Does This Boss Have a Hidden Stage Too?

Vital Energy Backlash finally began after about half an hour, as the text on the screen changed.

It was finally over!

SpongeBob immediately perked up and watched the other side expectantly. A dazzling mass of energy gathered in the air, eventually merging into a half-human, half-beast monster.

The monster looked overall like a humanoid dinosaur. It stood on two thick hind legs, while its two forelimbs were even longer than its hind legs. Its enormous hands had four thick, long fingers, each tipped with sharp claws. A thick tail trailed behind it. Its head resembled that of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, with a bloody mouth, and its whole body was covered in crocodile-like bony plates. From head to tail, the creature was over five meters long. Even in its slightly hunched standing posture, it was more than three meters tall. Standing before Luo Jun, it was like an adult facing a toddler.

This was the monster made from 75% of my Vital Energy? It looked pretty ordinary, like some random mob you could find anywhere in fantasy games or movies... It was way too unimpressive... I thought it would be some massive Primordial Giant Beast.

Then again, if this monster were really hundreds of meters tall, this room wouldn't be able to hold it.

As Luo Jun pondered this, the monster opened its bloody mouth and roared at the sky. The entire room shook with its roar! What an imposing presence! Luo Jun frowned. Such an enormous amount of energy compressed into such a small body... its danger level might have increased rather than decreased. Better strike first and test its strength!

With that thought, Luo Jun lunged forward and punched the monster in the abdomen!

Thud!

With a muffled boom, the monster was sent flying backward, its back slamming into