Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God

nexpected reward for the First Kill of these three Bosses.

As for why he had killed Pantheon's members without a second thought, he had worried that these people would run for the city half-way through the Boss battle.
Should that have happened, all of the regret in the world wouldn't have given him his Titan City Reputation back.

Moreover, had they cooperated with Pantheon, they would have had to share the Bosses' loot equally.
Since his team was more than capable of defeating the Bosses by themselves, why should they share the bounty?

…

After the three Bosses had annihilated the Pantheon members that had trapped them, they shifted their gaze towards Shi Feng's team.
Roaring angrily, the three Bosses, followed by over a hundred four-armed demonic monsters, charged forward.

“Cola, tank the Ape King! Wumian and Turtledove, separate the other two Apes! The farther, the better! The rest of the MTs will pin the demonic monsters down! Don't let them get away! Everyone else, kill the demonic monsters first!” Shi Feng shouted.
These Bosses' powerful auras didn't affect him in the slightest.

The team immediately did as Shi Feng had ordered.
Youlan cast Angel's Blessing, increasing everyone's Attributes slightly and decreasing the damage they received.
Shi Feng also summoned the Demonic Flame Tiger and had it cast Battle Roar and Darkness Blessing, increasing everyone's Attributes by an additional 10% and reducing the damage they took by another 20%.
The team also received a 100-point boost to their Magic Resistance.
These buffs immediately rose the team's strength to a whole new level.

When Cola was within range, he executed Justice Bash and attracted the Three-headed Demonic Ape King's attention.
Ye Wumian and Turtledove lured the Two-headed Demonic Apes away from each other as well.

However, the Demonic Apes had absurdly high Strength.
This was especially true for the Ape King.
Although the Grand Lord was not an Archaic Species, it still dealt over -10,000 damage to Cola despite the Guardian Knight's multiple damage reduction buffs.
As for Ye Wumian and Turtledove, they each took over -6,000 damage when the Great Lords hit them.

Generally, players who had reached the third stage avoided fighting the three Demonic Apes.
After all, like the second stage's King of Corrosion, killing them wasn't necessary to clear the entrance trial.
Teams were simply not willing to take this risk.

Moreover, in the past, the three Demonic Apes had been known as Hell's Gatekeepers.
Most teams that had reached this far would avoid them as much as possible.

This was due to the three Demonic Apes' special ability.

In reality, the three Demonic Apes were actually of one body.
Although they were neither Ferocious Beasts nor Archaic Species, they were still a nightmare for players.

When one Demonic Ape died, its strength would transfer to the remaining Demonic Apes.
When only one Demonic Ape remained, the gates of hell would truly open.
No team could survive the Boss's devastating power.
Even if Shi Feng activated Twofold Berserk, he could do nothing about his impending death.

Hence, the only way to defeat the three Stage Bosses was to kill them simultaneously.

If the last Demonic Ape even had 1% HP remaining, it would massacre the entire team.

However, a team needed powerful MTs, and healers in particular, if they wanted to kill all three Demonic Apes at the same time.
From time to time, the three Demonic Apes used an AOE Skill.
Every player on the team would lose HP when they did.
These moments would put the team's healers to the test.

If too many members died, it would wound their overall damage output.
All three Demonic Apes possessed extremely high HP, so their battle recoveries were not to be trifled with.
If the team could not maintain their damage above a certain threshold, a team-wipe was inevitable. 

If not for Violet Cloud's new AOE Healing Spell, Shi Feng would not have dared to fight the three Demonic Apes.

As the battle raged, time passed quickly.
By the time everyone finished dealing with the four-armed demonic monsters, Cola was close to succumbing to the Ape King's might.
Although the Guardian Knight could easily deal with the Ape King's ordinary attacks, his roughly 30,000 HP would drop to just over 10,000 when the Grand Lord used its War Stomp.
The Skill also forced him into a Fainted state.
If not for a powerful healer like Violet Cloud, the Ape King's next hit would have likely killed him.

As Cola wavered, the rest of the team worried.
If he died, it would not be long before the rest of them followed him to the grave.

As expected, this will be a tough fight without Berserk Skills. Shi Feng felt somewhat powerless.
Previously, to deal with the King of Corrosion, their team had nearly exhausted their Berserk Skills.
Now, the Skills were still on Cooldown.
“Fire, it's up to you now.”

“Leave it to me,” Fire Dance said as she playfully licked her lips.
She had long since grown impatient and was incredibly eager to test the new Tier 3 Sure-kill Skill she had learned in the Titan Library.