'Dual Blades' Makes Another Appearance!

Blue-white flames in a grid pattern spewed across the floor. The Floor Boss's massive metal body faced away from the entrance, flame-like gas pouring from its savage ram-like maw. In its right hand, it held an enormous greatsword, swinging it wildly from side to side and slamming it into the ground before it.

Standing opposite it were figures incredibly small compared to its two- or three-meter-tall frame—the members of the Army!

"Ah!" "Aah..." "Aah!!"...

The greatsword fell mercilessly around them, stripping away their HP bit by bit. The Army members could only fend it off in panic. The disciplined, orderly formation Wu Yan and the others had seen earlier had long since vanished, leaving behind nothing but terrified screams...

The Floor Boss spat pale-blue breath over every one of them, driving their HP bars lower and lower. By now, not a single person in the Army, including Kobatz, still had a green HP bar, proving that their HP had already fallen below half! Yet the Floor Boss had four entire HP bars, and not even the topmost one had been emptied!

Kirito and Asuna were both stunned as they watched the hellish scene.

"What are you doing?!"

Finally snapping out of it, Kirito clenched his fists and shouted, "Why aren't you teleporting out?!"

"N-No..." An Army member clutched a Teleport Crystal and screamed, "The crystal won't work!"

Kirito and Asuna shuddered, their faces going blank.

If the crystals could not be used, then the Floor Boss's room was a Crystal Nullification Zone!

"H-How could this be..." Asuna covered her mouth, fighting the urge to retreat. As she watched the Army members being driven back, their HP dropping again and again, her delicate body began to tremble.

In the past, no Floor Boss room had ever turned out to be a