A BOSS with a name was absolutely no ordinary existence.
This BOSS, Wale, was a high-level divine envoy on the same tier as the werewolf Tu Ge, and his body contained an enormous amount of divine power.
He was level 80, and his special trait was unbelievably powerful: when attacking in soul form, he left no visible trace.
How were they supposed to fight that?
In reality, it wasn’t that players couldn’t see Wale.
It was that low-level mental power couldn’t perceive him. Once one’s attribute points exceeded 5,000, however, it was possible to see him.
Chu Fu glanced at her own attribute points.
3,147 (1,920) = 5,067.
Ah, then there was nothing to worry about!
Chu Fu was just about to speak when she suddenly looked up at the spatial rift overhead.
It resembled a gigantic eye staring down at her.
At that thought, she closed her mouth.
Then she began typing.
“We can fight him. Here’s what we’ll do: you guys run toward the rift first and put up a show of resistance. I’ll join you shortly!”
Long Zhantian stared at the message. In particular, when he saw the words “put up a show of resistance,” something stirred in his heart.
“Chairwoman Chu, what do you mean?” he typed back.
“I suspect an enemy is manipulating this situation, and they should be able to observe us. However, I don’t know how much authority they have or whether they can see our private messages.
“Actually, I suspect they can’t.
“More importantly, this kind of surveillance should be unable to affect reality.”
Otherwise, now that Chu Fu had gained the ability to fight a divine envoy, would the enemy really be so confident as to send someone here to die?
The enemy simply didn’t know that Chu Fu had mutated a vast amount of plant toxins in reality and absorbed them into her body. Her poison-type attack power was rapidly increasing, and her mental power was improving every day as well.
Of course, this was only a guess.
Were they underestimating Chu Fu, or were they simply too confident in their divine envoy? That would have to be verified later.
Long Zhantian understood.
“Got it.”
His heart immediately settled, and he began issuing orders to everyone once more.
Without Feng Huimin, even Long Zhantian felt exhausted during this massive battle.
“Everyone retreat! Even if only one person manages to escape!”
The morale of the entire team had taken a tremendous blow. They could only force themselves to keep running toward the rift.
Meanwhile,
Chu Fu spoke up. “Major Li’s group has run into trouble. Return to the city and prepare to provide support.”
At the same time, she left a message in the team channel.
[Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?]: “I suspect this is an enemy counterattack.
“We killed the werewolf Tu Ge, so they sent another divine envoy to target humanity.
“If Major Li’s entire group dies inside the dungeon this time, our losses will be enormous.
“They make up nearly 30% of the high-level players in our nation.
“We can’t be sure whether they’re monitoring our actions, or whether we’re just outsmarting ourselves and fighting an enemy that isn’t there.
“But it never hurts to be cautious.”
[Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?]: “The plan will be carried out through the team channel for now. As for anything spoken aloud, just say whatever you like.”
Chu Fu spoke again. “Have the Thorn Guild members gather. I’m calling my brother.”
She then switched back to typing.
[Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?]: “This BOSS is in soul form and can turn invisible, but any creature in soul form is afraid of light magic!
“I’m returning to the apothecary to extract all the Holy Light potions. I’ll use Poison Sprinkling to scatter them over everyone, so that all of you will be enveloped in holy light.
“Also, soul-type creatures can’t damage mechanical creatures. However, if the weapons of mechanical creatures are coated with Holy Light potions, they can harm soul-type creatures.
“Wheelchair Brother’s newly made mechs must all be enchanted. Prepare for battle.”
[Rocket on a Wheelchair]: “Understood!”
Everyone typed two words in reply: “Understood!”
After quickly explaining everything, Chu Fu immediately sent a message to Chu Feng and told him to return.
Chu Feng’s Return Scroll was bound to Thorn City. Recently, he had also been entering the Future Dungeons from Thorn City, and he had housing there through the Thorn Guild.
Although he had not joined the Thorn Guild, he was already a resident of Thorn City in all but name.
He exited the Future Dungeon and immediately applied to join Chu Fu’s team.
Meanwhile, over the course of the past week, another group of newcomers had arrived in Thorn City. The city now housed 500,000 people.
To put that into perspective, the entirety of Linjiang City had only a population of five million. One-tenth of its population was now living in Thorn City.
Next, Shen Chi used spatial positioning to bring Chu Fu to Martial Soul Town.
After locating the spatial rift, they entered it.
Although Chu Fu and Long Zhantian had claimed they were heading to the eastern rift to reinforce the others, Chu Fu and Shen Chi had actually gone to the western rift instead.
Once inside, Shen Chi continued accelerating and rushed straight to the center of the Origin-level dungeon—the castle.
Only then did Chu Fu begin summoning.
A full twenty Forest Spirit Passages opened.
All the players waiting in Thorn City surged through them.
“Holy crap, they’re here! We made it in time again! We can get more attribute points!”
“I knew sticking with Thorn would pay off!”
“We’re getting carried again. That’s Thorn for you!”
The players entered the Forest Spirit Passages and swiftly appeared inside the Origin-level dungeon.
Feng Huimin led the charge. As soon as enough people had arrived, she activated the Battle Formation, enveloping everyone within it.
Their attributes immediately skyrocketed.
Chu Fu took out the items she had cultivated inside the Spirit Plant Pouch.
[Sunflower] [Sunflower] [Glimmergrass] [Flame Maple Leaf]
A large quantity of materials gathered together.
She then infused them with Holy Light potions, forming a strange, paint-like medicine.
This substance wasn’t technically a toxin, but it could still be controlled with Poison Sprinkling.
After all, who said she had to sprinkle poison? Medicine or powder worked the same way.
Using her mental power, Chu Fu manipulated this bizarre, ultra-concentrated holy-light paint and covered all 400,000 people with it.
The players immediately felt their skin grow scorching hot.
Every one of them became like a giant lightbulb.
In this dim, death-filled land of the undead, their radiance was dazzling enough to turn even weak souls to ash.
Shen Chi also summoned 10,000 diamond-grade mechs.
Chu Fu enchanted them once again.
In an instant, the entire army was gleaming golden.
“Move out!”
At Chu Fu’s command, the army headed toward the eastern rift.
Along the way, they came across the corpses of countless dead players. They revived every one of them, and the army continued to swell.
Like fireflies gathering in the night.
“Marshal Long! The plan worked! We’re coming to you now.”
Rumble!
The entire army charged forward at full speed, like a sun rising over the horizon and illuminating every patch of darkness.
The 10,000 remaining members of Long Zhantian’s team saw the light.
Wale, who was in soul form, saw it as well.
He felt a searing heat—the kind of warmth he had not experienced since his death many years ago.
That warmth caused him pain.
The next moment, he heard what sounded like a summons from the god of death.
“Brother, he’s over there! Hit him!”
