The Tree King's skin was too thick. This kind of damage value was already pretty good.

The Tree King roared furiously, swinging its arm with a thud, sweeping it against Bai Kai Shui. Bai Kai Shui steadied his center of gravity, the force transmitted from the shield surface pushing him back a few steps, but he charged up again, thinking to himself, the method of stabilizing his center of gravity that Nie Yan mentioned earlier really worked. If it were normal, it wouldn't be as simple as being pushed back; he'd probably be sent flying.

The Tree King's attack was terrifying. One hit could knock off eighty or ninety points of Bai Kai Shui's health. Only Bai Kai Shui could withstand it for a while. Other melee fighters would be killed after taking two consecutive hits.

Streaks of white light landed on the melee players. Judging from the healing effect, Nie Yan estimated that the main priest's healing was about sixty points, and the other two priests' healing was less than fifty. It wasn't very high. Danger might occur later, so he had to pay close attention.

With the efforts of Bai Kai Shui and the others in front, the situation had stabilized. The magic-based players in the rear began to cast spells in an orderly manner.

"Try to use fire-type magic as much as possible. Don't use ice-type magic. It's not very effective. The Tree King's ice resistance is too high," Nie Yan said in the team chat. He circled around to the back of the Tree King. When a thief attacked a monster from behind, there was a 30% attack bonus. Plus, his equipment was good, and his attacks hit flesh every time.

Sparks flew from the Tree King's body, and its health dropped piece by piece, approaching the 70% mark.

"Do any of the priests have dispel?"

"There's one with dispel!"

"Pay attention to Bai Kai Shui. If the Tree King casts Fear on him, dispel it immediately. Don't be slow. A second of slowness will cause problems!" Nie Yan said.

The priest who had dispel was a novice. Hearing what Nie Yan said, he felt a little nervous.

Because the priest was relatively tall and thin, Bai Kai Shui and the others called him Zhu Gan (Bamboo Pole). Nie Yan saw Zhu Gan gripping the staff nervously, the muscles on his hand taut. He said, "Relax a bit. I'll remind you later. When it's time to cast Dispel, just cast one."

Zhu Gan glanced at Nie Yan gratefully.

The Tree King's health dropped to 70%, and it let out a low, sharp roar that made people's hearts tremble.

Bai Kai Shui's body paused, and he retreated involuntarily, his movements becoming extremely stiff.

"Dispel!" Nie Yan shouted in the team chat. Zhu Gan quickly cast the Dispel skill, and a white light shone on Bai Kai Shui's body.

Bai Kai Shui's movements only stopped for a moment before he charged forward again, slamming a shield strike on the Tree King's body.

"Well done," Nie Yan praised.

Seeing the dispel succeed, Zhu Gan immediately felt much more relaxed.

Under Nie Yan's coordinated command, the whole team's attack was very rhythmic. Plus, he could predict the Tree King's moves every time, and the Tree King's health dropped piece by piece.

Whiplash!

The Tree King swung a vine and lashed it towards Bai Kai Shui.

"All priests, prepare to heal Bai Kai Shui. 3, 2, 1, release!"

Streaks of dazzling white light landed on Bai Kai Shui's body. Bai Kai Shui's health fluctuated up and down, only a hair's breadth away from dying, barely stabilizing.

Nie Yan was behind the Tree King, launching attacks one after another. After about three minutes, with the team's steady output, the Tree King's health had dropped to about 25%.

"Priests, report your mana."

"67."

"56."

"23."

"The one with 23, drink a mana potion!"

The priest heard Nie Yan's words and gulped down a bottle of beginner instant mana recovery potion.

The skin of the Tree King's entire body turned a vivid red.

"It's finally here. Whole team prepare! Bai Kai Shui, switch to defensive stance! All magic-based players, increase your output! All priests, get ready!" Nie Yan shouted. As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Kai Shui raised his shield in front of his chest, assuming a defensive posture.

Just as Bai Kai Shui switched to defensive stance, the Tree King let out a violent roar and swung its giant arm down towards Bai Kai Shui.

Thud!

The Tree King's giant arm smashed against Bai Kai Shui's shield, knocking Bai Kai Shui back a few steps and knocking off more than two hundred points of Bai Kai Shui's health. The Tree King didn't stop and continued to smash its giant arm down.

Thud, thud!

Two more muffled sounds rang out, and two beams of white light landed on Bai Kai Shui's body.

-221, +60, -256, +52. Four values floated above Bai Kai Shui's head, and he was knocked back.

"Such high damage!"

If it weren't for the Ian Parte's Flute, the Tree King's strike would have been enough to instantly kill a powerful shield warrior.

Bai Kai Shui glanced at his health and felt lingering fear. If the priest hadn't healed him in time, he would have been dead.

After launching a three-hit combo, the Tree King paused slightly before swinging its arm to attack Bai Kai Shui again.

"Fall back, the others hold it for a while!" Nie Yan rushed towards Bai Kai Shui.

Bai Kai Shui rolled and dodged, avoiding the Tree King's attack, and downed a bottle of beginner instant recovery potion, but the health value increased by a bottle of beginner instant recovery compared to his current health is insignificant.

Other melee fighters rushed up, forming a wall of bodies, blocking the Tree King. Their defense and health were limited, and they could only block the Tree King temporarily.

Nie Yan arrived beside Bai Kai Shui and applied an intermediate combat bandage to Bai Kai Shui.

+20, +20...

"Drink a slow recovery potion!"

"Already drank it."

"Wait for the next round of healing from the priests!"

Two priests threw two heals at Bai Kai Shui. After ten seconds, Bai Kai Shui's health had recovered more than half.

At this time, the warriors in front could no longer hold on. They could block at most one hit each. Taking two hits would result in death. If the Tree King landed a critical hit, they would die instantly even if they were at full health. Two team members had already been killed and sent back to the graveyard.

"Bai Kai Shui, go!" Seeing that Bai Kai Shui's health was already over four hundred, Nie Yan said.

Bai Kai Shui waved his shield and charged up. Having just encountered a crisis, the team members were even more cautious. Tang Yao, Huang Hun, and the others even used their best moves, unleashing one spell after another.

"I'm running out of mana," Tang Yao said anxiously.

"Use the Arcane Fireball that consumes the least mana! Warriors and paladins, put in more effort and use Flame Slash!" Nie Yan said. Just hold on a little longer. They already saw the light of victory. They couldn't give up now. He circled around to the back of the Tree King, using Vital Attack plus Assassinate.

The Tree King's health was getting lower and lower, 9%, 8%, 6%...

The team members became more and more nervous, not daring to slow down at all.

Thud, thud, thud. Fireballs bombarded the Tree King, leaving scorched wounds on its body.

3%!

"All melee fall back, mages increase output!" Nie Yan gave the order to the team members.

Although the warriors and paladins didn't understand why Nie Yan was telling them to retreat at such a critical moment, they still followed Nie Yan's orders without hesitation and quickly retreated. Along the way, Nie Yan had brought them here. Unconsciously, they had come to have deep faith in Nie Yan's commands.