Time Gun

This boss is incredibly difficult to deal with.

The Fear Controller has three phases, each targeting something different, which makes it exceptionally hard to defeat.

The first phase involves possessing a Minotaur Beast. Its attack range and damage are immense, requiring precise positioning and jumping every time it attacks to dodge.

Otherwise, the shockwaves alone will chip away at your health. If you're hit by its fists, you'll also be stunned, making it a perfect counter to slow, tanky Warriors.

The second phase is a Skeleton Knight with extremely high magic resistance, high agility, and high attack power, making it a counter to Mages...

The third phase is its true form, immune to physical damage. It applies various all-target debuffs that drain health, and if your healing can't keep up, it's a total wipe.

Kurumi dashed out of the camp entrance, cautiously dealing with its attack patterns.

"Aaaargh, human, you actually found my hiding spot! Then you shall die!"

As she finished speaking, its gray-black body instantly expanded, transforming into a Minotaur Beast that was as tall as a three-story building.

It clenched its two massive fists together and slammed them forcefully onto the ground.

"BOOM!"

Like a clap of thunder, the earth trembled.

Kurumi leaped up in time, dodging the shockwaves from the impact.

"City of Eating Time! Third Bullet, Second Bullet!"

She unleashed three skills in quick succession. The Minotaur Beast was already sluggish, and with the slow debuff applied, its body became even slower.

Furthermore, Kurumi's slow skills didn't just reduce the target's movement speed; they also reduced their attack speed!

"BOOM!"

Another giant fist smashed into the ground.

But those slow fists were so easy to dodge, even a grandma could have done it.

Soon, it was time for the second phase.

Similarly, no matter how high its agility, it couldn't outmaneuver Kurumi.

She defeated it using a kiting strategy, the same one used to deal with ordinary monsters.

The third phase wasn't troublesome either. With Allison's Weapon Blessing, the boss's health in the third phase plummeted. The only issue was the unavoidable, arena-wide control effects that caused her to lose health multiple times.

As the fight reached its climax, with the boss having only two thousand health remaining, the debuffs stacked on Kurumi were draining her health at a rate of one hundred points per second.

Allison's Healing could no longer keep up with the health drain.

With no other choice, Kurumi activated a skill she hadn't used yet.

"Zafkiel!"

Kurumi raised her antique rifle and shouted.

A giant golden clock materialized behind her.

Anticipating that she might not be able to withstand the debuff's health drain later on, Kurumi had been saving her Time Value.

Activating Zafkiel's second effect required 100 Time Value.

The next moment, Kurumi revived on the spot with full health.

Zafkiel's second passive effect entered a twenty-four-hour cooldown, and her attributes were reduced by 50%, but it wasn't a major issue as the boss didn't have much health left.

Bang, bang, bang...

Bullets carrying golden light struck the Fear Controller floating in the air, depleting its remaining health.

"Did I fail again... No, it's good that I failed. Thank you, adventurer. Otherwise, I would have done something unforgivable again..."

The Fear Controller drifted down from the sky. Its gray-black soul body became clear, as if all its turbid power had been dispelled, transforming into a human soul of azure blue.

Its crimson eyes became calm, and its indistinguishable face seemed to show a hint of relief.

It then dissolved into light and vanished.

Simultaneously, a large pile of equipment and materials dropped.

Two blue excellent-grade equipment items, one purple rare-grade equipment item, and one gold epic-grade item.

After picking up the items, Kurumi smiled upon seeing the stats of the epic-grade item. This was precisely the item she wanted the most.

[Equipment Awakening Gold Stone]

Quality: Epic

Effect: Allows Legendary-grade equipment to be promoted to Epic grade.

Description: A stone that is enough to drive all artisans on the continent into a frenzy!

In addition to promoting equipment levels, this item can also awaken the wearer's own equipment.

Don't forget, all of Kurumi's equipment is currently in an unlocked state, and the quality of Kurumi's Avatar is precisely Epic grade. This item couldn't have come at a better time.

Kurumi didn't hesitate and directly unlocked the weapon in her equipment slot.

"Ding! The Equipment Awakening Gold Stone is extremely precious. Do you confirm using it to unlock the weapon for [Dimensional Avatar: Tokisaki Kurumi]?"

"Confirmed!"

Soon, the epic item disappeared.

"Ding! [Dimensional Avatar: Tokisaki Kurumi] Weapon Awakening successful."

[Time Gun] (Epic)

Equip Level: Lv.1

Type: Weapon

Profession: Exclusive to Tokisaki Kurumi

Attributes: ① +100 Attack Power, ② +100 Max Time Value.

Active Skills: ① Instantly gain 50% Time Value, 10-minute cooldown.

② Within the City of Eating Time, can perform distance flashes, 10-second cooldown.

Passive Effects: ① Allies within the City of Eating Time can also enjoy a speed bonus.

② For every boss killed, the cooldown of Zafkiel's second passive is reduced by one hour.

③ Shadow Skill Clones +1, while Shadow Clones are not dead, the main body and Shadow can switch back and forth (Shadow Skill not yet obtained).

Although she knew the weapon's attributes from her past life's memories, Kurumi couldn't help but feel overjoyed upon unlocking the weapon once more.

Epic-level life grade (Kabbalah Spirit), epic-level weapon (Time Gun), coupled with various outrageous skills, Kurumi's current strength had become outrageously high.

Within the shattered camp.

The people from the Holy Grace Divine Cult, seeing that Kurumi had dealt with the monsters, ran over with pleasant surprise.

Kurumi also canceled her Talent Avatar, preparing to lead them out of the dungeon and then go to the Adventurer's Guild to turn in the quest.

However, before they could celebrate, a prompt sound rang out.

"Ding! You have attracted the attention of a certain existence..."

"Ding! A powerful Deity has descended, you are being watched, and have been suppressed by life grade, entering a state of immobility!"

Following the prompt, Kurumi was stunned.

Could clearing a beginner dungeon really attract the attention of a Deity? Was this a joke? She hadn't heard of any follow-up events for clearing hidden bosses in her past life...

Outside the camp, Allison and her group watched in shock as gray-black clouds condensed in the sky.

"Such powerful evil energy!"

Allison's face showed fear. In all her life, after purifying so many evil monsters, this was the first time she had encountered such a powerful being that instilled fear and powerlessness just by looking at it.

"It's over, it's over..." the Knight beside her stammered.

"What exactly did that adventurer do to attract the attention of such a powerful being?"

Outside the dungeon.

The clear sky instantly darkened, as if a heavy rain was imminent.

A large number of players gathered at the dungeon entrance. Having experienced the Rat King Subjugation, they were confident that the first player to clear it would obtain very high-level items.

After battling, snatching monsters, and frantically completing quests, their average level had reached 8, and they felt more confident facing the dungeon.

Among them were the Cleaver God of War and the Mop God of War, as their levels had also reached 10!

Especially after reaching level 10, the Cleaver God of War's talent had granted him a skill, giving him higher confidence in this run!

However, just as they were preparing to set off, a prompt sound echoed in everyone's ears.

"Ding, a powerful Deity has descended, and under the effect of life grade suppression, you have entered a state of immobility!"