“Be careful, here it comes!"

My sword dangled loosely in my hand as I sprinted back toward the rest of the party. I reached a spot within range of nearly twenty healers as soon as I could. No matter how we were going to kill this boss, my first priority was to preserve my own life.

The Star Dragon’s furious roar echoed behind me and I suddenly felt a scorching sensation brush against my back. I immediately turned around to see that the Star Dragon was stretching its great jaws open. In the next instant, I saw a huge stream of dragonfire shoot out of its mouth. It looked like a concentrated beam of celestial flames that could instantly melt even steel.

I raised my hand desperately to ward off the dragonfire. Not the face!

Boom!

I bore the full brunt of that blast of dragonfire and the impact pushed me more than a few steps back. I felt as if parts of my body had been torn apart as it was assaulted by a burning pain. My vision swirled for just a second as a huge damage number popped up above my head.

27984!

……

"What the hell…"

As Li Chengfeng, who was standing a fair distance away, stared at that damage number, he took his sword and grabbed High Fighting Spirits by the collar as he sprinted backward. He had reacted just in time because that blast of dragonfire hadn’t stopped at me. It continued traveling in a perfectly straight line, scorching everything in its path. Even though Li Chengfeng had been...