The Ultimate Ghost-Kiter-Xu Lang!

The sole ruler of the Mad King Building had laid his cards on the table and told the other players to follow its players' lead. So when the Mad King Building players returned and shut their dormitory doors, the others went back to their rooms too.

When the World Bat opened its eyes, that terrifying aura spread once more.

A few players who hadn't listened nearly wet themselves and scrambled back to their dormitories.

Inside a Ferris Wheel cabin, the Jester gave a defiant smile. Once he got used to that aura, it wasn't so bad.

He was curious what the World Bat would do next.

The World Bat was like a boss governed by game mechanics, with a particular rhythm and pattern to its attacks.

And Xu Lang seemed to know that. It was how he stayed one step ahead.

At that moment, Xu Lang hadn't returned to his dormitory. He stood atop the World Bat's head.

As the World Bat gathered energy, magnetic force swirled around him, and he shot higher into the sky.

Going home now would be a disastrous move. The World Bat had already marked him; if he went back, its attack would land on Dormitory 400.

Xu Lang had fallen for that during his second Simulation, and it had left him in a terrible spot.

"Hm?"

The World Bat tilted its head up at Xu Lang and made that strange sound again, as though squeezing it out of some hollow chamber. It seemed surprised.

He isn't going back to his dormitory? He's choosing to face me instead?

That won't take much energy at all.

A thick beam of purple energy gathered in an instant and fired at Xu Lang, vaporizing the air along its path and leaving a dazzling corridor of light.

That long-forgotten