Godforsaken Continent.
Great Cold Country region, outside the Fushan Ruins.
In a charred Deadwood Forest, a six-player party from Great Cold Country was fleeing for their lives.
"Shibal!! Why is this thing back again?!"
"Run, hurry!"
"Wait for me, wait for me, ple-"
Squelch!
Before the female player bringing up the rear could finish shouting, a fishing rod suddenly swung out from behind, and a sharp hook pierced her chest.
-25,000 (Weakness Attack)!
Even a single attack from an Epic Grade boss was more than players at this stage could withstand.
In an instant, the Great Cold Country female player in priest robes widened her eyes. Before dying, she desperately reached out, trying to grab her boyfriend running ahead of her...
But her boyfriend ignored her completely and even ran faster.
"..."
The female player died with her eyes wide open, utterly unwilling to accept it.
It's over, it's over. I'm going to die for good...
I already lost all my non-tradable lifespan long ago...
Those were her only thoughts before death.
She knew that once she died at this boss's hands, she would most likely be unable to resurrect!
Because all her tradable lifespan would be fused with her corpse and made into "Fish Bait"!
When a player died under the fishing rod, their corpse and remaining lifespan would be fused into something resembling a Lifespan Orb, yet it was not a Lifespan Orb. This was "Fish Bait."
Once someone tried to approach and absorb that "Fish Bait,"
a fishing hook would fly out of it and attack the approaching player...
This was the Epic Grade boss that had appeared outside Great Cold Country's Fushan Ruins—Angler Fish Elder Alimuda!
Players killed by this boss would have all their tradable lifespan absorbed and turned into Fish Bait. If they had