25: She gave so much.

Under the cover of night, Su Yan headed straight for the Dark Forest.

No need for words; he just had to take down the Nine-Headed Great Serpent first!

The Dark Forest was located in the western part of the Forest Kingdom.

It was world-renowned for being occupied by night elves all year round.

After an hour of trekking, Su Yan finally arrived in the vicinity of his destination.

【Keep going straight ahead. After 500 meters, turn right at the end; your destination will be on your left.】

Throughout the journey, Su Yan had his Eye of the Gods activated the entire time.

Using the Eye of the Gods as a navigation tool helped him avoid many detours.

Bang!

With a casual Fireball Spell, he took out the monster that rushed at him.

Su Yan suddenly frowned and immediately utilized the effects of the swift wind set to accelerate his movement speed.

Because just a moment ago, he faintly heard shouting.

"It's so late, surely there isn't anyone still here killing the BOSS, right?"

Su Yan's heart tightened involuntarily.

If this BOSS were killed, who knew how long it would take to respawn; his plan to complete his Class Advancement tonight would likely go down the drain.

"Better hurry over; I should still be able to make it in time!"

Without hesitation, Su Yan stopped conserving his Blazing Light Flash and pushed his movement speed to the limit, his charging figure gradually turning into a blur.

Very soon.

Within the forest filled with dark energy, the Serpent King Pool, where the Nine-Headed Great Serpent resided, came into view.

The Serpent King Pool was massive, hidden deep within the forest and divided into several sections by dense jungle.

The pool water was a thick, viscous black, like ink that hadn't been ground properly.

Su Yan noticed that anywhere near this deep pool, the vegetation withered and life faded away. This left the banks of the pool barren, consisting only of foul-smelling, charred-black swamps.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a series of sharp roars came from the front right.

"Over there!"

Su Yan immediately locked onto the location of the Nine-Headed Great Serpent.

He sprinted along the edge of the Serpent King Pool, and when he reached the largest pool in the center, his view suddenly opened up.

"Holy crap, that's one huge snake!"

Seeing the scene before him, Su Yan couldn't help but exclaim.

In the deep pool, a jet-black giant snake stood towering.

It was over thirty meters tall, a height comparable to a ten-story building—absolutely terrifying!

The giant snake had nine heads, and at this moment, all nine heads were opening their gaping maws simultaneously, saliva and gastric juices flying everywhere, making one's hair stand on end.

It had to be said,

the pressure this Nine-Headed Great Serpent exerted was immense. Combined with the lighting effects of the night, just one look was enough to make one feel suffocated.

In front of the Nine-Headed Great Serpent, the Novice Map's strongest BOSS, the Silver Wolf King, was just a little brother.

Thinking this, Su Yan hurriedly checked the Nine-Headed Great Serpent's HP.

【HP: 58%】

Seeing the HP, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Lucky me, I arrived just in time."

With a smile returning to his face, Su Yan was no longer in a rush and slowed his pace slightly.

Only now did he have time to shift his gaze down from the Nine-Headed Great Serpent.

Boom!

At that moment, the black pool water suddenly erupted, forming a terrifying tidal wave that slammed against the embankment in front of the Nine-Headed Great Serpent.

And on the embankment.

There were over twenty players of different classes fighting desperately against the Nine-Headed Great Serpent.

Su Yan glanced over; their Ranks were all around 90.

It looked like they were struggling immensely; that tidal wave just now had caused countless exclamations from the crowd.

More than half of the people lost 40% of their HP instantly!

Perhaps it was just a coincidence that Su Yan arrived at this moment.

The Nine-Headed Great Serpent entered a berserk state without warning, its health bar turning into a burning blood-red.

Its attack speed suddenly increased.

Suddenly, it lunged forward violently, its nine massive heads slamming heavily onto the embankment, attacking the group of players indiscriminately.

Boom!

Amidst the terrifying shockwave, the players scattered to dodge.

However, the knight standing at the very front made a fatal error and was unfortunately struck by one of the heads.

Hum!

Even though the knight reacted in a split second to activate their shield, they were still instantly killed!

Immediately after,

the Nine-Headed Great Serpent, like a chicken pecking at grain, swallowed the knight whole in one gulp.

"That's brutal, the Tank is just gone like that?"

Su Yan watched, clicking his tongue secretly. He couldn't help but accelerate his pace again.

...

On the embankment.

The Nine-Headed Great Serpent had just gone berserk like that.

All the players were stunned, standing there in a daze with lingering fear, completely forgetting to cast their skills.

The giant snake lost its target, and all nine heads plunged into the deep pool, actually disappearing from the surface.

"Damn, the BOSS disengaged!"

Someone said with annoyance.

According to the settings for the Nine-Headed Great Serpent, a field BOSS.

Once it disengages from combat, its HP immediately restores to full.

In other words, these players had wasted their whole night fighting it.

At the back of the crowd,

a sexy and beautiful Female Summoner saw this, frowned, and said with dissatisfaction: "What is going on? Can we still finish this tonight?"

The team leader was also frazzled and replied irritably:

"Boss, what are you rushing for? The Nine-Headed Great Serpent is super hard to fight to begin with; can you have some patience?"

"What? I'm paying you, and this is the attitude I get?"

"What's wrong with this attitude? If you're so capable, go find another team!

I'm not bragging, but looking across the entire Forest Kingdom, besides our team, there isn't another team that dares to take on the Nine-Headed Great Serpent job!"

...

The arguing spread across the embankment.

Su Yan finally arrived at the embankment at this moment and heard the noise; it seemed like there was a conflict.

But then again, it made sense.

Fighting a BOSS for half the day only for it to disengage and restore full health—anyone would lose their temper over that.

But suddenly, the noise from the crowd stopped abruptly, and all the players looked at Su Yan in surprise.

"It's Demon Slayer!"

The crowd immediately became excited, exclamations rising one after another, completely forgetting about the argument.

Su Yan held his staff and calmly walked onto the embankment, smiling:

"I'm here to kill the Nine-Headed Great Serpent; trouble making way, please."

Upon hearing this, the team leader's eyes lit up suddenly.

He hurriedly wanted to open his mouth to say, "Demon Slayer, I, I, I—we can help you fight! We can discuss the commission!"

But he didn't expect the Female Summoner to beat him to it.

"Demon Slayer, I'm your fan. Could you please help me kill the Nine-Headed Great Serpent?"

The voice was a standard cutesy tone, like a completely different person from before. After finishing, she quickly added: "Of course, I will pay!"

Su Yan looked at the Female Summoner with a calm gaze.

Tsk tsk, this woman spent money to hire a team to fight the Nine-Headed Great Serpent?

What a rich lady!

He immediately declined without even thinking.

"Sorry, I'm not short on money. Besides, my services are very expensive."

"I know it's expensive. Is 10,000,000 gold coins okay?" the Female Summoner asked timidly.

What! 10,000,000 gold coins?!

That's 1 billion chinese currency!

Is this woman crazy!

All the players were shocked.

Su Yan almost threw out his back, turned back, and asked, "Does your family own a mine?"

"No mines, but we have over a hundred companies."

Listen to that—is that even human language!

To verify the truth of this, Su Yan directly activated his Talent, Eye of the Gods.

【This is a heavyweight player. Her house is even bigger than your Jiangnan City. I suggest you speak politely.】

Holy crap!

Su Yan gasped in his heart, put on a smile, and asked, "What is your surname, Young Miss?"

"My surname is Wang."

"Miss Wang, please join the team."

Sorry, he couldn't be blamed for this; she simply paid way too much!

"Mm-hmm!"

After the Female Summoner happily joined the team, Su Yan strode to the front edge of the embankment.

Seeing his posture, the players behind him realized he seemed to be planning to solo the Nine-Headed Great Serpent.

They immediately looked at each other, whispering in discussion.

The team leader crossed his arms and sneered:

"He's really gone crazy for money! I didn't think someone of Demon Slayer's stature would also be blinded by gold coins."

"Hmph, Demon Slayer doesn't think this is still the Novice Map, does he?

This is the Rank 99 field BOSS, the Nine-Headed Great Serpent! Even a team of five Rank 200 players might not be able to beat it!

And Demon Slayer is only Rank 1; this is basically suicide!"

Hearing the team leader say this, the players all nodded in agreement.

"Just watch, it won't be long before this little rich girl comes back to beg us!"

"What about Demon Slayer? We have to fight it anyway; how about we take him along for free?"

"I thought that way initially, but I've changed my mind now!

I'll put it out there today: even if he is Demon Slayer, without 100,000 gold coins, he can forget about getting past this Nine-Headed Great Serpent!

That's what I said!"