"Hurry, hurry, clear the Bone Tomb and then head to the Black Bridge."
"This time, I will definitely slay the fodder with ease!"
Mo Zhi was extremely impatient.
She had heard that streamers like Tuan Tuan and Teacher Ma had already defeated the fodder and were exploring further. Old San Yin, who had entered earlier, had reportedly already reached the Throne.
Damn it!
Mo Zhi cursed inwardly, quickening her pace. Ahead, a grey-robed skeleton, one size larger than her and wielding a purple longsword, blocked her path.
"Hmph!"
"Behold my sword!"
Without a word, Mo Zhi raised her sword and lunged forward with a jump slash!
Clang!
Huh? Blocked?
The clash of sword and blade produced a crisp hum. Before Mo Zhi could react, the purple-sword-wielding skeleton unleashed its second strike!
An upward slash!
The chilling purple sword, imbued with scarlet sword energy, shot out. The crimson glow tore through the void, instantly slicing open the Cell Person's chest.
Hit, the Cell Person staggered back two steps. Immediately, the opponent unleashed their third strike.
Gripping the sword with both hands, they raised it high above their head and swung down with force.
Zzzzz!!
A blood-red crescent moon slash, five meters in diameter, carrying with it earth-fire, surged towards Mo Zhi.
Swoosh!!
The Cell Person's HP, nearly 800, was instantly depleted!
[Physical Body Destroyed]
Mo Zhi: ???!!!
Dead?
Her pupils contracted sharply in shock!
Her hands trembled slightly on the keyboard.
What kind of ghost damage is this?
Just three strikes!
One diagonal sweep, one upward slash, one heavy chop, and she was gone?
The viewers were equally incredulous!
'It appeared! Three-Hit Brother!'
'Classic boss is weaker than an elite monster series.'
'True Jian Shen, the third hit deals true damage.'
'From the moment I saw Mo Zhi acquire the teleportation rune, I felt something was off. This is probably triggering the Old Thief's easter egg segment, a monster that doesn't belong to this difficulty has appeared.'
'Highly likely. At least none of the four streamers I'm watching have encountered the Bone Tomb Jian Shen.'
...../
"What?"
"Hidden easter egg?"
Mo Zhi stared blankly at the barrage of comments. "No way? What kind of terrible luck is this?"
"However, this Jian Shen seems incredibly strong, harder to beat than the Guardian boss."
"It basically allows no mistakes. Once the Jian Shen catches a weakness, it takes you down in one combo."
Mo Zhi reviewed her recent encounter as she pushed forward, "It was probably my initial attack that exposed a weakness, which the Jian Shen capitalized on, and then it entered its turn. But this damage is truly incomprehensible."
"The Old Thief is getting more and more devious!"
She gritted her teeth, her voice like it was squeezed from between her molars, her resentment deepening.
Clearly, her mental fortitude was beginning to waver.
Arriving at the entrance to the Avenue of the Guilty again, Mo Zhi clasped her hands together and silently prayed: Please don't let it be the Bone Tomb.
[Bone Tomb: A thick layer of ash covers the walls here, with every corner and crevice filled with filth]
"Damn it!"
Opening her eyes, Mo Zhi nearly fainted upon seeing the loading prompt.
It really was the thing she feared most!
It seemed that ever since she obtained the teleportation rune, the Bone Tomb was no longer a hidden easter egg map, but had become her random map, much like the Barrier.
"I still don't believe it!"
"Can a mere Jian Shen stir up a tempest? If you have the guts, leave me in this room tonight, and I'll never see the gate to the Black Bridge again!"
Her stubbornness kicking in, Mo Zhi spat twice into her palms and rubbed them together.
She prepared to use her ultimate skills.
After clearing the mobs in the Bone Tomb, Mo Zhi faced the Jian Shen again. The enemy doesn't move, I don't move.
The Jian Shen patrolled the path. If it wasn't within its attack range, it wouldn't attack proactively.
Mo Zhi cautiously advanced, testing the Jian Shen's aggro range inch by inch.
At a distance of two body lengths, the Jian Shen moved!
Diagonal sweep!
Mo Zhi slid backward, narrowly dodging the strike. Before she could even catch her breath, the Jian Shen reappeared before her as if teleporting, an upward slash!
Swoosh!
Heavy chop!
Bang—!
[Physical Body Destroyed]
Thump!!
Thump-thump-thump!!
The camera shook violently as Mo Zhi slammed it. Being consecutively killed filled her with true rage.
"Again!"
Without further ado,
After respawning, Mo Zhi, her face grim, sword in hand, charged forward again.
While angry, her rationality remained.
Upon reaching the starting point, Mo Zhi swapped her sword for a shield, a standard one-sword, one-shield configuration.
Knowing her state wasn't optimal today, she no longer opted for the extreme dual-wielding style.
The experience of multiple deaths had taught her that fighting the Jian Shen required parrying.
Otherwise, being too fragile and getting caught by the Jian Shen meant no chance to attack.
Unsurprisingly, she found herself in the Bone Tomb again. After triggering the easter egg, the Bone Tomb had become her regular map.
However, this suited Mo Zhi's intentions perfectly.
Once more within the Jian Shen's attack range, Mo Zhi actively provoked the Jian Shen to attack first.
When the exclamation mark above the Jian Shen's head glowed brightest and was about to fade, Mo Zhi struck.
Clang!
Parry!
The damage was reflected, and the Jian Shen was briefly stunned. Mo Zhi unceremoniously stabbed at it.
This was the moment she had waited for so long!
Then, just as she was preparing to land a second blow, the Jian Shen moved!
The upward slash was so fast it left afterimages, tossing Mo Zhi into the air before the Jian Shen unleashed its third, charged chop—
[Physical Body Destroyed]
"My goodness..."
Mo Zhi raised her clenched fist, about to slam it down, when she suddenly froze.
"Ah... it's not that, I'm not very angry."
Mo Zhi manually smoothed the angry, contorted muscles of her face into a gentle expression, silently thinking: "Can't get angry, can't be volatile, the Old Thief is still watching."
"Regardless of whether the Old Thief is watching the stream or not, I can't let her succeed!"
She had broken down, but it seemed not completely.
The viewers were utterly bewildered by Mo Zhi's "second-stage breakdown."
'This is the first time I've seen someone manually straighten twisted expressions. I'm laughing my pants off!'
'You should get your sphincter checked, the one upstairs.'
'That's the prostate, you idiot, don't talk nonsense if you don't know!'
'See the guys above↑↑, they're uncultured!'
'Seen famous scenes of second-stage laughter and second-stage crying, never expected to see second-stage breakdown. Today, it's worth it!'
'No, how can she manage to do such an awkward thing and hold back from laughing?'
'You can still laugh after being instantly killed by the Bone Tomb Jian Shen three times in a row?'
......
The viewers, reveling in the chaos, saw that since the streamer could still entertain, her mentality was still intact.
In reality,
Mo Zhi's mentality had already imploded, but at that very moment, she suddenly thought that the Old Thief might be secretly watching her breakdown from behind the screen... She immediately sobered up.
Acting on an inexplicable impulse, she manually straightened her expression, just to prevent that plague of a person from enjoying herself.
As long as the designer wasn't satisfied, she considered it a win!
Should she continue?
A large question mark appeared in Mo Zhi's mind.
What if she encountered the Jian Shen again and couldn't hold back?
Her popularity was at its peak, and it wasn't time to log off yet. If she quit directly out of fear of the game's difficulty, it wouldn't look good.
After weighing the pros and cons, Mo Zhi decided to continue fighting.
However, this time, she wouldn't act mindlessly.
Using the shield parry to counter the Jian Shen was indeed effective, and it was the key to victory.
After taking a sip of water to moisten her throat, Mo Zhi continued her campaign. Upon encountering the Jian Shen again, she successfully parried, landed a hit, and then retreated. Spotting an opportunity, she decisively pressed the parry button again as the Jian Shen swung its second blow.
Parry!
An opportunity has arrived!
Mo Zhi rejoiced inwardly, swinging her Blood Blade and fiercely thrusting it into the Jian Shen's chest.
Then retreat!
After creating distance, the Jian Shen unleashed its third charged chop.
Raise shield!
Bang!
The max-level parry returned full damage, and the Jian Shen exploded and died!
Ohhhh!!!
The chat was astonished, cheering for Mo Zhi.
Mo Zhi, savoring her first taste of victory, hadn't even caught her breath when three more Jian Shens swarmed from behind.
Each wielded a purple sword, emanating an aura of menace!
Mo Zhi turned and fled, only to discover that the Bone Tomb was filled with purple-sword-wielding Jian Shens.
After being ganged up on several times, Mo Zhi ultimately could not escape death.
Old Thief: Give it up, Mo Zhi. The Bone Tomb is full of Jian Shens.
Lu Li's sinister face suddenly flashed in her mind, his charm tinged with a mischievous, wicked demeanor.
Mo Zhi could no longer hold back.
She took off her headphones and smashed them hard onto the keyboard.
Her face contorted, her voice gruff:
"Shit!"
"Old Thief, I'll fight you to the death!!"
......