The shark-person BOSS periodically struck the ground with his trident, while Dragon Roaming Wanli and his companions waited quietly for the right moment.

Finally, it seemed the shark-person BOSS was growing impatient, as the rhythm with which it struck the ground became noticeably erratic.

It hesitated!

It was worried about the Demon King's reinforcements!

It weighed whether it was worth it to continue this stalemate!

Dragon Roaming Wanli carefully observed its movements.

He took note of everything, including the frequency of its chest and shoulders rising and falling, to the rhythm of its ground strikes... not missing any detail, however slight.

At last—

The creature began to lose its footing; the shift of its heel and center of gravity to the rear betrayed its intent to retreat!

Not missing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Dragon Roaming Wanli roared.

"Now, Baili!"

"Oh!"

Having cooperated tacitly for years, they needed no words, just a glance to communicate. Baili understood his leader's intention, firing an arrow while charging forward.

The whistling arrow was inevitably swatted away; the shark-person BOSS quickly reversed his trident and, with lightning speed, thrust at Baili, who had moved away from the cave wall.

The trident inevitably pierced through Baili's ribs, penetrating straight through his chest.

Carried by inertia, Baili slid down the trident's shaft to the vicinity of the shark-person BOSS's arm, using his remaining strength to grasp the trident.

Meanwhile, his legs were firmly bound by spider silk to the back of [The Failed Wriggly Eel].

"Boss! Now's your chance!" The Failed Wriggly Eel screeched excitedly, its eight legs firmly grasping the ground.

Riding the spider into the charge, Dragon Roaming Wanli didn't reply, but gripped his battle axe with both hands, bringing it down hard on the back of the shark-person BOSS's head.

"Slashing—!!!"

Sordo's trident was firmly locked by a Black-iron Skeleton Soldier, unable to strike the ground nor pull back to defend!

When he sensed the hurricane force at his back, it was already too late!

The axe blade cleaved through flesh!

Bloody scales exposed stark white bones underneath!

Even with the strength of refined steel, Sordo was not meant to withstand the full force of a double-handed axe strike!

Moreover, the attack carried the full force of someone's body!

"Ah aaah!!!"

Struck solidly on the back, Sordo let out a pained roar, his arms muscles forcefully contracting!

His underarm-trapped trident even tore the Black-iron Skeleton Soldier that had ensnared him in half, snapping sinew and bone and striking out at another skeleton cavalry attacking from behind!

Hit squarely on the shoulder by a sweeping blow, Dragon Roaming Wanli was flung from the spider's back and rolled several times on the ground before coming to a stop.

Furious and unrestrained, Sordo struck the ground again with his trident, locking onto Dragon Roaming Wanli's position, about to move forward and reduce him to pieces when he stumbled and fell to one knee, barely keeping from collapsing entirely with the support of his trident.

Blood dyed the ground red.

Hungry, tired, and severely injured, he was on the brink in every sense of the word; even without anyone finishing him off, he was doomed to bleed to death.

How he hated this!

He nearly crushed his teeth in fury, trying to lift his knee with all his might, but he no longer had the strength to even take a step forward.

In the darkness, the faltering skeleton managed to stand up before him, picking up the double-handed axe that had fallen to the ground.

"You... are a real man."

Setting his dislocated jaw back in place, Dragon Roaming Wanli staggered in front of the shark-person BOSS and couldn't help but express his admiration.

Looking at this fearless creature, he found it hard to treat it as a mere monster; it felt more like a living, breathing person...

This game was always overly realistic in the most unnecessary ways.

But then again—

Perhaps it was those superfluous details that made it so addicting.

Taking a deep breath, Wanli raised the axe.

"I'll send you off!"

The axe fell as his hand rose!

The kneeling Sordo was decapitated, ending his proud and unyielding life.

At the same moment, Dragon Roaming Wanli, who had landed the final blow, successfully broke through the level 8 bottleneck and ascended to level 9!

Not just that—

A message also appeared before his eyes.

[Unyielding Courage LV1: In a fight to the death, faced refined steel with a Black Iron Body! Strength attribute +5]

"Is this an achievement?"

Dragon Roaming Wanli first felt astonished, then that astonishment turned to elation.

He hadn't expected the game to have a hidden achievement system!

This was a huge win!

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(Thanks to the alliance leader "Can't Get Enough Even When Fat" for the reward!!!)

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