At this moment, it was like a floodgate had been opened.
An endless insect tide, like a raging flood, spewed out along the huge light curtain.
The Chaotic World players standing in front of the light curtain were instantly wiped out in waves of death.
These bugs only had 1 attack, 1 defense, and 1 HP. You could crush several with a single step.
But what was terrifying was just how many of them there were.
To devour a level 18 to 19 player only took one second, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of Chaotic World players were eaten until only a dozen or so were left.
They looked back at the onrushing swarm while screaming in fear and panic, sprinting madly toward the exit to the eighth floor.
Finally, before the swarm could swallow them, they made it to the exit and plunged headfirst into the light curtain, disappearing from the ninth floor.
They thought they had escaped.
But as those dozen survivors opened the exit between the ninth and eighth floors, the insect tide followed them out.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless bugs spewed out of the light curtain. This scene stunned the Chaotic World players who were scattered across the eighth floor killing poison bugs and collecting poison vials for their quests.
"Holy crap! Big brothers, what did you bring over here?"
"What the hell is this thing?"
Those dozen players who had just escaped from the ninth floor kept crawling and running toward the exit from the eighth floor to the seventh.
As they ran, they shouted, "RUN!"
"RUN NOW!"
The Chaotic World players on the eighth floor had not even reacted yet.
In the blink of an eye, an uncountable swarm surged in and swallowed them whole.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
One beam of white light after another shot into the sky, finally snapping everyone awake.
"Damn it!"
"Run!"
All the Chaotic World players on the scene instantly fell into Chaotic World, all fleeing toward the exit.
The swarm devoured the slower players while, like a flood, chasing down those running ahead.
This formed a vicious cycle.
The people on the eighth floor could only escape to the seventh.
And once they entered the seventh floor, the exit would open, and the insect tide would pour in from the eighth to the seventh.
Then it dragged the people on the seventh floor into fleeing to the sixth, and the swarm followed into the sixth.
In an instant, the entire Insect Nest Dungeon became a living hell.
Aside from the tenth floor, all the other floors, from one to nine, echoed with heart wrenching screams.
Such a commotion even terrified the NPC guards stationed outside the dungeon.
They looked at each other in panic.
"What happened inside? Why are there such miserable screams?"
"Could it be… that the Insect Shaman who was suppressed by the City Lord three years ago has been released?"
"Should we go in and rescue the adventurers who just entered the dungeon? They must be in trouble!"
"No!", Captain William said sternly, "The insect tide under the Insect Shaman is extremely terrifying. With just this many of us, even if we go in, not only will we not save anyone, we will just be throwing ourselves into the jaws of the beast."
"If the Insect Shaman is released from the Insect Nest Dungeon, Blazing Ember City will face disaster."
"Quick!", William urgently ordered, "Hurry back and report to the City Lord! Request reinforcements!"
"Yes!"
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At the same time, on the tenth floor—
Even across different layers, Lin Mo could still hear the screams of Chaotic World players coming from the other floors.
There was no sympathy in Lin Mo's eyes, only joy..
"You wanted to come steal my BOSS?"
"You deserve it!"
As he spoke, Lin Mo kept his eyes locked on the Insect Shaman, which had less than 3% HP left.
"At this HP, it should only take one last round to finish it."
So Lin Mo seized the moment when the Insect Shaman once again used Explode Bugs and entered its ten second Charging state.
"Now!"
As he spoke, Lin Mo raised his bow and aimed at Insect Shaman Moya.
Ice Snow, Extreme Cold Grip!
Heaven Slaying, Seven Star Volley!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The two SSS rank skills combined erupted for the 414th time.
In an instant, the world was filled with ice and snow.
Starlight scattered everywhere.
Above the Insect Shaman's head, a huge wave of blood red damage numbers popped up again.
-1!
-552!
-568!
-585!
-336 Poison damage!
-200 Burning Soul!
Damage maxed out.
From day into night, under Lin Mo's eight straight hours and more than four hundred rounds of damage, the last thread of the Insect Shaman's HP was finally completely emptied.
"How… is this… possible!"
The Insect Shaman looked up at Lin Mo, his eyes full of unwillingness.
"A tiny human, with just you… how could you… kill this shaman…"
"As long as this shaman does not die… the insect race… will not perish…"
The Insect Shaman, filled with endless resentment and hatred, fell heavily to the ground.
At the same time, eight hours of nonstop high frequency strain had pushed Lin Mo's stamina and focus to the absolute limit.
The moment the Insect Shaman collapsed, Lin Mo also gave out. His body went limp and he slumped onto the stone pillar.
Until the next second, the battle notifications echoing in his ears brought Lin Mo back from the edge of collapsing from exhaustion.
["Ding. Congratulations, you have killed the level 30 tier 3 BOSS Insect Shaman Moya. Experience +3,220,000 (161%). Reputation +100!"]
["Ding. Because you solo killed a BOSS rank monster higher level than yourself from start to finish, you triggered the "Overgod Defeat" effect. You receive double kill rewards. Experience +2,000,000. Reputation +100. BOSS drop rate doubled!"]
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Four beams of golden light rained down over Lin Mo's head.
["Ding. Congratulations, you have reached level 22!"]
["Ding. Congratulations, you have reached level 23!"]
["Ding. Congratulations, you have reached level 24!"]
["Ding. Congratulations, you have reached level 25! All attributes +1, free stat points +3! Next level requires 3,000,000 experience!"]
Bathed in the four golden lights, Lin Mo felt more refreshed than ever, like he had ascended to immortality.
Overgod Defeat!
Hearing those two words made goosebumps rise all over Lin Mo.
Because in his previous life, in the entire Dragon Nation server, only one player had ever triggered this Overgod Defeat effect. That was one of the only nine SSS rank talent holders in the world, the number one female emperor of the Dragon Nation server, Xiyue.
"To think that one day, I could stand at the same height as the Xiyue Empress that countless people worship."
This was something the Lin Mo of his previous life would never have dared to dream of.
And just as Lin Mo was immersed in the joy of his first BOSS kill, the system voice rang out again.
[System Announcement• Blazing Ember City: "Ding. Congratulations to player Rulebound for solo killing the level 30 tier 3 BOSS Insect Shaman Moya, completing the achievement Overgod Defeat, and receiving the rewards: Reputation +50, Gold coins +10, and the title Overgod Player!"]
As this announcement echoed through the entire level three main city of Blazing Ember City, the 2.35 million players online, inside and outside the city, all erupted into an uproar.
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