Time goes by day by day.

As for Fang Zheng, their battle continues.

"Asuna! Prepare to switch! Black Cat, listen to my orders and get ready to follow!"

Looking at the Boss Lord who was already at the end of his strength, Fang Zheng raised the machete in his hand and gave an order. Upon hearing Fang Zheng's order, Asuna and Black Cat nodded, and then surrounded the Boss from the left and right.

"Aoba, you are responsible for the rear defense. Restia and Esther prepare for the second phase of the attack. The others retreat and recover!"

Although the Lord Boss's health was about to run out, Fang Zheng was not careless at all. On the contrary, he stared at the Boss in front of him with a serious expression, not even daring to breathe.

What Fang Zheng and his companions were facing right now was the Lord Boss of the twenty-fifth floor. This Lord Boss was more difficult to deal with than the previous ones. This was not only because its strength far exceeded that of ordinary Lord Bosses, but also because just before Fang Zheng and his companions came in, an exploration team from another guild had already died at its hands.

In the game, AI also gains experience through battles with players, which means that the 25th-floor Lord Boss not only has attributes that exceed those of other Lord Bosses, but also gains battle experience from players. This also led to Fang Zheng and his companions finally encountering their first difficult enemy.

"There's still one third left... The boss is about to go berserk! Listen to my orders, don't be greedy, Eriri, retreat behind Aoba!"

“——!!”

Seeing the huge Boss in front of him raise his body again, Fang Zheng's forehead was also sweating. The most troublesome thing about this Boss was that the other party would shoot out spikes from its back like a porcupine, firing unlimited all-round shots at the entire venue.

And because of this, a big problem within the Founder team emerged.

That is... insufficient defense!!

Currently, only Aoba and Nanami are holding shields in Fangzheng's team, and the others are holding one-handed weapons, after all, one-handed weapons are more flexible and faster. And top players like Asuna, Kuroneko, and Yuki are already used to dodging attacks. Imagine that your agility is so high that you can miss attacks, then increasing health and defense is obviously not a good choice.

However, this time, even Asuna and the others were a bit overwhelmed. The spikes fired by this "Porcupine" Boss were as dense as the barrage, and it was impossible to completely avoid them. Not to mention that after entering the second stage, the opponent fired spikes like crazy and never stopped. In this case, everyone not only had to dodge the spikes, but also counterattack and guard against the attacks of the Porcupine Boss, which was simply impossible.

It was precisely because of this that, after entering the second stage, most of Fang Zheng's men were now in a dangerous state of half health, and even a few people including Ying Lili were already low on health!

Although the damage of a single spike barrage is very low, it is a continuous attack. What's more, if you are accidentally hit by the Boss at this time, you will probably be dead!

“——”

As its health continued to drop, the Porcupine Boss seemed to be at its final moment. However, Fang Zheng still stared at the Boss in front of him. Then he raised his right hand, clenched the sword in his hand and swung it forward!

"boom!!"

The deformed sword blade instantly hit the Porcupine Boss's head, causing its entire attack to stop. At the same time, seizing the moment when the barrage of bullets paused, Asuna and Black Cat rushed up from the left and right. The sharp rapiers and long sickles intertwined and brought out rays of light, hitting the Porcupine Boss's body!

“Crack!”

With a crisp sound, the Porcupine Boss collapsed to the ground, and a broken shield sign appeared on his body. At the same time, Restia and Esther quickly stepped forward and cooperated with Fang Zheng to attack the Porcupine Boss again.

“Swish!!”

As the sword flashed, the health of the porcupine boss instantly dropped to the bottom, but it was not over yet! It struggled violently, and then stood up again. At the same time, Fang Zheng saw that the gem on the top of the porcupine boss's head suddenly began to emit beams of light, shining on everyone!

not good!

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng was shocked, and then he quickly gave an order.

"Aoba, Nanami, put up your shields! Everyone else, hide behind these two, quick!!"

After hearing Fang Zheng's order, Qingye and Nanami looked at each other, then quickly raised their shields to block in front of them, while the others immediately approached the two and hid behind them.

But not everyone can arrive in time.

In order to cause more damage, the black cat traveled a little further than the others. Because of this, before she could get to Qingye, the red beam shining on the black cat suddenly became dazzling. The next moment, countless spikes flew towards everyone!

"Black Cat!"

“Be careful!!”

Seeing this scene, the girls screamed immediately, and the black cat also realized the imminent death crisis. At this moment, she once again showed a reaction worthy of her name "Black Cat". Just before those spikes were about to pierce the black cat, she suddenly leaped up, nimbly passed through the gaps between the flying spikes, rolled over and stood up from the ground, and then quickly ran forward again.

However, accidents always happen.

Just as Black Cat landed and stood up, the porcupine boss's spikes shot again, brushing past Black Cat's body. After such a long period of high-intensity fighting, Black Cat was already exhausted. After being hit hard again, she lost her balance and fell to the ground again!

“Black Cat——!”

Seeing this scene, the girls screamed immediately, but they had no way to do anything. They could only watch the black cat's health drop rapidly under the violent attack.

Am I going to die here?

Black Cat held her head with both hands and clenched her teeth. She knew that if she didn't stand up, she would die. But she couldn't do anything because she knew that she had lost her chance when she fell down. Even if she stood up now, she wouldn't have enough time to reach a safe place again.

Will die!

Thinking of this, Black Cat began to tremble all over. She had been in this game world for so long and had been fighting all the time. However, because of her constant victories, Black Cat almost forgot that they were not in an ordinary game world, but in a death game.

Am I really going to die?

"Hinata...Tsuki..."

Whispering his sister's name, the black cat closed his eyes.

At least...death in this world wouldn't be that painful...

But just when Black Cat was about to accept reality, suddenly, a voice sounded from in front of her.

"Hide quickly and recover your health! What are you standing there for, you idiot!"

"Why?"

Hearing the voice, Black Cat opened his eyes in surprise, and saw Fang Zheng had come in front of him at some point. He held the sword tightly in his hand and stuck it upside down on the ground, while his tall body completely blocked the front of Black Cat and turned into a shield!

"Mr. Fang Zheng..."

"Drink the blood bottle quickly!"

"Ah, yes!"

Black Cat quickly reacted. She quickly took out the blood bottle and drank it. She breathed a sigh of relief as she watched her HP gradually recover from the red line. But when Black Cat looked at Fang Zheng, she suddenly became nervous again.

"Mr. Fang Zheng!"

In the eyes of the black cat, Fang Zheng's HP was slowly decreasing. Originally, he was at full value like the black cat, but now, Fang Zheng's HP has dropped to the yellow area! If this continues...!

"Don't worry, I calculated it."

But even so, Fang Zheng's voice remained as calm as usual.

"This thing's attack skills can't last too long. Even if it's a strengthened boss, it's almost... Now! Shi Nong!"

“Drink…!!”

Sure enough, as soon as Fang Zheng finished speaking, the Porcupine Lord's attack immediately stopped, and Fang Zheng immediately gave an order. Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Shi Nong shouted, raised the spear in her hand, and threw it forward like a javelin, hitting the Porcupine Lord's body, completely draining the last bit of its blood!

Immediately afterwards, the Porcupine Lord's body suddenly began to swell like a ball, and then exploded with a "bang".

The whistling air waves flew in all directions, causing everyone's HP to drop rapidly again. Even Fang Zheng was reduced to the red zone this time.

Then, accompanied by the sound of cheerful music and the appearance of a treasure chest, the boss of this floor was finally eliminated.

"call……"

Looking at the treasure chest not far away, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, then he immediately took out the blood bottle and started to recover his health.

"I never thought that there would be a self-destructing boss now. This design is even more cruel than I imagined..."

Thinking back to the battle just now, Fang Zheng was also sweating. He didn't expect that the last wave of Porcupine Lords would actually self-destruct. But fortunately, Fang Zheng also calculated the safety line of HP before rushing out, otherwise, with the previous wave of self-destruction, he would probably have died.

The further you go, the harder it is to defeat the boss...

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng sighed, and the black cat stared at Fang Zheng's back, then walked up to him and whispered.

"Thank you...Mr. Fang Zheng, if it weren't for you..."

"No need to thank me. We are all companions fighting side by side, and I don't want anyone to fall behind here."

Fang Zheng waved his hand and smiled at the black cat. Then he turned his head seriously again and looked forward.

The boss's attacks are getting stronger and stronger. It seems that the previous strategy is not working anymore. Maybe we should make some changes...