86: BOSS: Netherworld Demon Ape

"Dying at your hands is much better than dying at the hands of those disgusting things. Go ahead and do it!"

The Female Priestess bit her red lips and walked toward Bai Tian.

One could see that this Female Priestess had a shapely figure and beautiful features; she was indeed a good-looking woman.

No wonder those players from the Sakura Region hadn't wanted to kill her immediately earlier, but instead wanted to toy with her and then record a video.

Bai Tian did not look back at the Female Priestess. After picking up the items, he mounted his horse. "You may go."

"On the server-wide map, I generally do not kill players from the Great Xia Region."

"Consider yourselves lucky today."

With that, Bai Tian rode the Ancestral Return Strange Horse and galloped away with Little Dragon Zombie.

Watching Bai Tian's departing back, the Female Priestess and the Archer both had complex expressions on their faces. "Brilliant..."

As it turned out, this Female Priestess was none other than the Vice Guild Leader of the [Blood Moon] guild—Blood Moon Misty Condensation.

The entire Blood Moon guild had been driven out of Border Wild City by Bai Tian and Flowers in Full Bloom's trio, forced to seek development elsewhere. The two sides were enemies.

Under such circumstances, Bai Tian's intervention to save Blood Moon Misty Condensation and her companion today wasn't because he was some sort of saint or even noble-hearted.

If he had encountered Blood Moon Misty Condensation and the others on an outside map, Bai Tian would have killed them all without hesitation.

But on this server-wide map, in principle, as long as there wasn't a particularly deep hatred or conflict of interest, Bai Tian would not kill players from the Great Xia Region.

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—(Ding-dong!)

"(The [you tian treasure box] has refreshed and will exist for two hours.)"

"(After two hours, if no one has obtained the [you tian treasure box], the Guardian BOSS and the you tian treasure box will disappear together.)"

Hearing this regional notification, Bai Tian's eyes sparkled with excitement. It had finally refreshed.

He didn't know what could be opened from the [you tian treasure box], but it would definitely be something good; otherwise, why would a Third Advancement Master-tier BOSS be guarding it?

Bai Tian didn't know where exactly it had refreshed within the 100,000-meter radius for the time being. He could only urge the Ancestral Return Strange Horse to sprint with all its might.

Ten minutes later, while searching everywhere for the you tian treasure box's location, Bai Tian suddenly heard a terrifying beastly roar that exploded in the distance like thunder.

Bai Tian was immediately overjoyed. He slapped the horse's back hard and pointed in the direction of the sound, shouting, "Quick, head toward the sound at top speed!"

Seeming to sense its master's urgency, the Ancestral Return Strange Horse did not dare to delay in the slightest. Carrying Bai Tian and Little Dragon Zombie, it turned into a streak of white light and burst through the wind.

Two minutes later.

—BOOM!

In the ruins ahead, a thunderous commotion erupted from the ground, and a gale carrying flying sand and stones spread out from within.

Bai Tian's eyes lit up. He immediately saw countless clusters of white death-light flashing in the center a thousand meters away.

After the white death-lights faded, at least twenty-some players from foreign servers had died and fallen.

When the smoke in the center gradually subsided, a giant beast as tall as a skyscraper appeared in Bai Tian's field of vision.

This was a black-furred giant ape, over eighty meters tall, covered in thick black hair, with a wide mouth, tusks, and infinite strength.

Clearly, this was the Third Advancement Master-tier BOSS guarding the [you tian treasure box].

At this moment, over two hundred player figures from various nations and foreign servers had already gathered nearby, everyone lined up in various directions with solemn expressions.

Beneath the black-furred giant ape's feet, no fewer than forty player corpses already lay scattered.

Many items and pieces of equipment dropped by the players were scattered on the ground.

Suddenly, the black-furred giant ape raised its left front paw high and slammed it violently into the ground, instantly crushing two stealthed Assassins into meat paste.

After the black-furred giant ape killed so many players, many pieces of equipment and items had dropped. Some impatient Assassin players had wanted to step forward to pick up the equipment and profit easily.

But as a result, they didn't get the equipment and instead lost their own lives.

Bai Tian was in no hurry to enter the fray immediately. Instead, he first observed the black-furred giant ape's attributes from a distance.

—[Netherworld Demonic Ape]!

(Third Advancement Master-tier BOSS)

Level: 43

HP: 8.819 million / 9 million

Attack: 26,000

Dual Defense: 9,000

Skills: Mountain Splitter, Earth Tremor, Beast Blood Boiling.

Holy crap, these attributes are a bit insane!

Although this Netherworld Demonic Ape BOSS had already been ground down by over 100,000 HP, its automatic health regeneration speed was terrifying. Its HP was constantly rising at a visible rate and would soon be full again.

After checking the Netherworld Demonic Ape's attributes, Bai Tian still did not rush to act. Instead, he looked for the [you tian treasure box] it was guarding.

After the Netherworld Demonic Ape killed over forty people and saw that no players dared to approach for the time being, thick white vapor snorted from its mouth and nose. It then made the ground shake as it walked back and sat down with a thud.

At this point, one could see that at the spot where the Netherworld Demonic Ape sat, next to its massive buttocks, there was a treasure chest about one meter in diameter, shimmering with an interwoven pattern of black and white light.

This treasure chest was shrouded in a visible energy barrier.

Bai Tian could even see a system prompt: "(Netherworld Barrier! Only after defeating the Netherworld Demonic Ape and drenching it with its heart's blood can the barrier be dispelled to obtain the you tian treasure box.)"

The system had blocked all other paths. There were no shortcuts to obtaining the you tian treasure box; the only way was to defeat the BOSS Netherworld Demonic Ape.

Although this BOSS was troublesome, it wasn't a major problem for Bai Tian.

The current problem was the foreign server players all around.

With these guys present, Bai Tian wouldn't be able to deal with the Netherworld Demonic Ape in peace.

Even that expert from the Terra Region—Ku Ya—had appeared nearby. At this moment, he wasn't flying but was in low-voiced conversation with three foreign server players whose auras were not at all inferior to his.

One of them actually possessed a precious mount just like Bai Tian; his mount was a strange beast with a tiger's head and a snake's body.

At the current stage, regardless of the mount's level, simply possessing one meant being ahead of 99.9% of the players across the entire server.

Ku Ya and the others also noticed Bai Tian's arrival.

The four of them exchanged looks with Bai Tian from a distance, and then, as if they had reached some sort of tacit understanding, they turned and left the area.

"These guys?"

The corners of Bai Tian's mouth curled into a cold, faint smirk. He roughly understood their plan.

They were deliberately retreating first so that he could deal with the BOSS Netherworld Demonic Ape without any worries.

But it was certain that they would definitely not go far. They would surely strike at the critical moment to snatch the BOSS Netherworld Demonic Ape and the you tian treasure box.

They might even want to kill Bai Tian as well if they got the chance.

After all, Bai Tian was one of the top ten on the global leaderboard. By killing him, they could obtain half of the you tian points he carried and become famous throughout the server.

Although Bai Tian knew the intentions of these four, he did not choose to back down.

Given the strength of this Netherworld Demonic Ape, he estimated that besides himself, no one here could take it down within two hours.