After finishing off Wang Junjie, Lin Mo grabbed the Brave Golden Bow and advanced toward the boss.
At that moment, dozens of Troubled Times Guild players still surrounded the boss.
They were desperately attacking the Spider Queen, who had only a sliver of health left, hoping to kill her before Lin Mo reached them.
Unfortunately, even with just 0.5% health remaining, she was far from easy to kill for these Troubled Times Guild players, whose attacks could only inflict the mandatory minimum of 1 damage.
Before long, Lin Mo closed in.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
With Health Lock active, each arrow left a player unable to attack.
Then he used the Spider Queen to finish them all off with ease!
By killing with a borrowed blade, Lin Mo spared himself several thousand crime points!
Once all the obstacles had been cleared away.
Only Lin Mo remained on the battlefield.
Along with the level 15, tier 2 boss, the Spider Queen, with 0.4% health left!
Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of Ning University student players behind him.
Lin Mo raised his bow.
He aimed at the Spider Queen, who was already on her last legs.
Whoosh-
A sharp arrow streaked across the night sky and struck the Spider Queen.
-608 (Critical hit)! -200 (Burning)!
"Rooooar!"
As though filled with endless resentment, the Spider Queen staggered several steps backward. Finally, amid a furious roar, she stumbled, and her enormous body crashed to the ground.
An exhilarating system combat notification rang in Lin Mo's ears-
[Ding! Congratulations on killing the level 15, tier 2 boss, Spider Queen. EXP +222,000 (100% for the last hit +10% level-gap bonus +1% title bonus, totaling 111%)! Reputation +100!]
Since boss battles were large-scale fights that often involved thousands or tens of thousands of players, their reward mechanics differed from those for ordinary monsters.
In a boss battle, every participant could earn between a guaranteed 30% and a maximum of 100% of the combat EXP, depending on their contribution.
But whoever landed the final hit received the full 100% EXP, regardless of contribution!
Flash!
Flash!
The instant the boss fell, two beams of golden light shone down over Lin Mo's head in succession.
The enormous haul of over 220,000 EXP sent Lin Mo up two levels in a row!
[Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 12...] [Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 13. Five-dimensional attributes +1, free attribute points +3! EXP required for the next level: 150,000!]
This leveling speed.
So damn good!
Most importantly, Lin Mo had taken no part in the fight from start to finish, except for that final arrow.
It had barely taken any effort!
Yet he had walked away with the greatest reward!
At the same time, a thunderous system announcement descended from above, echoing over more than a thousand beginner villages throughout Oracle World's Great Xia Server-
[Server-wide announcement] (Great Xia Server): "Ding! Congratulations to Mo Shou Cheng Gui of Cloudside Town, Beginner Village No. 116, for successfully defeating the beginner village's ultimate boss-the Spider Queen! As the first player on the server to defeat a beginner boss, he has completed the achievement: King of Hunting. Rewards: Gold Coins +10, reputation +100! Title acquired: King of Hunting! All players belonging to Beginner Village No. 116 will receive a Blessing Aura lasting 12 hours: monster kill rewards +10%!" [Server-wide announcement] (Great Xia Server): "Ding..." [Server-wide announcement] (Great Xia Server): "Ding..."
As the system announcement rang out across the land three times in succession.
Hundreds of millions of players online across the Great Xia Server's thousands of beginner villages erupted into excitement!
Since world chat had not yet been unlocked in the game.
The Oracle Official Forum instantly exploded with activity!
[Luban Players Lose Their Moms] (Zone 293, level 7, male): "Holy shit, what the hell? Oracle's only been live for one night, and someone's already taken down a beginner village boss??"
[Dream Tearjerker] (No. 1 on Zone 888's Heaven Ranking, level 9, male): "?"
[Thirty-Minute Stamina] (Zone 519, level 6, male): "Fuck! We haven't even seen a hair on our boss yet! This is goddamn ridiculous!"
[No Condoms, They're Uncomfortable] (Zone 672, level 6, female): "Wow! Everyone in the zone gets a Blessing Aura? Being in the same beginner zone as Mo Shou Cheng Gui must be so nice!"
[Mengyao] (No. 2 on Zone 1's Heaven Ranking, level 9, female): "Where's Mo Shou Cheng Gui from? Want to get acquainted?"
[Heaven, Please Grant Me a Rich Woman] (Zone 998, level 4, male): "Holy crap, a rich girl from Capital Sea in Zone 1! Beautiful lady, hit me up!"
[Zhang Liang's Spicy Waves] (Zone 118, level 7, male): "Zone 116? Unless I'm mistaken, he should be from around Ning'an in Jiang Province, right?"
[Mengyao] (No. 2 on Zone 1's Heaven Ranking, level 9, female): "I'm 19, 169 cm tall, and weigh 48 kg. I'm single and currently a sophomore. My parents run a company in Capital Sea, and I'm their only daughter. If Mo Shou Cheng Gui is interested in dating, you can message me privately. Here's my selfie. (Image)"
[Losers Have Dreams Too] (Zone 615, level 3, male): "Wow! So this is a rich heiress from Capital Sea? She's so fair, so delicate, and so beautiful..."
[Turning My Life Around] (Zone 777, level 5, male): "So gorgeous! If I could have a girlfriend like that, my life would be complete!"
Meanwhile.
At the Resurrection Spring in Cloudside Town.
Having respawned, Wang Junjie listened to the server-wide announcement while reading the posts from players praising Lin Mo on the Oracle forum.
He practically exploded with rage on the spot!
All those rewards and honors should have belonged to him!
Instead, he had paid an enormous price for this boss, only for Lin Mo to steal every last reward and honor at the end!
"Fuck!"
"Fucking hell!!"
"Mo Shou Cheng Gui, I'll never forgive you as long as I live!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
The Military Strategist, Troubled Times Zhuge, calmly analyzed the situation beside him. "The key question is, why did Mo Shou Cheng Gui show up at the Shadow Nest?"
"It had to be that bitch Su Yingxia!" Wang Junjie said through gritted teeth. "She must have sold me out!"
Just as he was speaking.
Wang Junjie suddenly received a friend notification: "Player Mo Shou Cheng Gui has requested to add you as a friend!"
"Motherfucker!" Wang Junjie fumed. "You stole my boss, and now you're here to gloat?"
Wang Junjie accepted the request and was about to start a voice call to curse eighteen generations of Lin Mo's ancestors.
But Lin Mo sent a message first. "Do you know where you went wrong?"
"Let me give you a little reminder."
"True love can stand the test of money!"
"Oh, and thanks for the million! I'll consider it an early wedding gift. When Yingxia and I get married, I'll invite you to the reception!"
Wang Junjie's eyes became bloodshot with rage.
"Fuck! So that bitch Su Yingxia really did sell me out!"
"Aaaaaah!"
Overwhelmed by fury, Wang Junjie grew so enraged that his brain was starved of oxygen. His entire body went limp, and he suddenly toppled straight to the ground with a thud.
His underlings rushed over in a swarm.
"The boss passed out again!"
"Boss! Wake up, boss!"
"Huh, the boss doesn't seem to stink this time!"
As far as Lin Mo was concerned.
Keeping a materialistic woman like Su Yingxia around was like keeping a ticking time bomb at his side.
This time, he had foreseen the danger and defused the bomb.
But there was no guarantee she wouldn't suddenly blow him up next time!
So Lin Mo deliberately played along, tricking Wang Junjie into believing he and Su Yingxia had been working together.
Now that he was done using her, he could borrow Wang Junjie's hand to get rid of Su Yingxia!
On the Shadow Nest map.
After Lin Mo defeated the boss, cheers erupted from the Ning University students behind him.
It wasn't the boss's death that made them so happy.
It was Wang Junjie's death!
For the first time ever, they had fought back and successfully defeated Wang Junjie!
Lin Mo had finally let them vent their pent-up resentment!
Meanwhile, Lin Mo focused on the glittering pile of loot beside the boss's corpse, which looked valuable at a glance!
Whatever this boss was worth.
Wang Junjie had spent at least tens of millions, perhaps even over a hundred million, trying to kill her!
Of course, the drops from a tier 2 boss certainly weren't worth that much money.
But the most important thing was that, at this stage of the game, this boss's loot would be hard to buy no matter how much money you had!
So Lin Mo rubbed his hands together.
And began collecting his spoils, brimming with anticipation...
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