Hao Jianjun shouted loudly, raising his shield that glowed with golden light as he charged forward.

A player from his party rushed out from behind him, and with a wave of their hand, a protective shield appeared on Hao Jianjun.

The Berserk Giant Ape was startled and lunged at Hao Jianjun, its massive fist pounding down fiercely.

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Hao Jianjun's right hand, which held a long sword, suddenly disappeared, replaced by a delicate red potion that he tilted back to drink.

Find the original at "pawread dot com".

High-level recovery potion, restores 160 health points per second, lasts for 5 seconds, cooldown time of 15 seconds.

The player following Hao Jianjun at the maximum distance waved their staff, and a golden light fell on him, restoring over 400 health points.

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The Berserk Giant Ape's first skill wasn't finished yet, as two more punches landed on Hao Jianjun's shield, directly triggering his Thunder Shield.

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Ground Shattering Strike!

The Berserk Giant Ape's area attack skill was used up, with a cooldown time of 8 seconds remaining.

"Everyone, attack!"

With Hao Jianjun's command, almost all the players charged forward, including Li Wu.

As expected from the top players of Beginner Village No. 5188, two more healing skills landed on Hao Jianjun, successfully restoring his health to a healthy level, indicating that more than one of Hao Jianjun's subordinates had healing skills.

"Players who can't withstand the boss's area attacks, manage your time to dodge skills," Hao Jianjun commanded loudly.

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-720 (Slash)

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-720 (Slash)

Li Wu's damage was quite impressive; apart from him, only a limited few top players could deal three-digit damage, and even then, it was just barely.

However, he only threw a Fireball and an Ice Arrow before retreating to 50 meters away. He had only 780 health points and 90 defense; one Ground Shattering Strike from the boss could instantly kill him.

The Berserk Giant Ape's health was dropping quickly. As top players of the Beginner Village, their damage output was naturally impressive, with no single-digit skill damage, unlike when fighting the Silver Wolf King, where there were freeloaders everywhere, and the screen was filled with -1.

The boss's health steadily decreased, and Hao Jianjun maintained stable aggro, with the Berserk Giant Ape's health dropping to half without any casualties.

But just as the Berserk Giant Ape's health dropped to 50%, the situation suddenly changed.

The three-meter-tall Berserk Giant Ape roared towards the sky, its entire body swelling like a balloon, quickly transforming into a colossal figure over ten meters tall.

The giant ape's eyes turned blood red, completely ignoring Hao Jianjun, who was hitting its ankle, and leaped into the densest group of players, raising its fists and smashing down, turning a dozen players into white light amidst their screams.

It wasn't over yet; the Berserk Giant Ape seemed to have gained intelligence, grinning as it specifically targeted the fragile ranged players, taking them down one by one with glee.

"Everyone, spread out! Fragile players, retreat from the attack range, melee players, use potions to maintain health."

Hao Jianjun shouted commands as he charged forward again, trying to hold the Berserk Giant Ape's aggro.

Unfortunately, the berserk state of the boss ignored him, jumping around the field as if searching for something.

At this point, Li Wu was already hiding behind a rock in the distance, trembling.

When the Berserk Giant Ape's health was still at 55%, Li Wu had already run away!

Others didn't know, but he was well aware that the Berserk Giant Ape was likely looking for him.

He had just run out of mana and couldn't resist taking a few swings with his sword during the cooldown of the Berserk Giant Ape's area attack skill, only to be startled by his own damage output and quickly ran away.

He hadn't expected that the poison could also cause slash damage. Goodness, with those few swings, the Berserk Giant Ape's health plummeted, and it seemed like Hao Jianjun could barely maintain aggro.

Even as Li Wu was running away, the Berserk Giant Ape continued to suffer slash damage every second.

After escaping the danger zone, Li Wu glanced at the backend, his heart pounding.

Poison damage also ignored defense, dealing 23 points per second. Li Wu had slashed four times, stacking up to 4 layers, dealing 92 points of damage per second, plus the slash triggered by his normal attacks.

In just three to four seconds, he had dealt nearly 6000 damage to the Berserk Giant Ape, and the subsequent 4 seconds of continuous poison and slash damage hadn't even been counted.

The aggro was huge! Li Wu retreated further, all the way to the entrance of the valley, hiding behind a large rock, quietly observing.

Li Wu guessed correctly. After going berserk, the boss ignored Hao Jianjun's taunt control and immediately sought out the person who hurt it the most. Unfortunately, Li Wu had already run away, so it settled for chasing the players who posed the greatest threat to it.

In its berserk state, the Berserk Giant Ape had an area attack skill every 4 seconds. Li Wu had no intention of returning to the battlefield, waiting for the Berserk Giant Ape's health to drop to 20% and enter a feigned death state.

The berserk state of the giant ape was indeed terrifying. With more than half of the players gone, its health finally dropped to 20%.

As soon as it reached 20%, the Berserk Giant Ape's body shrank instantly, then curled up on the ground, motionless, holding its head.

"Quick, attack!"

There was no need for Hao Jianjun's reminder; the remaining dozens of players on the field desperately began to attack. Unfortunately, at this point, the Berserk Giant Ape's damage reduction was as high as 90%, with most of the damage numbers floating above its head being single digits. The few surviving top players could only deal twenty to thirty points of damage.

The Berserk Giant Ape still had 36,000 health points. Killing it within a minute seemed impossible.

Twenty seconds passed, and the boss's health was still at 15%. Some players believed it was a sure failure and simply retreated.

At thirty seconds, the boss's health was still at 13%. Hao Jianjun reluctantly called for his teammates to retreat.

At this point, Li Wu had just run from the valley entrance to the vicinity of the boss.

He had hidden too far away, taking half a minute just to run over.

"We can't kill it, retreat from the valley and try again after regrouping."

As Bai Dabao was retreating, she saw Li Wu running against the flow and quickly called for him to retreat.

Li Wu ignored her, sprinting towards the Berserk Giant Ape.

The retreating players rushed out of the valley, with some mocking that there was an idiot.

As Bai Dabao was about to leave the valley, she glanced back and saw Li Wu desperately hacking at the boss from afar, sighing inwardly.

Even if you ignore defense, how can you kill the boss alone?

The surviving players escaped the valley, and a few of the top players gathered to analyze their failure, planning to try again when the players who had died returned.

At this moment, a player seemed to receive some news, and then there was an uproar.

"Why did the system notify me that I dealt damage to the Berserk Giant Ape and was rewarded with 1000 experience and 5 reputation points?"

"What?"

Everyone quickly checked their system notifications, their expressions changing.

Those who reacted quickly turned back towards the valley, and the others hurriedly followed.

The Berserk Giant Ape was gone, with copper coins scattered on the ground reminding everyone of what had happened.

The boss had been killed, but where was the person?