The Third Boss

Inside the live stream room.

"Oh no! She really did run headfirst into it!"

"There are stairs ahead! There's absolutely no room to change direction!!!"

In the picture.

Lu Xiu's speed had reached its limit, and the dark blue trail of flame behind her was almost a long shooting star.

Behind her, it was no longer just the Ornstein and Smough.

Those Silver Knight who weren't killed by the savage charge of the two giants in the corridor, as well as the giants of the Anor Londo, were drawn in by the unreasonable attraction of the [Creator] buff and followed behind the two giants, rumbling forward!

Golden lightning, terrifying giant hammers, flashing sword light, and the heavy footsteps of dozens of giants.

A large and imposing group.

This is no longer just kiting the BOSS; Lu Xiu is now followed by an army of monsters!

Call!

With a final, sonic boom, Lu Xiu's figure shot straight out of the main hall of the Anor Londo.

Outside the door.

It is an extremely wide descending staircase.

At this moment, a tug-of-war is unfolding in the middle of the stairs.

Fan Lixin, sporting an afro, led nearly a hundred men in the Nine Provinces Strategy Group, relentlessly pursuing the members of the Prison Rock camp.

Various high-rated skills, Chosen Skill, and flashing swords and shadows constantly appeared.

Both sides were blinded by rage and neither was willing to back down an inch, turning the wide staircase into an insurmountable wall of sighs.

Just then, a booming sound came from the main hall gate above.

The sound was so loud that both sides fighting on the steps involuntarily stopped what they were doing.

Fan Lixin knocked down a Prison Rock player with a single punch and instinctively looked up.

The Prison Rock Chosen Player, Ray and Enoch, also looked upwards.

Hundreds of eyes were fixed on the main hall's entrance.

Immediately afterwards, they saw a girl with an excessively beautiful high ponytail rush out of the gate at a terrifying speed, leaving a trail of eerie blue flames!

"Lu... Lu Xiu?!"

Fan Lixin recognized the person at a glance, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Lu Xiu!!!!"

At the same time.

Lei, with his bulging muscles, recognized Lu Xiu and his eyes widened suddenly, a surge of anger rising within them.

The memory of being instantly defeated by Lu Xiu using a skill of the same attribute during that special event is still vivid in my mind.

This moment.

New grudges piled up against old ones, almost causing him to lose his mind.

Enoch, known for his agility, was slightly calmer, but not much better. "She's delivered herself right to my doorstep! Everyone, form ranks! Stop her! The points for the five Core Bonfire are—"

Before Enoch could finish speaking, an even more terrifying commotion erupted.

He paused abruptly, his eyes widening.

Bang!!!

The massive door frame of the main hall, along with the giant relief above it, seemed to have been struck by something, and suddenly exploded, spraying out countless fragments of stone.

Then, with a soul-chilling roar, Ornstein and Smough, with their enormous, demonic bodies, smashed through the doorway and roared up the stairs!

But that's not all!

Behind the twins, dozens of Silver Knight wielding shields and greatswords surged forth like a tide, along with seven or eight Anor Londo giants who strode heavily and brandished greatswords!

The monsters coalesced into a torrent that seemed capable of destroying everything, following behind the slender girl.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

The players of Prison Rock, who were ecstatic about Lu Xiu's appearance just a moment ago, froze on their smiles and their mouths gaped open uncontrollably.

Fan Lixin and the other players from Nine Provinces stared at the monstrous army that resembled Calamity, some even slamming their weapons onto the steps with a loud crash.

"What is that?!"

"She pulled out all the monsters in the entire Anor Londo?!"

Lu Xiu, who was at the very front of this torrent, looked down at the human wall formed by the players and clicked her tongue in exasperation.

Tsk.

Why are there so many people?

Stop her!!!

Lei was stunned for a moment before recovering from the shock of what felt like Calamity. Looking at Lu Xiu's ID and Title, he suddenly realized something and roared, "These monsters are all attracted by her [Creator] buff! Stop her! If we force her to stop, she'll be surrounded by monsters and torn to shreds!"

Upon hearing this roar, Enoch, who was standing nearby, said nothing.

He simply pulled a short knife from his waist, lowered his body, and seemed to blend into the shadows of the stairs, Power Accumulation to strike.

"Brothers!"

Seeing this, Fan Lixin below no longer cared about the monster torrent. He roared and led dozens of High Sequence players from Nine Provinces to rush against the current to provide support.

But at that moment, Lu Xiu made a move.

Faced with the crowded stairs, she decisively put the [Loathing Halberd], which was now slightly in the way, back into her system inventory, carrying only the [Nameless Blade] in one hand.

"Players from Nine Provinces, please don't block my way! Make way!"

Lu Xiu's clear voice pierced through the thunderous footsteps and came down clearly from above.

Immediately afterwards, instead of slowing down, she used the momentum of the downhill slope to transform into an even faster streak of light, rushing straight downhill!

Behind her, the Ornstein and Smough, leading a mighty torrent of Silver Knight and giants, charged down with an overwhelming force capable of crushing everything in their path!

Upon hearing Lu Xiu's words, Fan Lixin hesitated for less than a second.

"----Withdraw! Stick to the edge!"

Having witnessed Lu Xiu's prowess before, and trusting in Lu Xiu's previous inhuman abilities, Fan Lixin gritted his teeth and led the other bewildered Nine Provinces players in a rapid retreat to the sides, where they pressed themselves against the stone railings on either side of the stairs.

"Idiot!!!"

Lei looked at the Nine Provinces players who had voluntarily stepped aside and let out a deafening burst of maniacal laughter.

He raised the grotesque Great Axe in his hand, and violent lightning crackled and flashed across the axe blade, making him look like the god of thunder descending to earth.

"Lu Xiu! Do you think this is still a special event?"

"Do you think I haven't grown at all these past few months?!"

[Nine Provinces Live Room]

The Nine Provinces players, who were initially stunned by the famous scene of Lu Xiu summoning all sorts of monsters, were instantly overwhelmed by a barrage of question marks and expressions of horror upon seeing this scene.

"I really encountered them! I saw these two Prison Rock players fight against the Strategy Group during the previous recapture battle! They are two Chosen Player! Their talent skills—or rather, their Chosen Skill —are very strong; one is called Collapsing Thunder, and the other is called Afterimage!"

"Holy crap! What is Lu Xiu doing?? Why is he telling everyone else to retreat? Is he planning to charge straight in? These are two Chosen Player! And what are the other players from Nine Provinces doing?? Are they really retreating?!"

"How can we just quit?! There are two Chosen Player blocking our way!"

"It's over! No matter how fast Lu Xiu is, she'll have to stop when she crashes into the Chosen Player. If she stops, she'll be trampled to death by the two guys behind her!"

"No!"

[Prison Rock's Livestream]

The players in Prison Rock also noticed Lu Xiu, and many were paying attention to her—after all, her survival or not affected the outcome of the entire T1 round.

Furthermore, many players of Prison Rock are genuinely curious about Nine Provinces, the Architect who inflicted psychological trauma on them.

This will show Lu Xiu being attacked from both sides.

In stark contrast to the despair in Nine Provinces, Prison Rock's live stream room erupted in celebration at this moment.

Countless players of Prison Rock, who had been tormented by the Lu Xiu dungeon, suddenly had their eyes light up when they saw Lei and Enoch perfectly blocking Lu Xiu's path.

"Opportunity! Grab her!! Kill her!"

"Kill Lu Xiu!"

"Ray! Enoch! You killed the Architect of Nine Provinces! You are heroes!"

"The five Core Bonfire are ours!"

Meanwhile, in the Prison Rock Royal Court, the Prime Minister of Prison Rock, who had been intently watching the screen, clenched his fists, veins bulging on the back of his hands, and muttered, "Two Chosen Player, plus the right timing and location—even if we can't kill them, we should at least force them to reveal some of their trump cards, right?"

"Fan Lixin!!!"

Another Nine Provinces player, while obeying orders and staying close to the edge of the stairs, couldn't help but yell, "We're really just going to watch? What's this! What if the Architect dies—"

"Let's see!"

Fan Lixin interrupted the other person with a shout, then stared intently at the figure rapidly descending the stairs.

In the heart of the battlefield, the situation suddenly changed!

Facing Lu Xiu, who rushed towards them in a streak of light.

Lei took a sudden step forward, and the thick stone steps cracked inch by inch beneath his feet.

He raised the Great Axe, which was filled with destructive lightning, and with a terrifying sonic boom that tore through the air, he slashed it down fiercely at Lu Xiu's face!

At the same instant.

Enoch, who had been keeping a low profile, vanished from the spot in an instant, like a ghost.

Lu Xiu rushed up to Lei.

The Great Axe came crashing down.

At the same time, a ferocious grin appeared on Lei's face.

However.

Clang!!!

A deafening clang of metal clashing against metal rang out on the steps!

Lu Xiu didn't even pause in her steps; her right hand, wielding the Nameless Blade, slashed upwards at an exquisitely precise angle.

Perfect Deflect!

The thunderous Great Axe, powerful enough to cleave mountains, was sent flying high into the air by this seemingly casual strike, and Lei's towering body was also flung wide open by the immense recoil.

But Lei's ferocious face remained wry. "I knew you knew this trick! But this time I'm not alone."

At the same second.

At the very same second that Lu Xiu Deflect the lightning, a ripple appeared in the air to her left.

Enoch's figure appeared instantly in Lu Xiu's blind spot! The short knife, gleaming with a cold light, turned into Afterimage and stabbed directly towards Lu Xiu's fair and slender neck.

The two Chosen Player worked together flawlessly.

Die!

A flicker of fanaticism flashed in Enoch's eyes.

But at this critical moment...

Lu Xiu received Atypical Courage boost, causing her agility, which far exceeded common sense, to erupt completely.

Her speed was so fast that it was completely invisible; her left hand, which had just been freed up after sheathing the [Loathing Halberd], suddenly rose upwards.

Extraordinary, flawed, the Metal Aspect.

[Metal Aspect: Grants the corresponding limb extremely high defensive power, comparable to a top-tier divine weapon, allowing one to withstand sharp blades with bare hands without injury.]

Snap!

Under Enoch's horrified gaze.

Lu Xiu's right hand gripped the blade of the short knife that was about to pierce her neck!

Seeing this scene...

Ray's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He never expected that Enoch's elusive assassination attempt would be caught by the opponent with his bare hands!

Previous special events weren't nearly as extravagant as people thought.

However, his combat instincts as Chosen Player allowed him to react even amidst extreme shock.

"Go to hell!!!"

Lei forcefully twisted his wrist, which had been numb from the recoil, and violent lightning clung to it again. The Great Axe, with the momentum to sweep away thousands of troops, slashed at Lu Xiu once more without regard for anything else!

However.

Clang!!!

Another crisp metallic clang rang out.

The Nameless Blade, like a gazelle leaping from a cliff, once again precisely intercepted the trajectory of the Great Axe's attack.

Perfect Deflect!

"If your growth refers only to being besieged—"

Lu Xiu's voice rang out amidst the crisp clanging of metal. "Then you've grown nothing."

The moment the words left his mouth.

Lu Xiu suddenly exerted force with the hand gripping Enoch's dagger, pulling the dagger directly and swinging Enoch, who was still in a thrusting posture, outwards with a vicious jerk!

Because he was Perfect Deflect twice in a row, the immense stiffness caused him to fall backward uncontrollably, leaving him wide open.

Enoch was thrown off balance and staggered back several steps to one side.

The two Chosen Player blocking the way were completely out of balance in the blink of an eye!

After Lu Xiu swatted them away, she didn't take the opportunity to press her attack. Instead, she lightly tapped the stone slab with her toes.

His body slid backward several meters abruptly, as if it were a weightless feather, instantly widening the distance between them.

"What is she doing?!"

The thought flashed through Ray's and Enoch's minds simultaneously.

But the next second...

The two of them didn't have time to think about any of that—the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

Because at the very moment Lu Xiu withdrew and retreated, the shadow instantly enveloped Ray and Enoch completely.

At the same time, a sense of oppression that seemed to freeze their souls descended upon them from above.

Ray and Enoch suddenly looked up.

What came into their view was the Ornstein and Smough, who had charged up behind Lu Xiu and were completely in a berserk state.

At this moment, the two enormous figures raised their weapons and launched a devastating Thunder Thrust and Mount Tai Slam towards Lu Xiu's position!

The air was violently torn apart.

Ornstein's golden spear, carrying a violent net of lightning, Smough's giant hammer, whipping up a suffocatingly heavy wind pressure, roared in from behind Lu Xiu at the same time.

At the critical moment.

Lu Xiu, who had just slid backward to create some distance, briefly closed and opened her eyes, and then, as if she had eyes in the back of her head, deftly turned to the side.

Swish!

The spear, imbued with destructive lightning, grazed past her left shoulder.

Call!

The massive hammer, as large as a small mountain, grazed her right side and crashed down.

A fierce gust of wind raged around Lu Xiu, causing her high-tied black ponytail to dance wildly in the air.

But her figure remained standing firm amidst the raging wind and rain, firmly positioned in the center of the attack's absolute blind spot.

Because of Lu Xiu's skillful sidestep, the point where she would have been hit was exposed without any reservation.

Ray and Enoch, who had just been thrown off balance by her Perfect Deflect and use of force, were now completely exposed to the BOSS's crossfire!

"No!!!"

Ray and Enoch were terrified as they watched the spear and hammer grow larger and larger before their eyes!

Instinct compelled both of them to simultaneously raise their weapons and assume defensive stances.

Boom!!!

A terrifying roar that nearly shook the entire Anor Londo city.

Ornstein's Thunder Dragonslayer Spear pierced Ray's Great Axe, while Smough's massive hammer slammed into Enoch's dagger.

A violent force was unleashed in an instant.

The two Chosen Player of Prison Rock were practically made of paper.

"Puff!!!"

Ray and Enoch both coughed up a mouthful of blood, their bodies flying backward like kites with broken strings in an extremely tragic manner down the long staircase!

Bang bang bang!

The two bodies tumbled and collided wildly on the hard stone steps, only managing to stop after smashing down several innocent Prison Rock below.

But the two arrogant Chosen Player Prison Rock only met once.

Two-thirds of his health points evaporated instantly, leaving him critically injured and on the verge of death with low health!

At this moment.

In the heart of the swirling debris, smoke, and lightning.

Lu Xiu stood quietly in place.

She held the [Nameless Blade] in her right hand, her posture upright and graceful.

On either side of her Dragon Slayer Ornstein and the Executioner Smough, who were slowly straightening up after the attack.

The raging air currents continued to surge, and the girl's ponytail danced wildly in the wind.

At that moment, the scene seemed to freeze in the eyes of tens of millions of viewers in the two live streaming rooms, Nine Provinces and Prison Rock.

The stunningly beautiful girl stood between two colossal bosses that resembled demons, without showing the slightest sign of distress.

The two terrifying monsters that should have been hunting her down now stood like absolute bulwarks guarding the throne, like her most loyal left and right protectors!

Everyone:

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Both the tiered battlefield, which was originally filled with shouts of fighting, and the live stream room, which was frantically flooding the screen, fell into dead silence in that instant.

The wind blew across the ruined steps of the Anor Londo, stirring up a cloud of desolate dust.

After a full two seconds of dead silence, the chat in the Nine Provinces official live stream room finally erupted like a flood bursting its banks!

"----ah?"

Holy crap!!!

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!!!"

"What kind of godlike move is that?!"

"Perfect Deflect! Catching a blade barehanded! Sidestepping to avoid the landing point! Using someone else to kill! Four moves executed in one smooth motion, is it really that exaggerated?!"

"So handsome----"

"He's so handsome! Holy crap, how can he be so handsome?!"

"This is Architect?! Surrounded by two Chosen Player and two top-tier bosses, he wasn't even touched! Instead, he used the bosses' attacks to send the opposing Chosen Player flying. It looks like he didn't even use many skills, just basic attacks and Deflect micro-management!"

"Mom, I think I'm in love—"

"Me too! Not only is he so good-looking, but the contrast between his graceful and violent fighting style is irresistible! How can he be so cool! Lu Xiu! Step on me!!!"

Players in Nine Provinces have gone crazy.

If the previous victory in the recapture battle made them admire Lu Xiu and realize that she was a capable fighter...

So now, looking at that effortlessly charming girl in the picture, this admiration becomes even more tangible!

In contrast to the festive atmosphere in the Nine Provinces livestream room.

Prison Rock's live stream room now resembled a large morgue.

All the players in Prison Rock stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

But they weren't the most shocked.

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