- Online Game : God Level Assasin, I am The Shadow!
- GTA Chapter 72
Along with Chen Wuming, several other members of the “Knight’s Templar” guild were also slain.
However, since their positioning while attacking the boss was quite scattered, Qin Feng didn’t manage to kill all of them.
Still, three or four players, upon witnessing the situation, immediately fled in all directions…
Qin Feng did not give chase.
There was no need; his main target was the three-story-tall Platinum-tier boss in front of him—the Steel Maiden!
This massive figure was made entirely of steel.
Instead of legs, it had a large iron base, floating in midair, suspended by magical energy.
That eerie, cruel smile was enough to make a child cry in terror!
“Curse of Bloom.”
Raising his hand, Qin Feng cast the Curse of Bloom on all the corpses around him, including Chen Wuming’s.
The remaining tradable lifespan on their bodies, along with 50% of their non-tradable lifespan, began to be absorbed by the cursed flowers!
In *The Forsaken*, players enter the game with their consciousness.
Thus, their bodies in the game were created by the system.
Even after being revived, their corpses would remain for a certain period!
…
“DAMN IT!”
“What does not eating beef have to do with me?!”
“Did I shove beef in your mouth?!”
Chen Wuming, resurrecting in the middle of Jianghai City’s ruins, was filled with anger and frustration.
He knew that Shadow’s words simply meant, “I killed you for no reason.”
His resurrection point was now over ten kilometers away from the Steel Maiden.
With their current speed, getting back there quickly was almost impossible, and even if they could make it, what would they achieve?
That guy had wiped out their entire group with one skill!
And that damage…
Over ten thousand points!
Every single one of them had been one-shotted, and they even owed Shadow multiple lives now!
Chen Wuming and the others thought they had hit rock bottom.
But things got worse.
As Qin Feng released the Curse of Bloom, a system notification appeared in their minds, informing them of their diminishing lifespans.
This caused the faces of Chen Wuming and his guild members to turn ashen!
Not only had they lost half their lifespan upon death this time…
But some terrifying skill was continuing to drain their lifespan?!
Even their non-tradable lifespan was being siphoned away!
After a while, the absorption stopped. They realized they had lost all of their tradable lifespan and 75% of their non-tradable lifespan!
According to reports from guild members who hadn’t been killed and were watching from afar, strange, blood-red flowers had grown on their corpses!
This news caused an outburst of sobbing and curses within the Knight’s Templar guild chat.
But when it came to “Shadow”…
They had no way to retaliate!
He had killed so many of them, and they hadn’t even seen his shadow, let alone been able to seek revenge.
Attempting revenge would only lead to being killed again, and again… countless times!
…
On Chen Wuming’s side, any thoughts of revenge had long vanished.
Meanwhile, Qin Feng, casually absorbing their lifespan, glanced at the system notification.
He saw a familiar ID: “Xiaoyouya.”
“She joined the Knight’s Templar?”
Qin Feng stared at the notification with a blank expression.
The Curse of Bloom had absorbed 4 days of her tradable lifespan and over a year of her non-tradable lifespan.
This meant that her lifespan was now nearly depleted.
She must have been struggling to survive and, in desperation, chose to join the Knight’s Templar as a slave.
In doing so…
Her survival would be guaranteed, but with 50% of her lifespan taxed by the guild, her chances of advancing were slim to none.
Qin Feng had no particular feelings about this.
Let go of the savior complex, respect others’ fate!
After casting a brief glance at her ID, he shifted his focus back to the Steel Maiden in front of him.
“The first phase of this boss isn’t too difficult.”
“The real challenge comes in the second phase when its health drops below half, especially for someone like me…”
After taking out Chen Wuming and the others, Qin Feng maintained his stealth, staying ten meters away from the boss.
Even after a large number of players were killed, the Steel Maiden didn’t exit combat mode; instead, after losing its main targets, it began unleashing area-of-effect attacks!
Its iron wheel-like arms spun along with its head and torso, creating a circular slash.
The iron wheels formed a ten-meter ring around it, spinning three consecutive times!
Even Chen Wuming’s “Templar Knight” class couldn’t withstand such an attack if they had still been there.
But Qin Feng had retreated early on.
Once his Shadow Slash cooldown finished, he disengaged from combat, switched his weapon to the Ghost Ship Twin Blades, and unleashed Shadow Slash!
Swoosh!
His figure blurred, cutting across the towering body of the Steel Maiden in an instant!
Blades flashed, erupting across the Steel Maiden!
-7551 (Weakness Attack)!
-7527 (Weakness Attack)!
-7536 (Weakness Attack)!
…
“No wonder she’s called the Iron Maiden. Her defense far exceeds other bosses of the same level.”
Qin Feng coolly observed the boss’s health bar.
With one Shadow Slash, nine strikes, all hitting weak points, he had dealt over 60,000 damage.
For the boss, this was roughly 15% of its total health.
This meant the Steel Maiden had around 400,000 HP in total.
This was much lower than the Pure Soul Reaper, Faisal, but because her defense was higher, her overall durability wasn’t any less.
The most critical point was…
When the Steel Maiden’s health dropped below 50%, she would gain a near-permanent “reflect damage” ability, with 100% reflection!
This was the Steel Maiden’s greatest challenge!
For this reason, Qin Feng hadn’t planned on using the active effect of his “Divine Release” skill.
The “Throat Slash” ability from Divine Release could increase Qin Feng’s damage by six times, but if he dealt too much damage, it would trigger the boss’s second phase prematurely.
That would activate the reflect damage effect, and Qin Feng would kill himself!
“Shadow Slash hits nine times.”
“With Throat Slash activating on each hit, I’d receive nine instances of reflect damage. Blacklight Shield can barely handle it, but its cooldown wouldn’t keep up…”
That’s why Qin Feng had swapped the Plague Blade for the Ghost Ship Twin Blades before starting the boss fight.
If he had used the Plague Blade, every attack would trigger a toxic explosion after three seconds, dealing extra damage…
All of that damage would be reflected back to Qin Feng!
But with the Ghost Ship Twin Blades, there was no such issue.
Even the “Throat Slash” effect from Divine Release had to be abandoned for this boss fight.
“However…”
“In the second phase, during the Iron Maiden’s skill cast, the reflect damage effect briefly deactivates.”
“If I take advantage of that moment to strike, I can avoid the reflect damage!”
Qin Feng had a meticulous plan in mind and was in no hurry.
After one Shadow Slash, he retreated, going into stealth again, watching as the boss unleashed its area-of-effect skills, patiently waiting for the next opportunity to strike!
At that moment…
More players, drawn by the commotion caused by the Steel Maiden, began to gather!