After all, this was the first major boss Lin Mo had encountered in this life's history that had reached Tier 6 since his rebirth.
And it also had the nine layers of auras stacked from the previous nine halls of the Yama Hall.
So Lin Mo didn't dare be careless.
Before the battle began, he used an SSS-rank Eye of Insight to check the boss's data.
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[Infernal Fire Phoenix] (Magic-Type · Tier 6 Boss)
Level: 70
Magic Attack: 72,000 (includes 50% aura bonus)
Physical Defense: 30,000 (includes 50% aura bonus)
Magic Defense: 27,000 (includes 50% aura bonus)
HP: 22,000,000 (includes 100% aura bonus)
Skills: Infernal Flames Burn the Heavens (S-rank), Inferno Flame (A-rank), Hellfire (A-rank), Sea of Fire (A-rank)...
Weakness: The Infernal Fire Phoenix excels at fire attacks and fears water. Water-element attacks deal 30% increased damage...
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Even Lin Mo couldn't help taking a sharp breath when he saw those stats.
"A Tier 6 boss with nine aura stacks is really ridiculous."
Even Ning Xi lost confidence.
Lowering her head, she looked at Lin Mo and said, "Brother Lin Mo, do you have any scrolls left? Why don't we use scrolls to kill the boss? This thing is way too strong. I can't even break its defense."
"I do," Lin Mo said, "But not enough."
Although Lin Mo could use Soul Flame to evolve SSS-rank magic scrolls anytime and anywhere.
Not every scroll could be evolved.
There were countless types of magic scrolls in the world of Divine Oracle, but not all of them were divided into E through SSS grades.
Some scrolls were extremely rare and started at A-rank or S-rank.
Lin Mo didn't even have the chance to find an E-rank base scroll to evolve.
As for A-rank and S-rank base scrolls, they were even harder to obtain.
For example: Scrolls that could instantly kill high-tier bosses; Scrolls that granted resurrection after death; Scrolls that granted invincibility; all of these were collector-level magic scrolls and started at S-rank or above.
Even if Lin Mo wanted to evolve them to SSS-rank, he first had to obtain the S-rank versions.
That was why the SSS-rank magic scrolls he possessed, such as Thunderous Might, Burning Heaven in Fire, and Tornado, had all evolved from common E-rank scrolls like Lightning, Burn, and Wind Assault.
Although they had reached shocking levels of power, they still weren't world-destroying.
Lin Mo did some calculations, "Thunderous Might, Burning Heaven in Fire, Tornado, and the others are all area-of-effect scrolls. Their single-target damage is a bit lacking."
"At roughly seven to eight hundred thousand true damage per scroll, and this boss having 22 million HP. Damn! It'll take twenty or thirty scrolls to finish it."
Using twenty or thirty SSS-rank magic scrolls on one boss.
Even with the SSS-rank talent Soul Flame, Lin Mo couldn't afford that.
He had practically bought out all the E-rank and D-rank magic scrolls in Inferno City.
"Forget it. Let's fight it directly."
"We can beat it without scrolls."
Lin Mo was still very confident.
Because he had one core piece of equipment: Dark Gold · Strong-Maned Pig.
Before entering the Tenth Hall, Lin Mo had fed Strong-Maned Pig a complete set of E through SSS-rank skill expansions and several SSS-rank passive skills.
All that feeding wasn't for nothing.
The current Strong-Maned Pig had a magic defense as high as 41,000.
With the set skill Bloodied Battle's 30% bonus, it could reach 53,300.
And after receiving the 15% HP boost from Bloodied Battle, its health exceeded 2.6 million.
Even though the Infernal Fire Phoenix had over 70,000 attack power, hurting Strong-Maned Pig wouldn't be easy.
So the key question was whether Lin Mo and Ning Xi's damage output was enough.
Of course, Lin Mo wasn't worried about that at all.
He took out a magic scroll from his bag and crushed it on the spot.
A burst of red light exploded from his body.
[Ding~ You used the SSS-rank magic scroll Frenzy Assault · War Stomp. Attack Power +300% for 600 seconds! Permanent effect gained: Final Attack Power +1%!]
At the same time, an aura instantly spread over a huge area with a radius of 500 yards around Lin Mo.
Ning Xi, Strong-Maned Pig, Siya, and Ah'Li, who were within the aura, were all affected.
[Ding~ Your teammate Rulebound used the magic scroll Frenzy Assault · War Stomp. You gained a buff for 600 seconds: Attack Power +100%!]
Ning Xi was first shocked by the power of the magic scroll.
Then she smiled awkwardly at Lin Mo beside her.
"Brother Lin Mo, didn't you say we weren't using magic scrolls?"
"Mm," Lin Mo thought for a moment and said, "Not using them feels good, but using them is still safer."
Ning Xi frowned slightly, "Why does that sound weird? Brother Lin Mo, are you talking about magic scrolls?"
Lin Mo answered without changing expression, "Of course."
It couldn't be helped. This chunk of metal was just too tough.
He had to use some tricks.
With only Lin Mo's base attack power of 18,280, even after adding the 30% bonus from the set skill Thunderous Might and the 9,420 attack bonus from Siya's SSS-rank Holy Light Blessing.
His attack power would only barely reach the point where he could break the boss's defense.
But with Frenzy Assault · War Stomp's bonus.
Lin Mo's attack power jumped from 18,280 to 73,120.
Then he received the additional 30% base bonus from the set skill Thunderous Might: 78,604.
At the same time, Siya also gained War Stomp's 100% attack boost, doubling her attack from 18,840 to 37,680.
Holy Light Blessing's attack bonus on Lin Mo also doubled from 9,420 to 18,840.
In other words, Lin Mo's final attack power had now reached an extreme level: 97,444 points.
Looking at the Infernal Fire Phoenix flying above Wheel King's hall with its 30,000 defense.
Lin Mo muttered, "Now this is much easier!"
Without another word, he entered battle.
"Old Pig, go!"
At Lin Mo's command.
Strong-Maned Pig snorted and charged toward the Infernal Fire Phoenix with his nine-toothed rake.
A-rank Hellfire!
A-rank Infernal Flame!
ROAR!
With a roar, the Infernal Fire Phoenix spewed scorching flames from its huge mouth while summoning a sea of fire beneath Strong-Maned Pig's feet.
Under the double burn effect, damage numbers rose from above Strong-Maned Pig's head.
-45,362!
-23,698!
-23,448!
-23,331!
+26,435!
+26,435!
Lin Mo was shocked.
"The Infernal Fire Phoenix's damage is still high."
"It's almost covering Strong-Maned Pig's healing per second."
While Strong-Maned Pig successfully held the boss's aggro.
Lin Mo and Ning Xi unleashed their full firepower.
SSS-rank Ice and Snow · Grip of Extreme Cold!
SSS-rank Armor Break · Heart-Piercing Arrow!
SSS-rank Tear · Sky-Shattering Arrow!
-888,915!
-1,764,025!
-1,136,984!
S-rank Dragon Command Technique!
A-rank Fireball!
A-rank Ice Spike!
-429,860!
-341,540!
-341,110!
The boss's resistances were extremely high.
Lin Mo could hardly land a critical hit throughout the fight.
But even his non-critical damage was still astonishing.
After one round of coordinated attacks from the two of them, a quarter of the Infernal Fire Phoenix's health bar disappeared instantly.
It was impossible not to marvel at the strength of the SSS-rank magic scroll Frenzy Assault · War Stomp
Not using it showed more strength and felt better.
But using it was definitely safer.
Although Lin Mo didn't have an SSS-rank magic scroll capable of instantly killing the boss.
One Frenzy Assault · War Stomp almost achieved the same effect.
This battle was much easier than expected.
It hardly took much effort.
Before long, Lin Mo and Ning Xi joined forces and killed the Infernal Fire Phoenix.
At that moment, excitement and anticipation filled Lin Mo's heart.
Because the ultimate reward was finally here.