Four Hundred and Twenty-Three, Shoulder to Shoulder with Death

?"pound!"

In the sound like shelling, in mid-air, Luo Zhen, who was facing the bone hunter with a split blow, was directly bounced and fell towards the ground.

"Rozen!"

Seeing this scene, Asuna turned around without hesitation, and rushed back again.

"...!?"

Tongren also looked anxious, and rushed towards Luo Zhen's direction.

"Goo!"

"Woo!"

The colorful butterfly and the flower butterfly acted as if they hadn't seen this scene. They wiped the left side and the right side of Luo Zhen's body, which flew downside down, and swept towards the direction of the bone hunter like a stream of light, and came in front of it. .

Although the bone hunter who was facing Luo Zhen was not bounced away like him, his movements were also stagnant, allowing the colorful butterfly and flower butterfly to arrive successfully and sprinkle a lot of phosphorous powder.

"Beep...!"

Under the sound of an electric shock effect, the bone hunter fell into a paralyzed state, and his entire huge body was falling down, hitting the ground with a heavy landing sound, causing a burst of dust.

At the same time, Kirito and Asuna also rushed to the rear of Rozen, stretched out their hands, took Rozen who was flying upside down into his arms, and checked Rozen's HP gauge immediately.

Luo Zhen's HP bar was fluctuating slightly, and a part had been reduced.

However, the reduction is quite small, less than one-tenth.

Kirito and Asuna breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this tone did not have time to relax for a long time.

"careful!"

Luo Zhen, who had recovered from the stiff state, struggled to get up, while staring at the front, and said a piece of information as if there was no time.

"The attack of this boss is very powerful. If you don't block it, it may be fatal. Don't get hit!"

This is the judgment Luo Zhen made instantly after he slashed with each other.

If it wasn't like this, when Luo Zhen activated his sword skill, it would be impossible for the opponent to bounce him back, and even weaken his blood volume.

"Varied...!?"

"one strike...!"

Kirito and Asuna's expressions changed.

Not to mention Kirito and Asuna, even the other players who were paying attention here were shocked.

"How...how is it possible!?"

"One... one hit..."

Klein and Agil's expressions were rather ugly.

In SAO, the strength of players mainly depends on three parts—level, equipment, and skills.

Although the player's own skills are also very important, but after removing this point, the rest are these three parts.

Of course, it goes without saying that the higher the performance of the equipment, the more it can boost the players.

There is no need to have doubts about skills, what kind of skills to fill in the countless skill grids, and how proficient these skills can be improved will greatly determine the player's strength.

As for the level, that is even more important.

Once the level is raised, not only will STR (strength) and AGI (agility) be improved, but skill slots will also be increased, and most importantly, the maximum HP will also increase.

In view of this, no matter what the equipment and skills are, as long as the level is high enough, the HP value will be higher, and the less likely to die.

This is also the reason why 10 levels higher than the floor will become a security level. Even if the equipment and skills are worse, if it is 10 levels higher than the current floor, it will be difficult for the monster to kill the player.

Today, the players participating in the defensive boss battle are all top players of the highest level in SAO, and everyone's level is even more within the safe range, all above level 85.

Under such circumstances, even the defensive Boss's attack can force him several times,

Moreover, it was a sword skill or a special attack, and a normal attack would not be able to instantly take away a large amount of HP from the players in the clearing group.

Even the notoriously powerful defensive bosses on the 25th floor and the 50th floor can't reach the level of killing a top player with a single blow with just a normal attack. As a result, Luo Zhen actually said, no If you block it, you can't even survive a single blow?

How can this not be surprising?

On the contrary, Asuna calmed down quickly.

After all, it's not like Asuna hasn't seen monsters of this level before.

Doesn't the Scythe of Destiny in the underground labyrinth of the Black Iron Palace also have the ability to kill Rozen and Asuna with one blow?

Although as long as the block is successful, it should be able to sustain another blow, but whether it is Rozen or Asuna, their level and equipment performance are higher than the average players in the clearing group, and even they can't help it. Taking a blow from the Scythe of Destiny while parrying, the other players in the attack group should have a hard time holding up the blow even if they are parrying, right?

So, Asuna was the one who calmed down first.

"Stand back first!" Asuna hurriedly said, "Space away from the boss and regroup!"

Asuna's words were immediately refuted by Luo Zhen.

"No! It's too late!"

Luo Zhen, who was staring closely at the front, shrank his eyes and suddenly made a sound.

"The skills of Cai Die and Hua Die have very slight effects on it, and I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for even a second!"

As if to confirm Luo Zhen's speech, in the dust that was raised, the skeleton centipede broke through the smoke screen and came violently.

Like a train, the bone hunter rushed out while shaking his bone feet at high speed, raised the bone scythe in his hand again, and hit Rozen, Asuna, and Kirito heavily. swung down.

"———!"

Kirito and Asuna immediately raised their weapons reflexively, ready to block them.

But Luo Zhen shouted out.

"Two meters behind! Jump!"

After finishing speaking, Luo Zhen stepped on the ground first, and the whole person jumped away.

Kirito and Asuna stared blankly at each other, and then hurriedly jumped away together.

The distance is no more, no less, exactly two meters.

And at this moment, the bone scythe of the bone hunter swung down.

"Shua!"

Amidst the crisp and sharp sound of wind cutting, the bone scythe was like a knife, breaking through the sound barrier while slashing its edge.

Its tip happened to pass in front of Luo Zhen, Kirito, and Asuna at a high speed. The body of the three of them was less than one centimeter, and it cut Kirito's bangs in front of his forehead. Then it landed in the void.

Feeling the tip of the bone scythe brushing against his forehead, Kirito's complexion almost turned pale.

However, the onslaught of the bone hunters is not over yet.

"There is a second one! Be careful!"

Luo Zhen reminded this.

The Skeleton Hunter has two bone scythes, not just one.

Fang Fang let out a menacing howl, raised the other bone sickle high, and struck it down like a thunderbolt.

However, someone is faster than the bone hunter.

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound, the bone scythe slammed heavily on a cross shield, rubbing violent sparks.

At the critical moment, a player rushed forward and blocked the blow.

This man was none other than Heathcliff.

Heathcliff watched the bone hunter with extremely calm eyes, and held the cross shield in front of him to block the deadly bone scythe.

At the same time, two players rushed up.

""Oh oh oh oh oh...! ""

Klein and Agil rushed up while roaring, and released the sword skills of the sword and the battle ax at the skull of the bone hunter.

"Boom!"

The light from the sword skill exploded on the face of the bone hunter, causing it to lean back and let out a howl of pain.

"Goo!"

"Woo!"

The colorful butterflies and flower butterflies rushed up like a needle, and sprinkled phosphorous powder again, stopping the howling of the bone hunters abruptly.

"It's now!"

Luo Zhen shouted.

"Output hand! Collective output!"

Luo Zhen shouted and called the scattered players.

A number of players roared one after another, rushing towards this side.