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Chapter 866: Chapter 824: The First BOSS Battle in ‘Chang’an’_1 Chapter 866: Chapter 824: The First BOSS Battle in ‘Chang’an’_1 In the midst of this unexpected storm, there was another detail that caught the attention of players and netizens—

The Fox Demon’s move was ineffective against female players.

Of course, there were female streamers who ventured into the Fox Demon’s room, but the illusions that appeared in front of them were not of being carried by two muscular studs and thrown onto a bed to be undressed—although this might very well align with the fantasy of quite a few female players, doing so would be sure to result in litigation…

So, what about letting two hunky studs perform a strip dance in front of female players without getting physical?

—This idea was proposed by Fred, who proudly stated that Cloud Dream had ready-made, rich, and high-level model resources for this purpose that could be used directly.

Lincoln did not completely reject it.

Therefore, when a female player bravely broke into the Fox Demon’s room for the first time, they would, like spinning a roulette wheel, randomly encounter one of the following five possibilities:

1, Studs dancing.

2, A large floor mirror with a super beautifying function.

3, A wall piled up with huge gold bricks.

4, Men of different temperament and character vying for love.

5, Kittens and plush toys scattered all over the place.

Things were rather complicated.

Nevertheless, the effect was not that great and the scary storyline ended up feeling more like a comedy…

Hence, female anchors basically evaded this wave of bans.

—After all, even the most daring strip dances by studs would not trigger the automated shutdown of live streaming platforms.

The fans of Victoria also began to urge her to try it out quickly to see which option she would get—the fans, of course, most wanted to see the first option, as it had the most explosive program effect.

However, Victoria was not too keen.

If what the Fox Maiden produced was real, she would go and grab the gold bricks without a second thought.

But, since they were all illusions, she couldn’t muster the enthusiasm.

As for the kittens that many people liked, although they were indeed cute, didn’t she have Connar to snuggle, and a lot of Pokémon that were cuter than cats and dogs?

Therefore, while players and streamers were rushing to the Teaching Workshop, she was still stubbornly searching for clues to the [Heart].

What’s more important was: with the guidance of her viewers, she did think of a way!

Victoria opened the panel, jumped to an external link, found a map of Chang’an City, and marked all the locations of the four murders discovered so far.

The relative positions were:

North — Guangzhai Square — [Lung] — Metal

West — Stability Square — [Spleen] — Earth

East — Daozheng Square — [Kidney] — Water

Southeast — Tranquility Square — [Liver] — Wood

If you draw a perpendicular line from the northern-most and top-most point of Guangzhai Square, both Stability Square and Daozheng Square will perfectly symmetrical along the perpendicular line!

Tranquility Square is on the same vertical line as Daozheng Square!

Therefore, the position that is opposite to Tranquility Square, with the vertical line from Guangzhai Square in the center, is—Brightness Square!

If you connect these five squares, it forms a pentagon.

However, if you connect these positions according to the theory of the Five Elements, you will get a huge pentagram that covers two-thirds of Chang’an City!

Upon seeing this pentagram, enlightenment dawned on Victoria, and without hesitation, she immediately dashed towards Brightness Square!

Moreover, once she entered Brightness Square, she did not aimlessly run around with her Spiritual Vision activated, but instead headed straight for the southwest corner of Brightness Square.

Only when she could see the outer wall of Brightness Square did she activate Spiritual Vision.

The moment she entered the state, she once again saw the images: a familiar silhouette, a different victim, but the same brutality!

What differed from the previous four segments of imagery was: this time the shadow didn’t just leave the cut-out heart under the wall and ignore it afterward, but instead put it into a box and buried it about a foot under the wall.

Victoria jolted upright, then immediately ran over, pulling out her sword to pry open the bricks and start digging.

In no time at all, a unique touch was relayed via the sword’s tip.

Victoria cleared away the earth and stones, and sure enough, she saw a wooden box!

She didn’t rush to open it, rather, she took a deep breath first and gathered her nerves—In the “low pixel” world of Spiritual Vision, even the most horrific scenes were somewhat less impact visually due to the lack of clarity, and more of a psychological shock.

But now, as she opens the wooden box, she’s likely to encounter a highly realistic heart, thus necessitating mental preparation.

After taking three deep breaths, Victoria finally calmed down and slowly reached out, her hand touching the copper ring on the lid of the wooden box.

Just as she was about to lift it, the [Curse Pendant] at her waist suddenly started to shake violently!

“!” Victoria was instantly alert.

But before she could react, the pile of dirt under her feet burst open!

A pitch-black figure sprung up and knocked her to the ground!

“Ah!” Victoria had been vigilant of her surroundings, but hadn’t expected danger to come from under her feet, and thus had a huge fright.

The live-streamer community in her broadcast room also instantly started posting “Holy Sh*t” comments.

And as soon as Victoria was knocked down, while her scream hadn’t yet ceased, she had already caught on—

Her conjecture was right!

[The Heart] was indeed special!

The culprit not only handled this part specifically, it was also staking out here!

“No!” The moment she landed on her back, Victoria finally got a proper look at…

whatever had attacked her!

It was absolutely not a human!

It was nothing more than a monster with a roughly human shape!

Every inch of its entire body was covered in jet black hair, long hair obscured most of its face, bloodshot eyes peeping out from behind the hair, its enormous mouth opened to an unbelievable extent of 160 degrees, revealing ferocious, yellow, sharp teeth and stinky, nauseating saliva…

No matter how you looked at it, it was a ferocious beast.

And this beast, it could run rampant in Chang’an City, commit multiple murders, and even dwell properly underground, guarding this wooden box?

Impossible, the real culprit must be its controller!

Victoria concluded in her mind.

“Roar!!!”

The beast’s mouth opened to its limit as it viciously bit down!

Victoria jerkily moved her head to avoid the bite, but the beast’s mouth clenched down onto a green brick, instantaneously turning it to dust.

Victoria was taken aback – even with a sword, she might not be able to slice through such a solid, old brick!

What would happen if it bit her instead…

“Bang!”

Her Uncle Martial Lord, who had followed her all this while, swung his stick at the monster’s skull, shouting, “Let her go!”

“No!” On seeing the beast actually let her go and charge towards the NPC, Victoria quickly unsheathed her sword and slashed at it, attempting to draw its aggro back to her.

– if she got killed, she could revive, and if the NPC got killed, it could revive as well, but if a main storyline NPC died, who knows if it could be revived!

Though instinctive, her slashing was unexpectedly perfect-

As the monster leaped off her towards Uncle Martial Lord, her sword moved in a crescent beneath it!

She didn’t know whether the beast was male or female, but if it were male, this strike would essentially amount to a somewhat crude but remarkably effective castration.

As for the effect-

A shrill scream suddenly erupted, and the beast instantly lost its bite strength.

After falling to the ground, its front two limbs clutched its groin as it madly rolled around screaming pitifully.

“What is that?” Uncle Martial Lord asked, both shocked and scared.

Victoria, taking advantage of not being attacked at the moment, stared at the beast closely and after a few seconds, a name popped up— [Black Zombie]!

What also appeared was its health bar!

“Zombie?

A zombie?

Since when do zombies have fur!!!” Victoria was upset.

But her complaints attracted the zombie’s attention once again, it suddenly turned, its eyes weren’t filled with blood veins anymore, they had turned entirely crimson!

Its gaze locked onto Victoria.

“Roar————”

Enemies meet with particular enmity in their eyes!

The black-haired zombie fell to all fours, roaring like a black bear as it charged towards Victoria!

Its frightening speed left the somewhat distracted Victoria unable to dodge in time, and she could only hurriedly hold up her sword to block, but—

“Clang!”

With a crisp sound, the black-haired zombie smacked its palm on the sword and Victoria was flung away with her sword!

Victoria rolled on the ground for five to six meters before she finally stopped.

Having just lifted her head, the boss that was similar to a monster was already pouncing at her!

Victoria didn’t even have time to perform a landing roll, she could only brace herself and lift her sword to block again.

The result was the same, she was once again slapped and flung away, crashing into the wall, and her sword almost flew out of her hand.

The [Curse Pendant] vibrated frantically, warning its owner of the enormous risks of this battle.

The BOSS’s speed was too fast, and its strength too enormous, looking at it, it seemed to have no weaknesses!

Victoria had realized the situation: she may have been proceeding too fast.

She found the clues too quickly, identified the target too quickly, and triggered the BOSS battle too fast!

Resulting in the battle intensity being far more than her current strength level.

Victoria hastily asked Uncle Martial Lord, who was eager to help, “No!

You run now, go get help for me!”

As she finished, she rolled away to dodge the black-haired zombie’s pounce, jumped onto a wall, and leaped onto a local resident’s rooftop, looking down at the BOSS from the high position.

“Surprised huh?

I can use Lightness Skills!”

– After cheering up Second Miss Chen, she successfully obtained the Lightness Skills secret book [Flying on the Grass].

The beginner-level Lightness Skills that increased movement speed by 5% aren’t significant, but the accompanied wall vaulting, leaping, anchoring, and landing moves are the real treasures!

However, the next second, she was stunned –

The BOSS stomped on the ground a couple of times, started running on all fours, and then made a ferocious leap – without any specific technique, but purely with brute physical strength, it jumped onto the rooftop!

Tiles flew everywhere, and a big hole was made in the roof, catching its foot in it.

Thanks to this misstep, it slowed down, letting Victoria stabilize her balance and jump onto the roof of another house.

– In most markets in Chang’an, there are senior officials and common people living together, although the residences of high officials are vast, and the buildings are bigger and more luxurious.

But only a street away, where the common people live, it’s somewhat similar to modern times, where every household is very close to each other, looking from afar, the rooftops are densely situated together.

But because of this, it was extremely convenient for Victoria to skilfully jump around on the rooftops to escape.

However, no matter how she tried to escape, she couldn’t get rid of the BOSS’s pursuit – the zombie was on all fours, right behind Victoria, its movements were not as nimble as Victoria’s, but rather consisted of simple brutality, every move was powerful, and wherever it went, it caused destruction.

Tiles flew around, walls were being smashed, beams and columns broke, smoke and dust were everywhere…

The residents of the neighbourhood were unfortunate!

Victoria, being chased relentlessly, looked back and threatened, “I’m warning you!

Give up now and you might still survive!”

“Or else, you’re doomed!”

The BOSS turned a deaf ear, rushed forward, and smacked its palm on her.

Victoria barely dodged, rolling forward and scrambling on the tiles to escape as fast as she could.

But behind her, the roof was smashed into a hole by that single palm strike, tiles, broken stones, and dirt were falling into the house through the hole, and the terrified screams of the NPCs could be heard from inside.

Finally, this confirmed Victoria’s thought –

“You’re really asking for it!”

After saying that, she no longer looked at the BOSS, instead, she looked at the camera, called out loudly-

“First BOSS fight in ‘Chang’an’, 1 short of 100, hurry and join!”