Don't mess with that necromancer; his summoned creatures level up on their own!

Lu Zaoxie raised an eyebrow: "So what?" He knew very well that Su Yangwei had no idea that Zhixing had a combination technique.

He had a very good mindset; whether he could win or not, Zhixing already had his trump cards up his sleeve.

Su Yangwei looked at Lu Zaoxie as if he were an idiot: "Lu Zaoxie, you're a seasoned berserker, don't you know the characteristics of this BOSS?"

He gestured with his hands to indicate the name.

"The Shadow Death Demon possesses the dual abilities of 'Super Evasion' and 'Extreme Speed ​​Flight'!"

With extremely high movement speed and incredibly agile dodging, they are a perfect counter to ranged classes like summoners!

He leaned back on the sofa, arms crossed.

"I admit your son is indeed amazing in terms of offensive power, but want to hit the Shadow Death Demon? Dream on! He's doomed to fail this time!"

Lu Zaoxie smiled faintly, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said unhurriedly, "Old Su, nothing is absolute. My son has good micro-management skills; maybe he'll hit the target?"

Su Yangwei snorted dismissively: "Micromanagement? In the face of absolute speed and evasion, micromanagement is a joke!"

If you ask someone with a sniper rifle to shoot a mosquito flying around in the air, can they hit it?

Lu Zaoxie put down his teacup, a hint of mockery in his voice: "Since you're so confident... how about we bet another screen?"

He pointed to another screen in the corner that was playing a distant view of the examination room.

"Take that piece off too, it'll be enough for you to have a meal."

Su Yangwei paused.

The smell of that screen just now... was indeed a bit choking, and even a bit harsh on the throat.

The burnt plastic taste in my mouth hadn't completely dissipated, and the burning sensation still lingered at the back of my tongue.

However, he was provoked by Lu Zaoxie's words, coupled with his understanding of the BOSS mechanics and his knowledge of ranged classes.

No matter how you look at it, Lu Zhixing has no chance of winning.

What can a fragile summoner with no mobility or survival skills do when facing an assassin-type boss, except wait to die?

Su Yangwei sat bolt upright, his voice rising several decibels: "Fine, I'll bet! You think I'm afraid of you? If he can beat the game again this time, I'll not only eat the screen, I'll gnaw this corner of the table on you!"

Lu Zaoxie laughed loudly, his voice echoing in the VIP room, making the water in his teacup slosh around: "Good! Old Yu is my witness!"

Yu Xiaogang sighed helplessly, looking at his two old classmates slamming their fists on the table and glaring at him like schoolchildren.

"Alright, alright, I'll be your witness. You two are almost 90 years old combined, how childish..."

On the sandy ground of the arena, the enormous teleportation array was more than ten times larger than any of the previous levels.

The array patterns covered almost half of the arena, and blue light surged from them.

Lu Zhixing stood at the edge of the magic circle and gestured with his chin toward the little vampire.

The little vampire walked to the edge of the magic circle, opened her arms, and dark red light surged from her palms.

"Boom—!"

The earth trembled, and thick walls of sighs rose up along the edge of the magic circle faster than ever before.

Six walls formed a huge hexagonal cage, enveloping the entire teleportation array.

Lu Zhixing watched as the last wall closed and breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew... this was a huge project, but we still made it in time."

The countdown ended the moment the final wall of blood closed.

The teleportation array burst forth with a blinding white light, filling the entire arena.

Countless beams of light shot into the sky, accompanied by a variety of chilling roars that echoed through the heavens.

[Rock Monitor Lizard, Lv.25] ×10.

【Venomous Flying Serpent, Lv.25】×10.

【Shadow Bat, Lv.25】×10.

【Ironclad Rhinoceros, Lv.25】×10.

【Abyss Banshee, Lv.25】×10.

There were fifty level 25 monsters in total, half of them were land beasts and the other half were flying monsters.

The land monsters were trapped inside the blood wall, the armored rhinoceros was frantically ramming against the wall, and the rock giant lizard was whipping the wall with its tail.

But the Wall of Sighs remained unmoved—a level 25 monster was not enough to shake the little vampire's carefully constructed defenses.

The flying monster took flight the instant the light from the magic circle dissipated, soaring over the five-meter-high blood wall and swooping down on Lu Zhixing.

Lu Zhixing looked up at the approaching dark cloud: "Let's shoot birds, little zombie."

The little zombie's voice exploded from behind him.

[Little Zombie: Hahaha! I've been waiting for this moment! Die!]

The bluish-gray figure sprang up from the ground, moving so fast that it left a trail of afterimages in the air.

Its fist exploded in the air, and the first Shadow Bat was hit in the chest, its body shattering into pieces in mid-air.

The second, the third, the fourth—the little zombies kept changing direction, chasing and attacking in the air, so fast that even their afterimages formed a line.

Every single one of its attacks precisely struck the vital points of a flying monster; not a single punch missed its mark.

In just thirty seconds, all thirty flying monsters were wiped out.

Dark red blood and shattered feathers rained down from the sky, covering the arena floor.

Inside the blood wall, twenty land monsters were still frantically crashing into the wall.

The armored rhinoceros has the strongest impact force; with each impact, the wall vibrates.

The rock giant lizard lashed at the base of the wall with its tail, sending pebbles flying.

The little vampire pressed her hands against the wall, and dark red light flowed from her palms into the wall, desperately repairing the cracks.

[The little vampire is exhausted: My walls are about to give way! These idiots are incredibly strong!]

Lu Zhixing's eyes turned cold.

"Can't hold on? Then send them on their way. Little zombies, Polar Cyclone, full coverage."

The little zombie had landed on top of the blood wall, its bluish-gray palm pressed against the top of the wall.

The wind element surged from its palm into the wall, traveled along the wall to the ground, and then spread out.

Instantly, countless red halos lit up the ground inside the blood wall, one after another, covering every inch of the entire prison.

The next second—

"boom--!!!"

Twenty-four towering pillars of wind rose from the ground simultaneously.

The rock giant lizard's rock armor was peeled away layer by layer in the wind pillar, and the armored rhinoceros's charge seemed meaningless in the face of the wind pillar.

After two rounds of wind-blown bombardment, the inside of the blood wall fell silent.

The ground was riddled with holes from the impact of the wind, and sand mixed with bits of flesh and blood covered the entire cage.

A system notification sounded:

[Congratulations to candidate Lu Zhixing! Monster clearing phase complete! Attention—the BOSS will descend in sixty seconds!]

A new message popped up in the system notification:

[BOSS Name: Shadow Death Demon. Level: Lv.25.]

This target possesses extremely high flight speed and an exceptionally strong instinct for dodging ranged attacks. Candidates are advised to prepare accordingly.

Lu Zhixing frowned slightly as he looked at the message.

Extremely high flight speed and strong dodge instincts—for summoners, it's not the monsters with high health that's scary, it's the monsters that move around randomly.

This type of assassin-type boss is indeed a hard counter to squishy ranged classes like summoners whose skills require prediction.

He glanced at the little zombie, which was crouching atop the blood wall, looking up at the dark red sky above the arena, waiting for the BOSS to arrive.

Lu Zhixing thought to himself, "The Shadow Death Demon is fast, has high evasion, and is especially effective against ranged attacks."

The standard strategy is to have a tank stand in front, restricting its movement, then use crowd control skills to keep it in place before dealing damage.

The Little Vampire's Wailing Wall can restrict the ground, but not the air.

The little zombie's Overlord Chasing Wind Fist is fast enough, but whether it can hit a BOSS that is "flying at top speed" is a real question.

Polar Cyclone has a wide coverage area, but while such wide-area skills are great for dealing with small monsters, their effectiveness is greatly reduced when facing a fast-moving single target.

Lu Zhixing thought to himself, "Little zombie, be careful. The main event is coming. This time, the BOSS is extremely fast. Follow my instructions."

The little zombie squatted on the wall, its voice tinged with excitement.

[Little Zombie: "Fast? There's no target I can't hit! Watch me take them down in one shot!"]

Lu Zhixing sighed inwardly.

This silly kid is still too young and doesn't know what professional suppression is.

But his tone remained indifferent: "Sure, since you're so confident, you go first."

But let me make this clear: if you miss your shots, or get completely outplayed, then shut up and follow orders obediently, understand?

The little zombie paused, its voice carrying an impulse fueled by a surge of competitive spirit.

[The little zombie: "Alright! Watch my performance later!"]

The moment the countdown reached zero, the teleportation array burst forth with a dazzling blue light, illuminating the entire arena.

A sharp screech instantly tore through the air.

A jet-black figure burst out of the magic circle, moving so fast that it left a black afterimage in the air.

It hovered in mid-air, its wings flapping slowly.

【Shadow Death Demon (BOSS), Lv.25】

A humanoid monster, nearly three meters tall, covered in jet-black scales.

It looked around at the six dark red high walls, the traces of the explosion on the ground, and the stench of blood in the air.

Finally, its crimson eyes locked onto Lu Zhixing, who was standing at the edge of the arena.

The little zombie leaped from the wall and pounced on the shadowy Death Demon in mid-air.

[Little Zombie: "So what if you can fly? I can fly too! Die!"]

The fist sliced ​​through the air, aimed directly at the chest of the shadowy Death Demon.

But just when they were still half a meter away...

The shadowy Death Demon's body swayed strangely, as if it had moved a short distance out of thin air.

The little zombie's fist passed through a blurry afterimage, but didn't touch anything.

It passed through that afterimage, and the inertia carried it more than ten meters away, where it somersaulted in the air before regaining its balance.

The little zombie turned around, looked at the unharmed shadowy figure of the Death Demon, and for the first time, a hint of surprise appeared on its face:

【"Um?"】

The little zombie readjusted its posture, made a sharp turn in the air, and attacked the shadowy Death Demon's back again.

This time, it anticipated the opponent's dodge direction, and its fist landed at the opponent's possible movement position a fraction of a second earlier.

The Shadow Death Demon's wings trembled slightly, and its body shifted a short distance to the side, just avoiding the attack range of the little zombie.

The fist grazed the edges of its wings but didn't touch anything.

The little zombie chased after the opponent five times in a row, accurately predicting the opponent's movement direction each time and blocking the evasion route in advance each time.

But the Shadow Death Demon's speed and evasion far exceeded its expectations.

No matter how it anticipates, turns, or accelerates, it can only fly past, leaving only a fleeting afterimage.

The shadowy Death Demon didn't even turn around.

It simply flapped its wings and occasionally swayed its body, perfectly avoiding all of the little zombie's attacks.

It's teasing the little zombie.

[Little Zombie: "What the hell is this thing? A loach? Don't move, or I'll punch you!"]

In mid-air, the shadowy Death Demon narrowed its scarlet vertical pupils slightly.

It stopped looking at the bluish-gray figure; although the thing was annoying, it posed no threat.

Its gaze fell on Lu Zhixing.

That frail aura, that method of using elemental manipulation for ranged attacks—it was all too familiar.

Human summoners, in its long history of killing, this fragile profession is its favorite plaything.

It has lost count of how many human summoners it has torn to pieces with its own hands.

The expressions of those summoners before their death—terror, despair, helplessness—are its favorite seasoning.

Especially when they find that their attack methods are meaningless in front of it.

The changes in those expressions bring it joy every time it recalls them.

The shadowy Death Demon opened its mouth and let out a low roar: "Roar—!!!"

Its black mist wings flapped suddenly, and its body vanished from the spot.

When it reappeared, it was already more than ten meters away.

It was so fast that it was almost impossible for the naked eye to see; all that could be seen was a black streak of light flashing through the air, heading straight for Lu Zhixing on the ground.

In the monitoring room, Shen Jing suddenly grabbed Lu Zaoxie's arm tightly.

Even knowing that Lu Zhixing was protected by a soul and that nothing could really happen to him, her instinctive worry as a mother still made her heart skip a beat.

Lu Zaoxie remained silent.

His pupils contracted sharply in that instant, and his fingers unconsciously gripped the sofa armrests.

Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but lean forward slightly. The usually composed man now had his gaze fixed on the screen like a hawk.

He had witnessed countless battles and seen countless geniuses be overturned at the last moment.

He knew the key to this attack: if Lu Zhixing couldn't stop it, everything would be over.

This demonstrates the absolute dominance that agile bosses have over mages.

Without any means to save their lives, death is certain.

Su Yangwei's lips curled into a smile.

The shadowy Death Demon was less than ten meters away from Lu Zhixing.

Its claws were already outstretched, and its jet-black scales gleamed coldly in the dark red light.

Lu Zhixing stood at the edge of the arena, facing the dark figure that was rapidly approaching.

He raised his right hand, fingers spread, pointing it straight ahead.

Red and blue, two completely different elemental forces, merged in his palm.

The cyan of the wind element and the red of the blood element, like two intertwined snakes, hovered, intertwined, and spun above his palm.

Finally, a vortex the size of a fist formed. The vortex continued to expand, and its color deepened.

The stripes of cyan and red turned into a dark purple that was a chaotic mix of cyan and red.

"boom--!!!"

Centered on Lu Zhixing, an extremely terrifying heat wave erupted in all directions.

A whirlwind of crimson and blue hues rose from the ground, spreading outwards from him and engulfing everything around him.

The sand and soil on the ground were swirled up, gravel was blown away, and the air trembled.

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters.

The storm expanded to cover the entire arena in less than a second, forming a giant tornado with a diameter of over fifty meters.

[Moonlight Bloodstorm!!]