Swhoosh!

Cyan-colored gusts of wind blew around me before condensing into astral walls that were as impregnable as steel fortresses. The second I returned to life, I activated Battle Astral Wind and tried my best to stall the boss as much as possible. In this case, my death was a good thing because it increased my Attack by 10%. There were probably many, many more powerful bosses like Mountain Guardian in this mysterious map, so I was sure that I would appreciate the extra oomph.

Mountain Guardian glared at me for a moment before suddenly turning toward Lin Yixin and raising its battle axe. The bastard’s trying to one-shot her with a scythe toss!

I hurriedly activated Heavenly River Transformation and caused a pair of bloody wings to appear behind my back. Thankfully, I hadn’t wasted too many Divine Energy Points during the previous boss fight, and I had been saving up precisely for a moment like this. I raised the Chill of the Nine Provinces high, summoned the golden sword that was Xuanyuan Slash, and brought it down right on top of Mountain Guardian’s head!

Bang!

Dust clouds whipped across my face for a moment. Xuanyuan Slash was a critical hit! Not bad!

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