Watching Sykes close in rapidly, Lin Yu stopped recovering mana and cast Repulsion again.
This time, Sykes was prepared, and Lin Yu's Repulsion did not throw him off balance.
Using the repulsive force Lin Yu had unleashed, Sykes twisted in midair and sprang toward the other side.
The next moment, Sykes condensed the Qi beneath his feet into a platform, then pushed off with both legs, changing direction in midair and charging straight at Lin Yu.
Watching Sykes rapidly close in, Lin Yu flew backward at speed while pulling out a magic scroll with one hand. The instant Sykes came within three meters, Lin Yu activated the Explosive Flame Bomb scroll.
Facing the incoming Explosive Flame Bomb, Sykes once again condensed the Qi in his body into a platform, changing direction in midair and dodging the bomb coming straight at him.
Watching Sykes turn so nimbly in midair, Lin Yu really wanted to complain about this era's power system. This damned Qi was ridiculous: it could not only enhance physical abilities, but also be condensed into solid platforms for changing direction at will in midair. Lin Yu had thought being able to fly meant being able to attack from above, but this boss could simply change direction at will in the air.
I can't fight him. There's no fighting him at all. If this keeps up, my mana will run out sooner or later. I have to find a way out of this.
Lin Yu barely dodged Sykes's greatsword, coming close to being cut in half several times. At that moment, Lin Yu could only rely on magic and greater agility in the air to barely hold off Sykes's attacks, all while feeling mana steadily drain away.
Gritting their teeth, Lin Yu came up with a crazy idea and stopped dodging.
Seeing that Lin Yu was no longer running, Sykes stopped in midair and taunted, "What's wrong, little mouse? Not running anymore? Realized you can't get away? Now you understand how weak you are, don't you? Weaklings should just die obediently. Give up your pointless resistance, and I can let you die without pain."
Lin Yu answered Sykes's taunts with three Wind Blades.
Facing the three invisible Wind Blades, Sykes raised his greatsword and dispersed all three with a single swing. The next moment, he shot forward like a cannonball, arriving in front of Lin Yu in an instant and swinging his sword horizontally.
Lin Yu had no time to dodge the incoming blade. And as far as Lin Yu was concerned, there was no need to dodge it anyway.
Lin Yu lunged forward, ignoring the body being cut in half, and wrapped both arms around Sykes's neck, hanging onto him.
Clutching three magic scrolls, Lin Yu smiled.
"Got you."
Noticing the magic scrolls in Lin Yu's hand, Sykes's expression changed. "Are you fucking crazy?! You can't dodge at this distance either!" As he spoke, Sykes raised a hand and flung the half of Lin Yu's body hanging from him away.
Sykes's reaction was still too slow, however. Although Lin Yu was flung away, the magic scrolls had already activated at that instant, and three Explosive Flame Bombs appeared right in Sykes's face. At that distance, Sykes could no longer dodge.
There was little Sykes could do at that distance. Just before the Explosive Flame Bombs hit, he gathered all the Qi in his body across his entire body, trying to withstand the three bombs at point-blank range.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The violent explosions engulfed both Sykes and Lin Yu, and Sykes's health bar above him was instantly emptied.
[Defeated boss · warrior · Sykes lv10, gained 0 experience (experience full, unable to gain experience), obtained exclusive material: king's soul]
The force of the Explosive Flame Bombs hurled Lin Yu out of the arena and into a tree. After smashing through several branches, Lin Yu's body came to rest hanging from a fork in the tree.
Fortunately, Lin Yu had used the mana in their body to protect their vital parts with all their might before the Explosive Flame Bombs exploded. Otherwise, the force of the bombs going off at point-blank range would have been enough to kill Lin Yu.
Of course, Lin Yu's condition was now little different from death. Everything below the head was gone, and if Life Extension had not kept Lin Yu clinging to life, Lin Yu would have already respawned in the Newbie Village square.
Hearing the system's kill notification, Lin Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the attempt at mutual destruction had succeeded: three point-blank Explosive Flame Bombs had instantly killed the boss.
Sensing how little mana remained, Lin Yu thought of a problem. Respawning would not repair clothing, so Lin Yu would most likely respawn completely naked.
Damn it, why doesn't respawning repair clothes too?! Lin Yu roared inwardly.
At that moment, Lin Yu's mana was completely exhausted, and the life-sustaining Life Extension spell stopped working without a supply of mana.
Lin Yu's vision went black. When Lin Yu opened their eyes again, they found themselves respawned in their room at the inn.
"Phew, good thing I didn't respawn in the middle of the Newbie Village square!" Looking at their naked body, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Come to think of it, why didn't anyone on the forum mention that renting an inn room makes you respawn in it?" If Lin Yu had not respawned in the inn room, they would not have known that renting one made a player respawn directly inside it.
"Forget it. What I should be thinking about now is how to go out and buy clothes." Looking at their naked body, Lin Yu was considering a very important question: how were they supposed to go out? Lin Yu was not thick-skinned enough to go out naked.
After thinking for a while, Lin Yu actually came up with a solution.
Taking out ten silver coins, Lin Yu immediately used Alchemy, turning the coins into flowing silver threads.
Under Lin Yu's control, the mass of silver threads was soon woven into a long, sleeveless silver dress.
Holding the silver dress, Lin Yu found it very light and smooth.
After putting on the long dress made of silver, Lin Yu felt a chill against their skin.
Lin Yu shivered, then, after getting used to the feel of the silver garment, cast Water Mirror to see how they looked.
This works.
As far as Lin Yu was concerned, it did not matter whether the dress looked good. All Lin Yu needed was to make sure it covered everything it should.
After making sure nothing was exposed, Lin Yu opened the inn room door and went out.
Now, Lin Yu needed to go to a general store to buy clothes and a cloth bag.
Arriving at the nearest general store, Lin Yu went inside and spent 10 silver and 50 copper on ten robes and one cloth bag.
Lin Yu slung the cloth bag over their back, put the ten robes inside it, and prepared to return to the inn to change.
The long silver dress felt strange to wear, so as soon as Lin Yu had bought new clothes, they prepared to return to the inn room and change out of it.