Tejima Ichiro was on the verge of tears!

Just as Tejima Ichiro and his over three hundred men were plunged into dire straits.

Outside the ice cave, atop the glacier, Shooting the Sky, Arctic Battle Bear, and the others finally snapped back to reality and fled headlong into the distance without a backward glance!

They were already positioned quite far away to begin with.

With this dash, they easily escaped the BOSS's area of influence, all arriving over ten kilometers away.

Then, everyone looked toward the vicinity of the ice cave from afar, and they all gasped, drawing in the frigid Arctic air…

Where the original entrance to the ice cave had been, it had long since collapsed and shattered, replaced by a crystal-clear, transparent ice sculpture!

That ice sculpture spanned several kilometers in diameter, freezing the surrounding air solid.

And in the center of the ice sculpture, a crystalline scorpion over a hundred meters long was leisurely absorbing the massive amount of lifespan light orbs dropped by the players inside the ice cave…

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[Extremely Cold Ice Scorpion · Ulrich (Lv30)!]

[Tier: Legendary!]

[HP: 1.56 Billion!]

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It's actually a Legendary BOSS?!

So the Great Xia people telling Tejima Ichiro and his crew to log off earlier… that was actually real?

But we thought they were just trying to trick them away…

The two hundred or so people on Arctic Battle Bear's side stared dumbfounded at this scene from a distance.

Watching Tejima Ichiro and his men, trapped right in the center of that ice sculpture, being repeatedly and relentlessly killed by the BOSS, then dropping lifespan, filled them all with a sense of helplessness!

Even on the Great Xia side, the thousand-plus members of the Dragon King's Hall guild had their expressions change.

Although they had been mentally prepared, when they truly witnessed the Legendary BOSS appear, they were still struck with awe.

Never mind that the BOSS was massive in size.

It had even created an ice sculpture spanning several kilometers!

Even Tejima Ichiro, who had reacted early and run extremely fast, was frozen by that ice sculpture after running several kilometers, unable to flee even half a step further!

Rescue them!

Seeing the situation, Arctic Battle Bear 'Nevodubnov' immediately brandished his giant axe!

Mounted on his white bear steed, he charged toward the area near the ice sculpture.

From a distance, he hurled his giant axe!

The giant axe spun through the air and instantly landed on the edge of the ice sculpture, precisely where Tejima Ichiro was frozen.

However…

His spinning axe attack, landing on that ice crystal, only left an extremely insignificant scratch.

-42!

A pitifully small damage number floated up from the ice crystal.

Arctic Battle Bear's eyes widened in disbelief, completely dumbfounded.

My Spinning Axe Throw has a base damage of at least several hundred thousand…

And it only deals a few dozen points of damage to this ice crystal?

Is that even reasonable?

Arctic Battle Bear was dealt a massive blow!

Moreover, he discovered that the massive ice sculpture was divided into countless small sections, each with over a million HP.

With his current attack power, it was utterly impossible for him to shatter even one of those ice crystal sections.

Because he found that those individual ice crystal sections also possessed incredibly fast regeneration.

The tiny scratch he had just inflicted instantly froze over again!

Tejima Ichiro, frozen and unable to move—this samurai-looking elder brother from Sakura—stared wide-eyed, despair etched on his face as he looked out from within the ice crystal…

He knew Arctic Battle Bear couldn't get close to attack the ice crystal either.

Because within the range of the ice crystal, the Whispers of the Ancient Gods surrounded the area.

Getting close would be suicide.

Fortunately, the others Arctic Battle Bear had brought all rushed over and began attacking the ice crystal!

Soon they discovered that using fire attacks could increase the damage dealt to the ice crystal by more than tenfold.

It's just a pity…

Their damage output was even lower than Arctic Battle Bear's.

Most people's ranged attacks could only deal single-digit damage; even fire damage couldn't break a hundred points.

That ice crystal is that tough?

Shooting the Sky, watching from afar, felt his fingers itch.

Several players nearby egged him on, urging Shooting the Sky to give it a try, as his attack power was undoubtedly the highest in the Dragon King's Hall guild.

High burst damage, sustained DPS was also strong!

Shooting the Sky didn't hesitate either. With his long hair flowing, he instantly buffed himself with various enhancements, then drew his bow and nocked an arrow. A powerful, piercing arrow shot toward the ice crystal hundreds of meters away!

Boom!

-777!

This arrow was imbued with fire damage, so the damage looked somewhat decent, much higher than what the folks from Mao Xiong Country managed.

But unfortunately…

This damage value was merely tickling the ice crystal.

It only created a pit less than ten millimeters deep, and in less than a second, the ice crystal had completely regenerated.

It's no use, that ice crystal is too hard!

Shooting the Sky sighed, a look of helplessness on his face: 'Although I'd like to shatter the ice crystal, lure out that BOSS, and take out the guys from Mao Xiong Country… I can't do it.'

The people around him also felt it was a shame.

In the very center of the ice crystal, the Legendary BOSS Extremely Cold Ice Scorpion continued absorbing the lifespan light orbs on the ground.

Toward the players outside the range of the ice sculpture, this BOSS didn't even spare a glance, completely ignoring them!

As for Tejima Ichiro's three hundred-plus subordinates, they died, resurrected, died again, and had nearly exhausted all their lifespan. In a short time, over two hundred of them had already met their final Death!

Tejima Ichiro was frozen within the ice crystal, unable to escape.

He knew that once the BOSS finished absorbing all his subordinates' lifespan light orbs, it would surely be his turn…

Although he had run fast.

The outcome was merely dying a little slower.

If only I had listened to the Great Xia people and logged off directly…

Tejima Ichiro was on the verge of tears!

…

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shooting the Sky and the others, seeing the BOSS appear, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, we just wait for Shadow.

It's just, who knows how long it'll take for Shadow to take down this BOSS?

Just breaking through the outer ice crystal alone is a massive undertaking!

The players of the Dragon King's Hall guild all eagerly anticipated 'Shadow's' arrival.

However…

Shadow hadn't arrived yet.

Tejima Ichiro's Whispers gauge above his head was almost full.

How could he have ever imagined that what he thought was an excellent Hideout would turn out to be the lair of a Legendary BOSS?

Now his guild was gone.

The guild channel, which originally had over three hundred people, now only had a dozen or so still struggling.

And even those still alive, their Whispers gauges were almost full…

It's Shadow, isn't it…

Legendary BOSS…

They were luring the BOSS out for Shadow…

If I want to survive, I can only rely on Shadow. But even if Shadow comes, would he save me?

Tejima Ichiro was on the verge of tears!

Finally, amid his growing despair, his Whispers gauge filled completely!

As he fell into the Whispers state, his eyes turned blood red, his ears and mind filled with the Whispers of the Ancient Gods, and he lost all reason on the spot!