“Poor NPC, he’s going to knock himself silly by running into the wall!”

"Asa—Asa—"

Piercing screams erupted from the mouth of that eight-armed Thief Saint.

The sound instantly spread for dozens of kilometers, leaving the players who were originally grinding monsters in the vicinity looking bewildered and uncertain.

"This sound… What kind of monster is it? We've never heard it before!"

Meanwhile, the players from the Shudao Mountain Guild, who were extremely close to the source of the screaming, hurriedly covered their ears and frowned.

The sound was too piercing, as if it had exploded right next to their ears.

"Caught it."

"You guys back off, stay far away."

Qin Feng sent a private message to the Sword Immortal Old Man.

Then, he looked forward at the hunched figure with a total of eight arms: 'Thief Saint · William · Scott'!

The guy was wearing worn-out black leather armor and had a very thin build. After being revealed from his stealth state by Qin Feng's 'See Through', he sprawled on the ground, looking like a ten-legged arthropod.

The Shudao Mountain Guild players quickly retreated one by one.

Then, they looked with uncertainty and suspicion at the 'Thief Saint' NPC who had just had his stealth removed.

Everyone among them had been pickpocketed more than once while leveling in this Wandering Spirit Dungeon, but this was the first time any of them had seen this NPC's true face!

To think it was a guy like a spider?

He was hunched over, his face covered by a black veil with white patterns on it, appearing grim and eerie.

"Did Boss Shadow do something just now? How did this guy appear?"

"He must have used some Anti-Stealth method to break his stealth?"

"Holy crap, the boss is too awesome!"

"And this NPC seems to be in a strange state?"

"Wait, he looks like he wants to run!"

When the 'Thief Saint' had his stealth broken, he immediately sprawled on the ground with his legs bent. It was clear he wanted to push off the ground and flee.

Qin Feng had long since prepared the 'Ghost Fire Bell'.

Ding-a-ling…

The crisp sound of the bell spread out into the surroundings.

It directly inflicted a 3-second immobilization effect on the 'Thief Saint'!

In the immobilized state, he could not perform any movement actions, and because he was only permitted to use the 'Steal' skill, he could not use other displacement-type skills…

"This guy is very fast."

"Good thing I have the Sonic Shoes!"

Swish!

Taking advantage of the immobilization, Qin Feng immediately unleashed 'Shadow of Death'!

He threw a 'Termination Mark'!

This was to prevent the target from moving too fast during the chase and getting lost… After being hit by the Termination Mark, the position and distance of the marked target would appear in Qin Feng's vision.

Graceful Liberation!

Instant Shadow Slash!

Combo Points were instantly maxed out, activating Endless Nightmare—Shadow Blade, Shadow Blade, Shadow Blade!

-29750 (Weak Point Attack)! +11900! -29750 (Weak Point Attack)! +11900! -29750 (Weak Point Attack)! +11900! …

Dense damage numbers popped up above the Thief Saint's head, interspersed with some healing effects.

"Fixed damage, 29,750?"

Qin Feng saw this, and his brows furrowed slightly.

He wasn't sure how he had managed to take off half of this NPC's health in his previous life. But Qin Feng had a vast store of knowledge. He quickly understood.

The equipment on this 'Thief Saint' must have had two important attributes!

The first was 'Damage Limit'. When taking any damage, there was a maximum value; no matter how high the opponent's attack was, he would only take damage equal to a certain percentage of his own health.

Based on the Thief Saint's total HP of 4.25 million, the maximum damage he could take each time was 0.7% of his health, which was 29,750 points!

The second was 'Damage Recovery'. When taking damage, he could recover a corresponding amount of health. As of now… the Thief Saint's Damage Recovery was '40%'.

Whether it was 'Damage Limit' or 'Damage Recovery', these were attributes that only appeared on high-level equipment, which Qin Feng certainly couldn't obtain yet. Especially percentage-based 'Damage Recovery'; this affix attribute was inherently rare, and being able to stack it to 40% was already a terrifying result.

"So, no matter how high my damage is, it's useless against this guy."

"Because my damage is completely overflowing."

Qin Feng's single-hit damage could already reach two to three million. But because the opponent had the 'Damage Limit' affix, even higher damage was difficult to utilize, which naturally included Qin Feng's 'Graceful Liberation' Throat Cut damage.

However, even so, this combo from Qin Feng had taken off more than 600,000 HP from the Thief Saint, equivalent to 15% of his total health.

Swish!

Asa—Asa—

During the three seconds of immobilization, the Thief Saint kept screaming and struggling. After three seconds, he broke free, his entire sprawled body shooting backward like a cannonball…

Bang!

The 'Thief Saint' had only escaped a little over a hundred meters when he slammed into a stone wall.

However, he clearly didn't realize he was hitting a wall and just kept frantically slamming into it, like a hard-headed kid.

There was no help for it; who told him to be in the 'Loss of Five Senses' state after being revealed by Qin Feng?

And so… this eight-armed NPC, who had no perception, looked very comical as he kept hitting the wall.

Qin Feng immediately caught up and dumped all sorts of skills onto the Thief Saint.

Meanwhile, above the Thief Saint's head, there was a status recovery bar; that was the recovery progress of the 'Stripping' state.

Clearly, this NPC's resistance to Stripping was not low; the 'Stripping' effect caused by Qin Feng's 'See Through' could only last for a short 11 seconds or so.

Once the 'Stripping' effect ended, the 'Invulnerability' affix on this NPC would take effect, and at that time, it would clear all negative statuses from him, including 'Loss of Five Senses'!

But unfortunately for him.

Just as the Thief Saint's 'Stripping' effect was about to end, Qin Feng's continuous attacks caused the Thief Saint's Nightmare Gauge to accumulate back to 100%!

And so… just as the Thief Saint broke free from the 'Stripping' state, and the 'Invulnerability' affix took effect, causing him to regain his perception… he fell into the nightmare state once again!

"Asa—Asa—"

The Thief Saint kept screaming in shock.

He started hitting the wall again!

Because Qin Feng had activated 'Endless Nightmare', the surroundings were shrouded in a grim black mist, covering an area of over a hundred meters in radius.

A hundred meters away, the Sword Immortal Old Man, the Panda Girl, and the other Shudao Mountain Guild players were watching that scene, completely stunned.

They couldn't see where 'Shadow' was at all!

From beginning to end, they only heard the 'Thief Saint' screaming, and then they saw the NPC turn and run, then hit the wall.

During this time, amidst the swirling black mist, all sorts of blade flashes and Shadow Blades kept appearing, constantly whittling down the NPC's health bar, while they could also see some strange status bars above the NPC's head.

The 'Stripping' progress bar cleared.

The 'Nightmare' progress bar filled up.

Then, the Thief Saint fell into an extremely terrifying 'nightmare state', and his health dropped rapidly!

"Holy crap… is this a Superior Affix, Brother Shadow?"

"My god, nowadays when others encounter a BOSS with a Superior Affix, they can only run away, yet Shadow already possesses a Superior Affix himself?"

"Poor NPC, he's going to knock himself silly by running into the wall!!"