Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 157: Fierce Leader, Complete the Dungeon
Lin Bo had previously faced giant boss monsters that, while incredibly lethal, were limited by their heavy bodies and lacked the ability to be flexible in their combat techniques.

This shortcoming can be easily exploited by players to gain an advantage in battle.

However, the lost tree dweller they encountered at this time, Xinya, was a person of medium build, and in terms of the diversity of her fighting style, she was not much different from the players.

According to the Purgatory difficulty guide compiled by the channel players, the boss monster of the central control tower has a total of three combat postures, two for attack and one focused on defense.

As the number of team members increases, the leader will inevitably gain a certain degree of strength. Perhaps his physical activity increases, making him more difficult to kill, or his strength and speed grow, or new combat mechanisms are added.

Before this, no player in the channel had ever faced the ten-man group of Lost Tree Hunters. They were the first group of pioneers.

[Swift Beast] smiled brightly, raised his sword high, and typed in the channel: The battle of honor is calling us, or it may be death. Enjoy this moment, friends.

Echo Knight stopped laughing, his expression so cold it could cut through ice and snow, and he swung his sword with all his might.

The greatsword drew a large area of ​​brilliant white cold light and collided with a narrow and long serrated wooden sword. The two collided with each other, making a sharp metallic sound and sparks bursting out.

The knight's stance was as solid as a mountain, his boots gripping the floor tightly, but he was still knocked back three steps by the blow. He was completely at a disadvantage in the exchange of strength.

His echo phantom stepped forward, swung his greatsword, and blocked the lightning-fast second blow from the Lost Tree Man, and was chopped back like a ghost.

Next, there is the third knife and the fourth knife!

The steps of the lost tree hunter are like dancing, the knife shadows are like flying skirts and fluttering butterfly wings, and the cold light of the knife shadows is like a light pale ribbon wrapped around its body, which hurts anyone who touches it.

The white gorilla's flail spun three times, carrying the heavy and pungent air in the central control tower hall, whistling through the wind and slamming into the third knife.

The barbarian roared, and the orc's swollen muscles were like taut steel cables. He held the throwing axe in his right hand above his head, leaned his upper body back, lifted his left foot off the ground, and his whole body turned into a fully-strung crossbow. As his right leg pushed off the ground, all the strength in his body was transmitted from his heels to his fingertips, throwing the axe in his hand.

The flying axe, like a cannonball, hit the fourth sword, and the axe blade shattered. The Lost Tree Hunter was knocked back and his dance steps froze for a moment.

"Magic energy explodes!"

A pale green beam of magical energy burst forth from the warlock's fingertips, like a laser spear, piercing the air with a low howl. The magical energy exploded onto the Lost Tree-Bearer, pushing it back several meters with an unstoppable repulsive force.

[Gun Bullet]: The moment of death has come

The artilleryman raised his pistol and pulled the trigger, but what was fired was not a bullet, but three red, burning rays that fell on the leader, piercing through his breastplate and leaving three charred, burning wounds.

The magic turret beside him shook, and the main gun fired. The shell hit the enemy's abdomen and smashed it into the corner of the hall. A huge explosion occurred, and the air wave blew the debris on the ground into rolling dust. His teammates in the front row narrowed their eyes.

There was no notification on the network information board that the leader monster had fallen, only its health status had been deducted.

When the smoke and dust settled, the Lost Tree Hunter, who had taken a high-explosive shell head-on, stood up. The open wounds on his chest and abdomen were filled with emerald green vines surging like intestines, and his entire body from neck to hips was in tatters. However, such injuries did not affect his ability to continue fighting.

The Lost Tree Man said intermittently: "Very good, what awaits me must be... a sweet death..."

The long blades in its arms clashed, tangling into a long, spiraling lance. The Lost Tree Hunter adjusted his stance, standing sideways like a fencer, his feet taking a lunge, his lance held horizontally, the tip pointed at the crowd.

This is some unknown form of combat, but everyone has seen the consequences of being pierced by a spiral spear: death due to being drained of water.

The direction in which the lance was aimed almost went through the center line of the entire team. The Echo Knights in the front row, the Mage Cannoneers in the middle row, and the Kid Brother in the back row were all on this line.

Cold sweat streamed down their foreheads.

Lin Bo's eyes hidden behind the mask stared at the leader monster's every move. Two rapidly rotating rings were suspended on the palm of his right hand, and the residual heat formed a vortex, constantly blowing his clothes.

The time-mechanic beside him held a licorice root in his mouth, his fingers dancing in geometric shapes, weaving the power of order flowing through his body, and chanted, "Acceleration!"

The magical gyroscope released a clear light that enveloped Lin Bo's body. In an instant, a layer of electric surge passed through his nerve endings, and his cerebral cortex seemed to be activated. His thinking reaction became faster, and subjectively, the movement of things around him slowed down.

The Lost Tree Walker took a lunge and stepped forward, leaving a dent in the hard metal floor like a mudflat. The huge reaction force pushed its body into a series of afterimages on everyone's retinas.

It was fast, simple and powerful. Even the wind couldn't catch up with its speed.

Only a few players could clearly see the boss monster's trajectory, but their bodies couldn't keep up. In that fleeting moment, even moving a finger was difficult. The speed at which neurons transmitted signals was simply too slow.

The knight exhaled a breath, he could switch places with his echo, but avoiding it would expose his teammates to the attack. So he stood still, waiting for the impact.

Two brilliant circles flew out from his ears, heading towards the spiral spear of the Lost Tree Man.

One ring, carrying enormous kinetic energy, struck the top of the spear, knocking it to the ground. The other rushed forward, heading for the neck of the Lost Tree Man.

In this high-speed battle where even the dust stopped, the leader monster was able to react, its agility increasing as its form changed.

It changed its pace and avoided the whale fire ring at the critical moment.

The ring that fell behind its head suddenly changed direction strangely, turned at a sharp angle, and attacked its back of the neck again.

Keng!
The ring hit, and if the relative speed had not dropped suddenly, this blow would have cut off the neck of the leader monster. Now it only caused its body to deviate from its original track.

Everyone saw a flash before their eyes, and two silver arcs flashed through the residual light, collided with the air, and burst into brilliant sparks.

The three sonic booms overlapped, transforming into a deafening shriek.

The magic turret at the edge of the team was very unlucky and was hit by the Lost Tree Dweller that flew sideways. The entire fuselage was lifted off the ground and rolled over like a car hit by a heavy truck.

The Lost Treeling lay prone on the turret, a ring embedded in the back of its neck, now blazing with blue whale-like flames. The spear pierced through the turret's body, embedding itself firmly within; the spiraling vines twisted and turned, yet could not draw any moisture or nutrients.

The leader monster twisted its torso, ripped the spears from its arms at the shoulders, and stood up with only its legs remaining.

It stomped its feet suddenly, shaking off the whale fire ring embedded in the back of its neck. The wound quickly oozed sap, extinguishing the flames.

Two whale fire rings floated in the air, the flames went out, and the rings began to rotate again to accumulate power.

It was only then that the teammates realized that a fight had just taken place. They were not surprised that the mage could interrupt the leader monster's powerful charge.

[Swift Shadow Beast]: Brother Mage, thank you for saving my life!

The Lost Tree Hunter jumped lightly on the spot, as if stepping on a spring. His thighs and calves wrapped in armor gradually expanded, and strong airflow was sucked into his legs as he bounced.

After just a few jumps, tiny arcs of electricity began to burst out of its body, and its legs acted like generators, continuously charging energy for the whole body.

This is the form seen when dealing with Nightmare Morning Star, which can shoot arcs of electricity to hurt people.

Seeing this, the players immediately launched a new round of attacks without waiting for the Lost Tree to be fully prepared.

Throwing axes, bullets, and grenades flew past in a dense swarm, turning into a hot and deadly iron curtain.

The Lost Tree Hunter raised its legs and fired bullets towards the player. Dense high-pressure air spurted out from the honeycomb holes all over the soles of its feet, forming a diffuse conical shock wave that blew away the projectiles and pushed its body backward rapidly.

It adjusted its posture in the air, accelerated with several jets, turned its body in the air, and bounced between the walls and beams of the hall like a projectile. Every time its legs flexed and extended, air was injected again, and the electric light surrounding its body became stronger and stronger.

The whale fire ring shot out, chasing the jumping leader monster.

There was a dark green lightning in front, and two frosty white cold lightnings behind. The three were chasing each other at high speed and colliding with each other one after another.

Unlike the Lost Tree Hunter who loses speed every time he turns, the circle controlled by the Flow Control Technique will only continue to accelerate until it hits the target, pouring out all its strength.

After its body was chopped into pieces by the rings, the Lost Tree-Sinya finally stopped trying to escape. It took the attacks from the two rings head-on, stuck them in its body, and rushed into the player team.

Aiming at the largest white gorilla, the dark green warrior raised his knee and struck it, ejecting air from the soles of his feet, making the speed of this attack comparable to that of a cannonball.

Master Song's flail came forward, and his knee hit the iron hammer, but the iron hammer was bent and broken. The white gorilla was hit in the chest, and the entire sternum collapsed. The hair was scorched black by the lightning, and the body flew out sideways.

The little brother shook his staff to give emergency treatment to the summoned creature.

The next moment, the Lost Tree Hunter stomped his feet and rushed to the front of the Trickster who was wandering on the outside of the formation.

The black-skinned, white-haired elf suddenly cast invisibility on himself, and while retreating to avoid it, he cast a silent phantom at the spot.

This magical phantom is a human figure, exactly like Ms. Morning Star. Although there is no sound, the expression in her eyes and eyebrows is extremely vivid.

The Lost Tree Man's terrifying Thunder Knee Strike stopped.

During the brief moment of unconsciousness, it stared at the phantom in front of it, motionless.

No one expected that a mere silent illusion could have such a good control effect.

Lin Bo sensed the whale fire ring stuck in the leader monster's body, and without saying a word, he activated the Fierce Control Technique, causing the flames to explode and burn its internal organs.

Flames burst from beneath Xinya's visor, and her vocal cords were filled with heat. She let out a bright, high-pitched, short laugh that sounded 90% like a woman's voice.

Unable to contain his curiosity, the elf boy shouted in his broken local language, "You are her, right?"

The Lost Treeman did not respond, its body completely engulfed in the azure flames.

Suddenly, the warrior's swollen legs exploded, and the lightning and shock waves dispersed the whale fire and also made the players' bodies shake.

The leader monster self-destructed, and a heart-shaped vine ball flew out from the wreckage. It landed on the wreckage on the ground, extending its roots to absorb nutrients from the wreckage. At the same time, flower buds bloomed on the surface of the heart, spewing out gray-green pollen poison gas.

This was yet another unknown transformation. The dying Lost Tree-Bearer was reconstructing its body at an incredibly fast rate. Even if players unleashed firepower, shattering and incinerating the vine ball, it would still be able to revive as long as its roots remained and its corpses remained on the surface.

Just when everyone was about to start a fight, the alchemist in the team took out a bottle of potion and smashed it on the vine ball. The emerald green liquid spread and the soaked tree roots immediately withered and died.

Everyone was surprised and asked what kind of potion it was and why it was so effective?

[Medicine is worse than life]: Herbicide

As the herbicide killed the last living root, the central control tower hall finally fell completely silent.

[The conditions for clearing the instance have been met, and rewards are being calculated.]

[Rewards for this instance: 12000 Comprehensive Disaster Coins, 162000 General Experience, Gardener's Helmet (Gray), 5 White Raging Coffee Liquids, Blue Life Signal Search Device, Purple Deep Mutation Leg Armor, "Double Blade Dance" (Skill Book), "Blood Snake Winding Traces" (Lore Fragment)]

[The time and space changes in the copy have been eliminated]

[You receive a special reward: Affix Treasure Chest - [Nightmare's] Company Year-End Bonus]

[Countdown to the opening of the transmission channel...]

(End of this chapter)