Chapter 141: Why is this Boss different from the one in the game?

These three bold fellows had already arranged their division of labor on the way to find the boss. Ou Xiaolu and Emilia would go straight for the main boss, while Ah Luo was tasked with wiping out all the lackies in white lab coats when the boss was taken down.

Ah Luo had no objections to this arrangement. Over the past few days, he had eaten well and slept well; most importantly, the large quantity of metal shavings he had asked Charles to order had finally arrived. His Golden Fiend Wind Sand Art of the Lung Meridian had made significant progress once again.

Now, Ah Luo could conjure up a black whirlwind that covered a specific radius. Within this zone, unless one used a defensive barrier-like method, anyone who entered would be shredded into pieces by the metal shavings.

With this assurance, Ah Luo was certain he could round up all the lackies in white lab coats and deal with them together.

Under Ou Xiaolu's lead, they quickly arrived at the spot where the boss had been located earlier. The frail boss had not yet realized the danger he was in, still standing there with his hands in his pockets, leisurely watching his subordinates bustle about.

Ou Xiaolu and Emilia exchanged a glance and dashed out simultaneously. Ou Xiaolu unleashed his ultimate move right away, swinging his sword with two sword-qi-formed sharks that sealed off all the boss's escape routes.

As for Emilia, who knows how she moved, she sidestepped and abruptly appeared behind the boss, striking the back of his head with her round shield. With that single blow, a chill ran through the boss's entire body.

After landing this strike, Emilia did not stop at all. The combat style of Belldern back in the day was vividly manifested through her.

Every time, Emilia would attack first with her round shield and then follow up by thrusting with her spear. Each attack was remarkably forceful. After delivering these two strikes, Emilia would retreat to the side to look for better offensive openings.

It was evident that this was the combat habit of the Valkyries. The round shields in their hands were not meant for defense, but for stunning enemies; their true defense lay in their caution and agility.

Despite Emilia constantly shouting about confronting enemies head-on, her retreats after every attack were definitely not for observing battle results, but rather to dodge enemy counterattacks.

Seeing how powerful Emilia was, Ou Xiaolu naturally refused to be outdone. The long sword in his hands danced up and down, and the two sharks that should have been uncontrollable actually obeyed his will, biting at the boss from all directions.

The boss had already been left dizzy by Emilia's earlier strike, and facing such all-encompassing attacks from every direction, he had no way to fight back.

Ou Xiaolu seized an opening, bringing his sword down in a slash that cut right across the boss's throat. Under this slash, half of the boss's head was sent flying off.

Looking at the boss who had collapsed directly to the ground, both Ou Xiaolu and Emilia were somewhat surprised.

"Is the fight over just like that? Will he revive? Stepmom said that when they fought the divine monarchs, it took a day or two to even begin to match the strength of those divine monarchs."

Ou Xiaolu gave Emilia a sideways glance, thinking to himself that those Norse divine monarchs were all high-defense, high-HP tanks. Even if their heads were cut off, they could still keep fighting with half a head.

Not to mention that in European mythology, there were creatures where cutting off one head caused two more to grow back, or beings with a hundred heads taking turns resting and fighting.

Perhaps accustomed to hearing stories of fighting such monstrosities, Emilia even poked the fallen boss with her spear after he went down.

Ou Xiaolu, however, had a more direct method of confirmation. He opened the system interface of the "Cross-Realm Game" to check if his experience points had arrived. After all, this was a boss; if he were truly dead, the experience points would have already been credited.

Just as he checked, the boss lying on the ground actually staged a corpse resurrection. He grabbed Emilia's spear with one hand, while his other hand reached out to grab Emilia herself.

However, he seemed to have misunderstood something. The weapon in Emilia's hand looked like a shield and a spear, but actually, the spear was meant for defense, while the shield was the offensive weapon.

The moment the boss resurrected from the dead, Emilia's round shield smashed over, sending the boss flying with a single blow.

Ou Xiaolu's fighting spirit was instantly ignited. He waved his long sword once more, and the two vanished sharks reappeared, continuously tearing apart the boss's body.

This time, Ou Xiaolu remembered the boss's tendency to resurrect, so he intended not to leave even a single complete bone behind for the boss.

Meanwhile, watching the sharks endlessly tearing into the boss, Emilia wanted to step in but did not know where to join the fray, so she cried out angrily, "Leave some for me, leave some for me!"

Ou Xiaolu had no intention of leaving anything for Emilia. She didn't need experience points anyway. If Ah Luo were asking, well, even then—no, he wouldn't leave any for him either. Those numerous lackies in white lab coats were enough for Ah Luo to earn a huge amount of experience.

With that thought, Ou Xiaolu accelerated the attack speed of the sharks, tearing the boss's body into pieces.

At that very moment, a blue light suddenly emanated from the boss's body. Before Ou Xiaolu could react, Emilia, who had been standing to the side waiting for a chance to strike, excitedly swung her shield and shattered the blue light.

Immediately afterward, Ou Xiaolu received a system prompt: the experience points for defeating the boss had arrived.

Seeing the notification, Ou Xiaolu glared at Emilia angrily. "You finished off the boss! Now there's nothing left to play with."

"Ha, really? Just from that little hit? I'm amazing, aren't I? Who told you not to let me attack this guy? Be good, stop making a fuss. At worst, next time you can attack in front, and I won't steal your kill."

Ou Xiaolu shook his head. "I'm not blaming you for kill-stealing. I originally wanted to study what's going on with them, but now even the chance for research is gone. Ah Luo, stop dawdling and finish off those guys."

Over on his side, Ah Luo uttered an "oh," and the black whirlwind grew noticeably stronger. After sweeping those lackies in white lab coats into it, not even a sound came out from within. Before long, Ou Xiaolu saw a large amount of white bone fragments falling from the black whirlwind; as for flesh and blood, such things had never existed within the black whirlwind.

After disposing of these small fries cleanly, Ou Xiaolu walked over to the boss, glanced briefly at the boss's corpse, and then sighed helplessly. "My luck is terrible today. We took down such a huge boss and he didn't even drop any gear."

"What does dropping gear mean? Is it like what Stepmom said, where after you beat someone up, you loot their stuff?"

"Although it's not quite like that, what you said makes a lot of sense." Ou Xiaolu could no longer imagine how Emilia had survived under Belldern's tutelage.

Right at that moment, a strange fluctuation suddenly rippled through the space, as if something was collapsing.

Ou Xiaolu's heart skipped a beat. Carrying the skeletal head left behind by the boss, he sprinted toward the deep pit.