The glowing energy sphere in the eagle’s mouth instantly dimmed.
The withered goat head rotted away and fell to the ground, and after a final mournful roar, the lion king collapsed as well…
With its core destroyed, the chimera disintegrated and died in an instant.
Just as everyone thought the King-tier boss had been defeated— a sudden change occurred!
The king cobra at the tail of the Pseudo Chimera hadn’t died.
After detaching from the body, it dragged its severed half forward, opened its massive jaws, and lunged at Bai Qiu!
“Ah?!” the crowd gasped.
For a moment, everyone thought—This is it.
Has the unstoppable Bai Qiu finally fallen here?
But what they didn’t see… was Bai Qiu already baring his teeth in a ferocious grin.
Too slow. Far too slow.
In a flash, he sliced off the king cobra’s fangs.
As its venom sprayed outward, he leapt straight up, instantly appearing above its head—
Then drove his spear down with brutal force!
The blade pierced from the top of its skull down through its neck, pinning it firmly to the ground.
Dark infernal flames erupted from within, burning its body from the inside out.
The fire crackled violently— its flesh was instantly seared, moisture evaporating into thick white steam.
The king cobra could only die in unwilling silence.
Pinned to the ground, it didn’t even have the chance to scream before it vanished completely!
……………
With its disappearance, the thirty-six Void Passages instantly closed—as if they had never existed.
At the same time, Bai Qiu received a system notification: +100,000 Points
That’s right— not only had he killed the Pseudo Chimera, he had also dealt 100% of the total damage.
Zhang Shiyao’s arrows had been destroyed by the Golden Radiance Cannon before they could even hit.
…………..
The king cobra breaking free had actually been within Bai Qiu’s expectations.
Its skill description had already hinted at it—it didn’t rely on the core as heavily as the other three heads.
Even after the core was destroyed, it could remain active for three more minutes, relying mainly on its fangs and venom for offense.
However, as with all chimeras, it had flaws.
Once separated from the main body, while its destructive power still reached King-tier, its remaining attributes dropped sharply— not only below King-tier, but even weaker than most Lord-tier monsters.
…………….
Originally, the Wave’s design was to unleash large numbers of Elite and Lord-tier monsters, with one additional Lord-tier spawning every minute after the King appeared—while the majority remained Normal and Elite mobs.
Now, outside Zone 2233, there were fewer than twenty Lord-tier monsters left.
The vast majority were still Elite and Normal enemies.
However, neither Bai Qiu nor Zhang Shiyao made another move.
The two of them had already earned more than enough points.
If they continued farming, they’d start hindering the growth of the other players in their own zone.
Sensing the king cobra’s demise, Bai Qiu had already withdrawn his mana the moment his Noble Phantasm shattered the core.
Although he only recovered about 16% of his mana, it was still decent.
At the very least, he didn’t need to rely on Mana Drain to instantly refill everything—that uncomfortable sensation was something he’d rather not experience again.
…………
Leaning against A-Yuan together with Zhang Shiyao, they began checking the situation in other zones.
Through the live streams, they could see which areas were reaching a critical point.
Already, more than a dozen Support Requests had been posted in the cross-zone chat.
They had to pick the one closest to collapse.
In the end, Bai Qiu chose Zone 2218.
After recalling A-Yuan, he accepted the support request and teleported over.
………….
It was worth noting— Once the Wave began, the Safe Zone teleportation devices were disabled.
This was mainly to prevent players from abandoning one zone entirely and regrouping in another.
So even Bai Qiu could now only rely on Support Invitation Cards to assist other regions—something he had already anticipated when he first saw the item.
Zhang Shiyao, on the other hand, selected Zone 2216.
However, she didn’t leave immediately.
Instead, she first recalled Xiao Jin—who had been acting as a summoner below, clearing mobs—before activating her own support card and departing.
…………
When Bai Qiu arrived in Zone 2218, the outer layer of the Sanctuary barrier was already on the verge of collapse.
The only reason it hadn’t completely shattered was because several high-level Berseker players had voluntarily stepped outside the Safe Zone, absorbing a massive amount of incoming damage.
Under the vision of his Sevenfold Arcane Crystallization Eyes, Bai Qiu could see injured players being carried back in on stretchers.
These were the ones who had gone out to hold the line, returning gravely wounded—
buying time for the barrier with their own bodies.
There was no other choice.
The top-tier players in Zone 2218 had almost all focused on defensive builds, leaving their overall damage output severely lacking.
So when the Wave hit, they had no option but to step out and physically block the monsters’ advance.
…………..
“Is that… Bai Qiu?!” someone shouted.
A beam of light descended within the Sanctuary, revealing a figure clad in silver armor with a gradient blue sheen, glowing with golden radiance that seemed to confirm his identity.
Bai Qiu didn’t respond.
He simply drew out Fallen Dragon’s Bow, pulled the bowstring—and fired.
Only then did everyone finally relax.
After all, while his new armor was unfamiliar, his bow and Spear were already well-known.
…………
After stacking his passives, Bai Qiu shifted his gaze toward the battlefield outside the Safe Zone.
There, a massive serpent nearly a hundred meters long loomed.
Compared to the Pseudo Chimera, this creature had taken the completely opposite approach.
Hydra Serpent — Level 30, King-tier Boss
- Strength: C+
- Magic: C
- Endurance: C++
- Agility: C
Skills:
- Regenerative Fluid: Produces a substance that rapidly repairs bodily damage when attacked.
- Deadly Poison: Its entire body is saturated with toxins, which it can condense and spit out.
- Enhanced Regeneration: When injuries cannot be healed normally, it restores 55% of max HP within 5 seconds, but enters a weakened state afterward, reducing all attributes by 30% for 30 seconds.
- Azure Scale Shield: Consumes all mana to form a powerful shield that blocks most attacks. Cannot be used once mana is depleted.
- Tenacious Body: Immune to all conventional control effects; its skills cannot be interrupted.
“…This is just malicious design,” Bai Qiu muttered.
On his side, the Pseudo Chimera had been a monster built for overwhelming offense.
But here, this one was the exact opposite.
Defense, regeneration, shielding—everything pushed to a level that made people despair.
No wonder these players had been attacking for so long without leaving even noticeable wounds on it…
Even Bai Qiu couldn’t kill this thing instantly.
So he raised Fallen Dragon’s Bow and began by clearing normal and elite mobs, stacking his passives.
Only after fully stacking them did he finally turn his focus toward the Hydra Serpent.
Bai Qiu’s enhanced arrows struck the Hydra Serpent.
Through his ocular ability, he could clearly see a basin-sized wound blasted open on its body.
Gray-green fluid instantly oozed out—but the wound didn’t heal immediately.
That was because his arrows carried both flame and dark mana.
The lingering energy clung to the wound, preventing the regenerative fluid from making contact—naturally stopping any healing.
Bai Qiu smiled.
The Hydra’s weakness was just as obvious.
As long as the attack carried mana, its passive regeneration was effectively disabled.
Even if the healing suppression only lasted ten seconds—that was more than enough time.
With that in mind, Bai Qiu immediately unleashed full firepower.
Every arrow he shot precisely struck the same wound.
“ROAR! ROAR!”
The Hydra writhed in agony.
After taking five consecutive hits to the same spot, it finally learned its lesson—twisting its body and flipping over to face the Sanctuary barrier instead.
This way, Bai Qiu could no longer keep hitting the same wound to expand the damage.
Bai Qiu let out a feral grin.
He directly activated the Flame Orb, accelerating the charge of his enhanced arrows.
The arrows flew in rapid succession, almost forming a continuous line as he maintained relentless pressure on the Hydra.
“ROAR! ROAR!”
Unable to endure any longer, the Hydra activated Azure Scale Shield, coating its body in a layer of emerald mana scales to block the incoming arrows.
One second… two seconds… three seconds…
Crack! Crack!
In just three seconds, the shield shattered.
The massive wounds on both sides of its neck were still covered in lingering mana—
In fact, it had already exhausted its internal mana to create the shield, leaving it with no capacity to counter the damage attached to the arrows.
With no other choice, the Hydra’s body glowed brilliantly green.
Bai Qiu immediately recognized it—it was activating Enhanced Regeneration.
But instead of stopping it, he chose to observe just how powerful its regeneration really was.
At the same time, he took the opportunity to clear more Lord-tier monsters.
He shifted targets— In five seconds, Bai Qiu killed over twenty Lord-tier monsters, drastically reducing the pressure on the Sanctuary barrier.
When he looked back at the Hydra— The massive wounds on its neck had completely disappeared.
Not even a trace of injury remained.
It seemed that the “restore 55% of max HP” effect meant it could recover even from catastrophic damage, perhaps even regrow half its body if needed.
But— Seeing the Hydra’s weakened state, Bai Qiu activated the Flame Orb again.
Ten arrows.
Just ten.
Its entire head was blown apart.
All that remained was a headless, massive serpent body thrashing outside the barrier.
Everyone—players and Supporters alike—stood there in stunned silence.
That… was it?
No skills used. No flashy abilities.
Just basic attacks—and he had killed a King-tier boss.
The corpse struggled for dozens of seconds.
Green light flickered at the severed neck, as if trying to regrow a head— But it failed.
The movements gradually slowed… until the system erased it completely.
The Void Passage closed as well.
Bai Qiu received over 90,000 points, but he didn’t even bother checking.
Instead, he immediately eliminated the lurking Dragonfang Generals and Priest Skeletons from a distance.
Within a two-kilometer radius of the Sanctuary, even blind spots and building interiors were cleared—he fired arrows to destroy anything that might pose a threat.
Only after confirming that all potential summoning threats were eliminated did Bai Qiu turn his gaze toward someone approaching him.
From his aura, it was clear— this person was the Sage of Zone 2218.
Bai Qiu spoke first:
“Let’s skip the formalities. I need to leave and support other zones.”
“I’ll leave fifteen Lord-tier monsters behind for your players to farm.”
“That shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
— The end of the Chapter–
TL note : Join Patreon to support the translation and to read up to 50 chapters of the release :
https://www.patreon.com/DeCakraWnloverz
