Chapter 123: Defeating the Mountain King

When the health dropped to twenty percent, the Mountain King went berserk.

In his berserk state, the Mountain King became even more terrifying. His attack speed reached an outrageous level, swinging two cleavers so fast they blurred into arcs of light, making it impossible to discern their true form.

The strikes came at an incredible pace.

Even with about ten healers continuously restoring health—two of whom had enhanced rejuvenation spells—the panda companion’s health constantly hovered on the brink of danger.

“Damn, everyone attack faster! The panda might not hold out much longer. Let’s focus on dealing as much damage as possible first.”

Feng Yun Qingqing cast another curse spell, simultaneously unleashing a totem skill.

The totem skill restored a percentage of health to nearby allied units, including the panda companion.

Though the healing wasn’t rapid, the percentage-based recovery was ideal for a unit with such a massive health pool as the panda’s—it could rival the combined healing efforts of several support players.

With the totem's healing effect, the panda should be able to endure for at least fifteen seconds.

The totem also provided buffs to attack power and attack speed for allies nearby. While these boosts were modest, every little bit helped.

At the same time Feng Yun Qingqing cast her curse, Zhang Shan’s berserk and frenzy skills came off cooldown.

He activated both, unleashing a burst of explosive damage. Others with similar skills didn’t hold back either, bombarding the Mountain King with a variety of attacks.

Soon, the Mountain King’s health dropped by another ten percent.

“Ha! Just one million health left. No matter how tough the Mountain King is, he’s going down.”

“Bro, please watch your mouth—don’t jinx us and make us lose.”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the Mountain King unleashed a series of ground-shattering slashes and a desperate triple strike, landing a critical hit that felled the panda companion.

Feng Yun’s little secretary immediately charged forward and pulled the Mountain King’s attention.

Zhang Shan stopped attacking, summoned the panda companion again, and quickly fed it. After a pet falls, its happiness drops sharply, and it must be fed before it can fight again.

The secretary held off the Mountain King but lasted less than three seconds before collapsing. Although he had over forty thousand health, it was nowhere near enough against the berserk Mountain King—not because the attacks hit harder, but because the attack speed was insanely fast.

Each hit dealt thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of damage; just a few swings were enough to take down the secretary.

The healers didn’t even have time to react and heal him. A tank’s health pool has to be sufficiently large to make healing effective; a tank that dies within two or three seconds leaves healers helpless.

After the secretary fell, the other warriors took turns charging but fared even worse—falling in less than a second each.

Zhang Shan didn’t rush to send the panda companion back into the fray; its health wasn’t full, and it wouldn’t last long.

“Support, forget about them for now. Focus on fully healing the panda companion.”

Why bother healing the others? They were dying instantly anyway.

Feeding the panda companion to restore health was too slow; it was more efficient for the healers to cast several heals instead.

With about ten healers, a few heals quickly brought the panda’s health back to full.

Meanwhile, four or five warriors who had charged were already down.

Less than ten seconds had passed, and except for the secretary who held on a couple of seconds longer, everyone else was instantly felled.

This showed just how fierce the Mountain King was. Without Zhang Shan’s panda companion, no one could withstand the Mountain King’s damage at this stage.

The Mountain King was simply too brutal.

Once the panda companion was fully healed, Zhang Shan controlled it to pull the Mountain King’s attention again.

At this point, the Mountain King had around seven to eight hundred thousand health left and no chance to make a comeback.

Even if the panda companion fell again, it didn’t matter—they could tank him with sheer manpower until he was defeated.

“Keep it up, speed up the attack—let’s crush the Mountain King.”

Zhang Shan stood his ground, firing bullets nonstop, occasionally triggering critical hits.

His various critical and passive effects were already numerous, and with Feng Yun’s little wolf nearby, the chance of critical strikes was even higher.

The panda companion, brought back into the fight, was repeatedly brought to precarious health levels but stubbornly held on.

The Mountain King’s health steadily declined under the relentless assault.

Five hundred thousand, four hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, two hundred thousand...

“Damn it, I refuse to believe that with twenty percent health left, the Mountain King can still turn the tide.”

“Shut up! If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll chop you to bits.”

“Everyone with stun skills, get in there! Stun the Mountain King for a few seconds and finish him off.”

Previously, they hadn’t used their stun abilities because the boss had high stun resistance, making them ineffective and not worth the effort.

But with just two hundred thousand health remaining, even a brief stun would reduce pressure on the panda companion.

That would allow them to safely finish off the Mountain King and avoid any unexpected setbacks.

When the Mountain King’s health dropped to one percent, Zhang Shan gauged the timing, waited two seconds, and then commanded the panda companion to unleash a combo attack.

The panda companion swung its paws in rapid succession—seven strikes in a row—directly obliterating the Mountain King.

System Announcement: Congratulations to Feng Yun Tianxia, Six-Barrel Bodhisattva, Feng Yun Artillery… for successfully killing the Demonized Mountain King.

Rewards: +1 skill point, +100 merit.

System Prompt: Your passive “King” talent has been triggered by killing the Demonized Mountain King, automatically granting the “Madness” (Passive) skill.

Haha, the Mountain King was a real bro, generously handing over a passive skill. Finally, no more worries—awesome!

Let’s see how this skill works and why the Mountain King’s attack speed was so outrageously fast.

Madness (Passive): Level 1 (Talent Acquired, Cannot be Upgraded), increases attack speed by 20%.

Damn, this skill is insane—directly boosts attack speed by twenty percent, even more than the two wristbands he had combined.

No wonder the Mountain King’s attack speed was so crazy fast—he got an extra twenty percent from the skill.

So how much did the Mountain King’s base attack speed increase? Could it be double speed? That’s just insane.

Joining Feng Yun Tianxia and the others on this scroll dungeon run was definitely rewarding. Now the only thing left was to see what loot the Mountain King dropped.

Zhang Shan controlled the panda companion and landed the final blow, hoping the drops wouldn’t be disappointing. Unfortunately, since the scroll was provided by Feng Yun Qingqing, she had priority to choose one item first.

Hopefully, no divine artifact quest item would drop and be snatched by her.

If that happened, even Zhang Shan—with his good temperament—would feel a twinge of jealousy.

“Boss, open the loot! I think this time we might get some good gear.”

“For sure. The Mountain King might just be the strongest level 30 red boss. If he doesn’t drop good stuff, that’d be ridiculous.”

“Hopefully a divine artifact drops—then it’d be amazing.”

“Damn, if a divine artifact drops, that’d be a steal for Qingqing. My feelings are conflicted.”

“Oh shoot, forgot Qingqing gets first pick. What do we do? If something good drops, Qingqing will have to give out red envelopes—a big one.”

“If I get a divine artifact, I’m sending out a big red envelope, hehe.”

“Damn it, stop dreaming and open the loot already.”

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