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The Night Hound's crimson eyes were fixed on his figure!

Its enormous head suddenly swung around—

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Three arrows, condensed with violent energy and resembling black lightning, shot out from its mouth!

The angle was tricky, and the speed was incredibly fast, instantly sealing off Yuan Qing's space to dodge left and right!

"Damn it, this guy's skill even has a tracking effect?!"

Yuan Qing cursed under his breath and suddenly stopped! He twisted his body forcefully, and the Frostmark Longsword was instantly drawn!

"Clang, clang, rip!"

The sword flashed like lightning, and he seized the opportunity to precisely cleave the two arrows apart. However, the third arrow was too tricky and flew past the outside of his left arm!

"Pfft!"

Although it only grazed him, the terrifying energy carried by the arrow still instantly tore through his sleeve, pierced his stone skin, and left a charred and hideous burn wound on his left arm, with wisps of black smoke rising from the edges.

HP-350!

A sharp pain shot through him instantly, and a blinding red health depletion indicator flashed before his eyes.

How can a mere graze cause this much damage?

Six hundred and sixty-six, this number is so weird, even your mom isn't going to put on an act anymore!

Yuan Qing complained inwardly, but the other party wouldn't give him a chance to breathe.

In the blink of an eye, the massive body of the Night Hound had already rushed forward, its huge front paws slamming down on Yuan Qing with a piercing shriek that tore through the air!

Yuan Qing's eyes flashed, and instead of retreating, he advanced!

The moment the giant claw struck, his body slid across the ground like a fish, narrowly escaping beneath it.

At the same time, the Frostmark Longsword, carrying a chilling aura, was fiercely thrust into the relatively weak joint of the Night Hound's forelimbs!

This was a tactic he used when dealing with skeletal undead; it attacked the opponent's weaknesses and could cause a lot of effective damage, and it always worked.

"Clang! Sizzle sizzle sizzle!"

The sword tip struck the joint gap precisely, and the frost power covering the longsword erupted instantly, covering its thick armor with a layer of dark blue frost!

HP-270!

The Dark Hound's joint movement noticeably slowed down!

"Roar!"

It let out a furious roar! Its other giant claw swept towards Yuan Qing with immense force!

The latter had anticipated this, and after landing a successful blow, he immediately withdrew and retreated at full speed, his body flying backward like a willow catkin in the wind!

"Boom!!"

The giant claw swept fiercely across the spot where Yuan Qing had just stood, shattering a pile of steel skeletons into dust. The shockwave exploded outwards, and Yuan Qing, who had just landed, was thrown off balance by the shockwave.

He glanced back at the other person and couldn't help but frown.

That attack definitely hit the weak point, yet it only dealt 270 damage?

This is troublesome. The opponent has nearly 28,000 health points, and my damage is simply not enough!

Even if you manage to seize the opportunity every time, it would still take over 100 cuts to kill him!

"Human, how dare you hurt me!!"

The howls of the Night Hounds were deafening, and Yuan Qing almost burst out laughing.

Damn it, you're acting like you're going to kill me, and you won't even let me fight back? Do you think you're some kind of little vixen?

But soon he stopped laughing.

The Night Hound let out a furious, unprecedentedly shrill roar! An extremely violent and destructive aura erupted from its body!

[Knock knock! Knock knock!!]

It seems like a powerful background music is starting to play!

"..."

Why do I feel like I'm hearing the BOSS's background music again?!

Yuan Qing stared intently at his opponent, only to see the Dark Night Hound's body suddenly shudder, and the frost covering its joints shattered inch by inch!

The next second, to Yuan Qing's horrified gaze, its massive body stood upright, instantly exceeding ten meters in height! Like a demon god descending to earth!

Even more terrifying is that its two huge front paws could reach behind it as nimbly as human hands!

"Qiang!!"

With a piercing metallic scraping sound, it pulled out an enormous, jet-black two-handed warhammer from the gaps in its thick armor!

The warhammer is over five meters long! Its massive shaft is as heavy as a tank, exuding a terrifying aura of destruction!

This bastard can even use weapons?!

What, Bordo of the Irithyll of the Valley?!

Yuan Qing's heart sank to the bottom instantly. A strong sense of crisis overwhelmed him like a flood, making his hair stand on end!

Haha, I knew I was hearing background music! Turns out it's the second phase of the boss fight!

This "crap game" is so much fun!

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Two updates today, meow~ I'm working hard to write and save up some chapters, meow!

I owe 5 chapters by the deadline for the recommendation vote reward, and I've only paid back 3 chapters in total. I still owe 2 chapters!

They're pushing for the top spot on Sunday, so there's bound to be a huge update on Sunday to make up for what they owe!

Currently, there's a guaranteed 4 chapters per Sunday, and the prize pool is still accumulating! I think 10 chapters is definitely achievable!

Volume 1: Chapter 49 Mind Control!

"Roar--!!"

The night hound, which stood upright, let out a deafening roar, a sound like the rumbling of a hellish furnace!

Its blood-red eyes were fixed on Yuan Qing, filled with a ferocious killing intent!

With the force to crush mountains, its enormous body took a sudden step forward!

At the same time, the terrifying warhammer, comparable to a battering ram, was raised high by its two claws!

The hammerhead gleamed ominously in the dim light. After a brief pause, the Night Hound aimed at Yuan Qing's location and slammed down!

"boom!!"

Before the warhammer even fell, the terrifying force of the wind had already solidified and pressed down!

The rubble and debris under Yuan Qing's feet were instantly blown away, and the air almost froze in that instant. An invisible pressure pressed him firmly to the spot, making it difficult to even breathe!

"Grass!"

Yuan Qing couldn't help but curse.

He knew he absolutely couldn't take it head-on; if that thing came crashing down, not only would it turn him into a pancake, but it would also turn a tank into a metal disc!

He struggled to shake off the oppressive air pressure binding him, and his body shot forward like an arrow, lunging towards the ruins of a relatively solid concrete load-bearing wall to the side!

Just as his body left the spot—

"Boom!!"

That terrifying giant hammer, carrying the power to shatter space and destroy everything, slammed down on the spot where he had just been standing!

With a deafening roar, the entire shopping mall trembled!

The ground shattered and collapsed instantly, just like ice that had been smashed, creating a huge crater with a diameter of more than ten meters!

The violent shockwave, like a tsunami, swept wildly in all directions! Hard concrete blocks were blasted away like cannonballs! Steel bars twisted and snapped, and smoke and dust billowed into the sky!

Although Yuan Qing dodged in advance, he was still hit hard by the terrifying shockwave!

He felt his blood surging inside him, and his stomach churned as if he was about to vomit up all the food he had eaten the night before.

"Well!"

He felt a sweet taste in his throat, and his whole body was violently thrown out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the rubble dozens of meters away.

The rubble that was kicked up fell on him like raindrops.

HP-550!

A glaring red warning flashed before my eyes.

Although I wasn't directly hit, the residual force of the shockwave alone caused me to lose so much health.

That's such a rip-off for the thief.

Damn it, can't you nerf these ridiculously high stats?!

Yuan Qing lay in the ruins. Perhaps the blow had sobered him up and made his thoughts much clearer.

He opened the strategy options and quickly thought of a countermeasure.

Of these options, the dialogue function is now clear, the "Violation" option is grayed out and cannot be used, and the "Assassination" and "Stun" options haven't even appeared yet.

The option for "Mind Control" was neither highlighted nor grayed out.

This clearly indicates that the capability is currently available.

Functions deemed by the system to be unsuitable for use will either be grayed out like "Intrusion," or simply not appear at all, like "Assassination" or "Stun."

Generally speaking, assassination and stun are designed as stealth skills that can only be used before the enemy discovers them.

He's already engaged in a direct battle with the Night Hounds; it would be a miracle if he were to be assassinated.

Furthermore, the opponent is a lord-level monster. If he were a game designer, he would definitely design a setting that makes it impossible to assassinate the BOSS, in order to prevent players from conquering it too easily.

If there's an opportunity later, we can explore whether we can trigger an assassination by exploiting blind spots to "disengage from combat," but for now, let's leave it at that.

The space was too cramped, the BOSS's attack range was too wide, and its aggression was too strong. Yuan Qing had no way to escape the battle under the current "targeting mechanism".

Therefore, the only thing they can rely on is mind control.

Does this thing really work?

Seeing the Night Hound so close, about to launch a further attack, Yuan Qing simply shook off those messy thoughts and his gaze sharpened.

Screw it, just use it first—

Mind control!!

With a thought, in that instant, some invisible spiritual fluctuations, like chains, shot out from Yuan Qing's body and bound directly to the huge, ferocious head of the Night Hound.

"Buzz!"

The Night Hound's massive body shuddered violently, and a fleeting moment of confusion and disorientation flashed across its blood-red eyes, which were filled with ferocious killing intent!

Even the terrifying warhammer, which it had raised high and was about to bring down again, froze noticeably at this moment!

It worked!

Yuan Qing was overjoyed, and immediately raised his right hand, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

Now! Fireball!

He growled, and a crimson magic circle with a diameter of over three meters appeared out of thin air below the chest and abdomen of the Night Hound!

The heat waves rolled endlessly at the edge of the magic circle, the space distorted slightly under the scorching heat, and even the air sizzled.

The next second, a violent and deadly flame rose up, and a torrent of crimson flames erupted like a lava dragon breaking free from its restraints, slamming into the joint of the Night Hound's chest and abdomen armor and instantly engulfing it!

The heavy shadow armor emitted a piercing "sizzle" the moment it came into contact with the flames, and the surface of the armor turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The violent impact of the Fireball spell at the moment of its release was like a heavy hammer, slamming into the massive body of the Night Hound!

It was violently propelled upwards by this destructive force from below, and a shrill, furious roar erupted from its gaping maw—