Chapter 166: Exaggerated Boss
As Yuliya swung her way to the highest point on this side, she let go of her right hand and flew over towards the other side.
But even with this swinging action, she still couldn’t reach the cliff’s wall; if she fell, it would definitely be game over.
Yuliya decided to fly for a moment, spinning in the air a few times.
She even had the nerve to throw her arms open as if to embrace the sky.
When her falling speed began to pick up again, she started to fix her gaze on the wall across from her, mentally counting down.
One, two, three!
Blink!
As everyone knows, blinking doesn’t change the state of an object; it’s just a spatial leap.
But it does rotate the direction of space.
With this blink, Yuliya not only got closer to the wall, but she also adjusted her trajectory, turning her downward speed into a forward dash.
Finally, she managed to grab hold of a tree on the opposite cliff, spinning around the trunk three times before landing perfectly on the tree!
Once she landed, she spun around again and with a slight bow, took a bow like she was on stage.
But in an instant, her composure shattered; she started excitedly shaking her fists and wiggling her legs.
This time, she truly nailed her stunt.
“How exhilarating! So thrilling! This entire maneuver is physics, and thank goodness I paid attention in physics class!”
The viewers in the live room watched in awe as she executed her series of moves.
When she first jumped off the cliff, everyone was pretty skeptical, though they mostly held back their criticism. Why?
First, anyone who had badmouthed her before had been slapped in the face too many times to be brave; second, they just couldn’t find it in their hearts to criticize this cute girl.
When they saw her slowing down and skillfullyScaling the wall, many thought she was using that as a method to descend the cliff, and the applause in the chat started rolling in again.
Then she started swinging!
The chat went wild.
She flew towards the opposite side.
The chat vanished.
She blinked to adjust her position, and then hung onto the tree trunk, landing elegantly atop it.
“Wait, hold on a minute! Is this really a thing people can do?”
“Dude! Amazing!”
“A thousand words condensed into one—Wind God is incredible!”
“This move left me dumbfounded. How didn’t she fall? One slip-up, and she would have been toast!”
“She’s got guts! I wouldn’t dare cross even if they built a bridge here!”
“All the words need no embellishments.”
Finally…
“Seriously? You’re telling me this is physics? Which school teaches this? Who’s the master? I’ll hire them on a fat paycheck!”
“This is pure magic! No, wait, not even magic; it has to be a dream. Everything’s possible in dreams.”
“I’m taking the college entrance exam this year. This is the kind of physics question my teacher would give as a final challenge! Swap out the person for a small ball, and the process is identical!”
“Yo, buddy! Just stick to solving problems in class, okay?”
Yuliya had no idea that just showing off had drawn such a crowd of onlookers and discussion.
She merely glanced back at the opposite side and then prepared to climb the mountain wall.
The scent was up there.
Getting to the top would be much easier; just needed a bit of time.
She carefully picked a path, aiming to stick to the existing footholds on the wall.
For places with no footholds, she directly bombarded the wall, digging out a spot just big enough for her to land.
When it got particularly tricky, she simply blinked her way up.
After about ten minutes, Yuliya successfully reached the mountaintop.
She took a sniff; she definitely hadn’t gone wrong.
This mountain was the largest in the area, so the mountaintop had a wide range.
Following the scent for a bit, she finally found her spot.
But it looked like she was blocked off over here.
As a certain famous individual once said, “When there’s no way, take a detour!”
This boss was definitely no pushover; breaking through carelessly could give away her position.
If things got sticky, she could end up trapped with a boss in front and nowhere to run back.
After wrapping around a huge circle, Yuliya finally found another way through.
The terrain here was noticeably smoother; this was the real path up. More likely than not, the endpoint of a teleportation array was down here at the foot or the midsection of the mountain.
There would undoubtedly be challenges ahead, but no one would expect some sneaky little move to come up from behind.
Yuliya stealthily approached and then peeked out to survey.
The boss was sleeping.
What a great opportunity! Time to… whoa, hold up!
Yuliya immediately retracted her bold plans, pulling back her half-extended body and head.
Just pulling back wasn’t enough; she scuttled back a whole thousand meters and hid behind a giant rock.
That one peek had scared the daylights out of her.
【Name: Three-tailed Demon Fox (Purple Boss, Master of Illusions)
Level: 40 (Golden Intermediate)
HP: /】
Holy moly! A purple boss! And it’s level 40!
Master of Illusions, huh? So this must be the final boss of this major exploration point.
But level 40? Talk about an insane level gap! Players’ damage gets substantially discounted, but the damage dealt by the boss? Now that’s a serious power boost!
If this boss leveled up just one more time, player damage would drop to a measly 1! You’d need to headbutt it to do any real damage!
In this scenario, forget just Yuliya going in alone; even summoning all the players from Illusion Forest wouldn’t be enough to deal with this fox.
It would basically be a slaughter!
Previously, she was the one doling out the punishment; now it seemed roles were about to reverse.
So she was having none of it.
“Forget it, I’m outta here! Back to safety!”
Fuming, Yuliya turned to leave.
What she thought was a big reward turned out to be a gigantic headache she couldn’t even handle.
Not just Yuliya, the viewers were sounding off in the chat too.
“What kind of terrible design is this? It’s like the game doesn’t even want players to fight!”
“The level designer deserves to be fired!”
“d*mn! I thought the beginner village boss was suspicious! The officials were just pulling our leg, and now look at this! Absolutely disgusting.”
“But you know, speaking of the beginner village boss thing, I suddenly wonder… could there be some special mechanic at play?”
“Yeah, mechanics! Levels can also be a mechanic. Didn’t that Black Raven City lord level up on their third stage? If one can go up, then one can go down too.”
“Extra! Extra! Recent intel from spies in Green Shade City reveals that the final boss is a golden world boss named Undead King, level 45!”
“Whoa! Green Shade City is making progress that fast?”
“Nope, they only sent a handful of people to sneak into the royal city area and scout around. They saw what they needed to but lost the whole team without a soul returning to share news.”
“If they didn’t bring news back, does that mean the main team has no clue what the boss situation is? I can only imagine their faces when facing a level 45 boss after all that effort.”
“It’s probably going to be a ‘wind god’ face expression.”
“And here in Illusion Forest, it’s the same; only the wind god took the ludicrous route while the main force has no idea at all.”
