Astral Arcanist

This Tauren's chosen BOSS tactic is to enhance its health. Originally, it had over 4,000 health, but after being increased by a third, it reached a staggering 6,000. Coupled with its extremely high defense, it is definitely a nightmare for melee teams.

As soon as he landed, the Tauren Warrior charged towards the adventurer opposite him.

The Big Brother shouted, "Everyone be careful, the BOSS is coming! Priest, heal me!" He then Charge and won.

Taunt! Crippling Strike! Thunder Clap! A series of attacks landed on the Tauren BOSS, only taking away a few dozen drops of health, but successfully enraging the opponent.

Aristock (Tauren Warrior): "Die, you bastard!"

Cleave! With a crack, the blade landed squarely on the Warrior's shoulder. -127! A bright red number appeared, indicating that a single strike had taken away a third of the Warrior's health.

Big Brother: "Such high attack power! Heal me quickly!"

In fact, the Priest had already started casting a spell without him even having to shout: Holy Light! In an instant, his health points were restored.

The two hunters circled around to opposite ends of the arena and began shooting arrows, while simultaneously releasing wild beasts—a wolf and a leopard.

The mage stood next to the Priest and began casting Frostbolt.

The battle proceeded smoothly. This Aristock (the Tauren Warrior) seemed to be a bit out of his mind, completely ignoring the DPS and healers around him and just focusing on hacking at the Big Brother. Although his health fluctuated, it never dropped below half thanks to the Priest's healing.

The fight went on for over two minutes, until the Tauren's health dropped to about half. Suddenly, the Tauren Warrior War Stomp, stunning everyone around him. He then rushed down to the stands and shouted at an Orcs above.

Aristock (Tauren Warrior): "Hey, you guys' got some skills. Looks like I'll have to get serious. Quick, get my axe down."

An Orcs from the stands suddenly threw down a two-handed axe. Mr. Heavy Fist dropped his machete, picked up the axe, and charged back.

By this time, the Warrior had recovered from his dizziness and immediately went to meet the Tauren again upon seeing him return.

The Tauren, now armed with a new weapon, increased his attack power once again, putting his Big Brother in grave danger. Several times, his health dropped below a third. However, the Priest proved to be incredibly effective, providing ample healing that quickly restored his health.

Xiao Yu shook his head. This AI-controlled BOSS was no good. No matter how high your health or how strong your attack, it was just a wooden stake. It would be a sure thing if it encountered a well-equipped team.

Five minutes into the battle, finally, with a scream, the Tauren's health bar reached zero.

Aristock (Tauren Warrior): "Damn it, I should have killed the healer first! Ah!" With a thud, the Tauren fell to the ground.

The Big Brother wiped the sweat from his face. "Thank God, we finally made it." Being a tank was still very stressful. After all, this game is a fully immersive virtual reality game; when facing a boss, the player truly feels like they're there. Even with pain reactions turned off, seeing the enemy's giant axe hacking right into your body was still terrifying.

But it was all worth it; now I can finally loot the corpses.

As the team leader and also the main tank, he naturally had to take on the responsibility of looting the corpse. The Big Brother walked to the Tauren's corpse while rubbing his hands together, and reached in to grab it.

"Holy crap, Berserker's Battle Axe! Attack power 23-48, 30% chance to reduce the target's armor by 10 points for 10 seconds, what a great item!"

The Warrior readily accepted the axe, but unfortunately it was a two-handed axe, so he couldn't use it yet.

The second item, however, was a ring.

Aristock's Nose Ring (ring): Spirit +5. This necklace was given to Priest.

"Looks like these guys are pretty strong," Xiao Yu thought to himself. Just then, the voice suddenly came out again.

"Look, this is what will happen to that Tauren. It'll be over soon, very soon." The voice was full of resentment and malice, as if it had a deep-seated grudge against Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Hey, this is really weird." He hadn't heard that voice since entering the game. He had thought it was just a hallucination and had almost forgotten about it. He never expected it to pop up again.

"Shut up, you bastard brother."

"What, scared? Hmph, you should be scared, it'll be over soon, it'll be over soon."

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "What am I going to do?" Although there was no actual damage, having this ghostly voice in his ear was really annoying. Maybe he should just quit this account. He was going to quit sooner or later anyway. Just as he was hesitating, an old voice suddenly rang out.

"Young man, please wait a moment. I see your forehead is dark, as if you Evil Spirit Haunting. Why not listen to my words? Perhaps I can offer a way to save you."

Huh? Xiao Yu turned around curiously, only to find a strangely dressed old man behind him.

He wore a very flashy dark green robe with many strange geometric patterns, a pointed hat on his head, wrinkled skin, a long white beard, and a staff in his hand with a Dragon Claw holding a crystal ball at the top. He looked like a mysterious master (an old charlatan).

Let's look at the name again.

Merlin (Astral Plane Wizard), a level 21 elite.

Eric (Goblin Pyromancer): "Who are you?"

Merlin (Astral Plane Wizard): "I Merlin, but that's just my online name. In real life, people call me Liu Banxian Teller. As you can see, I'm a fortune teller."

Turns out he's a gamer, but wait, a fortune teller?

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Are you kidding me? You're even doing fortune-telling in a game now? Do your parents know how arrogant you are? Well, judging from the old man's appearance, he probably doesn't have any parents left."

Eric (Goblin Pyromancer): "You needed to talk to me about something."

Merlin (Astral Plane Wizard): "As I said before, I noticed a dark aura around your face and a sinister presence. If I'm not mistaken, you're probably haunted by a ghost."

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "I keep hearing a strange voice, but you're talking nonsense. I've never done anything wrong in my life, so how could I be haunted by a vengeful ghost? Besides, how could there be ghosts in this world?"

Eric (Goblin Pyromancer): "Well, I'm a materialist, ghosts and stuff are probably impossible..." He wanted to refuse verbally, but in his heart, he made a mistake and didn't completely rule it out.

Merlin (Astral Plane Mystic): "Hehe, young man, you still don't believe me? The resentment emanating from you is practically sky-high, and this ghost is no ordinary one; most people can't handle it. But don't worry, with my magic, I can still deal with it. However, it's understandable that you don't believe me. As the saying goes, seeing is believing. You might not believe me just by talking. How about this: watch me exorcise demons. If I can't prove it, I won't charge you a penny. But if I can indeed exorcise the ghost from you, I'll give you 100 yuan."

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Sure, 100 yuan for peace of mind isn't bad. If I really did encounter a ghost, then 100 yuan would be a really good deal."

Eric (Goblin Pyromancer): "Alright, 100 bucks, right? If you can really pull a ghost out of me, 100 bucks is nothing. By the way, where are you from? How am I supposed to meet you?"

Merlin (Astral Plane Wizard): "What's the point of meeting? It's just catching a ghost, why would we need to meet?"

Merlin's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he suddenly pointed a finger at Xiao Yu.

"You wretched creature, show yourself!" Suddenly, a wisp of black mist flew out from Xiao Yu's bearskin coat and condensed into a human shape in mid-air.

Xiao Yu was startled. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the ghost was someone he recognized—none other than Manst, the Moonwalker.

Damn, it turns out it was just a ghost from a game! That scared the hell out of me.

PS: I have some good news to share. This book will be recommended by Sanjiang next week, and I will try my best to update three times a day then.