“!?”
Xu Bei suddenly remembered.
He had previously sworn ten times to win, saying that if he lost to the BOSS ten times, he would smash his helmet.
There was no way he could smash this helmet!
Smashing the gaming helmet was like smashing his livelihood!
He had only said it in anger before, definitely wouldn’t smash it—he’d surely find a way out, just joking, couldn’t really smash the source of his income.
“Here’s an iron rule for you: in the streaming world, you must stand by your word. If you promise the audience something and dare to go back on it, you will be relentlessly criticized. You may have no integrity in private, but in front of the audience, you must maintain the highest level of credibility without a single slip. Otherwise, you won’t even need us to step in—the audience will naturally take you down.”
Dao Xia Qujing seemed to see through Xu Bei’s thoughts and spoke coldly from not far away, his tone still nagging.
“…” Xu Bei glanced back at him.
Why did this guy seem to have a sudden conscience since the beginning? As if he was trying to teach him some streaming knowledge?
Hmph, definitely an illusion.
What conscience could a capitalist lackey have?
“Hu hu hu! Hu hu hu!”
Suddenly, the atmosphere around dropped drastically in temperature, freezing Xu Bei’s entire body stiff.
There was that familiar, eerie suction force controlling his back, greatly reducing his speed and agility.
Here it comes!
Xu Bei gritted his teeth and spun around sharply.
As expected, the long-haired female ghost appeared again, but this time she was at the end of the corridor, not close to him.
Xu Bei was no longer scared by her; he strode forward boldly, charging toward the long-haired ghost with an invincible aura.
The nature of these risky, grueling adventure games was that players could challenge infinitely in a cycle—no matter how scary the scene, seeing it multiple times would strip away the fear.
“Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!” Hair writhing.
The ghost raised both hands flat and high; an indescribably strong suction pulled Xu Bei in, and countless black strands of hair shot out from all directions, forming an impenetrable deadly web.
“I absolutely cannot lose! I can’t smash my gaming helmet!”
Xu Bei switched to serious mode, focusing 200% of his attention.
Although he initially wanted to renege on the bet, if he really lost, he probably would smash his helmet.
There was no helping it—he was just that stubborn, a reckless fool who couldn’t back down.
After all, he grew up immersed in the moral culture of Meteor Street.
Keeping promises and following through—he was even more honest than civilized people.
“I don’t have money to buy a second helmet!”
Facing the first wave of spiral black hair spikes, Xu Bei immediately judged there was no space to dodge.
This kind of attack was designed so players couldn’t evade.
So that man hadn’t lied to him—blocking was required here.
“Blocking means using your weapon to counter the monster’s attack.”
Xu Bei muttered, recalling the information he’d just looked up in the guide.
The next moment, he abruptly stopped, planted his feet firmly, stood in a horse stance, fists pulled to his abdomen, moving like thunder, and threw his fists out.
“Shu shu! Shu shu!”
The sound of rushing air echoed!
He unleashed a bullet-like combo punch, denting all the spiral black hair spikes.
Success! It really worked!
Although Xu Bei hadn’t trained with the female blocking instructor, as a Beast Demon, he naturally possessed extraordinary vision; blocking was child’s play for him.
The demon’s super senses weren’t limited in the virtual game, unlike his demon speed and strength, which still required horn growth time.
Now that he knew how to fight the BOSS, the battle would be easier.
“I don’t want to smash my helmet, nor do I want to break my promise…”
Xu Bei unleashed consecutive punches, fiercely carving out a bloody path, knocking back several waves of spiral black hair spikes, successfully reaching the ghost’s front.
The ghost’s deadly black hair web was extremely dense, primarily designed to be overwhelming.
But the hair attacks had almost zero rigidity—shattering on contact—and clashing head-on with the player didn’t cause any sluggish effect.
When the ghost was close, she spread both hands wide, ten fingers growing sharp nails, crossing them in a cross slash.
“Clang! Clang!” Sparks flashed!
Xu Bei countered with a heavy punch, precisely blocking the slashing claws with his knuckle duster, even causing sparks to fly off his knuckles.
Yet his health bar remained untouched, proving the block succeeded without losing HP.
“…Then I’ll just have to kill you!”
Xu Bei stepped back slightly to gather strength, swung his right arm in a big arc, and struck a devastating big hook, landing squarely on the ghost’s face.
The powerful hook sent the ghost flying, crashing against the tightly shut iron door at the corridor’s end.
That single punch took off a large chunk of her health, indicating the ghost could be killed in less than ten punches.
Such low HP—barely more than a minor mob.
This was a mechanic-type BOSS, equipped with powerful mixed combos, terrifying environmental pressure, a deadly corridor ambush, and unavoidable black hair spikes.
But if the player could break through the corridor and unravel the hair web, victory was basically assured.
Because the BOSS’s special abilities were strong, but its HP was thin, and its core strength was average.
The ghost’s claws weren’t even comparable to the wrench of the factory zombie girls.
Xu Bei swayed left and right, delivering two rapid hooks to the face with “bang bang!” and pounded the ghost against the door.
The ghost counterattacked, wrapping her claws around to bear-hug and crush the player.
“Thud!”
But Xu Bei had anticipated it and instantly ducked, then stepped forward in a low stance and punched straight to the gut.
A simple combo was enough to halve the ghost’s health bar.
“Heh heh!” Xu Bei smiled broadly, clearly his gaming helmet was safe—the ghost was just a paper tiger!
But just as he was feeling pleased…
(Player [Relentless Killer Rookie] is invading your world.)
At the critical moment, a bright red system notification popped up before him, tightening his chest.
Another damn player had invaded his world!
And of all times, it had to be now!
Xu Bei’s smile vanished instantly; he tensed his nerves again, knowing he had to quickly finish this ghost.
“Ah!” Suddenly, the ghost screamed sharply, her claws bursting with powerful force, launching a desperate counterattack.
“Ah?” Xu Bei felt as if hit by a truck, blasted flying, landing exactly where he came from.
Yet he didn’t lose HP—just pushed back to his starting position, half a corridor away from the ghost.
Black hairs on the walls and ceiling writhed continuously, making the scene even more chilling and terrifying.
The ghost still stood at the corridor’s end, waiting for the player’s attack.
This was another BOSS mechanic!
Though the ghost had low health, she never allowed the player to finish her off in one combo.
Once she entered low HP state, the ghost forcibly pushed the player back to the start.
The player had to clear the level again and break through that terrifying black hair web once more.
A pure mental torment—an absolutely infuriating mechanism designed to annoy players.
“Game designer! I swear by your mother!”
If this were normal, it wouldn’t matter, but now he was being invaded by an enemy!
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