Finding the True Body
Xiao Fan's eyes narrowed, and without the slightest hesitation, he unleashed the skill "Puppetry" on the BOSS, the Amethyst Beast, on the field!
An invisible mental shackle instantly locked onto the Amethyst Beast's body, but the next second, a glaring notification of mana depletion quietly popped up.
Xiao Fan's blue mana bar plummeted, dropping from 73% to a mere 50% in an instant!
"Damn! This energy consumption is terrifying!"
The enormous drain on his magical power made Xiao Fan's heart sink.
"At this rate of power, I can't control the boss for even a few seconds!"
Xiao Fan's expression turned serious; controlling the boss was taking too much to handle! He had to finish the battle quickly!
Without any hesitation, Xiao Fan suppressed his anxiety and unleashed a burst of damage on the Amethyst Beast!
The ferocious damage numbers jumped out in layers, frantically eroding the BOSS's health bar.
Under the overwhelming damage output, the Amethyst Beast's health was reduced to below 50% in the blink of an eye, triggering the BOSS's phase mechanics!
"Mirror Transformation"!
The smooth, mirror-like glass plaza beneath our feet suddenly shimmered with a cool, reflective light, refracting countless tiny fragments of light and shadow.
The Amethyst Beast in the center of the square suddenly stopped all its attacks. The restless purple crystalline light around its body quickly subsided, and its massive body spun in mid-air, enveloped in a faint Shadow mist, and flew straight towards the southwest.
In the blink of an eye, its form completely merged into the crisscrossing mirror reflections, disappearing without a trace. The entire plaza was instantly filled with countless identical afterimages of the Amethyst Beast, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.
Just as the Amethyst Beast vanished into the mirror image, the interface in front of Xiao Fan suddenly refreshed, and three brand-new skill icons floated in the center of his vision.
Xiao Fan let out a long sigh of relief as his extremely tense nerves suddenly relaxed, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.
These three brand-new skills belong to the Amethyst Beast!
This means that even though the BOSS merged into the mirror image, his control over the Puppetry was not severed! He still firmly controlled the body of the Amethyst Beast!
[System prompt: Players have five seconds to find the true form of the BOSS!]
A cold, urgent system notification suddenly blared in my ears, and the oppressive feeling of the countdown instantly enveloped my entire body.
At the same time, a specially made prop, shimmering with a deep purple light and shaped like a long, narrow spear, fell into Xiao Fan's palm out of thin air; it felt cold and hard to the touch.
This is a special mirror-breaking item, which needs to be used to precisely strike the true form of the BOSS hidden in the mirror.
Xiao Fan's eyes suddenly sharpened like an eagle's, his gaze rapidly sweeping across every corner of the entire glass plaza.
He had just witnessed the Amethyst Beast merge into the mirror image in the southwest direction. However, after the painful lessons of nearly making a mistake by guessing the true form three times before, he no longer dared to draw conclusions based on what he saw with his own eyes.
The entire square was filled with interplay of light and shadow, with countless reflections. In every direction, the same illusory image of the Amethyst Beast floated, blurring the lines between reality and illusion and making it impossible to distinguish with the naked eye alone.
Xiao Fan glanced down at the panel; his remaining mana was fixed at 35%, still slowly draining away.
The continuous drain of his mana by the Puppetry was like a bottomless pit, eroding his mana reserves and making it impossible to delay any longer!
"Our mana reserves won't last much longer. We can't hesitate any longer; we must make a decision immediately!"
Xiao Fan suppressed his chaotic thoughts and refocused his gaze on the three skill icons floating in front of him.
The three distinct colors—crimson, bright yellow, and azure—represent the three moves of the Amethyst Beast.
Having fought the Amethyst Beast for a long time, Xiao Fan was already very familiar with its three skills and characteristics. At this moment, his brain was working at high speed, quickly selecting the optimal solution.
Of the three skills, only one will make the BOSS's appearance clearly visible!
Xiao Fan's gaze suddenly locked onto the bright red icon, with the skill name clearly engraved below it.
[Wind Fire Wheels]!
A determined glint flashed in Xiao Fan's eyes.
"This is it!"
Once this skill is activated, the Amethyst Beast's entire body will be enveloped in blazing crimson flames, turning into a scorching fiery color. Its body will then curl up and spin, condensing into a high-speed rotating Wind Fire Wheels.
It's very loud and highly recognizable!
Thinking of this, Xiao Fan didn't hesitate any longer. He tapped the interface with his fingertip and directly used his Puppet privileges to forcibly activate the BOSS's exclusive skill, "Wind Fire Wheels"!
The next second, among the densely packed shadows of the BOSSes around him, one shadow's expression suddenly turned to terror.
"Ugh... I can't control myself! How did the skill activate on its own?! Is it a bug?!"
The Amethyst Beast's consciousness roared madly in the mirror image, filled with collapse and bewilderment.
No matter how frantically it struggled and resisted, its body, forcibly controlled by the Puppetry, was completely out of its own control.
Suddenly enveloped by raging flames, its body rapidly curled and spun, transforming into a high-speed, spinning crimson Wind Fire Wheels amidst the silent, illusory sky, the Liehuo tearing through the mirror's darkness.
Xiao Fan's previous judgment was correct.
The Amethyst Beast's "Mirror Transformation" technique, which allows it to disappear into a phantom, inherently causes all its derivative shadows, except for its true form, to enter a state of absolute stillness, thus confusing its opponent.
Therefore, at this moment, among the thousands of still phantoms, this crimson figure, writhing in Liehuo and spinning rapidly, is particularly eye-catching, like a bright flame in the dark night, easily spotted at a glance!
I finally found you, kid! You're in the northeast!
"No wonder I couldn't guess right no matter what I did. It turns out the boss is hidden in the mirrored direction, so that's what 'Mirror Transformation' means."
Xiao Fan suddenly realized.
No wonder all three of his predictions were wrong, failing each time!
The core of the Amethyst Beast's "Mirror Transformation" secret technique is reverse concealment!
While outwardly fleeing in the southwest, the true form is concealed in the opposite northeast direction by utilizing the principle of mirror reflection, employing a feint throughout to deliberately mislead the player's judgment!
"Mirror Transformation the reflection, blurring the lines between reality and illusion—this is the true secret of this skill!"
A look of understanding and certainty flashed in Xiao Fan's eyes, and he no longer hesitated.
He gripped the purple spear prop tightly in his palms, exerted force with his arms to steadily aim at the endlessly spinning crimson Wind Fire Wheels, and activated the prop mechanism with his fingertips, suddenly exerting force!
A burst of light shot out from the shattered mirror!
[System notification: Congratulations to the player for successfully locking onto and hitting the BOSS's true form.]
The crisp system notification sound rang in his ears, and the heavy weight on his heart finally lifted. Xiao Fan let out a long breath, and his tense muscles suddenly relaxed.
He immediately canceled the mana-consuming "Puppetry".
His gaze swept across the mana panel, revealing a paltry 9% of his spiritual power remaining, almost completely depleted. The energy expenditure from his previous extreme control of the field was terrifying.
Without daring to delay for even a moment, Xiao Fan immediately turned around and rushed to the giant Iron Pot in the corner of the arena. He drank alcohol to recover, and his depleted mana and lost health steadily increased.
Only when his mana steadily recovered to the safe level of 30% did Xiao Fan finally feel a strong sense of security and was able to catch his breath briefly.
The battle continued. As the mirror illusion was completely solved, the mirrored light and shadow on the entire glass plaza shattered and dissipated.
The Amethyst Beast, forcibly pulled from its true form from the mirror image space, trembled violently as it landed back in the very center of the plaza!