As the tremors grew more and more intense, Ruan Zhihe also felt it.
She looked up—and saw a head peeking out from behind a tall building. Somehow, it looked strangely familiar.
Wasn’t that the same guy they had run into the first time they came to Lansu Town?
A BOSS?!
No—why was the BOSS running toward them?!
Just as Ruan Zhihe was confused, Mayor Chen rushed in from outside in a panic, telling them to evacuate immediately. The big BOSS had arrived.
With their current combat strength, they still had some chance against ordinary anomalies. But against a true major BOSS, it was basically suicide.
They needed to preserve their strength for the future.
“Madam Xu, this really won’t work. We need to run now,” Ruan Zhihe said anxiously. “Your safety comes first.”
Ruan Yaoyao blinked, still feeling that something wasn’t quite right—but she couldn’t quite figure out what.
At that moment, the little golden snake with long legs suddenly shot out.
Ruan Yaoyao came to her senses.
【Oh right, I can’t beat it… what about it?】
She clearly felt a voice from deep in her heart:
Hungry! Hungry! Hungry!
Then she saw the little golden snake perched on a nearby courtyard wall, drooling as it stared at the massive creature.
It even urged her to hurry.
—Go on!
—Why are you just standing there?!
—Don’t let my food escape!
Ruan Yaoyao’s mouth twitched.
【Are you kidding me? How am I supposed to beat that thing?!】
The little golden snake looked confused: Why can’t you beat it?
Ruan Yaoyao’s eyes lit up.
【So you mean… I can beat it?】
Ruan Zhihe: Madam Xu, who are you talking to?
Soon she got her answer, because she saw Ruan Yaoyao reach out and catch the Soul-Binding Banner, then walk forward while saying, “I’ll go meet it!”
The little golden snake happily jumped onto her shoulder, and two small golden flags appeared out of thin air on either side of its head, as if cheering: Go! Go!
Ruan Zhihe: ???
Ruan Zhihe: !!!
“Wait, Madam Xu, stop—”
She hurriedly chased after her.
Mayor Chen: “……”
I came here to tell you to retreat, and you’re going to fight it instead?!
Ruan Yaoyao stood in front of the little BOSS and looked up at the enormous creature. Just as her courage had built up, it deflated like a punctured balloon.
Her legs went a little weak.
【Maybe… we should just forget it?】
The little golden snake waved its flags: Charge!
Ruan Zhihe glared.
What is this thing? How dare it encourage Madam Xu to do something so dangerous? Definitely not a good thing.
The little golden dragon instantly became “some unknown thing” in Ruan Zhihe’s mind. She had transferred all her hostility onto it.
“Achoo…”
The little golden snake sneezed, then continued cheering:
Go! Go! Go! You’re the best!
【Alright! Then I’m charging!】
Ruan Yaoyao clenched her fists.
Ruan Zhihe panicked.
“Madam Xu—!”
Before she could finish, Ruan Yaoyao tossed the Soul-Binding Banner into the air.
The banner seemed to come alive, instantly rising into the sky.
One turned into two, two into four, four into eight—within moments, countless copies filled the air, surrounding the little BOSS completely.
Black mist surged from the banners, filled with dense yin energy.
At first glance, nothing seemed wrong—but upon closer inspection, something appeared to be hidden within those shadows.
As the banners took position, Ruan Yaoyao extended her left arm. The little golden snake on her shoulder coiled around it and roared at the banners.
The black mist instantly expanded, forming a wall that trapped the little BOSS inside.
Something was moving within the fog, attacking wildly—snake-like yet not quite a snake, dragon-like yet not quite a dragon.
The little BOSS was getting beaten badly.
At first, it could still fight back—but soon it was like throwing meat buns at a dog: every attack got bitten, every strike caused backlash. The more it fought, the worse it became.
“ROAR—”
The little BOSS roared in rage.
But its roars meant nothing. The attackers kept eating.
And it couldn’t escape.
Only then did Ruan Zhihe understand why they had surrounded it before fighting—it was to prevent it from escaping if things got too rough.
Now it was trapped. They could take their time.
The only question was what exactly was hidden inside the Soul-Binding Banner. It looked far bigger than the creature outside.
She glanced at the little golden snake.
It was indeed small—only about the length of Ruan Yaoyao’s arm—now lying on her head, eyes glowing as it watched the battle.
Inside the black fog, the hidden entity had no clear shape. Only parts of its body could be seen swimming through the mist—sometimes a head, sometimes a tail.
Wait… did she just see claws?!
If it had claws, why didn’t this little golden snake have any?
To be honest, the thing inside the black fog looked more like a dragon than the little golden snake did.
Little golden snake: ???
Mayor Chen and the others were stunned.
So the national team really had people this powerful now? Someone just came out and completely ignored a BOSS?
For a moment, he didn’t know whether to pity the group that had been struggling against this BOSS earlier—or to pity the BOSS itself, which had gone from being terrifying to basically food.
The BOSS kept growing tentacles, only for them to be bitten off instantly. Eventually, the thing inside the fog got impatient and even whipped it with its tail.
The little BOSS wailed… and then went berserk, self-destructing in rage.
Of course, it didn’t succeed.
Because the thing inside immediately realized it might mess things up, opened its mouth wide—and swallowed it whole.
Ruan Yaoyao clearly felt something burp.
“….”
The Soul-Binding Banner also swelled slightly, as if it had eaten too much.
It trembled, and its clones began disappearing one by one.
The black mist “whooshed” back into the banner, as if afraid of being abandoned.
In the blink of an eye, the banner returned to a single form and obediently landed back in Ruan Yaoyao’s hand, behaving as if nothing had ever happened.
Ding—
【Blue Star humans have successfully eliminated the Boss and achieved final victory!】
Wait… what?!
Blue Star humans actually won?!
Feng Yue, Hua Bo, and the others were still fighting fiercely against the anomalies when they suddenly heard the announcement—and froze in shock.
How was that possible?!
They couldn’t possibly defeat these anomalies!
They didn’t even have the ability to fight them!
But the system didn’t care about their reactions. After the announcement, it immediately continued:
【Losers will be removed. Exit time: 30 seconds. 30, 29, 28…】
Feng Yue and Hua Bo’s faces turned green.
“How is this happening?”
Hua Bo turned to ask Feng Yue—but saw that Feng Yue had already pressed the “exit” button.
Her figure flickered and collapsed to the ground.
Hua Bo: “……”
Fine. Looks like there was no choice but to leave.
He also pressed exit.
His body flickered and fell as well.
The moment they fell, the ongoing battle didn’t stop. The anomalies immediately rushed in, wrapping them in long tentacles and dragging them into a massive maw in the sky.
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