BOSS's Fate: A Huge Loot Drop

At this very moment.

Relying on the map and combat power boosts provided by the Game System during the event, Gao Linzhi rushed into this Crystal Palace.

The protective shield crumbled almost instantly under his overwhelming attack.

This inevitably alerted Black Madman.

Gao Linzhi didn't care about this; when he saw a monster on the road, he immediately went into Unparalleled.

One after another, streaks of sword energy surged toward the target with unparalleled force.

Gao Linzhi simply swiftly wielded his knife, clearing his path without hindrance.

And at this time...

The Black Madman is recuperating in his Secret Room.

It still looked like a thin, bony old man, slumped on a jade bed.

His body emanated wisps of black energy.

Black mist swirled around it, constantly moving in and out of its body.

Its soul was severely wounded.

To its utter surprise, the usual delightful program was once again marred by an unexpected incident.

Moreover, this time, the opponent is extremely powerful.

With just one attack, it shattered its puppet and severely damaged its soul.

It was still somewhat careless.

Forgetting the risks in pursuit of momentary pleasure.

Why was I so stupid?

"Knowing full well the risks, yet unable to resist the urge to indulge, allowing his soul to possess a puppet, to experience fear and despair?"

As it recovered from its injuries, it muttered to itself.

"Alas, my cultivation is still insufficient; I cannot control the desires within my heart."

"If I can truly reach the Holy Realm, I shouldn't be controlled by these desires anymore."

"Saint is one who transcends the self, yet preserves himself."

"You will rise to power by this, and you will also perish by this."

It was muttering some incomprehensible words, which it had actually heard from those extraterrestrials.

It always believed that its local Feudal Lords -Overlord like survival model could continue for a very long time.

After all, it doesn't intend to rebel.

He only wanted to enjoy himself and Immortality.

In this situation, the strong will not be interested in it.

In fact, the imperial court did indeed turn a blind eye to it.

Let it run rampant and have its fun in the field.

As long as it doesn't target the imperial fleet, it's fine.

Only a very few powerful individuals, who occasionally heard of it, sought it out.

However, it is not fatal.

At most, the opponent can kill his puppet and destroy the forces it left on the island.

But no one ever tries to eradicate it.

Because they had no way to track it to the seabed and find its true location.

Just then, the Crystal Palace suddenly shook.

It immediately knew something was terribly wrong.

"Damn it, how dare they venture deep into the ocean and chase us all the way here?"

It sensed Gao Linzhi's arrival using the array's sensing ability.

The creature charged headlong into the Secret Room where it was located, its destination quite obvious.

Although its Secret Room is located tens of meters below the seabed and sandy beach.

But this distance is nothing to a strong person.

It simply couldn't withstand the opponent's attack power.

Despite his injuries, the Black Madman tried to escape.

However, the next moment, a figure in White Robe rushed in.

The Secret Room was breached.

"Who... Sacred Tier are you?"

"Wait, you can tell me what you want, and I'll give you everything I can!" Black Madman felt an aura locking onto him, making it difficult for him to leave.

Gao Linzhi didn't bother with words and slashed directly with his sword.

A massive blade of energy hurtled towards the Black Madman.

Who would talk too much with the boss?

The other party may be hiding many treasures, but the risks involved are certainly very high.

The villain dies from talking too much.

This is a law.

"Damn it, aren't you afraid I'll trigger Divine Anomalies and we'll all die together?" A large amount of black energy surged from the Black Madman's body, blocking the blade's energy.

As for how it was blocked, Gao Linzhi didn't know either.

Gao Linzhi is now treating it like a game. Who in a game truly understands how a character's skills work?

How exactly does that magic work, and how is it activated?

No, players only care about how good the special effects look and how high the damage is.

"Then go ahead and trigger it," Gao Linzhi said nonchalantly.

Regardless of what the other party said, Gao Linzhi slashed fiercely with his sword again.

The Black Madman tried to resist, but this time the blade energy was even stronger, directly cleaving his opponent in two.

Even though the Black Madman had been cut in two, it was still not dead.

It was still there, desperately shouting, "I surrender!"

"Please allow me to follow you."

"I can be a rat in your gutter, I can do all sorts of shady things for you."

"I can be your right-hand man."

Upon hearing this, Gao Linzhi immediately laughed.

"Heh, you wicked fellow, you dare to dream of becoming my retainer? How can I allow that?"

Do you think I'm stupid?

"Wait until you catch your breath before you try to backstab me?"

"How is this possible?"

Gao Linzhi unleashed several more sword energies in succession.

For him, game items were simply something to be used to his heart's content.

If you don't have enough Skyfall Stone, try upgrading to gold.

When there wasn't enough gold to buy more, people were told to expand production.

His target for gold is the upper limit of gold production.

His item consumption is fine as long as it's within the range of gold production.

It can be said that Gao Linzhi alone bore the burden of the total gold consumption of dozens of cities in the past.

With the help of in-game items, Gao Linzhi finally managed to kill the Black Madman.

The opponent's dark aura eventually dissipated completely, and most of their soul was also destroyed.

But it must be said that this Black Madman is indeed adept at hiding his true nature.

Just as Gao Linzhi was about to sheathe his sword, the Game System suddenly prompted:

[Residual soul of the target detected. Please use a Soul Cleansing Charm.]

[Available for purchase in the in-game store.]

Gao Linzhi then bought a golden soul cleansing talisman from the store.

The price was a full one million Skyfall Stone.

This price is already very high.

Keep in mind that one gold coin can only be exchanged for ten Skyfall Stones, and one gold coin equals one gram.

This is equivalent to 100,000 grams of gold, which is also equivalent to 100 kilograms of gold.

Fortunately, some events give away Skyfall Stone.

For example, if you buy a ton of gold, you'll receive an extra Skyfall Stone as a bonus.

Without these activities, Gao Linzhi would be really struggling financially right now.

After all, these Skyfall Stones are really expensive.

Fortunately, this cleansing talisman was worth the price, as it completely eliminated the other party.

As Gao Linzhi unleashed the golden talisman, the Black Madman's final scream rang out.

I curse you, I curse you to die a horrible death!

"Ah!"

It has to be said that the Game System really went to great lengths to eliminate these super-powerful NPCs, providing them with tremendous assistance.

Without the game's influence, Gao Linzhi wouldn't even need to think about this.

He got stuck on the very first step.

Because he couldn't possibly defeat the opponent's puppet.

It's even less likely that they could defeat the opponent's true form.

Unfortunately, this Skyfall Game, suffers from a core incompleteness issue.

This directly leads to a very ridiculous problem.

That is, the Game System clearly wants to defeat these powerful bosses.

We were supposed to rely on those players, but we couldn't provide them with enough resources; we could only offer some basic assistance and let them develop on their own.

Another thing is to provide some rankings to make them feel that this is still an online game, rather than a Single Player Game.

After killing the Black Madman, Gao Linzhi waited patiently.

Suddenly, a series of equipment, items, and even the Skyfall Stone itself exploded from the corpse.

Gao Linzhi immediately picked them all up.

Then I took a closer look in the Game Backpack.

The colorful special effects in the backpack immediately proved that this was a huge hit!

[Powerful Recovery Potion: Quickly restores 35% of your health bar over 5 seconds.]

[The Book of Strange Things: Records numerous bizarre taboos and rules]

[Evil Priests: Records of bizarre rituals and methods to exempt oneself from punishment]

[Gold Material * 100]

[Gold Weapon: Silver Shard Spear, usable at level 105]

All sorts of items were suddenly revealed.

It's fair to say that the sheer amount of gold and jewelry, these forms of monetary wealth for ordinary people, is incredibly tempting.

Of course, Gao Linzhi doesn't care about these simple, fleeting riches; only by converting them into real power can he truly rely on them.

At this very moment.

Inside the arena.

Zhang Xiaoshan and Xiao Mei are cleaning up the scene.

They are preparing a body for their former comrade.

After all, the other person's head had been crushed.

Their deaths were gruesome and unbearable to witness.

They certainly couldn't leave their comrade's body exposed outside.

At that moment, the three players quietly followed them.

These three are Xiaoyao Tianshang, Xiaoyao Dixia, and Xiaoyao Shanzhong.

After completing their mission and discovering the true identity of the Black Madman, they had already chosen to escape.

However, after seeing that someone had defeated the terrible demon, they chose to turn back.

In their eyes, since that powerful being was willing to save these three people...

No, it should be these two people, which shows they are very valuable.

That's why they chose to follow these two; they wanted to get a chance to curry favor with that big shot.

Someone capable of unleashing such a massive blade of energy could scare the Black Madman into fleeing with a single strike.

This level of strength was absolutely unprecedented in their lives.

And at this time...

Suddenly, Xiaoyao Tianshang turned his head and looked towards the collapsed eastern stands.

Dust and smoke billowed there.

Just as the two clashed, that place also suffered misfortune, with many dignitaries being crushed by the collapsed stands.

This, you could say, is the price to pay.

Is it really possible to watch it for free now?

In reality, they themselves are also someone else's toys, only they are positioned as cheerleaders and atmosphere-creating groups.

"Strange, some audience members have woken up?" Xiaoyao Tianshang wondered.

Three figures emerged from the dust and smoke of the stands.

They were different from the roughness of the gladiators.

The three men's attire was so bizarre that it bordered on absurd.

The leader was wearing a short jacket covered in pockets.

The person on the left is wearing reflective silver soft armor.

Finally, there was a woman, who was wearing shorts that didn't even reach her knees, her bare skin exposed to the blazing sun.

He was dashing and tall, a sight that nearly made the three players' eyes pop out.

"Hello, we are travelers from another world, or you can call us players," the leader said.

Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the three strangers, but had no intention of speaking to them.

He has now come to this realization because his brother is dead.

I am actually just an insignificant little person.

But Xiaoyao Tianshang opened his eyes wide and said to his companion:

"No, these three are lying!"

"Why don't they have IDs above their heads?" Xiaoyao Dixia.

"That's because they can hide freely. I think they might actually be players." Xiaoyao Shanzhong actually had a good impression of the group.

Actually, it was mainly brought about by that beautiful woman.

"No, no, I always felt there was something strange about them."

And at this time...

The beautiful woman looked at the puppet body that had been hacked to pieces and couldn't help but say:

"This is the corpse puppet of the executioner 'Black Madman.' According to the Book of Prophecy, it will reach its zenith today, and we have come to pledge our allegiance to him."

"But it died like this. Did it trigger a scripted death, and then an NPC stole it?"

The man in silver armor quickly replied, "That should be it, Xiao Qing is right."

"Tch, what a simp!" the man in the short jacket said disdainfully.

"Alright, let's go ask them again."

The beautiful woman approached Zhang Xiaoshan and patiently asked, "Young man, can you tell us what happened earlier?"

"Don't talk to me," Zhang Xiaoshan said dejectedly.

On the contrary, Xiao Mei was the first to recover.

She looked at the three of them and sensed a powerful force emanating from their bodies.

"Hello," Xiao Mei explained patiently, "Actually, what happened just now was very simple."

"When the three of us reached the final level, we encountered a formidable enemy. It was too powerful; it was the mastermind behind everything."

"Then a powerful blade of energy appeared in the sky and killed the mastermind. I don't know anything else."

"So that's how it is," the beautiful woman nodded.

"Looks like it really was a plot-driven death," the man in the short jacket shook his head. "That's such a pity."

"It seems there are still loopholes in this campaign to obstruct the imperial court's tax collection," the armored man said, shaking his head.

"Someone exploited this loophole, using powerful items to kill this level 100+ boss."

"What a pity, we were hoping to develop rapidly under the protection of this Black Madman."

"The result is exactly what we've achieved: the late emperor's undertaking of the great cause was cut short by the expenditure of the entire budget."

"Hmm, not bad. The thing that could kill this thing must have used a lot of game items," the man in the short jacket nodded.

"Unfortunately, we can only see the props, but we don't have a stable supply channel."

"Yes, we know how to use event items to defeat the BOSS, but unfortunately we can't buy them."

"Judging from the traces at the scene, this thing that suddenly appeared was really amazing; it solved all the problems we couldn't solve."

"We should thank him profusely," the beautiful woman nodded.

And at this time...

Xiaoyao Tianshang, he suddenly realized something.

"Judging from the strange conversation between these three, they can see the store and know the progress of the game," he said to the other two.

"They probably belong to the legendary mysterious game operators!" another affirmed.

"Yes, actually, everyone has been speculating about this for a while now."

"A game definitely needs planners, operators, and technicians."

Now they have witnessed three operators personally coming to confront this Black Madman.

This is an extremely rare occurrence.

Game administrators typically don't download and play games themselves.

Unless it's to keep a close eye on whales (players who spend a lot of money on in-game purchases).