"Crackle, crack."

"Oh."

I stared at the dark blue sparks crackling around my body with a mix of curiosity and amusement.

Despite casting a sword barrier to counter the torrent of sword energy unleashed by the Azure Death King, as expected, this phase ignored invincibility and bestowed a debuff upon me.

And that debuff was:

[Punishment, 40 stacks (598 seconds)]

[Damage taken increased by 10% per stack, healing reduced by 3% per stack]

I grinned widely.

"Not a big deal."

Of course, for an average tank player, this would be a massive penalty. Any mistake after receiving this debuff could be fatal. Even patterns that could be blocked had to be perfectly parried; failure meant instant death. And if HP dropped, it would be nearly impossible to recover.

But.

"I’ve always fought like this."

Whenever I used the Hero's power, my HP was locked at 1%.

I gained tremendous strength but entered a state where even the smallest error could cost everything.

This wasn’t any different.@@novelbin@@

Even though death here wasn’t final, I fought as if my life depended on it.

Boom! Boom! BOOM!

Leaving the exploding blue orbs behind, I surged toward the Azure Death King.

Thanks to the special phase mechanics we just executed, the boss's HP had already dropped to 65%.

If we repeated this process two more times—

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