to finish the job—it required a follow-up.

“Rain, save one Hunter’s Mark. I’ll signal you when to use it. Don’t die before then,” Qin Feng instructed through the team channel.

Hunter’s Mark, a Demon Hunter-exclusive skill, increased all damage dealt to the target by 15% for 5 seconds. Though powerful, its lengthy 60-second cooldown made it situational.

Late Night Light Rain nodded decisively. “Understood.”

Factoring in Hunter’s Mark, Qin Feng recalculated:

“At 14.3 million HP, I can optimize damage for a clean kill.”

Timing was critical.

He would exploit a common mechanic: bosses entering invincible states only after finishing current skill animations.

The Nightmare Hellflower, based on his observations, had two skills with casting times of 0.3-0.5 seconds—enough for Qin Feng to unleash his combo.

“Now… let’s do this.”

Dodging fiery tendrils and magma bursts, Qin Feng continued using Shadow Blades to strip buffs.

The boss’s HP dropped steadily:

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17 million.
16 million.
15 million.
14.5 million.
14.3 million.

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Qin Feng’s combo points maxed out at 100. He waited, observing the boss’s movements for the perfect moment.

Tension filled the arena as the team’s Nightmare Meters climbed higher.

Suddenly, after 8 seconds of silence, Qin Feng gave the command:

“Now, Hunter’s Mark.”

Late Night Light Rain fired a crossbow bolt, hitting the boss squarely in the head.

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-519 (Weak Point)!
[Hunter’s Mark Activated!]

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What happened next left the team in awe.

“Shadow of Slaughter.”
“Silent Concealment.”
“Mercy Execution.”
“Crimson Blade!”

Qin Feng leaped high, summoning shadow clones as a series of scarlet slashes landed on the boss’s chest.

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-536,000 (Weak Point)!
-559,000 (Weak Point)!
-536,000 (Weak Point)!
-557,000 (Weak Point)!

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The higher numbers included bonus water-elemental damage from his Diamond-tier weapon, Wavebreaker Blade.

The boss’s HP: 12.11 million.

Qin Feng waited as the boss began casting a 0.3-second skill.

In that brief window:

Throat Cut triggered.

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-2,037,000!
-2,124,000!
-2,037,000!
-2,117,000!

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Simultaneously, Qin Feng unleashed two consecutive Crimson Blades.

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-589,000 (Weak Point)!
-615,000 (Weak Point)!

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The total damage exceeded 12 million, clearing the final HP bar just as the boss’s tendrils crashed down.

Precise. Elegant. Deadly.

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[Players “Shadow (Daxia),” “Late Night Light Rain (Daxia),” and “Impermanence (Daxia)” have achieved the world’s first Diamond-tier boss kill! Earned 60 Fame Points!]

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A global notification echoed in every player’s mind.

For a moment, the world stood still.

Shadow.

A name now etched into the history of Godforsaken Game.

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