The wood fragments covering the Mythical butterfly completely shattered, falling to the ground in massive chunks. What emerged was a majestic, giant creature with shimmering, translucent wings that radiated a faint, ethereal glow.
Arthur took a deep breath and immediately shifted ninety percent of his attributes into Agility. His figure vanished from his original position, leaving behind a sonic boom as he blitzed toward the giant butterfly.
He reappeared directly above the creature, shifting ninety percent of his stats into Strength, and swung both of his Epic daggers downward with terrifying force.
Slash.
Arthur felt his blades slice through air.
He slammed onto the ground below, his daggers cutting into empty space. The massive butterfly was still hovering high above, completely unharmed, looking down at him as if it had never moved at all.
Arthur frowned. He immediately launched himself into the air again, shifting his stats back to Agility to instantly close the gap. He adjusted his trajectory, predicting the creature’s flight path, and delivered a devastating double strike across its wing.
Slash.
Once again, his daggers passed clean through the giant body as if it were a phantom.
But suddenly the Butterfly created an intense wind pressure with it’s wings, sweeping Arthur toward the ground.
Arthur crushed on a thick tree branch, his breathing growing heavier. His 50% hp was gone, he only survived because he shifted all his attributes in his vitality and defense before the crush.
Arthur’s eyes turned cold.
He tried to attack the butterfly many times, but every time he missed and got crushed himself. He drank 4 hp potions already. It was as if he was fighting inside a matrix. The environment around him felt slightly distorted, and no matter how precise his timing was, his strikes never connected.
He realized what was happening. The Mythical boss possessed a powerful mental attack type power that created continuous illusions, altering his perception of space and distance.
Normally, a player would need Spirit attributes to pierce through high-level mental illusions. However, Arthur had not unlocked the Spirit attribute yet, as that feature would only become available after reaching level 11. Without Spirit stats, his eyes and brain were being completely tricked by the mental pressure of the boss.
He gritted his teeth in frustration.
If he could not rely on his vision, he needed a different way to break the illusion.
Arthur reached into his inventory and pulled out a rare consumable.
He threw a mystic bomb directly onto the ground.
Boom.
The bomb detonated, instantly filling the entire central area of the forest with a dense, thick layer of mystic smoke. The heavy mist covered the trees, the ground, and the air itself, blocking all line of sight.
As the mystic smoke disrupted the light and air currents, the mental illusion broke.
Arthur immediately activated Cellular Level Body Control to adapt to the situation. Since vision was useless in the thick smoke, he regulated his full attributes into his Vitality.
The change in his biology was instantaneous. As ninety-five percent of his total stats flooded into Vitality, his cellular structure densified, and his nervous system transformed into a hyper-sensitive broad-spectrum receiver.
Instantly, even a small sound couldn’t escape his sensory system.
The rustle of leaves, the vibration of air currents, and the tiny sound of dust particles settling on the ground resonated clearly in his mind.
He closed his eyes and tried to sense where that bastard was.
It took him just a single second to find it out. Through the thick mist, he felt a subtle displacement of air high above his right shoulder.
Without hesitation, he used his previous fighting tactic.
Arthur instantly redistributed his stats again. He channeled the vast majority of his attributes into Agility to achieve maximum acceleration, tearing through the mist toward the sound.
As he reached the massive target, he shifted his stats into Strength. However, this time he made a crucial adjustment. He used more than thirty percent of his attributes in his Defence.
The Mythical boss had over fifteen million HP, so it wouldn’t die in a single hit. That meant Arthur would have to face the immense recoil force generated by striking a colossal, living structure at near hypersonic speed. By keeping thirty percent in Defence, his bones and muscles would be able to absorb the massive kinetic feedback without snapping.
Arthur drove both daggers deep into the core of the giant butterfly.
Slash.
-3,000,000 HP.
A huge number vanished from the boss’s health bar.
The violent shockwave of the impact exploded through the mist, blowing the thick smoke away in a circular wave. The heavy recoil slammed back into Arthur’s body, but his reinforced Defence absorbed the kinetic vibration cleanly, allowing him to maintain his balance in mid-air.
Once the butterfly took such huge damage, it became enraged.
The severe pain and shock disrupted its concentration, and it completely lost the ability to use illusions. The ethereal glow surrounding its wings flickered out, leaving the real, physical body of the giant monster fully exposed in the open air.
Now that the mental traps were gone and its true position was permanently revealed, the battle shifted entirely into Arthur’s favor.
Then he didn’t have to suffer much.
Arthur moved around the giant boss like a phantom. He continuously executed rapid cellular conversions, shifting between Agility to dodge its furious elemental wind attacks and Strength combined with Defence to deliver devastating blows across its wings and body.
Slash.
-3,000,000 HP.
Slash.
-3,000,000 HP.
The massive creature roared in agony as its wings were torn to shreds by Arthur’s relentless kinetic strikes. It crashed heavily onto the forest floor, shattering several ancient trees upon impact.
Arthur landed on its back, shifted ninety percent into Strength, and drove his daggers straight into its head.
Slash.
-3,000,000 HP.
The remaining health bar of the Mythical boss completely emptied. The giant butterfly gave a final, weak tremor before turning into massive particles of golden light.
[Ding! You have cleared the 5th round.]
Arthur stood amidst the fading golden particles, breathing deeply as the system notification was heard.
Arthur took the full thirty minutes to rest and recover before entering the next battlefield.
The moment he disappeared, his surroundings changed once again.
He appeared in a vast battlefield filled with countless colorful crystals. Enormous crystal pillars rose from the ground, reflecting strange lights across the battlefield. Some crystals were as small as pebbles, while others towered hundreds of meters into the sky.
He killed all the remaining bosses within 5 minutes without wasting any time.
At the center of the battlefield stood the final boss.
A gigantic Crystal Golem.
Its massive body was formed entirely from different types of crystals, and brilliant energy flowed through the gaps between its enormous limbs. The Crystal Golem possessed nearly 18 million HP and could unleash devastating red energy beams capable of tearing through the crystal-covered battlefield.
Arthur fought the Crystal Golem for an entire hour.
[Ding! You have cleared the 6th round.]
...
After another period of rest, Arthur entered the seventh round.
This time, he appeared inside a massive poison swamp.
Dark green water covered most of the battlefield, while enormous twisted trees rose from the swamp. Thick poisonous mist filled the air, severely limiting visibility and making the entire environment feel dangerous and oppressive.
All the bosses were different poisonous swamp creatures. He dealt them with patience, taking 30 minutes.
The final boss was a humongous crocodile.
The creature possessed nearly 16 million HP and ruled the entire poison swamp. Its most dangerous ability was its Poison Domain, which covered a large area and continuously dealt 1,000 HP damage per second to Arthur.
The battle was extremely dangerous.
However, after forty-five minutes of intense fighting, the gigantic crocodile finally fell.
[Ding! You have cleared the 7th round.]
...
Arthur soon entered the eighth round.
The battlefield this time was a Thunder Valley.
Dark clouds covered the entire sky, and deafening thunder echoed continuously throughout the enormous valley. Lightning struck the ground every few seconds, leaving behind massive craters and filling the air with the scent of burnt earth.
The bosses all possessed lightning attributes. He needed 1 hour to deal with those bosses.
The final boss was a gigantic Thunder Roc.
It was an ancient primordial bird capable of controlling terrifying lightning. Its most powerful ability allowed it to summon massive heavenly tribulation-like lightning attacks, turning large portions of the battlefield into a sea of destruction.
Compared to the previous rounds, this battle was far more difficult.
The Thunder Roc possessed incredible speed, and Arthur had to constantly evade devastating lightning attacks while searching for opportunities to counterattack.
The battle continued for hours.
Finally, after more than three hours of intense combat, the enormous Thunder Roc let out a final cry before crashing down into the valley.
[Ding! You have cleared the 8th round.]