Death-black sword light instantly swept across the surroundings, engulfing several kilometers...
It slaughtered over a thousand nearby players in an instant!
Countless people had no time to react to that sweeping strike. Even players who activated Damage Immunity Shields or triggered "dodge" were not spared. Every last one died.
Because that strike carried 100 points of the instant death affix!
At this stage, with no instant death resistance, any player touched by that strike would have their instant death meter filled to 100% on the spot, dying instantly!
Among those thousand-plus players...
Some were besieging the boss.
Some had started heading back after seeing Osilio.
Others were still charging toward the boss.
In that single instant...
As the death-black sword qi swept over those thousand-plus players, their movements suddenly froze, as though time had stopped throughout the entire world.
Then, although their bodies remained motionless, the light of life vanished from their eyes!
Whoosh!
Whoosh, whoosh!
For a moment...
These players felt as though they had arrived in a pitch-black area.
"Where is this?"
"My instant death meter hit 100%. Did the boss kill me?"
"Why can't I move?"
"Even if the boss killed me, I should resurrect. What the hell is this pitch-black place?"
They were confused, nervous, and soon afraid.
But they could not communicate with one another at all.
It was as though each of them was alone in the entire dark space!
Soon, however, they each heard system notifications again:
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[You have received "Undying Blessing." You have gained the greater affix "Instant death +20"!] [You have received "Undying Plating." You have gained 10 layers of Damage Immunity Shield, recovering 3 layers per second!]
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???
Those two system notifications arrived one after another, leaving all thousand-plus players utterly bewildered!
"What's going on?"
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