Crack!

Pain erupted from my shoulder as Strella struck me for another 1.1 million damage. His mad assault shredded both the soil and my body. I had died over ten times at this point, and I was nearly a thousand meters beneath in the ground. I couldn’t see anything beside the light of the Chill of the Nine Provinces and Strella’s ugly face right in front of me.

I hadn’t turned off Heavenly River Transformation yet, and I activated Battle Astral Wind whenever it came off cooldown. I executed Burning Blade Slash + War Crush combo that visibly decreased Strella’s HP, but it was highly unlikely that I would be able to kill it before I dropped to Level 0. My Attack could be boosted to the high heavens, but a Level 0 could never land a single hit against a Level 300 Divine Rank boss.

……

Swhoosh!

Suddenly, I detected a new presence entering my Domain. I immediately grabbed onto Strella’s tooth, gave it a mighty kick and shouted with all my might, "XINRAN!!"

"What?!"

Strella’s movements slowed...