Chapter 115. A Change of Heart
Almost all of the boss' normal attacks were deflected by <Block>. With that fast attack speed and frequency, Zhang Yang could not spare any single <Block> to waste. At the same time, the <Brave> set-equipment constantly restored his health. Slowly yet steadily, many green texts of '+100' popped over his head.
The DoT effect had inflicted 1,920 damage to Zhang Yang in 10 seconds, but at the same time, the <Brave> set-equipment effect had healed Zhang Yang by over 500 HP. After removing the second DoT skill, he healed another 500 HP again.
'Ding! You have been afflicted with Spectre's Decay (1 stack). Receive 800 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'
'Ding! You have been afflicted with Spectre's Decay (2 stack). Receive 1600 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'
20 seconds later, the boss inflicted another DoT Poison.
Zhang Yang immediately removed the first layer, and the second layer after 10 seconds.
The boss was not like a player that could think and act unpredictably. Their attacks were all fixed with a rotational cycle. For example, some skills would be activated after a fixed duration, other skills would be activated after dropping to a certain level of health, others when losing a certain amount of health within a certain period of time, and many other fixed conditions.
After being inflicted with poison twice by the boss, Zhang Yang learned that the boss would cast the DoT skill once in roughly every 20 seconds! If Zhang Yang had not possessed any [Level 1 Poison Antidote], he would have accumulated over 5 layers of [Spectral Decay] in just 40 seconds! Even though he had the 20% damage reduction passive skill, he would still receive at least 3,200 damage every tick! <Shield Wall>, <Berserker's Heal> and the <Lifesteal> effect of the sword would have only prolonged his struggle for another 10 or 20 seconds!
What luck!