Although Ying Huaixu was a top-tier player, when a newbie tackled this dungeon, they usually had to grind for a while before reaching the boss's second phase.
But now, he had pushed the boss into the second phase with just a few strikes.
This was indeed much simpler than the game.
After the woman devoured the head in her right hand, her body began to swell, and her height surged once more.
"Roar..."
A series of roars erupted from the woman's mouth as her arms and body started to twist and deform.
Before long, the woman's lower half resembled a lotus flower made entirely of flesh and blood, while her upper half became even more slender.
However, her face grew many lines, making her look more like a demon.
Her arms began to sprout numerous fleshy tendrils.
These tendrils completely enveloped the long sword in her hand.
It seemed as though the sword had become one with her.
After completing the transformation into the second phase, the woman once again looked at Ying Huaixu with icy eyes.
"Human, die!"
With that, she swung the long sword in her hand towards Ying Huaixu.
This strike unleashed a burst of Sword Qi!
"Damn it!"
Ying Huaixu quickly dodged.
He was genuinely shocked this time.
From the appearance of the projectile to the woman's attack, there was at most a 0.5-second gap.
This was twice as fast as the normal game projectiles.
Not only that.
The woman's desire to attack was terrifyingly high.
"Die, die, die... just die."
The woman swung her sword madly, and Sword Qi continuously enveloped Ying Huaixu.
Ying Huaixu kept dodging.
Although the difficulty had increased significantly, there was still the dodge system and the projectile function.
For a top player like him, it was not too difficult.
Although he initially struggled to adapt to the boss's release speed, once he got used to it, Ying Huaixu handled it with ease.
Moreover, Ying Huaixu discovered a feature, and it was quite a game-breaking one.
Invincibility Frames during dodges!
With this feature, Ying Huaixu was filled with confidence for the future.
Invincibility Frames would provide a lot of operational space in future group dungeons.
Additionally, Ying Huaixu was now even more excited about the upcoming cultivation Divine Abilities.
Because some Divine Abilities also had Invincibility Frames and Time Stop.
If all these features were present, then Ying Huaixu would have nothing to fear.
However, now was not the time to think about these things. The immediate priority was to kill the boss in front of him. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
"Swish~"
As another wave of Sword Qi came, Ying Huaixu dodged once more.
Then Ying Huaixu felt a surge of special power within his body.
He triggered the Dodge Counter.
"Whoosh!"
The moment the Dodge Counter was triggered, Ying Huaixu almost teleported in front of the woman, his long sword in hand, glowing with a halo, slashing fiercely at the woman.
This strike was guaranteed to hit, and it was swift.
The boss couldn't react at all.
"Crack~"
It sounded like glass shattering.
That familiar feeling returned, leaving him weak and his mind momentarily blank.
The woman's actions halted once more.
"Countless Swords of Flying Snow."
Ying Huaixu transformed into a white light, weaving around the boss.
Blood marks appeared continuously on the boss, with blood splattering everywhere.
"Damn it~"
Ying Huaixu was stunned.
In the game, when slashing at a boss, it was just a bunch of data.
Even when fighting bandits back then, it was almost a one-hit kill, and he overlooked the fact that this wasn't a game, and this thing would bleed when cut.
Ying Huaixu was now covered in blood, and the stench was so overwhelming that he had to stop.
Because he felt like vomiting.
After Ying Huaixu stopped, the boss got up again.
But what happened next left Ying Huaixu dumbfounded.
Because the boss ran away!
Ying Huaixu truly didn't expect this.
In the game, the relationship between the boss and the player was always a fight to the death; either the player defeated the boss, or the boss defeated the player.
Accustomed to this setting, Ying Huaixu never considered that the boss might run away.
"Smack~"
Ying Huaixu slapped himself.
"This isn't a game now, and this thing isn't just a programmed NPC. It has thoughts, intelligence, and naturally, it would run. Damn, I'm so stupid."
But that being said, if he let this boss escape today, Ying Huaixu estimated his resentment would be heavier than the boss's.
Because he absolutely had to get his hands on the sword in the boss's possession, it was a guarantee for his future actions.
"Witch, damn it, stop right there."
Ying Huaixu chased after her with his long sword.
The female ghost was truly panicking now.
She really had no intention of fighting anymore.
This human was too bizarre.
Meanwhile, she had been utterly powerless against Ying Huaixu's attacks.
This human had issues, big issues.
If she didn't run, she would definitely die here.
Seeing Ying Huaixu, covered in blood, chasing after her, the boss was scared pale.
"Young Master, Young Master, let's talk this out. As long as you let me go, I'll give you whatever you want."
Ying Huaixu remained expressionless, gripping his sword tightly.
The boss realized that this human simply wanted to kill her.
The boss was stunned.
"Young Master, must I really die? Is there no room for negotiation?"
Ying Huaixu nodded.
Of course not.
It wasn't just the sword in her hand that he wanted; he also wanted the experience he would gain from killing her.
The woman turned and entered the courtyard's Main Hall, then the thick fog contracted, and the door slammed shut.
Ying Huaixu kicked it open.
"Bang~"
The door shattered, and the female boss cowered in the corner, trembling.
"Found you."
Ying Huaixu smiled.
But with his face covered in blood, it was truly terrifying.
The boss threw her sword and then, to Ying Huaixu's astonishment, disassembled herself.
Ying Huaixu: "???"
As the boss disassembled, the small courtyard began to collapse.
"Oh no, Yin Soul Grass."
Ying Huaixu quickly gathered a few stalks of grass in the courtyard, then hurried to grab the long sword the boss had dropped.
Once Ying Huaixu had collected everything, a light screen enveloped him, pulling him out.
As Ying Huaixu left, the small dungeon completely collapsed.
In the collapsing ruins, a tiny figure cautiously peeked out, looking around.
"Thank goodness for the disassembly technique, or I would have really been done for today."
The tiny figure couldn't help but pat her chest, speaking with a sense of relief.
But the little figure didn't dare linger, transforming into a wisp of black smoke and burrowing into the ground, fleeing into the distance.
This place was no longer safe for her; who knew if that human would return!
Meanwhile, Ying Huaixu breathed a sigh of relief.
Because he had obtained the quest items, and the dungeon experience was his.
Killing the boss granted 500 experience, plus the previous small monsters, totaling 1500 experience, and fully clearing the dungeon awarded another 1000 experience.
This trip had netted him 2500 experience.
This brought him closer to his plan of accumulating ten thousand experience to reach the Shenxiao Sword Sect. If nothing unexpected happened, completing the Chance Encounter Quest should push his experience over the ten thousand mark, possibly even more.