"Roar—!"
The brain was the most important part of any living creature. With a genius like Kayaba Akihiko, he surely wouldn't have ignored this part when recreating some of the game's reality.
Therefore, the brains of some bosses were also their weaknesses. And now, Feng Chen had guessed correctly.
Red data continuously spurted from the top of Shining Magic Eye's head.
(It didn't die?)
That made sense, too. Shining Magic Eye was a Dragonoid monster. Dying because its brain was attacked? Perhaps that outcome had never existed from the start. The brain was merely easier to injure.
Or perhaps the torch was too short to reach Shining Magic Eye's brain, and had only managed to pierce its head.
There was another possibility: Shining Magic Eye hadn't been pierced by the bottom of the torch at all, but had been injured when it smashed the torch into a rectangular shape.
Regardless of which was true, Feng Chen was satisfied as long as he could injure the boss.
"Roar—!"
Shining Magic Eye could no longer unleash Dragon Breath. It could only express the emotion called rage within its imperfect soul by repeatedly punching Feng Chen.
"Feng Chen!"
Asuna caught Feng Chen and brought him back toward Bella and Kirito, then took out a healing crystal.
She performed numerous operations—but all of them were futile. This was the Crystal Invalid Zone, which was why Feng Chen had insisted on fighting.
"It won't work..."
Thus, they had been fighting from the very beginning while facing the desperate situation of the Crystal Invalid Zone.
He hadn't told them because Feng Chen was worried that they would become afraid and try to flee after learning about the Crystal Invalid Zone.
But could they really escape? From the moment they joined the Strategy Group, whether they belonged