World-class BOSS, unexpected gain

Could it be that its offspring are down there?

But the size doesn't match.

According to the information he found about the Dragon Gate Grottoes, the female Merman King BOSS would be larger.

Its body length would be about five meters.

However, the Merman King currently swimming underwater appears to be only three meters long.

Unable to figure it out, Lin Xuan stopped pondering.

He released Soul Fire, attacking the shadow in the lake.

In Lich King Form, the Soul Fire split into three projectiles, flying towards the shadow.

However, as soon as they neared the lake surface, they were immediately extinguished by a water arrow.

Lin Xuan didn't hold back.

Stepping on the ice, he seized the opportunity to jump onto a rock near the shadow.

Then, Bone Cage and Grasp of Death were unleashed.

An extremely large area of bone spikes appeared.

The Merman King below was instantly enraged, roaring as it emerged, riding the waves.

But it still didn't attack Lin Xuan.

Only then did Lin Xuan notice.

Below the lake's surface, there was an even larger shadow.

It was so vast that if the Merman King hadn't jumped out of the water, revealing its large pink belly, Lin Xuan would have thought the shadow was just the normal lakebed.

"A Merman King this big is probably a Lord-level or even World-Class BOSS," Lin Xuan mused with a slight smile.

He finally understood why this Merman King had been circling in place.

It wasn't guarding its own offspring.

It was likely guarding the Lord-level or even World-Class Merman King BOSS that was about to give birth below!

"Might as well take them all out in one go."

When facing monsters, there's no need to show them any humanity.

Lin Xuan immediately called Irena and Crocodile Reckton over.

He then launched a fierce assault into the lake.

At this moment, the enormous Merman King below seemed to realize the danger.

It stirred the lake water, creating massive waves.

Almost all the surrounding Merman monsters became agitated.

"Roar—!"

After Irena arrived, she instantly unleashed a Dragon Breath.

The smaller BOSS, riding the waves, leaped up to block the Dragon Breath that was about to plunge into the lake.

Following that, the Merman's fin-like arm waved.

Magic circles lit up on the shore.

Streams of water arrows rained down from the sky.

Lin Xuan Flash-dodged.

He continued to release Soul Fire while summoning new Skeleton Soldierss.

Since the Merman King was still in the lake, only the Skeleton Archer's arrows could damage it after the Skeleton Soldierss appeared.

Lin Xuan thought for a moment and simply moved the Skeleton Soldierss to the Frost Domain to deal with the other professionals.

Then, he ordered Crocodile Reckton to transform into his beast form and swim into the Fish King Pool.

"Blade Storm!"

"Death Judgment!"

Lin Xuan leaped onto the Golden Giant Crocodile's body.

He used the Golden Giant Crocodile's fifty-meter long body as a battle platform to fight the Merman King.

In Lich King Form with 100% rage, Lin Xuan's attributes and damage were off the charts.

Furthermore, even though his weapon had become frostmourne, the death scythe's attribute effects were still active.

Every one of Lin Xuan's attacks dealt true damage.

In just a dozen or so rounds, the Merman King was slain.

[Successfully killed Leader-level BOSS Merman Monster, Experience +240,000]

[Congratulations on obtaining material, Merman Tear +1]

[Congratulations on obtaining Merman Necklace · Epic...]

A series of notifications appeared.

Lin Xuan hadn't even had time to check the dropped equipment information.

He only heard a splash.

The huge shadow below surged out, churning.

The Golden Giant Crocodile was instantly sent flying by the shadow below.

Seeing this, Lin Xuan.

He leaped off the Golden Giant Crocodile with a single bound.

Just as he was about to fall into the water, Lin Xuan unleashed an Ice Impact, freezing the water surface.

Then, he seized the opportunity to jump onto a nearby rock.

In two or three breaths, he was back on shore.

In the lake, the Golden Giant Crocodile, enraged, was already fighting the colossal Merman King.

It even used its classic Death Roll.

On the shore, Irena and several other smaller Skeletal Dragons were assisting with Dragon Breath attacks.

Silly Cow and Frost Giant, however, were pacing anxiously nearby.

Seeing their state, Lin Xuan simply told them to go clear out the regular Merman monsters and level up.

"I'm a bit lacking in long-range attacks," Lin Xuan thought, looking at the battlefield in the lake.

This Merman King BOSS was simply too large.

Its tail alone was nearly ten meters long.

Add to that its bulging belly, and it looked like a giant pink balloon fish.

Each time it flicked its tail, it would stir up huge waves.

Although the Golden Giant Crocodile was thick-skinned and tough, its size was still a bit weak compared to what seemed to be a World-Class Merman King BOSS.

Even with the Death Roll, it only enraged the Merman King, while the Golden Giant Crocodile itself was sent flying everywhere by the Merman's fins.

Lin Xuan saw this and knew it wasn't going to work.

On the shore, he continued to summon Skeleton Soldierss.

This time, however, he only kept the Archers.

All other melee skeletons were stored in the Frost Domain.

The Skeleton Archers unleashed a volley of synchronized shots.

At this point, Lin Xuan's innate true damage effect became evident.

This Merman King had very high defense.

But it was already losing health, and it had no life-recovery skills.

A barrage of arrows struck its body, almost instantly reducing its health by half.

The lower its health, the more damage the arrows inflicted.

No matter how powerful the Merman King was, after several rounds of damage from the Archers, this massive BOSS finally fell, unwillingly.

[Successfully killed World-Class BOSS Merman Monster, Experience +600,000]

[Congratulations on your first kill of a World-Class BOSS, Free Attributes +20, Skill Points +10]

[Congratulations on obtaining Mythical equipment...]

"It really was a World-Class BOSS. This is a huge haul!"

"It didn't even take ten minutes."

Lin Xuan, clad in Lich King armor and wielding frostmourne, chuckled.

He didn't rush to check the dropped items.

Lin Xuan turned and entered the Frost Domain.

By now, the professionals here had long been killed by the undead creatures.

His main reason for coming here was an unexpected pleasant surprise.

When he had transferred the Skeleton Soldierss earlier, he had seen many scattered pieces of equipment and materials amidst the vast white ice and snow.

Clearly, these were left behind by the professionals who had been pulled into the Frost Domain and died.

This was definitely an unexpected bonus.

One should know that in secret realms and replicated ruins like this, professionals do not drop items upon death.

The appearance of such a situation now was likely due to some rules being altered, similar to the Ant Nest incident.

The dropped items were quite good.

Anyone brave enough to enter the ruins, whether individuals or teams, had decent strength.

Lin Xuan didn't look at the specific attributes.

Just by looking at the quality, he found two level 70 orange Legendary-grade weapons.

It's estimated that the two people whose equipment was dropped would be spitting blood with rage.

Checking his personal attribute panel, Lin Xuan discovered that his professional ID, Jun Bujain, was not red-named!

Being able to loot others' backpacks meant killing people.

Normally, this would increase malice and turn the character red-named.

But now, it wasn't!

"So, the Lich King's Descent awakening skill isn't just powerful because of the attribute boost after transformation, but because of the Frost Domain!"

"The Frost Domain can store troops and materials."

"It's also a good place for murder and plunder!"

"I just don't know if they're truly dead."

"Or, if they're not truly dead, if being killed in here still imposes the restriction of not being able to enter the ruins for twelve hours."

Lin Xuan thought to himself, storing some common materials and equipment from his backpack in a corner of the Frost Domain.

Then, he pulled the World-Class BOSS that had been converted into an undead, as well as the regular Merman King BOSS, into the Frost Domain.

He ordered them to work with the Ant Queen to guard these materials.

Afterward, Lin Xuan exited the Frost Domain and continued along the mountain path.

He had now completed three of the conditions required to enter the First Level of the Underground Palace from this surface level of the Buddha Dragon Cave.

Three thousand common Merman monsters had been killed.

The regular Leader-level and World-Class Merman King BOSSes had also been completed.

Remaining were three thousand buddha statue monsters, a Lord-level Merman King, and three buddha statue BOSSes of different levels.

Bringing his contracted beasts and leading his Skeleton Soldierss, Lin Xuan began to kill the buddha statue monsters appearing on the mountain path.

However, he hadn't gone far when he saw, not too far away, by the central Yi River, several professionals with small mustaches under their noses fiercelysiege a ten-meter-tall Merman King.

"The most difficult World-Class Merman King has already been killed."

"Should I snatch someone else's Lord-level BOSS?"

Lin Xuan looked at the Merman King ahead, whose health bar was still at twenty percent, feeling a little tempted.

"That girl said it right earlier."

"Since we're already in the ruins, we have to teach these foreigners a lesson."

"Irena, Dragon Breath!"

(Striving for one more chapter during the day!)