Seeing that Lin Yu still wasn't taking the initiative to attack, Sykes finally ran out of patience. He raised his greatsword in one hand and pointed it at Lin Yu in the distance. "I'll give you one last chance. Use everything you've got to entertain me. If I'm in a good mood, I might spare your life."
When Lin Yu gave no response, Sykes finally lost his patience. "Hmph, in that case, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. Die!"
With that, Sykes pushed off with both legs. The ground exploded under the tremendous force with a boom, and he shot toward Lin Yu like an arrow loosed from a bow, slashing his greatsword at Lin Yu's throat.
Watching Sykes charge at him, Lin Yu tightened his grip on the magic scroll and flew swiftly into the sky, dodging the greatsword.
"Ugh, another one who can fly. I hate running into people who can fly!" Looking up at Lin Yu, Sykes hefted his greatsword onto his shoulder with one hand and pressed the other to his forehead.
Looking down at Sykes, Lin Yu raised his hand and cast Lightning Ball. Three spheres of energy made of lightning flew swiftly toward Sykes.
"Useless, useless, useless! Those little tricks won't work on me at all!" Sykes mocked Lin Yu, raising his sword and swatting all three lightning balls apart in a single stroke. Then he pushed off with both legs and shot toward Lin Yu in the sky like a cannonball, swinging his sword at him.
Looking at the greatsword just inches away, Lin Yu smiled. With Sykes's feet off the ground and nothing to push against in midair, this was the opportunity he had been waiting for.
As he cast Repulsion, a tremendous repulsive force erupted in every direction with Lin Yu at its center.
Sykes's greatsword came within three centimeters of Lin Yu's neck, but could get no closer.
The next moment, Sykes was sent flying by Repulsion's tremendous force.
Watching Sykes tumble through the air, Lin Yu didn't hesitate. He pulled out the hand he had kept inside his cloth bag, clutching the magic scrolls, and infused all three scrolls with mana the instant he took them out.
The next moment, three Explosive Flame Bombs, each a full half meter in diameter, appeared beside Lin Yu.
Under Lin Yu's control, all three Explosive Flame Bombs struck Sykes as he flew backward.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Three explosions rang out almost simultaneously. At the same time, Lin Yu noticed that the health bar above had been nearly emptied.
[Boss · Warrior · Sykes Lv. 10] Health: 2500/40000
After being hit, Sykes plummeted toward the ground like an arrow loosed from a bow.
With a boom, Sykes's body slammed heavily into the ground, kicking up a great cloud of dust.
Looking at Sykes, obscured by the dust, Lin Yu knew full well how important it was to finish him off. He pulled three more magic scrolls from his cloth bag and immediately activated the magic on them. Three Explosive Flame Bombs formed and flew swiftly toward the dust below.
Just before the three Explosive Flame Bombs struck, a figure shot out of the dust, successfully dodging all three.
Seeing that the health bar above hadn't decreased, Lin Yu knew his attack had missed completely.
The figure that had burst out of the dust was Sykes. He was in a terrible state. The runic plate armor covering his body had been completely blasted to pieces and was nowhere to be seen. His flesh and skin had been torn to shreds, and the flesh and skin on his face were completely gone, exposing stark white bone. His right leg was missing entirely, and a huge wound gaped in his abdomen, with his internal organs spilling out of it.
Then Lin Yu saw something that shocked him. Sykes reached one hand into the pouch at his waist and pulled out a bottle of red potion. It took Lin Yu only one look to recognize it. Wasn't that damn thing a life potion, commonly known as a health potion?
Who the hell is the boss here, you or me? How can a boss have potions to restore his health? Is that reasonable? Is it fair?
Seeing that Sykes was about to drink the potion, Lin Yu had no time to dwell on his shock. He raised his hand and cast Earth Cage, controlling several stone pillars in an attempt to restrain Sykes and stop him from drinking the potion to restore his health.
Facing the stone pillars trying to pin him down, Sykes raised his sword and swung it repeatedly, slicing every incoming pillar to pieces before drinking the life potion.
The instant the life potion entered his stomach, a tremendous surge of vitality erupted from it, and his missing flesh and skin began to grow back.
Seeing Sykes's health steadily recover, Lin Yu kept casting spells to attack him. However, these spells were still too slow for Sykes, and he could simply dodge them when he was serious.
Watching Sykes run around the arena below, dodging his attacks, Lin Yu felt somewhat helpless. Why does it feel like I'm the boss and Sykes is the player?
Nourished by the life potion's tremendous vitality, Sykes's injuries soon vanished completely.
Lin Yu could now see what Sykes looked like: he was a two-meter-tall human man with rugged features and bulging muscles all over his body.
Seeing that Sykes's health bar above had been completely refilled, Lin Yu felt somewhat helpless. What a pity. If only his mana control had been good enough to cast four spells at once. If he could have cast four spells at once, he would have taken out four magic scrolls instead of three. If he had cast four spells, he could have killed Sykes instantly.
Looking up at Lin Yu in the sky, Sykes praised him. "Not bad. You're very good. I admit I underestimated you just now. From this moment on, I'll give it everything I have to kill you."
With that, Sykes reached into the pouch at his waist again and took out five potions of various colors.
Seeing that Sykes's aura had clearly grown stronger after he drank four of the potions, Lin Yu complained furiously in his mind.
You're the damn player here, aren't you? You're even buffing yourself before fighting the boss.
Watching Sykes apply the last potion to his greatsword, Lin Yu tried casting spells to harass him and stop him from buffing himself.
However, it didn't work at all. Sykes was too fast. He dodged Lin Yu's attacks while applying the potion to his greatsword to strengthen the weapon.
Faced with this situation, Lin Yu chose to stop attacking and began doing his best to recover the mana he had spent.
An eerie silence fell over the scene as both sides worked to restore themselves to fighting shape.
The instant Sykes finished strengthening his greatsword with the potion, he moved. He bent his legs, his leg muscles tensing as he began to exert force. The next moment, he pushed off hard with both legs, launching himself straight at Lin Yu.