True World Boss

Storm Abyss - A7 District frontline, "Flame Canyon".

Deafening war cries drowned out the roar of flowing magma.

A vanguard of ten thousand players followed closely in the footsteps of five thousand Silver Wing Sentinels, driving into the canyon—a place long considered a forbidden zone—like a sharp wedge.

"Watch the left flank! It's crawling with Explosive Throwers! Who's going to take them out?"

"Dawn Guild taking the contract! Three Hunter squads, with me!"

On the battlefield, Dawn Guild displayed a level of dominance that left solo players stunned. They didn't fight for the main assault routes; instead, like firefighters, they appeared wherever high-threat monsters emerged, offering their services for a fee.

At the very front, the combat style of the Silver Wing Sentinels was a sight to behold.

Moving in groups of three, their light blades whipped into a silver storm. Facing the massive Lava Trolls, they didn't engage in head-on clashes. Instead, they utilized the high mobility of their exoskeletons to instantly sever the trolls' hamstrings, leaving them to be swarmed and hacked to death by the army of players behind them.

[System Notification: Frontline advanced by 80 kilometers.]

[Gene Shop updated: "Titan Blood (Diluted Version)" stock +1.]

"It dropped!!"

Someone roared in the voice channel.

Almost at the exact same millisecond.

[Current stock: 0.]

"What the hell! Who's that fast?"

"Is this a script? I didn't even see the purchase button!"

"Over there! That rich guy called Money Power bought it! He's posting a screenshot in the public chat to show off!"

The appearance of a single potion was like pouring water into boiling oil.

Players who failed to grab it were red-eyed with envy, while those who succeeded were ecstatic. This stark contrast pushed everyone's adrenaline to the limit.

"Kill! Keep killing! Another 10 kilometers and there's another one!"

"Even if it's just for that one-in-ten-thousand chance, I'm throwing my life into this!"

Driven by desire, the army of players erupted with a combat efficiency even more terrifying than that of NPCs.

At the end of Flame Canyon.

As the last gatekeeping Lava Troll fell, the exit of the canyon finally appeared before them.

However, when the first batch of players rushed out of the canyon and saw the scene before them, everyone subconsciously stopped in their tracks.

Even Feng Xing Tian Xia, who had seen his fair share of grand spectacles in the game, couldn't help but hold his breath.

This was a spherical cavity so vast it couldn't be measured by the naked eye—this was the Alveolar Sac.

Its dome reached thousands of meters high, like an independent underground world. But right now, this world was burning.

On the ground lay pools of black-red toxic blood and magma.

In the very center of the cavity hovered a burning black heart. Countless thick, vein-like tentacles were deeply embedded into the surrounding lung walls, and with every pulse, they drained massive amounts of life energy from the rock walls.

Beneath that heart lurked a terrifying demonic shadow over a hundred meters tall.

It was no longer a mere elemental creature; it possessed twisted flesh and burning bones, resembling a demon clad in flame armor. It had no legs, its lower body fused into the sea of magma, and with every breath, it spewed out toxic fog that blotted out the sky.

[Warning: Entering high-concentration infection zone.]

[Area Boss: Heaven-Burning Flame Demon]

[Level: LV.25 (Boss-tier)]

[Description: It is not a life form; it is the embodiment of destruction. It is attempting to burn through this boundary wall, causing the gods to suffocate.]

"LV.25 boss..."

Dali Chu Qiji swallowed hard. "That health bar... I can't even count how many zeros are in it."

"This is a mechanic-based boss."

Data Maniac pushed up his glasses, his vision frantically refreshing with analytical data. "Its energy source is that heart-like black object overhead. If we don't cut off the power supply, it's invincible."

"And," Li Zihan pointed to the surroundings, "look at those tentacles. Each one is continuously pumping magma. We have to sever the tentacles first, then hit the heart, and only then can we attack the main body."

Feng Xing Tian Xia nodded and took a deep breath.

At that moment, a pop-up window appeared before everyone.

[Raid battle triggered]

[Boss: Heaven-Burning Flame Demon]

Before the tide of players, the burning demon slowly opened its eyes—

High-dimensional perspective: Titan Divine Body.

Gu Yuan looked at the behemoth lurking in the depths of the alveolus, his brow furrowed slightly.

That was a super-lesion formed by interstellar-grade drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mixed with various inflammatory factors. At the microscopic level, it was truly ridiculously strong, even possessing a sort of low-level "hive intelligence." In fact, it was equivalent to a mother body; those living flames and Lava Troll were all organisms driven directly by it.

"Although the Silver Wing Sentinel are strong, their numbers are limited. Once they get bogged down in the magma sea, the losses will be heavy."

Gu Yuan glanced at his bio-energy balance.

That last wave of summoning cost ten million, and he still had over seventy million left.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

Gu Yuan's gaze sharpened. "Since the players want to fight a siege, I'll give them some 'heavy firepower' support."

He tapped his finger lightly, unlocking the authority for a special battlefield skill of the Life Weaver class.

[Server-wide System Announcement:]

[High-risk environment detected. Temporary skill authorization—"Purification Rain (Group Channeling)"—has been issued to all "Life Sage" classes.]

[Description: By pooling the power of over one hundred Life Sage, a small-scale Purification Rain can be summoned, greatly weakening the armor and vitality of viral organisms.]

On the front lines of the battlefield.

Yun Zhong You's eyes lit up as she received the system notification.

"Sisters! We're going to be used as mages!"

She held the Life Scepter in her hand high. "All Life Sage, gather on me! Take your positions! Channel!"

"Divine Guard Corps! Protect the healers!"

Dali Chu Qiji led several thousand heavy-armored Divine Guard, forming an iron-clad formation around the Life Weaver.

"Rise!"

Following Yun Zhong You's command, five hundred Life Sage chanted in unison.

Countless beams of green light converged toward the sky, coalescing into a pure white cloud atop the dome filled with toxic mist.

Whoosh—!

A torrential downpour carrying a fluorescent glow poured down.

This was no ordinary water, but a broad-spectrum disinfectant converted from Titan Blood.

"Awoo—!!!"

The rain fell upon the Heaven-Burning Flame Demon and the surrounding tentacles, emitting a sizzling, corrosive sound as large plumes of black smoke rose.

The once-impenetrable flame shields began to dim and weaken under the scouring of the "antibiotic rain."

[BOSS overall attributes decreased by 30%!]

[Tentacle defense reduced to zero!]

"Chance!"

Feng Xing Tian Xia roared, "Everyone, stick close to the Silver Wing Sentinel! Attack!"

Swish, swish, swish!

Five thousand NPC soldiers activated the thrusters on their backs amidst the downpour, turning into five thousand silver meteors as they lunged toward the twelve massive tentacles.

"Cut off those tentacles!"

Thousands of players, excluding the healers, followed closely behind.

This was a spectacular hunt.

Within the grand Alveolar Sac, the players, as small as ants, launched a charge toward the mountain-like flame demon under the lead of the silver guardians.

At a corner of the battlefield, Thunder King set up his Thunder Magnetic Floating Cannon.

"Big guy, taste this."

He aimed at one of the Flame Demon's eyes.

Charging.

Fire!

Boom!

A purple bolt of lightning pierced through the battlefield, striking the Flame Demon's eye socket with precision and exploding into a spray of blood. In the blink of an eye, the wound healed as if it had never been there.

"My goodness, you're really tough."

The great battle erupted completely.

Every second, hundreds or thousands of players turned into white light within the magma, but the next second, even more people emerged from the respawn point at Blackrock Fortress.

The diluted Titan Blood obtainable from pushing the front line 10km was already this ridiculous, so what about the rewards for eradicating the bronchial lesion here?

For the first kill, charge!