Novel Boss
Chapter 39: Rage, The World's First Kill
Jeremy was in mid-air, in free fall, plummeting rapidly as if he had no ability to resist.
The Skyraker Lord in the sky, like a bolt of lightning, reached Jeremy in the blink of an eye.
Amid the furious roars of the monsters, the Skyraker Lord's ghastly white bone claws fiercely reached for Jeremy's head. Its eyes filled with excitement—this enticing human was its prey!
But in that moment, the Skyraker Lord sensed something was amiss.
The human showed no trace of fear. Instead, there was a hint of mockery on his face.
"Been waiting for you!" Jeremy sneered.
His long sword suddenly burst into a dazzling light.
The next moment, a two-meter-long azure wind blade slashed towards the Skyraker Lord rushing at him.
[Gale Slash!]
The Skyraker Lord, caught off guard by Jeremy's ability to resist, had no defenses ready.
The distance between them was too short. It had no chance to evade.
"Swoosh!"
A flash of azure light flickered through the sky and then vanished.
Then, the head of the Skyraker Lord flew into the air!
[You have killed a level 25 Skyraker Lord, gaining 35,977 experience points!]
Warm blood splashed over Jeremy's face, and a light orb appeared from the headless body.
Jeremy, quick to react, immediately collected it into his storage space, without any time to check the equipment attributes.
Because the monsters below him had already opened their gaping maws, waiting for him.
Meanwhile, a flash of white light streaked through the commercial plaza.
Claire's figure appeared.
She couldn't bother to survey her surroundings and looked up towards the sky.
Then, Claire witnessed a scene that made her heart stop.
In the sky, Jeremy, covered in blood, was falling like a broken kite.
Below him was a terrifying mountain of monsters, piled up to dozens of meters high!
Jeremy's figure plunged into the mountain of monsters, and countless monsters instantly engulfed him completely.
Claire's face turned as pale as paper, hoping for a miracle.
But after two breaths, there was still no sign of Jeremy.
"Liar, Jeremy, you liar!" Claire's lips trembled as she murmured to herself.
Falling into so many monsters, Jeremy had no chance of survival.
Claire felt a suffocating pain in her chest.
She didn't notice that behind her, a huge meatball was slowly creeping closer.
The monsters around it instinctively moved away, their eyes filled with fear.
"Eat… eat… eat…"
By the time Claire realized what was happening, she was already engulfed in a shadow.
Claire numbly turned her head, and a horrifying spherical monster appeared in her sight.
This creature was enormous, measuring dozens of meters wide, resembling a giant meatball covered in densely packed heads and worm-like tentacles.
The heads on its body stared at her with lifeless eyes, continuously muttering to themselves.
"Eat... eat... eat..."
This monster was none other than the Devouring Tyrant!
And it had already reached level 25!
Yet Claire seemed not to see it, her eyes empty, her expression one of desolation.
In her current state, it was impossible for her to survive an encounter with such a boss.
"If that's the case, death might be preferable." she murmured to herself.
After speaking, Claire slowly closed her eyes, no longer prepared to resist.
Suddenly, a voice filled with immense anger exploded across the commercial plaza.
"Are you an idiot, Claire?!" the voice roared.
Startled by the voice, Claire's eyes suddenly sparkled with life.
Because she recognized it—this was Jeremy's voice.
Jeremy wasn't dead!
The Devouring Tyrant cared for nothing but filling its stomach.
Its tentacles immediately swept towards Claire.
Just then, Jeremy's cold voice echoed again from within the mountain of monsters.
"Wrath of the Seven Sins!"
The next moment, an overwhelmingly ferocious and terrifying pressure descended upon the commercial plaza!
All the monsters froze, their expressions filled with terror.
They felt a fear that stemmed from the depths of their souls!
Even the Devouring Tyrant's tentacles stopped mid-air.
All the heads on its body turned simultaneously towards the direction of the monster mountain, exclaiming in surprise, "Blasphemer... Wrath..."
Before the Devouring Tyrant could finish, a dark red beam of light suddenly burst from the mountain of monsters and soared into the sky.
Like a meteor slashing through the heavens, it carried an unparalleled ferocity and crashed into its massive body with a fierce impact.
"Boom!!!"
A massive explosion echoed through the commercial plaza, and the Devouring Tyrant's twenty-plus-meter body was sent flying like a cannonball.
It carved a deep trench on the ground before crashing into the mall.
The mall's walls, as if made of paper, were punctured by a huge hole as it smashed through three layers of walls before the Tyrant's body finally came to a halt.
Immediately after, a series of booming sounds like a tempestuous storm erupted within the mall.
"Boom boom boom boom boom!!!"
Dust and debris filled the air, and the entire commercial plaza shook continuously as if hit by an earthquake.
Terrifying dark red flames swept through, turning everything they touched within the mall into ashes instantaneously.
When the dust settled, the mall was littered with rocks and glass shards, nearly reduced to ruins.
All was silent in the mall, even the sound of monsters ceased at that moment, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Claire's hair fluttered in the air as she stared, still not quite grasping what had just happened.
At that moment, a dark red figure, emanating a terrifying murderous intent, walked out from the mall.
His face was stern, his upper body naked and covered in blood, his pupils a frightening dark red filled with brutality and madness, and his body enveloped in terrifying dark red flames.
This person was Jeremy!
It was merely the state after unleashing the Seven Sins - Wrath.
Claire looked at him, hardly daring to associate the person before her with the Jeremy she knew. She hesitated for a moment before calling out, "Jeremy?"
Jeremy paused in his steps, his dark red eyes turning towards Claire.
In an instant, an overwhelmingly terrifying intent to kill enveloped Claire!
Before Claire's eyes seemed to manifest a sea of corpses and a river of blood, causing her breath to nearly stop.
At this moment, Claire was absolutely certain.
Jeremy truly intended to kill her!
She sensed something was terribly wrong with Jeremy's state.
But Claire wasn't afraid, instead, she said earnestly, "Jeremy, it's me, Claire. Do you recognize me? Remember what I once told you? Stay sane!"
Claire had encountered this situation before when Jeremy had his episodes.
Though Jeremy hadn't shown such drastic changes back then, his current state was undoubtedly similar to those times.
Claire indeed managed to bring back some of Jeremy's sanity.
His gaze lingered on Claire's face for a moment, his dark red eyes flickered. With a hoarse voice, he said, "Leave... quickly. I can't control myself right now."
Claire wanted to say more, but Jeremy had already turned his head, continuing to move forward.
Jeremy could feel that his time was running short.
It must be said, he was incredibly unlucky.
If Jeremy wasn't mistaken, he must have encountered the 10% rage chance.
Time was running out.
Now, the most important thing was to extract all the information he could from this boss and then deal with it.
Only then did Claire notice that Jeremy was holding a flesh-colored tentacle in his hand.
As Jeremy moved forward, the ground beneath him cracked inch by inch, trembling along with his steps.
Behind him, the massive body of the Devouring Tyrant was slowly being dragged out.
The ball-like body of the Devouring Tyrant had a massive, gore-filled hole blasted through its center.
Through the hole, one could even see its internal organs and the ground.
Its heads had all turned into bloodied holes, and its tentacles were all severed, a sight too gruesome to bear.
Jeremy dragged it out of the mall and asked emotionlessly, "What do you know? Who is the Fool?"
The Devouring Tyrant was on its last breath, but it seemed not to feel any pain.
Perhaps hearing Jeremy's words, the Devouring Tyrant mumbled, "Blasphemer... Fool... eat... Blasphemer..."
Jeremy frowned, the Devouring Tyrant's consciousness was even worse than his, hardly able to provide him with much information.
The only information he managed to get was that the apocalypse game seemed to be related to someone called the Fool.
No matter how much more Jeremy asked, the Devouring Tyrant only repeated those few sentences.
Jeremy's rationality was gradually worn down.
A long knife, burning with dark red flames, appeared in his hand.
Without hesitation, Jeremy swung the knife down.
"Boom!"
A terrifying dark red blade light flew out, tearing the ground open with a crack tens of meters long.
The massive body of the Devouring Tyrant was instantly cleaved in two.
[You have killed a level 25 Devouring Tyrant (BOSS), gaining 117,000 experience points!]
[Your level has increased to 19, and you have gained 20 free attribute points!]
[You receive fixed professional attributes: Strength +30, Spirit +30, Stamina +15, Agility +15!]
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[Congratulations, you are the first player in this apocalypse game to kill a BOSS!]
[You have obtained a special title: World's First Kill (Legendary)!]
[You have received a special reward: Resurrection Coin*1 (Precious)!]
A series of notifications appeared, but Jeremy had no time to look at them.
Just then, his skill's duration had just ended.
A surge of murderous intent, as overwhelming as a tsunami, instantly flooded his mind!
Jeremy only had time to warn Claire with a final shout, "Run!!"