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Chapter 856 - 420 Server No.2_2

Chapter 856: Chapter 420 Server No.2_2

The only thing that truly worried Mu You was that his attributes had been reduced to a woeful extent under the continuous weakening by the Sin of Sloth and the Sin of Lust.

The reduction in attributes directly affected the trigger probability of the Cursed Doll, making it increasingly difficult for Mu You to dodge the Demon King’s attacks.

[...You look at the sky in the gap of your escape and witness the last crescent of moonlight being swallowed by the Tengu. The full moon is completely engulfed by the shadows, leaving only a dark red ring, and darkness descends upon the whole earth. As the moonlight completely disappears, your weakness reaches its peak...]

Mu You glanced over, the countdown finally passed five minutes, the lunar eclipse was halfway through, and the moon was completely dark; next would be the process of the Tengu spitting the moon out.

Mu You continued to play it safe, leading the Demon King on a chase all over the field.

[The Demon King catches up to you again! The Demon King raises its hand and launches an attack at you...]

[Cursed Doll is excited... Current success rate: 0.1%.]

[Curse successful! The Demon King’s attack fails, you take the opportunity to widen the distance...]

...

He had evaded another attack, but Mu You’s expression was rather unsightly because it had taken over a thousand retries to finally trigger it just now.

Moreover, this wasn’t even the lowest probability; as time went on, the probability would likely continue to decrease.

...

Indeed, Mu You’s guess was correct.

In the next two minutes, facing five successive attacks from the Demon King, Mu You almost vomited from reviewing the sequences.

Especially the last one, where the Cursed Doll’s probability of triggering dropped below 0.01%, which meant on average he had to rewind ten thousand times for a single success!

Fortunately, his luck wasn’t too bad this time; after just over two thousand retries, he managed to successfully trigger it. Otherwise, that one instance alone would have been too much for Mu You to handle.

What made him feel even more desperate was that only seven minutes had passed, his attributes would continue to decrease, and the next three minutes were all to be in this grueling mode!

Just thinking about it made Mu You’s scalp tingle; however, at this point, all he could do was hold on, otherwise all his efforts would be in vain.

[...The Demon King’s attack fails again, and it lets out an annoyed roar, reaching out to grab the laughing imp on its neck. Unfortunately, the Cursed Doll nimbly dodges the Demon King’s grasp and quickly retracts into the item.]

[At this moment, the bright moon in the sky is slowly expelled by the Tengu, the earth becomes bright again, and the Demon King seems to finally sense the crisis!]

[The Demon King looks at you, who is frantically fleeing ahead, but this time it doesn’t continue to chase you. Instead, it suddenly raises the Demon King’s Claw and claws at its own heart!]

[Green blood spurts out, and the Demon King’s HP starts to rapidly decrease...]

"Eh?"

Mu You was taken aback.

He was just worrying about how to get through the next three minutes when the Demon King suddenly stopped chasing him, and even started to self-harm?

[...The Demon King completely ignores you, standing still, as the Demon King’s Claw repeatedly pierces its own heart, its HP visibly plummeting...]

What the hell, the Demon King is giving up?

Mu You frowned; this strange scene made him feel like he was overlooking something.

Until half a minute later...

[The Demon King’s HP falls below 70%!]

[The gap between the Demon King’s and your HP percentage exceeds 30%, the Demon King commits the Sin of Envy. The flames of envy ignite within you, burning fiercely, and your HP begins to rapidly decrease!]

"Wait a second..."

Mu You’s eyes suddenly widened as he realized what the Demon King was planning!

The Sin of Envy, an ability he had previously overlooked, took effect whenever the HP percentage between them differed by 30%, whether the Demon King had more than him or he had more than the Demon King, the result would be the same—his HP would decrease until the difference was reduced to within 30%!

If that was all there was to it, it wouldn’t be so bad. If the Demon King wanted to make him bleed by using this method, it had to first lose HP and actively increase the gap to 30%, so this method couldn’t kill Mu You, because even if the Demon King self-harmed down to just 0.1% HP, Mu You’s HP would remain at 30% and wouldn’t drop further.

The problem was, the Demon King could quickly regain HP through the Sin of Gluttony, and under its suppression, none of the Demon King’s enemies could recover HP by any means!

This meant that in this battle, Mu You’s HP would decrease ever so slightly never to recover, while the Demon King, after dragging him down, could heal back to full HP through Gluttony.

At that point, since the gap in their HP would be more than 30% once again, the Sin of Envy would activate again, continuing to burn Mu You’s HP until he was completely consumed by the flames of envy!

"Damn it, that’s just too underhanded!"

Snapping back to reality, Mu You couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

He now realized that hidden within his seemingly unavoidable ’lunar eclipse’ strategy was such a loophole!

But what surprised him even more was—wasn’t the Demon King supposed to be a virtual character simulated by the Hero’s Tower? How could such a virtual character know how to assess risks and exploit bugs?

It was clear that the Demon King realized that Mu You had the ability to force the Cursed Doll to trigger, knowing that continuing to pursue him would be futile; that’s why it immediately changed its strategy.

[The Demon King, seeing your HP finally begin to drop, reveals a cruel smile, clawing more vigorously at itself...]

[The Demon King’s HP falls below 50%, your HP falls below 80%...]

[The Demon King’s HP falls below 30%, your HP falls below 60%...]