From a High-Dimensional Perspective, Gu Yuan's will coldly watched this underground expanse.
He could clearly sense that the awakened true body of the [Omen of Eternal Night] avatar beneath the Abyss was fully Tier Six. Against the Companion Star, it was an overwhelming force!
"Should I intervene personally...?"
Gu Yuan was deeply conflicted.
On one hand, the players and his Kinfolk could not withstand such a powerful enemy. On the other, if he acted, the many beings surrounding and attacking him might detect just how weakened he was.
In other words, this was a test—a blatant scheme!
Although the underground avatar of the Omen of Eternal Night had recovered only part of its strength, the pressure now climbing along the shadow formation patterns had already reached the threshold of Tier Five.
For a player group that was generally only Tier Two, this was absolute suppression at the level of life itself.
Tier Five pressure surged upward through the cracks in the Ash Prayer Corridor. The air became thick and freezing, while the range of the starlight illumination magic was forcibly compressed.
Several slacker players closest to the edge of the passage bore the brunt of it. They did not even have time to react before their bodies twisted instantly beneath the massive Psionic Impact. Crisp cracking bones rang out in succession. Blood poured from their seven orifices as they died on the spot, their corpses sprawled across the rock floor.
"Holy shit! A hidden boss! This pressure is absolutely a scripted-kill level encounter!"
"Awesome! This run was worth it. Even dying and going back is worth it!"
The regional channel was instantly flooded by messages from dead players. Faced with a terrifying force that would have terrified native creatures out of their wits, the remaining players felt no fear at