Chapter 551: Teacher, I Can't Learn This!
Many players were stunned. Anyone who had fought the Nameless King knew that the dragon's health was extremely thick. Even when attacking its head, it would take at least several rounds of attacks to push the boss into its second phase. But Chen Mo, relying solely on a two-handed greatsword, had directly forced it into the second phase with just two strikes, all within a mere few seconds!
However, what was even more shocking was yet to come.
After entering the second phase, the Nameless King would personally descend to fight the player. As the eldest son of Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, he also possessed the power of lightning.
His spear could call down lightning from the sky, striking players with agonizing force.
Many players, when facing the Nameless King, would specifically equip their set of armor with the highest lightning resistance and raise the Dragonslayer Greatshield, all to prevent the boss's lightning damage from instantly killing them.
But looking at Chen Mo's current health, forget about ordinary lightning damage—the Nameless King could kill him with just a single touch! With that amount of health, wearing any equipment was meaningless. It would even be better to go naked, as that would reduce weight and make movement more agile...
Many secretly worried, though everyone also knew this wasn't a live stream. Since Chen Mo had already released the video, there was certainly no risk of failure.
They were just extremely curious: how could Chen Mo, with only a sliver of health, speed-kill the Nameless King's second phase?
The video continued. The Nameless King, holding his lightning spear high, charged fiercely at Chen Mo!
Many had suffered from this move before. Generally, when the boss launched an attack, it was in a state of hyper armor, meaning the player's attacks couldn't stagger it in a short time. So, most players chose to continuously roll to dodge, waiting until the boss finished its entire combo before seizing an opportunity to attack.
But Chen Mo had no intention of dodging at all. The weapon in his hand had somehow changed to the Exile Greatsword. He charged straight at the boss and began trading blows with it!
The players were stunned. Wasn't this suicide?
Anyone who had played *Dark Souls* knew that trading blows was only meaningful when the boss had just one or two hits of health left, because the boss's health and attack power were on an entirely different level from the player's.
The boss was still at full health, while Chen Mo had only a sliver left. Trading blows like this would obviously result in Chen Mo being instantly killed!
But what happened in the video defied everyone's expectations—it could only be described as unbelievable.
Chen Mo sprinted forward. The moment the Nameless King's lightning spear thrust toward him, he rolled forward to dodge the attack.
This part was still normal. However, the Nameless King's spear attack was a series of thrusts, striking repeatedly. Yet afterward, Chen Mo didn't roll again at all. Instead, he swung the Exile Greatsword and traded blows with the Nameless King!
One strike!
Two strikes!
Three strikes!
Chen Mo and the boss's attack rhythm were strangely synchronized. Each time, Chen Mo struck the boss first, and only then did the boss's spear thrust toward him.
Under these circumstances, the boss couldn't be staggered, but Chen Mo's greatsword dealt terrifying damage. Each strike took off nearly a quarter of the boss's health.
On the fourth strike, before the Nameless King's spear could even come out, Chen Mo's Exile Greatsword had already landed on him, completely emptying his health bar!
The Nameless King, who had tormented countless *Dark Souls* players to the point of despair, collapsed weakly!
The players were shocked. In those few seconds, they hadn't clearly seen what happened. They had to watch it a second, third, or even fourth time!
Including the dragon, Chen Mo had only struck a total of six times: two on the dragon and four on the Nameless King.
And what was most astonishing wasn't Chen Mo's insane damage, but how he hadn't died?
The Nameless King's first thrust was dodged by Chen Mo's roll, but the subsequent three thrusts were all made while Chen Mo stood directly in front of the Nameless King!
Everyone knew that in *Dark Souls*, the front of a monster was the most dangerous position, because many of its skills could interrupt the player's attacks. Yet Chen Mo had traded blows with the boss head-on and taken no damage at all throughout the entire process!
This video immediately caused an uproar in the *Dark Souls* player community, even spreading to the internet where many non-players clicked in out of curiosity.
Although these people didn't play the game, they were well aware of its difficulty. They were used to watching streamers get endlessly tortured in the game. Now, seeing such a speed-kill video, everyone—whether they understood it or not—was engaged in heated discussion.
"Oh my god, the entire boss fight took just six strikes, and the whole video is only 20 seconds? How is this even possible?"
"Damn, I thought Chen Mo meant speed-killing the boss within a minute, but it only took 20 seconds? And that includes the phase transition and the boss's running time!"
"Chen Mo cheated! He used a one-hit-kill hack and an invincibility hack!"
"Are you dreaming? How could Chen Mo openly cheat in a video he released himself? He said to study the tricks behind it, which means it must be achievable through normal gameplay!"
"Could this be done by overpowering the boss with equipment? I've never heard of damage like this. Even if all equipment were fully upgraded, it shouldn't be this insane, right?"
"Up there, it's very hard to overpower bosses in this game. It might be okay in the first playthrough, but Chen Mo said this is on the highest difficulty. He also mentioned that the resources you can obtain per playthrough are limited, so you can't get resources far beyond that playthrough. In other words, he must have utilized resources to an extreme limit to achieve this effect."
"Forget the equipment, can you explain how he landed those three strikes? Why didn't the boss deal any damage?"
This 20-second video sparked a frenzy of discussion among players. Many had initially hoped to learn how to beat the Nameless King from this video, but after watching it, they said, "Learn this? No way!"
Teacher, I simply can't learn this!
Many loyal *Dark Souls* players began analyzing the principles behind the video, studying what special equipment Chen Mo had used.
Clearly, Chen Mo must have equipped the Red Tearstone Ring. This ring's effect increased damage dealt when the player's health was very low.
So, Chen Mo had deliberately lowered his health to a minimum before fighting the boss, just to maximize the ring's effect and boost his damage.
Additionally, Chen Mo had likely used other damage-enhancing methods, including special weapon arts, the Dragon Torso Stone, Power Within, and specific buffs like enchantments.
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