Above the Abyss Sea, on the colossal Teleportation Array, black light condensed into a towering figure holding a steel trident.
The instant it appeared, an astonishing aura burst from its body.
"Brat, come and die!"
A disdainful voice echoed from the huge silhouette.
In the next instant, that figure was already inside the special space.
The black mist dispersed, revealing its true face.
It had a green face and tusks, its entire body covered in red fur, and in the center of its brow a vertical eye gleamed with jet-black light.
[World BOSS: King Tenacity · Qing Sha]
[Combat Power: 10.2 billion (Epic 2-Star)]
Lin Bei fixed his eyes on it, and a brief description of the BOSS immediately popped into view.
"Not bad luck this time—a World BOSS with over ten billion Combat Power spawned right away!"
"From what Blood Spirit and Blood War just said, only World BOSSes above ten billion can drop world origin fragments."
"As expected, the BOSS I summon myself is the reliable one; those guys just now had rotten luck."
Lin Bei glanced at the timer—Super Lucky State would end in another hour and a half.
So right now he had to race the clock and farm as many World BOSSes as possible.
Without hesitation, he flashed straight into the special space.
"Brat, meeting me can be considered your—"
"Annihilation!"
Lin Bei didn't wait for the trash talk. Coating his strike with Annihilation Force, he punched clean through the World BOSS's massive torso.
Splash—
Black blood splattered everywhere; King Tenacity · Qing Sha's aura instantly plummeted.
Its eyes glazed over, face full of shock.
Then that shock turned into boundless rage!
"Damn it! Brat… you're courting death!"
"Heaven Eye—OPEN!!!"
Qing Sha roared, its aura climbing wildly once more.
At the same time, the black vertical eye between its brows snapped open and fired a death-laden black beam straight at Lin Bei!
"Interesting—this should be your ace, right? Wounded yet still able to unleash over thirty billion Combat Power in one hit. This move… not simple!"
Sensing the terrifying aura on the black beam, a flicker of surprise crossed Lin Bei's eyes.
But with vitality above 150 billion, this level of attack could hardly scratch him.
Pop!
A soft sound.
A black smudge appeared on the chest of Lin Bei's clothes.
A palm-sized wisp of black smoke rose around it.
Three seconds later, the smoke vanished.
Lin Bei's chest rose and fell; his breathing stayed steady.
That strike had dealt zero damage.
"Impossible! My Death Gaze… had no effect on you! Absolutely impossible!"
Seeing the result of its full-power strike, King Tenacity · Qing Sha was dumbfounded. It shrieked, "I get it—this has to be an illusion! Yes, an illusion!"
"No one can emerge unscathed from my Death Gaze!"
"Brat, you can't fool me! Just wait—I'll break your illusion! How dare you mock this king—pay the price!"
Qing Sha raged, face twisted with madness.
The next second, to Lin Bei's astonishment, it channeled all its power into the huge black trident and—stabbed it straight into the gaping wound in its own chest!
"Open!"
It roared, aiming its Death Gaze at the wound and firing at full force!
A thunderous boom shook the space.
Barriers around the special space quaked violently.
Where King Tenacity · Qing Sha had stood, only a vast cloud of black mist remained.
"Holy crap, this guy… so ruthless to himself?"
Lin Bei clicked his tongue. "But that combo was sick—he literally one-shot himself and left not even ash behind!"
Lin Bei felt emotional.
The boss had suspected an illusion and tried violent means to break it.
Fair enough.
Who could have guessed the method would be self-attack?
"Does it think that because everything feels like an illusion, any damage it takes is fake too?"
Lin Bei's mouth twitched. "Shows that raw power without brains… is still damn dangerous."
"Eye-opener—someone can literally die of stupidity!"
Lin Bei stood dumbstruck for a long while.
He barely glanced at the string of notifications flashing before him.
On the edge of the Abyss Sea, the Survivors who hadn't left looked at each other in bewilderment.
After a while someone whispered, "Hey, that BOSS felt way stronger than the last one—so why… did it kill itself?"
"Hell if I know! Wish we could hear what's said inside; we'd get our answer!"
"Sigh, what a waste. Never thought a World BOSS would commit suicide—why wasn't I that lucky?"
Jealousy flashed in someone's eyes as they stared into the special space.
"Hey, no matter how you count it, that's two World BOSSes down, right?"
"Damn—he's already chained two World BOSS kills! Hasn't happened in ages!"
"Hmph, pure luck!"
"Luck my foot! He one-shot Blade Cutter! And King Tenacity got its chest caved in with one punch. Explain how that's luck? It's raw power!"
"Right! Even if Qing Sha hadn't suicided, a few more punches would've finished it anyway. This Beiming… terrifying!"
"Screw this—I'm out!"
Suddenly someone said, "With strength like his, if Beiming decides to clear the field… I'm not dying here for nothing. Later!"
The moment the words landed, the speaker spun and hurried off.
Seeing that, the rest exchanged glances.
In no time, another third of the crowd scurried away.
Yet quite a few Survivors driven by curiosity stayed.
They badly wanted to know: just how many World BOSSes could this guy named Beiming take down?
And if—just if—he messed up, amazing loot would drop!
The bold feast, the timid starve.
Everyone's breathing quickened.
Eyes glued to the special space, hearts pounded like drums."It finally dropped."
As the black mist dispersed, Lin Bei looked at the ground ahead.
A fist-sized gray fragment lay quietly there, the surrounding space twisted by gray energy, faintly forming a swirling vortex.
[World Origin Fragment: a special shard carrying the world's origin rules. Purpose unknown.]