Healing to Kill

The King of Firestone's health rapidly dropped again under the continuous assault from the crowd, quickly falling from 42% to 32%.

"The BOSS is about to use a skill!"

"This time it's Rock Spikes, watch out and dodge!"

"Damn it, who's blocking my path? Move!"

Everyone shouted as they quickly retreated.

Especially the melee classes, most of them abandoned their attacks early and moved away from the BOSS.

"All of you, die!"

The King of Firestone raised its fist and slammed it into the ground.

With a muffled boom, rock spikes burst from the ground, reaping lives.

With the experience from previous encounters, fewer people were hit this time.

Although some still died, wisps of white energy flowed towards the King of Firestone.

But its health only recovered to 35%.

Everyone understood that as long as the recovered health was less than 10%, the BOSS could be killed!

Because each time it used a skill, it was after its health dropped by 10%.

The crowd organized another attack.

Nearby Knights, Warriors, and Assassins swung their melee weapons.

From a distance, Mages cast Fireball and Ice Arrow spells, while Archers shot arrows continuously at the King of Firestone.

Soon, its health dropped by 10%.

Everyone became extremely tense.

The King of Firestone raised its massive, solid fist again and slammed it into the ground.

Boom—!

With a loud noise, countless needle-like rocks shot out from the ground.

Immediately after, it raised both hands high and swung them in a cross.

Burning lava spewed from the air, raining down on the ground.

With Rock Spikes and Lava Rain released together, even though many were prepared, the vast coverage still hit many, who fell to the ground helplessly.

After absorbing wisps of life energy, the King of Firestone's health recovered to 26%.

"Good, the BOSS's health only recovered by 6%. The next skill will be released at 16% health!"

"At this rate, we can kill the BOSS in three or four more skill cycles!"

"We must take it down!"

Everyone was filled with fighting spirit, launching a new round of attacks on the BOSS.

Everything proceeded according to plan.

Soon, the King of Firestone's health dropped to 16%, and it released its skill.

After reaping some players' lives, its health rose to 21%.

Then, its health was reduced to 11%, and it released its skill again!

More players' life energy was absorbed!

Only about a thousand players came to the Ashen Land for the limited-time quest.

This was because major guilds had sent people to Giant Deer City; otherwise, there might not even be a thousand.

After all, only a few players could reach the main city at this time.

Not everyone knew about the limited-time quest.

Moreover, many players had taken other quests and were farming mobs elsewhere in the wild; not everyone would come here.

However, although there were only about a thousand players in the Ashen Land, almost all of them gathered at the King of Firestone.

Nearly 1,300 players participated in the BOSS siege.

At this moment, only less than 300 players remained on the field.

The battle was truly brutal!

After releasing its skill, the King of Firestone absorbed players' life energy again, and its health began to rise.

When its health recovered to 15%, it stopped.

"One more skill cycle, and the BOSS will die!"

"Charge!"

"Kill the BOSS!"

Everyone shouted excitedly, preparing to launch another attack.

Suddenly!

A scorching, blinding red light erupted from the King of Firestone.

In an instant, the light was so intense that no one could open their eyes.

Soon, the light dimmed.

As players' vision returned, everyone was shocked!

They saw the King of Firestone engulfed in roaring flames!

Moreover, its health was back to 100%!

"What... what's going on?"

"What the hell, why is the BOSS's health full?!"

Players were confused, and a chorus of curses erupted.

"Look at the BOSS info!" someone shouted.

[King of Firestone: LV15 (Gold Level BOSS)]

Only then did everyone notice that the BOSS had evolved!

Its grade had changed from Silver Level to Gold Level!

Moreover, it had gained an additional skill!

Before they could take a closer look.

"My wrath will burn everything to ashes!"

The King of Firestone suddenly roared to the sky, and the flames on its body spread outward!

Immediately, the ground within a 25-meter radius was covered in flames.

Moreover, the ground began to melt, turning into rolling lava!

"Get out of the way!"

"This lava will kill you on contact!"

"It's over!"

The people on the field were both angry and desperate.

Everything happened too suddenly and swiftly; they had no time to dodge and were all engulfed by the lava, falling one by one.

This area turned into a sea of life-devouring lava!

Except for a few long-range players who exited the lava range in time, everyone else was sent back to the respawn point.

Only the last twenty or thirty people remained on the field, staring at the BOSS from a distance, horrified and at a loss.

The King of Firestone had no intention of letting them go, stepping on the lava as it approached.

"Retreat!"

A Priest turned and ran.

The others quickly came to their senses, scattering and fleeing from the BOSS.

Typically, moving more than 50 meters away from the BOSS would break its aggro.

Soon.

Except for the King of Firestone and the large patch of lava beneath it, there was nothing else in the center of the field.

Without any targets to attack, the BOSS turned and walked deeper into the Ashen Land.

In the distance.

Three figures were watching.

Two of them, both girls, were stunned.

They were Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao.

The BOSS's terrifying skill, which instantly killed hundreds of people, left them deeply shocked.

Beside them, Jiang Chen, looking calm, stretched lazily, having grown bored of watching.

"It's our turn now."

He said as he slowly walked towards the depths of the Ashen Land.

"Huh?"

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao snapped back to reality, looking at each other in disbelief.

Jiang Chen turned back to the two girls: "What? The BOSS has returned to its lair; we're going after it."

Qing Ying swallowed: "Brother Mortal World, are we going to kill the King of Firestone?"

Jiang Chen was speechless: "What else? Why do you think I lured it out and let it evolve to Gold Level?"

"I understand."

Qing Ying took a deep breath; Jiang Chen's plans always challenged her understanding.

Tao Xiaoyao looked at Jiang Chen with admiration and adoration.

"Let's go quickly; we still need to complete the limited-time quest."

Jiang Chen glanced at the time; there was still an hour left before the quest ended.

There was still time!