Chapter 173: The Mechanism of the Undead King
Once Yuliya’s teleportation cooldown was up, she teleported directly to the cliff, right in front of a stone slab adorned with treasure chests.
Maybe it was because the Boss had been vanquished, but the seals had disappeared, and the chests were now free to roam!
She picked up one of the chests and noticed it was a special type that didn’t display its item grade.
After confirming that the area was safe, Yuliya boldly opened the chest.
Inside was just one item, pitch-black with a dark red hue, and it was pulsating like it had a heartbeat!
She leaned in for a closer look, and the item panel popped up.
【Item Name: Heart of Longfessel
Item Grade: Golden Legend
Item Description: The heart of the Undead King, retaining his final sliver of consciousness.】
What the heck is this? The Undead King?
Another mysterious item! And its grade is Golden Legend—did I just stumble into a new pitfall?
While Yuliya was lost in thought, the heart suddenly floated up and then zoomed away like a rocket toward the horizon.
Oh no! This doesn’t seem like a trap after all—fantastic, right? …Not!
“Wo Ri! Don’t run away!”
Yuliya tried to chase it, but the heart had already vanished into the sky.
“MMP! I worked so hard to defeat that Boss and finally crack open the reward, and now it can just sprout legs and run off! Is there no justice in this world?!”
Yuliya was feeling quite frustrated.
Fine then, time to leave.
With the Boss taken care of swiftly, she had plenty of time to visit Green Shade City.
Yuliya headed toward where the Three-tailed Demon Fox had been napping. She sensed a teleportation array was active over there.
Defeating a Boss and then using a teleportation array to leave? That follows the dungeon rules perfectly!
With no hesitation, she stepped into the teleportation array.
Time rewound by three hours, and the scene shifted to Green Shade City.
Two hours earlier, players from the Huaxia Server had defeated the gatekeeping Boss at the inner city gate, breaking through into the Royal City Area.
With high spirits, they confidently entered the Boss area, ready for a thrilling Boss fight.
But as soon as they made their entrance, BAM! The Boss blocked their way!
This Boss was actually playing the bouncer!
The body of the Undead King barely resembled a human form, with its head and arms made from a jumbled heap of bones.
Its body and legs were black, seemingly forged from some mysterious mass of flesh all jammed together.
It stood over ten meters tall with arms stretching three meters long.
The players immediately entered battle mode, but upon seeing the Boss’s info…
At that moment, the players felt like the world had come crashing down.
Level 45?! A whopping 1.2 million health points?!
What is this? Going up to the heavens?!
Fight? Nah, see ya later!
Some players were skeptical at first, thinking it was just an illusion.
But when they instinctively attacked the Boss, only to see a flurry of “-1” notifications pop up, they lost all hope.
“All units retreat!!!”
With that command, everyone ran for their lives.
The Boss, meanwhile, decided that it was time for a little fun.
With a single swipe, it wiped out a crowd, and even the wind generated from its palm strike injured players. Heck, it could probably k*ll a few just by glaring at them!
Luckily, the Boss was just playing bouncer, and the players were at the edge of the Boss zone, so a few steps back had them out of harm’s way.
As long as they stepped out of the Boss zone, it would retract like it had been electrocuted, resulting in minimal casualties.
If the Boss hadn’t blocked the entrance and had attacked them deeper into the area, those thousands of players would have been guaranteed toast.
Soon enough, the players figured there must be some mechanism to lower the Boss’s level, or else how could they possibly defeat it?
Players from the Huaxia Server returned to the inner city to regroup, amassing nearly seven thousand individuals.
Meanwhile, they sent others zooming off to the other four inner city gates to connect with players from other servers.
This information had to be shared.
The threat of the Boss was too great; they needed to unite all players to tackle it together.
Though competitive, players fundamentally belonged to the same faction and had the potential for complete solidarity when facing a common enemy.
Those at the large exploration points were the cream of the crop, fully capable of discerning primary and secondary conflicts.
Currently, the Huaxia Server had the most players in Green Shade City and was making the fastest progress.
The other three factions simply didn’t have as many players and had split their forces evenly into the Illusion Forest. When the Huaxia players came to share intel, some were only halfway through defeating their gate Bosses, while others had barely started.
When all players finally gathered, it took about an hour and a half.
First, they all took a good look at the Boss from a safe distance, confirming the situation before holding a proper strategic meeting.
This time, it was nothing like the chaotic mess in Ashen City; they were actually going to lay out clear plans and tactics.
Then, they divided into groups: some would stay to monitor the Boss, while the rest scattered through the inner city to look for the key mechanism to deal with the Boss.
Suddenly, a black meteor streaked across the sky, moving at such rapid speed that it created a massive sonic boom, trailing behind it a long tail of fire.
This scene immediately grabbed everyone’s attention.
The meteor flew straight toward the Royal City Area and, with a thunderous crash, kicked up a massive cloud of dust.
Before the guards could react to what just happened, a roar echoed, reverberating throughout the Royal City Area and half the inner city.
That was the Boss’s angry roar!
“Report! The Boss is behaving strangely!”
The guards quickly fell back, retreating from the Royal City Area while communicating the developing situation to their command center.
A few joint commanders hid near the city gate leading to the Royal City Area, peeking to observe the Boss from a safe distance.
At this range, they couldn’t see the panel, but something felt off; what if the Boss charged into the Royal City and just wiped them out?
High-level players are super cautious, except for Yuliya—she was simply steady.
The next moment, players witnessed a jaw-dropping sight.
The gigantic body of the Undead King suddenly thudded down to its knees, slamming its head into the ground, babbling incoherently.
If Yuliya had been here, she would have recognized it.
It was saying, “I am a sinner! I have betrayed my country, my people, my kingdom, and humanity!”
But the other players just stared at each other, utterly baffled by the situation.
After a beat, they decided to send someone closer to investigate.
Just as they were about to issue the order, the Boss sprang back up, teleporting to face the group of players with a cold stare, resembling its earlier self but entirely different from just moments ago.
All players rapidly pulled back, retreating as the Boss made no move to attack.
After waiting a while, the Boss suddenly dropped to its knees again, babbling to itself.
A bit of time went by, and then it stood up coldly once more.
After a few cycles of this, players exchanged glances, slowly grasping the truth.
This was the mechanism we were looking for!
